LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 18 June 1924, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Opimake Oddfellows’ Lodge are endeavouring to form a women’s lodge, known as the Rebeka Order under the friendly Societies Act.

During January of this year Argentine exported 964,981 tons of beef and mutton, as compared with 496,489 tons for the same month of 1919, an increase in five years of 468,492 tons. The butter exported during January of 1919 was 1610 eases, and in the same month of 1924, 126,273 cases were exported, an increase in five years of 124 663 cases. \

The annual meeting of the Park Bowling Club will be held in the Borough Chambers to-night at 8 o’clock. It is expected there will be a good attendance, as many matters affecting the welfare of .the club are to be discussed. Besides the ordinary business, the winners in the champion singles and handicap singles will be presented with their prizes. An accident occurred at the corner of Devon and Queen Streets, New Plymouth, yesterday afternoon. Mr E. Harvey, of Lemon Street, foreman for Messrs Henry Brown and Co. at their joinery factory, was returning to his work on his bicycle after lunch, and on reaching the White Hart Hotel he met a motor-car driven by Mr A. H. Bailey, a taxi proprieor. The two tried to avoid a collision, but were unsuccessful and Harvey was knocked down, and the car passed over him and his bicycle. The injured man was taken into the hotel, where he was attended by Dr. Blackley. It was found that he had received a fractured rib and a somewhat sevqre shaking, but beyond this he appeared to have suffered no. injury. He was able +o walk from the hotel, and Mr Bailqv took him to his home in his car. Beyond damage to the radiator, which caused it to leak a little, the motor was not injured, but the bicycle was smashed bevond' repair. —Herald.

Joseph Newzil an old organ grinder who died suddenly at Auckland on May 11, is said to have left £6OO or £7OO in Auckland banks apart from a cottage in Macaulay Street and considerable property in America. The later was purchased with money he made on the Australian goldfields. He was born in America, to which he returned from. Australia, and then settled in New Zealand. In his will he directed that his property should be divided among 32 named heneficaries. He made an exception of his house in Auckland, which he left to a woman who had befriended him.

A very pleasant function took place at the Opua road schoolroom on Tuesday night when friends tendered a farewell social to Mr. and Sirs. T. Austin, who are leaving to take up a farm on the Auroa Road. During the evening, Mr. Jack Feaver, on behalf of those present, presented the guests with a set of stainless cutlery, and in doing so referred to Mr. and Mrs. Austin’s good qualities and the helo given hy them to various movements on the road. They all wished them success in thennew home. Mr Austin suitably responded, thanking the speaker for his remarks and all present for the presentation.

Proganclra cures corns quickly; 1/6, — Advt.

A Chertsey farmer, giving evidencein the Christchurch Supreme Court (says the Lyttelton Times), said he had been told that a tractor would plough, fifteen acres in a day, working day and night. Cross-examined, he said it could he done by engaging three men for it. He added that on one occasion he had worked for six weeks without going to bed. The existence of glaring anomalies in the Railway Department freight barges were pointed out a- meeting of the Makara County Council. Examples were given of cases in which six tons of mangolds were carried from Hastings -so Jolmsonville, at a cost of 39s 9d; and in which a stone crusher, weighing of tons, was brought from Danevirke to John son ville. about 70 miles shortev distance, for £lB 7s od.

A .little chap in Southland had hoarded up 10s as the result of some rabbiting. The crucial test came with the warships. It was a toss up for him, either a football jersey or a trip to the. battleship. After much worrying he worked out the proposition thus: “Mother,” he said, “1 know what’s best. The ship will sail away to-mor-row find be forgotten, but ihe jersey will last all the winter and nark Johnnie Jones.’ !

An application for a license to sell fruit in the streets of Invercargill was received from a Hindu at the meeting of the Town Council (states the Times), but it received very scant consideration at the hands of the councillors, who were unanimously agreed that the necessity did not exist for the introduction of street stalls in Invercargill. Speaking of the Christchurch Communists, a Labour official said to a Lyttelton Times reporter: “These fellows are absolutely no use to the Labour movement, and it is much better that they should fight u.s from the outside than that they should attempt to dictate to us what we should do. The Labour movement does not want to be hampered by the activities of Communists. and it is just as well that we should fight them now as later on.” A young rascal worked a cheeky swindle on a" Dunedin shopkeeper the other day (states the Otago Daily Times.) He went into the shop, threw what looked like a half-crown on the counter, and asked for change. The coin was placed head up. The attendant handed the change to the lad, and on placing the coin in the till she noticed a “tail” on the other side. She called out to the proprietor, who chased the lad from the shop, but the young thief jumped on his bicycle and escaped. The coin was really a penny nicely silvered on the head side, but not so well disguised on the other. Whether the Dunedin City Council has lately been afflicted with a sense of humour or whether it is mei'ely trying a new plan to increase the tramways revenue, it is hard to say, for a number of people, particularly small boys, have recently been .attracted by little jokes that have been printed on the reverse side of some of the tram tickets in place of advertisements (says the Otago Daily Times). As some of the jokes are perfectly new, the old ones may he forgiven, hut, old or new, a number of lads with a taste for literature, he it ever so humble, have eagerly taken up this new form of collecting. One may yet hope to see a passenger demanding a,ticket “with a new joke on it,”!.

