LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 17 June 1922, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The tender of the Fletcher Construction Co. ( £105,000) has been accepted for tiie erection of new arts buildings for Auckland University college. An Auckland message states that ‘Francis Nelligan has been arrested at Adelaide on a charge of having obtained goods valued at over £lOO from electrical firms in Auckland by fraud.

The residence of Mr. Z. T. Walker, Chilman Street, Fitzroy, was entered on Thursday and a small sum of money taken. A number of war bonds were also missed, but these were later discovered hidden behind a box. The matter has been placed in the hands of the police, but no fresh development has yet taken place.

There is a sharp rise in the price ruling for butter and factories having any butter on hand should be able Vu pay out well for the winter months. A prominent North Taranaki factory on Thursday received an offer of Is 64d per lb. f.o.b. for its butter, and yesterday the, offer was increased to Is 7d. It is doubtful if the company will be prepared to do business at that price, as they have also received advice not to sell.

Football is going to help in the cause of charity. Next Saturday will be “Charity Saturday,” when the proceeds of all matches throughout New Zealand will be devoted to charity. There are interesting fixtures in Taranaki, and it is hoped there will be good attendances to enable the province to show a good result. It is understood that the money will be devoted to charity in the towns in which, the money is raised-

“A competent observer of high standing, informs us that when travelling recently through Canterbury, Otago, and Southland, he found the country looking very well, with plenty of feed and promising turnip crops. Wheat had generally been harvested in excellent condition, though excessively wet weather had caused a good deal oi damage to this crop in the most southern part of the country. He reports that the oat crop, which is of so much importance to the farmers in Southland, has been heavy.”—Extract from the chairman's address to Bank of New Zealand shareholders yesterday.

“During the last few years,” said the chairman of the Bank of New Zealand yesterday, “we have had to relearn many lessons. Not the least of these is that nations and races are vitally dependent one upon the other, but to make this lesson of practical value, we must remember that what is true of nations is equally true of individuals. This idea of inter-dependence is, in our day. coming more and more into general acceptance, and happily so, for it carries within itself a promise of the antidote to Bolshevism on the one hand, and unjust admiration on the other.”

“None of us.liveth to himself,” is an old saying from an old book, and it is true, for no man can live to himself; it is a fact, not sufficiently recognised, perhaps, that not a workman can go slow, not an employer step out of the straight line of fair dealing, without a result reaching far beyond immediate vision. The law of cause and effect cannot be gainsaid, and final effects are hard to trace, Extract from the chairman’s address to the shareholders of the Bank of New Zealand yesterday.

“A bar is not a bar unless it has a direct entrance from the street,” said the chairman, Mr. E. D. Mosley, S.M., at the Timaru Licensing Committee’s annual meeting. Mr Mosley said that there must be an entrance to the bar leading directly from the thoroughfare. On Inspector Willis pointing out that several Timaru hotels had such doors to their bars, but kept them locked, the chairman laid it down that if hotels had entrances to the bar from the stret, these must on no account be kept shut.

The opening of the Otira tunnel for traffic is an event that is being awaited with eagerness by the people of Canterbury and Westland. |t has been stated recently that the trains may begin to run through the tunnel at the end of this , year, but apparently there are prospects of further delay, says a Wellington paper. Electrical haulage is to be used in this very long tunnel, and the installation of the necessary plant is not proceeding as rapidly as the department had expected. Deliveries of plant ordered in England have been slow, and now the trouble has been increased by the wreck of the Wiltshire, which was carrying some machinery intended for use at the tunnel. Recent developments in the Waihi mine at depth, particularly on the Edward reef, have been such that the future of the mining industry on the field looks distinctly brighter than for some years past. The operations which have disclosed these encouraging ■features, together with extensive exploratory work being carried on in other directions have, however, involved the company in such increased expenditure that latterly little or no margin of profit has remained from the mining and milling. In order to meet the high production costs, and to ensure a margin of profit, the management has decided to increase the monthly output. When forwarding a consignment of butter to England, packed on November 15, 1920, the manager of the Tarurutangi Dairy Company, Mr. Walter J. Hibberd, enclosed a note in a box of butter asking that the purchaser might kindly let him know in what condition the butter arrived. Mr. Hibberd has received the following reply:—“Home and Colonial Stores, Ltd., Bishop-Auck-land Branch; 5 Lindsay Street, Etherley Lane, Bishop-Auckland, County Durham, England, April 9, 1922. —Mr. Walter J. Hibberd: Dear Sir, —The box of butter containing the note was opened and sold during the last week of March, 1022, by the Home and Colonial Stores, Ltd., of which my father is manager. He wishes me to tell you that the butter was in perfect condition and of high quality, although it had been packed as you will note, on November 15, 1920. We consider it far superior to the Australian butter which we have been selling. Trusting the letter will reach you safely.—'Sincerely yours, Ethel M. Otler.”

