LOCAL & GENERAL

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 169, 4 August 1937, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL

Declaratipn of yifar. To-day is the 23rd anniver.sary of the declaration of war by Britain apou Gerinany, Milk in ^chools. "The milk-iu-schyoig scheme will btgin in Napier and Hastings on September 6 next," said Mr G. A Maduison, chairman of the Hawke's B.aj, Education Board yesterday. In vievy of thiq announcement, school committees will have to make earjy arrangements for the storage oi the milk between delivery and consumption. by tiupupils. Money in Bobby Calves. Nearly 4000 bobhy calves were raileu away from Morrinsville last week to tlie freezing works. At current; priqes this represents well over £100U iqr the dairy larmers oi the district, Tbat so many unwanted calves were sent awa} troin the farms in one week is an indication of the extent tq wliich the new dairying season is under way ru Juiy iu the ploselyTsettled cauntiy aboy t Morrinsville. Plenty of Wprk and Porridge, "Work' and porndge, and pienty p* both," *\yas the recipe i'of- iong iiie given by Mr Geqrge bunpson, o't Monikie, horfarshire, when he attained his 100th birthday in Janqary. Ne\Vs has been received by his sotn, Mr. John Simpson, of Studholme Street, Morrinsville, oi this centenariaif's death last mqntb. Mr Jphn Simpspn is tlie only oue qf 12 children surviying whp settied in New Zealand. Forfarshire. papeys to hand refer tp the late; M1' George Simpson as c-'the oldest man in Angus," the name Angus being used for portiou ql the eastern part of Scotland. Coiden Totara. A very rara species of totara, which turns golden in the winter and resumes its green coat again in fhe spring, wa? discovcred in the bush on his properly at Aotearoa, 18 miles from Te Awamutu, by Mr. James Yates. The specimen was taken from its native habitat and planted in a suitable spot about six I years ago. It has now reaehed a height j of 12 feet, and its bright golden appearance in the winter period has excited much interest and admlration among loveis of New Zealand flora. Case of Typhqid Rgportqd. A case of typhoid fever was reported at Rotoiti last week, the patient being a native woman whose busband contracted the disease abont three weeks ago. The patient was immediately removed to the Rotorua public hospital for isolation. A a precantionary measure against a spread of the disease qfficers of the Health De- . partment inoculated all the employees at the liotqma Puhlie Works camp, the reason |>eing the clqsq prqximity of tho camp tq the Kqtqiti district aud also that several of the natives employed reside in the Waimana district where an outbyeak of typhoid was reeently reported. Taste for Orapges* A run on citrus trees at Auckland nurseries seems to hqve become an annual occurrence. For several years past nursenymen have had difficulty in supplying the demand, and the experience this season appears to be a repitition of last year, "There would be still more planting if the winter had been more fayourable,33 said a propiinent nurseryraan, "but, of course, there is still plenty of time, Possibiy tbe demand will continue longer than usual. If it does, we may have to declino orders." BLe mentioned that the public had been acquiripg a taste for grape-fruit,-or the poorman orange, and also for the sweet orange, of the varietiea Which could be grown successfully^, in' the Auckland district The demand had set in strongly about two years ago, and tbe difficulty of nurserymen was that four or five years were required to build up a supply of young trees. Therefore an annual shortage was to be expected for at least another year or two. Quest of Premier's Crandson. Iji search of members of the family or relatives of his grandfather, Henry Sewell, who was the second Premier of New Zealand, Mr S. G. Owen will shortly make a visit to the i)ominion.. Mr Owen, who is M,A., Litt.D., and late tutor and censor at Christchurch. Oxford, has enlisted the services of the New Zealand Tourist Department in seeking for descendants of Mr Sewell still living in the Dominion. He hopes to meet members of this family soon after his arrival at Auckland on the Mataroa on August 12 next. Mr Sewell was Mr Owen's mother3 s father. He arrived in Canterhury from England in 1853. An enthusiastic promoter of the Canterbury Association, he, was entrusted with the task of winding it up and transferring its functions and powers to the newly-constituted province — an undertaking successfully carried outMr Sewell practised as a solicitor for some time. He was a member of the Provincial Council, and later held offico as Solicitor-General in the first New Zealand Ministry, formed under the Premiership of - Mr J. E. FitzGerald. Subsequently he became himself the head of a Ministry which resigned rather than yield up its demand for responsible Government, a demand r« jected by Governor Wynyard,