LOCAL AND GENERAL

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LIV, Issue 9023, 31 October 1925, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Polling places in connection with tiie Parliamentary election for 'Ohincmuri are 10 be provided at the old post office building a 1 Athenree and the courthouse at Ivatikali. The planting season is in full swing anil labour in this department of farrnj ing can be reduced to a minimum by j using Planet Junior t jols, of which ) Messrs. Guinness Bros, are direct importers -

The riako County Council at its lust nieel mg passed n resolution in rot ogni lion of th»> assistance it jj; V d received from time to time j from Mr L. May, of the Public Works OTice, Paeroa. who lias recent Iv been transferred and P lu " moled. The chairman said that the help Mr May had given the council had always been the besh {hat could be given. .Resolutions were also passed by acclamation thanking Messrs Poland, M.P.. and Macmillan. M.P.. for the assistance they had given the council in the matter of obtaining Govi eminent grants. j An interesting article appearing in the New Zealand Journal of Science and Technology regarding the Poor Knights Islands shows j that ihe habit of bobbing {he hair, j which ha a new become so popular with ihe lad Cs. is but another instance of history lepeafing itself, 'hi a small drv ruck cavity neatly bn;:}; in with stone, was discovered hair -dressing apparatus. This consisted of a flat slab of totara, 12 'niches bv I 'J by Id. This was* the head rest. Then there was the chopping} block. 2 inc/hcs by 2 inches, and alongside were the entire clippings from nine different, heads, all looking as fresh as when they were hidden by the priest over a century ago. The hair ranged in colour from jet black to ligh; auburn. i “Good forwards,” was the description applied by Mr G. W. Foirbca, leader; of the Nationalist Party, to the parly's nominees in , .vast v. Kririohurcli and R.iccarton, Messrs I). F. Deunehy and A. E. Langdale Hunt. Carrying on the football metaphor, Mr Forbes said, “I might be right enough at the back of the scrum, but it is just as well to have some weight in the front.’' Mr Forbes’s allusion to the physical proportions of the two candidates, who were occupying seats on the platform, caused a good deal of merriment. Mr J. N. McLean, chairman of the -Rotorua advertising and entertainment committee, has received a telegram from Mr A. McNeil, business agent, New Zealand railways, in reply to the deputation which interviewed him re 'week-end excursions as follows 1 . Cheap fares, will be issued from Auckland Cambridge, Thames, Wailii, Puiarurn, and intermediate stations at Rotorua, each alternate Saturday from 7tE November until 27th February, available for the following Friday. A lady living in one of the main, streets of the town received quite a shock a. day or two ago when on going into a bedroom, she fount] a big Jersey calf which had left a. mob passing along the street and found its way into the house (says the Taranaki Herald). The calf seemed to find the atmosphere and surroundings more restful than outside and was not disposed to leave until a neighbour was called up on the telephone to come and turn it out. By this time the drover had gone on his way some distance without noticing his loss. Although the extreme prices of a short time back are not 'being reached the stock market in the Waikato still maintains a very healthy lone. The enquiry for quality beet is firm, and quotations at present range from 42/to 44/- per 1001 b, (says the Waikato Times.) Cruelty to dumb animals meets its just reward, and a story of how r four women meted out punishment to a country yokel for ill-treating his horse was related by an Australian lady who attended the annual meeting of the South Canterbury branch of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, held in Timaru recently. Complaints were heard of the youth having thrashd his horse across the head, and the women decided to administer punishment, so, attired as men, and armed with, whips, they accosted the youth and challenged him with the offence. He pleaded for mercy as all cowards do, but the plea fell on deaf ears, and the youth was saddled with a heavy log, which he was made to pull up a hill. Every {ime he halted he was ''whipped, and at the end he vowed he would in future respect all animals. If the vast quantity of slack coal of the Dominion cannot ultimately be turned to profitable use it wall not be because of the wide field of experiment lias not been fully availed of. On the contrary, tests that have been going on for some time at the Dominion laboratory at the expense of the Mines Department are reported to be extremely encouraging, and the experiments are being conducted on a large scale. A scheme* of considerable importance to the city, and one that will be appreciated by railway employees, has been deieded upon by the railway Department fsays the Wanganui Citron*' iele). The department has acquired ! thirty acres of land from the Paul esj tate. ami proposes to proceed as sum 1 as possible with the erection of thirty 1 louses on the block.

Th< Wanganui Wmllcn ..Mde (J.UI,) made a Css ol X*Tdd., lor tin l \mr waded .Juno *3O. The 1 ns>. nn inanui'ai-turnig account was f -1001. The. nud tup the first -six months did not- maculae! uro a largo volume of goods. and n «;i. only puvards tho lattor end ol tin* year that ihoro was a steady output. Ihe bus thnl tho orders did not, w.m.i t the mill working at nearly its lull ■•.maeity at, any liem during tho year ;n e-urnt* to t > tlio loss, and if the ernnpac, is to be placed on a profit cat mm, lemi'. it essential that ;i .larger out pm he 01,. tainod. A fifth rail of •_> ■ - per share g to he made. A reminder is given of the debate to be held in the Town Hall on Monday next <n fhe pnestion of Prohibition versus 'Tor mnance. Mr F. N. Christian will, state the case for prohibition and Mr F. Warner (hat for eontinuanoe. Proceeds, after paying expenses, will be donated to the Tauranga. hospital. Mr S. G. Willcoclc will hold a clearing sale at "Wood-okC Oropi Hoad, on Friday next on account, of Mr A. E. Put 1 .who Ims sold the property. Fourteen dairy cows in full * milk and per ral farm , .ntipmmii will bo offered. On', side entries will be taken for tins sale. Mr IT. L. IT West, of Whakatune, offers a marine equipped Ford engine tor sale.