LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 31 July 1924, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A communication has been received by the Stratford Borough Council in which the Minister of Public Works advises that the recent resolution passed by the Council regarding the Stratford Main Trunk Railway has been noted and will be accorded every consideration when the Public Works Estimates are being prepared. Measles were not as serious a menace to public health as one would suppose,stated the Minister for Health (Sir M. Pomare) in the House yesterday. He said that so long as measles w’ere look, ed after properly it was not such a serious disease as small-pox or as the Spanish type of influenza w’hich broke out some time ago. Every precaution w as being taken to safeguard public health.—Press Assn. There are fortunately some honest people in the w’orld, and a local resident who recently lost a “fiver” has good reason to be thankful for this fact. He advertised for his lost “wealth,” and imagine his surprise, when he received three notes through the post. If everyone could be sure of receiving the same treatment, more notes w’ould undoubtedly be lost! — Wanganui Chronicle. The Stratford Progress League endeavoured to make arrangements for His Excellency the Governor-General to deliver an address here on his farewell visit to Taranaki. Unfortunately, this will not eventuate, the secretary of the League having received a communication from Mr-. R Masters, M.P., stating that Viscount Jellicoe regrets it is not possible for him to accede to the wishes expressed.

‘There is a misapprehension about the regulations regarding school attendance,” stated the Hon. C. J. Parr (Minister for Education) in the House yesterday. It was not the case that the department bad issued a regulation requiring children to go to school every afternoon. The Act of 1877 required a minimum attendance at primary schools daily of two hours in the forenoon and two in the afternoon, that was, any time after 12 o’clock. The department must see that the Act was observed, and the requirement of the Act was that, schools should be open on 400 half days in the year.— Press Assn.

The entrv of China into the sporting arena is creating considerable interest, especially amongst the individuals who bail from the “Flowery Land,” and, according to reports to band (says the Chronicle), all the Chinese within miles of Wanganui will attend the soccer match next Saturday, when reps, of the Orient meet those of the Occident. As a young Chinese vendor of carrots, onions, turnips and potatoes, etc., was making has rounds yesterday, he took the opportunity to inform his customers'that “me no oalle Saturday.” “Why is that?” queried one housewife, being ignorant of the forthcoming event. “Oh. me go see China play feetball,” was the. proud reply. It “will apparently be a treat to attend Saturday's fixture, simply for the purpose of studying the expressions of delight and surprise that will no doubt appear on the usually serene countenances of the Celestial spectators. LAST WEEK OF SALE. Our real sale ends on Saturday, 2nd August, so be wise and make your purchases now. Men’s, women’s and boys.’ boots and shoes, underwear, shirts, braces 1/6, trousers 14/6, buckskin 'trousers 10/9, men’s pyjamas 11/6, boys’ pyjamas 8/-, gents’ overcoats 29/6, 39/6, boys’ overcoats, men’s and boys’ feeding-out coats, buckle leggings, dairy boots, bail slippers at the New Zealand Clothing Factory Sale, Hawera.—Ad'vt.

At a meting or the Patea-Waitotara Rabbit Board yesterday, it was decided to strike a rate of l£-d on cattle, and id on sheep, with a minimum rate of ss. The rates struck will bring in about £6OO, which amount will receive an equal State subsidy. The booking for the grandstand at Saturday’s All Blacks’ match netted £514 18s and the whole gate totalled approximately £I4OO. This figure is £250 in excess of the gross receipts for the Springboks’ game in 1921. ‘'Are you a director of a cheese factory ” asked Mr. F. J. Nathan, of a questioner at a meeting of dairy farmers in Carterton. “No,” came the prompt reply, “there are two things I would not be—the director of a dairy company or the referee of a football match.”

