LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 12 September 1922, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Owing to the inelement weather the annual meeting of. tho North Taranaki Head Centre of the Royal Life-saving Society was postponed from last night till next Monday.

The West Shore bridge, which for so many years has connected Napier with Wairoa, Taupo and the East Coaet district, is to be demolished. Future traffic will use the new railway bridge across the inner harbor. —Press Assn.

Judgment for plaintiff by default was given in the following undefended \ses at the Eltham Court yesterday by Messrs. H. G. Carmen and J. Phillips, J.P.’s: —R. G. v. John Pini, £1 2s 6d (costs 14s); A. E. Smalley and Co. v. T. J. Allen, £9 16* 3d (cost* £2 0s 6d); J. IT. Bodie v. F. G. Turner, £4 12s (costs 8s).

In response to a resolution passed by the Westbwn Progressive Association suggesting that the Mayor should call a public meeting to discuss the proposed poll for raising a loan for tramway extensions, the Borough Council decided last night to hold a meeting of ratepayers on the evening of Tuesday, the 26th inst. The meeting will be held at the Soldiers' Club if a room is available.

When discussing noxious weeds and other cognate subjects at the meeting of the Patea Harbor Board a member asked if there were rabbits in the district. A member who has a farm at Waitotara said that there were some rabbits there forty-four years ago, but they had, so far, not increased much. Hie opinion, however, was that they 1 were now' spreading and were going to be a pest. The following incident is reported tohave happened in the Wanganui district (states an exchange). An old and respected Maori died, and according to custom his money, a handy sum of £3OO, was to be buried with him, whereupon the wise man of the tribe, a keen business person who seems to have had some insight into the ways of the civilised financial world, offered a cheque in exchange for the money, which offer was gratefully accepted, to the apparent satisfaction of everybody. After a busy period with overseas shipping the activity at the port of New Plymouth is now confined to coastal vessels. The next overseas vessel to come here will be the Waitemata, from Pacific coast ports, which is now due at Napier from San Francisco, and is expected here on Sunday. The Waihemo loads at Pacific coast ports for New Plymouth and other New Zealand ports at the end of this month and early in October. A liner bringing direct English cargo to New Plymouth will be the C. and D. 10,000 ton steamer Port Dennison, which will leave London on September 20 for Dunedin, Lyttelton and New Plymouth. At last night’s meeting of the New Plymouth Borough Council a letter was received from the Inglewood Borough Council stating that, with reference to the erection of a sub-station in connection with the electric power extensions, they would be pleased to meet representative* of the council at the proposed site near the Inglewood bacon factory on Thursday at 2.30 p.m. Councillor F. J. Hill was appointed the council’s representative, with Mr. R. IT. Bartley, the borough electrical engineer, and Mr. F. T. Bellringer, borough manager. An excellent example of the fact that the consistent consignment of dairy produce through reputable agents is a far safer and more remunerative course than trying to sell the output so as to catch the top of the market is provided by the results achieved by the North Taranaki Dairy Co., near Urenui. All the company’s shipments of last year’s butter and cheese have now been sold, with the result that over the whole twelve-monthly period from May 1. 1921, to April 30, 1922, the company will pay out an average price of Is 5 2-5 d per lb. for butter, whilst for the period December 5, 1921, to April 30, 1922, the average price obtained for butter was Is 7 11-20 d. During the sixteen weeks from December 5, 1921, to March 31, 1922, a portion of the suppliers sent milk for cheese, but at the end of the period went back to butter, as cheese prospects did not appear too rosy. The average price obtained for the cheese output was equal to 15.86 d per lb. of butter-fat. All the butter and cheese was shipped on open consignment through the company’s agents.

A musical and elocutionary competition, in aid of the manse fund, will be ■held in St. Andrew’s Hall. New Plymouth, commencing on Monday, October 26. The programme has been specially framed to make provision for school children’s classes, and full details of the competitions will shortly be available. A preliminary notice appears in our advertising columns this morning. Entries close on October 9.

Special values in household goods at C. C. Ward’s: 36in. pure longcloth, Is yard; colored roller towelling, 7d yard; all-wool Doctor flannel, Shetland and light grey, 2/11 yard; 40in. apron checks (fast colors) 1/9 yard; a splendid range

It is stated that the bank rate will be reduced by a ihalf per cent, in the course of the next month or two.

It is reported in Napier that a well known station in the Te Pohue area has recently changed hands at a cash down figure of £45,000.

A gardener at Devonport, Auckland, picked up a cartridge in a garden where he was employed. While examining it the cartridge exploded and blew off the top of a thumb and injured two of his fingers. The last of the wreckage of the train smash at Ngaere was cleared up yesterday afternoon. The break-down train took the last load of debris to Stratford on Saturday afternon. It is understood that an enquiry will be held this week.

