PUBLIC NOTICES. ELLESMERE DISTRICT j CHRYSANTHEMUM SHOW. I CHRYSANTHEMUM SHOW.

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1 he Ellesmere Guardian Ufa dffcmm (Snartlkn NEWSPAPER OF ELLESMERE, SPRNGS & SELWYN COUNTES VOL LVL, No 34 Published on Tuesdays and Fridays, CANTERBURY, NZ, TUESDAY, MAY 5, 1936 [Est 1879] SNGLE COPY TWOPENCE TALKES PCTURES AS WARM AS YOUR FRESDE SATURDAY 8 pm SATURDAY New Laughter Film Brings Fun For All "BOYS WLL BE BOYS" Featuring WLL HAY, Gordon Harker, Claude Dampier, Norma Varden The crazy adventures of a college master whose students were more famed for their "crook" tendencies than for their literary achievements (For Universal Exhibition) BUSNESS ANNOUNCEMENTS HOLLYWOOD SCHOOL OF DRESSMAKNG CLASSES EVERY FRDAY, CLASSES EVERY FRDAY, 10 am FARMERS' CO-OP G H RYDE HGH STREET i Our Specialty: BLACKSMTHNG WORK N ALL BRANCHES Agency for Massey-Harris, the Best Farm mplements Farm mplement Repairs (Lhr (Guardian NEWSPAPER OF THE ELLESMERE, SPRNGS AND SELWYN COUNTES Published in the nterests of the People in the Territory overwhich it Circulates Offices: HGH STREET :: Telephone 14M PO Box 13 Full and Authoritative Reports are published of all Local Body and other mportant Meetings, and of Social and other Events of General nterest The Guardian is used by all the Public Bodies for their Official Announcements Social Committees invariably consult the Guardian Diary before fixing dates for their functions LOW SUBSCRPTON RATES No Resident who desires to take an intelligent interest in the affairs of his district can afford to be a nonsubscriber to the local newspaper Deliveries are made by runners, by rural mail services, and by post over a wide area No other newspaper in Canterbury, metropolitan or provincial, covers its territory more thoroughly ; The subscription rates are as follows: Paid in Advance By Rural Delivery: Quarterly 3/6; half-yearly 7/-; yearly 14/- By Post: Quarterly 4/-; 8/-; yearly 16/- half-yearly f Booked An additional fee of 2/- per year s charged if booked ADVERTSNG TARFF The contents of the Guardian Editorial Opinions, News and Advertising are eagerly and thoroughly read and discussed by every member of the family in homes which are regularly served, and this fact makes the paper a very valuable advertising medium Enterprising business firms who advertise consistently have proved the value of the Guardian as a means of maintaining regular contact with the people and obtaining results Social and other functions are almost certain to be successful if properly annoimced through the newspaper The advertising rates are as follows: Lost, Strayed, Found, For Sale, Wanted, Situations Vacant or Wanted: Up to 15 words 1/-, three insertions 2/6 up to 20 words, 1/6 each insertion Birth, Marriage, Death, Funeral or n Memoriam Notices: 2/6 per insertion, up to 30 words Amusements, Tenders and other casual advertising, 4/- per inch Contract rates for business advertising supplied upon application Business firms are asked to note that replace copy for advertisements must reach Mondays and Thursdays for insertion in the following issue the Office by "Noon on TALKES "CHARLE CHAN N SHANGHA" SAYS: "Old excuse like ancient goat has whiskers" "There are two ears for every tongue" "Only one enemy required to make murder" "Talk does not cook rice" "Dreams, like good liars, distort facts" "Hasty conclusion like hind leg of mule kick backward" "Secrets in by ear out by tongue" "Spider does not spin web for single fly" "Only foolish dog pursue flying bird" SEE HM AT SOUTHBRDGE TALKES 8 PM NEXT SATURDAY 8 PM AMUSEMENTS ELLESMERE PLUNKET SOCETY'S ANNUAL BALL TOWN HALL THURSDAY, MAY 21 Fred Smith's Orchestra Ladies 2/-, Gentlemen 3/- B MASON, Hon Sec DOYLESTON LADES' HOCKEY CLUB A Social Evening will be tendered! to Miss M Bray in Doyleston Hall NEXT SATURDAY, May 9 Eden Bros' Band Ladies 1/-, Gentlemen 1/6 Y BEAMSLEY, Hon Sec TRANSPORT SERVCES DAY'S SOUTHBRDGE-CHRSTCHURCH BUS SERVCE LEAVES CHRSTCHURCH Monday: 745 am arid 445 pm Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday: 820 am and 445 pm Saturday: 820 am, 445 pm and 11 pm Sunday: 830 pm LEAVES SOUTHBRDGE Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday: 745 am and 4 pm Saturday: 745 am and 1 pm Sunday: 845 am and 8 pm CHRSTCHURCH STARTNG PONT: White Star Garage, Opposite Theatre Royal 'Phones and , Ch'ch GRAN AND PRODUCE CARTNG GRAN AND PRODUCE CARTNG GRAN AND PRODUCE CARTNG Having a First-class Truck of large capacity, am able to give Quick and thoroughly Satisfactory Service at Moderate Cost 'PHONE 22 j For Every Description of Haulage A SCARLETT SELWYN STREET, FARMERS: FARMERS : For Quick, Efficient Service at Moderate Cost, entrust your GRAN AND PRODUCE CARTNG GRAN AND PRODUCE CARTNG to ERNE JACKMAN UNEXCELLED SERVCE All Orders receive mmediate Personal Attention GOODS GOODS DELVERY DELVERY CHRSTCHURCH- (including Wayside Centres) RELABLE DALY SERVCE Modern Trucks leave Farmers' Saleyards, Christchurch ('Phone ) daily at 5 pm Lowest rates, especially for back-loading the old-established service Support E BRCH 1 Box 23; 'Phong 28 - LNCOLN AMUSEMENTS SPRNGSTON TENNS CLUB ANNUAL BALL ANNUAL BALL THURSDAY NEXT, MAY 7 THURSDAY NEXT, MAY 7 SPRNGSTON PUBLC HALL Fred Smith's Orchestra Novelty Dances Parrett's Catering Ladies 2/-, Gentlemen 3/- G WRGHT, Hon Sec GFT EVENNG To Miss M Bray will be held in Killinchy Hall on WEDNESDAY NEXT, May 6 All friends cordially invited Ladies a gift and basket; Gentlemen 1/6 LTTLE RAKAA SCHOOL The first of the winter series of Fortnightly Euchre & Dance Socials will be held in the Schoolroom NEXT FRDAY, May 8 Usual low admission charges Come along for a pleasant evening i MEETNGS MD-CANTERBURY LCENSNG DSTRCT Notice is hereby given that, in pursuance of "The Licensing Act, 1908," and the Acts amending the same, the Annual Meeting of the Licensing Committee for the Mid- Canterbury Licensing District will be held in the Magistrate's Courthouse, Leeston, on FRDAY, the sth day of June, 1936, at Noon, for the purpose of hearing and determining all applications under the above Acts, of which due notice shall be given R MORARTY, Clerk of the Licensing Committee BUSNESS ANNOUNCEMENTS, "COMMONWEAL" "COMMONWEAL" Honest Economics Neither "vested interest" monopoly, "social credit," socialism nor communism advocated Three Shillings per annum Remit to Mr Keith O Thomson, APA, NZ, Honorary Secretary, Commonwealth Land Party, Box 1227, GP0, Wei-1 lington JACK FROST S OUT AGAN! TME YOU CHANGED YOUR ENGNE OL ATLANTC We Stock MOBLOL CASTROL A BAYLS The Progressive Service Station, THRESHNG, CLOVER SHELLNG, CHAFFCUTTNG AT REASONABLE RATES now have Two Modern CASE THRESHNG PLANTS Satisfaction Guaranteed W L DONALD Agent for Case Tractors, Threshers and all Farm mplements SPARE PARTS STOCKED WNTER WNTER FUEL FUEL With every prospect of an early Winter, we strongly advise you to order your Fuel Supplies now Have you tried BRQUETTES? They're splendid for either Range or Open Fireplace Our Coals include Briandale, Burkes Creek, Reefton, Blackball, Linton and Kaitangata We also have Lignites and Coke Kindling Wood available at low rates G MCCLATCHE & CO, LTD COAL, FREWOOD AND TMBER MERCHANTS Engage OWENS'S DANCE BAND, Leeston Balls, Socials, Parties, etc, catered for at reasonable rates Any number of instruments supplied PUBLC NOTCES ELLESMERE DSTRCT j CHRYSANTHEMUM SHOW CHRYSANTHEMUM SHOW Under the auspices of the Methodist Chrysanthemum Society FRDAY NEXT, MAY 8 FRDAY NEXT, MAY 8 TOWN HALL Sections for Chrysanthemums (open, cut blooms, novices), Juniors, Decorative, Pot Plants, Fruit and Vegetables, Grain and Seeds, Domestic Produce (adults and children), Fancy Work (adults and children), Photography ENTRES CLOSE THURSDAY AT 12 NOON Late Entries up to 630 pm 6d extra SALE OF PRODUCE Will be held in conjunction with the Show See what Ellesmere can produce in the way of Prize Blooms Open Afternoon and Evening ATKNSON'S SPECALS ATKNSON'S SPECALS CRUMPETS - CRUMPETS 1/3 per dozen Very tasty and easily prepared G A H ATKNSON Fruiterer, Confectioner, etc, 'Phone 128M, SEED CLEANNG Farmers, have your Seed cleaned and dressed on your farm by the latest portable seed-dressing machine Reasonable charges M J ARGYLE Selwyn St, 'Phone 64 TO THE FARMERS OF SOUTHBRDGE am appointed as District Agent for MASSEY-HARRS SPARES and can assure you of Prompt and Efficient Service at all times This appointment will not affect the service am at present giving for other makes of Farm Machinery Your co-operation will assist in making this a really serviceable agency Ċ H CHAPMAN MOTOR & GENERAL ENGNEER Violent Rheumatism Vanishes Every day testimonials pour in recording the wonderful results from taking RUR, the uric acid banisher sold with a Money-back Guarantee Mrs A Burns, 192 Esplanade, New Brighton, writes: "After taking RUR for four days, my violent rheumatism vanished and after only a week's dosing found myself better than had been for two years" Free booklet from F W Page Ltd, and other chemists 3 This is the time for paper-hanging and interior decoration For an upto-date job, see J Smith (3) PROFESSONAL R DE G ROBLLARD APA (NZ), AA (NZ) Public Accountant and Auditor Taxation Adjuster Telephone Epworth Chambers, 176 Hereford St, CHRSTCHURCH) (Opposite National Bank) F TOWNSHEND DENTAL SURGEON HGH STREET, Hours of Attendance- Daily: 9 am to 5 pm Saturday: 9 am to 1230 pm 'Phone 34 BOOKKEEPNG Mr C G FSHER, Leeston, is prepared to keep Tradesmen's Books prepare Balance-Sheets, ncome Tax Returns, etc Fees Moderate Office Systems nstalled ADDRESS: Town Board Office, Leeston AUCTONS ELLESMERE CLEARNG SALE W E SMES & CO have received instructions from MR GEORGE HARVEY (whose Farm we have sold) to hold a Clearing Sale of ALL HS LVE AND DEAD STOCK, on the Premises, adjacent to the Ellesmere School, on FRDAY, MAY 8, AT 1 PM 10 Cows, due early; 3 Heifers, Calf 2 1-Draught Horses Pigs (2 Sows) Farm mplements: Drays and Harness, Discs, Grubber, Chains, Trees, Dairy Utensils, AL Separator (75 gallons), 18 tons Hay Sundries OUTSDE ENTRES NVTED W E SMES & CO; Auctioneers, Hereford Street, : Christchurch j A General Meeting will be held in the Town Hall Anteroom TO-MOR- ROW (Wednesday), at 8 pm Urgent business W T NDD, Hon Sec BUSNESS ANNOUNCEMENTS : THS WEEK'S ERNEST ADAMS j 10 d THS WEEK'S ERNEST ADAMS 3 DAYS' SPECALS' 3 DAYS' SPECALS Per lb ALMOND GNGER CAKE lid NAPOLEON SPONGE For Thursday, Friday and Saturday only: Obtainable from G A H ATKNSON, Leeston ROWAN & CO, Southbridge GUARANTEED RADO REPARS Radio Repairs are our business and we guarantee all our work for a period of six months All makes of Radios serviced with modern equipment Sets remodelled and overhauled f your Radio is not 100 per cent, efficient, consult the ELLESMERE RADO SERVCE W A ROWE, Radio Serviceman (by Exam), Prop High St, c/o T J Fussell, Mercer, Leeston; and at Southbridge LMNG PAYS HANDSOMELY LMNG PAYS HANDSOMELY LMNG PAYS HANDSOMELY Having a Modern Plant, am prepared to sow Lime at the following rates: GRASS LAND 2/- acre PLOUGHED LAND 2/6 acre CARTAGE FROM RALWAY: 2/6 TON Quick Service Guaranteed H G HUBBARD CARTAGE CONTRACTOR SOUTHBRDGE FOR DEPENDABLE, EXPERT, PERSONAL ATTENTON Bring Your Car, Truck or Tractor Repair Work to W WATSON ELLESMERE GARAGE We have specialised in this Work over a long period, and Guarantee Satisfaction Petrol, Oil, Tyres and all Accessories at Lowest Rates CLASSFED SMALLS Advertisements are accepted under this heading at the rate of /- for three lines, three consecutive insertions 2/6 Payment in stamps will be accepted STRAYED Jersey Heifer, about 18 months old, from Lakeside nformation to 'Phone 105Mor Guardian PANOS FOR SALE "Schwechten" full upright Grand Piano, full iron frame, overstrung, guaranteed sound Offer wanted Railway Auction Rooms, opp Ch'ch Railway Station Beautiful upright Grand by Ramsperger, full iron frame, overstrung, check action Special bargain, 20 Railway Auction Rooms, opp Ch'ch Railway Station - Modern upright Grand by Walter MEETNGS Collinson, London, full iron frame, check action, like new Offer wanted Railway Auction Rooms, opp Ch'ch ELLESMERE FARMERS' UNON Railway Station Joint Secretaries: Mr R H Boyes, Mrs j The Annual Meeting will be held Werner upright Grand in rich dark A G Barker in the Ellesmere A and P Association's Room, Leeston, NEXT THURS- instrument, 25 Railway Auction walnut case, beautiful ttine, a lovely SALVATON ARMY HALL DAY, May 7, at 8 pm Rooms, Business: opp Ch'ch Railway Station Report and Balance-Sheet; Election Children's Programme at Leeston, of Officers; and General WOOD SAWNG Thursday, May 7, 745 pm Admission 1/- Chairman, Adj Chandler BSHOP, Hon Sec By up-to-date plant, any part of R G district, 7/- cord F V Gwatkin, SOUTHBRDGE KUGsf Leeston 'Phone 47K BUSNESS FOOTj BALL CLUB ANNOUNCEMENTS WANTED KNOWN Rhodes Hat Cleaning Service Hats cleaned and returned eight hours "Hatters for Half a Century," 213 High Street, Christchurch f you want to sleep well, buy a Sleepwell Mattress (the mattress with a guarantee) from C A Neate, cr Colombo and Tuam Sts; Ch'ch Tyres: Beaded edge repairs cheap; See Willonghby first Bead Expert, Victoria St, opp Todd Motors We buy and sell Used Tyres New Tapestry Runner from 3s 9d yd, Coir Mats 2s 9d, Cocoanut Matting 2s 6d yd, Hearth Rugs from 5s 6d each C A Neate, cr Colombo and Tuam Sts, Christchurch BUSNESS ANNOUNCEMENTS, QUALTY GOODS QUALTY GOODS For the person who has to stand up to a hard day's work there is nothing so sustaining as good Meat And when it comes to Quality our goods are supreme We never sacrifice quality for any other consideration E M( NTYRE QUALTY BUTCHER AND BAKER 7,000,000 7,000,000 worth of assets are in our care A Trustee nstitution has the business judgment and experience of many persons instead of one ts life is continuous t does not die or leave the country and its accounts are subject to a continuous and searching audit THE PERPETUAL TRUSTEES CO, LTD, Established 1884 A C BRETHERTON, Christchurch Manager, 145 Worcester St, Christchurch G M DOYLE Announces that he has set up in business on his own account in Cryer Street, Southbridge, as a BULDER AND CONTRACTOR Estimates furnished for all classes of work, including Painting and Decorating Prompt attention and first-class workmanship THOMAS BORTHWCK & SONS (AUSTRALASA) LTD 112 Hereford St, CHRSTCHURCH Telephone Cash buyers of Porkers and Baconers at highest schedule rates Full particulars of prices and conditions may be obtained from Christchurch Office or the firm's District Agent, Mr John Webster, Telephone 119MLeeston Ex