An order in Council gazetted to-day extends the embargo on imports from certain states of California, Oregon, and Washington to plants, fruits and vegetables, (other than canned, dried, etc.) and all grain and farm produce, in addition to oats, barley, maize, hay, straw and chaff already prohibited.— Press Assn The price of bread in Stratford is at present 6d for a two pound loaf whether sold over the counter or delivered. This (says the Post) compares very favourably with the price which will pre_ vail in Eltham after August Ist, when a two-pouncl loaf will cost 6d over the counter and 6*d delivered. “In my opinion, Canterbury to-day is living on its name and not on its quality,” said Mr Adam Hamilton, a member of the Meat Board, in an address on the subject of the lamb trade to the members of the Southland League.—Southland Times. The railage of coal from the West Coast-Dunollie to Christchurch, is 14s 10d per ton, and screened coal can be landed in Christchurch at 40s lOd, and face coal at 35s lOd per ton respectively (says an exchange). A . great difference from the 60s or 86s charged the consumers for what is to all appearance generally unscreened coal. In the views of Parliament which were given to those present at the official dinner to the All Blacks, in Wellingtoin, Mr. H. Holland, Leader of the Labour Party, did not agree with all that others had said. He described Parliament as “a political Teflex of the will of the people. If the people wanted a better Parliament they could get it; if they did not, then they could go on with what they were having. (Laughter). Two aged and shuffling Celestials approached a Palmerston. North resident the other day, and advanced the unusual request to “come with us” (says the Manawatu Times). Obligingly he followed, and was led to the Post Office, where the Chinese requested that he write a telegram for them. “Well,” he acquiesced, “who is it for, and what do you want to say?” The two conversed in Chinese for a moment, and then one said: “Send it Long Tin Tack, Grevmouth, and tell him: “Your brother die last night; what you got to sav?”

A horse and gig owned by Mr. Aiken, gardener, broke away from a place in Waihi Road early this morning. The horse parted from the gig at the top of Camberwell Road after colliding with a telegraph post, and after careering along the street was stopped opposite the shop of Messrs. Curtis and Spragg. The shafts of the gig were broken and other damage was done to the vehicle.

“Parliament, looked at through the spectacles of the average elector, is an extraordinary place,” remarked the Mayor (Mb. R. A Wright, M.P.), at the official dinner to tbe All Blacks. “The average citizen thinks that politicians 'are rail-sitters and twisters, and that time in the House is wasted. It is absolutely impossible for public men to go through tbeir public career without changing their minds. Public opinion changes, and varies from point to point without at times any reason at all. That fact is often forgotten.” He considered that in the New Zealand Parliament to-day there were fewer “rail-sitters” and “twisters” than in any other Parliament in the world. The bachelors of Kapuni believe in doing things well, and the hall they are holding on August 4 in the Kapuni Hall will be something more than the event of the year; it will mark a distinct advance on all functions of a similar kind that have yet been held in the district. Tickets are selling rapidly and a record crowd is .expected. So as to have the best of music, the Premier Orchestra from Hawera has been engaged. This will be the first time for this popular orchestra to visit Kapuni. Every detail is receiving the mbst careful attention, and the committee are resolved that the best expectations of the public will be realised. A strong ladies’ committee has been formed to deal with the supper .and other, arrangements which come more properly within their .sphere The Mental Hospital at Hokitika, which wa s strongly condemned by Archbishop Julius after he visited it a few years ago, has had much money spent on it, and the Archbishon last week found that it had been 'transformed from an instiuttion hardly fit for cattle into a well-built, well-equipped place. The beautiful buildings added to it give ample scope for classification of patients and for other improvements. The old gaol, which is used as part of the mental hospital, and which has almost indescribably gloomy associations, will be removed soon, and the cold forbidding stockade that surrounds the gaol will be destroved.

Seed potatoes are now "being placed on local market in abundance (says the "Wanganui Herald). In some instances the types are far removed from the original. A local business man interested in the grain and produce trade, in discussing the cause of deterioration in types of potatoes with a. Herald representative, stated that it was not difficult to arrive at. Growers were far too careless in the selection of their seed, and kept chopping about from one variety to another, and in a few years, with repeated growing of their own seed, soon had a rare old mixture. Often a portion of these were sold as seed, and so the process went on. Under present conditions it hardly paid a grower to specialise in one or two particular varieties, for the general public who required seed would not pay the price. The same deterioration that wn s taking place in potatoes also applied to various classes of grain.

In the big London dance halls the glossiness of the floor is due to a powder which is now available for use in private houses. Transform any room in your house into an excellent, ballroom by sprinkling the floor with London Ballroom Powder. A large tin costs only 2/6. Your storekeeper stocks it. Try a tin. K 67 Banish coughs and colds and save money by using N'azol. ,, Eighteenpence buys 60 doses —enough to cure the whole bad-cold family.—Advt. Vivific Ointment will cure the unsightly sores on children.—Advl.