LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Putaruru Press, Volume VII, Issue 308, 3 October 1929, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Rev. S. R. Wareing, accompanied by his mother, left Putaruru on Monday for Te Awamutu, to which place Mr. Wareing has been appointed vicar.

The hockey stick presented to the Putaruru, Ladies' Hocxey Club by Mr. S. August for the most improved player for the season was w u n by Miss M. Allwood.

“ Horahora will be silted up by them,” commented a member, when it was proposed at the meeting of Rototua electorate' farmers., to include 1 these hydro-electric works in the tour of the British farmers.

1 Rev. and Mrs. Atkey and family arrived in Putaruru on Monday. Prior to leaving Te Awamutu Mr. and Mrs. Atkey were given a large number of presentations indicative of tne high esteem in which they were held. Mr. Atkey will commence his duties as vicar of Putaruru next Sunday.

The top price at the National Jersey Show and Sale at Claudelands on Wednesday (227gns) was paid by Mr. W. C. Meals, of Ngarua, for Waipiko Conqueror, an outstanding three-year-old by Vivandiere’s Prince out of Waipiko Chlorine. On the sire’s side Conqueror traces back to famous Vivandiere blood, and on the dam’s side to the outstanding Eminent blood lines.

Mr., Mrs. and Miss Flyger and their pupils gave a very fine gymnastic performance on Thursday evening in the Methodist Hall. Miss Flyger s pupils were especially good. Quite a number were present during the performance. The pupils presented Mrs. Flyger with a very handsome sandwich set, Miss Flyger with a dainty cup and saucer, and Mr. Flyger with a set of French fencing foils, as marks of appreciation.

Building permits for two new picture theatres in reinforced concrete were approved by the Matamata Town Board on Wednesday night, subject, to compliance with Government regulations. One was granted to Mr. I. Black on behalf of a Matamata syndicate for a large, modem building replete with every convenience, to seat 828 persons. The estimated cost is over £IO,OOO. The second application was for a building of 135 ft by 4Sft to accommodate 700 people, with two shops. The estimated cost was stated to be £7OOO. The application was made by the Union Theatre Company of Te Aroha.

During the meeting of the Rotorua sub-provincial executive of the New Zealand Farmers’ Union at Matamata, reference was made to the keen competition between the Railway Department, steamship companies and lorry owners. After several instances had been related,_ a member remarked that the cheekiest piece of competition he knew of was that perpetrated by a lorry owner who, hearing that a load of timber was ordered from a mill for a certain house some distance away, wired offering to cart the timber from the mill to site at railway rates. This offer was accepted, but as it happened the mill-owner had loaded the timber on to the railway trucks. Nothing daunted, the lorry owner entered the railway yard and took the timber off the trucks and proceeded to carry out his contract. (Laughter).

Graham Alcorn, Joseph Yandle and Raymond Dobson, pupils of the Putaruru District High School, have been' granted senior free places. The earthquake relief fund organised by the Putaruru branch of the New Zealand Farmers’ Union brought in £ll 7s 6d. The boys of the Putaruru District High School have formed a cricket ciub. Bert Gawith has been elected captain and Harry Waea secretary. Apparently “ collar and tie ” jobs do not appeal to the youth of Putaruru, for a position of office boy advertised last week failed to elicit a single applicant.

Entrance for the matriculation examination closed on Monday. Two pupils of the Putaruru District High School have entered. Three scholars have entered for the Public Service entrance examinations. Mr. H. V. Kerr, who was in charge of Bray and Company’s construction works on the Arapuni road last season, was in Putaruru on Monday. The same firm has commenced a large job in the Hinuera district under Mr. Kerr’s control. Recently the girls of the Putaruru District High School' formed a cricket club. Meg Gawith was elected captain, Carley Scott vice-captain and Margaret Hutton secretary. Mr. W. Yandle presented the newly-formed club with a cricket bat, a gift greatly appreciated by the girls. A meeting of the Putaruru Ladies’ Hockey Club was held on Monday evening at the residence of Mrs. C. D. Brown. Routine business occupied the evening. Arrangements were put in hand for a dance to be held at an early date, and it was decided to patronise a Putaruru orchestra.

Putaruru and district anglers were early astir on Tuesday morning, the opening of the fishing season, and several good catches were reported. The fish were in good condition. The secretary of the Putaruru branch of the Acclimatisation Society (Mr. T. F. Snell) issued 25 licenses for the opening day.

The Putaruru company of Girl Guides, to the number of 25, under Captain Jones, assisted by Lieutenant L. Miller, attended a church parade at the Methodist Church on Sunday. There was a large congregation. In the coqrse of an inspiring sermon Rev. H. Ashworth welcomed the Guides. Miss Alcorn sang “ Nearer My God to Thee.”

The South Taranaki Company’s sawmill at Te Whetu suffered considerable damage by fire during the early hours of Monday morning. A willing band of firefighters, including many ladies, formed a bucket brigade, and it was due to their untiring efforts that the fire did not result in the complete destruction of the mill. The amount of insurance is not available.

“ I notice you say * our member,’ ” stated a delegate to the chairman of the Rotorua farmers’ provincial meeting, when it was proposed to forward a resolution to Captain Kushworth; M.R. “If you do that he will be asked to resign,” continued the member, amidst laughter, his shrewd thrust at the attitude of some farmers towards the chairman of the New Zealand Union being much appreciated.—Matamata Record.

Speaking in reference to rating on unimproved value, at the September meeting of the Putaruru branch of the Farmers’ Union, the president (Mr. A. R. Vosper) said all the meetings, with the exception of that at Tirau, supported the idea. At nrau, ne thought, many had voted against the proposal without a due appreciation of the facts. Mr. Lochhead was willing to address meetings elsewhere, and the speaker appealed to members to take Mr. Lochhead to the outlying districts. Mr. Cowan, registrar of births, deaths and marriages, supplies the following details of the vital statistics for the month of September, and the quarter ended the same month. Figures for the same periods of last year are given in parentheses : September, births 4 (4), deaths 0 (0), marriages 1 (0); for the quarter, births. 12 (13), deaths 2 (1), marriages 4 (3). In a letter to the Putaruru branch of the Farmers’ Union relative to the destruction of ragwort, Dr. C. J. Reakes, Director-General of Agriculture, stated that discing would not be as satisfactory as mowing. Probably the cheapest and best method of controlling ragwort was to let sheep eat it down. To get the best results the pastures should be stocked heavily during June or July and each paddock should be eaten out in rotation. Failing this, if the plant was to be prevented from seeding, there was no alternative but mowing at stated intervals.

Recalling a speech which Her Excellency had once made on “ Sincerity in Art,” the Governor-General, Sir Charles Fergusson, told an amusing story when opening the annual exhibition of the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts. He well remembered, he said, a picture which Her Excellency had painted during the early days of her married life, of a roan through woodland, with beech trees. He had pointed out (on the grouncs of sincerity) a branch on a tree in the painting which was not in the landscape, but the reply was that by putting it in, the picture was better balanced. This gave him an insight into the ways of artists. (Laughter). That night he had had a dream, in fact, a nightmare, in which he was pursued through the same wood by a beast, a taniwha of the very best, which sent him flying down the road shown in Her Excellency’s picture. As he ran he thought of the tree with its convenient branch on which to take refuge. ' “ Too late, I remembered that this branch did not exist except in the imagination of my wife,” concluded His Excellency, amid hearty laughter, “ and with a desparing yell I awoke!”