2 2 THE ELLESMERE GUARDAN, TUESDAY, MAY 5, 1936 REPLACE YOUR HORSES WTH A McCormick-Deering Tractor McCormick-Deering F-12 Farmall available also on low-pressure every modern feature to give it long pneumatic tyres life, dependable and economical ser-, Tftr T Af^-KPTc vice, and is the only Tractor that LUtAL Awwaib makes horseless farming possible mm mm mm4^mm mmk m\m _ - tm " JL! There are fourteen models of Mc- PPCT WlieTilv 1 Cormick-Deering Tractors, so that a MWWWiW flvivl WW % " Tractor is available for every farming, industrial or hauling requirement Write for illustrated catalogue Special Bargains in Timber Farmers' DRECT FROM THE MLL TO THE FARMER- ALL SZES AND GRADES FOR fivery PURPOSE mplement and Milking Sheds and all descriptions of Farm Buildings Special bargains in Truck lots (2000ft) for Farmers We Specialise in SLVER PNE FENCNG MATERAL Truck lots direct from West Coast to your station BUTLER TMBER m//^\ MANDEVLLE STREET Olf j CHRSTCHURCH PO Box 456 'Phone x^jfc ^ ELEY \^^g^^ CARTRDGES THE EVER 9! Wm POPULAR J^V FAVOURTE \ C2?4S^^^- )(\r PER ' AT AXJ - ioo MAN PORTS The new long range _-^T\ cartridge loaded with Neoflak Powder and J ozs shot OJ - mtm\ 100 \ ^^^ AT MAN PORTS \^^^ 108 YEARS REPUTATON Manufactured n the factories of MPERAL CHEMCAL NDUSTRES Ltd Special Offer For One Month DENTAL PLATES SCALE OF CHARGES USUAL FEES WTH COUPON N s d s d UTLTY Dental Plate STANDARD Dental Plate FTWELL Dental Plate DEAL Dental Plate Call or ring for an appointment to inspect samples of these Dentures ERNEST W CHRSTANSEN 116 ARMAGH ST, Corner Colombo St, CHRSTCHURCH Entrance through Reynolds and Son's, Chemists, opposite Armstrong's A NEW AUSTN TEN-FOUR SX-LGHT SALOON, A new model of one of the most consistently successful 10 horsepower cars yet produced is announced panel, t will be by the Austin Company This car, seen, therefore, that a The road from the Mississippi to little attention styled the Sherborne, is a six-window to the bodywork now the eastern slope of the Rockies, a and again will repay the saloon mounted on the famous Austin ten-four chassis, and is notable owner long road even for America, had the There is not much that can go amiss highest safety record of all the West paintwork is very important, but is but the little that does happen can Central States of for its distinctive lines which mark America last year, by no means the only thing to be easily develop into something a new departure in Austin body design used both to preserve the finish and really values his car will keep the serious though speeds along it are considered A good polish should be consistently high later on, and therefore the ownerwho Thus, while the front of this newcomer favours, if anything, previous times Plans have been submitted by a give it an attractive sheen There body in first-class condition at all Austin body practice, and ensures French architect to permit motorists wide-angle vision for driving, the to take their cars up to a restaurant roof-line sweeps to the rear without REVOLUTON COUNTER on the second platform of the Eiffel interruption to provide a flush back Tower in Paris, about 400ft above There are no extreme lines to create street level The plans comprise overhang or extreme overall length gigantic spiral roadways enabling and the inclusion of rear-quarter windows renders this model a sixlight saloon The portion of the rear panel which encloses the spare wheel drops to form a useful luggage platform and carries with it the number plate and combined rear-and-stop light The long waist-line moulding that continues right round the back panel from the front of the car adds to the apparent length, and the deeply valanced wings, quite apart from their efficiency, are in accord with the general sweep of line The interior of the Sherborne is both roomy and comfortable The seating is extra deep, that at the rear, which has side arm-rests, being somewhat longer from back to front than on previous models; the front seats are readily adjustable Wide doors make for easy entrance and egress, and the sliding roof, which is flush fitting, can be locked at any position up to the wide maximum opening With a four-cylinder engine of 9996 hp RAC, a four-speed gearbox with synchro mesh for second, third and top, and with lavish equipment, including leather upholstery, foot-operated dip-and-switch headlamps, Triplex glass for the windscreen and all windows, bumpers at front and rear, automatic-return direction-indicators, indirect lighting for the instrument panel, among many other refinements, this new Austin model, with its chassis of proved dependability and performance, seems assured of success Scientific and motor engineering circles in England are interested by the report that a leading Continental firm of chemists has had patent specifications accepted for "means for operating combustion engines with liquid gases" t is assumed that liquid oxygen is implied Hitherto its use for this purpose, a representative of the "Daily Telegraph" was told by an official of the British Oxygen Company, had been regarded as impossible because it was so unstable that if the technical obstacles to its use in motor engines really had been overcome it was an invention of very The view was expressed LOOK AFTER THE UPHOLSTERY, great importance For one thing, all carbon deposits would be avoided Lottery tickets and syndicate shares! Fortune still favours who spares and who dares Patient persistence plus average luck [Lifts smiling optimists "out of the ruck" Lottery tickets and syndicate shares! Bringing relief amid wintertime scares Jubilant winners for colds can assure Bottles of Woods' Great Peppermint Cure! 2 Call of the Open Road MOTORS AND MOTORNG BODYWORK OF CAR NEED FOR CARE PLACES THAT ATTENTON Conducted by "SAVTAR" REQURE The bodywork of a motor car represents a considerable proportion of the total cost of the vehicle, and as such deserves rather more attention than the average motorist gives it For years car distributors and motoring journalists have been dinning into the ears of motor car owners the importance of periodic attention to the chassis and engine, but rarely is Anything said about the body Possibly this is because by comparison with the engine it is a rather insensate, inanimate object, which is not given the opportunity to fall into disrepair so quickly Nevertheless, after it has been wracked about on some of our by-roads, and exposed to all sorts of weather, it is sure to show some signs of wear, and if ill-treated will become shabby very quickly indeed t should never be forgotten that the coachwork is, as it were, the car's show-case, and when the tim& comes to sell or trade-in the vehicle it is rather important that it be in reasonably good condition n this regard the care of the is a process known as "cutting back" by which a nitro-cellulose paint, dulled and made shabby by exposure to the weather, can be restored to its original condition nsufficient attention is often paid to the body as an assembled structure and the ability it possesses, in common with all other assembled articles, to get out of order For example, the doors are in constant use, and it would be remarkable indeed if sooner or later they did not show any signs of wear, while they are prolific sources of squeaks Very often a most irritating noise will finally be traced to one of the door hinges, and it has arisen simply because the owner overlooked the fact that these points should oc- fitted with some form of overdrive gear or dual ratio back axle n casionally be treated to a few drops out of the oil can The door locks also will work much more easily if they are kept oiled, and it will not be necessary to give them such a hearty slam to close them This reprehensible habit of motorists is possibly responsible for more chipped paintwork than anything else KEEP BODY BOLTS TGHT n modern bodies much more attention is paid by manufacturers to the manner in which they are secured to the chassis than ever be- easily be arranged on the facia board, and the drive can be taken fore, and trouble with loose-holding from some suitable exposed driving bolts is not nearly shaft so common as it in the engine was in cars produced prior to three or four years ago Nevertheless, it TEMS OF NTEREST will pay to go over them occasionally, for movement between body and chassis is most undesirable n On the Hungarian section of the regard to this, although it is an unlikely occurrence in modern cars, in stanbul trans - continental London - highway, telephone cabins will be old types, in which the chassis frame fitted up at intervals for the use of is not particularly rigid or very stranded motor tourists When a much care taken to fasten the body securely to it, it is possible for the body to sag in such a way that it will be impossible to close the doors properly They may gape at the tops or bottoms, according to the manner in which the body has sagged To cure this condition the body bolts should be slackened and packing pieces of old brake lining or heavy canvas tape inserted beneath the body sills at appropriate points in order to align the body again and make the doors fit properly When the desired result has been achieved the body bolts should be tightened carefully again Nothing looks so bad or detracts so much from a car's value as leather upholstery which has been so knocked about that it has become torn and chafed This is most frequently caused by people carrying heavy and bulky articles in the rear compartment, and is a common sin among motorists f this practice must be followed, the rear seat cushion should be removed entirely for the time being and the parcel packed with old rags or pieces of sacking at the points where it comes into contact with the leather of the squab and door panel t is rather pleasing to see that manufacturers are beginning to take some notice of the manner in which many motorists use their cars as a light truck and are providing very capacious luggage compartments or arranging the rear seats so that they can be folded down to form a luggage compartment in such a manner that the leather is protected from harm Finally, occasionally take a screwdriver to the various fittings and test the screws which hold them in place t is surprising how these work loose in service CHPPED PANT, Returning to the matter of paintwork for a moment, this should be examined occasionally, and particularly after the car has been returned and from a garage, in a search for minor on leaving Hungary at the frontier paintwork chips Frequently the finish is chipped in such a way that he will have to give the key back This telephone service will be the metal maintained from of the panels beneath is the income derived exposed This should be dealt with from the charge for the use of the immediately, telephone as the greatest enemy of body panels is rust, and once it starts in a little exposed part like A 20,000 motor car, "Yankee this it can eat the panels away beneath the paint, and eventually a geles to try to break the Doodle," is being built at Los An- hole 301 miles win appear which must either per hour speed record set up by Sir be patched or removed by the expensive Malcolm Campbell in his Bluebird process of fitting an entire new The tachometer, or engine revolution counter, which is such an essential dashboard instrument on aeroplanes and racing motor cars, is, as far as privately-owned vehicles are concerned, found only on special sports models t cannot be denied, however, that to the man who is really interested in engine performance it is a wonderfully informative gauge, particularly in those modern cars which are these cases, it will show the owner in a very illuminating manner just to what extent he saves in engine wear and tear when the high ratio is in use by giving in exact figures the difference in engine speed for any given road speed as between the high and the low ratios Most accessory suppliers stock "rev" counters, and the driver who fits one will find that it adds very considerably to the interest of motoring Accommodationfor the dial can foreign car crosses the frontier of Hungary, the driver will be given a key which opens every roadside cabin Good Used Cars FOR YOUR HOLDAYS 100 Essex Sedan 85 Buick Tourer 75 Studebaker Sedan 75 Jewett Sedan 75 Dodge Roadster 75 Rugby Roadster 65 Morris Oxford Sedan 60 Citroen Roadster 55 Hupmobile R 17 Tourer 55 Morris Cowley Roadster 50 Rover 9 Tourer 45 Standard 9 Roadster 35 Hupmobile R Tourer 35 Hupmobile R Roadster 35 Studebaker Sedan 30 Overland Sedan Archibal_'sGaragLt_ 24 Oxford Terrace, Ch'ch South sland Distributors for RLEY CARS Afifcnts for MORRS and OLDSMOBLE CARS and TRUCKS 'Phone House cars to climb up and descend An English motorist has just taken delivery of a light car fitted with three doors only, two on the near side and a wide one on the off side giving access to the driving compartment He claims this arrangement to have two advantages of safety: not only is driving visibility to the side improved, but rear seat passengers can step out only on the near side While in most parts of the world the motorist's life is becoming an anxiety because the horn must not be sounded, in Venezuela the motorist is soon in trouble if he does not do so, and loudly, too, at every street intersection ncidentally, the late Dictator granted a monopoly of horns to a member of his family who believed in the policy of making one's presence known Experiments with different coloured road surfaces to discover which are best for night driving are being carried out at Sheffield, England The experiment is being made on a halfmile stretch of road, and 12 different colours are being used; photometric tests are to be carried out by the Sheffield Lighting Engineer's Department for the Ministry of Transport So far, the best colours for night driving have been found to be the pink of rock chips from Leicestershire and light-coloured gravel Stewart Dawson j^ Alarm Clocks We illustrate the "Siesta" Alarm a new Hi<D Hill1 clock a new idea new J design The alarm rings first a wm Q short, sharp mmmw^ ring for about 10 B^^-_% seconds, then 10 minutes later it Hl'^l" rings again until it runs down H w atiox^ Hftll^K nickel trimmings, plain White JSL ff A «dial H'SSH with Black numerals or is shut off Black finish with -» 4 Wiil^M fh^b_^ feil T We also stock the following alarm clocks, all made by the famous "Westclox" Company ns^^^^^ The Silver Bell at 10/6 The "America," leg model 11/6 The "America," new design, plain dial 13/6 Luminous 16/6 The "Sleepnaeter," square model, plain dial 16/6 The "Big Ben," leg model, plain dial 22/6 Luminous 30/- The "Big Ben," chime alarm, plain dial 27/6 Luminous 32/6 All Post Free Stewart Dawson & Co Ltd JEWELLERS STEWART DAWSON'S CORNER, CHRSTCHURCH

3 3 PURE DOWN QULTS Make a Cosy Bed for the Cold Nights We have Pretty Designs, Satin covered Shades: Pink, Gold, Blue DBLE BED SHEETS 10/6 ASTRAKHAN for Coats and Trimmings, 10/6 yard BG BARGAN LNES FOR GRLS 12 Girls' WNTER COATS Your pick for 5/- 12 Girls' WNTER COATS Your pick for 7/6 12 WHTE TEDDY BEAR COATS Your pick for 4/9 Children's FLEECY BLOOMERS 1/- pair FOR BOYS Fleecy-lined PULLOVERS, Zipp fastener 4/9 and 5/6 each MEN'S DEPARTMENT SOMETHNG SPECAL FOR MEN Warm LUMBER JACKETS only 6/6 each Don't Miss These! CROCKERY DEPT Cream DNNER SET for 35/- Good Value! GROCERY DEPT 31b Loose DATES 1/- For Colds, etc: 25 ASPRNS for 6d Large bottle LUNG TONC for 2/- BRMS S STORE SOUTHBRDGE TALKES CHARLE CHAN ON SATURDAY When the secret service men of two nations encounter a desperate ring of dope smugglers who defy and baffle them, at every turn, what more natural than sending for Charlie Chan to track down the desperadoes? That is how Warner Oland's adventures begin in the latest of the pictures built about the adventures of the shrewd Oriental detective, "Charlie Chan in Shanghai," which will be screened at Southbridge Town Hall on Saturday evening next From the moment he sets foot in Shanghai, Oland meets perilous adventures His host, an English Secret Service man, is killed, and an attempt is made on his own life Together with Keye Luke, who plays his son, Oland is lured into the den of the smugglers and must fight his way out to safety The smashing climax occurs in a waterfront dive, where the smugglers are rounded up in a terrific fight Supports include a comedy, news, travel and cartoon The citizens of Berlin who cannot afford to travel to the various watering places that abound in Germany will now be enabled to "take the waters" at home, for Berlin's parks are to be equipped with springs representative of the best mineral products of the health resorts Woods' Great Peppermint Cure For Children's Hacking Cough SUNDAY LAWS THNGS ENGLSHMEN MUST DO SURVVALS OF ANCENT LAWS The Sunday Trading Bill, which recently received a first reading in the House of Commons, will (among other things) straighten out some of the ancient laws affecting Sunday Lawyers who have been delving into the past have discovered many surprising facts Here are a few of the things the Englishman must do on Sunday: Go to church, or be liable to be fined one shilling to be paid in coppers Walk there f you go otherwise, the local constable may confiscate your conveyance and sell it "for the relief of the indigent poor of the parish" Not eat more than three courses at dinner Eat no chocolates or sweets in a public place Not dance between midnight on Saturday and the same time on Sunday Nq play billiards ort any licensed premises not even if you live there Play no "ball game" outside your own parish, nor encourage any person to cdme to yours for that purpose Bake no bread You may, however, prepare the "sponge" for baking next day WHEAT SUPPLES STORAGE N ENGLAND PROPOSED Moves are being made to induce the Canadian Wheat Pool, holders of 70 per cent, of the world's present stocks, to store some of the grain in England The idea is that sufficient should be sent over for future marketing to prevent a sudden shortage occurring here in the event of a national emergency Canadian and City of London interests declare, however, that there would be "great practical difficulties" about such a project A month ago only 10 days' supply of imported wheat was