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borough council, A, special meeting of the Timaru Borough Council, . called .by requisition of the Mayor (Mr W. Angland), will be held on Monday evening, for the purpose of discussing- administration expenditure; ' ' ✓ ' Postmaster to Betire. The Chief Postmaster at Timaru, Mr ■ • c f retire on superannuation'atthe end of the present month. Shark Caught In Harbour. w whichlias been in the inner harbour for some* days was caught yesterday morning, ■ and .proved to be a formidable fish , of. the grey nurse variety, about sft 6in in length. The ®bwk was by Mr T, Hayward, q£■■ the Harbour Board staff, who gaffed labile it was lying under the rocks at the foot of No. 3 wharf. Mr Hayward had been watching the big : fish for twenty minutes or more before the' opportunity came to use the gaff, and haul; His catch on to the rocks. The fish, although-large and apparently well nourished, is considered to -have been sick. Had it not been so it is hardly likely that it would have come' right into, the harbour.- ' ■■ / ... W AIM ATE. At "the inejjtin,s/ of the Waimate Hospital .Committea, there were present Messrs W.'Geddis (chairman), T. Brown, G. Dash, A. Grant, J. T. Hay, J. I. Haymsn, J. H. Mitchell, and R. H. White. An apology was received from Mr R. Sinclair. * The chairman's statement - showed that receipts for February amounted to £205 JOd, and accounts. presented for payment itotalled £643 13s 4d. The , return* of patients 'showed that 45 personshad been admitted to the i"nhiitution during the month, 60 had been discharged, and 38 remained under treatment. The superintendent (Dr. R. G. Shockleton). reported that ' matters were progressing quietly at the hospital. He nieationod that the fever ward had, bee'n* closed since February 215t.., ) ' The"report was adopted. The Finance "Committee, per Mr Dash, reported that it had received tenders-for supplies and. had considered the estimates' for the- ensuing year-toad recommended the-acceptance' of 'various spndeir3, **. ' ; ~ The' emanates recommended for the ensttipg;.year were as fdHows: Provisions £1495,/ domestic £1698, establishmentr.£2so, 'SUi-gical and dispensary ,;£Bl5, wages trial, £7539. The ,capita}" was isv£Be v eatitnaied was oaopp.: , " amounting £543 13s 4d , wpre passed. far^paymerffc:; * v ?wported on the reliaftap months and his --. * <•% f lfmii- rintu from the Waimate; I visited Oamaru 'itji the Phoenix c ftwa an .the; ( ifternoon played Awamoa Club: • Tisitors suffered, - names men^ i& m §BrinSt«a Sow ' up^^i^konheail? 1 , Na#hV Pollock, * Blaotdock (s), - Sfcw - * r Tamils • Adam* s,,Thomson 17. ; ihpQmn, Hcalaaies (KWV'MeMßines clfaiTy 1&' ,'Airompa -77, of the t Temubi ras-held at WaiPark, Boroagh •.wsa >' "were shown the the ptv were progress 1,-A '■ IVS tho WW»pions, weyo tliQ Waion the!- . bmn& » largOj Xjunrig. the .evpnr iU|icn, «nj said athJqtw* W >|he district receive h the/5(M(Wtj th» ap* viutprflj tThe siayo* he Wa '" iSSIgli If«" y}m£si hitpro. fj M* 1 ;bf the' Y.M.O.A

. TEMUKA. Held in Victoria Park.Waimate, under ideal weather -conditions, the annual picnio of the Temuka District High School was attended by 340 pupils and townspeople of Temuka. Results of the races were as follows: Tinty tots: John Edgeler 1, Gordon Jamieson 2, William Johnson 3, Doreen Hoare 4. Standard 1., boys: Albert Allfrey 1, JHftlliaui Edgeler 2, Jack Beeby 3. Girls: G. Boiton 1, Sylvia Woodham 2, Nana de Joux 3. Standard 11., girls: Jean Bolton 1, Mary Johnson 2. Standard 111., girls: Pat Swap 1, Lynda Longson 2. Boys: John Heap I, Douglas Harvey 2, Edward Jamieson 3. ' ' Standard IV., girls: Jessie Hutcheson 1, Joan Frisby 2. Boys: Arthur Wills 1, Len L&rcombe 2, Alan Hewson, and Furneaux Smith, equal 3. Standard V., girls: Celia Mallett 1, Doris Beebv 2, Dorothy Lloyd 3. Boys: Albert Green 1, Hector McMillan 2, L. Ackroyd 3. _ , Standard VI., girls: Betty Heap 1, May Cations 2, Dolly Galbraith 3. Boys: W. Galbraith 1, George Larcombe 2, Horace. Longson 3. Form 131., boys; Clifrord Knight 1, Charles Harvey 2- Joseph Spillane 3. Form IV., boys: Gordon Mathiesori i, Raymond Spillane 2, Marshall ForresterS. _ „ " Form V., boys: George Green, 1, Owen ■ HancOx and " Wm. Spillane, equal, 2, Gerald Maister 4. Form V. and VI., girls: Myra Longson 1, Ethel Airay 2, Austin 3. ' - , ~ , ■ Married women's race: Mrs Fisher 1, Mrs A. Phillip 2, Mrs Allfrey 3. Single women's race: Miss.Livesay 1, Miss E. Austin 2. Miss M. Austin 3. Married men's race: P. W. Campbell 1. S. Erwood 2, A. Phillip 3. Boys' 440 vards : George Larcombe 1, Joseph Spillane 2, Clifford Knight 3. ■" "Girls' 110 yards: Bettv Heap 1, Doris Beeby 2, Myra Moulton 3, Jessie Hufccheson 4.