LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIII, Issue 4415, 17 May 1922, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Very Rev. Father Whelan, C.SS.R, will conduct an eigh : t-day's mission in the Catholic Church, commencing on Sunday next, May 21.

“If there are any more of these ‘friendly’ cases,” said Mr J. H. Salmon, S.M., at Paeroa Court on Monday! in reference to an action between a Hindoo and a. European farmer, the latter conducting his own case, “we shall be here for a week.”

Mr Walter Wood (Auckland) advertises elsewhere in 'these columns that he will visit Paeroa and give instruction in elocution and ball-room dancing. In Thames the jazz has become a craze, and Mr Wood is teaching it there with good results.

To be well-dressed is the aim of every self-fespecting man. Happily, this state can now be arrived at within a. reasonable cost to men of moderate means. See Mr H. E. Butler’s announcement in to-day’s issue.

An exceptionally large white carrot h,as been grown by Mr R. Burke, Ngatea. It measures 27 ipches in length and 17 inches in circumference and weighs 81b. Another is 20' inches long, 17inehes in circumference, and weighs over 71b.

As a party of; motorists were ascending the steep grade to the top of the range leading to Mangahao (states the “Levin Chronicle”) thev passed a solitary traveller on foot with his belongings, making his way towards Shannon. Although the car flashed past, the man was recognised by an occupant of !l(he car. "That man served with the machine-gunners in France for three years in a unit that was often associated with my own,” he said. “He has a good record, and it is a pity his services have not brought, him a. better reward than having to tramp the roads.”

A motor-car which is run enitjre’iy without a carburretor was an interesting exhibit in Wanganui. Air is conveyed direct by an inlet valve to the fuel tank at the back of the car. An automatic float stirs the liquid ini .o motion, and a flexible pipe conveys the gaseous mixture direct to the engine. Under trials the car ran 30 miles to the gallon, and no difficulty was experienced. The patent rights are held by a New Zealand syndicate, which intends to exploit them in the United States.

The practice of. electing a host of vice-presidents to various athletic clubs in the hope that those appointed will make a liberal donation to the club’s funds has become all too common in many parts of New Zealand (says the “Cambridge Independent.”) We wish to compliment Mt L. C. Jennins on. his protest a: the Combri.lge Rugby Union meeting on Saturday night, against continuing ■such a practice. Last year, the Rugby Union elected about fifty vice-presidents. As Mr Jennins stated, it is a very doubtful compliment to elect a man a vice-president under such conditions; indeed, it is little better than an insult. Mr Jennins proposed that the number, of vice-presidents be limited to five. This was not carried, but the meeting agreed with the mover’s contention in the main, and decided that the vice-presidents do not exceed ten.