CONDENSED NEWS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17573, 25 June 1925, Page 6

CONDENSED NEWS.

OVERNIGHT SUMMARY. A strong effort will he made to have the itinerary of the tour of the delegates of the Empire Press Union altered in order that they may visit the South Island when they arrive in New Zealand in August. When it was announced that the party would be unable to visit Ibis island, the matter was taken up by the Canterbury Progress League, and as a result of the efforts of that body it is now possible that the South Island will be visited. That the trend northward is abating and that North Island farmers arc beginning to look southward for opportunities is the opinion of Mr Peter Barr, of Dunedin, chairman of the Public Service Appeal Board, which is holding its sittings at -Auckland. The necessity for a vigorous afforestation policy in order to provide for future supplies of timber was urged by Mr T. YY. Morrison, Conservator of Forests in Canterbury, in an address to the annual meeting of the Canterbury Progress League yesterday. A review of the deep-sea angling season at the Bay of Islands shows that it was in many respects remarkable. Records for size and number of fish taken were broken, and visitors to the grounds were far more numerous and came from much further afield than in previous years. Members of the Canterbury Automobile Association will visit the West Coast next week, leaving Christchurch for Hokitika on Tuesday. The following day will be spent in Grcymouth, and Reefton and Westport will be visited in turn. They will return to Christchurch on Saturday, July 4. Speeding motorists have been in evidence at Geraldine lately. On Monday afternoon one motor driver ran down a cyclist, and carried him along for a short distance, when the man fell on to the road beside the car, and fortunately escaped serious injury. A liitlc later a child narrowly escaped being run over by a car that was travelling at a high rate of speed. What is considered to be a record price for ten month-old stud ram lambs was paid for fifty J "orricdales, which left Ashburton yesterday morning. The lambs, which were sold by Pync, Gould, Guinness, Ltd., for Messrs Cochrane Bros., arc going to Napier to join the dock of a well-known Ilawke s Bay runholder. The entries for the North Canterbury Poultry, Pigeon and Canary Club's exhibition, to be held next month, show a decrease as compared with last year's, although the poultry section is larger. Following are the particulars with the 1924 figures given in parentheses .—Poultry 472 (159). pigeons 34 1 39), canaries IS (32 >. fanev work 56 (70b art 0 (59). roots 58 (76)! apples and preserves 10 (28), girls’ cookerv 25 (•43), cats 25 (30); total 701 (S2G>. Passing through Rangiora on his way to < hristchurch yesterday morning. Mr IC. W. Jordan, of Oxford, met with a motor-car mishap, which put an end to his journey opposite the Magistrate's Court. In making a sharp swerve to avoid colliding with a car which popped out of Alfred Street, the front wheels of bis Ford locked and ran against the kerbing. The impact gave the axle a fatai twist, wrenched the front spring apart, and badly damaged tiie steering gear. Mr Jordan had his wife and son in the car with him. but none of the party was injured.