LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 22 December 1924, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr. D. G. A. Cooper has been appointed to act temporarily a s a* member of the Prisons Board during the absence from New Zealand of Dr. J. F. S. Hay. The resignation from the boai-d . of Major-General Sir ’ Donald McGavin has been accepted. i In the. report of the discussion at the special meeting of jthe Hawera. Borongb Council on Friday, Cr. Champion was credited with stating that the water pressure m the main at the recent Naipier Street lire at Auckland was 2201 b to the square inch, These figures gave an incorrect indication and should have placed the pressure at 1201 b.

Under ordinary conditions, the extra work imposed ou fhe telegraph staff for the despatch of seasonal greetings is so heavy that serious ‘ delays in delivery occur if messages are not lodged in good time. Those who desire,to; eontheir greetings by telegraph should lodge them not later than, to-morrow, 23rd inst., to ensure delivery before Christmas Day. ’> ; “Mine is an interesting portfolio,” said Sir Francis Bell, Attorney-Gen-eral and Minister of External Affairs, when speaking at a luncheon given in Wellington to the Samoan faipules, “and it will not be long before it passes into other hands. It is full of possibilities, and I hope it will soon be entrusted to a younger man with more enterprise and initiative.” In furtherance' of the sgjety first campaign, the schools of Eltham district will; all be visited by delegates of the Eltham branch of the . Automobile Association. Messrs.- Crump and Tristram have been to the Eltham School and the Convent School, and later the outlying schools will be visited. ■

A moa’s thigh- bone, in a wonderful state of preservation, is displayed in Purser Bros.' window in High Street. The fossil was found by Mr. Tim O’Neill, of Manutahi,, under the roots of a giant rimu tree in the Forty-Mile Bush, Wairarapa, and measures 2ft 7.)m in. length. ; To mark the -approach of the Christmas festival a number of carols were sung by the choir of St. Mary’s last evening, one of the. carols, “Sleep, Holy Babe,’’ , being rendered as a quartette, Mesdames Du hill, Foden, Sutton -and Chadwick taking the respective .parts. After the carols, Mis.s Gray sang “O' Rest in the-Lord,” her rendering being marked by sympathetic expression and clear enunciation. 1

In connection w-ith the recent South Taranaki primary, schools sports, the committee wish to gratefully acknowledge receipt of gifts of a gold medal each from Mr. F. W. Sutton (Hawera.) sxndj /the Mamaia, Hibernian Sports Club, and a donation of £2 10s towards the funds from the N.Z. Athletic Cycle Union (per Athletic and C)/cle Union (per Mr! A. Melville, secretary, Kaponga). Ketailers at Christchurch are dismayed at the number of applications that have been received of late for trophies, picnic prizes, and other donations. One man declared that he took a census and found that on some days more canvassers came to the shop than customers. “We don’t mind applications from people who do a public service.” he said, “but we do object to demands from bodies which have no association whatever with the business concerned.”

The statement that tw T o brothers, who are.old residents of Timaru, are about ho divide a fortune of one and a-half million pounds, is made by the Timaru Post. The paper says that it is authoritatively informed that, after a search extending over a quarter of a century, the brothers have been located and appeal- to have been established as heirs to the fortune, which was bequeathed to them by their late aunt, who was the widow of an American millionaire. BUCKRELL’S, HAWERA. Ladies requinng something really up to modern requirements in frocks, cosand ladies’ wear generally will find an exceedingly nice selection at Buckrell’s, Hawera. There is also a wide range of handkerchiefs, singly or in boxes, suitable for inexpensive Christmas gifts.—Advt. SCHOOL OUTFITS. We cater for your son. We can supply him with anything he requires for any school or college in the Dominion. Suits, shirts, boots, slippers, singlets, braces, pyjamas, rugs, trunks, overcoats, shorts, handkerchiefs, ties, caps stockings, jerseys, bathing costumes. Bring us your boy with his school prospectus; we do the rest at the New Zealand Clothing Factory, Hawera. —Advt. An agreeable aperient for Ladies, Children and Infants is Sharland’s Fluid Magnesia. Sweetens the stomach. Cooling and health-giving. Most economical! —Advt.

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