TEMUKA NEW POLICE STATION

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVIII, Issue 21822, 27 November 1940, Page 3

TEMUKA NEW POLICE STATION

I Residence, Cells And Office Foundations Nearly Completed Good progress is being made on the foundations of the new police station in High Street. The contractor is Mr J. Calder, Christchurch, and four men are being employed on the construction. It is expected that the three buildings will be completed in about four or five months’ time. Consisting of five rooms and a kitchenette, the constable’s residence will be built of heart rimu. Further back from the road the foundations of the lock-up are nearly completed. This building will consist of three cells and another room. For the convenience of inmates on cold nights heaters will be installed in the cells. On the street the office of four rooms will be erected. The construction of the office will begin shortly and the building will be finished in stucco. All materials will be bought from Timaru firms. Each building will be of modern design. New fences of concrete and wire will be erected and the grounds will be laid out in lawns with trellis fences. TRAFFIC BREACHES For exceeding a speed of 30 miles an hour in the borough of Temuka, Alan Smyth, who did not appear, was fined £2 and costs in the Temuka Magistrate’s Court yesterday. Messrs E Blackmore and A. E. Smith, Justices of the Peace, presided. Inspector W. I. Tait said that Smyth had travelled along King Street at 50 miles an hour and had crossed four inter-sections without sounding a warning. Frank Williams, who made no appearance, was fined £1 and costs for having no warrant of fitness. His warrant had been eight months overdue, said Inspector Tait, but a new one had since been procured. In a civil case W. T. Mole v. E. Rooney, judgment by default was entered for £l/15/6 and costs. TENNIS In the Temuka Town and Country Tennis Association’s B grade shield competition, Milford beat Clandeboye by 10 sets to six (84 games to 67). Results are (Milford names first): Women’s singles: Miss M. Kyne 6, Miss P. Phiskie 4; Miss N. Brownlee 6, Miss J. Boocock 4; Miss M. Chester 6, Miss P. Adair 1; Miss J. Archibald 6, Miss J. Flett 5. Men’s singles: W. McMillan 4, M. Boocock 6; I. Kyne 5, C. Kelland 6; C. McGregor 6, G. Bolderston 5; G. Crossman 6, T. Langrell 1. Women’s doubles: Misses Kyne and Brownlee 3, Misses Phiskie and Boocock 6; Misses Chester and Archibald 6, Misses Adair and Flett 2. Men’s doubles: McMillan and Kyne 3, Boocock and Kelland 6; McGregor and Crossman 6, Bolderston and Langrell 2. Mixed doubles: Miss Kyne and McMillan 6, Miss Phiskie and Boocock 4; Miss Brownlee and Kyne 5, Miss Boocock and Kelland 6; Miss Chester and Crossman 4, Miss Adair and Bolderston 6; Miss Archibald and McGregor 6, Miss Flett and Langrell 3. EIGHTIETH BIRTHDAY Congratulations on attaining his eightieth birthday on Monday were received by Mr H. E. Gapper, J.P., from the Temuka Retailers’ Association. Members of the association wished Mr Gapper "the best of blessings—health,” and expressed a hope that he would live long. He was complimented on his alertness, keen mentality and agility. Mr Gapper began business in Temuka on October 3, 1893. He told a "Herald" reporter, who called on him at his work yesterday, that he had never had a headache in his life. He lived a natural life and did not drink or smoke. Retiring regularly at 10.30 p.m., he rose at 5.30 in the morning. Doctors did not consider him a customer at any time. BOWLING Progressive pairs matches were played on the Temuka bowling green on Monday evening. The Rev. W. F. N*col won the skips’ prize and F. O’Connor and A. Gardner tied for the lead’s prize. There was a full green of players. “THE PRIMROSE PATH" Bringing Ginger Rogers and Joel McCrea together again on the screen “Primrose Path,” at the Elite Theatre, Temuka to-night, proves itself one of the season’s most compelling dramas. This is the story, sometimes hilarious, sometimes dramatic, always gripping, of a tomboy of dissolute parents who is disgusted with her surroundings. Played by Ginger Rogers, this girl is one day suddenly awakened to love as a result of a kiss from Joel McCrea, a young working man. Telling him that her parents are well-to-do people who have disowned her, Ginger tricks Joel into marrying her. When he discovers the deception and realises what kind of a family he has married into, he leaves her.