LOCAL & GENERAL

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 110, 26 May 1937, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL

"Exfrem« Labour." • "There have been seWeral Laboui' Governmefits itt the British Empire," said Hon. A. Hamilton, Leader of the OppositiOtt, in Speaking- at the National Club at Wellingtoli. "Some of them have done good work and followed sound pfogrammes,- but I venture to say that in riorie of them has there beeri such Sfi extreme type of Labour as we have itt the Kew Zealand Government to-dayj" DonafiOri from Inthans. "This is a. very interesting donation," said ihe chairmari of the Auckland Hospital Board, the Rev. W. C,Wood, when a lettex' WSs reeeived from the president of the Auckland branch of the New Zealand Indian Association, Mr J. K. Natali, doiiatifig £50 to hospital fttflds. "This little donation isonly a beginning, ahd we hope to contribute our little bit every year iri future," stated Mr Natali. The donation was reeeived with thariks'j Expandjng l*rg Iridristry. "In 12 years pork- and bacori exports have exparided frOrii 5000 to 700.000' Oarcases attd experierice shoWs they can be increasOd fo 2,000,000," Stated the Minister of Agricultuxe, the Hon. W. Led Martiriy at thO Auckland proviricial conferencri of the NeW Zealand Farmers' Uniofl, He eontended that efficient pig mattagemerit could add 3d per lb to the butterfat pay-out, and the levy 6f 2d a pig Was designed to bririg this i about by better instruction. BEe said the questiori of gTadiiig waS under eonsideration.

Prfde lh Unerriproyed. "We at Christchurch should be prond iof the sense of decency of our unemployed," said the Kev. P. Revell/ commenting at G&ristChurch on the applica'tions for assistarice reeeived at St. Martin's House of Help. "They do not 1 dome for rellef uiilOss they have to. i Some of theih come to m6 when they ; should have Come weeks before. ' That ; speaks voluriies for the inherent de- ; cency of the people. "When they can 'obtain food and clothing free they do riot rush aftrir it, but accept it with : restraint and digttity." Cough Fracfures Ribs. How easily ribs may be fractured in p'eusons past middle ago was illustrated ' by a mediCal witness whd was giving evidence reg'ardirig an accident claim I in the Supreme Gburt at Auckland. He Ead hadS as-a pafiettf, he said, a man ! rinder 60 years 6f age wfio had frac- . tured two ribs fuerely as a result o£ a rather violent cough, and that cause of fractured ribs was noted in medical ; Ktefatuf#. B'ib fracfures did' riot caus* a large amqunt of shoc-k, and medieai men not infrequently came across cases in which X-rays showed the fraeture of even more tMari one rib, although the patient had no knowledge of sueh an , injury. / ! f tip Refused. "I had a strange experience in New Tork," said the ReV. J. R. Blauohard in an address in Wellington on his redent Americari tottr. "I had a tip refuSCd."' He said that after diriirig in ri Weil-kriowri restaurant ho Ieft a quarter ori tho table fdr the girl Who had waited upon him. The- girl said that tho staff was not permitted to aocept tips. "She pointod td riiy accourit, which stated that ihe management always added 10 per cent. Jn lieu Of a tip/5 he said. 2udspfot Actfvrty. Ob'seryati'oris taken at the Waflganui Observ'ritofy during th© past few days shoW that there is great solar activity at pfeserit. There are no fewer thau U largo grottns of surispots vfsible, erie of these, in Ihe suri's northern heiriisphere/ beirig riearly 200,009 feile# iri length. Another large group iri the sbuth is passiug th© sun's central meridian. Magnetio distrubarices and displays of" the Auforri Australis are probable ari a result of this aotivity. Baktts' Dfmculties. "New Zealand bakers in most oases a#e doirig the" best with the flour they have' aVailrible," deciared Mr Stefi Abdori, a leadiflg SWediah chemist, who hris beeri ex'amiriirig bread qriality duririg his stay in . Christchnrch (states the Star-Sun). Mr Abdon said that it was a hard task- for a baker' to use only soft flours, althbrigh it eoUld be done if the quality of all the flour was the same. However, that even quality cduld frtrtr be sedured uritil the systerii of allocations under which mills worked was removed. Then a baker would be able to pick a flour from the mill that sUited his process and kept its quality uriiform. QulOk Work, "The H6ri. W. E. Farry, iri a confereric© with memhers of my department arid Of th'©_ Pfepar'tmerit of Agriculture lasting 6rily about half-ari-bour, succeeded jn doirig whai iriy departmerit had endeavouted uristiccessfully to do, for yeairs— have the prbtective ban on the &hooting of stbats and weasels lifter," Said Mr J. W. Heenan, UridersefcfOtary bf interrial Affairs, speaking at ihe Hamiltbri Acclimatisation Club's duck diririer ori Saturday evenirig. Not orilv wks if. posSible to shoot these pests tb brie's heaft's content now, he werit on, but a good weasel or stoat skiri had a definite monetary valu©; i 1 " • > -,-ai

oerrattetis AokriCWfetfged. An additional donation of 10/- has been hattded by "N.Y.Z." to the Herald-Tribuno for inclusion in the King George Y. Memorial Fund for the provisidn of children' s health camps. The same anonymous donor has given a further 10/- for the Crippled Children's Fund. i "Aeropiane" Kite How the science of aviation is repaying soifie Of its debf to the toy kite was strikingly shown at Hawera when quite a crbwd, including adults as well as childreri, was attrSCted by fh'e fligbt Of an aeroplane-shaped kite. Although some three feet long and nearly as wide, the model was held with ordinary cotton. In a light Wind that was blowing it aohieved a height of over 1200 feet and glided to and fro in the air in a manrier remarkribly remiriiscent of a real aeroplane. Maori treaecire. A marvellous example of old-time Maori workmanship was dispiayed recently at Wanganui by Mr J. Gilchrist, Utiku. It was a "Whaka-huia" (bok for holding huia feathers) two feet in length and a- foot liigh. The "manaia" patterri was Very fineiy worked,. arid! the long oval box stood on two smrill fests. None of the Maori experts at Wangariui had. over seeh so magriificent hn example of a "whaka-huia.." The tferisure has been carried from to hui to hui for many years,. but has noW beeri given into Mr Gilchfist's care.

Ballet Did Not new Zealand. ■ When the* Mottte Carl'o- Russiari Ballet iarrived in Sydney from Wellington the ^manager for the* t'Our, Mr* A. j. Tait, told the gydney Mofnirig Herald that it was a mOsf sucCessful tour, and Messrs J. C. Williamsori. would certainly iri■olude the D'ohiinion iri ariy future. tours. Members of the company, however, wero riot so enthusiastic. Mr Ronald . Guerrafd said: "It was the hardest tour I have ever made ; I d6 riot wish ,to see New Zealand agairi in a hurry." Miss Helene Kursova said: "I ani glad to see Sydney agairi. Ne# Zealrifid is" very lovely, but the people1 generialfy are comfortable, but so dull."