TIMARU AND SOUTH CANTERBURY NEWS.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20178, 5 March 1931, Page 7

TIMARU AND SOUTH CANTERBURY NEWS.

TDIARU. - ' " 1 " ' ■' , ' ' i —. MAGISTRATE'S COURT. A sitting of the Magistrate's Court was held yesterday, Messrs A. L. Geo and H. A. Innes-Joiles, Justicoa of the Peace, presiding. Judgment for plaintiffs, by default, was given in the following! cases:— Morton and Go. v. J. L. Keeley, £l2 12s W, costs £2 18s; A. Clark v. William Forrester, £l-15a, costs lis; South Canterbury Electric Power Board v. James Alexander Mcßrido, £2 12a.6d, costs £1 4s 6d;"same v. Samuel Joseph ? J ° Ut^7 aite ' £5 183 ld > costs £1 12s Edward Jensen Prat(iley, and Mary, Prattley, 13s, costs 13s; same v, John Phillips and Isabella Phillip's, £1 18s, costs ;£1 Is'; same v. Gordon 'Aitchison, for. costs only, 8s; M. ; E. Finlay?pn, v. W. J. Pritchard and Annio TurnbuU Pritchard, -£4 17s 6d, costs £1 8s 6d; same v. Leonard Arthur Fairbrother and Ivy Fairbrother, £2, 7s 2d. costs £1 8s 6d; Edward Jensen "v. William- Alfred Warner and' Gertrude Elsie Warner, 18s 6d, costs ■ 13s; vM. -E. Finlayson v. Annie Boilmer Cumnung, £l6 10s Bd, costs £3 Is -Edward Jensen v. R. Bunting, £1 4s 6a, costs 8s; same v. A. P. Ennis 19s od, costs'Bs; M. E. Finlayßon v. J. Stevenson £3 16s, costs £1 12s 6d.

Levels County Council. _ The monthly meeting of the Levels County Council was -held yesterday. Present: The chairman. (Mr T. B, Garrick), and Messrs R.,G. Cleland, D. Grant, T. W. Brosnahan, G. D. Selbie, and C, E. Kerr. The chairman, in the ■ course of his statement, said that ; when accounts .amounting to £4318 were - paid, ■ there would be a debit, balance of £3061 12s. • Highway Beconstruction. In reply to a ldfcter from the Council, the Treasury Office, Wellington, wrote 'stating that the Main Highways Board had now decided to advance the Council its share of the cost of reconstructing the Christchurch-Dunedin main j highway, the term of the advance to be seven years, >with interest at 5J per cent, per annum. The", Highways Board also advised that the- amount wh}ch it proposed to borrow (£1230) represented the County's- share of the proportion .of work on the Timaru-Aro-whenua section only, and as tenders would be invited during the present month for sealing this sectiofc, at an estimated coßt of £6OOO, the Council's share being £ISOO, it was suggested that the amount to be yineluded in the proposed authorising Order-in-Council should be increased to £2730. The Treasury Office desired to know if the Council would agree to this suggestion, in .which case an Qrder-W'Gounoil would be prepared, authorising the borrowing of the latter .amount for a, term of seven years, with interest at 5} per cent, per annun:. The chairman of the District Highways Council No. 15 (Mr F, Langbein), notified that the schedule of tenders! for paving work in the Levels County's portion of the Picton-Bluff Main Highway had been forwarded to the Highways Board with a recommendation that William Flanagan's tender should bo accepted. ' - The, clerk (Mr F. E. Whitehead) rfeUpoxtjjl, that h 4 had since -received- »- telegram frwn Mr Langbein,' stating s£t,the Highways Board htfd accepts# plfo tender. fej^jlfl^h^Q!>piinuifieation ; Mr Langadvises-( tie Highways Board authorise the preparfa- - sealing of "an additional three tibis,, SCaip ,!EUghway in - Levels tMffakw. Thefefoie, it')was desired that :fto> Cojmty /Eujnncer should prepare fjpltpui for the prejtwriitiokL of< the fQundpision and the sealuig,'these' to Christ* •;jaJWtch' for approval lis-early- as possible. was reJeidyed," the engineer being instructed ftmvremue' plaps&wi specifications for of the main and Arbwhe-

