South Taranaki News

Taranaki Daily News, 11 April 1928, Page 2

South Taranaki News

(From Our Own Reporters.)

Telephene Ne. 2706, Hawera.

P.O. Box >33, Hawera.

WORE OF MAGISTRATE’S COURT. RETURNS FOR PAST QUARTER. ALL-ROUND INCREASE SHOWN. Both criminal and civil business handled by the Hawera Magistrate’s Court for the quarter ended on March 31 reveal a substantial increase over that for the corresponding quarter of 1927. Sixty-five more criminal cases were dealt with during the first three months of the current year. A somewhat similar increase is recorded in the civil business, 76 plaints more than for the same quarter of last year having been entered, and an extra £'1575 12s 7d having been sued for, while total fees and fines yielded an additional £ 127 12s.

In the following particulars details for the corresponding quarter of last year appear in parentheses:— In the criminal section arrests included 50 (11) males and 1 (1) female, a total of 51 (12), while summonses were, males 95 (73) and females 7 (4), a total of 162 (76). The grand totals are: Males 145 ( 83), females 8 (5). Included in the above are 10 (8) male and 0 (1) female offenders. Details of the civil business show that 55 (23) plaints were entered where the plaintiffs were Europeans and the defendants Maoris, £760 10s ( £214 9s od) being sued for. Of these 16 (21) were tried, £142 5s 6d ( £204 Is sd) being claimed, while £l4l 15s 6d (£197 Ils sd) was recovered. Two hundred and nine (167) plaints were entered in cases where Europeans only were concerned, and £2894 3s lOd (£lBBl Os lOd) was sued for. Of these 114 (102) eases came up for hearing, £1343 19e Id ( £l3Bl 14s Id) being claimed and £1313 9e Id ( £1333 Ils 3d) recovered. The total business amounted to 267 (191) plaints entered, £3714 6s Nd ( £2138 14s 3d) being sued for. One hundred and thirty (123) cases were tried in which £1486 4s 7d ( £1585 16a 4d) was claimed, and £1455 4s 7d (£1531 & 8d) was recovered.

Four (7) distress warrants, 68 (78) judgment summonses, 4 (4) warrants of committal and no (1) writs of arrest were issued during the quarter. Summonses and other processes served by bailiffs numbered 214 (175), while bailiffs executed 6 (8) warrants. Fpes and fines collected amounted to £479 2b (£351 10s).

Six (5) new claims for pension were granted. Revenue collected and payable to local authorities is as follows:—Main Highways revenue fund, £8 10s; Hawera Borough Council, £34 9s; Hawera County Council, 10s; Normanby Town Board, nil; Hawera Aeclimatieation Society, nil; a total <xf £43 9s.

EGGS FUR THE MARKET. TARANAKI COMPETITIONS OPEN MODERN PLANT AT NORMAN BY. What lias been the ambition of a small body of men for some time has now become an established. fact—the formation of th© Taranaki Egg-Laying Competitions Society, for which a modern and. up-to-date plant has been erected. Last Thursday the introduction of ■57 fowls and ducks from all parts of Taranaki and from much further afield, in many cases, into the comfortable and well-equipped pens marked the last step in the ebheme.

The establishment of an egg-laying competition in Taranaki has long been mooted by Messrs Don Slewart (president), G. L. Gaylard (secretary) and the members of the committee of the Hawera Poultry Society, and to them credit is due for the fine buildings established at Norm-anby. Without the assistance of so keen a member as Mr. Stewart, the society would have been faced with many more obstacles, but the promise of the use of a suitable section at Normanlby by Mr. and Mrs. Stewart, free of charge, paved the way for the formation of the society, which has gone i ahead ever since. The half-acre section is admirably suited for the purpose, being weli-ehel-tered and close to the township. At a cost of about £l5O three large houses, attached to numerous pens, have recently been completed. The first house includes 34 pens, each 9ft deep and 3ft wide, with the roof projecting 3ft in the front to prevent rain from driving in. In this first building are housed 33 White Leghorns, one Andalusian and one Black Minorca, and included among' the first-mentioned strain is Mr. A. J. Davey’s (Stratford) bird which took the blue ribbon at the Taranaki show for the best utility bird. It will be interesting to see whether the bird will be as successful in the practical competition as she was in the theoretical. The second house is smaller, provision having been made for additions if necessary, and houses six Black Orpingtons, three Light Sussex, one Rhode Island Red, and three White Wyaiidottes. In the third building, which shelters nine ducks, six fawn runners and three white runners, the houses are 3ft by 3ft and the yards 19ft by 3ft wide.

