MID-CANTERBURY.
ASHBURTON. Magibtrate's Court. ■ Mr C. It. Orr Walker, S.M., presided over the sitting of the Ashburton Magistrate's Court yesterday. For speeding on the Ashburton traf- ' tic bridge, Robert Brown (Dunedin; and I Mary Roche (Willovvby) were each I fined £2 and costs 7s. | Gideon Scott pleaded guilty to a i charge of keeping liquor for sale within | the no-license district of Ashburton. Senioi'-ycrgeant Mathicson said that I police constables searched defendant's | (dace .and found f>J bottles of whisky. When questioned, defendant said he knew nothing about them. Accused had carrying on the business of slygrog selling for many year?. Assisted by his brother, who had also been before the Court, he had defied all efforts of the law to suppress the illegal pracj tice. ! The Magistrate: There are no redeem- | inrr features about this case; 1 see no reason for redtteitig the maximum penalty. He is convicted and sentenced to three months' imprisonment with hard labour. On a charge of negligently driving a motor-vehicle on the Kacccourse road, on December 27th. 1026, George Leonard i Childs, who pleaded guilty, was lined I £.'! and costs "s. Andrew Boyd., of Jiuapuna (Mr L'. ] Kennedy), pleaded not guilty to a similar offence in Kermp.dc. street on Decein- , ber 10th. lie was fined £3 and costs £'2 (is.
On judgment summonses, W. Fitz- | gerald was directed to pay McDonald and Dunlop tlic sum of £l4 JOs and I eosls £1 Js, in default 14 days' impri- ! sonmont, the warrant to be suspender] | providing the sum of £2 is paid per | month; S. Bcavcn was ordered to pay j Ashby, Bcrgh and Co. the sum of £0 ISs and eosts 15s Grl, in default six days' imprisonment, the warrant to be suspended so long as he paid tiie sum of £2 per month. Judgment for the plaintiff, by default, was entered in each of the following cases:—Allan Wilson and Son v. .Alary Dalley, £o 5s M and £1 lis Gd costs; Allan Wilson and Son v, A. 11. Smith, 17s 9d and 9s costs; Allan Wilson and Son v. J. Kirk-man, £ll 13s 10d and costs £2 14s; Wright, Stephenson and Co., Ltd. v.~Cccil R. Morinrty, £1 14s Id and costs 9s; 11. L. Barker v. J. P. Horgan, £4S 5s Id and costs £4 13s Gd. J. E. Meaclein (Mr W. H. Woods) proceeded against T. A. Miller (Mr A. K. North) for the sum of £lB 10s 6d, representing balance, of an account for work done and material supplied at the request of defendant. The dispute was over the building of. a body on a motor-lorry, and defendant' alleged that there was a contract for a specific price entered into. Plaintiff alleged that there was no definite price fixed for the work. Judgment was given for plaintiff for the amount claimed, with eosts £4 2s. The Weather. After the adverse weather conditions experienced on Thursday, yesterday morning broke cold but fine, the sun soon warming the atmosphere, thus making the day very pleasant. Up to 9 a.m. yesterday, 82 points-of rain and one degree of frost were registered at the Domain weather station. Farmers' Union. At the monthly meeting of the MidCanterbury Provincial Executive of the New Zealand Farmers' Union, the president (Mr James Carr) presided. The Minister for Agriculture (the Hon. Mr Hawkcn) wrote stating that he hoped to be able to arrange a visit to the wheat-growing areas of the Ashburton County next month. He was hoping to be able to arrange his engagements to enable an inspection to be made. The Waimate Branch of the Tanners' Union wrote stating that it had discussed grading of produce, particularly potatoes, and it was in favour of this work being done by Government graders and not by merchants' graders. It ', requested an expression of opinion from the Executive. Mr J. It. Dalton said it would mean a big thing if farmers could get their produce graded on their farms instead of sending it to the ports on chance. Mr G. W. Leadlcy said that farmers who were prepared to pay the cost of grading on the farms should be given the option. Mr Dalton moved that they were in favour of having the produce graded on, the farms as near as possible. The motion was carried. The Dominion Secretary wrote asking the Union for a copy of the balancesheet of (a) a sheep-farmer with 1000 sheep: (b) a sheep-farmer with over 5000 sheep, in order to place before the Arbitration Court the exact position of sheep farmers to-day. The Dominion president (Mr Poison) intended to represent the producers at the Arbitration Court, and. he would like to have three or four witnesses from different parts of the Dominion who knew the sheep industry thoroughly, and who could produce a balance-sheet and figures in support of their statements. The chairman asked anyone who would care to give evidence to hand in their names. It was decided that the presidents of the various Farmers' Unions' executives in Canterbury and North Otago confer with regard to evidence to be offered to the Commission, sitting to consider the revision of tariffs, and that decisions be conveyed to Mr J. D. Hall, who will attend the Commission. No action was taken in regard to the suggestion from the Women's Division of the Farmers' Union that a meeting of farmers' wives in the district should be held with a view to forming a MidCanterbury branch. METHVEN. Only three fine days at Methven, and then on Thursday rain set in from the sou'-west, continuing until late into the night. A total of S4 points was registered for the twenty-four hours ending 9.30 a.m. on Friday. On Friday morning the hills had a good coating of snow and there was a hint of frost in the air, not sufficient, however, to do any harm. Shearing operations are still being carried on, and the work is being got through gradually. ' The question now is: Will the shearing bo finished before harvest commences? The rain is doing no good, and farmers report a lot of crops down. A lot of grass intended for reaping is laid flat, and will not now be harvested. Feed is plentiful, and the dairying industry is showing an improvement. Potato crops are showing a lot of tops, but from reports received there is nothing underneath.
MOUNT SOMERS. The spell of warm, fine weather broke on Thursday morning, when « sudden change came from the southwest, and a steady downpour of rain continued unremittingly until nightfall. As a biting cold wind accompanied the rain, the storm was severe on newly-shorn sheep, besides which crops were again laid flat. However, yesterday morning's return to brilliant sunshine was beneficial to stock as well ?.s enabling the affected crops to re-
vive The surrounding mountains ie- ■ \a ■ rroorl capping of snow, the first T i Jl vear A total of .78 inches of the > ie V ".'coVded, and three de°f ™Vfro* yesterday vl.oha.sb.en visiting the district for ~ few -ecks, has,returned to Reefton.
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