attention peed,, and i the afcd .the racecourse Boon p* j ItLk ' Jofro action' in. SKjtfS; 'tie,".' chairman le'borough traffic JnV Sl^tjthe main i# > »tfbiidlijai|rfe'i ,fw of *d&fhM&6opy "tp in the.Dominion,i i isCtq Ifttor, the I pgitftej, Council asked the I li?yeS ? <?o»n|s t?ouncil to giyo its sup- ] poet 4o th* Solution.' , ' „ MBWwffi uayeiy well in regard to sec-1 . •'" - ' considered .that the man was not paying " f Ihfe^tt^ryWaawceiTed. T&efAwatera County Council, Mari- ' iwiote. stating that,in view of ■ tfte.'iSfwu# economic condition of the ' *it had adopted the following hid-been conveyed to, tfce ,<}iqvei l |UDaent and the, Main Highways Ijoard:--- - £1), That alj capital expenditure on nejK T^qrks' not yet begun should be postponed „., until noriual times rtturn, j apd that the Main Highways £oard apportion the .mpney thus saved as an increased subsidy to county councils for the, pprpose of road maintenance injdtijgjL ' *■<;/, / < k , •<■ :?s)' 3lha| in lien of system, j . t&J funds of'the Board; ! M - diverted 1 :&fad, direct- to , Ip&il l is . proportion to- the ri'motintr'pl'rates"'collected <or on^gJuat ;«ij4ly h theimaixr costs or i<%&j py^tratiow, a^d * also 1 ayoidi&g - entailed 1 uimeeessajy .(<3> Thft the Government should bp niged. to consider seriously the' necessity of reducing t£e honoraria of all -Cabinet. Ministers; jnembersof Parliar mept, heads of Departments, Tand retfie, TfJioW o£ tie -Public? Service ; Reived withe j 'Su.ttnMiti ' l j

WAIMATE. Mr G. E. Bray, president, presided at a meeting of the Waimate Amateur Boxing Association. Several boxers wrote asking to bo matched in Waimate, but it was decided to hold over all such considerations in the meantime. ' Several accounts were passed for payment. The annual picnic of the Temuka District High School is being held this year at Waimate, and takes place today in Victoria Park. The concert given by the Salvation Army Band in the Waimate Public Hospital grounds on Sunday afternoon was much enjoyed by both patients and visitors. Ensign C. A. Thomas, the conductor, has the band in good trim* now.

The monthly meeting of the Waimate School Committee was presided over by the chairman, Mr W. F. George, there being a good attendance. The secretary reported having recommended that trenching and drainage would be suitable works to be carried out under the No. 5 scheme of the Unemployment Board., The Education Board had supported the scheme for the preparation of the agricultural plots under the same scheme. The Board had asked' to be advised as to how many men would be required and for what length of time. The Canterbury Education Board wrote intimating that the assistant architect of the Board had been given authority to have eleven cast-iron washbasins at the school re-enamelled.

The headmaster, Mr D. C. Brown, reported that the roll number was 593, compared with 563 at the same period last year. Th 6 attendance and the health of the children were good. The committee passed a vote of thanks to all who gave donations towards providing tickets for children to attend the picnic. It was also decided to thank Mr D. Newall for his efforts in collecting sufficient money to send 110 children to the picnic. Thanks were also tendered to the donors of tro- ; phies and to Messrs F. Allington and, W. D. Paterson for the assistance given, on the day of the picnic. The chairman announced that Mrs H. Broken-, shire had won the prize for most dren attending the picnic, with nine children present. It was resolved to rote £1 Is to the Salvation Army Band in "recognition of its services at the picnic;. '