stored in Britain The storage capacity available, mainly at the ports, is estimated at 1,500,000 tons, or 10 weeks supply So far, any move by the Canadian Pool to market supplies direct to England has met with strong opposition from the organised corn importers here Up to five years ago Canada supplied about 40 per cent, of Britain's requirements But of late years the bulk of imports have been from Argentina and Australia, whose harvests have been short for two seasons Any largescale forward buying of wheat on Britain's part now would only skyrocket prices The gamblers are waiting for such a step to be taken under the stress of war-scare panic action Russia's harvest, which begins in early July, will be the key to the situation A big harvest is expected, and the authorities are likely to "wait and see" how it turns out before doing anything very definite about any large-scale purchases WOMAN'S ADVENTURES SNAKES AND SAND MSTS Miss Florence Blenkiron, just back in England after a trip across Africa on a motor cycle, is finding things rather quiet After encounters with jungle snakes, sand mists, floods and perils of all kinds- she is already planning a new adventure This time it may be China head cape up as swift as lightning as ran over it turned my head away almost mechanically and it spat past me Then, in Nigeria, ran into a very thick mist of sand which completely obscured my view, and had it with me for nearly 300 miles There were floods in the Lake Chad area and in parts of French Equatorial Africa it was so hot that it was impossible to pick up the tools of the bike without a cloth," THE ELLESMERE GUARDAN, TUESDAY, MAY 5, 1936 N QUEST OF WORK LABOUR DEPARTMENT'S PLAN The Labour Department is at present organising a vocational analysis, not, only of registered relief workers, but also of those who are disengaged, and who, though not desirous of seeking relief benefits, wish to be assisted in their endeavours to obtain private employment n the meantime, the plan will operate only in the metropolitan and larger provincial centres AU men coming within the plan will be personally interviewed by a specially selected placement officer, with a view to ascertaining their general suitability for a definite occupation n order to avoid misunderstanding or disappointment to employer ahd applicant alike, it is necessary that the placement officer should obtain a full record of each applicant's past experience, competency, integrity, etc, and from this record selections will be made immediately upon notification of a vacancy To this end, the applicant will be invited to furnish such information regarding his educational and technical attainments, previous employers, period during and capacity in which employed, nature of main occupations while on relief or when casually employed, whether he possesses tools of trade, whether he is willing to accept distant work, and any additional information which he considers would more quickly commend him to an employer nformatifon regarding his income, property, etc, will not be sought the sole aim of the placement officer will be to secure the benefits represented by permanent restoration to industrial activity t is considered that such interviews will serve another very useful purpose, inasmuch as there are many cases in which, for instance, a competent carpenter who, displaced from his normal occupation, was compelled to engage in and acquired a certain degree of skill as a motor lorry driver, which class of work proved more congenial than the original occupation t would, perhaps, be somewhat natural for such a man to describe himself as a lorry driver, whereas the placement officer would endeavour to show him that his interests would best be served by regaining his skill and seeking employment as a carpenter, even if only because the opportunities for and pay of skilled carpenters are greater The average man is apt to be somewhat casual when requested to describe his occupation, and care is necessary to ensure that the accepted description actually represents the position for which he is qualified As an example, it may be mentioned that the designation "driver" may mean driver of a motor car, motor lorry, omnibus, horse, locomotive, tram, stationary engine, etc, while it has been humorously suggested that it may include "nigger driver" One novel feature of the proposed plan is that when testimonials and other statements submitted by the applicant have been verified satisfactorily, the department will issue an "employment certificate" indicating that as far as wide inquiries show, the applicant has acquired that degree of competency and character which fits him for employment in the occupation specified t is expected that, after a little experience, employers will regard this certificate as a standard of "employment suitability" and that it will render further inquiries unnecessary, thus avoiding loss of time, inconvenience, and expense in obtaining corroborative information t is, of course, also possible that as confidence in these certificates becomes established, employers will afford procedence of consideration to holders thereof, and as a consequential corollary that all disengaged wage-earners will register at the bureaux for employment This position the department will be fully prepared to meet, and afford every facility to secure the absorption of all unemployed whether registered for relief or not "Employment certificates" will be issued without alterations of any kind, and thus any amendment thereon should be regarded with suspicion The co-operation of employers is, of course, essential in connexionwith " had a lot of trouble with the snakes," Miss Blenkiron said "My most breath-taking adventure was a plan such as that proposed, with a hooded cobra and was in French every effort will be exerted Nigeria in the bush to secure country, on a the goodwill, confidence and co-operation of all employers, who to narrow track chanced to look down this and saw an enormous black end will in due course be approached spitting cobra lying in my path ts by the placement officers and kept in periodic touch with the bureaux labour supply Due respect will naturally be paid to the value of an employer's time Mobility of labour is an important feature in any employment plan, and therefore whenever a placement officer becomes aware of an opening for a type of worker not listed on his records, he will immediately communicate with neighbouring bureaux in an effort to meet the call t WNTER WORK OF A MASTER PCTURES WORTH 1,000,000 One of London's most remarkable art exhibitions, in which pictures valued at 1,000,000 were on view, was opened at Sir Philip Sassoon's house at 45 Park Lane, W, recently t was the first exhibition since 1885 devoted exclusively to paintings and drawings of Gainsborough, the 18th century master The pictures included some of the most valuable in the world, two at least being worth 100,000 each Many have never been seen by the general public before Even dealers had not seen some of the pictures, which numbered 150 They were on loan from homes of wealthy owners, from famous art galleries, and from leading dealers Millionaire banker Mr J Pierpont Morgan, the Rothschilds, the Dukes of Westminster, Northumberland and Buccleuch, were among those who sent examples of Gainsborough's art to this display went with a noted expert to see the pictures which till now have existed almost as legends rather than actual canvases, writes a special correspondent of the "Sunday Express" Gainsborough landscapes brought the glories of summer to these Park Lane rooms in the coldest February known for years The expert pointed to a painting of children in a woodland setting and said: "We have all heard of this masterpiece, 'The Masham Children,' but few have actually seen it The picture is worth at least 100,000" n the corner of another room were three other famous pictures, valued together at 200,000 One of them was that rarely seen painting, "A Morning Walk," which in itself is valued at 100,000 Gainsborough's famous landscapes were there His love of the country is seen in many of his full-length portraits He equips his portly, dignified subjects with stout hikingsticks, possibly a dog or two, and there they stand in their wigs and fine lace against pastoral backgrounds Sir Benjamin Truman, founder of the famous firm of brewers of that name, is seen standing by a brook, a weighty staff in his hand The exhibition was in aid of the Royal Northern Hospital should be mentioned that the plan herein described is only now being inaugurated, and that it will be some little time before it is in full operation n the meantime, however, inquiries for labour will be warmly welcomed COMFORT EFFCENT HEATNG BY ELECTRCTY The approach of Winter raises the question of Heating in the home, the office, shop and workroom While coal tires involve much work and attention, not to mention expense, the ideal method is that which enables you to have warmth when arid where you want it, at a moment's notice There is no system to equal the Electric Radiator in providing the comfort you need during the cold weather There is no labour beyond the turning of a switch, no sooting of curtains or furniture, no cleaning up afterwards Radiators and Electric Fireplaces are now made in a remarkable range of styles All are infinitely more economical than formerly and the cost of current 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4 4 THE STUATONS VACANT Capable Girl wanted for housework Good home Apply Guardian The Guardian Printed at Leeston, Canterbury, New Zealand, on Tuesday and Friday afternoons' TUESDAY, MAY 5, 1936 REGULATON OF SHOOTNG A correspondent whose letter is published to-day calls attention to abuses of the privilege of pond shooting, which must be giving all true sportsmen a great deal of concern The matter has been very freely discussed in the district during the last fortnight and it is safe to say that there is scarcely, anyone, except, possibly, the law-breakers themselves, who will not agree that our correspondent's statement is substantially The billiard tournament atleeston correct t will probably be contended by the North Canterbury Hoare, of Southbridge The second terminated in the victory of Mr J Acclimatisation Society, and no prize fell to Mr C Watson, of Leeston Hoare gave Watson 16 points in doubt with some justification, that farmers in the district, and the final and won by 12 points members of gun clubs and other sporting bodies in particular, should assist by giving information which would enable the rangers to detect the offenders Their indignation concerningwhat has been going on has apparently not led them to pursue such a course, and therefore other steps must be taken to prevent a repetition of these flagrant examples of law-breaking f the society is unable to stop the practice, then the Minister of nternal Affairs must take action to see that game shooting over artificial ponds is regulated in some way The Minister has already expressed his intention of formulating a national policy for the improvement of game shooting facilities and it can be taken for granted that he will not tolerate the state of affairs to which our correspondent calls t is a regrettable fact that sportsmen generally have very little confidence in the Acclimatisation Society as at present constituted, and this is in some measure responsible for the breaches of the regulations on the part of many shooting men Lack of confidence in the society is nofc, of course, sufficient justification for law-breaking When the Minister is formulating his national policy it is to be hoped that he will give consideration to some new form of control to replace that vested in the various district acclimatisation societies Everyone who has given the subject any consideration must surely regard it as ridiculous that the controlling authority should be a body composed of twenty-four members, as in the case of the council of the North Canterbury Society t has already been pointed out by the Guardian that it is seldom possible to secure unanimity upon any matter when the body concerned has such a large membership, unless it happens to be a mutual admiration society or something akin to it For some considerable time it has been apparent that there are opposing factions on the Acclimatisation Society Newspaper reports of the society's meetings provide more than sufficient evidence of this unsatisfactory state of affairs and\ it would be absurd to expect very much in the way of useful work while this state continues nfinitely better results would be obtained by vesting control of acclimatisation affairs in a body of five members, three of them to be appointed by the Government or the Minister, and the other two elected by shooting and fishing license-holders This would obviate the possibility of an active minority gaining control or of any unseemly wrangling which could only have the effect of lessening respect for the controlling authority Less difficulty would be experienced in agreeing upon recommendations to be made to the Minister concerning fishing or shooting regulations and quicker action could be taken to secure kthe enforcement of the regulaons n short, all the disabilities which an unwieldy body kder Kirs would disappear _ PEEPS NTO THE PAST FORTY-FVE YEARS AGO, EXTRACTS FROM THE "ELLES- MERE GUARDAN" Wednesday, April 29, 1891 Note by the Way: Thirty-two applications for the assistant mistress-ship of the Southbridge School speaks volumes Whether it means that Southbridge is exceptionally popular amongst the teaching fraternity, or that there is a glut in the market of assistant mistresses, is a question we had better not go into The committee fortunately had not to go through the whole batch They found sorting out the six submitted to them quite enough To have had to make their selection from the total number would have recalled the good times of 10 or 12 years ago, when there were 30 applications for the headmastership, and the committee sat till 2 am discussing them Football: Southbridge team selected to play Leeston was: Flood, J Since last Friday there has been a Tracy, Wills (2), Heslop (2), Walker, W Price, Brady, Scott, Dobbin, W E Simes and Co will hold a Ellesmere, due to the stormy wea- Next Friday, at 1 pm, Messrs very rapid rise in the level of Lake West (2), Nicholson, Walter Smith, clearing sale at Ellesmere on behalf ther at the week-end and particularly to the huge quantities of sea Emergencies: Burns, Kilbride and W of Mr George Harvey, whose farm Smith The Leeston representatives they have recently sold The property is situated near the Ellesmere over the shingle bank during the water forced through the outlet and were: Ballagh, Donald, Hogg, Graham, Rennie (2), Macbean, Butler, School, and particulars of the live southerly gales A week ago the lake Flannery, Hadly, Longstaff, Lunn, and dead stock to be offered are was at a very low level; now it is Moorhead, Watson, Webster, Young advertised to-day what the settlers would describe as Leeston Football Club's second fifteen added yet another laurel to Registrations of unemployed relief has been closed and should there be about half-full The outlet to the sea their crown by defeating the Lincoln workers are on the increase in the much wet weather in the next few College second team by three tries Ellesmere district The latest weekly weeks or further heavy seas, it will to one The ground was very heavy, return puts the number at 75, an increase of 10 during the month There the near future Even at the present be necessary to re-open the outlet in and the ball about as dead as it could well be, hence the game was essentially a dribbling one For the local ance Work is being found for 45 land is submerged are, in addition, 30 men on susten- low level a large area of grazing club, Flannery, Hogg, Slattery, H men Blackler and J Rennie distinguished Commissioner themselves F Adams, in charge School Committee Elections: There were 85 votes recorded at the election of the Southbridge School Committee, and there were nine candidates for seven seats, the following being elected: Messrs J Frame, R Webster, R C Burns, J Kilbride, Rev E Whitehouse, C H Willis and J Penfold Leeston: Messrs W D Lawrence, R S Cook, J Barnett, W G Lunn, G Gossett, J Johnston, R Jeffrey Doyleston: Messrs J Robb, J Rennie, M Mouldey, A Werner, J McLachlan, J Rigby, P