PIGEON RACING.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20176, 3 March 1931, Page 6

PIGEON RACING.

• —— * . YOUNG. BIRDS' CONTEST. < The Oliristchuxch Racing' Pigeon < Society conducted, a young bird racs from Ksikoura during the week-end, Mr E. Slower lvbprited 88"birds in.» aou'-weßt wind. Xhewinniag'birdt Clyde, owned by -Mr. H. JL Pearson* flew "the distance ot : 105 <miles- 992 'yards 21ix4A8inin,. The following are the "results*^

„ P J- 3 c S re^or^ Vol l the A Momtt»te4-i»ird priie, and Mr W. Hepburn itfce « -vnpliMtel bird pthe. t j ;, t , v ft*

HBP? ■■■■:■■;...•. •,■•■'■ } ■.!. :• . . • v ■ ■ . ':..-. k \ • THE PRESS, TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 1931. \ y .Va k. Laig,. : •• IN THE GARDEN. DAMAGES OF £175. ■ ' ■» ■■ Ai tnor Con/irp ■r ——'r— ■ II Ijlvfl id Suits ... • WORK FOR THE WEEK. breach of promise ACTION. IP J/& »> i !-■ ■ 1 Th tat Hold.. (grJSCIALLT WRITTXK IOK TH» [By J. T. SlNCLAXE.^ CLAIM AGAINST M.P. (FRISS &SS0CJAT1QM TSLEGR11C.) ' WELLINGTON, Mdtrch 2. n ineir snape . latest Quotations for I Fine Navy Serges and ■ » Worsteds in your size | ■ Fine. Indigo Navy 1 1 Serges, Four Guineas. 1 I New Colonial and I I EneliSh Worsteds, | ANSWERS TO CORRBSPON DENTS. H.c.—You can plant the Christmas lilies now. but it would havo been better if you, hail done the work a fortnight ago., These plants goon make roots at this- time of ■;• the year, and if you are going to lift, the bulbs and replant do it at once, before they get checked. Plant about, two inches deep. The other names are Madonna lily and Lilium candidum. JCovico- —Pie melons do not always set well, especially in cold weather. Xt is safest to fertiliso the flowers by taking somq of the pollen from a : malo flower, with a small camcl-ha-ir brush, and transfer it to the stigma of the female flowers. When tho fruit begins to show,_ some of the growing points should be pinched out two or three leaves beyond the fruit, then, if growth is rampant, some of tho lateral growths should be cut put. Fie melons do not set thoir fruit as readily as do marrows and pumpkins. O.B.R. —Plant the polyanthus • back into the border again in April.' Ranunculus seed, if old, sometimes takes a long time to germinate- If you sow the seed as soon as it is ripe in n cold frame you Bliould not have much bother. The tubers of the ones you planted Inst year will be all right if your ground is free from iwrcworms. Damages amounting to £175, were awarded in the Supreme Court by the Chief" Justice, Sir Michael Myers, against George Charles Cecil Black, member of Parliament for Motueka, who was sued by Edna May Bartlett, of "Wellington, for £1000 damages for breach of promise of marriage. Continuing his evidence, the defendant said he was married on June 20th, 1930. He was engaged at the end of May, 1930. . Mr A. Gray, for the. plaintiff, asked witness why he had not communicated with Miss Bartlett after August 28th, 1929. i ;ri I .» iA ? 1 n A \ A V Dl Vine Mo® 1 1 t vV o« • \ 1 P'» ob,,8eS - 1 tbeif P _ - at . rlV 0 I "Xbese n cu 0^vioi . \ 1 tiOO® 1 Four .eoineas. ■ College Grey Wor- 1 steels, Fifty-five Shil- 1 ■L lin BS . I Witness: Because I considered the matter was terminated? Mr Gray: On what day did you consider the matter terminated? ? Witness: On August 28th. Mr Gray referred to the announcement of the wedding and suggested that many of the witness's immediate friends did not know that he.fwas going to be married. Witness replied that that was so. He repeated his statement that Miss Bartlett had left the house on the afternoon of August 28th, 1929, without waiting for him. Mr Gray: Did sho force herself upon you? fc T ' j>:/ £; L L miT Men's Underahirts and Pants. Big purchase 1 Open Friday Nights bedng cleared at prices that almost make ■ Until 9 o'clock. it a dutjrto buy. Bj AIaaaahV Warehouse 1 lilflfiQllll Lichfield St. 1 VEGETABLES. Onions —The first two weeks iirMarch is the best time to make a sowing of onions to stand the winter. If sown later the young plants are apt to get lifted out of the soil by severe frosts, r c 1 i i [ if.