Local and General News

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIX, Issue 21963, 15 May 1941, Page 4

Local and General News

Lost Bank Notes A package containing 100 ten pound notes, addressed to the Bank of New South Wales, Bulls, has not reached the addressee. The notes were new and are numbered from 156,401 to 156,500. Failed to Appear "He has a sufficient excuse for not appearing,” said Mr J. Miller, S.M., in the Napier Magistrate’s Court, when a judgment debtor was not present to, answer a summons. "Why, sir. Where is he?” asked counsel. “In gaol,” replied the Magistrate. Otipua Road Train Line The Harbour Board train line in Otipua Road, which has been a source of danger for some time, is being attended to now that no further stone is being transported from the quarry. The Borough Council staff is engaged covering in the line over the entire length in Otipua Road. Street Improvements The Borough Council staff has effected improvements in various parts of the Borough lately. The high crown which has been the cause of trouble in Rolleston Street has been removed, and the street is being prepared for sealing. Both sides of Stafford Street, between Sarah Street and the Bay Viaduct have had the high shoulders removed and on the western side a new channel has been constructed. Eager for Service Eager to take an active part in the war, a Dunedin man, whose persistent offers for service in the Navy, Army and Air Force were rejected for medical reasons, and who was called up in a recent ballot, has now found himself a place in which he will face danger. After constant inquiries at a shipping office in Auckland he obtained a position as seaman on a British ship. Enemy Alien Fined Described as an enemy alien, Konrad Carl Andreas Gailer, of Napier, was fined £l5, in the Napier Magistrate’s Court by Mr J. Miller, S.M., on a charge of, on May 1, having ifi his possession apparatus designed and capable of being used for the reception of radio telephonic communications without a permit granted by the regulations officer, contrary to the Aliens Emergency Act, 1940. 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: Inglis and Inglis v. John Skinner, claim £25/15/8, costs £l/18/-; C. S. Fraser v. B. Aldridge, £5/15/6, costs £l/16/6; G. R. Kingston v. D. Sorenson, 10/6, costs 15/-; Public Trustee, as executor of the will of Frederick Holland, v. Philip David Roper, £l/9/-, costs 8/-. On a judgment,summons David Craig was ordered to pay Frederick Clarke balance of claim, £l/2/6, on or before June 1, in default 24 hours’ imprisonment. Timaru Heroism Recalled Fifty-nine years ago yesterday—May 14, 1882—the City of Perth and Benvenue were driven ashore and wrecked on the Timaru coast. In an attempt at rescue a number of lives were lost. The placing of several wreaths, Including one from the Mayor: councillors and citizens of Timaru, showed that the heroism of the past had not been forgotten. The Council wreath, carried out In laurel leaves, was an indication that the memory of brave men will remain evergreen. Large Agricultural Plough What is believed to be the largest agricultural plough ever to operate in this country, and perhaps even south of the line, was seen at work in Southland recently. About 800 Southland farmers watched the plough, with a furrow 18in deep and 3ft wide, turn over bush stumps, rushes, gorge and submerged timber with ease. The plough, which was designed and built in Invercargill for contract work in breaking-in bush country, is pulled by a 40 horse-power tractor, Giant discs are used to break the soil down to a good working surface. Death of Woman The inquest into the death of Esther Christina Shea, a married woman, who was found dead at her home, 54 Craigle Avenue, on April 4, was concluded before the Coroner (Mr C. W. Wood) yesterday. Dr. D. H. Moir gave evidence of a post-mortem examination in which he found all the organs to be normal with the exception of the heart and the stomach. In his opinion the cause of death was failure of the heart which was the seat of extensive fatty degeneration and of a valvular disease. The verdict was in accordance with the medical evidence. Wanted Reduction There was the unusual position at the annual meeting; of the Wellington School Committees and Educational Federation of a secretary asking that his honorarium be reduced. It was £l2/12/-; he suggested it be reduced to £5/5/-. The meeting rejected the proposal without anyone supporting the suggestion. Mrs M. J. Bentley said secretaries were not properly appreciated. If anything went wrong the secretary got the rap. As far as their secretary, Mr A. T. Burnette, was concerned, he would have little Of the honorarium left after meeting his travelling expenses. Reception for Raider Crew An unusual form of retaliation against the crew of a crashed German bomber is described in a letter received by a Wellington resident from a relative, a district nurse in North Devon. Appledore, the village responsible, is notorious in the West Country for its spirit of independence and hostility towards the outside world as a whole. “We are fairly peaceful here,” the letter states, “although we have a few alerts when Jerry goes over to South Wales. We had one down in the sea this week and the crew came into Appledore in their rubber boat. You can imagine the reception they got here. Before they were taken away the crowd made them stand and listenwhile the women and children sang ‘There’ll Always be an England’."