Foster rwell: Messrs Heslop, Jackson, Davis, McMillan, J Millar, Overton, Blackler Killinchy: Messrs Unwin, Tolerton, Adams, Russell, Sanderson, Woods and Allen The Southbridge Committee, in its annual report, stated that it had succeeded in putting down the truancy evil without having recourse to any extreme measures, by means of moral suasion The concert in aid of the prize fund realised 9 2s and the amount expended in prizes was 10 18s, the deficiency being made up- by a donation The receipts for the year were s 7d, of which s 7d was paid to teachers, s lod expended in incidentals, and there was a credit balance 46 9s 2d PERSONAL of Mr G Nairn, of Lakeside, who was a delegate to the recent dairy conference held in Wellington, returned from the North sland on Friday morning On,two days the Hon W Nash, Minister of Finance, spent a considerable length of time explaining the new legislation relating to dairy produce marketing, and Mr Nairn was greatly impressed by the Minister's earnest desire to put the industry on a more satisfactory basis The first Rugby footballs were of no fixed size or shape; they varied according to the pig's bladder inside the leather London's Lord Mayor will in future receive an allowance of 12,500 for his year of office The salary has been fixed at 10,000 since about 1875 Eighty tankards are believed to lie buried under one of the arches of Waterloo Bridge, now being demolished When Waterloo Bridge was being built, masons from Aberdeen flung the tankards into a crevice and filled it with mortar This is the time for paper-hanging and interior decoration For an upto-date job, see J, Smith _ (1) ELLESMERE GUARDAN, TUESDAY, MAY 5, 1936 LOCAL AND GENERAL Next Friday will be stock sale day at Leeston The Little Rakaia School Committee will begin its series of fortnightly socials next Friday evening This evening the Dunsandel Women's Hockey Club will hold its annual ball The Doyleston Women's Hockey Club has arranged a social for next Saturday evening in honour of Miss M Bray The annual meeting of the Ellesmere branch of the Farmers' Union will be held next Thursday evening in the A and P Association's room, Leeston Preparations are now complete for the Springston Tennis Club's annual ball to be held in the Springston Public Hall next Thursday evening This is one of the outstanding social events of the season and invariably draws a large attendance from all the neighbouring districts, including Ellesmere county Everything possible has been done to ensure a capital evening's enjoyment Mr Fred Smith's Orchestra is to provide the music, the programme will include novelties, and the catering will be in keeping with the occasion All the indications point to the likelihood of the ball being one of the most successful yet held by the club Salvationists Later in the evening the Commissioner presided at a service held in the hall, at which there was a good attendance Brief addresses were given by the other four visitors and the Commissioner himself delivered a powerful exhortation based on the life and service of the Apostle Paul A surplus of approximately 270,000 for the financial year ended March 31 is indicated by a preliminary examination of the Government's annual accounts, according to a statement made by the Minister of Finance, Hon W Nash This is in accordance with the Budgetary estimates of the last Minister, the Rt Hon J G Coates, who, although he budgeted for a smaller surplus, subsequently anticipated that improved conditions generally would result in a larger credit balance at the end of the financial year The accounts for the last financial year, of course, were administered by the present Government only for four months of the year Mr and Mrs Anthony Carroll and family, of "Wedderburn," Little Rakaia, have cause to remember for some time to come the cyclonic conditions which prevailed early on Saturday morning About four o'clock a huge bluegum tree, with exceptionally large branches, crashed on to their two-storey house, doing a considerable amount of damage n its fall the tree first struck a windmill and tank-stand, wrecking them completely t then came down on the north-west corner of the house, wrecking a bedroom in, which Mrs Carroll's son, Jack, was sleeping Falling plaster and other wreckage came down and the scene was one of confusion when Mr Jack Carroll awoke t was a fortunate circumstance for him that the,tree had first struck the tank and windmill, otherwise there might easily have been a fatal accident The electric light went off, and it was impossible to get a proper view of what had happened until daybreak t was then noted that a chimney had fallen and that the trunk of the tree and its branches were in such a position that their removal constituted a real problem The corner of the bedroom has been smashed in and a storeroom adjoining has been wrecked Much trouble and expense will be involved in making good the damage Six and a-half degrees of frost were registered in the district on Monday morning n the Killinchy Hall to-morrow evening a gift social will be held in honour of Miss Margaret' Bray At the Leeston Salvation Army Hall on Thursday evening next, a children's entertainment will be given The chairman will be Adjutant Chandler, of Christchurch, and a very interesting programme has been provided» nspections made recently at the Lakeside Domain reveal that practically all the macrocarpa trees planted there last winter have died, although the pinus had struck fairly well The willow trees had also done well Replacement will most likely be made during the coming planting season, probably with pines Two brothers were drivers of cars which were involved in a collision at the intersection of High street and Lake road, Leeston, late on Sunday evening One car, driven by D Mercer, approached the intersection from Lake road, and the other, tfce driver of which was Mercer, was travelling northwards The vehicles met on the intersection and finished up on the other side of the road in front of the petrol station, breaking off the traffic signpost at the corner Neither driver was hurt One car had a mudguard crumpled and other minor damage, but the other one was more seriously knocked about Application is to be made at the ducks and other game to feed well annual meeting of the District out of Highways Council this month for approval areas around the lake shores the gun range n some of the of the Salvation Army in New Zealand, visited Leeston yesterday He of the proposal by the Ellesmere early morning southerly was a decided was accompanied by Brigadier and County Council to tar-seal a further drawback, for it drove the Mrs Cottrill, the newly-appointed section of the main road between water away from previously prepared shooting positions and left the divisional commanders for Canterbury, Brigadier Sydney Smith, in mere, a distance of about four miles }decoys sitting on the mud Doyleston and the bridge at Elles- charge of the training garrison at n a brief discussion at the meeting Quite a number of limit bags were Wellington, and Adjutant Thorn, of of the council yesterday, it was suggested by Cr R T McMillan that obtained at private ponds on Friday evening the Addington corps The visitors and equally good results were entertained at tea and were the council should spend a little were secured the previous evening by a accorded a hearty welcome by local more and get a better class number of people who were prepared to of road The chairman said take the risk of gaining a that the council would have to be guided by the Highways Board's officers in this matter, and mentioned that the contract for the Doyleston length was much larger than the estimated cost, providing for a better job than at first contemplated FAMLY FOOD BUDGET ADVCE FROM GOVERNMENT COMMTTEE LONDON, March 28 t is difficult for the more favoured people of New Zealand to realise that in overcrowded England, millions of families have to budget for rent, food, clothes and amusement on often as little as 2 5s a week Low wages and big families constitute such a national problem that the Government is going to tell the housewife how she should spend her money on the family's food The Advisory Committee on Nutrition has put forward a scheme to the Ministry of Health and the Ministry thinks it a good idea Briefly, the proposal is a national survey of family expenditure Visits are contemplated to thousands of homes of the poorer classes to ascertain how much of the family income is apportionedfor food The Advisory Committee on Nutrition is sure that the family income is not spent as largely as it should be on protective food, such as milk, fruit and vegetables t is sure, but it wants actual figures, like, for instance, the conduct of Mrs Jones, of Bermondsey, who doesn't give her navvy husband a glass of milk for lunch or a milk pudding! When definite facts have been obtained, it is intended to formulate a policy that will not only lead to the improvement of the health of the people, but to the establishment of an efficient agricultural industry A "catastrophe decline of activity" in Germany's toy industry is reported from Thuringia and Northern Bavaria A good paint job is always cheapest in the long run J Smith, Leeston, _ (2) SHOOTNG SEASON A MODERATE OPENNG FEW LARGE BAGS Although the south-west weather which prevailed in the early hours of Friday morning provided favourable conditions for the opening of the duck shooting season on some parts of Lake Ellesmere, the squally weather ceased soon after daybreak and calm conditions prevailed until evening, when a north-easter set in Some fair sport was obtained during the daybreak period, but throughout the major part of the day little shooting took place For about half an hour "in the evening, at dusk, there was a brisk bombardment in all directions, and numerous very light bags grew considerably n a few well favoured localities where the ducks had been feeding in considerable numbers for two or three weeks, sportsmen had no difficulty in reaching their quotas, but elsewhere the sport was only moderate, bags ranging from two or three ducks up to seven or eight in most cases As is usually the case during a southerly, excellent shooting was provided on Quigley's flat and very good bags were obtained at Vince's flat, Lakeside The average at Coe's flat, rwell, was fairly good n some other localities shooters had no luck at all Most of the sportsmen report that the ducks were inclined to be somewhat gun-shy, even at dusk, due n?> doubt to the pre-season shooting over ponds Another factor that told against sportsmen was the low level of the lake This enabled the birds to sit out on the huge area of weedbank in the centre of the lake,where they were out of danger f any of the folk interested in game conservation were out at the lake on Friday they would have had no difficulty in realising what a tremendous benefit it would be from an acclimatisation point of view to have a permanent outlet provided for the lake This would result in stabilising the level of the water and permitting flying start A Little Rakaia pond which has been noted for many years shooting that goes on after the season has openedit is going to be very as one of the best in the district provided a total of about 80 birds oh difficult to maintain a supply of Friday, though the average per gun game Shooting before the proper was not very high n quite a few time makes the position a great deal other cases 20 to 30 birds were worse The short-sightedness of these bagged on private ponds by two to alleged sportsmen is remarkable three guns Saturday was too rough They must surely know that their for lake shooting, and only a few of conduct is bound- to have the effect the keenest enthusiasts remained out of making all pond shooting illegal for any length of time Their en- am, etc, DSGUSTED thusiasm was not well rewarded Sunday and Monday were too calm t is already apparent that the number of ducks on the lake has greatly decreased since Friday, and the opinion of observers is that many of the birds have gone up-country to out-of-the-way places and sanctuaries There should, however, still be some fair sport at the lake and on private ponds CHRYSANTHEMUMS SHOW AT ON FRDAY There are many enthusiastic growers of chrysanthemums in the Ellesmere and adjacent districts, and the opportunity will come on Friday next at the Town Hall, Leeston, for them to display the results of their cultivation of these beautiful flowers, for then will be held the annual chrysanthemum show of the Methodist Chrysanthemum Society n this main section of the show there will be an open class, a class for cut blooms, while novices and juniors will also be catered for Other sections of the show will include decorative, pot plants, fruit and vegetables, fancy work, and cookery The juniors are well catered for, there being provision for them in decorative, domestic and fancy work n the photographic classes, provision has been made this year for two subdivisions, one for prints quarterplate and under, and the other for sizes over quarter-plate A board has been procured for displaying the photographs This has been taped in squares and the entries will be seen to best advantage n addition to the flower display, there will be a number of stalls conducted by representatives from the different churches in the circuit LETTERS TO THE EDTOR SHOOTNG OUT OF SEASON Sir, May be permitted to draw attention to the wholesale manner in which duck shooting over ponds took place in this district during the two or three weeks prior to the opening of the season There has never been such flouting of the law and the whole thing is nothing short of scandalous One night about 10 days before May 1, 22 shots were fired over a pond near Brookside, and on April 24 a similar bqmbardment took place at a pond not far fi-om the Lakeside Hall These are only two isolated cases out of a score or more, and the lawbreakers are quite well-known to all the neighbouring farmers On nearly half the ponds in the district the season opened on April 30 What action, if any, the North Canterbury Acclimatisation Society has been taking to check this despicable and growing practice do not know Two years ago it had a very keen ranger whose activities checked the would-be lawbreakers very effectively, so much so, in fact, that the district had never known so little before-season shooting Everybody knows what reward that official received for his labours, and of course nobody is greatly surprised at what has happened since As a general rule the society does not appear to wake up until the opening of the season has almost arrived, whereas it should take special measures for at least three weeks before May 1 Breaches of the law after the opening are of small consequence compared to the annoyance caused by the people who cannot wait until the proper time Every shooter who went to Lake Ellesmere on Friday knows only too well that most of the ducks were already gun-shy as a result of the pond shooting All the decent sportsmen in the district are very angry about this reprehensible practice, which has been far worse this season than at any time in the past t is a well-known fact that for a number of years there has been strong opposition to the feeding of birds on ponds and then slaughtering them at the rate of anything up to half a dozen a shot while they are eating the barley Efforts to abolish pond shooting in the past have been successfully thwarted, but am quite certain that if the Hon W E Parry, the present Minister of nternal Affairs, who is also a keen sportsman, was made aware of what has been going on in the Ellesmere district, pond shooting would be quickly done away with Artificial ponds are increasing in number every year and with the wholesale pot LOCAL SANTARY SYSTEM Sir, May be allowed, through your valuable columns, to ventilate a grievance against the Leeston Town Board's sanitary system For some time past the nightman has been anything but regular in his weekly calls and on several occasions have had to act in that capacity myself The ratepayers have to pay a separate rate for this service, and do not see why the board should not see that this is properly carried out am, etc, RATEPAYER These have been well stocked with all manner of goods and those in charge of the stalls anticipate a busy and profitable time There will, of course, be an afternoon tea stall With the greatly improved Town Hall and the use of the new lounge room, there should be ample space available to display all exhibits to the best advantage Entries close at noon on Thursday, or may be made subsequently, up to 630 pm, for which a late fee of sixpence will be charged The joint secretaries are Mr R H Boyes and Mrs A G Barker, with whom entries may be left, or they may be left at the Parsonage A German named Sternkiker has been arrested in Berlin for "grossly insulting a member of the nternational Film Congress, thereby gravely prejudicing the prestige the Reich" Of Greater London's' population, one person in every 40 is either Scottish or rish And in spite of the old jokes, there are only 101,872 Scots as compared with 86,741 from the!rish Free State of