; Chief Sanger V, I. Mills presided at the meeting of Court "Foresters' Pride, No. 6073, A.0.F., there being a good attendance. . The Woodwards reported ;that one brother had been declared off the funds since last meeting, and one had been declared on, there being seven still on. A motion of sympathy was passed with the victims of ihe earthquake disaster. P.C.R. Bro. Hoskins, delegate to the United Friendly Societies' Council, reported on the last meeting of the Council. One candidate was initiated into the Order by the Chief Banger, Bro. IL Bishop, P.C.K., giving the charge. A donation of £2 2s was made to the Earthquake Belief Fund. Aocounts amounting to £6s 8s 6d.were paßßed for payment. ! ■ At the sitting "of the Magistrate's Court, Messrs Geo. Dash'and'W. Geddes, JJPv's, /presided. For driving an unregistered car, Bobert Frederick Heflsell, of. Waitaki hydro-electric works, was fined 20s and costs. Arthur Edwin Kilworth, for riding a motor-cycle with an insufficient silencer on the exhaust, was convicted and fined £3 and costs, < James William Woods, market gardener, .of Morven, was charged - with stealing -a 4<£gallon of petrol, valued at. £4 Bs, the property of Albert Avery Coulbeck. Sergeant Turner conducted the case for -the police, and Mr. W. Boland) who appeared :for accused, entered .a plea of not guilty. Evidence for ihe police was given by A. A. Coulbeck, ArthurBrfrgosa (an employee of Coulbeek's), Constable. Marsh, and Constable-' McGettigan, the. last two giving evidence of finding drum of petrol buried on Woods's property. Mi; Boland, for the defence, contended that the,police bad, failed to prove tho - ownership of the' petrol, and .submitted that the' case should be dismissed., The Bench expressed a desire to. hear the defence, and accused Woods gave evidence that the petrol had been supplied to him by Burgess, ajod that he •had paid him £2 as hip-portion of the cost of .the petrol., - ' TjVopjls was convicted' and .admitted. tQ.tvtd- yv&Ta', probation,.'and,' ordered -to'restore the petrol and pay t the ,'costs 1 'pi the prosecution., * , 'f r , ( » - * . ' , ' \ i i / ♦' - r , V * * \y.. orarl "The''monthly meeting the ~,Orari ' Horticultural' Society'* was' h&ld inthe jQrari HaU, wjhen Mr. W. in.the chair/ A. motion of sympathy 'Tfrks passed 'with' tixe' f «l$» .Mr >.F.i Sanders, fTemulsk, one 'at ■the society's >judges, •. ' 1 " The president reported that heVand the ■ secretary had' approached Mrs Smith, Seadowii, act as judge in Mrs Palmer's place! / " Accounts amounting to £5 2s were passed for payment. Xt was decided to write to the Timaru. Horticultural Society .expressing regret that two societies, <. so close together, should paoose th» same day for their shows, as each stow would jjaturally draw a certain amount of support from the other. Final arrangements were made ' for Thursday, March sth (Show' Day), ' In An effort to raise funds for the . earthquake victims, the Orari Women's Institute gave a concert > on , Friday 'evening to a most appreciative 'audience. ' Two' plays were 1 contributed, /The Red Hen." by' the Geraldine Readers, and ' Coaxed and Hoaxed" by the Arundel Women's Institute. Excellent school -items were rendered by children- of -the Orari School under the guidance of their teachers: .the senior girls giving '.'Miss Mulligan's Girls,'' the-, senior ,boys "The Blind Beggars?" the junior- girls "The Butterflies' Song,*v, while three pongs were rendered btf tfoo senior pupils. Vocal solos were contributed Dy Miss' R. Ashbv and Mj6sG. Hughes, and dances by Miss' Orma Ford and Miss Helen Worner. ; » , * Heavy rain last - week was experienced throughout the district, nearly one and-a',half inches falling. This hits been followed by some fine days, and gardeners and orchardists locally are . well pleased with the results. On Tuesday * afternoon three of the competitors in _ the. Orari t Single Women's Competition presented themselves for the -tennis test, one of the sections in their competition, MiSs B. Earl, of the Orari Tennis Club, had been selected to plav each player, and Miss J. de Latour, who was acting as judge, was also oresent The three oomnetitors were Miss G. South, Miss D. Smith/and Miss. A. -Wilson and each - competitor played one singles set, six , up.- In connexion with this competition Mr T. D. Burnett, M.P., was in Orari on Saturday morning; when he assessed the marks for competitors under the leadership section. ,

fcERALDINE. A successful swimming sports programme vrjtm MA"* * t' 3o ythool in beautiful weather. Tho results were , «'<•" i-,•*■ i* * *"*■- . * ' - < r Secondary Dej*jutineiit, , ; Boys. width—Kerr 1, Chisnall 3, P; Callanan 3.;. Xime> 15 1 1-6seo, . % .

