LOCAL AND GENERAL

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LII, Issue 8629, 9 July 1924, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

A meeting of the*Bay of Plenty Rugby Union is to be held at Taurauga on Saturday next. Fanning laiid situated about tw r o miles from Peilding sold recently at auction realised from £6l to- £65 per acre, in areas varying from II to 33 acres. Bourke (N.S.W.), which- was booming 20 years ago-, with 40 steamers trading on the Murray, has had six hotels closed down in the past two years.

An Ashburton farmer in his bankruptcy statement included the following: “One year I bought stock at tm per bead ami sold them six months later for I«‘> <>.

The Bav of Plenty Rugby Union has decided that tlm Kusabs' Crip match between the Taurauga. and Te Puke Rugby representatives will be re-played at Te Puke on Saturday next.

Advices from Ottawa state that a Parliamentary delegation will visit South Africa soon under the auspices of the Canadian and South African branches of the Empire Parliamentary Association. It will consist of four Senators-and four members o the House of Commons.

Th Leader of the- Labour Party, Air H. E. Holland, intends, to move for a return showing in detail lire amounts paid out to public servants who retired on superannuation with over £SOO per year during the last financial year of the Superannuation Fund-

The Council of the Fire Underwriters’ Associations of New Zealand. announces the continuance of the rebate on fire insurance premiums in respect cf all policies dating from August 1, 1924, and. within twelve months thereafter. The rebate will be 10 per cent. An indication of the mildness cf tire present winter is furnished in Air P. T- Ream's orchard at Welcome Bay, where a. small second crop of plums is now to be seen on a. tree which yielded a. crop last Christmas. Some of the plums on the tree to-day are ripe and wellgrown. There were 78 artisans and 473 labourers employed on the GisborneNapier railway during the menth df April, Of these 47 artisans and labourers were employed on the Gis-bcrne-Wairoa section, 295 on the Wairoa-Napier section, and 209 on the Waikokopu branch. There were 156 labourers employed on the reads in the Gisborne district during that period.

During recent years, .since the abolition. of the bonus or reward, shags have been largely increasing on the shores of the lakes at Rotorua and Taupo, and are consuming fish in large quantities. The Government lias decided to reinstate the bonus, and will pay 1/G a head for the destruction of shags, as well as a contribution towards the demolition of the shaggerics in the Lake District.

A total of 0520 men were employed on public works during April. This number included 2637 on railways, of whom '2'200 were engaged on North Island lines, including 92 on the MTiangarei branch, 709 between. Rauganui and "Waiotira, 62S on the East Coast Main Trunk, 656 between Gisborne and Napier, and II I 011 the Stratford section. Of the 020 men on 'hydro-electric works 706 were employed at Alangahao, The postal rates for letters from New Zealand to. the following countries have been reduced from 21 d per oz to Id : —Esthonia, Luxemburg, Tangiers, .French Indo-Cliina, New Caledonia, Palestine, Syria, Argentine, Republic of Panama, and Republic of Columbia. The Postal Department notifies that there has been no reduction in the postage on newspapers to these countries.

The difficulty experienced in sending: fat cattle to Auckland was emphasised by the chairman at the last meeting of the Opotiki Chamber of Commerce. It was decided to make representations to the Northern Steamship Co. on the subject, pointing cut that the Borough Council had gone to considerableexpense to- provide a cattle-race enabling the loading of cattle in bulk. The number of bankruptcies filed in the office of the Official Assignee at Auckland, for the six months ended June 30, 10‘M, totalled 01, as against 71 for a similar period last year, thus showing an increase of 120. In May, 1923, there were 13 bankruptcies, and the total for the same month this year was the same.. In June, however, the bankruptcies this year numbered 20, as against 10 for the same period in 1923.

