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Southland Times, Issue 21093, 27 May 1930, Page 6

The Dominion Meteorologist last night issued the following information: A depression of moderate intensity is moving on to the Dominion. There is still an anticyclone over south-eastern Australia, but it is gradually losing intensity. Winds west to north-west, becoming strong in and south of Cook Strait, backing to southerlies in the south after about 16 to 24 hours. Seas in New Zealand waters rough about Cook and Foveaux Straits and on the west coast of the South Island. Elsewhere moderate. North-west to westerly winds in the eastern Tasman, later backing to south-west. Moderate in the northern portion with moderate seas, strong in the southern portion with rather rough seas. Weather unsettled in districts with a westerly aspect and in the far south with showers. Elsewhere mainly fair to fine. Temperatures rather milder, but a cold change after about 24 hours.

A resident of Mataura was arrested on Saturday night and appeared before Messrs John Buchanan and A. Baineaves, J.P.’s, yesterday morning charged with being found in a state of intoxication while in charge of a motor car in Denbigh street. Defendant’s name was suppressed in the meantime and on the application of the police an adjournment was granted to Gore on June 10. —Mataura correspondent.

The function arranged to celebrate the raising of the status of Invercargill to a city, which was to have been held on the Town Hall steps on Wednesday, has been postponed indefinitely to enable the Hon. P. A. de la Perrelle, Minister of Internal Affairs, to be present. It is impossible for Mr Perrelle to attend on Wednesday, and the future date will be arranged to suit his convenience.

The second meeting of the North Invercargill Blind of Hope was held in the Sunday School Hall on Friday last. The meeting was opened with a hymn and Mr! Martin led in prayer. The senior members then took the meeting. A chapter from the Bible was read and the gathering then repeated “The Temperance Rally Cry.” The roll was called, four new members being present. Mr White gave a very interesting address. Musical and elocutionary items were given by N. Laytham, H. Frew, M. Jones, J. Spiers, W. Miller, M. Evans, E. Fletcher, C. Martin and R. Hall.

“Germany is rapidly recovering from the effects of the war, and, although taxation is heavy, all sections of the community seem to be working hard.” This is the view of the Rev. Father Van Beck, a Dutch priest who has been attached to the Roman Catholic Maori Mission at Te Kuiti for the past 15 years and who returned by the Niagara recently from a holiday in Europe. Father Van Beck said a prominent German business man had told him that the country had no leader and “wanted another Bismarck.” Germany was constantly' guarding against the spread of a Soviet influence from Russia.

Interesting tacts regarding the deer menace were given at the annual meeting of the West Coast Farmers’ Union at Greymouth, when a remit suggesting that cheap ammunition be allowed farmers for the extermination of deer came up for consideration. Mr T. P. O’Neill said that if a paddock of turnips was within a mile or half a mile from a hill it was immediately attacked and eaten by the deer. In fact he quoted an incident where dogs were tied up in a field and the animals had come to within thirty feet of the dogs to eat the turnips. Mr Clayton stated that as soon as deer ate or stripped any undergrowth in the bush it seemed to die slowly. Mr O’Neill: “I have known them to come to our back door.” A member (jokingly): “They don’t shake your mats do they?” “No,” replied Mr O’Neill amidst laughter. “If the horses get a smell of them they bolt.”

A first offender for drunkenness, who was arrested on Saturday evening in Dee street, and who failed to appear when called before Mr E. C. Levvey, S.M., in the Police Court yesterday morning, Was fined j the amount of his bail (£1) in default 48 hours’ imprisonment.

The pilgrimage of dairy cows to winter grazing op back country properties in the Wairarapa has commenced in earnest. The shortage of grass is causing some concern to farmers so early in the winter season. On the other hand, sheepfarmers are cheered by the prospects of a rise in the price of ewes. They regard it as a crumb of comfort after the attenuated wool returns received during the past season.

How well Auckland’s rat-catching campaign has kept the pest down in the business area of the city is revealed by the fact that the daily activities of the trappers during the year which ended on March 31, resulted in the capture of an average of only about 10 rats a day. All the rats caught are sent to the pathological department of the hospital for examination for signs of infection or disease. Last year’s captures totalled 3780, against 4633 in the previous year. !

“Since the British Farmers’ Party has visited New Zealand there have been small murmurings to lift the embargo on. imported stock,” said Mr C. G. Warren at Thursday’s conference of the North Canterbury branch of the Farmers’ Union (reports the Press). “That party spread propaganda to get that embargo lifted, but it must be remembered that New Zealand is a peculiar country, and the chief danger of lifting the embargo is that foot-and-mouth disease will get into the deer, goats, and pigs in our back country. There would be no hope of getting it eradicated then. We have 32,000,000 head of stock in New Zealand, and it is not worth the risk for the sake of at the very outside 1000 head of stock a year.” A remit “that the present restriction on foot-and-mouth disease be continued,” was carried unanimously.

A meeting of the Southland Pipers’ Chib was held on Saturday evening in the rooms of the Caledonian Pipe Band, Liddel street. Mr W. Henderson presided. The proceedings were commenced with a pipe selection by the club’s official piper (Mr Murdoch Watson). The matter of piping judges for sports meetings-was discussed at length, and it was decided to defer in the meantime the nomination of judges and that when a complete list was made up, that sports bodies throughout Southland be advised. This was considered to be a help to the officials of country societies who were in a quandary at times to know where to obtain the services of a competent adjudicator in this section of their meetings. The following new members were enrolled: Messrs H. Heywood, Douglas Clark, W. Robertson, G. Dickens, J. Miller, G. Robertson, K. McLeod and John A. Cameron. The following were elected to the committee: Messrs H. Heywood and K. McLeod (Invercargill), J. Miller (Thornbury), and G. Robertson (Te Wae Wae). During the evening Messrs R. C. Sutherland and Leslie Taylor favoured the meeting with pipe selections.

It is likely that a St. John gate will be erected in front of the new headquarters of the St. John Ambulance Association in Gloucester street, says the Christchurch Times. This will form part of the reconstruction of jhe building. A sketch of the gate has been prepared by Mr Cecil Wood, on instructions from Sir Heaton Rhodes, who, it is believed, wishes to bear the cost. The matter was brought before Wednesday night's meeting of the Canterbury and West Coast Centre of the St. John Ambulance Association, when a committee was appointed to consult with the architect. The new gateway will be similar to that which forms the entrance to the London headquarters of the association. On either side and over the top are rooms of the building. The gate is an imposing structure of stone in the Gothic style. It is about fourteen feet high and twenty-two feet wide. It was reported that Sir Heaton Rhodes was anxious that the design should take this form. Members also mentioned that it would entail material alterations in the present building, one of which would be to shift the frontage back. ,

The annual meeting of the Invercargill Beautifying Society will be held in the Southland League Rooms, To-night, May 27, at 7.30 p.m.—Advt.

“It has age, flavour, quality, and the value is beyond question “DEWAR'S WHISKY.”—Advt.

It pays to shop at Chas. Lewis’s sale. Quality goods at reduced prices, right in the middle of winter. Wend your way to the Grand Corner Said. Great stock-taking reductions. — (Advt.).

Hitchon’s Bacon in the morning, Keeps you strong and fit, With a cup of tea to wife in bed, She’ll think that you’re “just it.”—Advt.

Hosiery values. Coloured cashmere from 3/9 to 5/6, silk and wool 4/6 to 5/9 and silk 2/11 to 10/6 at Miss Noble’s, The Baby Shop, Dee street.—Advt.

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