GENERAL NEWS.

Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, 18 May 1925, Page 8

GENERAL NEWS.

A Wanganui jury disagreed in the case in uTiich George itleCaul, exsolicitor Avas charged on sixteen counts with misappropriation of clients’ tunas.

Tho Society for the Health of Women and Children resolved to hold a masked fancy dress ball lit Cave bn Friday, sth June, in aid of the district’s quota, for the Temuka branch.

Mr A. Aubrey, of Waihaorunga, avlio Avon the huntuway event at tno Wuimate collie dog trials ivitli “Tweed,” accounted lor a similar event at U'analta, with the same dog.

A Dress Association message from Christchurch on Saturday .staled that throe motor ears Avere stolen m Ulnistehiuch during the last tweniytour hours. Oiie Avas found abandoned at Riccarlou with a wheel olf. -V private garage nearby whs burst open anu anutber ear stolen.

In referring to the drop of JL'l . per ton in tlie price of llotir, which likewise had resulted in a decrease in tho cost of the loaf to the general public, i\lr O. I\ Lynch, chairman ot tho Manmvatu provincial branch of tho New Zealand Farmers’ Union, stated at Saturday’s meeting of this body that such iiad been directly attributable to the recent eonlereneo of the Dominion executive of tho Farmers' Union. “If farmers only realised, ’ added tho speaker, “tho great work the union is performing, they would readily eomc forward with their paltry sub icriptions.’i

There was quite a pugilistic .atmosphere in Sophia Street oh Saturday morning, when vwo lads aged about iU, one aided bv a dog, engaged in hsrio combat. Roth entered into the binnt ot ino tray wmch promised to ue a real Dcmpsy-T'irpo affair, mntil liioir respective mothers arrived and untied to me fun.

Following the rain oil Friday night, the weather improved on Saturday morning, and the arternoon was fine, lu tne ev-enig the temperature rose, and the evening was comparatively iniici. iesterdav was almost, summeri ke, and in the' latter part of the afternoon a north-westerly wind sprang up ami continued bo sterously tUl'ougout tuo liignt.

A fresh impetus is being given farming in the Jvmg Country. Two adjo.nmg tarins within eight miles of Te .Ivuiti, which have been deserted ior two years, have been purchased by .men irons outside distr.cts. It is that there is an increasing cleinahd tor larnis m this part of the King Country.

A local property agent told a “Herald” repicse.native recently that prdperty m Timaru is iu keen demand at present on the small deposit basis; and lurmshed and unfurnished rooms were also sought after to a gretlt eiteiit. Property in and near Staltord -street, he said,' was in specially good request; and the difficulty was to fiiid people who were willing to sell.

Sportsmen in the Wanganhi district have, on the whole, done fairly well fclnee the opening of the shbotuig'.season. Ducks were plentiful on the opening day on the lakes along the . coast, pheasants are more plentiful than in previous years, and quail have yielded good bags. Unfortunately, stoats and weasels appear to be •numerous, and no doubt levy heat-y toll on the bird?.

A Press Association telegram I 'from Ashburton says,—Mr W. M. Dawson, of station 3xV..L., reports the successful receipt tty means or a special receiver of wireless test messages scilt out' -by the United States fleet for obtaining data on the capabilities of short waves. Rdth sides of the conversation between tli flagship Seattle iN.R.R.fx.) ' and the Naval Research laboratory ..at Bellevue (N.K.F.) have been copied ill several instances. ’ ' '

At the Juvenile Court, before Mr E. D. Mosley, S.M.. on Saturday morning; a bov aged 16 Avas charged Avith the theft of a piiise, lays, and money, to the value of £'l Us 7d. The lad pleaded guiity. The juvenile proba--ticn officer said the lad had a good record, and was anxious to join the Navy. In view of that fact, the boy f \v:is admonished' and' discharged, - on condition .that his father make destitution of the goods stolen.

The Gore correspondent of the “feoutnlund News" wiires; —-‘‘iff cohvcrsatxOtt on a recent morning, Ayitn ti,e, managers of till tiie local stock and st'dtidii agencies, in ' coniiection with .the Tfceeni: fall iu wool vtimes in London, 1 asked the question: 'Has ipc.. fail had' iiiiy apprcc.aole Crteet on local sales' of slloep.' ' Jii evel-v base the answer was decidedly, ill. tlife ligga-, five. * It was Saul taut iii oilu' or ttVo instances values had 'riseiv iiistead df iallcii.”'

