GENERAL NEWS

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume XXIV, 7 May 1928, Page 4

GENERAL NEWS

Dr. Kidson’s Weather Forecast: Southerly winds moderate to strong. The weather will probably prove squally and changeable with scattered showers. The night will probably be very cold with frosts inland. Barometeer rising slowly.

At no time has there even been such a large collection of crepe paper and in so many colours in stock as at present. There are fully forty shades to select from and prices run. sixpence and one shilling at J. H. Beattie’s, The Shop Next the Post Office.

John Henry Victor Mansill, solicitor; pleaded guilty at Auckland to the theft of £2041 belonging to clients. He was committed for sentence and bail was refused. The total defalcations were £7169.

In the Police Court at Dunedin, Dr. A. H. Crawshaw, District Health Officer, pleaded not guilty to being intoxicated while in charge of a car. The case is proceeding. Alterations of the Hunt Club’s meets for the remainder of the season are advertised. Frank Smeaton, for riding a motor cycle at Dunedin while intoxicated, was fined £5, had his license cancelled, and was prohibited from driving for 12 months. A dance, in aid of the Marist Princess, will be held in St. Patrick’s Hall on Tuesday, May Bth., at 8 p.m. Weekly dances following. Film Competition. Free prize at Bryan’s Pharmacy. We offer a mounted enlargement each week to customer obtaining best results. The large increase in turnover of this department is proof of the superior results obtained, and satisfactory service. All makes of films stocked, and those sent by post receive prompt attention. B. A. Bryan, JI.P.S., Prescription Chemist, ’Phone 9, Box 62, Waimate. 1. Members of the Northern Football Club are requested to attend practice to-morrow, Tuesday, at 7 p.m., at Drill Hall, and every following Tuesday. Coaches will he in attendance. Tue body of Harry Tapper, who was accidentally drowned in Lake Waikaremoana a fortnight ago, was found yesterday, and brought to Wairoa late last night. An inquest will be held to-morrow. A garden party in aid of the Plunket Society, will be held at Mrs R. B. Hurst’s residence, Naylor St., on Wednesday next, May 9th, when all are cordially invited. As a sequel to a collision, Charles Walden, a ship’s cook, was fined £lO at Wellington on Saturday for being intoxicated in charge of a

car, and he was prohibited from driving for twelve months.

Eczema, varicose ulcers, cuts, scars and knocks are safely and surely treated by that soothing healing emollient Bryan’s Antisep tic Ointment. Careful mothers always keep it handy. Pots 2/6 and 3/6. B. A. Bryan, M.P.S., Prescription Chemist, ’phone 9, Box 62, Waimate. 2

With his skull, nose and jaw fractured, Albert Francis Plumtree (25) was found dead on the Palmer Road near Kaponga on Saturday evening. His motor cycle was found in a dam aged condition about 13 yards from the body.

The body of Leonard William Frew (22), was found yesterday on Otahoua station (Wellington), in an advanced state of decomposition. Frew had been missing since March sth.

At the New Brighton Trotting Club’s meeting in March, Free Advice finished first and Baroh Bingen second in the Eclipse Handicap. An inquiry was held after the race into the complaint for interference, and the judge's placings were reversed, Baron Bingen being placed first and Free Advice second. McKendrick Bros., of Auckland, owners of Free Advice, appealed against the decision to the Trotting Association, which referred the case back to the Club. The Committee of .the New Brighton Trotting Club will hold an inquiry into the case on Thursday.

The opening ball of the Glenavy Rifle Club will be held in the Glen-

avy Hall on Friday next, May 11th Music by A. Smart’s Band.

A fire at Kaiterangi on Saturday evening at 6.30 destroyed the residence of Henry Groeott, \vhich was occupied by his son and daughter. Practically nothing was saved. —Hokitika P.A. telegram.

We now have a Buyer for a Four Roomed House with about four acres of land close to the Borough. Anyone who has a property of this description for Sale at a fair price should communicate with Forbes Wallace, Box 47, Waimate.

Dashed 300 feet down a precipitous bank in a closed ear was the terrible experience last evening which befel Mr and Mrs Edward Meadowcroft, of Khandallah, Wellington. Mrs Meadowcroft is in an apparently serious state while her husband is suffering severely from shock. —-Gisborne P.A. telegram.