A band recital will be given by the New Plymouth band at the Old People’s Home to-morro\v afternoon,. The public are invited to attend.

Webster Bros, call attention in this issue to a sale of house furniture to be held at their mart on Wednesday next, commencing at 1.30 o’clock.

Mr. Harry Gordon, representing ‘•'Snapshots,” the name of Mr. Leonard Nelson’s talented variety company, was in New Plymouth yestenlay.

Misses Bedford and George will hold their dancing class at the Rolland Hall on Monday, June 26, instead of Tuesday, the v 2oth

The total number of registered soldier amputees, as recorded in the annual report of the New Zealand Returned Soldiers’ Association, is 1020, of whom 944 are alive and in the Dominion. The provision of artificial limbs and accessories to “service patients is stated to be quite satisfactory. There are 21 totally blind “service” patients, and most of these men appear .to be happily employed in occupations they learned at St. Dunstan’s in England.

In giving detailed reasons in support of his contentions that the establisnment of a State Bank in New Zealand was unnecessary, Mr. George Elliott in the. course of his address at the annual meeting of the Bank of New Zealand yesterday, remarked: “It can undoubtedly be claimed that the experience of the last two years has proved the .strength of the banks and their capacity to handle a critical position with judgment, courage, and consideration for their customers. The banking system of this country has been evolved as the result of seventy years of practical experience of the needs of the people. The fabric of credit is one of the most delicate of organisations, and should not be lightly interfered with.”

The much-discussed topic of the mode of dress of lady clerks, whether they should adopt quiet tones of material, with skirts of reasonable length, or whether they should attend their places of business clad in dresses of outrageous color an 4 design, is apparently to be settled by the good sense of “inadame” herself (says the Auckland Star). It was noticeable at a recent reception of .applicants for positions by a certain board that the first-mentioned mode was strikingly in evidence, and that the costumes worn on this occasion were modest and sensible.

The vice-chairman of the Meat Producers’ Board, Mr. Jessep, is expected to reach London this week. He will require time to get into touch with the people he lias to met there, but with his assistance the board may be able to announce the appointment of the London manager within the next few weeks. This is the most important appointment the board lias to make.

The State employees throughout New Zealand appear to be united in opposing the second “cut” in salaries due next month, but they have not yet made their formal representations to Ministers on the subject. The legislation passed by Parliament does not make the second “cut” compulsory. It provides merely that the “cut” shall not be made earlier than July of this year. Present indications are that the Government intends to proceed with the “cut,” but the point may not be made quite clear until Parliament meets.

The Beautifying Society will resume work on Baines Terrace this (Saturday) afternoon. In view of the amount of work to be done the committee would welcome assistance.

Particulars of Messrs. Barkla Bros.’ sale, to be held at Koru on Wednesday next, are advertised. The freehold interest in their farm will be offered for sale also. See advt.

The P A.C., Stratford, will hold an auction sale of meat and sundries at their mart to-day, at 10 a.m. At Whiteley Memorial Church, to-mor-row evening, the Rev. W. J. Elliott will begin a series of three sermons on the

“Adventures of Jonah.” The first will deal with “The Truancy of Jonah,” the second “The Difficulty He Tumbled Into,” and the third “The Wideness of God’s Mercy.” Young men are specially invited, also all who are interested in a modern message also. The attention of Jersey fanciers is specially directed to the very important sale of pedigree Jerseys to be held on behalf of North Taranaki breeders. at New Plymouth, on 27th inst. The entries total 82 head, and are undoubtedly the most valuable offering yet to be put forward by North Taranaki ‘breeders. Perusal of the catalogues will produce convincing evidence of this. See advertisement.

The men’s dark grey sweater coats at 16/6 are selling freely at the Melbourne, Ltd. These coats are made in the Dominion by the Bruce Woollen Co., Otago, and v ■ quote the best value obtainable. Every man, and woman, too, should provide themselves with one of these comfortable coats.

“Fairy Wonder” Dty Soap still forges ahead as the premier washing powder and household help. There is hard’y a house now in Taranaki where the popular compound is not used. “Fairy” makes and keeps the clothes a good color at half the cost and labor of old methods. Don’t forget to order “Fairy” from your grocer or storekeeper. They all stock it.