--. - r X;V- T ( * ♦* liM I ■■piflMwlpll ' r ■ BTTTLDIKOS . H and if sown too early often run to seed in October. Well till and manure the ground, make it firm by treading and Witness: She adopted a very possessive attitude. In reply to his Honour, witness said that by August 28th his affection for Miss Bartlett had changed. "You-were then no longer fond of ■FM ( m GMW VILf if 1 •' f \l — . ■ ■-. " , ."■■ level with the rake. Sow thinly in drills an inch deop. A good sort for present A i / j u J , 5^ -V ' f »« y<w-. ;V <- ■v. 'r i. sty? s m ■■■ f%# assmmm hBSB t' MWt s/ :- " InHH 1mm m nH| tsnni ■H kHH sowing is Giant Bocca. During autumu ; and winter keep the "bed frfee, from ■weeds by the frequent use of the Dutch hoe. ' , Carrots —It is true that autumn-sown carrots have not a good colour,'and soon run to seed in warm spring weather, but, nevertheless, a few tender roots are vory acceptable. A piece of ground from Tjrhich a crop of cabbage was taken will make a good site'for a bed. / ' Lettuce—To have plants to stand through the winter it will be necessary to make a couple of sowings, one soon, and another in the second half of the months Make a fyie tilth, and sow in shallow drills A foot apart. Hardy varieties are All the Year Bound, Brown Bath, aji'd Brown Cos. Cabbage and Cauliflower —.There is no better method of procuring plants for next season's cabbage and cauliflower crop than by sowing seeds now in a cold; frame. Some growers, who have A warm green house at their disposal rely on seeds sown'in May rather than on those her?" asked his Honour. Witness: Not to the same extent. His Honour: Or at all? . Witness: I would not say at all. His Honour: Why did you not ring her up or write to ( , her after that? Witness: Because I did not know where she was. His Honour: Thut is not cprrect, because you have already said you knew she was at Elliott's. Witness: She was there only a day or two 1 . His Honour: You could have rung her up. Witness: Yes. Referring to the ring, his Honour asked: "Why did you not ask for it back if you considered the engagement broken? Would not that have been the natural thing to do?" - "Had I known of lier address at the time," said the witness, "I probably would have." His Honour: That won't do. Yovj.have said that on August 28th you regarded the engagement as at-an end. Witness: Yes. His Honour, giving judgment, said it had been clearly proved that there was an engagement, and that the defendant did agree to marry the plaintiff. The second ground of defence was YJ* - , - A \ X 1 , T~ 11 , I Hate Bid, ,t 1 P°rtani ti; s I smar 'esf ne|v k / sides fo v 1 / " CWc °'oo«, c . Ill a PPearan, / a! af iow tUm " Reason . \ / T** 1 v •' iteSiialiSSfjl % SfflnHH sown now, but undoubtedly autumnraiaed plants give by iar the fetter results, as these are leps inclined to become drawn and spindly, than are plants raised in heat. The seed should be sown thinly in a cold frame in poor soil, for it is not advisable that the soil in which they are set should be on the rich side. As .soon . as the seedlings are large .enough they will be all the 'better if transplanted into a cold frame, or under bandUghts in a sheltered part of the 'garden, but