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LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The hearing of the dispute in the butchery trade in New Plymouth by the Conciliation Council, which was to have •taken place at the Courthouse to-day, has been postponed until March 2, on account of the absence of the Commissioner.

The El th am school excursion to New Plymouth, which takes place to-morrow, promises to be well patronised, several other schools in the district having accepted the offer of the Eltham committee to take part.

All the formation work in .connecticfi with the Manaia railway yards has now been completed and in a short time work will be commenced on the buildings. The station yard, which covers about half a mile, is laid out on a substantial scale.—-Witness.

A meeting of Saturday half-holiday supporters from all parts of Taranaki will be held at Stratford to-morrow night, for the ( purposo of discussing what action should be taken to make Saturday closing universal throughout the province.

An important sale of railway leases at Stratford has'been arranged,, and the sale will be conducted by Messrs. Newton King, Ltd., on Saturday, March 20. Twenty-five allotments situated in the centre of Broadway will be offered, the leases being for *2l‘years, with the right of renewal for a further term of 21 years.

As the result of the failure of the power supply the New Plymouth train service was interrupted for about half-an-hour yesterday afternoon. The fall-ing-off in the power was due to the shortage of waiter at the intake at Mangorei, the Waiwakaiho river being at a very low ebb as the result of the continued dry spell.

In promoting a campaign for the raising of funds to be devoted to the improvement of the recreation grounds in Pukekura Park, the New Plymouth Sports Committee will no doubt have solid public support. The committee have an ideal site to work on, but there are quite a number of facilities which will have to be provided in addition to the improvement of the ground itself. A concert programme will be given by the New Plymouth Citizens’ Band in the park on Friday evening to augment the improvements fund, and the. entertainment should be a very popular one.

“I have seen a great deal of the world during the last four or five years, but as a picture of agricultural prosperity the Canterbury Plains will be very hard to beat in any part of the world,” said the Prime Minister in Christchurch last week. “1 have seen nothing to beat them. So far as lam able to judge, the wheat yield will be an average one, and possibly a little more. If it is average, we shall have enough wheat in this country for our requirements. I do want to see sufficient wheat grown in this country for ourselves.” The Hawera Plunket Society forwarded to the Hawera Hospital Board on Monday a copy of a resolution passed by flie society as follows: “That this society strongly urges the Hospital Board to have a maternity ward included in the plans of the new hospital.” The chairman, in answer to Mr. Campbell, said the board had not finally agreed to include a maternity ward in the plans, though Drs. Wylie and Frengley both favored it, having pointed oui that this would help them to get the goodwill of the country. Mr. Campbell’said they had practically decided to have a maternity ward. The secretary was instructed to reply stating that the board was keeping the matter in view.

At a recent meeting of members of the Opunake Nursing Association the serious hold up (owing to want of finance) in connection with the erection of the Opunake hospital was discussed. Mr. Q’Brien, member of the Taranaki Hospital Board, explained that the board were unable to proceed with the erection of the building unless further assistance was received from the Government. It was resolved that the Rev. Mr. Strand and the Rev. Mr. Palmer be appointed as a deputation to join With a deputation from the Taranaki Board to wai> upon the Prime Minister in Wellington, with the object of placing the full position before the Government. The hope was expressed that Mr S. Campbell, chairman of the Egmont County, should accompany the deputation.

The price of meat was discussed at the meeting of the Hawera Hospital Board on Monday. In view of the prices for fat cattle one member considered the butchers’ prices scandalous. It was stated bv another member that the price of cow beef at the freezing works was now down to 3d pCr lb, and that the price for second-class beef was £1 per 1001 b. It was decided to ijivite the different butchers of Hawera to quote for the hospital supplies of meat for three months. A longer period was suggested, but it was pointed out that the fat cattle market sometimes rose and fell quickly. ‘T don’t think,” said Mr. Gillanders, “that the market is likely to rise very soon.” Discussing the matter with a reporter later, a member of the board stated that last year a dressed sheep’s pelt was worth 8s 4d, against 2s this year, while hides were selling at 2s per lb last year against 6d per lb this year, and tallow was right back to pre-war prices.—Star. Having taken control of the Labor Department, which includes the Housing Department, the Hon. G. J- Anderson last week visited the works in progress in Wellington. He states that the Department intends to proceed as vigorously as possible with the erection of the houses. When in Christchurch the Minister will inspect the houses which are being erected there. In every town were contracts have been let it is the intention of the department to expedite the completion of the dwellings by all practicable means; At the meeting of the Hawera Hospital Board on Monday, correspondence was received in reference to the Hospital Commission from the New Plymouth Board, stating that it was opposed to the adoption of uniform fees for hospital treatment. There was also a suggestion in the letter that a ’wealthy man should not receive ho&pital treatment.' The secretary was instructed tn reply expressing the Board s approval of the former proposal.

The N.Z Loan and Mercantile Agency Co Ltd., wish to draw clients’ attention to their Te Wera sale which they are holding In their Te Wera aaleyards on Friday, 25th inst., at 1 p.m. Full particulars will be found on page S of thia

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Taranaki Daily News, 23 February 1921, Page 4

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LOCAL AND GENERAL. Taranaki Daily News, 23 February 1921, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL. Taranaki Daily News, 23 February 1921, Page 4

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