LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 9 June 1922, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

; Mails which left Wellington on April 22 by the Reinuera for London, via Panama, arrived at London on June 4. ’ At a combined meeting of various branches of the public service held at I Invercargill last night a resolution 1 was adopted strongly protesting against a second "cut” in salaries, and calling upon the executives of the associations to use every constitutional means to resist it. —Press Assn. Asked as to how much money he was i earning on the wharf, a bankrupt at a j creditors’ meeting at New Plymouth • yesterday replied that the amount. I varied. For instance, one week he j earned £3 or £4 whilst the next week ! all he earned was 9s Gd. i Some of the education boards have ! complained recently that when they ■ have advertised vacancies they have 1 failed to secure any applications from > teachers of the required grading. Rep- ! resentatives of the secondary school i teachers mentioned this matter to the i Minister for Education on Wednesday. • They said that the trouble would be ■ overcome to a vei\v large extent if the : department agreed to pay a part oi ; the removal expenses in cases where ! the appointments made by the boards i were approved by the department. The ! cost of removals at the present time ' was so large that teachers hesitated to : make moves. The additional salary ' secured by a promotion was likely to • be absorbed for several years by the • cost o-f the’ transfer. The Magistrate’s Court sat at the New Plymouth gaol yesterday after- • noon, when an elderly prisoner appeared before Mr. A. M. Mowlem charged ■' under section 2G of the Prisons Act, i with the repetition of offences and disoi bedience of orders and idleness, on the ! information of Acting-Gaoler Arnold. • Accused pleaded not guilty. Warder J. i H. Dunn, in giving evidence, stated i that the prisoner was engaged on the i stone dump and hud not shifted mure ! than a few barrow loads in the past i fourteen days. He also refused to cease I talking when ordered to do so. Speak- ! ing in his defence, the prisoner comi plained that he could not use the ham- ‘ mer, and that when ill he did not receive prompt medical assistance. It was shown, z however, that the doctor had attended him on May 19 and 28, and on June 2. In convicting the prisoner, the magistrate remarked that he was very foolish to act in such a stubborn manner, because his sentence was nearing completion. In view of the many previous punishments, the magistrate said he could not do less than sentence him to fourteen days on bread and water. One of the features of the winter show at New Plymouth a few years ago was the district courts, alongside which Mr. W. Pratt used to have a very attractive native exhibit. The district courts have gone, but Mr. Pratt is this year to the fore with one of the most unique and interesting exhibits of the show. This he has named “Hapu Kongo,” and it includes Maori curios and relics of native lore and customs. It is a remarkably comprehensive display, and has taken the exercise of considerable skill and patience to make it so complete. There is a complete miniature Maori pah, with its wharcpuri (meeting house), alongside which is Maru, the god of the fresh water fish, the l whareiimu (cook-house)', with Kongo, the god of the pumpkin tribe. There is also the "pataka” food storeroom, “purupu whata,” place where seeds are kept, and the whatahanga, where the maize cobs are hung. There is also the war canoe, whaka taua. and Tangaroa, the god of the salt water. There are other interesting curios, including the parawai, piu pin, taiaha, mere, patu hatika, etc. There is also a great, assortment of produce, mostly of the pumpkin and marrow family. including eight varieties of ironbark, three of Hobart, Quaker and Japanese pumpkins, seven varieties of kumi kumi, Egyptian marrows, etc., and a peculiar green and yellow marrow called “Little Jim.” We regret that owing to a typographical error in our report on Mr. P. Roberts’ exhibit at the show it was stated that Burrell’s paint weighs 221bs. per gallon. This should have read 321bs. per gallon. A chance for a man or two is offered this week to get a smart, dressy raincoat at Rennie’s, the Big Store, Waitara. Real British tailor cut and fitted. See page 4. Blankets! Blankets’ at the Melbourne, Ltd. Good stocks from all the leading mills, Roslyn, Kaiapoi, Petone, .etc. Warm, fleecy, pure wool blankets i that will give years of satisfactory wear ' at prices which defy competition. TraI veiling and other fringed rugs in stock. I inspection invited. There is no better value than the best. You always get best value at C. | C. Ward’s. Splendid quality white or i unbleached sheetings, single bed only, i 1/11; extra heavy 2/11 yd; double bed. • good quality, only 2/11 yd., best 4/11 lyd.; SOin., 3/6 to 5/6. "Doctor” flannels, ; white 2/11, 3/6, 3/11, 4/6; dark grey, ■B/3, 3/6, 3/11. ‘

The large type A.B. railway engines, recently imported from England, are spoken very highly of by engine-driv-ers who have run them. They can haul a hig load, and have no difficulty in negotiating inclines.

“We look forward to the time when we will put a woman candidate forward,” said Miss Trent to the Prime Minister at an art gallery function in Christchurch (states the Lyttelton Times). “Personally,” she added, “I am quite sure that no woman could say more foolish things than some of the men do.” Mr. Massey laughed as ' heartily as the others.

