Local and General News

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVIII, Issue 21805, 7 November 1940, Page 6

Local and General News

Mayor’s Benevolent Fund The Mayor of Timaru is in receipt of a cheque for £ll2 being part proceeds of the “Worth a Try” Art Union towards the Mayor's Community Benevolent Fund. Magistrate’s Court In the Timaru Magistrate’s Court yesterday before Mr H. Morgan, S.M., Judgment by default was entered in the following civil cases: Gladys Elizabeth Richards v. H. Dillon, claim £4/3/6, costs £l/3/6; M. C. Butterfield Ltd. v. E. R. Bishop, £l/5/4 (8/-). Appellant Retires “You can retire Mr the chairman (Mr C. J. Talbot) told an appellant who appeared before the Man-Power Committee in Waimate yesterday. The appellant: Over to the hotel, did you say? Mr Talbot: No, you can leave that until later. Leaning Against Lamp Posts “I am in favour of military training and I think it would have done many young fellows good to have been taken away from leaning against lamp posts in towns," said a father appealing on behalf of his son before the Man-Power Committee in Waimate yesterday. Home Guard The question of a Home Guard Committee for the Levels County was discussed at the monthly meeting of the Council yesterday, and Messrs R. W. Munro, R. G. Cleland and J. Scott were appointed the Council’s representatives. Various other organisations in the County are to be approached with a request to appoint separate representatives. No Advantage to Country? Supporting an appeal on behalf of his son before the Man-Power Committee in Waimate yesterday, the applicant said he used to operate two chaffcutters in the Waimate district. He now operated only one plant over a restricted area. “Tractors have caused less chaff to be used,” he added, “and it is of no advantage to the country either.” The chairman (Mr C. J. Talbot): We won’t argue that. A Nice Distinction A witness in the Timaru Magistrate's Court yesterday agreed with counsel, Mr W. D. Campbell, that the New Zealand Garage Proprietors’ Association was a body with some standing in the Dominion. “It Is endeavouring to dictate to the Government at the present time about petrol, isn’t it?” Mr Campbell suggested. “No,” replied witness after a pause, “it is trying to advise the Government.” The Good Old Days “I suppose you were in it during the boom,” observed Mr W. D. Campbell in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday to a witness who said he had had experience in the land and estate business. “Yes!” replied the witness with a note of enthusiasm. “And you remember how they used to exchange properties in those days?” counsel pursued. “Too right I do!” came the response. “And how each party used to inflate the value?” continued counsel. But the witness demurred, “Oh no, not always!” Maori Mission Centennial Special plans are being made for the celebration in 1943 of the centennial of the beginning of mission work among the Maoris by the Presbyterian Church. The outstanding feature will be the erection of a Memorial Chapel at the Turakina Maori Girls’ College (Marton), and it is proposed to finance this as far as possible by contributions from the Maori Mission stations of the church. It is also suggested that a cinema film should be made of re-enacted historical scenes and of the present stations, and that a Maori party should tour the Dominion in the centennial year. Pension Suggested Reporting to the Otago Provincial Patriotic Council, Dr. J. H. Newlands quoted the case of a soldier discharged as unfit from camp after an appendectomy receiving only 14 days’ pay. This man had served in the last war and left a lucrative job to volunteer again. He should be receiving pay or a pension and the responsibility should not be placed on the council. It was mentioned that the same trouble had occurred in other centres and it was decided to make representation : through the National Patriotic Council. Lasing No Sleep A member of the Second Echelon, writing to his parents in Timaru says: “Old London seems to be having a pretty rough spin just now with raiders dropping bombs, but we have the satisfaction of knowing that we are giving them a good taste of their own medicine. I have seen one dog-fight away up in the sky and saw one 'plane crash. We get a lot of air raid alarms and I’ve heard any amount of bombs dropping during the night, but am fast growing indifferent to them. I don’t lose any sleep over going to my air raid shelter, as if I started that I d be half living in it. Some of our chaps have dug underneath their tents and have lowered the floor boards down into the cavity, thus saving the necessity of leaving their home. Only one bomb has landed In our camp so far and it did no damage.” Ship’s Bell Found The ship’s bell of the barque England’s Glory, which was wrecked at Lookout Point, Bluff, on November 7, 1869, was found by a boy named Graham Squires on Sunday in the vicinity of the scene of the wreck. The bell is in a good state of preservation and the engraving “England’s Glory, London, 1861,” is plainly discernible. It was on its third passage from England to New Zealand that the barque was wrecked. She had a good passage to the Cape of Good Hope, but thereafter bad weather was encountered. After unloading part of her cargo at Mauritius and then later at Nelson, she left for Bluff. Very bad weather was encountered on the West Coast and eventually Stewart Island was reached. An attempt was made to reach Bluff, but there was not sufficient wind to take her clear of the shore and she struck the rocks at Lookout Point. After about an hour and a-half she commenced to fill and rapidly sank. The officers and crew landed safely at Bluff by means of a ship’s boat.