HVe have often read in the newspapers of the Lord’s Prayer being written on the size of a threepenny coin, but we have never read that it has been written twice on the same space. We have to-day (says the North Auckland Times of a recent date) seen a piece of paper with the prayer written twice on the same space. It was written thirty years ago by Captain I). Savident, harbourmaster of the Kaipara harbour, with a- common lead pencil on the table of the schooner Aratapu. It was done with the naked eye and can easily he read now with the naked eye by young people. Although the paper had faded to a yellowish colour the writing is well preserved. There is no mistake as to who the writer tvus. as his name is also visible at the bottom and within the space.

While in Wellington last week Mr. W. J. Girling, M.P. for TVairau, made representations to the Minister for Health. Sir Maui Pomare, in connection with the maternity bonus scheme recently suggested by the Picton Hospital Board. Mr. Girling states that the Minister said that he was anxious to do something to assist the workers in connection with maternity expenses, and was about to evolve a scheme which he believed would give general satisfaction. Sir Maui states that although his scheme was not just what was being asked for in some quarters it would meet to a large extent the requirements of the people who found maternitv expenses a heavy drain on the family exchequer.

)'There ought to be some place where these men could be put and made to work for , the support of their family,” declared Mr C. R. OrrWalker, S.M., at the Police Court at Wellington when, during the hearing of a maintenance case, it transpired that of Alban Samuel Dring’s family of ten children nine had been committed to a receiving home through lack of parental support. The defendant declared he had ‘‘stuck to” his family right through. “Quite so,” said Sub-Inspector Cameron. “You ‘stuck to’ them right through, but you didn’t do anything for them. I don’t suggest you ran away; you haven’t got enough energy to do that. It is no good trying to get blood out of a stone, your Worship,” concluded the sub-inspector. “This man has no money. The file shows the position, and he has been an absolute waster.” The defendant’s application for a remission of his arrears (totalling over £SO) and cancellation of the order was refused.

The Christchurch Sun, discussing an agricultural bank, says: “Our readers may have noticed the report of a meeting of creditors, which detailed how a farmer started in 1920 with £6O. and four years later showed a deficiency of £llsl 16s 2d. The plain truth is that the ambition to be farmers is the undoing of many men who ought to be content to work i'or wages till they have saved enough to start on a. sound footing. There is no valid reason wbv the taxpayers should assume liability for any farmer-financing concern called an agricultural bank, or by any other name, so that it can take risks with loans to fanners that State lending de_ partments or other financiers are not prepared to incur. If the State is going to do this for farmer?;, why not for fishmongers-”

Y\ r ho said socks? What about the line of Bruce all-wool socks selling at 1/- a pair at the Melbourne Ltd’s Great Sale! There’s nothing in New Zealand to equal this wonderful bargain, but remember stock is unlimited. Buy all your requirements on or before next Saturday, which is positively the last, day of the sale. —Advt.

’Tis said Socrates’ life was marred by his wife’s nagging. She was prematurely aged through doing, the village «n<=h without the invaluable aid of “No-Rubbing” Laundry Help. —Advt.

Electors of Egmont are reminded of the political address which will l>e delivered by their member, ]\lr Hawken, at the Town Hall, E Itham, on Friday night next. Mr Hawken will deal in detail with political questions of moment.

, During the storm last evening, through some fault developing on the lines leading to Riverlea, the electric supply to that district was interrupted by the automatic circuitbreaker installed in the power-house at Kaponga. The fault c-ould not be located in the darkness, but is receiving attention to-day. The Kaponga. Board’s engineer stated last evening that the interruption was probably the result of overhanging trees swaving the high tension lines together.

An inspection of the boring plant to be used by the Taranaki Power Board in boring the main tunnel at Tariki, one mile and a quarter in length, was made by members of the board yesterday. Messrs. T. M. Ball (Public Works Engineer) and G. Lawn accompanied the party, and about 30 people interested in the scheme also made an inspection. The plant was put into operation for about an hour and completely fulfilled everything that was expected of it. Consisting of the actual boring machine, which makes a clean, circular cut seven feet in diameter, and an electricity- driven locomotive and tip truck for removing the spoil, the plant showed that it was capable of boring the tunnel in at most half the time taken by ordinary methods. 'The machine is at present installed at Motukawa. on the site where the main power house i s to be built, and power for the machinery is supplied from the board’s temporary power house at Tariki—News.

An ambitious scheme for the improvement of the Manawatu show grounds was outlined to a representative of the Wanganui Chronicle yesterday by the president, Mr. Nash. % estimated to cost tiO.OOO, and will be partially earned out by. November for the Royal Show. At least £SOOO will he raised by a queen carnival. The association’s area comprises thirty-two acres, and is accessible at every point. The scheme pi o\ ides for a trotting course, motor traclv, and sports areas. Mr. Nash said it was considered that once the improvements were earned out the association will not only possess the best grounds in New Zealand, but one that will make provision for all time, the scheme will have the effect of preventing the removal of the grounds irom the borough, as it was considered essential to have the grounds in town and easily accessible.