The Times Published on Tuesday and Friday Afternoons. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1922. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Franklin Times, Volume 9, Issue 790, 5 December 1922, Page 4

The Times Published on Tuesday and Friday Afternoons.

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1922. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

To see the election returns on Thursday night, watch the screen in JronTof Times’ Office, Hall Street. In Friday’s issue qf the Times a small advertisement for Weston s bread rqad free delivery, This should have r;ead 'free delivery oi Herald and Times.

“V/8 nothing extenuate, nor aught set down in malice.”

Ovvinig to the general election the ordinary monthly meeting of the Tuakau Town Board usually held on the first Thursday in the montn, has been postponed from Thursday next until Friday night,

“Nine times out of ten, when an order .is made ta man loses ms That is what invariably happens,' declared Mr R K. Hunt, SiM, amidst laughter,, when dealing with mantenance qases at Wellington, Turning to a defendant, he said : “Now, you keep this .job. If you doMt, I wilt find one for you/’ A somewhat unusual cpse was mentioned to a Mataura Ensign representative by a Central Otago resident. Seven miles from the town of Cromweil there lives a lady, who has never been to the town for 50 years, and during that lengthy period she has never visited any other cent.ie. At Thursday evening’s meeting of the Franklin Racing Club’s executive,. n,t was reported Ithat the? membeis annual subscriptions were not coming in fLS freely as the committee would like. As the finances of the club are not in the soundest position all members are urged to pay their dues as early *as possible.. By doing so they will greatly assist in Strengthening the financial position. The annual ;.race meeting will be he<d in February and money is required to conduct the fixture.

Speaking at Carterton, Dr Cockavne. Government biologist, mentioned that in California the feeding qf sqft turniis to c\ui!ry cows had been prohibited because the authorities could not induce farmers to feed them properly —directly after milking and to be followed by another f eec l —and they did not want a tainted produce; “If the ,format's of this country sling this gold mine away because of similar carelessness, ■said Dr Cockayne, “then they deserve all they geit,.”

A hopeful note regarding a reduction of postal and telegraphic charges was sounded by the .PostmasterGeneral, ;Hon. J, G. Coates, at Kaukapakapa last week. He said it was. necessary for the Post Office to clqar £400,000 to pay 'interest aqcl sinkingfund, The people were entitled to have the use of the various facilities at the lowest possible rates, and he hoped that the figures for the current financial yqar ending March 31st next, would enable the Government to bring down the cost qf postage, telephones, toll rates, and so on. At the conclusion of his address at Normanby (Taranaki) Mr Q(. Hawken, MJP., struck an optimistic note regarding near future of the Dominion, The finances of the country would very shortly be in a very much better state than they Rad been for some time past. Revenue was coming iin well butter was a good price; cheese was better than we expected; lamb at 9d wa s bringing- .a wonderful price and mutton was selling well. Assured of a fair price for his wool, the sheep farmer would shortly be in a position to provide a good share of the income f*ax. Extreme Labour supporters are sometimes candid in their views. At Mr A]. B. Seivwright’s meeting in the Aro Street Mission Hall one night the candidate was interrupted when he was speaking in reference to the war. “Did you go to the war?” ,asked the candidate of the intefjector, “No,” came the reply, “I was over age, but if I had’nt been I would’nt have gone.” Mr Seivwright observed that lie was sorry to think that the interjector would hot fight for the country he earned Jhis living (in. “Existing in,” replied the interjector. The candidate, “You are free to get out if you want to.” (Applause)?.

On the Pacific Coast of the United States where the highways are exceedingly tempting- to the average motorist, the dqath roll is proportionately higher than in any other secti.cn of Amdrica* and efforts are being made to check the recklessness of automobile speeders. In Seattle, where the automobile is a! most popular form of locomotion, speeders have been dealt with in an entirely new manner, especially men who have been divorced, A magistrate in Washington city conceived the idea of putting this class of manhood to a supreme test, and whenever a male enquired whether he was married.' When the accused responded that he! was divorced, the magistrate issued an order compelling the traffic trans 4 gressor to pay a greatly increased' alimony to his erstwhile wife. A business man, who frequently has occasion to go to the Christchurch railway goods sheds, states that the success with which motor lorries are competing with railways was strikingly exemplified during the recent wool qales. In former years the railway sheds have had to find accommodation for huge quantities of wool coming (from the country, but) this year there was space to spare. This was accounted for by the fact that the motor services wen-e transporting direct to the wool stores of the companies in the city, “Of course.” the speaker added, ‘me railways get a share of the profits when it comes to transporting wool to Lytt],eton, but the loss in revenue must be hqavy this year.”