The director of the Dairy Division, Mr. W. M. Singleton, reports that for the ten months ended May 31 there were 975.335 boxes of butter and 1,255,773 crates of cheese graxled for export. This represents an increased production for the dairy season now closing of 42.96 per cent, of butter and 14.52 per cent, of cheese over last season’s returns. Converting these figures into butter-fat equivalent, there is an increase of 30.85 per cent, in butter-fat production for the ten months of 192i--1922, as compared with the corresponding period of 1920-21.

“Seeing that a father is liable to prosecution for failing to send his child to school, would you be in favour of prosecuting the Minister for Education for failing to provide sufficient accommodation for those children who are willing to be taught, but for whom there is no room?” This was a question put to Mr. J. Caughley, Director of Education, at an Auckland meeting. He replied that he appreciated the real idea at the back of the question, and he could assure the meeting that tne department was doing its best to deal with the vexed question of overcrowd-

Referring. Io land settlement, the provincial president of the Farmers’ Union. Mr. R. D. Duxfield, said the manner in which the farming resources of the country were being developed was remarkably slow. In 1917 the farm holdings of the Dominion numbered 79,539, representing an area of 42,744,719 acres. In 1921 the holdings numbered 84.076, and the area 43,546,757, an increase of 4450 holdings and 802,03S acres. This could not be considered satisfactory, as during the four years mentioned practically the whole of the soldier settlement had taken place. .

A note of optimism was voiced by the provincial president of the Farmers’ Union, Mr. R. D. Duxfield, in rei ferering to the prospects of the farming industry in the Dominion. Mr. Duxfield said the past year had been fraught with anxiety to the farmer owing to the sudden slump in the butter market coming on top of that of meat and wool. For a time the position looked ominous, but now there was a much better outlook, and indications that an improvement had set in. Prices for all lines of export produce, with the exception of beef, were gradually returning to normal. Moreover, the ne- | cessity of placing the marketing conI ditions relating to produce on a better basis had been brought home to the farmers, and he could welcome the delegates to the conference with a feeling of buoyancy. In the course of the secondary school teachers’ deputation to the Minister for Education, Mr. M. F. Renner stressed the need for combating wrong methods of speech and pronunciation. “Lip laziness” among children was becoming worse year by year. Proper teaching of phonetics was essential. We taught the children to respect the British flag, he said, and w e should also teach them to respect our language, which he hoped would one day become the universal language of the world. We should aim to keep the well of the English language pure and undefiled. The Hon. C. J. Parr said the community was indebted to Mr. Renner for his activity in combating bad pronunciation. He was afraid that in some schools there was too much carelessness in this matter, and he felt that proper voice production and pronunciation should be taught both in the schools and in the training colleges.

A marriage that was arranged at Christchurch for 5.30 p.m. one day recently was postponed until a more convenient time, for one of the parties, the bridegroom to be, spent the evening of his intended wedding day in the police cells. Detective Sueur arrested the intending bridegroom, Kenneth Harry Armstrong, on a charge of obtaining goods to the value of £26 from the New Zealand Farmers’ Co-operative Association by means of a false pretence. It is ‘ alleged Armstrong called at the company’s shops and represented that he was a farmer of substance from Lowcliffe, and that he had, among his other assets, a farm and a bank balance of £5OO to his credit. He wanted to open an account, and goods to the value of £26 were supplied. They were of the usual kind that a young couple about to set out on a honeymoon would purchase, and included a hat each for the bride and bridegroom. Later in the day Armstrong returned, and was inclined to pledge his credit further, but the officials of the company had become very suspicious about, the farm at Lowcliffe and the bank balance.

Visitors to the winter show will be able to get the very best value for their money in the way of boots and shoes if they visit Dockrill’s shoe house, Devon Street. Prices have been reduced, but quality maintained at the well-known standard.

Mr. A. J. Hern, representing Messrs. Hutcheson, Wilson and Co., Ltd., of Wellington, is staying at the Criterion Hotel, New Plymouth. “Fairy Wonder” is sweet and wholesome, and will not leave a nasty scum on the water. Hundreds of housewives throughout the Dominion testify to the wonderful properties of "Fairy” and say it is a wonderful pleasure to use it. Buy a packet to-day. All grocers stock it.

Ladies desirous of obtaining the most comfortable and seasonable night attire should inspect the new range of nightdresses at Morey and Soifs, Devon Street. Very reasonable underwear prices prevail at this popular house.

These are times when men require he very latest and most sanitary methods when they visit a hairdressing saloon. Men also require that skilled operators should be employed for shaving and hairdressing, and they will not ,be kept waiting their turn too long. Preece’s saloon is fitted with five chairs, capable and painstaking operators, and the methods of sterilising *ll instruments is a guarantee of cleanliness and freedom from any infection. Razors set and sharpened with despatch. W. H. Preece, hairdresser and tobacconist,- Devon Street