LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 30 July 1921, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

For committing a breach of the peace and using indecent language in a public place at Hawera. Thomas Porkau, or Malcolm, and James Wallace were yesterday fined £7 10s each, in default 14 days’ imprisonment.

A parcel of 135 fully paid up shares in the New Plymouth Sash and Door Company was disposed of at auction yesterday afternoon by Messrs. Newton King, Ltd. The price realised was £4 per share, and the ottering was sold in three Jots.

The Auckland City Council on Thursday night discussed" the abattoirs dispute as a result of which the master butchers liave been doing their own killing for some, weeks, and .adopted a recommendation by the latter to let the slaughtering on contract, by which they thought the difficulty might be overcome.

The N.Z. Loan and. Mercantile Agency Co., Stratford, wish to draw clients’'attention to their Straitford sale which they are holding, in their Stratford yards on Tuesday, August 2, at 1 p.m. Full particulars of entries will be found on page S of this

Thirty-two applicants were heard at yesterday’s sitting of the War Pensions Board in New Plymouth. Of these seven were granted permanent pensions, four are to be reconsidered at the expiry of the present allowance, two were adjourned to Wellington, and nineteen were renewed for a further period, one being final.' In four instances increases were made.

The advantages of cheap electricity. At Vargo, in Sweden, there is a paper mill operated entirely by electricity. Not a bit of coal or any other fuel is used, whereas under old conditions 20,000 tons annually were required. The boiler house contains seven electric boilers' each of 300 h.p., and the current enters the boilers at a pressure of 10,000 volts. Full steam pressure can be raised in from five to ten minutes after switching on the current, and considerable economy in attendance is obtained, as compared with coal firing. Sir James Hope Simpson, director and general manager of the Bank of Liverpool, speaking at the annual dinner of the Halifax Chamber of Commerce, said the consumer had struck all over the world, not because lie wanted to strike —he still needed goods in largo quantities—but because he had not the money to pay the high prices. The only way to get prices down was to reduce cost of production. There must be no restriction on output, and there was no possibility of England really reviving so long as restriction of output was continued. Sixty-eight applications under the Discharged Soldiers’ Settlement Actfl, ■were dealt with as follows at the monthly meeting of the Taranaki Land Board this week: —Fourteen applications for houses were recommended, 1 refused and 1 deferred; 22 stock applications were approved, 5 refused and 7 deferred; 3 applications for additional building grants were approved; 1 application for sub-division of farm was approved, 2 refused and 2 deferred; 6 applications to transfer were approved and 2 deferred; 2 applications to clear mortgages were refused. Yesterday afternoon the Maori .war veterans of the New Plymouth district were entertained in the Victoria League rooms by the Ven. Archdeacon Evans, vice-president of the Veterans’ Association. There were about 25 veterans present, and a very happy hour or so was spent together. In the course of the proceedings brief speeches were made by the Archdeacon, the Mayor (Mr. F. E. Wilson), Messrs. C. H. Burgess, W. J. Penn and T. C. List. Mr. Adlam responded on behalf of the veterans, who, lie said, greatly appreciated the kindly thought of the Archdeacon in bringing them together and offering them such enjoyable hospitality. A sitting of the Teachers’ Appeal Board was held at the fiflice of the Taranaki Education Board yesterday. Mr. J. W. Poynton, S.M. presided, Mr. N. H. Law (Auckland) represented the teachers and Mr. T. B. Strong (chief inspector of primary schools) represented the Education Department. Four appeals by teachers were dealt with and the results will be communicated to the appellants through the Director of Education. It is slated that when the system of grading was altered a number of teachers appealed through failure to fully understand the system and their positions under it. Altogether .300 appealfl were lodged, but when explanations were made 100 of these were withdrawn. The board leaves New Plymouth this morning for Wellington, where they commence hearing appeals on Monday next.

A meeting of the New Plymouth district Repatriation Committee was held yesterday afternoon. Present: Messrs. C. H. Weston (chairman), W. J. Cnainey, T. Furlong, H. R. Cattley, G. E. Roper and the secretary (Mr. A. S. Allen). The secretary reported that six loans totalling £llOO had been repaid since the last meeting, and that with very few exceptions instalments were punctually paid at due date. Two loans of £5O each and one of £75 for the purchase of furniture, authorised by the executive, were confirmed. Payment of the retained portion of two training subsidies was authorised. Further terms of training were granted to two returned men, and an applicant for training on a State farm was also approved. A business loan of £3OO was recommended for approval, and an application for an advance of £3OO for a taxi-car was deferred for further consider tion. Two furniture loans of £5O each we're granted.

