SOUTH CANTERBURY.

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18481, 8 September 1925, Page 4

SOUTH CANTERBURY.

TIMARU. Social and Personal. Dr. and Mrs L. S. Talbot (Church street) left yesterday for a week in Christchurch. Mrs E. Inman returned to Cattle Valley last week after a fortnight in Timaru. Miss Napier, who was the guest of Mrs E. A. Eickman (Church street), has returned to Waimate. Miss A. Seott Smith is spending a fortnight with her aunt, Mrs W. Smith (Orari), prior to leaving» for Christchurch. Mrs and Mi6s Elworthy and Mrs W. N. Bond (Claremont) will leave England in, December, on their return journey to New Zealand. A Popular Master. On Saturday evening the pupils and old boys of the Timaru Boys' High School gathered to bid farewell to Mr A. G. Tait, who, for thirteen years, had occupied the post of assistant-master, and who was recently appointed to the headmastership of the Dannevirke High School, the duties of which he was to assume in the course of a few days.

I The headmaster, Mr W. Thomas, who presided, referred in highly eulogistic terms, to the services which Mr Tait had rendered to the school during his long association with that institution, and complimented him on the welldeserved promotion that had now come his way. Mr Tait was then presented with a handsome watch by the senior prefect (E. -Cleland), and was also presented with a life membership badge ;of the Old Boys' Association, the latter presentation being made by Mr Searle D. Mason, president of the Association. Messrs J. G. Gow (ex-School Inspector), W. D. Campbell (High School Board), H. Field, and N". A; Leslie, added their tributes to Mr Tait'a high qualities. Eeplying, Mr Tait said that ho was prond of the record of the School, which had achieved no mean success, and he attributed that sucess in the main to Mr Thomas, the headmaster, whose heart and soul were in the school. He thanked the pupils, the old boys, and the masters for their valuable present and their good wishes.

Dust Again. AHcr a brilliantly fine day on Sunday, a strong nor'-wester sprang »p yesterday morning and blew all day, raising clouds of dust, which made outdoor conditions very unpleasant. GERALDIftE. A slight fall of snow occurred here late on Saturday night and it was late on Sunday .before the snow had melted in shaded places. Bright sunshine has been experienced since. The ex-pupils of the Geraldine District High School held their (monthly social and dance, when on behalf of the club, Miss Farnie presented Mr W. Rae with a case of military brushes in recognition of his services to the clnb. Arrangements were made for a ball to take i>lace in the new Town Hall early next month. The singing of the National Anthem brought a hanpy evening to a close. A case that should be a warning to some beekeeners was heard at the .Geraldine Magistrate's Court yesterday, before Mr E. D. Mosley, S.M. Michael Dermody- was charged with having failed to clean 'his apiary of "foul brood." Mr G. H. Rargeant, Apiary Instructor, said that defendant was notified on two occasions, last season, and lie issued warning notices and sent him printed instructions for the treatment of the apiary. On visiting the apiary subsequently he found that although one or two diseased combs might have been .removed from one or two hives, nothing had been done to th<? others. Defendant had only six Lives and ono of these was not occunied. He only kept the bees for his own use, but the danger was that unclean hives would infect others and there were several large commercial apiaries in the district. It was the first timo ho had been proceeded against. The Magistrate entered a conviction and fined defendant 10s and costs. lii the civil action, E. Major v. F. Bull, claim £3 4s 10fl for grazing, Mr Farnie, for plaintiff, obtained judgment with costs, £1 3s 6d. A considerable number of debt cases had been Bet down, but these had been settled out of Court, and the Magistrate remarked that there must be a good deal of money in the district to have- enabled them to be settled. Mr Farnie agreed, but said pressure was needed to bring some up to the mark.