The eggs are collected every night and become the property of the society, which has made arrangements to dispose of them through the Hawera Egg Circle. Underweight or soft-shelled eggs, however, do not count for the purposes of the competition. The society has offered prizes for the birds yielding the greatest weight of eggs over the season and the greatest number of eggs during the autumn, the winter and the summer periods, so that competitors entering good laying birds stand a good chance of winning prizes. That it was a fatal mistake to enter in the competitions birds that had alI ready been laying for some time was the opinion of Mr. Don Stewart, when conversing with a News representative yesterday. When the birds had been used to “running out” especially was this the ease, since the change into the pens was rather drastic and they might even go into a partial moult as a result. On the same section before the war Mr. Stewart kept 459 pullets and he has had a wide experience in poultry matters, eo that the society is particularly fortupate to have hen.-

orary services as custodian and supervisor of the competitions. The official opening of the competition is to be carried out by the Hon. O. J, Hawken, Minister of Agriculture, on Wednesday next. EASTER BOWLING TOURNEY. POST SECTIONAL PLAY. PATERSON AND QUIN IN FINAL. Throughout yesterday post sectional play was continued at the Park Club’s green in the South Taranaki Easter bowling tournament, which is now nearing the end. The third round of the semi-finals was completed. During the late afternoon showers fell, but they were not sufficiently heavy to interfere with the play. The final now rests between Paterson, with two lives, and Quin, with only one life. The details of yesterday’s play are: POST SECTION PLAY. Second Round. S. Parkes, A. Murdoch, T. Hotter, F. Quin (s) 23 beat Guild, Stevenson, Christoffel, Bruce (s) 19 (each two lives). White, Moore, Bourke, Paterson (s) 19 beat Bullock, Henderson, Roebuck, Ansley (s) 14 (each two lives). Winks, Maslin, Potter, Squire (s) (one life) beat Villars, Thurston, Chadwick, Goodwin (s) (one life). Mason a bye. Third Round. Paterson (Patea) 20 beat Quin (Park) 16 (each two lives). Bruce (West End) 24 beat Mason (PI hama) 18 (each one life). Squire (Hawera) 14 beat Ansley (Okato) 13 (each one life). Fourth Round. Paterson (Patea) 18 (two lives) beat Squire (Hawera) 10 (one life). Quin (Park) (one life) beat Bruce (West End) 9 (one life). GOVERNMENT OFFICERS' VISIT. INTEREST IN LABORATORY. Dr. Marsden, secretary of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Professor Riddet, director of dairy research at the Massey Agricultural College, and Mr. Quentin Donald, of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, on Thursday paid a visit to the Hawera laboratory, where they spent the afternoon with the scientist, Mr. P. O. Veale. Their visit was with a view to coordinating the work of the laboratory with that of the college, and also of having an interchange of information. The visitors were very much impressed with the volume of work at the laboratory this year. They discussed the Tokaora experiment and realised that it had entailed an enormous amount of work. It seems probable that the department may lend assistance in having the details of the research published. The use of vacuum containers for cheese interested the officers, who paid a visit to the depot where the containers are manufactured.

On Friday Dr. Marsden and Mr. Donald returned to Wellington, but Professor Riddet was taken to Lowgarth by Mr. Veale and spent the morning at the factory. In the afternoon he paid a visit to Mr. Mills’ Ayrshire farm at Tokaora and also was in communication with local p!g-breeders. Professor Riddet is to deliver a lecture in Hawera to-morrow afternoon.