5 DSTRCT SOUTHBRDGE NEWS DAMAGE TO DOMAN PROPERTY t was mentioned at the meeting of the Southbridge Recreation Ground Committee last evening that the galvanised iron on the dressing sheds had been slashed with an iron bar and windows had been broken in outbuildings Another act of wanton or concerts) and the committee could fix damage reported was the breaking its own charge On the motion of of branches on trees caused by treeclimbing, and damage to seats t Mr C F Turner, it was decided to is the intention of the committee, if any more damage is reported, to place the matter in the hands of the police Several members of the committee have a good idea who is responsible for the damage, so boys who are in the habit of climbing trees in the park and using shanghais will need to take care when visiting the ground in future" RECREATON GROUND COM- MTTEE The quarterly meeting of the Southbridge Recreation Ground Committee was held last evening Those present were Messrs A Tong (chairman), J Hannah, S McCartin, MC Carr, J McClure, G Burt, and the secretary (Mr W T Nidd) The secretary reported that the ground had been engaged for several picnics and the visitors were very much impressed by the beauty and shelter of the ground A small loss was shown on the social held on New Year's Eve Messrs J P MeEvedy and A Tong are to be heartily thanked for donating prizes t was reported that damage had been done to the dressing sheds and to trees on the ground The committee has a fair amount of work on the ground in hand as follows: Ditches have been cleaned and fences trimmed; the cycling track has been cleared of twitch and the grass has been cut and chipped away around the sheds and the pavilion; work is being proceeded with in trimming trees and clearing grass away from post and rail fences and seats; the spoil from the ditch is to be levelled out and raked over; patches of Californian thistle on the west side of the ground are treated with sodium chloride Three members were appointed to wait on the Ellesmere Domain Board at the annual inspection of the ground to put forward recommendations made The meeting closed with a hearty vote of thanks to the chair FAREWELL SOCAL n spite of unfavourable weather on Saturday afternoon, a large number of women met at the Parish Hall to bid farewell to Mrs W Howatson, who, after residing at Southbridge for many years, is leaving to make her home in Christchurch An enjoyable euchre tournament was held, the most successful players being Mrs Greenall 1, Miss E, Sloan 2, and Mrs D W Hayes 3 Solos were pleasingly sung by Mrs G B Couch Mrs J Strutton referred to the sterling qualities of the departing guest, who had been a useful member of the community for many years, particularly in times of sickness and trouble, when she was ever ready to give her services graciously and willingly Appreciative references were also made by Mesdames A J Beamsley, H J Greenwood and W C Hickman On behalf of those present, Mrs Strutton asked Mrs Howatson to accept a dainty linen supper cloth and set, with the best wishes of her friends, and the guest was presented with a beautiful bouquet of autumn tinted flowers Mrs Howatson suitably responded Three cheers were given for the guest, and the singing of "For She's a Jolly Good Fellow," "Auld Lang Syne," and the National Anthem brought a happy afternoon to a close DOYLESTON ANNUAL MEETNG OF LBRARY SUBSCRBERS A very well attended meeting of subscribers of the Doyleston Memorial Library was held last evening, the president (Mr W O Rennie) occupying the chair The balance-sheet, which was read and adopted, showed a credit balance of 14 15s Bd The profit for last winter's euchre tournaments was 4 14s Bd, which was considered quite satisfactory The election of officers resulted as follows: Patron, Mr G W R Osborne; president, Mr W O Rennie; vice-presidents, Messrs W Harbidge, J Godsell, W C Beamsley, C F Turner, R Bruce, W H Arbuckle, G Heslop, B Greenan, W Quigley, C Bishop and H Smith; committee, Messrs L McCloy, F King, L Smith, Misses M Brizzle, C Cooke, B Gorman, B Merriman, Mesdames J Williams, C Hoskins, the president and vice-presidents ex officio; secretary, treasurer and librarian, Miss M Brizzle; auditor, Mr R Bruce A letter was read from Mr Bell, librarian of the Public Library, Christchurch, stating that the Doyleston Library Committee was quite entitled to let the building as a meeting-place only (not for dancing fix the price at 4s for a single meeting, for more than one by arrangement which will be worked on a sliding scale After a short discussion it was decided to spend the sum of 5 5s on new books, the choosing of same to be left in the hands of Mrs J Williams, Miss El McLachlan and Mr Harbidge Mr Btarbidge moved that the euchre tournaments should be abandoned for one year This was carried The secretary was instructed to write a letter of appreciation to Mr H Fomison for the help he gave in boiling the water for the tournaments last year The caretaker's work was again left in the capable hands of Mr King, comment being made on the cases outhouses were blown over or damaged, while there were one or two cases reported where trees had fallen across sheds n one instance a house was badly damaged in this way Trees were blown down all over the district, some in the paddocks and others across the roads, interrupting telephone-communication and cleanliness of the building The subscriptions were fixed at the same as from both services put in a strenu- the electric light supply Faultmen the previous year t was reported ous week-end repairing damage Up that the list of subscribers was very to Monday, 13 lines affecting 30 subscribers had received attention, while satisfactory, several new members having joined, with the promise of the irregularity of the electric power many more for the winter months supply on Saturday morning and On the motion of Miss C Cooke, evening indicated the extent to which it was decided to grant the usual the Power Board was affected honorarium to the secretary for her Listeners over the air on Saturday services as librarian The meeting closed with a vote of thanks to the chair PERSONAL Miss O Flewellen, of the teaching staff of the Doyleston School, left last week-end to take up duties at Hanmer, SPRNGSTON The Methodist Sunday School anniversary tea meeting and phone concert and electric light wires on to be were held in the Sunday Methodist Schoolroom, there being a good attend- decoration of straw were wearing an unusual ance The tables were Heavy presided over seas were running on the by the teachers and Bible coast and Class flowing over the shingle members The Rev C H Kendon bank into Lake Ellesmere or the presided at the concert, which was swamps and creeks of the embankment in given by Sunday School children, other areas Large quantities assisted by friends from Christchurch Those contributing of sea water found their way items were: Piano solo, Miss Enid Kendon; recitations, Barbara Wall, Mary Peryman, Fay Blakemore, Selwyn Millar, Bobbie Blakemore, Misses na Bowman and Eleanor Pitt; vocal solos, Misses Jackson, Bowman and Dubar, and Mr Clements; vocal duets, Lois Kendon and Keith Kendon, and Misses Jackson and Dubar; organ solo, Wilfred Marshall The accompaniments were played by Mrs Kendon and Miss Jackson Mr W Peryman (superintendent) gave a report on the year's work of the Sunday School Prizes were distributed to the children, and at the conclusion of the concert supper was dispensed LNCOLN The bachelors and spinsters of Lincoln held their first annual ball on Thursday evening The hall was beautifully decorated in green and gold, the walls were done with greenery, golden chrysanthemums and marigolds, and'chinese lanterns, and green and gold streamers were hanging from the ceiling, A Monte Carlo waltz was won by Miss Hilda Walls (Christchurch) and Mr Fitzgibbon, and a lucky spot dance by Miss rene Woods and Mr W Dodds Music for the dancing Was supplied by Mr Fred Smith's Band, and Messrs J Stewart and F Roselar assisted with extras at supper time Messrs J Moreland and W Templeton capably carried out the duties of masters of ceremonies Those present included: Mesdames F Ellis, Peter Hill, W Cleave, Fitzgibbon, B Moran, A P H Roscoe, A Larcombe, T Coleman, H Mills, W Templeton, C Schaffer, S Birch, W Hopley, R Harvey, L Birch, T Medlin, G S Peryman, C Moody, A Moreland, T M Curnow, C Smith, B Hampton, P V Bailey, J Stewart, Chas Watkins, H Moir, Misses Eileen Spicer, Hilda Walls, Thelma Hewton, Gwendoline Chesney, G Ludbrook, Peggy Haskett, Lorna Larcombe, Joy Haskett, E Rodgers, E Anderson, P McDrurey, P Fitzgibbon, Adelaide Bissett, Elsie Ford, leen Butterfield, Melba Halliman, rene Woods, Margaret Barr, Mac Binnie, A Johnston, R Warren, M Poulter, Ngairie Poulter, melda McDrurey, Maureen Brosnahan, Margaret Marnell, Eileen Marnell, THE ELLESMERE GUARDAN, TUESDAY, MAY 5, 1936 GALE AND HAL DAMAGE DONE N ELLESMERE THE WEEK-END STORM n common with other portions of Canterbury the Ellesmere district experienced an exceptionally severe southerly gale which commenced during Friday night and did not blow itself out until the following night Accompanied by heavy rain showers, alternating with hail, the storm reached its climax on Saturday evening with an exceptionally heavy rail shower which was accompanied by severe lightning and thunder The hail whitened the ground and next morning in sheltered positions there were drifts two to three inches deep During Saturday afternoon hailstones much larger than usual fell in some parts of the district A considerable amount of damage was done in all parts of the district A few fences were blown over, verandahs were crumpled up, and in other evening got a shock when their sets reacted in an unusual manner due to a severe flash of lightning This also played havoc with the telephone and electric power fuses, a fair proportion of the damage to receive attention being from this cause t was reported that a stack of oat sheaves belonging to Mr J B Anderson, of Leeston, was set afire by a flash of lightning, and some bags of grain were removed just in time Stacks suffered severely from the blow, tops being blown off in all parts of the district, and in many cases the tele- into the lake, the level of which has been considerably increased as a result of the storm The rainfall for the storm amounted to 58 points This brings the total up to 2175 inches for the four months of the year, which, in turn, is only 21 points less than the total rainfall for the whole of last year MNATURE RFLES SPRNGSTON CLUB The Springston Miniature Rifle Club held its first competition shoot for the season last week J F Blakemore was the winner of the senior match with a score of 69, other leading scores being as follows: C W Mills 68, W Thompson 68, W D Greenslade 67, D Terry 66, H Finden 66, A J Lysaght 65, T Clements 60 The junior match was won by C Bailey Noreen McDrurey, M Scobie, Eileen Zuppicich, Annie Hopley, Agnes Hunter, Norma Peryman, Betty Sarich, Colleen Moir, A Bennett, Nancy Heinisch, Molly Riordan, Jean Marshall, Elaine Bailey, Hazel Birch, May Birch, Lily Birch, Dorothy Watkins, Lily Smith, Alma Smith, Merle Heywood, Grace Rowell At a card evening held in the Public Hall on Saturday, under the auspices of the Lincoln Amateur Swimming Club, the most successful players were Mrs T Medlin 1, Mrs A P H Roscoe 2, and Mr A Mitchell 1, Mr A J Chesmar 2 Consolation prizes were won by Mrs C W Mills and Mr L Payne The basketball and hockeymatches were postponed on account of the bad weather RELEF FROM RHEUMATSM- STOP SUFFERNG! McArthur's Rheumatic Pebbles, 2/6 McArthur's Rheumatic Pebbles give comforting relief and cure of all uric acid diseases, rheumatism, sciatica, lumbago, neuritis, etc Acute pain is relieved by McArthur's Electric Embrocation cures cramp, sprains, stiffness, etc A real footbailers' and athletes' friend McArthura Ltd, incorporating Wallace & Co, Chemists, cr Colombo & Cashel Streets, Christchurch RUGBY FOOTBALL ELLESMERE COMPETTONS SATURDAY'S RESULTS Weather conditions were not at all favourable for good play oh Saturday, when the Ellesmere Sub-Union's competitions were initiated Wet grounds, heavy hail and rain storms and a sou-westerly gale all militated against any play of a spectacular nature The results are given below: FRST GRADE Waihora 8, United 3 College 30, Leeston 0 Southbridge 6, Prebbleton 0 Lincoln 9, Dunsandel 0 SECOND GRADE College 27, Leeston 3 Prebbleton won by default from Southbridge rwell won by default from Lincoln United v Waihora match was not played FOR NEXT SATURDAY for Satur- Fixtures and referees day, May 9, are: FRST GRADE College v Waihora (Mr J O'Grady); United v Southbridge (Mr H Dalley); Lincoln v Leeston (Mr G Macartney); Prebbleton v Dunsandel (Mr F J Miller) SECOND GRADE Waihora v College, at Motukarara (Mr W C Miller); Southbridge v United (Mr N Heslop); Leeston v Lincoln (Mr H Hill); rwell v Prebbleton (Mr L Ebert) All the above matches will be played on the grounds of the first-mentioned clubs ALTERATONS TO RULES At the annual meeting of the New Zealand Rugby Union two alterations in rules were made, are now in force and will apply to games played in the Ellesmere competitions this season They are: Scrummage: That the three in the front row scrummagebe retained for this season Touch: That the amended kick- Southbridge The first grade team Will leave at 145 pm sharp All first and second grade members are to be present at practice to-morrow evening Owing to a shortage of players, the second grade team defaulted to Prebbleton last Saturday All who intend to play second grade football are asked to be present tomorrow evening, when a general meeting will be held in the Town Hall after practice As the business to be discussed has a great deal to do with the welfare of the club during the season, it is essential that all players and supporters of the club make an effort to be present f there is not a full attendance it will be a great pity, for undoubtedly the club will have to make changes which will have a big effect on the players and on the progress of the club Southbridge first grade team to meet United: Fincham, Newton, Hansen, Ellison, Nidd, Fell, Shearer, C Watson, F Armstrong, Stretz, FRST GRADE Leeston v College Leeston suffered defeat at the hands of College on its home ground by 30 points to nil As was to be expected, it being the first match of the competition, the football was not of a very high standard and the atrocious weather conditions militated against good play Leeston played with 14 men and although handicapped by this, they were unable to get the ball from the scrum and altogether displayed a lack of dash and cohesive effort This, however, should be remedied after a little practice together The standard of the College play was hardly up to the usual, although they saw a lot of the ball The backs lacked thrust and it was only by solid backing up amongst the forwards that they amassed the total of 30 points College kicked off and defendedthe north end against a boisterous wind A line-out followed at the Leeston 25 College gained possession, Fryer sent out to Dick, who found touch near the corner flag, and after a scramble Leeston touched down and a drop-out ensued From a scrum at From a "blind side" movement Mc- Lean made a fine effort, but Rodgers was safe and a scrum ensued in front of the home goal College secured, Fryer sent out, and a nice movement saw McLean, Deans and Seymour handle before the last-named went over under the posts Rennie failed with the kick College was now throwing the ball about freely, but the play lacked thrust, McLean