LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 22 October 1924, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A South Wairarapa farmer informed an Age representative that after paying all charges on four sound hides sent to the market he received 9d. The tender of Messrs. J. W. Tong, Ltd., Hawera, was. accepted at the last meeting of the Patea Hospital .Board for the nurses’ home. The price is something over £SOOO. A Taieri farmer says that a number of pinus insignis that were the pick of his timber have died this season from some unkown cause, and he has noticed the same occurrence in Otago and Southland. Some of the dairy cows in the Oamaru district suffered so much by the recent drought that they have lost their hair and become quite mangylooking (states the North Otago Times). The milder weather experienced during the past two or three weeks has greatly increased the chances of a normal crop of strawberries being obtained by growers in the Auckland district. At the meeting of the Education Board yesterday it was reported that no less than six small country schools had been closed temporarily on account of whooping cough, measles, and influenza.,

An extraordinary man has been discovered in the Oamaru district. For nearly half a century he has been attending the local race meeting as a steward of the club, and has not invested a penny on the totalisator.— Exchange, The old fashion of having a long list of vice-presidents to a club or society is still perpetuated in one or two cases, and at a meeting recently a member irreverently referred to the list as “guinea pigs.’’ A London message states that there was an audience of 10,000 at the Albert Hall for a concert by Madame GalliCurci. The hall was too small for the crowds who wanted to hear the famous gramophone star, who had a rapturous reception. Mr. Isaac Coates, one of the early pioneers of Hamilton and the only member of the first Borough Council still alive, is on a visit to Hamilton from Melbourne. Mr. Coates was Mayor of Hamilton from 1888 to 1892. He was formerly a member of the old Hamilton East Town. Board' and Kirikiriroa and Komokorau Road Board. Dunedin merchants and shippers are very indignant owing to the fact that the oversea steamer Orari, which arrived in port on a recent evening, was drawing too much water to permit of her coming up to Dunedin to discharge her general cargo from Liverpool. On Saturday the Postmaster-General intimated that all broadcasting firms had been informed that they could resume broadcasting at once. As agents of the Crown they now had full authority to carry on their activities as heretofore. It is estimated that -well over £400,000 is involved in the commercial, public, or semi-public buildings that are either going on at the present time, or have recently been completed in and around Dunedin. Of this amount £BO,OOO will be spent on the main exhibition buildings (states an exchange). The contract price for the new medical school is £55,000. Canterbury will export over 1,000,000 eggs this season (reports an exchange). Over one-quarter of this number has already been shipped, and still supplies are abundant, and bakers are obtaining their orders at a lower rate than last year. Though 1,500,000 eggs were exported last year, there was a very large quantity carried over into this season. Vessels of a total registered tonnage of 51,741 arrived at Napier during September, as compared with 40,259 tons in September of last year, and 34,654 tons in 1913. Taking the nine months period just completed, the increase in tonnage of shipping calling at Napier i= ocniallv apparent, the ficfor ]f)24 being 478.676 tons. 1923 435,665 tons, and 1922 389.319 tons. Particulars of train arrangements and of issue of holiday excursion tickets in connection with Waverley races at Waverley on Labour Dnv are advertised in this issue. The last-weet:-of--sale bargains announced by the Melbourne Ltd. eclipse anything- previously offered. The sale definitely ends on Saturday next. Buyers should let nothing prevent them coming to the store and getting their full share of the savings offered on worth-while regular and seasonable goods. —Advt.