in either case pjoor soil be used. The object of planting And growing them in poor soil is to keep the 1 plants, dwarfed. Plenty of air shonlil be admitted ,tv the: frame, 'even ■in- tho 4epth of winter. A»*a preventive' i young plants, damping off, ample* space should beJ left -between eaeh; especially the cauliflowers. If set too closely together thte -soon begins to damp, off. and consequently the plants are not; of mucfe- vpJue~ , FLOWERS. Growing bulbs in-fibres-No method of growing bulbs' is -as; simple . as this,, for not only .is'it a elean process, but it takes very little time and attention to obtain the results. When used in lien of soil, all that is necessary is 1 f "The City's U liKI? V liiifeli , f€' ? ■ j|vthat Tt^usfand that the agreement, if any, was before breach thereof by the defendant re-, scinded by mutual consent, whereby plaintiff excused and discharged defendant from performance of it. His Honour said that substantially he accepted the plaintiff's version of the matter. Defendant in his opinion had not proved that. there was such exoneration and.. discharge from . the agreement to. marry, as Mfas necessary to enable him, to succeed.. Plaintiff therefore iiv/liis opinion, bad proved her case, and was entitled to £am$ges/ which he would assess at £175.,' His Honour remarked that" tho Court had to be careful in such cases in. regard to -the question of damages. No doubt in some cases exemplary damages might be>giVen; but the present was not such a case, apart of course from any statement which might have been wadfe in the cross-examination of Mrs Black (whose evidence was taken before the In assessing the damages, he was disregarding that aspect of the matter altogether. Plaintiff'was awafded costs. THE AMERICAN DEBT. THE COlJRTg. ——♦ — MAGISTERIAL. | "• . te' MR BALDWIN'S NEGOTIATES. AN OFFICIAL, STATEMENT. (raoii' : OVK OWN COHa*3POND«NT.) < : LONDQN,January20. In vietf of the misunderstandings which are stated to exist in some quarters relative to the part played by Mr Stanley Baldwin in the settlement of the American debttm the occasion of hip visit to the States with the Governor of the Bank of England w '1923, the following authoritative - statement ISGXPAT, , < (Before Mr E. J). Hosley, &X.) ' TRAITIO ,OASES, '■ For not picking 'thebr dars* th» kerb, John %. IJol<Ji«r and Psrex -S. IJjcUtflli iOa and^cost*,, *►. . Victor' , OUude t sras fintfd ISB and dosts for dtmns'a tnotpr-cyde -without a Ueblise to drive. ' * •For driving at a speed dangeroos to -the, public, Donald > Edwin OUmie wis £2 and costs. , • - „ l v , • 'trt'-iV 1 ' Thomas Olimie'wu fined 6s andt cp«t», for riding a mdtor-cyele night wlthoat a . tail-'! light. 1 , ; -' Alfred Daniels, was fined 10* wad, costs for not baving a-number'plate fixia to'hia car. t '' f Albert Dixon was fined £2 and tents for cutting a corner.. -j. - Tor riding a motor-cycle ,without his Mnds on. the handle-barjs, benjamin England' 1 "*»• fined 11 and costs. . f Emily Olive Falcpner (Sir-A. W.-Brown)-was fined 6s and costa for overtaking another vehicle at"" an Intersection. " » Eutherford Goode rind Gkorge Smy$i*wer« each.fitted 10s and eoitr tqx cycling St/night withodt lights. / . ,. Frank Harris was fined £1 and costs <e* driving a 'ttotor-cycle use'it, 6s and costv to produce W» driving .tieensel and 80s' snd 4 having' an inefficient silencer orf hls\%iacune. Hubert Wilson and : Jsmes ' jaekaon, were each fined, 20s. and «osts\?or having iaejBwent" silencers on their machine*. „ ■- j *• ' ' Robert Henry. JiSlte." was *nea 40s and 'costa-for leaving hia' cat in -a prohibited, 'are#.'