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Wairarapa Age, 30 November 1937, Page 4

The Wanganui Jockey Club has decided to increase the stakes for its autumn meeting by £865 over those of last years, making a total of £3,015 for the two days, in addition to a gold cup' value at £lOO donated by Mr. G. F. Moore. Practically all the races share in the increase.—(P.A.) • For the week ended on Saturday, according to ‘ the Dairy Board report, New Zealand salted butter was quoted at Ills'to 115 s compared with 120 s to 122 s on the preceding week and 106 s to 107 s last year. New Zealand cheese was quoted for the w T eek as follows, prices for the preceding week being shown in parentheses:—White, 68s Gd to 69s (tls to 71s 6d); coloured, 67s 6d to 68s (70s to 70's 6d). Witnesses in Court frequently are asked their reasons for fixing a date on which some incident occurred, but one of the most unusual explanations heard for some time was that given before Mr Justice Ostler in the Supreme Court at Auckland. A witness said he remembered that his wife left him on August 12, because that was the opening date of the shooting season in England. He gave the further explanation that he well remembered the date because years before he worked in England in grouse-shooting districts. That a serious fire can be started by the reflected rays of the sun was demonstrated at Geraldine, South Canterbury, when an outbreak of fire in a dairy and cowsheds occurred on Mr. Trevor Watson’s property. The sun’s rays, focussed by the concave base of a new milk can, standing outside the building, set the weatherboards on fire. It was not long before the whole wall was ablaze, and the fire had spread to the rafters and. roof. The fire was discovered in its early stages and 1 put out. It was a fortunate save, as the building, including milking machines, would have cost some hundreds of pounds to replace. Championship and club pennants were flown half-mast from the clubhouses of the Maranui and Lyall Bay Surf Clubs (Wellington) on Sunday as a mark of respect for the late Mr. R. H. Durrant, whose death from injuries received in a motor accident at Miramar on Saturday, was reported yesterday. He was an active member of the Maranui Surf and Life-Saving Club, and had a distinguished competitive record in swimming and life-saving. Joining the club in 1931, he took part as a member of the club’s A team in many contests, including the Wellington and New Zealand championships. He was holder of the Award of Merit and of the Surf Medallion of the Royal Life-Saving Society, and was a member of the club’s executive committee. At the time of his death he was responsible for a movement which has resulted in the raising of about £7O towards the purchase of a new surf lifeboat to replace the club’s present craft, whwh has done duty in Lyall Bay for nearly fourteen years.