TIMARU AND SOUTH CANTERBURY NEWS.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18893, 7 January 1927, Page 14

TIMARU AND SOUTH CANTERBURY NEWS.

TDIARU. SOCIAL AND PERSONAL. Miss C. W. Wood (Tirnaru > has re turned from Christehureb.

Mrs Brown (Chnstchurc-h'> and Mrs Phe'.p (Torquay' left yesterday for the Hermitage. Mrs Maurice Eusse'.l and her children (Christehurch- are spending a month in Tirnaru.

Miss Maureen Mahouey (Spreydon") is spending a fortnight with relatives in Ximaru. Misses K. and M...Thompson, who we're in Timarii. hare returned to Ashburton. ■■■■ ■ , . . . .

■Mrs E.- Bowie and family (Wai-iti road) are camping at the river. Miss Kubv Wright has returned to ■Vnnat a tier a holiday in Tirnaru. Mr and Mrs Jauiieson (Palmerston North"! and Mr Roger Davies (Raetihi) have come to Tirnaru.

Mr D. J. Mcßeth lias returned to Tirnaru after having taken part in the Canterbury-Wellington match, in which lie had 'the distinction of carrying out his bat in both innings. ,'Mr -Richard .Shillito, president of the South Canterbury. Bowling Centre,, left Tirnaru yesterday for Auckland to be present at the Dominion bowling tournament, which will commence there on Monday.

The Wool Sale. ,Tl-.e next wool sale of the.scasou to be held in Timaru is fixed for Friday, February 4.tlu It .-will be held in the Theatre"' Soyal.' and .though it was originally timed to start at 7.30 p.m. there is now a probability that it will commence in the morning. Wool buyers do not like operating at night sales it it is at 1 all possible to hold the sales during the daytime. "Wool for the nest sale is not yet coming to hand freely, the frequent rains having delayed shearing operations. It is estimated that the nest catalogue will comprise round about 16.000 bales. For the second sale last year the catalogue consisted of '10,243 bales, of which quantity 15,750 'bales were sold. With so much rain as has been experienced, it is not possible to say what the next wool to" bo submitted will be like in quality, but it is quite safe to say that it will ■be better grown than that of last year. Nearly all the down country wool was disposed of at the opening sale, and the next to be offered will consist mostly of halfbred clips from the higher country. ,

Maori. Curios. There are'how on view in the' Art Gallery of the Timaru Library some very interesting Maori curios. These have "been lent by Mr -A. -S. McCully, of Fairview. 3lr McC'ully is a keen collector, and the four cases in the library building are but part of a very eomprehensive collection. It has been his desire to gather specimens of the tools -used bv the earliest inhabitants of New Zealand, the Mo a Hunters, and there is every reason to believe that this collection will be of some assistance later on iii- arriving at more definite conclusions in this respect. The collection includes adzes of various types in basalt and greenstone, chisels in various materials ranging in length from, lHn to lOin, and scrapers in flint, slate, etc. One has a fish tail scraped on it. Spear-points in flint and obsidian of. various shapes and . sections, fishhooks, sinkers', and other articles the use'of which; is. unknown, are. also in : eluded in the "collection.

; FAIRLIE. '. The .quarterly meeting of Gladstone Lodge''vrag"held in' the' .lodge room. Officers- for the ensuing . term wore elected as follows:—Noble Grand, Bro. R. J. Braddiek; Vice-Grand, Bro. W. Dorman; recording secretary, Bro-. J. ■ Braddiek; financial sceretary, Bro. C. J. Talbot; treasurer, Bro. A. Hammond. Six rinks from the Ashbury Club, Timaru, recently visited "Fan-lie, and played a match against a team from the local club. The weather was ideal, a'tfd the ''green"'was in fair order, the rain having mado.it a trifle heavy. A very enjoyable day was spent, the result being a win for the local men with a score of 129 against 113. The following is the result, Ashbury players named first:—Johnston, Heushaw, Sinclair, and Thompson (skip). 27 y. Cogar,. Potter, Reynolds, and fccott '(skip), 20; Clark, Milne, Prosser,. and Ford (skip), 18 v. Dobson, C. Stamp, Harper, and H Carlton (skip), £l ; Forrest, TJiompsoii. .Simpson, and Hamlvii (skip), 17 v. Boulter, Dore, Caskev, and- P; ' Carlton -(skip), 17; Panton,- Newman, Spiers, Gardyne •(sfcipV-17 v Cooper,-Annan, Ormandy, and Brown (skip),-- 23", Crampton, Miles', Sampson, and Johnston (skip), 18 'v. Borrie, Ryder, Beckett, and Campbell (skip), 17; Spring, Dore, Morgan, and Elder (skip), 1G v. Wvber, Bussel, T. .Stamp,, and Howden (skip), 20. - Messrs J. Caskey. C. Boulter, P. Carlton f nnd H. Carlton (skip) represented, the Fairli© Club at the Christmas, tournament at Timaru.. ; .Though "Hot successful in winning their section, "they Secured 3 wins out of 4 games "pUved.--.-A visit of a...team from the -We'st-End Cluh;. Timaru, on January "13th. is being looked forward to, when the final, round of the Thursday competitions, will-be played.

