LOCAL AND GENERAL

Timaru Herald, Volume CLIII, Issue 22470, 4 January 1943, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Lincoln College Scholarships Colin James Wilson. Mount Hutt, has been awarded the Canterbury Agricultural College Old Students’ Association scholarship, tenable at Lincoln in 1943. James Henry Stone, of Waimarama, Methven. has been awarded the Canterbury’ Frozen Meat Company’s scholarship. Fall From Cycle Helen Harkness, aged 4. was admitted to the Timaru Public Hospital early last evening suffering from lacerations received in a fall from 4 bicycle. Her condition was reported last night as being satisfactory. Accident at Ashburton A motor-car, driven by Mr Rupert Maxwell Keeley, of Timaru, was overturned when it collided with another car driven by Mr Ralph Baynes, of Ashburton, at the intersection of Walnut Avenue and West Street, Ashburton, at 7.45 o’clock on Friday evening. No one was injured. Farmers’ Picnic at Raincliff Their Excellencies, the GovernorGeneral and Lady Newall, will be present at a farmers’ picnic to be held in Pioneer Bush at Raincliff on Thursday next at 2.30 p.m. Any farmers, with their wives and families, who care to attend will be welcome. They should take their own tea with them. AH who Intend to be present should notify the secretary of the South Canterbury Primary Production Council (Mr A. B. Struthers), Tekapo Buildings, Timaru. Restoring Old Redoubt The Franklin County Council decided at its meeting at Pukekohe to make a donation of £5O toward the cost of clearing and restoring the old Alexander redoubt at Taukau, which was one of a chain of redoubts stretching inland from the Firth of Thames used by British troops in the defence of Auckland during the Maori War. It was stated that the redoubt was perfectly preserved and it commanded an excellent view of the surrounding country and the Waikato River. High-Priced Blankets A striking illustration of the wide margin between the prices ruling in the soft goods trade in London compared with those on the local market is given in a recent issue of the “Drapers’ Record,” a trade journal published in London. The journal quotes the case of a draper who was fined £lO and £ll/5/- respectively with costs on two charges of selling double-bed white blankets at £B/8/-, the authorised price being £7/15/6. . The pre-war price for the same grade of blankets was £l/16/9. It may be added that the price for the best-quality blankets on the local market is about £4. Disturbance at Dance Men in uniform encroaching on the dancing space at the Radiant Hall, Ashburton, on New Year’s Eve caused a slight disturbance. When the proprietor remonstrated with them, the men became fractious and began climbing on one another’s shoulders, and pulling down the paper streamers used as decorations. After a constable had been summoned there was no further trouble but subsequently one of the men concerned in the incident, who was understood to be a returned soldier suffering from shell-shock and the effects of bombing in Tobruk, collapsed and was admitted to the Ashburton Public Hospital. Fireman’s Climbing Feat Good climbing by a fireman from the central station interested the guests’ at the opening on Saturday of the Kia Ora Home, formerly the Evelyn Firth Home, as a recuperative centre for United States officers who have been on operations in the Pacific. The old halyard on the high flagpole in the grounds of the home having worn out, it had to be replaced with a new one before the Stars and Stripes could be hoisted. This necessitated a climb of about 20ft up the smooth topmost section of the pole, which is about 50ft high. The fireman’s task performed, the flag was soon afterward fluttering in the breeze. Sheep for Trials Figures which are believed to constitute a record for the number of sheep lent by any one man for use at trials have been disclosed by the secretary of the Warepa Collie Club (Mr J. Mclntosh). During the past 19 years, Mr Mclntosh states, a total of 5800 sheep have been lent by Mr W. S. Thomson, of "Glenfalloch,” Warepa. as follows: Championship trials, Southern Association, 530 sheep; Otago provincial championships, 420; South Island championships, 450; local trials, 4400. In all the championship trials not one sheep died or suffered Injury, and only one died during any of the local trials. Companions in Prison Camp A coincidence involving three Dunedin soldiers who have been serving with the N.Z.E.F. in the Middle East is reported from a prisoner-of-war camp in Italy. The three men concerned are A. D. Williams, his brother, N. Williams, and C. Eckhold. Before the war they were companions. All were members of the Dunedin Amateur Swimming Club, and they had a common interest in diving, in which all were champions. A. D Williams left New Zealand with the First Echelon, his brother with the Second Echelon, and Eckhold with a later contingent. Each of the trio was taken prisoner at a different time, and now all are reunited in the same prisoner-of-war camp in Italy. Demand for Music "The desire for self-expression in music is becoming greater and people are turning from the wireless to some extent in favour of singing and music around the piano,” said the manager of a large musical firm in Dunedin. The demand for sheet music was heavy, he said, and there was a strong inquiry for pianos, the supply of which was unequal to the demand. More children were learning the piano in Dunedin than ever before, and many were learning to play stringed instruments such as the violin and the guitar. Wireless sets were still having excellent sales, and the supply of gramophone records was not sufficient to satisfy the public, but there were indications that the piano was again coming to the fore.