. *' For leaving tin parked over the time limit, Mary McLean., Henry A. Sothenburg. and Albert Tubert were each fined J,0s ond, coati. ' 7 ,t 'V, .... j teopftrd J. was flnod 10s sad costy for failing to notify the change of ownership? of-*' rtfttor-eyde. '' , • .VOiUOTA&T John Champion Collie, for driving at speed danguou* to;the pilbUc. was,fined. £S; SndlCOStS* n • 4 j? k H 1 0. Ecroyd (Mr A. 5s ahd cont* for hiu wr^atked-'over; the time limit. ' 5 v." » - T 'r. For: driving 1 in a 'nuinliW• dantfcronsijto, ■the public, Ronald Albert "We»tott ) .aos and costs. WAIMAflBI CODNTY',OASES.'. '"*• 1 1 /„ n \ t*r to place a*sulHcient quantity of fibre, which can be Obtained from any seedsmtto' vtho; specialises in bulb's, in suitable bowls.' 1 The more ornamental these are the nicer they will look when placed .About .thef,living-rooms. It is,always%eee*sary 7<rhen bulbs are grown in soil to provide ainpje drainage so that the moisture passes through the pots freeifll not the!.case "yrith bowls 5atwhich fi%e is used, as no. drainage lM' lordinary sense of the word Is n.eede4>jSa»/|he fibre, ?impiy regvdires to, be-. Snmciently -tooistened, to Keep the ;roots,of the- bulbs active. In order to have'the fibre always fresh and'sweet, W•isf.Vii'elI i 'to ; pJace some pieces of char'b.4' tii'e; bottom of'the boyrts/ After coveting the charcoal thoroughly with fibre/fhe bulbs should be placed in positiqri'i .'Usjiially' the/bulbs are bo. placed tlt r thO" iSnish their crowns come otft i iev6l ' , With the' top of tlie bowl," as this way. It is alVwayir .recommended to those who grow bulbr/in fibr« to place as many as pos. in the bowls, in order to has been circulated by-the Conservative Central Office to Conservative members of Parliament:—"The position in January, 1923, when Mr Baldwin reached America, was as follows: The British debt to Mo United States Government amounted to ■ £850,000,000. Interest had been paid in cash till May, 1919; th$' United-States Gov-' ernment had agreed, as part of/ -the negotiations for funding tho debt, to postpone interest for three years. The' postponed interest increased the total amount due to £957-,000,000. The United States Government' held, in' rpspect of the debt, formal > obligations of the British Government, signed' by Lord' Reading, payable on demand in United States .gold dollars and bearing 'interest at 5 per cent, per annum. The British Government were formally bound' to' convert these demand obligations > -into long-term bonds if requested by -t'he United States Treasury. .. On February. 9th, 1922, the United Statps Congress' had passed a law creating the' World' War Foreign DeT>t Commission, with authority to fund the war debts, pro-' vided that repayment must bq not later than Juno 15th, 1947, and the rate ofinterest not less than 4i>per cent.' On' April 25th, 1922, the United States-Goy*. ernment had officially invited the British Government to send- a mission to Washington to open negotiations with the Debt Commission. "On April 30th, the Budget speech contained an announcement that payment of interest on the British war debt to the United States Government at the rate of £50,000,000 a year would be begun by a payment of £25,000,000 >V, tv 111! ill! 'isk#' 1 1 t 1 1 /»{" * I i 1 i ' t i '<,)*/,» f| * k r ' * ,*U , *< ! ' 1 ' ' 1 ♦ H i j . ' /' i J v i * - i f,\ '"f;'{'" i ■£ ,jj, [if; ; ■ '-Ihjf" r !i■' -.■i'j'il'rV!-**"■ f : j,i''- :, !r :i . , '■ ., <' ( i, i it.*, ii 1 . 