TEMUKA. PERSONAL. i i i .Mr 11. Edwards is spending u holiday ! at Taurnarunui. ',

Mr A. J. Maephersoa has returned ' from'a trip to Palmerstoa S'orth.

Guests at the Crown Hotel over the New Year were Mr and Mrs Hoskins. Mr and Mrs ManJy and family (Du'nedial. Mr and Mrs Whitesides and family (Christchurch), Mr and Mrs Naylur <'Duiiedin">, Misses Shearer (Dunedin'i, Mr and Mrs Barnett (Christchurch"], Mr J. I'iddes, Mr T. Connors. Mr Ross. Mr E. Familton (Oamaru), Mr Spong. Miss Carnock, Mr McLean, Mr Ackroyd. Miss Napier, Mr and Mrs Cockburn. Mr Forrest, Misses AValls (DunodinX and Mr and Mrs Wallace.

Boar's- Head. Dr. Cowen, King street, Teniuka. has just received a present from the North Island of a mounted boar'a head. The animal, which weighed over 2001b. was shot by Mr Frank McParland, a weilknowii" sportsman, of Wellington, during a recent hunting trip in the Rimutaka;. The boar's head is nicely mounted, an-, i s a verv fine specimen of a. typical Captain Cooker, with long snout and a splendid pair of tusks.

WAIMATE. Railway passenger traffic from Wairaate during tho holiday period this year lias exceeded that for many years past, wiih the exception' of last year, when the Exhibition at Duiiedin greatly added to the number of travellers. Despite this, however, the tickets issued this year were only about nrty short of last year. . The raspberry crop in hie \\ annate district promises to be a record one this year, according to reports made bv "rowers. The season has been very favourable to this fruit, the recent rains resulting in the berries growing extremely large before ripening. Ihe l-riirliii sunshine which followed tl' <; tains has ripened the berries, .and although the main crop will not be for about a-fortnight, already-some exceedingly larse pickings have been obtained. On the other hand, the season has been anything 'but favourable to tho strawberry, and growers as a result of the heavv and continued ram at Christmas time have experienced heavy losses, the vields not being anything like up to expectations. The berries, although numerous, were not able to bo picked, owing to the. wet weather, and thev rotted on the ground One "rower, "in a comparatively small way, estimates his loss from the rani at £IOO, and the larger growers suttered proportionately. , The past vear has been a phenomenally wet one, in fact the wettest, for "U* years The record shows that dU.dS inches "fell during 1920, 1.07 points lws than iu the year 1902, when the large total, of 33.05 inches was registered. As compared with 1920 1920 had less sunshine, the .fishes beins <?O7S hours 3 minutes in 19*, ana 20S1 hours 50 minutes in 1920. The month of December was remarkably; unseasonable, a great deal of rain tailing and adding to tlio total for ! the year. Although ranTfe"! on thirteen davs in December oF-l!)M| and onlv on 12 clays last December,'' the increase is accounted for bv excep-] tionallv heavy falls last month. Onj three davs of last December over an ] inch of Vain was .recorded, tho daysj heme the 7th, 24th, and 2511 i /: The] total for the month amounted to CO? inches as against 2.47 inches for the j same month of 1925 Last month 9 i sunshine was greatk dscreased and] shows a-considerable disparity with De-j cember of 1925. Last month only 174 hours .20 minutes were registered; while 200 hours 5 minutes were, registered j for December,. 1925.- • - - j Mr V. T. Shrimnton,'of" the New Plymouth District Hich School teach-.] in'" staff.' is homo for the holidays.] Mr F. M. White, of the staff of the j Bank c,f Xev.-.. South returned from.his annual-holidays.. He | was re'ievecl by. Mr IS. Aston. of, Geraldine.

". The Rcr. .AV. F. Niehbl; of Knox Church, with his family, is spending a holiday'in the south.