Girls' Breast-stroke, width—Joyce Smith 1, Margaret Woods 2, E. Padgett 8. Time, 15 2-ssec. , Boys' Relay, three widths—Hattons team 1, Wilson's team 2, Wood's team 3. Time, 34 l-sseo. _ Girls' Relay, three widths—J. L*Pthorn©'b team 1, D. I>o Renzy s 2, S. Vincent's team 3.. Time, 44sec. ■ Boys' 33 l-3yds ; Wilson 1, O. Hatton2, % Wood 3. Time,' 21 4-ssec. _ Girls' 25yds Championship—J• thorne 1, W. Haskins 2, I>. Da Renzy 3. Time, 24sec. „ , Girls' 25yds Handicap—lt. Macintosh 1, D. De Renzy 2, J. Lrvpthorne and W. Haskins. (equal) 3. Time, 3-ssec. - • i Boys' Breast-stroke, 25yds—Hatton 1, C. Wilson 2, E. Wood 3. Time, I 24 2"556 c« j Bovs' 33 l-3yds Handicap—Hatton 1, Wilson 2, Wood 3. Time, 25 4-ssec. Boys' Rescue Race —C. Wilson and McCullough 1, Wood and Hayes 2, Hatton and Patrick 3. Girls' Rescue Race —Dora De Renzy and; R. Mcintosh 1, M. Wood and J. Lapthorne 2, G. McKenzie and J-»-Padgett 3. _ Bovs' Dive—E. Wood 1, C. Wilson 2, W. Patrick 3. Boys' Plato Diving—Wood and Coursey (equal) 1, Hatton 2. Primary, Department. Boys' Handicap, width—First heat: Patterson 1, Brown 2, Lawson 3. Time, 18sec. Second heat: Lawson 1, Eathorne 2, Leary 3. Time, 18sec. Final: Eathorne 1, Leary 2, Brown 3< Time, 17sec. . , . Girls' Handicap, width—First heat : S. Cowie 1; B. Loach 2, E. Pierce 3. Time, 19 4-ssec. Second heat: N.Callanan 1, T. Fleming 2, It. Barrett 3. Time, 17 l-ssec. Final: S.'Cowie 1, N. Callanan 2, T. Fleming 3. Time, 19 4-ssec. . Boy Learners, width—C. Davies 1, J. Stevenson 2. Time, 18 4-ssec. - Girl Learners, width—N. Callanan 1, M. Eathorne 2. Time, 18 4-seec. Boys' Relay, three widths—Bennett's team 1, Lawson's team 2, Patterson's team 3: Time, lmin 7sec. Girls' Relay, three widths —R. Barrett's team 1, A. Templeton's team 2. Time, lmin 9 l-ssec7 , Boys' 25yds Championship —Bennett 1", Patterson 2,. Laweon 3. Time, 22, l-ssec

»Girls* 25yds s Championship—R. Barrett 1, T. Fleming 2, B. , Loach 3. ; Time,,33sec. - v | ' Giris' -: Chasing the Tin, -width —A. Templeton -1, E. Pierce 2. - ■ ■■ 'i Boys' Dive—Stuart Lawson I,' C. I Leary 2. ■■ • ; . Boys' Diving for " Plates^®ennett land S. Lawsoh 1, Mail and Lawson -2. ' 'B<?ys' 25yds -Handicap—G. v Patterson •1. D. peimett 2, 8. Lawson 3. - Time, 2& 4-ssec. ' < ... .

Boys' Obstacle Race—Patterson 1, J. Stevenson 2, S. Lawson 3. Boys' Cork Scramble—Davie 1 Hopping 2. •

Girls' Cork Scramble—-M; Hutfcj 1, N. Stock 2. ~ •' "