knocked-on in a handy position Eddy sent back from a line-out, but Wallace broke away, supported by Watts, the latter being thrown out at the corner flag The Whites were not to be denied, and from a quick "blind side" foi-ay, Fryer sent on to Bell, who sent Watts over wide out Rennie missed with a good attempt Hay led a loose attack, but Gibb McLachlan picked up off his toes and cleared effectually to mid-field Leeston staged another massed attack, but could not hold the advantage in the rucking, and Garrett broke away of the committee in charge of the to transfer to Watts, who St John's Drama Festival" to send just failed to touch down two Dick and one-act plays for the festival Garrett were prominent in a which sparkling is to be held at the Leeston movement for the latter to Town Hall on Tuesday and Thursday, May 26 and 28 These plays touch down into touch rule be adopted in New beside the posts, when Rennie made Zealand this year This means that no mistake with the will not be entered in the competition, but should be helpful to local kick The halftime whistle blew shortly the following is to be added to Law " after 27: "When the ball pitches into touch From the resumption talent Both evenings of the competition will be closed by one of the of play, from a kick, other than a penalty heavy showers made conditions very kick or a kick from within 25 yards difficult, the ball and the Repertory Society's plays The programme is as follows: turf becoming very greasy and of the kicker's goal-line, the opposite uncertain Rodgers misjudged a kick, the ball going team shall bring it out as in (1) or (2) at, or opposite the spot on the over TUESDAY, MAY 26 the dead line, and a drop-out touchline opposite the place where was ordered After a melee near the "The Sign of the Blue Bell" The the kicker was when he kicked the College 25, Jones was pushed out Leeston Women's nstitute ball" This will not apply to Law 21 when attempting a run along the "Number Ten" Southbridge Women's nstitute side-line College repulsed strongly with a loose attack which SOUTHBRDGE CLUB carried "Calais to Dover" Leeston Night them well down-field, where a dashing breakaway saw McLean go over "Bath Sheba of Saaremma" Can- Circle nstitute Next Saturday Southbridge will unopposed near the corner Rennie terbury Repertory Theatre Society play United, the first grade at failed to alter the score Springston and the Williams, second grade at Copeland and H Deans THURSDAY, MAY 28 were doing great work in the College pack and were the instigators of some loose attacks which kept the Patterson (2), McCartin, C Lilley, F Lambie, Cameron, D Martin t White Reds grimly defending Hay, who was always right up with the play, seized an opportunity at the 25 and broke away to touch down wide out Rennie was again unsuccessful Fryer set his backs in motion at mid-field, Bell, Dick and Seymour handling, but the' latter was well grassed McClure was caught in possession, and Copeland burst through to touch down wide out Rennie again missed Leeston players were tiring badly and their lack of combination and backing-up were presenting College with numerous opportunities Mc- Lean and Wallace were associated in a nice effort, for the last-named to touch down in a handy position Rennie added the necessary points White had an attempt to goal from just outside the 25 when College was penalised for an infringement, but a good kick just fell short and a dropout ensued Hockings cleared two attacks in quick succession, but College packed too many guns, and solid backing-up by Watts, Mc- Lean and Dick saw the latter touch down after a determined effort Rennie added the major points The Reds now made a solid attack which carried them close to the College line, where Hockings had a shot which just went outside the upright Seymour and McLean broke away, but Rodgers stopped them nicely College continued on the attack and the Reds were sorely pressed until a penalty relieved and Hockings booted out at the 25, Time was called with the score 30 to nil in favour of College Mr H Dalley was referee ELLESMERE GOLF CLUB WOMEN'S SECTON Owing to the weather last Saturday's match was postponed and will be played on May 16 The draw will be the same Next Saturday there will be a mid-field Fryer, Bell and Dick broke Stapleford bogey match, a senior and away, but McClure came into the junior competition The draw for the breach and repulsed with a solid senior is: Mrs Connell v Mrs clearing kick College pressed again Power; Miss Scott v Miss Eggelton; with a raking loose attack and Williams went to within an ace of scor- Hunt v Mrs Osborne; Mrs Bucken- Mrs Vaughan v Mrs Taylor; Mrs ing Leeston was awarded a free ham v scorer kick when College infringed, and the Junior division: Mrs Prosser v Reds pushed up to mid-field with Miss Parker; Mrs Creagh v Mrs solid attacks White broke away, Mcllraith; Mrs Friberg v Miss Mesupported by McClure, but the latter Evedy; Miss B Woodard v Mrs Mcwas taken in possession A pretty Pherson; Mrs Beamsley v Mrs move by McLean, Hay and Rennie Volckman; Mrs Lambie v Mrs Mclntyre; Mrs Fisher v Mrs Bongard; went close to the Leeston line, but Rodgers saved a nasty situation Miss Free v Mrs Woodard; Miss Dick made a solo effort from midfield, but he was well grassed by scorer Bennett v Mrs Boyd; Mrs Neave v Smith, and from a penalty Hockings Next Tuesday the first of the gained ground to the College 25 flag LGU medal matches for the season College was now having the best of will be played The draw is: Miss the play Williams and Rennie were out in the van of another attack, but Gibb McLachlan cleared back and the Reds staged a solid bombardment with Hockings, Smylie and Smith prominent, but they were unlucky and College just managed to force For a classy decorating job engage J Smith (5; Scott v Mrs Vaughan; Mrs Taylor v Mrs Hunt; Mrs Young v scorer; Mrs Neave v Mrs Boyd; Miss Free v Miss MeEvedy; Mrs Woodard v Mrs Mcllraith; Miss MacPherson v Mrs Bongard; Miss Eggelton v Mrs Power; Miss Bennett v Mrs Buckenham; Mrs Fisher v Mrs Mclntyre; Mrs Prosser v Mrs Creagh; Mrs " McPherson v Mrs Connell MEN'S SECTON A Stapleford bogey match will be played on Saturday The drawwill be the same as for last week The special general meeting called for last Saturday was not held, and will now be held on Saturday after the competitions arranged for that day DRAMA FESTVAL PROGRAMME FOBr COMPETTON The Canterbury Repertory Theatre Society has accepted the invitation "World Without Men" Leeston Wesley Guild "The Lovely Miracle" Southbridge Women's nstitute "The House With The Twisty Windows" St John's Dramatic Club "The Pacifist" Canterbury Repertory Theatre Society WOMEN'S HOCKEY JUNOR FXTURES REDRAWN The Ellesmere women's hockey competitions will' commence on Saturday, and the senior fixtures and referees are: Dunsandel v Southbridge, at Dunsandel (Mr Blair) rwell v Doyleston, at rwell (Mr Stevens) JUNOR GRADE Fixtures in the junior grade have been redrawn and are now as under: May 9: Doyleston v Leeston, at Doyleston (Mr Mitchell); Southbridge v Waihora, at Southbridge (Mr Templeton) May 16: Leeston v Southbridge, at Leeston; Waihora v Doyleston, at Waihora May 23: Waihora v Leeston, at Waihora; Doyleston v at Doyleston TEAM Southbridge, The Leeston team to play Doyleston will be as under: J Mercer, J Read, J Brown, V Hatch, E Millar, S Martin, P Mclntyre, R Power, S Bryce, D Sloan, F Thompson, J West and M Amyes 2 pm) (Cars leave at 5

6 6 NEW GGANTC Stocktaking Sale GOODS MUST BE CLEARED Heavily Overstocked See Next ssue for Prices ROWAN'S STORE FOR QUALTY AND SERVCE :: SOUTHBRDGE M i E_^ BOOKS LARGE NUMBERS TO BE PUBLSHED The English spring publishing season has opened Between now and the end of May between 3000 and 5000 new books will be published One London library has contracted to buy 18,000 new books during the next few weeks for distribution y /'- ' j K_^ -v < aß^^pj^^ w^^^r"^^^^m^^'^^^^^^^^^^w^^^hl^pl^k^bplsf'-' -^i^ B_Bß^lil^Wi^^^P^_B _PaßßpM pp 'ifc^mmw^" LAMB '^5_»r~_BBBWp t^^^ " ' mmw mmmmmmmmmmm\ AND PG FATTENERS Finish your Lambs and Pigs off by using a BRYCE DRY FEEDER Proof of their usefulness, sturdy construction and low price is afforded by the fact that orders are coming to us from a distance of 40 miles Have you studied the remarkable results of dry feeding in conjunction with rape and other green feed? f not, it will astonish you Bryce's CoaclriHiildiiig Works SUPPORT LOCAL NDUSTRY KEEP YOUR MONEY N YOUR OWN DSTRCT USE WASHBOURNE'S BNDER TWNE THS HARVEST Supplied in Spool g 1 JM ' or Ordinary Ball at Jj"2"tl» PeF "" Procurable from: H Matson and Co (Christchurch) and all their agencies, McFarlane and Scott (Christchurch), WScott (Rolleston), Dartnall Bros, and Co (Springston), NZ Farmers' Co-op Assn, all branches, A Bayhs (rwell), F E Owers& Co (Dunsandel), Brown's,state (Dunsandel), Canterbury Seed Coy (Christchurch and Lees- (Leeston), NZ Loan and Mercantile l?n)',zz J: ormandy an< Co (Christchurch), National Mortgage Co, and D Taylor and Co- (Southbridge), W V Rowan and Co (Southbridge), W H Arbuckle (Doyleston), all merchants in Canterbury, and direct from at the mill Selwyn corner, 130 chains, A R Bryce, lid per chain; from Harris's corner to among its branches More books are Killinchy Creamery, 185 chains, D being read, hired and bought now Vince, s 3d per chain; rwell-brookside, north side, 121 chains, W than ever Mr Frere Reeves, managing director of Messrs Heinemann's, the pub- Chambers, s per chain; south side, railway lishers, said: "People who were content to read one book a week now devour books at the rate of four or five a week Men appear to prefer biographies and real life adventure and travel stories; 290 such books have already been published this year Women are returning to the old-fashioned romantic tale, but they demand twentieth century sophistication in the treatment" THE ELLESMERE GUARDAN, TUESDAY, MAY 5, 1936 ELLESMERE COUNTY MEETNG OF COUNCL Councillor J Heslop presided over the monthly meeting of the Ellesmere County Council held yesterday afternoon, at which there were also present: Councillors A Quigley, A Anderson and R T McMillan Leave of absence was given to Crs J P MeEvedy and J Nixon, and sympathy with the latter in his illness was expressed The clerk-engineer (Mr T Moorhouse) was also in attendance A letter was read from the New Zealand Counties' Association in reference to the need for reform of the Act governing rate subsidies and urging a 1 for 1 subsidy on rates for roading other than highways, together with the present minimum of general rate subsidy of 500 There was also a reference to the Government's proposal to take over the control of the main arterial roads by the Main Highways Board, in which disapproval was shown of the suggestion The Minister had written to the association promising to give the representations regarding subsidy consideration, but stated that he intended to go ahead with the taking over of main arterial roads, and would commence with 4000 route miles The clerk explained that the present basis tended to benefit the higher rated small counties as against lower rated large areas and the actual amounts ranged from 9s in the 1 to s n the case of Ellesmere it worked out at about 4s 8d in the 1 A remit from a North sland county council was mentioned in the minutes of the executive of the Counties' Association The reference was to the St Andrew cross signs at railway crossings, and the suggestion was that they should be painted a more conspicuous colour, without lettering, and red was the colour favoured Applications for cleaning drains at half-cost received from Mr A E Rathgen (Smyth's road), Mrs F Horan (Branch Drain road) and Mr L B Coe, were granted, and tenders are to be called t was decided to inform Messrs Free Bros, that the drain on Manse road was not includ- Ed in the list of those cleaned at half-cost Attention was drawn to the need for cleaning the mouth of Hart's creek, Cr Quigley explained that the lake was rising at present and that the time was not convenient to have cleaning work done t was decided to reply to the property-owners interested suggesting that it would be better to do the work in the summer or when conditions were favourable, also that the occupiers of land abutting on to the creek should agree when and how the work should be done Replying to a question previously asked by the council, the District Engineer of the Railway Department, Christchurch, stated that it was now the responsibility of local bodies to maintain level crossings over highways, which work must be done in conjunction with the railway staff and to the satisfaction of its responsible officers A conference of local bodies in Canterbury is to be held at Christchurch on Wednesday to discuss allocation of heavy traffic license fees, and the Waimairi County Council considered that this would be a favourable opportunity for the delegates to discuss the white butterfly and small bird pests and what united action could be taken against them t was decided to purchase 2 worth of Anzac stamps for general scoured in at one bank past the end correspondence work of the weir A mattrass apron was Christchurch VMCA is this year also required to safeguard the weir celebrating its diamond jubilee, and from overturning or sinking The applied to the council for a grant for its jubilee fund The amount aimed at was 5000, which is to be applied to the liquidation of the debt of 3000 and to extend the work amongst boys A grant of 2 was made Tenders for cleaning drains were accepted as follows : Anderson's drain, 31 chains, D Vince, 2s per chain; Doyleston drain, lake to main road, 220 chains, D Vince, s 3d per chain; from main road to Harris's to Pearce's boundary, 59J chains, W Chambers, s 2d per chain; Stephens's corner-to Buckley's road, 112 chains, W Chambers, s d per chain; Buckley's road, Heslop estate frontage, 82 chains, and T W Brooks's frontage, 70 chains, R Graham, is; Mrs W B Cunningham's frontage, 40 chains, W Chambers, s 3d; Tramway reserve drain, 147 chains, A R Bryce, s 6d; Lambie's drain, 105! chains, D Vince, BURED TREASURE ANOTHER EXPEDTON TO SET OUT ALTERNATVE N CASE OF FALURE The optimistic search for buried treasure still goes on, and expeditions continue to sail from England The latest consists of 20 who are leaving Portsmouth f they fail to find the treasure they will establish a self-supporting colony on a South Seas island The leader of the band is Mr George Cooknell, a diviner, of Coventry He feels certain that his methods will locate the treasure which pirates are said to have left on Cocos sland, in the Pacific Ocean The expedition is being capitalised at about 10,000 Mr D D Curie, of Southsea, is one of the party setting out on this modern version of Treasure sland "f the treasure is recovered," he said, "the whole party will return to Britain, but should we fail the whole party will proceed to an island 600 miles south of the Cocos sland and there form a self-supporting colony, which it is hoped to make independent of all outside supplies" s 8d; Allen's road, 125 chains, O H lies, s 7d; Cant's road, 46 chains, D Vince, s 6d; Stackhouse's road, 40i chains, O H lies, s 7d Tenders for the remainder of the drains are to be called during the month n the course of his report, the waterworkscaretaker mentioned that there had been" a small washout at the far end of the stone groyne at the headworks This had caused the water to fall slightly, but had allowed the caretaker to clear the willow roots away at the intake, so that there was still a good supply of water The groyne would have to be extended as soon as possible The river was in heavy flood on April 23 The sporting element in the district had caused a good deal of running about during the last two weeks, but he thought things had settled down again The supply from the Selwyn county had been short in one or two races during the month, but this had been remedied and at present all the races were carrying a good supply The statement of accounts showed that at the beginning of the month the balance at the bank was s 7d The paysheet for the month was s sd After payment there would be a credit balance of s d ENGNEER'S REPORT The engineer, in the course of his report, detailed the works carried out in the county during the month These included removal of willows at Selwyn bridge, Ellesmere, repair of fords on the Selwyn