As we will be going to press with Friday’s jTimes early on the monvng following the election, we would esteem it a favour if all advertisers would hand copy in on Thursday. The liapatawa Dairy Company has sold the balance of its cheese to the end of December (approximately 50 tons) at 9Vod per lb. The advance to suppliers (states the Woodville Examiner) will now be brought up to Is 6d per lb for butter fat from Jufy Ist to the end of the year.

A project has been arranged f°' supplying New Plymouth with ample quantities of cheap fish (states the News). Flounders ant\ other fish are at present being qaught at Napier in quantities which exceed the demand, and it is proposed to rail fish in ice from Napier to New Plymouth, selling it by auction here soon after it arrives by the afternoon train. Mr A. Hudson, of Eairfield, noticed a few- .days ago a growth on the neck of one of his cows and on handling it felt a hard substance which, on being worked out, proved to be a darning needle about three and a half inches long. The cow (states the Levin Chronicle) had evidently swallowed it in its feed) and the needle became embedded in its throat, (The cow suffered no ill effects.

“If the prosecutions against the accused was only because they defrauded a bookmaker, not a penny of the public money or a minute of the public time should 1 be spent upon it,” said [H*s Honor 'Sir John Salmond in the Supreme Court at Palmerston North (states Ithe Standard) ■when summing up in a case iin which two men were charged with alleged conspiracy to defraud a bookmaker aqd alleged false pretences.

Commenting on the number ot stock which wander on the roads within the Palmerston North borough the travelling representative of a local firm stated 'the Standard) that the other day,, when returning home from the Square, he had noticed 23 head roaming at Larger. In a two .days’ tour of all quarters of the district surrounding the borough he had met on ithe road only one or two beasts. “I believe a good time is ahead for the sheep men,” said Mr A. Hamilton -at MandeviUe (states the Mataura Ensign)'. The price of lamb ought to be as high as it has ever been in the Dominion, The price of lamb on the London nyarket today is higher than it has ever been at this period of the year,. The stocks are also depleted. I should advise the farmers not to accept \ess than 9cl per lb. for their consignments.”

In a recent issue we referred to the building boom in Pukekohe and went as far as to mention a number of new and intended structures in King Street. We inadvertently omitted to mention' the new bakehouse that is being constructed for the, Pukekohe branch of the/Farmers’ Union Trading Company.. This building is nearing completion. Another important building Ithat will certainly add greatly to the capital value of the Borough is the new Roman Catholic school which is being erected in Seddon Street. A contract for the work has been let and already great progress with the erection qf the exterior walls is being made, .. Nearly .100 applications were on the order paper at the Otago Land Board’s last meeting (states the Daily Times). Many of these were from soldiers, and were heard in private. Quite a number of runholders are now asking an extension of the terms of their leases. Such applications are coming from all parts of the district. One may suppose thpt th§ i*unholders are influenced by the reports, as to Dr Cockrayne’s successful experiments in regrassing poor and depleted hand.

An indication of what an El Dorado some of the lakes -around Rotorua are to anglers is evident from the experience of two fishermen ; angling in Lake Rotoma on the opening day they caught 11 trout weighing 851bs, and on the second day 15 turning the scales at 1051bs, This means (says the Rotorua Chronicle) an average of over 71b per fish, and for the time of the season they were in remarkable condition.

In consequence of the appreciated values of wool a much brighter tone is apparent in farming circles. The bogey of the huge mortgage does not appear quite so overwhelming and many local sheep farmers are optimistically looking forward to “coming out .square” at the close of the season, The improvenint has had its effect on the retail trade and during the past few days the farming community has been more in evidence in the shops and about the town: Retailers are in a far happier fpame of mind and are locking forward to a good average Xmas season. On the other band beef growers are still, endeavouring to find a solution to their marketing problem and are growling at the low prices obtainable for prime stock on the local market, In xqamy instances wh«re the nature of the land permitted, a change of stock from cattle to sheep has been effected and the average returns for the season should thus be considerably improved. There are excellent prospects of a goodj agricultural season* so that on the whole the district has entered on to better times.—Chi-onicle, Wanganui 4