1 ■■' r,ff 1 'lit 1 ' *-* £ V ' 11 If) "j' i 1 •' \<,m t / 1 / BUILDING FIGURES. : —— INCREASE ON LAST YEAR! . The building figures for February this year show an increase of £22,693 over February, 1030, yet [the number of -permits granted last year were, 37 in excess of this year. Tho reason lies in the fact that this year two unusually large contracts were let—the new Regent street. £30,600, and the new Exhibition HalJ, £30,000. If it Were not 'for theso contracts the figures for. February,'1931, would havo betin tho lowest for at least five years. The" St. Albans district maintains its popularity as a building suburb, but there is a decided decrease in -every other district, with'the exception of the central inner area, and St. Albans. ' ' The detailed figures are as follows, last year's figures being given'in paren- ; • u '} t '!' K. :: ;: r'K.?' t ;h fi .K ' |r * tr\ ; i' good display. 'So long us sufficient ppace is left between each bulb to permit, a, small quantity of, fibre to ,bev placed arpund them, that is all .that ne?4e5. It may be taken for granted ' Charges brought by the Waimairi County Counqil agiiinst -J.' Anderson. S. Atkifts. K. S. .Barrow, ®. Bromley, W.JMarke, W^pann,, F. G.i-Forde,' Mi Hall,. W. 3ames, H. Jarden, 3. Jones, J.'MacNicol, M Phillips, K-Sm'* 1 ". K. "Mfebley. J. Wright, and - Whitlow wer«/4iflmiftsed 'for Jack o£ -prose^utton^j ym * HAINTENANC&OASEGta ' * . . Herbert William, Bsrkle, for o£ » maintenance" order, vae .-sefltenced to twp> montha* ■ ■ isnprl eoninent, thd of M - rant to the susfaeoded" prorided; -arrears- ero paid oif, £9 forthwith, and the balance at'the rate of £1 per week in addition to the fcmoUnt of tho,current order. „ " " <; < l James Xionls, loft, disobedience :of >-alBja'nr, tenance order, was sentenced to, W days smipriBonmenti tho issue of tho -warrant to, be suspended provided arrears are paid off at ■-the rate of 2s 6.d per week'>in addition to tho amount of the current order. - >. Ernest ICoyles. \on a ■ slmiler charge, was sentenced,to two months' imprisonment, the issue'of the wnrrent to be suspended,provided, arrears'are paid oif at the 'rite of. 10s* per week in addition to the aiqapnt of, the- current order. \ 1 • - ' • , - ' .AliekiComrie Ste-w'art, on.a similar was sentenced to six weeks' imprisonment. . An-affiliation order was,, made, against William 'Newton. J rrfT U f ,1 LLJ/.JuWi/Vfe,.!. .It I ' 1 • ft " 1 ' » 1 i! i 1 '[ i «. n ' (V'PtMl j. 11 ; i ■ • •;; r L UlL J Ci u«Ri.-'w jiia Ai I- i iifc&i thafc ! * Jtyulbs,, planted ,in fibre must be more; watered than those growln| $oil 'which is well'drained. Tho >; method ,of watering % the bowls, fibrti appears to be-dry is to [dip, thein,in a. pail of water, and then place <4heiy. on 'their sides so as to let thevsnrpW moisture escape. In, other ways the .treatment that bulbs growing~.in fibre require is almost identical with that given to thoso .cultivated in soft.-,' ' ,• Roses—Rambler roses of the Dorothy, Perkina type are benefited by theses — , Central Inner Area. Value. Number. ' ' £61,315 (£2700) ,-7 (7) Central 'Outer Ar$a. £700 (£305<"3)' • \8 (6) St. Albans. - • 1 £3285 (£23,718) 11 (26)" Sydenhani. £2365 (£3454) 11 (12) f Linwood. £705 (£4988) 4 (14) Spreydon. £1398 (£6720) ' ' 5 (15) .1" " s \ ' - in October, |922, and this payment had, been duly made. Thus we were actu-' ally -paying interest at the rate of £50,000,000 a year without any reduc-, tion in the capital debt; we were under a formal obligation Jo convert the de■.W'' i fr, beiiig-, pruned after the flowering is completely over.. Stems two or three •years old, and that are taking on a yellow cast) should be cut out entirely. It will be found that they have yielded only small trusses' of bloom, „ and* have "only"poor new growths, ,if any,-, along. 