LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 17 October 1921, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The writ for the Auckland East election. was issued on Friday. Polling will take place on November 2.

It is estimated that when the Eltham and other factories pay out next month there will be about £60,000 put into circulation in this district, says the Argus. Postal business at Fitzroy will be transacted at the new office, at the corner of Paynter’s Lane, on and after today.

The retail price of butter was again reduced in New Plymouth on Saturday morning, the reduction representing 3d per lb. Pats are now 2s. against 2s 3d, and bulk Is lid, against 2s 2d. The following resolution was. carried by the diocesan synod at Nelson on Saturday:—“This meeting desires to express gratitude to God for the great favor conferred upon the people of New Zealand and the mighty works done through Ratana, and prays God’s blessing will be continued to him and his work.” The president called upon members to stand, and offered a fervent prayer for Ratana and. his work. —Press Association.

“Don’t forget that we have practically abolished the bookmaker,” said the Prime Minister to the deputation from the Ministers’ Association. “I don’t say that the bookmaker had ceased to exist, because you do hear of him occasionally, but you don’t see. him; he doesn’t <-ome before the public.” Mr. C. M. Luke: He is not a respectable member of the community now. Mr. Massey: I believe that gambling with the bookmaker goes on still, but not to the same extent as formerly. I believe there 'has been a great ''eduction, and that the people who used to gamble with the bookmaker—and it is the most objectionable form of gambling in the world —now go to the totalisator. I don’t say that the totalisator is perfect at all, but it is the lesser evil.

Men are freely buying the following lines at the Melbourne’s gigantic Fire Sale: —All wool knitted socks, 1/9; grey cotton socks, 1/9; fine cashmere socks, 2/11; President bracea, 2/6: splendid saddle tweed trousers, .27/6; colonial tweed trousers, 19/6; colonial tweed sac and sports suits, 69/6; and superior grade gaberdine raincoats, 79/6. worth 1.X6 10b.

Mr. E. Newman (Manawatu) complained in the House of Representatives that thdre were delays in the transportation of fertilisers from Auckland to other towns in the North Island, so that it took as much as a week or ten days •for a full truck to be sent from Auckland to Marton .I unction. The member also said that there were losses in transit. The Minister of Railways (the Hon. D. H. Guthrie) said that he had not previously heard of either of these complaints. but that he would be very glad to have inquiries made into them'.

The Awakino County Council at its last meeting passed a resolution to telegraph to tne Minister of Public Works congratulating him on the manner in which he is pressing his Main Roads Bill and wishing him success with it. The clerk remarked that Awakino County had over twenty Spiles of main road running through the' district, and under the County Councils’ Conference scheme they would get very little more than they were at present getting. It would be altogether inadequate and inequitable. It was also decided to endorse the resolution of the Taranaki Chamber of Commerce expressing "ratification at the selection of the Te Kuiti-Wai'ta-ra Road as one of the first, four arterial routes.

The residents of the Bell Block, Hillsborough, and Tarurutangi districts are erecting a very handsome monument to the memory of the men of those parts who gave their lives in the great wa”. The design, which is a particulaily effective one, embraces a ®ur.moun< ing figure emblematic of Memory. This has been worked in white marble, and the contrast with the dark base of Bluff granite of which the rest of the monument is being made should prove very striking. The base will be about 6ft Gin square, and the total height to the top of the figure will be about 16ft. The memorial will be unveiled by the Governor-General on Sunday afternoon, October 30.

A correspondent writes: A party of seven young ladies were fishing off the wharf at New Plymouth on Saturday evening, when one of them, Miss Dor* othy Bates, of Hawera, hooked what proved to he a very large stingray. Some men came to the assistance, and after half-an-lrpur’s “playing” they succeeded in landing their fish at the stone steps. The specimen was about 4 feet across, and was estimated to weight about 90 to 100 lbs. The young ladies, tnough greatly excited, entered most heartily’ into the sport of playing and landing the big fish, and Miss Bates was duly presented with the tail, which measured 3 feet long, as a memento of her catch.

“While fully sympathising with all blind persons and admiring their advocates, it must not be forgotten that there are others in the community in just as sad a plight,” writes “Invalid Chair” to the Post. “There are many wives in New Zealand a great deal worse off than some of the widows who receive pensions. I have a paralysed husband, who is almost helpless, and in addition is dumb, can neither read nor write, but retains his faculties. My health is at present shattered, partly from overwork in the everlasting struggle to make ends meet. I am surprised that some member •has not taken up this subject before now. I can only hope that the Government when granting e pension will make it for all chronic invalids.”

Reference to the efforts of the New Plymouth Chamber of Commerce to induce local importers to ship their goods via New Plymouth instead of Wellington was made in the annual report of the Wanganui Chamber of Commerce fli under: —“The New Plymouth Chamber of Commerce has been actively engaged in drawing attention of Wanganui importers to the desirability of obtaining some of their goods by direct steamers to New Plymouth, and railed on from there in preference to the present proceeding of transhipping from Wellington. Tn some oases there is no doubt that New Plymouth would be the cheaper route, and the council considers that the matter is one for individual importers to ascertain costs in regard to the lines they import. In this connedtion the New- Plymouth Chamber will gladly supply local importers wi Jh cost of landing any particular line in comparison to charges via .Wellington.”