CAR FOUND WITHOUT WHEELS. To find his ear resting on blocks with the wheels missing was the surprise which Mr. C. Brock, of Lower Hunter Road, Eltham, found in his garage when he entered it after an absence of three days. Somebody had stolen his three balloon tyres and to do so had jacked up the oar and removed the rims. A kit of tools was also found to be missing. The loss is estimated at about £4O. GENERAL ITEMS. Two hundred and three motor-cars passed through Normanby from the Hawera trots on Monday evening within 15 minutes, according to a tally taken by a Normanby resident. A man 83 years of age was found lying on the road in Union Street yesterday. He had fallen from weakness and forgotten where he lived and how he had com© to be in his present circumstances. The police communicated with his, relatives and he was conveyed to his home/ Among the bushels of silver coins which eame ’ and went all day in the totalizator at the Hawera Trotting Club’s meeting, was one coin that attracted the attention of a clerk. It was one of an issue of florins of the Commercial Bank of Australia struck to celebrate the opening of Canberra, the Federal capital of Australia. Bank tellers state it is the first of the kind seen in circulation in the district. The words “Parliament House, Australia,” surround the centre, which gives a view of the parliament buildings in a scroll above the date, 1927, with two sceptres crossed at the bottom. The reverse is the usual design of the Australian florin. The appearance of a canary at the, Hawera railway station yesterday morning caused a good deal of interest among the travellers. The escapee was in the vicinity of the station for the better part of the morning. To tramp te Eltham from Hawera is strenuous even for anyone with his limbs intact, but the spirit of the pioneers was abroad yesterday when an ancient ' with only one leg, and on crutches, set out from Hawera with Eltham as his goal. He was proceeding gaily on his way, having covered about two miles, when a passing motorist gave him a lift. He did not mind the walk, he said, since : he had been absent from the district for tome yearjj arid gx foot time

appreciate the changes that had taken place.

The dance held by the committee of the Central Red Triangle Boys’ dub on Saturday evening in the Winter Show Hall proved very successful. Good music wa. provn.. uy Barton’s orchestra, and Mr. R. Woolford was M.C. and looked after dancers well. Mesdameg Hobbs and Beamish were chaperones and supervised the supper arrangements.

Professor Riddet, of the Massey Agricultural College, at the invitation of the Taranaki branch of the New Zealand Pig Breeders’ Association, will address a meeting of those interested in the pig industry at the A. and P. Buildings, Nelson Street, Hawera, at 2.30 p.m. to-morrow (Thursday). PERSONAL ITEMS. Mr. P. W. Linkhorn left yesterday on a holiday visit to Christchurch and Nelson. Mr. R. Fletcher, who has been branch manager at Manaia for. Newton King, Ltd., 1 etfeesytr bgk jyqwcmf mfwy Ltd., left yesterday for Wellington, where he enters the police force. Mr. J. H. Sutton, after spending a week’s vacation with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Suttosn, of Hawera, returned to ’Wellington yesterday. Mr. Gimblett, of the staff of the Hawera branch of the Commercial Bank of Australia, left for Dannevirke, whither he has been transferred. Mr. G. Syme celebrated his ninetyfirst birthday on Easter Monday. Mr. Byrne is in excellent health, having completely recovered from the serious illness from which he suffered six months ago. Mr. Claude Moss has assumed temporary charge of Messrs Johnston and Co.’s Hawera branch during the absence on holiday of Mr. George Meyriek. The Hon. 0. J. Hawken, Minister oi Agriculture, who has been on a holiday visit to the district, was a passenger for Wellington by the express yesterday morning. Mr. F. G. Coleman, district inspector of health stationed at Hawera, has received notification of his transfer to the Auckland district, and will leave io take over (has new appointment towards the end of the month.

Captain and Mrs. Spence, of Port Chalmers, are in Hawera for a short holiday and are staying with Mr. and Mrs. A. H. S. Hodge.

Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Barley were passengers by the mail train yesterday morning for Paraparamu, where they will spend a short holiday.

Miss Jean MaeLaehl&n, of Hawera, wa 3 particularly successful at the Easter sports at Palmerston North, winning three open events in Highland dancing and the prize for the best dressed girt on the ground. Piping accompaniments were played by Mr. Neil Orudcn, of New Plymouth.

ALTON SEVEN-A SIDE. The annual Alton seven-a-side Rugby football tourney will be held in Mr. A. J. Gibbs’ paddock, Alton, to-day. Given good weather excellent sport is promised. Tire winning team will annex the challenge cup valued at about 10 guineas and seven gold medals. About 16 teams have entered from all parts of the province. AH visiting teams are assured of a good reception by the secretary, Mr. L. Hunt, who is well known in football circles. The ground is a very good one and football of a liigfli grade should be the order of the day. Arrangements are well in hand for the dance in the evening.