The Auckland Star gives an interesting account of the welcome accorded Katana at -Orakei. “Like the knights of old, who always carried their arms on a shield, each notable Maori movement or remarkable person has a distinguished insignia. Ir the native case it is a flag las a rule. Katana’s ensign is a large white one, with a star and crescent over the Union Jack next the staff, and the words, ‘God the Father, God the Son, the Holy Ghost, ami the Holy Angels,’ in Maori and English, covering the whole of the flag. This wee carried in of the visitor and his entourage as they walked up the wharf and along to the marae (village square). The customary cries of welcome were set up by the Omkei people, and a striking effect was made by each Native waving a handkerchief in either hand, raising and lowering them in unison. The well-known words of the haka, were chanted when the slow-inarching strangers reached the square; but there was none of the wild dancing that one sees at the more worldly gatherings of the Maori*. Ratana. him self, in his long black frock coat, black trousers, and black Homberg hat, suggests the parson—in fact, he is rather like the Rev. Bennett, of Rotorua—and the reception was subdued and seemly in and there was no suggestion of that hilarity which is always associated with a hui.’” The attention of Jersey breeiers is directed to the special sale of pedigree Jersey bulls to be held in October, under the auspices-of the New Plymouth Jersey Breeders’ Club. Entries are now being taken. See, advertisement. The first event at the North Taranaki Hunt point-to-point meeting, t to he held at Mr. Birdling’s. Waitara, today, will start about 2 p.m. Undesirables are warned that they will not be allowed on the grounds.

An auction sale of more than usual interest. to house furnishers appears in this issue. On Wednesday next at Webster Bros.’ new mart, a very fine assortment of Hilton pile, super Axe-, minster, hand-made Indian, and other carpets and runners will be offered at public, auction. The carpets will be warranted as represented and will be on view on Tuesday afternoon and evening. It is elsewhere announced that the Wellington Gas Company has obtained all its eight per cent debenture money, and that no further applications will be entertained. The money was subscribed entirely through the advertising c«mpaign in the daily newspapers, directed by the Chas. Haines’ Advertising Agency, Ltd.

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The courageous manner in which blind soldiers are -facing life, some particulars of which were telegraphed from Wellington, is well instanced by an Auckland case, states the Herald. This soldier having been trained in a handicraft at St. Dunstan’s Hospital, arrived in New Zealand with his wife in March of last year. He decided to reside in Auckland, and the district repatriation officials were communicated with. They first arranged for accommodation for the couple, and arranged with the Patriotic Association for an advance to purchase a house. On behalf of the soldier an officer of the department inspected various houses, and within six weeks the soldier was installed in a comfortable house. The Commercial Travellers’ Fund made a grant -for furnishing. In his home the soldier is now working at his craft, the Repatriation Department arranging for the manufacture. of certain parts and placing the goods on the market. The soldier himself dug and planted a flower and vegetable garden, and is busy and cheery.

“Sport in New Zealand,” is the title of. an interesting article published in The Field by Mr. T. E. Donne, formerly secretary of the New Zealand Tourist Department, now attached to the office of the High Commissioner in London. Mr. Donne says:—“Wherever Britons congregate there is sport. If the means for it do not already exist, they provide them. The people of New Zealand have proved themselves true descendants of the parent stock in this respect, and they afford an excellent example of the Briton in his inclination for sport and his thoroughness and per- . tinacity in providing it. New Zealand is a beautiful and fertile land, with an equable climate. Its mountains carry a wealth of evergreen forest trees and shrubs. From the ice-covered tops of the high mountains numerous rivers and streams flow across the plains to the sea. For the development of ruminating game animals no country is more suitable, and yet Nature, despite her prodigality in other directions, provided no indigenous animals larger than ft lizard. When this fair land was discovered, its lakes and rivers contained no fish other than eels and minnows. The Briton, when he began definitely to settle in New Zealand in 1840, at once looked round for game, and as it did not. exist, he took steps to provide it.” Much valuable information is given on the subject of deer-stalking and other shooting, fishing, yachting, horseracing, alpine climbing, etc. At Stoney River Sale on Tuesday next there will be a full yarding of store and dairy cattle, also sheep. See the sale advertisement and note the time the eale commences.

A special sale of high-class 3-year Jersey dairy heifers will be conducted at, the Waverley yards on Monday, August 1, by the Farmers’ Co-op. The heifers will be offered on account of Mr. W. IL Watkins and D. Walker, and the quality of the draft is shown in the details in the advertisement in this issue.

Note advertisement in auction columns of an important sale of dairy cows at Stony' River saleyards on Manday next, on account of Mr. Frank Sole.

Intending farmers with good mortgage should inspect a proposition advertised in this issue by Messrs. Fairbrother and Pickering. The firm are advertising a 100-acre farm that should be quite all right, as it is in a very good district.