A lady travelling to Napier by ..the express train irom Weiiiiigcoii relates' a remarkable incident. A wdman'passenger, unaware That the duration -of the train’s halt at Paimerstkm Nbttn had been curtailed, waited too lonfj-at tiie statioii', and the train weiit bn Avithbut her, carrying.; with, it an Unprotected baby, i lie distracted ifibtUer sought tho aid of the station authority and the express was “flagged” .further on, the baby being put off and sent back to its parent. ’

In conversation with a local employs muni, agehi’on baumtuy, u ••rxeiala'’ repiesviuacivo leanicu mat plougnmbn hiivi been very sclircu, bur no,, uiat tub. iliresiiing mills' ale compicLaig hpera■uoiis, liiaiiy of tno hauus, aukid.UsMtd cbLUitt a steady pus, non mr iliej Ayintor, nave ueeepceu piuiighmen’s" duties, mu lurtnur staced tnslt land avol’K vvas a cry''plentiful, and larniei's Avcte often on' the look out ior general farm hands. Tno agent remarkeu that for the 1 past season,' there had been aii bxceptJoiial Udartn of farm labour all over idouth Canterbury.

Visitors, to Napier aro often surprised mat tho large lagoons at tiie pbit art> not regardeu by isapier people AA'itn, a greater aegree of veneration, on account ot tneir pleasant. anti piaciff appcai'aiice Avhen tiie title is full (says the •‘Telegraph”). When tho tide... Has ebbed, 0 uoAA'Cver, they realise that there is another song to sing. The Egbbn iiiott elliptic,s, to expose to view ffnmberfess befizine tins and other rubbish. w;hieh prompts inquiry as to whether there is not some means of prevOfitiffg shell casual dufuning.

Mr J. H. O’Connor, of Grcyfown, is exhibiting live specunens-of AyUqt lie consiuers is rlic unopnelbs inachlipcins mosquito, whicu lie captured irom SAVaiiijiy. grouiitl near Gileytoyii Tins is the mosquito that spread* malaria Kwcr iu tne tropics. ‘ Mr. O’Connor stat.es that they are diggijig tlienisolvcs in by the the tuition'* th?i‘ e - As the specuiiCiiS liave all the eharaefer isties of tho anopliels, even to the threo black spots on tiie -wings,- Mr O’C’bnnor is iorwarding thorn to the UoihttibiiAvcnlth Health Laboratory lor identification.

At about 5 pan. on Saturday a-, collision between lavo motor cars at thoA south end of the toAA'il avus nespohsible: for serious danv.ige to the forecarriage, of one vehicle, and partial Avreckage ot the other. A Timaru taxi-proprietor.-was driving south across the trftm-li.nA, at the junction, of James Street and . Utipiv-i Road, when a car,belonging-to a. Clandoboye farmer, travelling up James . Street, caijic into violeht contact. /I or- ; tunately the occupants of both-cars, escaped with only trifling injuries. The, taxi was later tbwed Bpdk nffd town, with tiie aid of a trolley, under the front axle, but tiie cbffhtry car Aylis 60 badly knocked about that it jVfis Mot possible to bring it iff to town oil, Saturday, an< ‘ it was left at the foot of the hill, near the Park. .’.

Shooting experiences are Still being rclaicd in the ndrt.i, and usually they me ta.es ot uisappo.iiuiient. Tour New Plymouth men spent lour days in tne \\ aitaauga iiisti‘.yt, on the recently: opened route Lain the -Main NortU Road to Omiru, and they saiv seven pheasants. Two of the pheasants cams iioiiu; ivitli them, but ihi*y ipft eightc6B dciul pigs behind them, every one ol them being cither too old or tod a oung to make good eating. I igl were the only plentiful thing ior 6h6oting, even quad being scarce. Just previously, the owners of the property on Avhich the pigs tvere shot, had Hllod eighteen, so that thirty-six pigs were disposed of ill six days; and still there Avere .some. , .