At tlie last meeting of the Waitomo County Council the unfairness of the taxation proposed by the Motor Vehicles BUI as between farmers and those motorists who* at present contribute nothing towards the making or upkeep of roads were discussed. Tliei Council being unanimous as to the gravity of the position, it was proposed that a conference* of surrounding Counties bo held at Hamilton on Saturday, July 12- The Matamata County Council has been asked to send a delegate. The proposition for the consideration of the conference is “the inequality cf the taxation as affecting the ordinary motorist and the farmer, as proposed in the Motor Vehicles Bill.’* Cr Darby was deputed to act as the Matamata Council’s delegate. SANDER AFD SON’S PURE VOLATILE EUCALYPTI EX TRACT.

The Kusahs Cup ma . , Taupe ami tokaanu A ***** on Saturday l ast owing t fom- ancl.es of snow lay A notice « i„ s , ru ,, to it salool Umlt.!*)*,* tn.,o on July 23 hv J.l' V nn<l Co., I.ul. Tim sau : , by order of the recistr * , ‘ picnic Court. ***)*■

Tim Xgapuhi did i iot n , last night having l** n Mount by carg* work uIAK ■ ** the shipping of uv.jty the Opotiln distirt-t f or ft* i market. Tho WWks I • 1 Awakeri ami ra-ifed from ** Mount.

At the last meeting A , Alatamata County Council a municatiou was ‘read f rom County Clerk. Horowhenua p Council, advising ,h at , ie of financing the cost of A ways construction was under oration. As th. whole sch^ '* pears tc the above Council tob* * of national importance it is If that, local authorities should obS the necessary funds to provide tk contributions, on the most h m ! able terms and without the n slty of competing with each otk on the money market The CW cil asked for the Matamata ty Coun-aiTs opinion on the Eiatt--Tlie clerk was instructed to r J T tc the effect that the Council foi discussed this question and was'd the same opinion as the Horowhe* ua Counrv Con well.

Early in June a Fiji dairy fane, er called on Mr W. J, Hall, 9 i Matetoki. to' purchase pedigree* hr. s€y heifers to take back with hm to Fiji to improve his herd at ik place- Mr Hal] had not met i buyer before, but lie showed bus his herd, with the result that three heifers were picked out and dub taken away, the buyer stating that he need go no l further as these wer? just what lie wanted. Mr Hallki now received word from Fiji that the cattle had a raved safely and the purchaser and others were very pleased at their acquisition- A tm!l of the' same breed had been purchased at Northern Walroa bv the same people and he had been shipped with the heifers. These heirers. are the first pedigree Jersey cattle to leave Auckland proving- for the Islands. A number of cat tic from Mr Hall's stud are owned by several farmers in Tauraiuri County.

Hawke’s Bay. and even tie whole of New Zealand, had a great deal to thank M RDD McLean for. declared Air H- A. Russell, president of the Hawke’s Bay Agricultural and Pastoral Association/ in the course of his annual address. Mr McLean, he said, had gone to endless trouble in bringing the danger that existed from cattle tick, under the notice of the Government, The thanks of the society were ac_ corded to him for his valuable services. Returning thanks, Mr Me Lean said that he had had the assistance of a good man in Sir Walter Buchanan. The Departmenf had taken the matter up, and instructions had been its officer? to exercise every care to prevent the spreading of the tick, H was inclined to think that there was reasonable' probability of their being able to keep the pest some distance from Hawke’s Bay. Air N Keith* said that the present licks iu New Zealand were not infectious those in' Australia, but God help the country if they did become infected. He thought that all Join hands and see that the preset 1 tick in the Dominion was destroyed.

At the meeting of the Opohki County Council, held last week, * communication was read from Waitomo County Council requesting support of a resolution to enable cal bodies to borrow mote extern sivelv from the State Advany-* Office.—The Chairman said office was not in a position to en anything at the present time.* District ..Highway Council had P** ed a resolution urging the , ment to provide funds to ena e council to earry out the p r^ v of the Main Highways Ait. Council resolved to support * Waitomo resolution.—-The . wlienua County Council , a resolution requesting *«• Association to ask the j. to make funds available *to a. to roads affected fcv the Main ways Act. It was resolved to port rite resolution A Delhi message says the call aviators have arrived a shire. The British House «f read a second time a .d\i »■ ■ j provides for limiting dopa 1 subscriptions by Members c House of Commons. fUNTWR VOLATILE EUCALTPU TRACT.