LOCAL & GENERAL.

Western Star, 10 July 1936, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL.

Mr Denis Joseph Cummings lias been appointed Commissioner of Police for the Dominion.

The annual meeting of subscriber? of the Riverton Athenaeum will be held on Monday evening next at eight o’clock.

Mr It. A. Eden has informed Germany that under no. circumstances would Britain allow Germany to annex Danzig.

The Brittania Badminton Club. Invercargill, will play a match against the Riverton Club this evening in. the Empire Theatre.

The evening service at St Mary’s Church on Sunday will be conducted by the Yen. J. A. Lush, 8.A., of St. John’s, Invercargill.

School teachers will not have their cuts (restored to the 1931 level until the necessary legislation has been put through Parliament.

A meeting of ratepayers will •>© laid at Tuatapere on Thursday next to ta,ke a vote, whether a special rate Should be; struck for lighting purposes.

Replying ,to a deputation in Auckland 'file lion. R. Semple stated that the Government intended to bar all persons un&er thq age of 18 years from holding motor drivers’ licenses..

.'A. public meeting has been called by tile Invercargill citizens objecting to the resolution of the Southland Power Board, and asking the Government to take over the Power Board plants

At a meeting of the Riverton Rowing Club held last evening it was decided to hold their annual Ball on Monday, 10th August, and the music will be supplied by a Dunedin orchestra.

. Robert Currie, aged 73, of Bunnythorne, and liis wife, aged 74, were killed near Palmerston North as the result of their car being struck by the .express train from New Plymouth on Thursday.

. The valuable modern library of the lute Sir Joseph Kinsey, of - Christchurch, will shortly be housed in the Turnbull Library at Wellington, arlangments. having been completed by the Government for acceptance of the gift.

The Minister of Public Works states that all counties and town boards will be relieved of their responsibility for the upkeep of main highways. County Councils ■ are expected to use the money thus saved by improving secopdary roads. ;

The second round of the Western District senior football competition commences to-morrow afternoon when Otautau will meet Riverton on the latter’s ground. In the match played at Otautau the game ended in a win for Otautau by 6 to 3. So far Riverton is leading 1 for the Banner.

The three inmates pf the Invercargill Borstal Institution) wlioi escaped from the Borstal farm early on Friday afternoon last week, walked into the store owned by H. M’lvOr at Makarewa on Tuesday evening and gave themselves up. Later they were conveyed to the institution.

The likelihood-of a, further trial for Eric M.areo is being discussed. Mr K. 'C.' Aekins, Mareo’s solicitor at Auckland, who with Mr H. F. O’Leary as leading counsel, conducted his defence, had a conference with the Minister of Justice. The Minister made no comment when interviewed.

It is some years since such steady gold returns have been reported in this ‘district a s have been coming to band from one and another quarter during the past few months, says the Wnkatipu Mail. Last week the Central Shotover claim, Deep Creek, washed up another splendid return of 140 ounces for two weeks’ actual working time, 'I hen from Skippers, Ltd. comes the news of another important wash-up • f 51czs 13dwts making in all the grand total of 400ozs from the particular paddock wherein elevating has been carried on during the past few week?. A mmher of other excellent returns are also quoted.