Bay of Plenty Times. TUESDAY, JUNE 21st, 1927. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LV, Issue 9514, 21 June 1927, Page 2

Bay of Plenty Times. TUESDAY, JUNE 21st, 1927. LOCAL AND GENERAL

A well attended meeting of the To Puke brunch of the Tuurunga Plunkol .■society was held Just week. Mr It. Lrquluirt, of the advisory committee, occupied the chair. Mrs Pcrring was appointed president, and look the chair. Mrs Faltwell was appointed secretary, and Mrs Cushmure treasurer. The following commute was elected: Mesdames F. Palmer, Thom, Fagan. Hickson, Kyburn. Saunders, Gemming, Dobsou and Laity. Advisory committee, Messrs Uruquhart, Coonev and C. Montgomery. At (he animal meeting of the Bank of New Zealand'the Acting Chairman said that if we are prepared to cut down requireinents which may not in any way be necessities, work us did the old pioneers who laid the foundations of New Zealand’s prosperity, and introduce in every walk of life more efficiency, there will be no occasion for pessimism, and our present troubles will soon be behind us, i am aware I am Lut reiterating advice which has of late been most liberally given—perhaps, as I heard it remarked, ad museum—it however, applies to us all, and will have lo be heeded ii serious trouble is to be avoided. V Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure Bor Children's Hacking Couglt

The following ollicers were elected at Ihe annual meeting of Ihe Whakalane Agricultural and Pastoral Association ; —Patron, Mr F. F. Hockly, M.P. President. Mr T. Mitchell, junr.; VicePresidents, Messrs J. Rae and W 13. Gow; hon-Trcasurer, Mr J. O'Sullivan; Auditor, Mr M. Hamill; Committee. Messrs J. Mackenzie. E. Webster, A. - McGougan. F. C. Yeoman, G. Anscli. E. Hull, G. C. Lord,!!. Locker and D. M. Thom. junr. While Mr Athol Gordon was pig hunting on the 13lh inst. at Pakihi. n The offence is becoming a very common one, and will have to be put down. It is evident to my mind Unit the only way lo end tins unlawful conversion of cars is to commit offend ers to prison, for probation seems lo have done no good,” This view was expressed by Mr W. G. Riddell, senior magistrate for .New Zealand, "in Ihe Wellington Magistrate’s Court, when he sentenced John Robert Rae. a labourer, lo 14 days’ imprisonment with liar labour, on a charge of unlawfully converting to his own use, but not so as to be guilty of theft, a motor ear, valued at £430. ‘•Notwithstanding the increased subsidy given by the Main Highways Board, .and which is now 30/,in the £ for maintenance work and £ for £ on construction work, the main highways Continue lo be a heavy drain upon the rales,” remarked Mr A. G. Simpson chairman of The Rungitikei County Council, at die annual meeting. “The money tlv' has lo be diverted for these highways could, with great profit to the country be applied to the settlers’ roads, especially in the back country. Some scheme for the reconstruction of our main high ways will have to be devised, because, with the ever-increasing motor tralllc (tie upkeep is becoming more difficult To reconstruct the main highways, however, upon the present basis of n uuncial arrangements, would entail a i heavy increase in the rates, which Ihe ratepayers could ill afford. Additional funds from the motor revenues is the only practical solution of the dilliculty.” Detailing the reduction in meat freight from New Zealand to England. 1 Mr J. S. Jessep, vice-chairman of tin. New Zealand Meat Producers’ Board, during an address in Gisborne, statec that in 1922 the freight on mutton was 1 5/8d per lb., plus 2’ per cent.', while from September 1 of this year the freight would be 1 Olid per lb. The lo tul reduction per " annum to date was £839,000, while by 1930 the annual re Tuition from the 1922 basis would be £1.099, 000. ■Same ■me ago the operation o “walking off the farm" was very popular, but it is highly probable that many of those who did so are now sorry for their hasty decision (says the Stratford Evening Post). One does not heai so much of it now, .perhaps because ihssalished farmers recognise that there is very little to walk off 10. Those whe 1 left their farms and entered on the casual employment market have prob- j ably now awakened to the fact, in view of casual employment and the high cost of living in towns, that, hard as the life on the farm may have been, they were much belter off as they were. On the farm; no doubt they had littU enough cash, but were in a safer economic position than they now are, drifting into debt through lack of employment.