'their entire length. They are, therefore, but a drain on the plant's resourc6sv , nothing in return, while' if removedtheir absence ■ gives more' space for younger wood. Thrise roseiL make vigorous shbo1»/often from net» the base, and which grow anything from 3ft to 15ft in one season. These ..the phoots which give, the most ftni/1|nest blooms' the following season. Olfier - shoots are produced such as 'spring ,from side-shoots < have given / the of bloom, and Ifyer Bucker-likagrow.ths which have isfrom 'last -season 'a strong shoots. It?' is;useless to* leaye jail the-', yonng ''iiTOwt&Bt and some of thp weaker ones .SibTfemoved at the-same time.as.t,lie exhausted ones. Ramblers'. pmned wity'leave little to be done next spring. Annuals —This -is a good--time, to sow of thetjiardy annuals. Some of the advantages V autumn-sowrig are earlier more "freedom of growth, and fi|t« „fiowera. jThey are' to bloort, alloyed to i the '->winter ,ip a small stpte Lii 1 <in{ with 4 bklls mand obligations into long-term bonds at the request of the United States Treasury. We had been formally invited to negotiate with the Debt ComWWB 'Woolston. £1292 (£3822), 7 (10) Tls. £71,150 (£48,457) ' 53 (90) mission, which was debarred by statute from accepting any terms more favourable than repayment with interest at not less than 4J per cent, within, not more than 25 years, involving an annual PIGEON RACING. A '4 • , - absconded from bail. - ♦ . payment of £65,000,000. \ • "Assuming that the British Government did not desire to repudiate its formal obligations by an open default, the Only apparent alternatives were:— "(1) To postpone making a settlement and to continue to pay £50,000,000 a year; and ■ * YOUNG. BIRDS' CONTEST. < s, The Ohristchurch, Racing'Pigeon 'Society conducted, a young bird race from Kaikoura during the week-end, Mr E. Flower libpr&ted 88"birds in.a sou'-vest wind. The winning bird v Clyde, owned by Sir H. Ai -flew'the ;distan'ce of : 105 <miles- 992 -yards 'in 2hri ii8min.. The following are the "results;-^ H. A. Pearson's Clyde , .• 1100 H.' J. "Wooda'a Osieau De, Xi'air'' 1100, / J. Mofven , • 1OB0 J. Hiichlng's JTohnsie ..10^8-'* A.. "Wiliooghby's Globe Trotter ,. 1090 "W. Neweits O-loster' ■ 1095-1 W., Puddle'.b Bon Beve t i »■ 1095 Qr.' A. 'O.f llcSillbp's'Haweral.. 1001 Jj. Wllshiraji Ngaire ' < i . , .. 1091 * ■ W..Hepbjifli r s Bibbonwood .. r a08dv;'i Cannell and Hobart's Happy Days •lOSOjB. .Bradley'a EQesd ' ■ 1063- '-Vi Dr. It. Brown's Enfield ( .. li)SB.O' E. ;A: Soslin's Orphan''' 1 .i■' 1007 A. Duffleld's, Athol , \ j '1003 r j, F. Patterson's,-Gay Lad 1 0§8 ,, • MAN WHO WAS ARRESTED l-'h *r? ;. « ft— it 1 ij ' 1 « W ,. v- J ' U M i «: t y i" t | ,'.! ■' AT SYDNEY. (PMS89 , .ISSOCIATXOJt TXtEOBAM.) AUCKLAND. March 2. The Auckland police have been informed by the Sydney police that Edward Louis Schneider, aged 36, who Was arrested in Sydney" on his arrival from Auckland by the Marama on ' f February 17th, has absconded from 1 hail. i , Schneider was charged that, on Dei Cf-mber 12th,'' at 'Auckland, he frauduf X'lnn t < "(2) To agree to pay not less than £65,000,000 a year for 25 years. "The Debt Funding Commission took, its stand on the minimum terms laid down by Congress. Eventually it* agreed to recommend 3J per . cent, interest and repayment over 62 years, < and finally was induced to accept a reduction to 3 per cent, for the first ten years. Thus the- result of Mr Baldwin's negotiations was that instead of an annuity ,of-£65,000,000 our annuity is £33.000.000 till 1932.'and £38,000,1 I"'' '."'JWI! 000 thereafter." £ V \l'/ 7-\ 1 , J * ' ' s " > 1 i * : i r».». JjVi-t IT nm Kfl RTTTCS SOOTHED. L, M.- Gregory's Manchester - ,-" 991