LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIV, Issue 4516, 17 January 1923, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Fifteen new members joined the Loyal Jubilee Lodge, 1.0.0. F., during tlie past year.

About 14,000 cases of apples will be despatched by the Reinuera, which is to commence loading on February 17-

It is reported that, the Cambridge Power Board’s revenue is now £7500 per annum, and that the possibility of having to stirke a rate has been removed.

A man named Robert Ferguson Hay, alias Healy, has been arrested in Hamilton on a charge of stealing a motor-cycle at Rangiotu, near Palmerston North, as far back as April, 1918.

An international exhibition is to be held at Hokitika at the end of this, year to commemorate the completion of the Arthur’s Pass tunnel and to celebrate the diamond jubilee of Westland Province.

At Monday night’s meeting the Loyal Jubilee Lodge, 1.0.0. F., M.U., decided to hold a memorial sei vice to the late Bro. A. Tetley in the Paeroa Presbyterian Church at 11 a.m. on Sunday.

At a meeting of ratepayers held at Puru, at which about 35 ratepayers were present, it was decided to recommend tihe taking of a poll on the question as to whether, a toll-gate should be erected on the Coast Road.

The secretary of the Hauraki Plains Hospital Site fund advises that all lists sent out will be returnable to him by February 14, when it is hoped that a liberal response will be accorded •this very worthy and necessary project.

The steamers leaving New Zealand in February with frozen meat have been allotted the following carcases. —Paparoa 68,00.0, Piako 53,000, Reinuera 70,400, 9thenic 51,500, Mahana 107,800, Waiigaratta 67,000, Pakeha 97,300, Kaikour.a. 74,00'0, Kia Ora 87,000. Total 676,000.

While engaged in wood splitting at White Rock station the other day, reports the Wairarapa Age, Mr H. Davis, of Martinbo?ough, met with a painful accident. His foot, slipped •while he was swinging the axe, with the result that the blade came down on his hand, severing three oH his fingers. The sufferer rode into Martinborough and had the inpury attended to.

Tlie majority off .the competitors in the Canterbury lucerne campaign are busily engaged • taking their second cut for the season (says an ex r change). Some of; them completed the operation a fortnight agp, wlt.i the prospect of a third cut the first week or ten days in the New Year. As the bulk of the areas are only in from 11 to 13 months, the early cuts secured are very gratifying to the competitors.

Otaki is, perhaps, .the only town in New Zealand where it would be difficult to say whether the European, Chinese, Or Maori predominated (says the Manawatu Times). The Europeans are attracted by the genial climate, the Chinese by the rich soil, and the Maori by both these, and by the fact that it was his ancestral home. To escape the environment many residents are building a.n attractive suburb near the seaside.

The residents of Tirohia are this year organising a picnic for the ■school children, to be held, in Mr Wiggins’ paddock on Saturday, 27th insJ. As there are many little children attending this school who, through distance, will be prevented from attending the big picnic to be organised oy the Paeroa District High School Committed probably about March, .this step has been taken by the residents of Tirohia so that the little ones can have a “day out” and enjoy themselves.

“The best thing in England that came under our notice was the daylight saving,” said a New Zealander who has just returned to Wellington from a trip to .the Old Country. “How do you think it would work out in New Zealand ?” he was asked. “Splendidly,” he said. “Indeed, it would be much more advantageous in New Zealand, as we have less daylight than they have in England. It is practically dark here at 8 pan. in mid-summer, whilst in England it is' light until 10 p.m.”

In conversation with a well-known Nelson sheep breeder a “Mail” reporter was informed that. New Zealand woollen mills at the present ■time were very short of fine halfbred wool. Tn support of his statement he remarked that at the last London ■wool sales about six weeks ago his clip realised 24%d ; but a few days ago a representative of a New Zealand mill offered him 26%d f.o.b. for this season’s cilp. This price is worth about 4d a lb more than the London price when the freight Home is taken into consideration.