“Matarua Hau” is the name by which Napier was known until 1855. A Chinaman paid 16s 9d for a petrol case full of mushrooms at the Wellington city markets the other morning. The attendance at the Empire Exhibition at Wembley up to September 9 was 13,059,127. Members of the Opunake Fishing Club have liberated 45,000 brown trout fry in the Waiau, Mangahume and Taungatara rivers. “I am sorry there are not more people In the pews,” said Mr. F. W. Gillanders at the concert in aid of the Old People’s Home last night. Several members of the audience must have been forcibly reminded of their obligations by the accident of speech. “There is a nurse in our district who has brought 1153 children into the world, and has not lost one. And I’ve no doubt that when I get back home there will be a few more.” —- Delegate to the Hospital Boards’ Conference. The members of the Jolly family, Frankton, imported a stained-glass window from England for presentation to St. George’s Church, Frankton, as a memorial to their father and mother, who donated the site for the church. The window came to hand by the Orari, but was found to have been shattered on the voyage. Remarks made by a young woman in the course of evidence in the Auckland Magistrate’s Court would suggest that there must he keen competition for situations as waitresses in some of the first-class hotels in Auckland (says the Herald). The witness stated that while in service in a local hotel she was in receipt of a weekly wage of £1 17s 6d. This apparently modest income was, however, augmented by tips averaging "between £2 and £3 a week. “I’ve kept two pots of honey for thirty years, and it hasn’t deteriorated in appearance or taste,” declared Mr. A. Ireland at a beekeepers’ meeting (reports the Lyttelton Times), “and I’ve read of a pot of good honey, 2000 years old, being dug up from the ruins' of Pompeii.” Mr. J. Rentoul, the lecturer, seemed to be rather sceptical about such keeping qualities, saying he found by experience that honey began to fail in appearance and quality after two years. The Government Instructor in Agriculture. Mr. E. J. Fawcett, has been requested to collect 100 grains of each variety of maize grown on the East Coast, the samples to be sent to Rumania (states the Gisborne Times). He has asked the secretary of the local Farmers’ Union, to collect samples of Gisborne-grown maize. Mr. Fawcett is sending samples of pumpkin seed to be experimented with in this district. He has also received word that a quantity of Canadian maize is on the way to him, and samples of this will be forwarded for experiment locally. In conversation with a representative of the Christchurch Press,' Mr O. Thacker (Okain’s Bay), who has recently been abroad, expressed dissatisfaction at the manner in which New Zealand mutton and lamb were handled at'Honolulu. The meat was nicely wrapped on being shinped, he said, but when it was being discharged at the island port it was dumped down roughly on the wharf and carried away to depots in open vehicles. As a result of such treatment it soon lost its freshness and attractive appearance. In spite of this disadvantage, however, he was glad to be able to eat New Zealand meat at Honolulu, and also New Zealand butter. Mr. L. Bonnington, who has just returned to Christchurch from the United States, was greatly impressed at the strength <i|f the Rotary movement in that country. In conversation with a Press reporter, Mr Bonnington, who is a Rotarian, stated that he got into touch with Rotary Clubs wherever he went, and attended many weekly luncheons, where he met numerous prominent members. At San Francisco, Chicago and New York, he stated, as many, as 400 would sit down to lunch, and visitors from as far afield as New Zealand were always given a warm welcome. Mr Bonnington was surprised to learn that in contradistinction to the lack of knowledge generally 1 displayed of the Dominion in America, Rotarians were well informed and could tell him how many branches of the organisation there were in New Zealand. One of the most interesting experiences he had was in attending a gathering of Rotarians held in'Chicago, at -which-.-the Dominion was represented by the Hon. Geo. Fowlds. . “Although New Zealand is, in many respects,/ an ideal country for sheep farming, and although the immediate prospects for the industry are good, yet it would be foolish for Dominion farmers to ignore the competition which they have to meet and which is constantly becoming stronger and better organised.” These words prefaced a strong warning by the chairr man (Mr. John Cobbe) to the annual meeting of the Feilding Farmers’ Freezing Company on Friday regarding the rivalry of Argentina. Some striking statistics were quoted. Mr. Cobbe said, further: “I have had the opportunity of reading the report of the Special Commissioner for. the Atisfcralian Meat Council, who recently visited the Argentine on behalf of that •onnoil. TKat report, like the report issued last year by our own Meat Producers’ Board, shows plainly that, notwithstanding our many advantages of soil and climate, we will have to- be constantly on the alert if we are to maintain our present place in the Horne meat market.” The Women’s National Reserve will oe glad to receive donations of eggs to fill a box for the Residential Nursery, Wellington. The eggs can be left at the Mother’s Rest Room on Thursday between 11.30 a.m. and 4.30 p.m. OTTTRED’S. . The most prominent line of attrae- - tive model frocks, marocains, glace, linen and voiles are now showing. Advance styles in spring costumes and wrap coats, personally selected and at popular prices. A complete line of seasonable millinery just opened. Our trimmed hats are celebrated foT style, quality, beauty and low eost. Ornaments, novelty bags, buttons and trimmings, representing the newest Parisian conceits in myriad designs.—Outred’s, High Street, the House of Quality. Everything in millinery goods.—Advt. WHEN YOU ARE RUN DOWN. It is when the system is run down through faulty digestion, disordered stomach and constipation that the germs of colds and influenza get a foothold. To keep yourself in good health, stimulate digestion and promote a regular habit of the bowels, take Chamberlain’s Tablets. Three is no preparation on the market which will assist in keeping you in better health than Chamberlain’s Tablets. Their effect on the stomach, liver and bowels is nothing short of marvellous. Sold everywhere.—Advt. Neglected chills bring doctor’s bills Let “Nnzol” put you right. Unexcelled for obstinate coughs and eolds* 1/6 buys 60 doses.—Advt.

It is not every day that an area approximating half an acre practically in the heart of a city changes hands, and consequently more than usual interest attaches to the sale, completed last week, of the block on the comer of Manchester and Lichfield Streets, opposite the clock tower (states the Christchurch Press). In the early days this was known as Edwards. Bennett’s corner, later as Hubbard, Hall’s comer; in the very early days it formed part of the orchard of Mr. William Wilson, familiarly known as “Cabbage” Wilson, the first Mayor of Christchurch. The block has now been purchased by Mr. Leonard B. Hart, chairman of directors of the Hereford Investment Company, Ltd., on behalf of the company. The purchase price, it is understood, was between £30,000 and £40,000. The area is, approximately, half an acre. It has a frontage of 90ft to Manchester Street, of 190 ft to Lichfield Street, and of 30ft to Bedford Row. “For of such is the Kingdom of Heaven” was the statement of the founder of the Christian faith when referring to children, but evidently there are landlords in Auckland who have decided objections to letting tenements to married people with young families (states the Star). An application came before Mr. F. K. Hunt, S.M., at the Magistrate’s Court for possession of a tenement. Adjutant Gordon, of the Salvation Army, asked for a few weeks’ grace, as the woman, bavin}!; four small children, found it almost impossible to get an owner to let her a tenement. “I know,” said Adjutant Gordon, “that people with families of small children have fearful trouble to get a house in the city. Landlords simply refuse to let them have a house. This tenant had practically got a house, only she was honest enough to admit that she had four little children: It is hard for people with families, because rents are fearfully high, and even then houses are" difficult to. get. I have been looking for a house for this woman, and have found it is almost impossible to get one for a tenant with children.” Mr. Hunt said: “I will allow three weeks for the tenant to find Another house.”