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LOCAL AND GENERAL.

To-day is the vernal equinox, the sun rising at 6 a.m. and setting at 6 p.m.

The Chief Justice said recently: “One man would make a fortune on a farm while another would starve.” Too true! The first would sell it and the second would try to farm it.

About 30,000 babies are born in New Zealand annually, and about 1500 of them die in their first year. Of the 1500, 1000 die during the first month. Local bodies in the Wairarapa, are protesting against the large increase in levies towards the salaries of sanitary inspectors. The Whangarei Hospital Baord has received a writ for £2OOO in connection with alleged negligence during an operation performed two years ago on a woman patient named Huy ton.

A first offending inebriate, who was found drunk in King Street on Thursday night, was fined 10s (the amount of his bail) at the New Plymouth Magistrate’s Court yesterday. The hearing of an affiliation order case, George Bennett, farmer, Korito (Mr. C. H. Croker) v. Harry Short, of Mangorei (Mr. R. H. Quilliam) was completed at the New Plymouth Magistrate’s Court yesterday morning, and at the conclusion of the evidence Mr. A. M. Mowlem, S.M., intimated that he would reserve his decision. Forty bands have been officially circularised in reference to the contest to he held at Pukekura Park, New Plymouth, next February, and already eifcht have replied, intimating their intention of coming to the contest. The latest to reply are the Auckland Artillery and Palmerston North Municipal bands, from whom letters were received yesterday morning. “Isn’t credit one of the most iniquitous systems in New Zealand!” asked a member during a discussion by the Hamilton Chamber of Commerce on the question of attaching Native lands for civil debts owing by Maoris (reports the Waikato Times). He said that half the businesses that were ruined in New Zealand were ruined through giving credit. The steamer* Rarawa made her last trip for some time between New Plymouth and Onehunga last night. The vessel is due for annual overhaul and survey, and during her absence at Auckland the service will be maintained by the steamer Rimu (411* tons), which will leave Onehunga and New Plymouth as usual next week, but on following weeks will make three trips. The Rarawa is expected to be off the run for about six weeks.

The Masterton High School, to he opened shortly, is in its way unique, for it is the only State school in New Zealand built without a Government grant. The people of the district puachased £15.000 of debentures from the Government under the Educational Purposes Loans Act, and, with this money the school was built. The result has been that the education authorities have been helped in a time of need, the district has its school, and the people have a further proposal has been made to the Minister; this is that another £lO,OOO should be raised in the same way, for the erection and equipment of a hostel for the school.

Apropos of the Unspeakable Turk a very excellent story of an English girl’s life in a Turkish Prince’s harem is being told in English papers.. She is one: of several dozen ladies who have sworn to love, honor and obey the same lord and master or be chucked into the Bosphorous. But to us the most fascinating part of the story is that this lady of the harem is really a New Zealand girl, of rich but honest parents, who used to keep a sheep station in Canterbury, but are now quartered in London. The New Zealand girl declares harem life to be ideally happy and has .this curious line in a letter, “A Turkish gentleman is above all others the perfect gentleman.” She doesn’t give any idea of what she thinks of the other twenty-six Mrs. Ibrahims.

The Nelson College football team will arrive in New Plymouth by the mail train to-night, and will play their match against High School on Monday afternoon at the Pukekura Park sports ground. To-morrow the teams attend church at St. Mary’s at 9.30 and later the visitors will be entertained by old boys of Nelson College, when they will be motored to the mountain for the day. The party will leave for the mountain - at 11 a.m. and those old boys of Nelson College who can make the trip are requested to notify Mr. W. H. Moyes to-day. On Monday evening a dance will be held in the sssembly hall at the Boys’ High School in honor of the visitors, who leave on the homeward journey on Tuesday morning.

Mr. W. Healy, who is manager for Mr. Purdy's farm at Mahoenui, met with a somewhat painful accident on the Awakino Road recently. He was bringing sheep in from Waitara, and the horse he was riding was young and unused to traffic. When opposite Mr. Jacob’s place a car driven by Mr. J. Muir appeared and the horse became frightened, reared, and fell back on Mr. Healy, injuring him about the legs rather severely. The man was conveyed to Dr. Gray’s residence for treatment, and later conveyed to the Hamilton Hospital. Mr. Healy is a son of Mr. Healy, of Messrs Newton and King, New Plymouth.

Emphasising the need for putting things on record in connection with Maori anthropology, Dr. Buck stated in the course of his lecture tc the Ethnological branch of the Auckland Institute that when recently in his old district, Taranaki, endeavouring to obtain records and retails in connection with Maori basket-making, several Maori women 50 and 60 years of age were unable to assist him. They had forgotten the weaving and shaping of certain shapes. “Fortunately,” added the lecturer, “I found a woman of 80 years, who though not able to make the articles at once, eventually decided to try her hand at the old work, and soon made the baskets I wanted. It shows that we should do all we can now to place the arts and crafts of the Maori on record, before these things are forgotten.”

Convincing evidence of the popularity of the Jersey breed in this province can he seen by an advertisement appearing in this paper in connection with thrqe forthcoming pedigree Jersey bull sales. In all 400 animals are catalogued for these sales, 179 on behalf of New Plymouth (North Taranaki) breeders, 112 Stratford and 110 Kaponga. The entries represent records for sales held by the respective clubs and the quality of each is particularly good. Jersey farmers desirous of. purchasing good herd sires that will eventually raise the standard of their herd production will have excellent opportunities at these sales of suiting their requirements, See advt.

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Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi

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Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka

Taranaki Daily News, 23 September 1922, Page 4

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Tapeke kupu
1,120

LOCAL AND GENERAL. Taranaki Daily News, 23 September 1922, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL. Taranaki Daily News, 23 September 1922, Page 4

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