LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 20 September 1920, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

At the Supreme Court session at New Plymouth on Saturday the remainder of the civil business was disposed of. Todav business in Chambers will be dealt with.

The Wanganui Herald states that a keen demand exists locally for dairy farms, consequent upon the record prices for butter-fat which will rule this season.

Prices for pigs at Newton King', Ltd.'s New Plymouth Haymarket on Saturday, wore:—Slips 18s to 255, good stores £2 l?s to £3 os, and smaller sorts £1 Ids 6d to £2'2s.

The properties of Robertson Bros., trustees of late A. Hatrick, and W. Hardwick-Smit'h, in the Hawera acclimatisation district, have been declared sanctuaries for imported and native game.

It is intended that Dominion Day, next Sunday, shall be celebrated in. a fitting manner in all churches and places of worship. Special reference will be madeto the work of the; pioneer settlers and the day observed as one of general thanksgiving. Last season 250,450 head of cattle, 4,058,870 sheep, and 3,130,238 lambs were slaughtered at the various meat works in New Zealand. The increase compared with the previous season's figures were: Cattle 37,588, sheep 068,745, and lambs 293,825. Messrs W. B. Grant, H. O. Sampson, and A. E. Washer, president and vicepresidents respectively of the Taranaki Agricultural Society, have been appointed a sub-committee to confer with delegates of the Egmont Society with reference to the question of show dates. Since 1908 the breeding of cattle in the Dominion has steadily increased. This, it is stated, is due to the development, to an appreciable extent, of dairy farming. In 1908 the total number of cattle of alt k'inds in New Zealand was 1,773,326, and this year's figures disclose an increase of approximately two million head.

There has been a decided improvement in the supplies of fish reaching Auckland. In two days last week 2000 dozen mullet arrived from the Kaipara, while good catches are being made in the gulf and on the west coast. All fish but flounder are becoming more plentiful, and now that they are coming into the gulf the necessity of the trawlers going further afield will, it is expected, be obviated.

The revival of interest in football this year was again manifested by tiie large attendance at the Recreation (irounds, New Plymouth, on Saturday, uhen 2000 people paid £lsl for admission to witness the championship final between Clifton and Hawera seniors. 'Vhese teams had on two previous occasions this season played drawn games, find on Saturday Hawera won by 14 points (four tries, one converted) to 6 points (two field goals), and will thus letain the McMasters Shield, whieh they won last year. During the game L. Hunt, of Hawera, sustained a broken collar-bone, and after receiving medical

I A young man gave a pint of blood to | save the life of a young woman who was a passenger on. the Shaw, Savill steamer Atueni'e, which brought a large number of immigrants to Auckland. It happened just before the ship reached the Panama Canal. The young woman was very ill, suffering from hemorrhage, and the ship's doctor decided that she must have some blood in order to save life. Volunteers were called for, and a fine healthy young, fellow was selected by the surgeon. About a pint of blood was taken from the volunteer's arm and transfused into the patient's arm, with bappy results. The patient got rapidly better, and by the end of the voyage was. quite all right again. "The Almighty made a cow so that »he nniiit be milked every day, and so men must work in dairy factories on .Sunday," said Mr. J. Nathan, when giving evidence, at tlie Arbitration Court at Auckland. "If you do not milk a cow im a Sunday she will noon cease to five milk," remarked Mr. Justice Stringer. "Do you think man is also made to work seven days a week!" relumed Mr. J. P. John, the union secretary. "Is not a man entitled to a day off, even if it entails the installation of more machinery?" The witness retorted that the fact that the men seemed content -to work there for many years upoke for itself. His Honor said the union representative seemed to lose fight of the fact that the men worked fit the trade voluntarily, and were evidently compensated for their Sunday work. The secretary continued to emjihasise the hardships the men were subjected to, and cited cases of men who left to work on the gumflelds, whereupon his Honor remarked: "Don't preach a sermon to the witness; ask him questions, but don't detail those facts to him." On Wednesday next Messrs L. A. Nolan and Co. will submit to auction at the Workers' Hall, Xew Plymouth, the household furniture and effects of Mr. R. J. Matthews. The furniture is a superior lot in good order. The sale commences at 1.30 p.m. A concert and dance, ,under the auspices of the Omata Farmers' Union, is to be held in the Omata Public Hall on Thursday evening, when a splendid programme of musical items will be submitted by New Plymouth people.