General News

Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21419, 11 March 1935, Page 10

General News

❖ Week-end Weather The weather in Christchurch yesterday and on Saturday was delightful, and with shorter and colder days only a few weeks away the opportunity which the week-end gave for summer sports was eagerly availed of, and there were crowds at the city beaches. A fresh easterly breeze yesterday was not cold enough to detract from the pleasure of the day; and on Saturday the weather was ideal for all outdoor sport. Re-threshing of Cocksfoot With a good price offering for cocksfoot, the recent and prolonged . spell of fine weather has tempted several farmers in Banks Peninsula to re-thresh their straw heaps. It is reported that a good sample of seed is being obtained, though the yield naturally is low. Cheap Building Sections Several good building sections in Rangiora have changed hands during the last few weeks at prices much below their value a few years ago. Among recent sales of building sections a good quarter-acre in a very central position in Ashley street was disposed of at £35, and two of the same area in Queen street were sold for £45 and £SO. The original owner paid £ 120 for the latter section several years ago. Another good building site in Ayers street brought £45. All these sections are in good residential areas. Dispute With Actors Reference to the dispute which has arisen between Mr C. B. Cochran and Equity (a union of English actors) was made last .evening by Mr Harry Thurston, an English character comedian who is visiting Christchurch. "Mr Cochran, is a man of exceptionally wide experience of the theatrical world, and his bark is worse than his bite," said Mr Thurston. "In my opinion a mountain is being made out of the dispute where there is really only a molehill." Girl Guides' Rally The previous rally that she and Lord Baden-Powell had seen at Christchurch four years ago had been one of the finest they had seen anywhere, said Lady Baden-Powell at the guide rally at the Show Grounds on Saturday. The statement was greeted with applause and when this had died away Lady Baden-Powell said: "I like the way you clap yourselves." The Value of Charity "It has been said that charity has caused more distress than it has relieved," said the Very Rev. Dean Julius, speaking at the annual meeting of the To Waipounamu School for Maori girls on Saturday. "The relief depots are coming more and more to be regarded as a curse rather than a blessing lo the community," continued the Dean, "and our own Maori Mission is not so successful as we could wish. But there is no doubt about the value of the work of this school, which is doing the best service possible to the Maori people." Post Guides The most interested of the girl guides at the rally in honour of Lord and Lady Baden-Powell on Saturday were several invalids, whose chairs had been wheeled on to the parade ground. They also were dressed in guide uniforms, in their capacity as "post guides," for the movement provides for such membership by invalids who from physical infirmity are debarred from taking an active part in its work. Mountaineers' Picnic Nearly 70 membccs, including 20 from the Ercwhon (Ashburton) branch, attended the annual picnic of the Canterbury Mountaineering and Tramping Club at Schvyn Gorge yesterday. Most of them were transported by car early yesterday morning, but a number went out' to the gorge on Saturday and camped there for the night. A good day's outing in glorious weather was enjoyed, and a sports programme, featuring competitions between the Christchurch and Ashburton members, was held. Midnight Complaint to Mayor "The Mayor's job is not always a bed of roses," remarked the Mayor of One Tree Hill (Auckland), Mr I. J. Goldstine, at a meeting of the borough council. He reported that a few days ago a woman ratepayer telephoned him a few minutes before midnight, asking him to arrange immediately for the removal of a dead rat which she had found outside her property. A few days previously he had been rung up before 6 o'clock in the morning with a complaint that there was a dead fowl on a footpath, in the borough. Shipping of Gold Regulations restricting the carriage coastwise of gold have been gazetted as follows: "No gold shall be carried coastwise from any port in the North Island to any port in the South Island unless gold duty shall have been duly paid to a Collector of Customs in the North Island; provided that the foregoing restriction shall not apply to gold in the form of articles of plate, jewellery, or ornament, in respect of which it is shown at the time of its removal, to the satisfaction of the collector, that it is not intended for export." Gold is defined as follows: "Gold in its natural state; any substance containing gold; gold dust; and all other gold whether wrought or unwrought (except coined gold issued from-the Mint at London or from any branch thereof, coined gold of any foreign state, and articles of jewellery or ornament worn, without intent to defraud the revenue, by any person leaving New Zealand)."

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