LOCAL AND GENERAL.

North Otago Times, Volume CVII, Issue 17170, 30 March 1927, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A largely-altended jmeeting of ladies. addressed by Mrs W. J. Polson, Dominion President of the Women's Division of the Farmers' TJnion, formed a local branch of the Union at Waipukurau yesterday. The New Brighton Trotting Club, which made a . profit of £1200 on its Royal meeting, has given £100 to be equally divided among the Summit Road Trust, the river improvemnet scheme, and the New Brighton beach improvement scheme. Notice of appeal has been todged M the case in which James R. Clarke was awarded £35 18s 4d damag'es in an action brought against the Borough Council, the local bodv being held responsible for an unlighted tree xvith which a car. driven hy appellant, collided. Mr J. Johnson, hutcher, of Thames slreet. was the victim of a rather painful mishap about five o'clock last evening. He had just clirabcd inlo his delivery ca:*t in front of his premises wlien the horse moved forward. causing Mr Johnston to overbalancc and fall heavily to the grond. Fe sustained n nasty wound on Ihe hack of tlio head and his Hioulder was eonsid- [ c^ahly bruiscd i

\ Taranaki Oil shares are active and continue to harden. One sale in Auckland on Friday w.as registered at 11s, and sellers now quote 13s 9d, with buyers offering 12s 4d, O On Saturaay evening, April 2nd, Mr Naylor and party are providing a grand concert entertainment at Ngapara in aid ' of the Ngapara Church electricity fuud. The construction of u. cycling track at the Showgrounds has been advanced ti xurther stage by the acceptance of Mr T. Mansell's ien- ^ der for the work. A team irom Ihe Otago Bowiing on Saturday to play a match with Centre is visiting Oamaru on Saturday to play a match with a North Otago team on the Phoenix Club's green. The latter will be selected this evening. A euchre tournamenl, organised* by the Returned Soldiers Associalion. was held in the Lyric Hall last evening and proved both interestina and enjoyable to those playinsThe prize-winners were: First, Mrs Kina: second, Mr C. E. Crone; third, Mrs Hi.ll ; fourth, Mr J. T, Adams; fifth. Mr T. Brown; sixth, Mrs_ D. Samson. Four lucky table prizes were also awarded. "It is a most interesting fact that a large city like Dunedin has no gaol," remarked Mr E. C. Cutten, S.M., in an address at Auckland. A large stone gaol had been erected. but when it was found that there | were no wrongdoers to put into it, j Ihe authorities had converted _ the j building into a home for the city's : police. The law courts in Dunedin' bad very little to do. with the exception of occasional debt cases. "So, you see," said Mr Cutten, "there is not very much business for gentlemen like myself.'J When the first Englisn m.ail to reach the. Duke and Drichess in the Antipodes arrives in Sydney in_ a day or two it will include a fragile package for the Duchess of York containing a gramophone record. When this record is played the Duke and Duchess will hear, for the first time, the voice of\ the little Princess Elizabeth enunciating inI telligible words, for the ehild's first ; utterances have been recorded arid I mailed to her Royal parents. This ! statement was made from 2FC on ! Saturday night, during the broad- | cast of the Royal reception in Sydj ney. i The Shorthorn Society of Great i Britain and Ireland has offered to j the Shorthorn Society of New Zeaj land a silver challenge cup, valued at £50, for the best pedigree Shorthorn bull in the Royal Show. To he won outright this cup must be won three times, not necessarilv consecutively, for the same exhibitor with a different animgl on each occasion. A gold medal will be awarded annually to the winner of the cup, excepting in the year in which it is won outright. The cup is made from genuine William IV. piece of silver of the year 1830. A meeting of the South School !■ Jubilee Committee was held last j evening when . arrangement were made for the celebrations in May. Numerous replies were received from ex-pupils notifying their intention to be present, and a cor.° siderable sum was received towards the expenses. Two birthday cakes, each weighing 3Uhs, were donated by members of the committee. Reports from the various sub-commit-tees showed that everything was well in hand and that a brass baud and an orchestra were being organised hy ex-pupils. It was stated that over 3000 invitations had been sent out, while many more had yet tn he distributed. , v ^ farmer of Big Swamp, near Moorland, in the Wingham district of New South Wales, was surprised recently to find his little puppy among a litter of three pigs. Not merely was it quite at home with the sow, but it appeared to be the favourite of the family. That the puppy had establtshed herself in the good grac§s of the sow was brought home to the farmer when he «*- tempted to separate them. The sow rushed viciously at him, and it was not until he left the sty that sbe became cairn. There was further trouble for him when he sold the sow and her litterl Before they could be rembved the pup had to be placecl in a bag out of sight until the little family of pigs was well out of the way. While modern constructional policy demanded that public bodies should be able to override the rights of private ownership, they shoulcl do this with the utmost regard to private property, stated Mr Justice Alpers1 in giving judgmefit for a claimant in a case lieard be- ' fore the C'ompensation Court in Christchurch, in which William Harris. fruitgrower, of Allandale, claimed from the Banks Peninsula Electric Power Boarcl £310 compeusation for damage caused by the board in toppin'g a breakwind of poplars o.n his property, so that the poplars would not touch or impinge on the board's lines. Judg- | ment was given for claimant for j £110, each party to pay its own j costs. Assessors fees w-ere fixecl at £15 15s. I