LOCAL AND GENERAL

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 2 September 1924, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

l ostordny morning the thermometer th| IS S^ d • 10 de S rees of frost on toe feia*s. This morning II deorees were registered. . °

Ihe All Blacks arrive at Southampton to-day. They play their first match on Saturday, September 13.

Last week-end members of the Hawera. Acclimatisation Society commenced their annual liberation of fry and yearhngs. No fewer than 88,000 fry were turned out in the rivers crossing the Sheet Road while 32,000 rainbow fry ueie liberated in dams round about Manaia. and 160 yearlings in a dam at Okaiawa All the rivers visited looked very well, and everything pointed to a good season providing the weather remains right.

. That the. community lighting scheme m New Plymouth is appreciated by the public was the opinion expressed at a nieeting last, night of the executive of the New Plymouth Retailers’ Association (sa.ys the News). The association introduced this scheme, which consists of . the placing of bright electric lights outside the shops in the main streets, about nine months ago, and in order to impress on the public the difference made by theinnovation, the lights were recently switched off while many people were in the streets. That the “lesson” had its moral was evident, for many people, it was reported last night, having noticed the difference, had commented very favourably on the effect the scheme has had in brightening the town at nights.

On Sunday morning there was a large attendance in All Saints’ Church, Eltliani. There was a special service, during which the memorial cross, presented by the sister of the late Mr John Hobbs, was dedicated. The cross is a massive one of dark oak, with silver mountings. The boys’ choir rendered a special service of song, favourable comment being passed on the standard of their singing. The vicar, the Rev. H. J. L. Goldthorpe, preached the sermon, taking for his theme, “Crosses and their association with Christianity.”—Argus.

St. Mary’s Flower Show and Sale of Work will take place in the Winter Show Buildings on . Wednesday and Thursday of this week. A busy crowd of workers has been erecting stalls, and prospects for a good show are promising. A strong party of ladies will be in charge of the various stalls, representing a League of Nations -Fair. A full programme of music will be provided each evening in the hall upstairs. Gifts and helpers will be gladly welcomed, and further particulars may he gleaned from Mr T. G. Liddington, the general secretary.

Keep influenza at bay by taking “Nazol.” Its soothing, penetrating, healing properties give instant relief to coughs and colds; 1/6 for 60 doses.— Advt.

Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure for coughs and colds, never fails.—Advt.

The members of the Workers’ Educational Association are reminded that their weekly meeting will take place to-night, instead of Thursday. Professor Hunter, of Wellington, will.be iu attendant, and will be glad to meet with all the members of the local class.

A most unusual position for any company was created at the annual meeting of the Kaupokonui Dairy Company yesterday by the unexpected resignation of three directors. There were eight ( on the board, and with the retirement of three and the resignation of the chairman, there was only one of the sitting members left oil the board. Lambing has commenced in various parts of Qtago, and in the present mild weather it promises to be very successful. Under such conditions there should be very few losses. After the recent dry weather, however, pastures are not as good as they might be, particularly for cattle. For the benefit of their crops, too, the farming community in Otago would gladly welcome a week of rain.

A man who bought a railway ticket at Kaiapoi the other day got a motor ride to Christchurch, so he gave his railway ticket to another man. By so doing he transferred the ticket, and thereby infringed the railway regulations. So he and the man to whom he gave the ticket were brought before the Court and fined five shillings apiece. But what awful rot! (says the Waikato Times). Theje must be, or at least one hopes so, some reason for this regulation, but the ordinary man coijfesses to great difficulty in discerning it. If there is a long queue at the' ticket window, and a person at its head purchases tickets for friends further back, or for a party of .which he is a member, does he commit a breach of the regulations? He certainly transfers tickets later, so presumably he becomes an offender. • In order to be consistent, the clerk at the window would have to refuse to sell 'more than one ticket to any one person, which on the face of it would be a ridiculous obstruction to quick handling of business. A correspondent writes: Some time ago I read a contributed article in a New Zealand paper' commenting, amongst other things, on some of the rather strange names given by the Maoris to rivers and places. It was stated in the article that one place in the Wellington province had received its name in this manner: A whaler in the early days had married a Maori woman, hnd coming to the locality where it was intended to set up the home, the bride asked what they should call the place. . The bridegroom scratched his head, and then in typical whaler phraseology is said to have replied: “- if I know.” The woman thought it a fine designation, and the place was named “Pukehinau.” It was further stated in the article (and I am afraid the writer was either pulling somebody’s leg, or was totally ignorant of the subject he was dealing with) that this very profane name was appearing ori maps, and it was intended to have it removed. “Pukehinau” may sound to the uninitiated something like what is attributed to the whaler; but in reality it is a very pretty and appropriate name—“hinau hill.” A number of our forest trees are commemorated in the same manner—.for example, Pukemiro, Puketotara, Pukerimu, Puketowai, and so on. When stationed in the Opunake district ma'ny years ago, I recollect a Maori called Turi te Ratapa, and it did not take the wag of our party long to interpret this as “two or three rat-traps,” another example of the whaler incident. Pukehinau is in the Akitio County, and the name is likely to remain, notwithstanding its supposed profane derivation. “Puke” is perhaps one of ,the commonest prefixes to Maori names and there are no less than forty-four post and telegraph offices in New Zealand which bear witness to this.