It would be interesting to know why two motor-lorries were used last week to transfer household goods from Wanganui to North Taranaki (says an exchange). On the score of expense, it is stated, that surely the railways can compete 1 over the distance which in the case of the motor would mean about 200 miles.

An important gathering of delegates of the dairy factories will be held in Wellington on Thursday, when each factory will be represented by two delegates, who will discuss the proposed dairy pool. the meeting the question of the manufacture of skim milk and part skim cheese will be discussed with the Dairy Division.

In reference to yields from Taranaki dairy farms, a correspondent gives some details of the operations of Mr. T. Perger, of Waitara. On 113 acres he has 42 cows, including six heifers and four strippers. His factory returns last year were 14.000 lb. of butter-fat, giving an average of approximately 331 lb. per cow. Mr. Perger relies on grass and root crops, and plenty of both. With the object of assisting returned soldier settlers to improve their stock, headquarters of the New Zealand Returned Soldiers’ Association has been making inquiries of purebred stockbreeders. So far (states the Dunedin Star), the result has been an offer by one well-known Friesian breeder of a number of first-class quality bulls at a specially reduced rate, payable by monthly instalments.

Whilst a motor lorry laddn with benzine was on its way from Wellington to Palmerston North on Tuesday, it took fire on the Paekakariki Hill, and was totally destroyed, says the Levin Chronicle. The fire burnt fiercely, and although the outbreak occurred at 3.30 in the afternoon, it was 7 o’clock in the evening before traffic could be resumed on the road, large numbers of cars and lorries being held up meanwhile. No information was available as to the owner or driver of the lorry. Asked by Lady Luke at the sitting of the V.D. Committee at Dunedin if she thought modern fashions rather tended to increase immorality, Dr. Emily Siedeberg said she thought the fashions were an index. The mental condition, she added, was at the bottom of the fashion. If morals were better, then dressing would be better. In reply to a question regarding jazz dancing, the doctor said that the few dances she had seen seemed to be quite free from any suggestiveness.

Among the cargo shipped at Hamburg by the steamer Port Curtis and discharged at Melbourne recently (says the “Argos") were six cases, containing mi-* croscopes and parts and field-glasses. The microscopes are mainly to the order of University students and the medical profession. The value of the invoice is, in English money, £1486. The home consumption value in German marks was 1,099,000, when the exchange rate stood at 1257 marks to the £. Already £3OO in duty has been paid on the fieldglasses. The steamer Pakeha has also arrived at Melbourne from Hamburg, via ports. Hcr cargo is said to consist largely of toys. Apparently those who seek the protection of the Bankruptcy Court are not expert book-keepers. Apropos, one learned judge remarked that if a man in business was a book-keeper he would never reach the Bankruptcy Court, for his knowledge of accountancy would enable him to rectify financial mistakes before it was too late. At a meeting of creditors held in Wellington the Official Assignee expressed the opinion that 75 per cent of the men who came before him should be prosecuted for not keeping proper books. When asked for a financial statement they could not furnish one. As to whether there was criminal intent — that was another thing.

For about a week a party of schoolboys from Eketahuna were the guests of the Petone people, and a round of entertainment and sight-seeing kept them busy. The fixture included a series of football matches for two teams, the result being success for the visitors in the senior games, while Petone won the junior games. The proceedings were terminated by a high tea arranged by an enthusiastic committee at the Petone Technical School, ft was mentioned that the gathering, which had become an annual fixture, is largely due to Mr. Jas. Lynskey, who was formerly tha High School teacher at Petone, and is now in charge at Eketahuna. The idea of interchange of visits was favourably commented upon by the speakers, who suggested that it might be copied with advantage in other districts. Tn the Assembly Hall. Robe Street, this evening, Mr. E. D. Rout will speak on mission work in Belgian Congo. The lecture will be illustrated by lantern slides, and most interesting information will be given about this little known portion of the “Dark Continent.” On Saturday afternoon next, at the Workers’ Social Hall, a children’s plain and fancy dress dance will be held under the auspices of the New Plymouth Croquet Club. All arrangements for an enjoyable afternoon are well in hand. Mr. J. Huthnance notifies by advt. on page 1 of this issue that he has commenced business in Okato as a motor engineer. AU repair work is carried out under Mr. Huthnance’s personal supervision, and is guaranteed.

Jn Friday, at the Mart, L. A. Nolan & Co. will submit to auction on account of the Public Trustee, a quarter-acre section and 7-roomed house, situated in Gaine Street.

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