and over Hart's creek, the completion of the cleaning of Boggy creek, and the usual grading and repair work on the roads and highways A wooden cab had been built on the old power grader at a cost of 35 The machine rolled badly before and the building of the cab had made it worse; in fact, the machine at times became unmanageable, and so of very limited use He recommended the substitution of solid tyres on the front wheels, and strengthening the frame in certain places, as remedial measures The impounding weir at the Rakaia race headworks urgently required extending, as the stream had cost to extend the weir 20ft at one end and 13ft into the bank at the other and to put in the apron would be about 45 The more important works authorised and not completed were: Forming of roadway to the beach from Gulliver's road, road formation to Lakeside Domain, formation of roadway off Triphook's road, completion of formation of Aby's road, construction of larger concrete culvert vvec the road at Mr W J MClilvedy's frontage, construction of Doyleston road bridge The last two works would be put in hand this week Crushing operations and road metalling would be commenced this month The heavy seas last week blocked most of the stream and drain outlets on the foreshore at Taumutu, but little damage, it was anticipated, had been done Hart's creek had scoured its banks in two places near the footbridge and would require attention in at least one place The council decided to defer the road formation work until the spring, also work at Hart's creek until it was seen whether further scouring action would take place ENGLAND'S ELEVEN SELECTON OF CAPTAN CONTROVERSY ALREADY COMMENCED, (From the Guardian'sSpecial Correspondent By The first sign that cricket will again become a subject of controversy is available There is talk that G O Allen may take the English team out to Australia this summer This is what the sports editor of a big London paper has to say about it: "Over three months ago was able to reveal that G O Allen, the Sydney-born cricketer, was being mentioned as a possible candidate for the captaincy of England's Test team for Australia was right Now, Allen, always a favourite among the mandarins of cricket, is likely to be 'groomed' for the job in this summer's matches with the ndian touring side Certain MCC chiefs want him And know that Australia would welcome his appointment to the leadership of the next side we send 'Down Under' with He is popular Australians for, as have said, was he not born in Sydney? 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Be sure to come in if you are in town or write in quickly before the Sale closes Mail orders are always promptly attended to at HAY'S Whatever you'do, don't miss seeing Titania's Palace, before it definitely closes in Christchurch on May 13 There can be absolutely no extension of its time on view, for Dunedin people are eagerly awaiting its visit Bring the children in to see it after school closes they will love it and so will you Admission is s and half-price for children, and remember all proceeds are for the Canterbury and Westland Crippled Children Yours faithfully, HAY'S LMTED Gloucester Street, Or Box 679, Christchurch Buy Football Jerseys, Shorts and Hose at PLMSOLLS Highest grade "Canterbury" Regulation FOOTBALL JER- SEYS Boys' 7/6 Youths' 7/11 Small Men's 8/6 Medium Size 8/11 OS 9/6 Highest grade "Canterbury" Ail-Wool FOOTBALL HOSE All colours, all sizes 3/11 Famous "All Black" Cloth FOOTBALL SHORTS Black or White Pair 3/6 PLMSOLLS Men's and Boys' Outfitters, MANCHESTER ST (Near High St), CHCH HOME OF ROMANCE LONDON'S POST OFFCE Because and typists are marrying earlier, the Post Office this year expects to spend 2500 less on its marriage gratuities The sooner a girl leaves the less money the Post Office gives her f she leaves before six years' service she gets no money at all A gratuity one month's salary for each year of service after six years, with a maximum of a year's salary takes the place of a pension The London Post Office is the home of romance Of the thousands of girls who are and have- been employed there, many met their husbands on the telephone before they actually saw them The voice was the introduction Post Office girls are recognised as among the smartest and most intelligent of London business girls They are very carefully chosen, their voices are trained, their telephone manner must be beyond reproach An average of 1100 girls leave the London telephone exchange each year for marriage Last year the gratuities were budgeted at 163,000 This year the sum will be 161,500 Saul and the Spinster (Copyright) ABSORBNG MYSTERY STORY CHAPTER XX Sergeant Lionel Leyland was perplexed and annoyed; he could not explain, even to himself, which emotion was the greater The information that he was to lse superseded on the inquiry by nspectors Pater and Murmur had displeased him, yet there appeared to be some hint of a sun shining for his benefit He had taken occasion to get to a telephone and ring up his friend, Carrington Manning, but the financier did not sound very reassuring when he heard'of the position at "Florabella" For a time, to Sergeant Leyland's fevered imagination, the financier had appeared to dally with the problem Finally he had suggested that the sergeant telephone him later there he became more definite promising that he would have certain good news Leaving the telephone, Sergeant Leyland had sought advice from the son of his friend For once the youth had proved informative He had suggested that the Sergeant keep in close company with his superior officers To the perplexed detective that advice did not sound very original, but already he had learned not to expect originality, or even suggestion As he parted from Theo, to follow the advice solicited and given, the thought came to him that had his adviser been the son of a less wealthy and prominent man, he would not have taken the advice, much less sought it Theo Manning, left to his own devices, considered that, in his opinion, his presence was entirely superfluous seconds after he had sought refuge there, almost him He braced himself to meet overcame' the situation he guessed was developing "Just as thought!" Saul Murmur's voice held a dangerously soft purr when lie saw the youth in company with Miss Westways "Thought would find you here, Theo Miss Westways, you know Miss Delevere, believe, the famous Hollywood actress, and believe a valued customer of yours Now you shall witness my grand surprise, and see Miss Delevere in a role that- will exhibit her abilities to the utmost" He paused impressively "Mrs Pontifex, permit me to present to you Mr Theo Manning, the son of the illustrious and wealthy financier, Mr Carrington Manning You must have heard of him, if you have resided in Sydney for any length of time He is Sydney, in a financial sense, assure you" Saul Murmur's voice literally dripped butter over everyone in the room Theo, recovering himself with LONDON, April 4 an effort, bowed in his best society girl telephone operators manner Miss Westways smiled and looked curious She had learned that Woods' Great Peppermint Cure First aid for Coughs, Colds, nfluenza when Saul Murmur was verbose and particularly sweet in speech something startling and original was bound to happen "And now, my dear Mrs Pontifex, my surprise" The Englishman had assumed all the airs of a ringmaster in Barnum's days " trust the shock will not be too great for you" He glanced from the woman to the youth and the unusually straight-set lips parted in a winning smile "Allow me to present Mr Theo Manning in a new role in the role of your long-lost and lamented son Theo, behold your mother!" nspector Murmur bowed and stepped back, leaving the woman and the youth facing each other Unfortunately, in stepping back, he stepped on nspector Pater's toe The muttered objurgations of the nspector tended to spoil the dramatic climax to which the Englishman had worked up For a moment Theo Manning glared at the woman, desperation in his eyes Thelma hesitated, her face mirroring her conflicting emotions Slowly she advanced a step and broke the spell of silence that had By Aidan de Brune settled on the group m the room Theo backed away hastily "That's a lie!" The youth turned on the detective angrily "My mother is dead!" "Only divorced, my dear fellow!" Saul Murmur's smile was almost paternal "Miss Thelma Delevere Hollywood actresses never part with their maiden names is now Mrs Bartemus Pontifex, and was once Mrs Carrington Manning Before that but why tread back in history's footsteps? 'Sufficient unto the day is the' well, well, you know the rest of the saying! No, Theo, you can take my word that all have said is the truth You should be pleased at finding so beautiful and gracious a mother You still doubt? Then perhaps Mrs Pontifex will confirm my statements?" Age seemed to have crept suddenly on the woman, now standing facing her son in the middle of the room For a brief second her hands moved up and outwards Lines showed in the heavy make-up of her face Suddenly she buried her face in her hands and a shudder shook her body Tense, she dropped her hands to her sides, and faced the watching nspector "You beast!" Her hard eyes glared at the man, hate showing in every line of her face and figure She stepped forward quickly and struck him heavily on the face with her open hand "My dear Thelma!" Captain Pontifex stepped quickly forward, catching his wife's hands, and expostulating "You mustn't really, you mustn't!" "You you " The woman began to struggle against restraint She turned furiously on her husband "And you you call yourself,a man and stand there and let me be in- at "Florabella" He left Miss Lancing's office and wandered through some of the showrooms, determined to keep at least one eye open for an opportunity to leave Swayne Court unobserved Chance ordered that he sulted like that!" was witness of the meeting between With a sudden wrench she freed nspector Murmur and the Pontifexes and he decided that retreat face For a moment she glared round herself, tears streaming down her would be good strategy As Plainclothes Constable Peck was barring watching her, then rushed to the the little circle of curious faces the logical exit from the premises, door and dragged it open Theo took refuge in Miss Westways's "Eh, what " Sergeant Leyland office From what he had overheard staggered back on receiving on his he believed the nspector would conduct his enforced guests to Miss lady " beg your pardon, lady " ample bosom a beautiful and buxom Lancing's office; then he would have "You needn't!" Thelma glared at another opportunity to leave the premises The spectacle of nspector Murmur, with Thelma Delevere, entering Miss Westways's office a few the Sergeant, then thrust him on one side Again she made for the door, to confront nspector Pater, who had moved quietly to bar her exit "Nicely played, John!" Saul Murmur, in no way disturbed by the woman's display of temper, yet Murmur had not yet finished with the lady "There is, believe," he continued, and there was a subtle sweetness in HAND-KNTTED his soft voice "You will understand, stroking a smarting cheek, nodded approval He glanced at Sergeant Leyland staring, goggle-eyed and bewildered "Glad you came then, Ser- Miss Lancing?" Stifling his merri- "May we have that fashion figure, geant Will you please escort Mrs ment, Saul Murmur turned to the and Captain Pontifex to the showroom where Constable Peck is on manageress, "Awfully sorry to dis- guard? They are to be held for the present" "Then we are under arrest!" Captain Pontifex's bosom swelled with righteous indignation " demand yes, demand to be informed of the charge against us, at once!" "Dear me!" Saul Murmur was again all smiles, yet his hand tenderly caressed his still smarting cheek " thought said detained not arrested!" "Confound your platitudes!" The Captain twirled his military cane vigorously " demand " "To be taken to the showroom at once" The Englishman was insistent "f you will lead the way, Sergeant Leyland, am sure Mrs and Captain Pontifex will be glad to follow" Sullenly the two adventurers followed the Sergeant from the room With a little nod and a quiet smile to Miss Westways, nspector Murmur urged John Pater to the door As they followed the trio in front, the stout detective whispered a few brief sentences to his companion nspector Pater nodded and grinned n the showroom they found Miss Lancing urging her assistants to greater efforts to restore the room to normal Hearing the party enter, she turned and glared at them "So sorry, Miss Lancing" Saul Murmur was all smiles and apologies " have every reason to believe that we shall shortly clear up this er little unpleasantness n the meantime, am sure may rely on your forbearance with my er manlike abruptness and er want of tact " For the moment nspector Pater feared he would be a witness to a second feminine attack on his stout companion Miss Lancing's svelte figure straightened and her eyes flashed fire With an effort she controlled herself, nodded, and turned again to her work But nspector my dear Miss Lancing, that have a supreme faith in a woman's intuition " Over her shoulder Miss Lancing again glared at the Englishman; then she turned and laughed "What is it, nspector?" she asked " quite understand you are trying to pacify me, but " The lady hesitated, then pointed at Sergeant Leyland, who immediately strove to render himself as inconspicuous as possible " but that man has been a little too too " "Let me apologise for him, and try to explain" nspector Murmur exuded geniality "Sergeant Leyland is one of our best officers, and a very fine fellow as well as being a married man Of course, you are aware that police training does not at present extend to courses of etiquette in modiste establishments " Again Miss Lancing laughed; for a time her well-trained aloofness disappeared "You are trying to inform me, '' nspector "To request you to use that feminine intuition which all men admire and respect" nspector Murmur bowed profoundly "You will remember, a short while ago a certain patented fashion figure was sent from London to Miss, Westways think you will remember remarking to me on the peculiarity that a recent er forcible entry of this establishment only resulted in the destruction of the er packing case in which the er figure " "You want the figure that came to us in that case?" Miss Lancing interrupted with businesslike brevity She turned to one of the assistants "Ethel" The girl stepped forward "Yes, Miss Lancing?" "The English fashion figure where is it?" "n the display window, Miss Lancing You will remember " "Thank you" Saul Murmur stared at the girl for a moment, then laughed "What's the joke, Saul?" John Pater looked bewildered "The joke's on the burglars, John" The Englishman was doubled with laughter, tears streaming down his cheeks "Just think, John! Those burglars broke in here last night, disordered Miss Westways's beautifully arranged rooms, disturbed the peaceful repose of three noted watchers of the night, and and if they had gone round to Swayne Court the figure they were after was staring at them through the shop window! What a joke! They only had to break the shop window and collar the figure and Daddy Thornton could have finished his night's repose in comfort!" "But " stuttered the tall Australian turb your window display, but with that figure believe we, shall clear up all the mystery in very quick time" "Clear up the mystery!" John Pater shrugged "Why, we " "Wait a moment, John!" The Englishman dug hard into his companion's ribs with his elbow John Pater made a remark, purposely inaudible, as there were ladies present Miss Lancing had turned to two of her girls, giving a few brief orders The girls lifted one of the fashion figures in the room and carried it through the reception rooms to the window n a very short time one of the girls returned, bearing in her arms the fashion figure which, throughout the previous day, had adorned "Florabella's" show window "This is the stand you mean, believe, nspector" Miss Lancing looked at the fashion figure with obvious curiosity and interest "Do you wish me to disrobe it?" "f you have no objection, Miss Lancing" nspector hesitated; there came a gleam of irony into his very innocent eyes "f you wish we men will er turn our backs during the er process" " do not see any necessity for that" Miss Lancing's icy demeanour returned suddenly She did not approve of English humour n a few seconds the dress draping the figure was removed and Miss Lancing stood back, waving a beautifully manicured hand toward the figure "s that all, nspector?" The lady's eyes were gleaming with curiosity "For the present, yes" nspector Murmur advanced and scanned the figure closely He turned and nodded to nspector Pater, who went quickly to his side "We've got it, John!" Saul Mur- { WOOLLY WEAR GVES GREATER COMFORT $ i AT SMALLER COST H Any of the following Wool is\ Delightfully Dainty l ROSLYN WHEELNG, for Sox and Balaclavas, 3-ply < > in Greys and Navy H 6d skein! 