LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS

Marlborough Express, Volume LXVIII, Issue 148, 25 June 1934, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS

iSk*1 . _ - - • 1 Jack Frost was particularly noticeable over the week-end, 11 degrees being registered on Sunday, while no less than 14 degrees were experienced this morning. A lccal resident naimed Samuel Wilson appeared at the Police Court this morning before Mr C. F. A. Whiteford:, J.P., and was remanded until July 11 on a charge of having commiited a breach of his probationary licence. A Covenanters' Service of Praise was held in the Seddon Presbyterlan Church last night. A lecture on the Covenanters of Scotland was given by the Rev. R. Crocket, During the service Mr C. Wemyss and Mr R. Simpson, of Blenheim, rendered :solos, all of which were greatly appreciated. At the close the "congregation joined in singing "The Loxd is My Shepherd" to the tune of the "Covenanters." A pathetic aspect of the struggle to ma ko ends meet by people in poor circumstances is referred to in the annual report of the St. Matthew's Dock Street Mission (says the New Zealand Herald). "Many people have only one pair of shoes, and must wait while we repair them," states the report. "We have found that many men and women have been compelled to put pieces of cardboard, carpet, or linoleum in their shoes to keep their feet from touchmg . the ground." The mission repaired 123 C shoes during the year ended last March. Favoured by one of • Marlborough's most perfect days, some 30 members of the Marlborough Tramping Club participated in an interesting trip yesterday. Proceeding ,by car to Okaramio, the party tramped up the picturesque Okaramio valley. At the head of the valley they found the ol'd miners' track leading to Waikakaho, and took this to the saddle between the two valleys, where an enjoyable hour was spent in the sunshine. After lunch, some of the botany enthusiasts searched the nearby bush for rare plants and were successful in finding an unnamed celmisia. - Continuing the tramp the party divided, some proceeding down the beautiful Waikakaho valley, whilst others set off albng the main range between the Waikakaho and Kaituna valleys. The latter party were favoured with some splendid views of the snowy peaks of the Kaikoura and Raglan ranges, and through a; saddle to the north a. white peak assumed to be Mt. Egmont, gleamed above the sea rim. After a very pleasant walk.the partiesi reassembled at the Waikakaho bridge and reached town shortly before six o'clock, we.ll pleased with their interesting walk.

" I think seven is young enough an age to send a child to school to begin stirring up Its brain," said Dr K. E. Crompton, of Havelock North, at the Hastings Rotary Club. " It is problematical," he added, "whether the results of our compulsory education justify ouf worrying very much about when we send them to> school." If there were, among the audience which heard a lecture by Dr W. A. Mackay at the University, Dunedin, on Tuesday, any theorists who claimed that wireless had an effect u.pon the weather, tliey must have hastily discarded that view before the lecture c]osed. Dr Mackay stated that at any given momcnt 100 fiashes of lightning per second were occurring somewhere in the world, so that 13,000,000 horse-power of electricity was continually going to waste. At the conclusion of the lecture, Dr R. Jack referred to the figures quoted, and stated that for anyone, in the face of them, to suggest that the comparatively small amount of electricity involved in the use of wireless could have any effect upon the weather was ridiculous. Authorities were quoted frequently by counsel arguing a legal issue in the Supreme Court in Wellington last week, before the Chief Justice (Sir Michael Myers), in a manner inevifably wearying to laymen, but for a few moments a merry mood brightened the proceedings. Courisel quoted an Auckland case. "Was not that the lager beer case?" inquired the Chief Justice seeking to refresh his memory. "It was an Auckland case, but not lager beer, I think," replied counsel. "I thought it was lager beer," said his Honor. "Ordinary 7 per cent. • beer, I thought," replied counsel. "Mr would know; he was in it," said the Chief Justice, turning to opposing counsel who, incidentally, was at one time interested in the cause of Prohibition. "Nb," replied opposing counsel, with a smile and a blush. 'I wasn't in it, sir. It was lager beer, though," he added wryly. Over 50 people required attention by the first aid field division of the Hawera Red Cross Society at the hcckey tournament at Hawera on Monday of last week. The most. serious injury (states the Taranaki News) was received by a spectator, Mrs Bourke, Inaha, who was struck on the face by a ball. After receiving attention at the Red Cross tent she was taken to hospital, as it was thought that her jaw was broken. She was later able to return to her home. A knee injury received by Miss Seegar, Whangamomonia, required medical attention. R. Soown, Eltham, was struck on the nose by a ball and received the attention of a doctor. A severely gashed foot was received by a small boy when he was wading in the lake at the park. The other injuries were minor cuts, bruiises, and sprains. Buying a pig in a poke is evidently not one of the policies of the South Island Dairy Association, states the Dunedin Star. The election of an executive was part of the business at the meeting of the association, and the more eautious memhers insisted that the candidates for election should show themselves, and, incidentally, indicate their claims to office. The chairman indicated that this request was a hardy annual, and that it was usually regarded as a, joke. However, on the understanding that it was not a matter for levity, he would agree. The candidates then stepped forward to address the meeting, and as each concluded a modest appraisal of his own worth the question, "Are you Scotch?" was hurled at him. There were two immediate and disconeerting replies. "I helong to the kingdom of Fife," announced one carididate. "No, I'm not Scotch," said another, "but I can go one better — I'm Improved Scotch" — a cryptic definition that seemed to meet with the approval of the meeting. - • " **