LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 21 June 1920, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Hawera Borough Council's resolution urging that the duty on imported children's footwear should be removed has been unanimously endorsed by the Stratford County Council.

Referring to the rumor that there would be an election before long, Mr. J. B. Hine said, in the course of his address at Inglewood, that members were not going to risk losing their seats if they could help it. - They might take it from him -that no matter what disgruntled members there were, this Parliament would run its three years.

A Saturday's meeting of the Stratford County Council, the rates for the pear 1920-11)21 were struck as follows,

the estimated revenue from each riding being given in parenthesis: North Ridding 3id in the £ on the unimproved value (£405(1); West Riding 3,Jd ( £3550); South Riding, 2%d (£2770); East Riding 3Jd ( £5258); Mangaehu, 4%d (£1781).

A quantity of benzine that had became ignited in a truck at the railway j station yard was responsible for an alarm of fire being given shortly before 10 o'clock on Thursday night (says the Patea Press). The fire brigade were quickly on the scene, only to find that the railway authorities had extinguished the blaze, which at one time bid fair to be a large one, with the aid of chemical fire extinguishers. The origin of the outbreak is not known.

The statement heard rather frequently recently, that the price of dairy cows is dropping, was not, borne out at the sale held by Mr. Newton King, at Manaia, on 'Wednesday last, on account of Mr. W. Duggan. Mr. Duggan took six cows (three-teaters and late calvers) from his herd of CO high-grade Jerseys, and en being submitted to auction the remain-

ing 54 cows brought an average of £32 Us. It is probable (the -Stratford Post states) that this price constitutes a record for grade cattle this season.

The relations that exist between farmers and their employees were referred to in appreciative terms by Mr. 0. Hawken, M.P., for Egmont, at Inglewood on Friday night. There were 50.000 farmers and 100,000 employees, and it was a source of gratification that the men and their masters had agreed through the whole course of the war. There were no labor troubles throughout the country districts where the men and their employees . were agreed and were carrying on the work of the country as well as, or better, than any other section of the community, Probably the biggest bargain in the Melbourne's sale now running the- line of splendid heavy white towels measuring 23 indies' wide by 50 inches long, offering at 0s lid a pair. This price is actually lower than wholesale (juotationsfor inferior goods. On the motion of Sir. Quilltam, probate of the will of the late Mr. William Moore has been granted by the Supreme Court to Mr. Edward Quiggin Boyde and Miss Eliza. Rchildhauer, the executors therein named. A man willing to accept office in any public capacity has no difficulty in doing so, and once having taken the plunge, finds it extremely difficult to withdraw. At the West End Bowling Club meeting oil Friday evening, the. retiring president, Mr. J. D. Sole, stated he had too many duties requiring his attention. During the week lie had had five meetings and this, was "over the odds," and lie resolved to accept no fur- , ther positions. His comrades would not hear of the decision and he was elected to a senior office. The Jfew Plymouth Borough inanager has written as follows to the Sub-In- ' spector of Police: —I am directed to inform you of the following report re- [ ceived from the borough engineer and to request your assistance in detecting those responsible for causing the damage ' referred to:—-I have to draw your attenr tion to the damage being done and the r grave risks in view of further damage by some person or personi shooting at the water pipes in Saxton's paddock. I ' am convinced the shooting is not acci- - dental, but done in a deliberate'. pianj tier, probably by boys witli'Jiea rifles. The mains being of thin steel will not 1 stand sijeli as bullets being fired at • them. From enquiries I find it is not e unknown for residents to dodge bullets, s and I believe some concern was felt some months back owing to bullets falling around houses in the vicinity. I sugd gest the Police Department be written >• to asking them to make enquiry."