LOCAL AND GENERAL

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LIII, Issue 8683, 10 September 1924, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

A native land owner, Luxtord Pocle, holding a. -1000 acre block at W unstead. Waipukuran, was fined £2O and costs for failing to destroy rabbits. Ihe magistrate, threatened to impose the maximum, penalty of £IOO for any future neglect. Our Mount Maunganul correspondent writes; A Church of England social was held in the Arcadia Hall, the first cf the kind fora time. In spite of Die rather unfavourable weaDier, there was a- good attendance. Dancing and competitions were continued till twelve o’clock- Many pretty bright coloured frocks were worn Several visitors from Tanranga- were present ; also many visitors who have been enjoying a holiday’ here for some weeks. I hear that till 1 Church funds -were considerably augmented much to the satisfaction of the committee and those contributing. We are all looking forward to the electric, light in the near future, which will add tO' the attractiveness of the Mount.

The ladies hockey’ match, Te Puke v. Rotorua, played at Arawa Park, Rotorua, on Saturday last, resulted in a draw, with’ no- score to either side. Land settlement in this district will receive an impetus, by the opening of the block on the Rangitaiki recently acquired by the Governmeni from Mr F. Reynolds (says th(‘ Whakatane Press). Applications wall be received up to September 23 for 10 sections ranging in area from 79 tc 117 acres. Tin' property- is situated on the route of the East Coast Railway a few miles from Whakatane and not far from the Rangilaiki Plains Dairy facinv. The rentals of those blocks range from £lB 18/ to .£49 1/0 half yearly-

As an indication of the extent in which cooking by electricity is being adopted in to the Soul bland Electric Power Board ask-vassors repented on Saturday that out of 31 farmers canvassed by him 27 had agreed to purchase ranges.

“How- long docs it take a moti.-t car to gc 15 yards at full Tpeeci ?” asked counsel of a witness in the Magistrate’s Court at Balclutha. “Oh. 1 dent know, what do you think about it?” was the nonchalant nply. Splendid progress is being made with the reticulation of central Hawke’s Bay ip readiness for ibe advent ol current from Mangahao. 'Die post/have been erected for many miles on the northern end. and the wire has also been strung for a considerable distance. ■’Every nine minutes of modern Transport alien on the continent of Canada seme man is killed. The world has gone crazy about speed,”

said Mr Warren Shone, the veteran president of Die Locomotive Engineers’ Brotherhood, whim addressing a convention.

TlFc borough staff under tSe f or(V man, Mr Neilson, has Ihe work of laying concrete b x\i\ n . end channelling in Willow northward from tho Street intersect ion.

Marram grass lias played a p ar j in tin reclamation of the at CastleclifT. Wanganui, in pa-i \ ears . lut thorn am still large stmt-dn* .sand that repnire fixing; i n tin.- Rliln nor. The work is lining < \’e: tho grass is being )*l;iiit< t! ms;, nsatir. al!> on sonif ol the a mas ;h;i; ha\ v Po j idreadv become fixed.

A link' homily on ;h, ni, of credit was ■•lolivei ed h v . j when })lt aiding In api is' n, ut ; Wellington Supivnir (‘•nirt. p r ; s . i i ic| 1 1 ad m am! t‘i loi od;! ■ a : ;} | M pi i ! cnees, and appeared ,< p,,,^ as a M 'uh. Mi t-wot; said ’r >( od. strange t hai credit die,, a j v given a man like this. lh,> : n,,, iiiiti win gave oi od it so. oils A ;jS seine il' I hoin did maviul.ivv wo r o more hindrance than help ;., pp, community. People lived > ntshk their incomes as a result ot the oms with which they ohtamod credit, The continued existence of the t ‘ ir;Vi -. tice of giving credit to all and sundry was a deterrent to then, and might ultimately moan ’dm differoi,ie between poverty and w. alt]' to many people-

“It is said that on tlu> Haller then; ■hh' ca vi'S second only to tile \\ attomn Caws." said Mr H. K. Holland, when speaking of tourist resorts in tlio Hulls,' of Representatives the other day.

A medical examination of about 5000 children in many provi ncinl scliook throughout, the thermal district- ami central Waikato has revealed the need for a wide practice of simple measures for the prevention of goitre. The percentage of goitrous conditions In children already examined is much too high to lie accepted with characteristic puhlit apathy. It averages 73 per cent.

M'yO. d. Ha when (Egmonl) stressed in the course of the debate on the Agricultural' Fstlmatog o-n Friday night, the need for encouraging such industries as poultry-farming and seed.growing. Koine few years ago, he pointed out ? we imported CIO,OOO worth of egg ? pulp : hut we imported none, and this year there was a probability of our exporting .C->OO,OOO worth of eggfi. Thai showed the possibilities of development that there were he lore the industry. A great deal could ho done in this country also in the way of growing clover seeds and other small seeds. We now imported t'200,000 to C 300,000 worth of such seeds every year; h u t if the industry were properly fostered we need not import any, and could ifgiild up a considerable export trade in seeds. The Government are very good at fostering industries with mercantile possibilities. In fart, it was almost as good as the I’hmliet Society in fostering those weaklings(laughter); hut it did not foster rural industries to the extent that it could do, ami should do.

“I’vr been nearly fifty yea i s in tliis country. and am getting past work iu'.w.” said an <'ld stone worker at Auckland as ho rubbed his hand < vor some very fine .‘tone facings which he had put into the bout of cue cf tho most, elaborate public buildings. Thorn arc not many good jobs in tho city with which be had not been connected. “You arc going in more and more for fine stono work in your main build>nes as this fine city grows and expands, yet it is sad to relate that for mam* years past lllere has not boon one apprentice learning tho trade, T might call it a profession, of Iving able to Jo. the best stone work. Bovs will not now be apprenticed to a trade which lakes five or -“a* long years to become proficient at, Tn my day I was apprentic'd t' :! ' seven years- Wo shall have : im-

port all the tradesmen for the tnicr stone work which will bo repmivd. for young New Zeaanders an* not taking it on.”

The returns received by 1 lu■ ernment. from threshing mill owners show that up to the end of duly. 3,836.G32 bushels of wheat ait' !•' 700,687 bushels- of oats had l*?o» 11 ar< sVierl out. The average return of wlieat per acre is given as ‘2-1.38 bushels and of oafs as 31.58 luisliels. As the particulars of areas arc known in 99 per cent, of eases - hese averages afford a fairly accurate record of the violds of the last I ,( " minion grain harvest.

Apparently “.dry’' Amer La. the certains t< wns in New Zoalar.e“dry’’ in name only, says a ni ‘ thern paper. A Southland*’!- writing of Ids experiences, details neu he inonired of a poHc<- offWT > n Panair-i if liquor could he r-r'Cur-ed. Tim guardian of the law replied that the visiter, being a stranger. would have a little tronbv. but ovenirm the lower flap of his c at. the officer remarked "wmiM 'b ;,t suit ?” T 1 ic liquor was rum, 1 u: it suited.