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His levelled finger wavered a moment, then traced on the abdomen of the figure a circle some inches in diameter John Pater bent closer, then shook his head "No can't see it!" Deliberately, Saul Murmur toppled the figure to the floor and knelt beside it "Well, watch" Again his forefinger traced the circle, this time the nail bearing hard on the wax Twice his finger traced the circle, each time a small curl of wax preceding it At the second circling a circular line appeared on the figure For long minutes the two detectives worked to discover how the lid to the cavity in the figure was fastened At length the Englishman looked up "Screwed in, or something like that," he observed "And don't want to smash the thing up, if possible We'll see if we can prise it out; 've got to have what's underneath it" "What's under it?" asked John Pater, puzzled "Sure the contents of the cavity Not guessed yet, John? Well, what want is what the burglars were after Under that lid we'll find the answer to those strange letters to Miss Westways, the practical jokes that were not jokes at all and believe the solution of the Salom Club murder Ah, thanks, constable!" He reached up and took the heavy clasp-knife Constable Peck was holding out to him For some minutes he worked with the knife on the edge of the circle Slowly it moved in circular motion The Englishman increased the pressure on the knife and very, very slowly the lid turned off John Pater, now kneeling beside his police comrade, peered into the revealed cavity The space was packed with oblong, white-papered parcels, secured with wax seals Saul Murmur reached into the space and took out one of the parcels "Guessed yet, John?" He looked quizically at the Australian "Dope?" hazarded nspector Pater "Lord, there's lots of it, if it's dope" "Maybe some" nspector Murmur's fingers were tearing at the wrappings of one of the packets "Ah thought so!" He thrust the white paper eagerly aside, and lifted from the wrappings a thick bundle of white oblong slips of crinkly-sounding paper With a queer gesture of satisfaction he waved them at the tall Australian "Banknotes!" nspector Pater's eyes almost stared out of his head "Banknotes and " "And quite a lot of them!" The Englishman was searching the interior of the fashion figure One after the other he brought out the bundles, similar to the first, bound in white paper and secured with wax seals Then, groping in the far interior of the figure, he drew out smaller packets, at sight of which his face became very grave "That's dope, believe, John," he whispered "Lord, what's here? Pounds of dope and and reams of banknotes!" He took up one of the packets of notes he had unwrapped and flicked them through his fingers "See, John all kinds of denominations here, and some of them have been in circulation quite a while We have made a haul this time, boy!" John Pater stared at the Bank of England notes with an expression of amazement mingled with awe Almost fearfully he stretched out a hand and fingered the edges of the notes "Forged, Saul?" he said "Jove, what a haul!" "Forged?" Saul Murmur grinned up at his friend "f they are shall be very disappointed!" (To be Continued) Within the past two years nearly 4000 foreign girls have gone to England and taken up domestic work Most of them are of good family and well educated, and adopt this means of improving their knowledge of English NAZO-PNE for Stuffy Price - 1/6 Heads FRANCS W PAGE, LTD

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economic conditions generally in this Dominion, was given by Mr D R Menzies, the New Zealand delegate "An analysis of the new business figures completed by the New Zealand branch discloses that a steady progressive increase was maintained each month throughout the year," he said, "the final result in the ordinary department showing the remarkable total of 4,139,477,which was over one million pounds in excess of the previous year's completions, and only 130,000 short of our 'peak' year in 1929 An interesting feature in this connexion, and one which speaks for itself, is that over 50 per cent, of the new business total is represented by policies obtained on the lives of those already insured with the society When it is reflected that the population of the Dominion widest area London will is only a little over one and be a-half the scene of glittering splendour millions, and that of the total and pageantry n life addition assurance business to on the books the King's of gilded coach there will be all life offices operating in 20 other State coaches the country, over 40 per cent, is of various kinds Ten ruling heid by the kings society, the confidence which the society enjoys with the assuring public is forcibly illustrated The stability of the branch in relation to its old business has been fully maintained, waste business showing a marked decline in comparison with that for the past several years Excellent progress is being made by the industrial department The new business for the year constituted an all-time record for the branch, whilst what is perhaps even more noteworthy, is the fact that the actual net increase figures more than doubled those for the previous year "n regard to the society's investments in New Zealand, which have shown a healthy expansionand which now total over 18 million pounds; they are, with few exceptions, in a sound condition There are still a few securities requiring special attention, mainly farm mortgages, where the difficulties of the past few years have not yet been wholly overcome, but with the return of more favourable prices for primary products which has taken place during the past season, there is every justification for the belief that a satisfactory recovery in their position will not be long delayed For the year ended December 31, 1935, new mortgages represented approximately 20 per cent, of the total mortgage business on the books at the end of the previous year This is a clear indication of the very high regard in which the society is held as a mortgagee t is needless to remark that the local board recognises the value of sound mortgage business as a potent factor in extending the society's interests, not only from the point of view of investment, but also in the wider field of life assurance With regard to loans to local bodies and municipalities, the local board, as in past years, has found it expedient to make a considerable portion of our surplus funds available for the purpose of financing various undertakings of such bodies, by which means the society has continued to play a big part in the development of the country "Touching on Dominion affairs generally, it can be said that the past year was one that showed an all-round trade recovery, and there is a disposition to expect continued improvement With something like S4 per cent, of its their "crook" tendencies than for exportable products their literary attainments With a being sent from New Zealand into trio of famous fun-makers Will the duty-free markets of the United Hay, Kingdom, the economic as the unsuspecting Dr Alec welfare ofthe Dominion is Smart; Gordon Harker, as Brown, largely bound up with the tough that of the Mother old lag; and Claude Dampier, as a gullible assistant master Country, therefore the maintenance of the prosperity in trade and with an influential uncle the film industry of Great snaps its Britain, way from start to finish which official reports show in a riot of laughter Arriving to have taken place in the at past year, is the school where he has been a matter engaged on a of vital concern to the Dominion t is reference "faked" by the only comparatively ex-convict Brown, Dr Alec starts in recently that New Zealand has been able to meet the on his new duties with a whirl Complications ensue and the fun begins demand for commercial air transportation, but the country is now well served His welcome by the boys, devised in by air routes, and when true "Narkovian" fashion a the projected bomb, a transocean services ride are an on a carpet behind his taxi and accomplished fact, New Zealand will be a merry toss in a blanket leaving him brought within about eight suspended by days of London a hook over the front Airway services have now been entrusted with the carriage of door When at that moment there emerged the charming Lady Dorking, inland mails, with a substantial saving in time, which in some cases exceeds 24 hours The support accorded so far has been satisfactory, and New Zealand is thus being brought into line with other countries in respect of this modern service, which, besides being helpful to the business com- MAGNFCENT SPECTACLE PLANNED NDUSTRY ALREADY MAKNG PREPARATON Those New Zealanders who will come to England for the King's Coronation will read with interest of the plans made for that great ceremony A special committee will be set up to supervise the arrangements for what will be one of the most magnificent spectacles in British history This committee will consist of the Duke of Norfolk, the Earl- Marshal, Ramsay the Prime Minister, Mr MacDonald, Sir John Simon, Mr Ormsby-Gore, the First Commissioner of Works, and the Archbishops of Canterbury and York t is calculated that 3,000,000 people will see the procession this taking a long route in order to spread the vast concourse of people over the and queens, from other countries, will be there in their full regalia Behind them will ride 150 ndian Princes in all their picturesque attire Fifty thousand Regular troops, 50,000 territorials, 10,000 sailors, and 5000 airmen will line the streets With them will be the once- Between these two extremes are many shades of programme which may well be illustrated intermittently on the television screen and not with continuous pictures likely familiar Anzac troops from Australia and New Zealand, negro troops to exhaust mind and eye from Africa, and the famous "Mounties" from Canada The mile-long procession will be in "SHLLNG RVERA" three parts First will come 15 carriages, preceded by mounted trumpeters and escorted by Horse Guards, conveying the Royal guests Next will come five carriages in which will ride Queen Mary, the Royal Princesses, and other members of the Royal Family Then will come the King in the coronation coach, followed by his suite in four other coaches Riding behind him will be his three brothers, the Duke of York, the Duke of Gloucester, and the Duke of Kent, in full regimental dress n the centre of the Abbey, which will be decorated with blue and purple velvet, a raised square platform will be erected On it will be placed a throne where the King will 60 have learned sit to before high-dive and after he enters the in the beautiful 75ft pool under the 600-year old coronation chair, which great glass will be placed nearer roof the altar As Mrs the Bronker King (52), with five children and one grandchild, enters, schoolboys exercising their dives age-old privilege of shouting in the Abbey, 21ft and swims five lengths, though she will greet him with shouts in Latin of "Long Live King Edward" Already industry is planning for the event, which it is calculated will put 25,000,000into its coffers and provide employment for more than 100,000 people London hotels are expecting 100,000 visitors from abroad PCTURES "BOYS WLL BE BOYS" The riotous adventures of a schoolmaster, the pursuit of a priceless necklace and the budding romance of a wealthy widow form the main themes of "Boys Will Be Boys," to be shown at Leeston next Saturday "Narkover" is an imaginary school where the boys are more famed for down fell Dr Alec from his perch straight into a soft spot«in the lady's heart munity, provides a valuable aid to future tourist traffic "So far as the society's business in New Zealand is concerned, the results for the current year up to the present moment have been most encouraging, and if the rate of improvement is maintained a new record for new business will be established in both departments" Limewash has been extensively used on London buildings, as it protects the stonework from corrosion by acids in the air NATONAL PREFERENCES TELEVSON POSSBLTES (From the Guardian'sEtoecial Correspondent By LONDON, April 4 Britain and Denmark are the least seriously minded of the musical countries in Europe, if the character of the music broadcast from their national transmitters is a guide Nine European countries transmit more opera than Britain France, taly, Belgium and Jugoslavia give their listeners the most These facts are revealed in tables published in the 88C's Annual for 1936 Considerably more light entertainment and dance music is broadcast in Britain than in any of the other 14 countries taly makes the most use of the spoken word; there is more than twice as much talk in talian as in British programmes Television is discussed in a special section; t is recognised that televiewers may not want to glue their attention to the screen for all types of programme Two tendencies, it is suggested, may emerge in programme presentation n the televising of, for example, a football match vision will be primary and sound a subordinated theme The opposite extreme, with vision subsidiary, may be represented by a poetry reading NOVEL HEALTH CENTRE LONDON, March 28 London's "Shilling Riviera," which is admired by social workers in all parts of the world, will be a year old on May 3 The 360 families who for a shilling a week enjoy all the sports and recreations of a first-class resort at the Pioneer Health Centre's "palace of glass" are enthusiastic about its benefits Dozens of women between 40 and had never been in the water before joining the centre She has reduced her weight from 12 to nine stone in a few months and feels like "starting life air over again" Her grandchild was playing in the airy nursery, her boy of 13 and girl of 10 were racing in the pool, and she was having tea with another daughter at one of the pretty "seaside" tables at the water's edge Tea costs a penny a cup, and delicious home-made dainties are a penny each nvestigators come from all parts of America and the Continent to talk with the research workers and doctors at the centre and to examine the remarkable family records The remarkable feature is that a family, a whole family and nothing but a family, may apply for membership The older members are given "health overhauls" once a year, the children from once a week to once a month The emphasis is on keeping so fit that in time illness will be 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Sometimes Fred's got that look to me Maybe that's why love dachshunds they remind me of Fred When get back to reland 'm going to get eight of them big dachshunds that will have little dachshunds romping sadly all around can look at them and see Fred "Fred was never satisfied with anything he'd do on the stage He takes it so hard you can't talk to him about it All the time he's climbing he's worrying he's slipping t just knocks me cold how he's developed No, it isn't that he's developed He's always had what he's got now, but it never got a chance to show till left f people would only realise when they ask me why don't do a picture with him if they'd only realise that he's gone 'way ahead of me" The first time she saw him from the front, writes Lady Charles, she realised Fred had sex appeal "Wherever did he get it?" she inquires "He's so unconceited-looking 've heard about that sex appeal since All the women know tell me about it wonder if you remember when Fred and danced together? always watched him" They Printed and Published by J H McMillan for the Proprietors, J H McMillan and Co, at their Registered Printing Office, Leeston, County of Ellesmere, Canterbury, New Zealand TUESDAY, MAY 5, 1936