Playing for Old. Boys’ seniors at Rugby at Palmerston North on Saturday — Sutherland sustained a broken bone in the lower portion of the foot. Peebles, of Woodville, who was playing at Feilding, was rendered unconscious owing to a collision and was removed to the Palmerston North Hospital, where he is seriously ill-

Don’t lose your hair for want of attention. Keep the scalp clean and healthy and free from dandruff by regular use of Bryan’s Antiseptic Hair Tonic. A wonderful invigorator. Price 2/6 and 3/6. B.A. Bryan, M.P.S, Prescription Chemist, phone 9, Box 62, Waimate. 3

Timaru Police Station was the scene of a lively encounter on Friday night, when a little man, who called there, attacked Senior-Serge-ant Gibson, and also Constable Marsh. The assailant was Robert Barbour who it was stated in the Timaru Court on Saturday, was drunk at th e time. On Saturday morning he was qui,te a different man. The Magistrate ordered accused to come up for sentence when called upon within three mouths, on condition that during that time he refrained from taking liquor.

A motor accident occurred on Saturday evening at Turiroa, about five miles from Wairoa, when a taxi full of passengers, driven by Jim Aranui, crashed into the Hawke’s Bay Motor Company’s service car from Napier, driven by Z. Saba, containing five passengers. The cars were badly damaged and the occupants were cut and bruised, several requiring medical attention. A man named Fairweather was injured and sent to hospital, and one woman was cut through being thrown through the windscreen.

Preserve and beautify your skin with one of these celebated Face Creams from Bryan’s Pharmacy. Orient Morn, Nyal’s Peroxide, Pond’s Icilma, Oatine, Stearns to mention just a few. B. A. Bryan, M.P.S., Prescription Chemist, ’Phone 9, Box 62, Waimate 4.

The pie cart proved a happy idea for raising money in connection with the Princess campaign, on Saturday night. The first ten dozen were gone at the picture interval, and before the audience came out all were sold that could be procured from the Waimate pie makers. The three chefs in their smart caps and aprons had the genuine French look but were weak on a’ccent. The coffee was acclaimed the real thing, and the pies disappeared rapidly into capacious local openings. An interested crowd watched proceedings and found much amusement in the novelty of Waimate’s first pie cart. Next Saturday something extra is promised.

To forget is to regret, so get a camera and keep a permanent record of your happy moments fresh in your mind for ever. Kodaks from 30/-, Brownies from 10/6. Leading makes of English Cameras also stocked. B. A. Bryan, M.P.S., Prescription Chemist, phone 9, Box 62, Waimate. 5 The little shop in Timaru, Morison’s, Ltd., is again to the fore with a great line of boys’ grey worsted knieker suits; fit boys, ages 6 to 17, from 32/6. See advertisement, leader page When in Timaru, buy at Timaru Fruit Supplies. A. McLauchlan (late of Waimate), Proprietor Woods' Great Peppermint Cure For Coughs and Colds, never fails.

A meeting of wheat-growers in one of the biggest and best wheat • areas in Canterbury, on Saturday carried the following resolution: — “That this meeting of wheat-grow-ers is in favour of the formation of ’ a Wheat Pool. ■ An announcement (hat the present petrol tax of fourpenee per gallon is not going to mark the limit ol r taxation in this direction, if the revenue derived is found to be insufficient for the purpose required of it, was give.n by the Minister of Lands (Hon A D McLeod) when ' speaking at Ihuraua recently Mr McLeod explained as the reason for fourpence that it bad been levied, . not for the purpose of lowering > taxation on rural districts, but to r prevent it going any higher, as al 1 arming calculations hail been niad< . as to what figure taxation would i have reached by 1930 unles the then > system was altered He expressed i confidence, however, that the mot qrist would be the first to ask for any extra tax in his appreciation of tar-sealed roads. Bryan’s Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil and Creosote is excellent for coughs and eolds, and is a valuable tonic. Kiddies love it. B. A. Bryan, M.P.S., Prescription Chemist, ’Phone 9, Box 02, Waimate. 5. A prominent Christdiureh footballer, Mr J. Blackaby, is coming to reside in Waimate, and his services have been secured by the Marist Football Club. He will play for the Marist senior, team on Thursday. Mr Blackaby who played for the Marist Club in Christchurch, has been in senior League for the last three seasons. He entered the League ranks by captaining the Marist third grade team, who won the competition with an unbeaten record. The following year he was promoted to the senior team, and lias the distinction of being on,, ol the few to attain representative honours in the first year. Last season he was again in the Canterbury team, and was chosen for the South Island as well. Had he remained it is thought that he would have been selected for the New Zealand team. Th e Waimate Marist senior team promises to be a very strong one, containing as it docs, besides Mr Blackpby, a number of the old players and many good young footballers who have graduated from the juniors. The Waimate carpenters are advised through the columns of this paper, of a meeting with the officers of the Timaru branch of the Amalgamated Society, to form a branch in Waimate, which, when all things are taken into account, is a step ■ in the right direction. Waimate carpenters are to be congratulated on the number of years that they have enjoyed the privileges of the trade, and it is to be hoped that all who have been notified will attend and thus assist the Timaru branch in making a success of their visit. Clearing sale for two weeks only, commencing Tuesday. April 24th The Minerva, Grigson St.