Tn reference to the exchange of school teachers, which i«s such a beneficial and pleasant feature of the present system, it is stated that Miss J. E. Johnson, a Canadian school teacher, has come to New Zealand to take up an appointment at the Te Hapara School, Gisborne. She is the first Canadian teacher appointed to the Hawke’s Bay education district. Miss Johnson has been following the teaching profession in Saskatoon, a city of 30,000 inhabitants, in the province of Saskatchewan. Prior to her departure for New Zealand, Miss Aitchison, of Wellington, arrived at Saskatoon to take over her position. Miss Johnson remarked that although she had not yet had any experience of New Zealand, she has formed the opinion that the Canadian system of teaching is very similar to that of New Zealand.

In the Auckland Supreme Court, Mr. Justice Herdman granted an application by a man for a share in his father’s estate, which had been gifted to the amount of £3 600 to the City Council for the maintenance and upkeep of his father’s library, which had also been i gifted to t'he city. The applicant was T. G. A. Mackenzie, son of the late Rev. Alexander Mackenzie. The case came before bir John Salmond some time ago, but was adjourned to allow the Attor-ney-General to be served as representing the public. It was stated that the testator bequeathed the applicant only £5. Mackenzie was a married man with six young chiloren, and did not enjoy good health. He had been employed as a cook. His Honor made an order for the petitioner to receive £BOO out of the residue of the estate, £350 to be used to repay a mortgage on a property at Taumarunui belonging to the petitioner, and the balance to be expended at the rate of £2 per week.

During the term of the “Made in New Zealand Exhibition,” a question will be raised as to the possibility of having similar exhibitions, perhaps on a smaller scale, in other parts of the Dominion. The opinion is said to be gaining ground among manufacturers that it is necessary to continue vigorously to impress New Zealanders with the quality of their own country’s goods. This subject of the "local make” is receiving much attention in Australia at present. A correspondent of a Sydney paper has advocated the establishment of a permanent industrial exhibition in Sydney. “Of course,” the writer remarks, “I quite appreciate the fact that we could not attempt anything on a. big scale, but I do maintain that much good would result to the whole of the country’s industries if we had, say, in Sydney, a building which we could call ‘Australian Industries House,’ wherein we could fittingly display a representative collection •of the goods made here.”

Hydro-electricity was discussed at the meeting of the Stratford County Council on Saturday, when a report on the proposed Taranaki power board was presented. Ur. Anderson pointed out that the dairying area in the Stratford County was in the inner area and the balance in the outer area. He moved that the council support being placed in the power board area; also that the chairman (Mr. Walter) be appointed to represent the council. He thought the whole of the Stratford County should be included in the outer area; there was nothing to prevent any f portion joining the board at any time. The motion was carried.

The question of concessions to Crown tenants who are embarrassed by the financial depression and by the slump in the produce markets was mentioned again in the House of Representatives last week by Mr. L. M. Isitt (Christchurch North), who asked if the Minister for Lands would give the tenants time to pay their rents and permit them to receive the rebate on the deferred payments. The Minister assured the member that the matter was receiving most sympathetic consideration. Anything that the Government could reasonably do to assist the Crown tenants during the slump was being done, and would be done. Concessions were being made already where the need existed.

The change over from winter to summer sports was marked in New Plymouth on Saturday, when cricketers gathered for practice and the first season’s -bowling matches were played, three of four town chibs holding their official opening ceremonies. Another interesting summer gathering was the annual sports meeting of the Boys’ High School. Complete details of sports gatherings of various kinds appear on page 3. The names of Mrs. A. C. 11. Collins and Miss Rockel were inadvertently omitted from the list of ladies appointed to the committee which is promoting the citizens’ ball in honor of the visit of Lord and Lady Jellieoe to New Plymouth.

The annual rose show and ladies’ guild and sale of work in New Plymouth will be held this year on November 3 and 4. The favorable weather experienced this spring has had the effect of bringing on all blooms earlier than usual and it is expected that the show of roses will be unusually fine. - The Rev. E. Palgrave Davy opens a united mission for young people this evening in the Whiteley Hall. The New Zealand Children’s Mission is an inter-cKom'inational movement, which has been operating for over six years in the Dominion. The meetings commence at 7 o’clock each evening.

It has been arranged that the addresses on “The Future of the Bacon Industry.” which had to be postponed on account of Mr. Baron (general manager of the N.Z. Meat Packing and Baeon Co., Ltd.), being unavoidably detained in Wellington, will be given during the week ending 29th inst. Details will be advertised later.

“Sinus” is recommended by all dairy factory managers fdjr use by farmers for cleansing buckets, pans and milking machines and separator.s. It is positively non-injurious to rubber tubing or cups, and is guaranteed tp remove all bacteria, thus ensuring clean, sweet and wholesome milk. Purity Products Co., Hawera, sole manufacturers. On sale everywhere.