i In view of the publicity given ol late in southern papers in regard to the ravages of the Australian horn-taiT-ed ily, it is interesting to note that there is sufficient of this ciass of llj in the Wanganui district at present tc slock the whole of Australia. One settler informed u reporter that the Ily was known in the district 20 years ago, but, if so, it did not multiply very freely. There is every chance of it doing so in the future, however. Mi (’. W. J. Richards, Lewis Avenue, showed a reporter some interesting specimens of the fly and .also a piece of pious muricurla in which they had been operating. The wood was placed in a motor garage to dry, and the grubs hatched out, and the hies were caught in some cobwebs alongside Ibc window. Others escaped when (he door was opened, •and,” remarked Mr Richards, ‘.they can Ily us fast us a sparrow.” If they are as good on the wing as Hie grubs are at boring, they will soon establish themselves over a wide urea. Nominations for candidates for live vacancies on the Board of Directors of the Tauranga Co-operative Dairy Association, Ltd., will be received by Mr L. S. Crowley (Secretary) up till noon on Monday, July 11. At the Christchurch Citizens’ Depot for the relief of the unemployed, the patience of the voluntary workers somelimes is sorely tried (stales the Press). On Wednesday, the patience of Mrs Herbert, who is in charge of the depot, snapiß'd suddenly. A young man, unmarried, about 23 years of age, was offered a job at Kimberley. Mrs Herbert ascertained for him that the Labour Department would advance him his railway fare to Darlield. The young man then wanted his bus fare for the live miles between Darlield and Kimberley, ami when it was suggested that, he might walk that distance, the young man replied: “I have done enough wulk|mg in mv time: I’ll chuck the Job.” This was too much for Mrs Herbert. ‘‘l j quickly ordered him out of the depot.” j she said to a reporter, “and told him I not to come back here for assistance-” 1

the Upper Clara, he was attacked by a wounded wild boar, sustaining a gash from the boar’s tusks between the ankle and the knee. The unfortunate hunter was brought' at once to the Opoliki hospital, where it is expected ho will be confined for a week or more. , A pigeon wmch rendered valuame 1 service during the war, for which it was decorated with the ’“Military Ring” \ the pigeons’ War Cross) has just died at Monloirc-sur-le-loir, France. The bird was mentioned in despatches as followsOn four different occasions during the battle of the Yscr and the Aisiie this pigeon assured, without error and under heavy lire, the rapid transfer of important messages. The pigeon is to be stuffed and placed in i the Hull of Honour of the Bth Regiment of engineers, along with that of it; comrade which died two years ago. O, the pigeons that look part in the Great War. only one, it is slated, now survives. A similar honour was paid k pigeons which were'used by the Uulcl when Leyden was invested by the .Spaniards in 1573-4. After the siege the 'birds were maintained at the public expense and after death were embalmed and placed in the town hall as a menu ' meal of gratitude for the great service : they had rendered.—“ Fancier.” in ■ “Weekly Press.” ' : At the monthly meeting of the Mala- ’ mala branch of the New Zealand Fari mers* Union Just week the suggested I -electoral boundaries, us they affected Hhe Matamata district were discussed. • The president. Mr H, Rollett, pointed out that it was proposed to cut the - Matamata district up into three elector- : rales—Rotorua, Waikato and Tauranga. lie thought such a large centre should have the same representative. MataI mala had no community of interest I with Tauranga, and neither had it with Waikato, yet parts were included under the suggestions in each. The two ranges of mountains, Maungulauliri and Coromandel, should be the boundaries. 11 was decided to get into communication , with the chairman of the Matamata County Council and ask him to arrange a conference of all local bodies m the district which the suggested boundaries affect. An extraordinary number of applications bus been received for the vacant position of censor of cinematograph films and Him posters, which was advertised recently throughout the Dominion, and a long process of elimination will have to be addpted to enable .the final selection to be made. The Minister of Internal Affairs (the Hon. K. F. Bollard) stated last week that there were about 500 applications for the ollice, and these were being prepared for scrutiny and consideration. He proposed lo reduce the number to about n dozen, and then submit the final names to Cabinet for the final selection to be made. It is understood that a number of applications have been received from outside the Dominion. Pending the filling of the position, Mr W. iC. Tanner, who has acted for some time as assistant to Mr Jollif/e, fhe late film ■ censor, is acting as censor. An Essex car driven bv an insurance agent named Collins, and a number of passengers comprising four natives-and the one-armed chopper, A. McKenzie, capsized at the sharp bend on the road’ at Tirohanga on Thursday (says the Opofiki Herald). McKenzie had the misfortune to have his only arm broken. The driver got a wrist broken and one of the natives had some ribs fractured. The mudguards hood and wind screen of the car suffered damage. - With a reduction of approximately £10.000,000 in last year’s income to 31st December, and with an excess of Imports over Exports of approximately two and a-half millions, the necessity for curtailing expenditure is obvious, as there is a limit to the country’s resources: but if the gravity of existing conditions is recognised by all. from Hie Government downwards, and a determination made to live within our means, though it may mean sacrifice. I have no fear for the future, which I look forward to with confidence (said the Acting Chairman at the annual meeting of Ihe Bank of New Zealand). About 150 local unemployed wfll i f placed in work this week through the combined efforts of fhe Government and the City Council (says a Wellington message). The Stewart Island correspondent ol the Southland News states that when lauding Mr Adam Adamson at his new ambergris camp at Doughbov Bav Mr George Bragg picked up a bottle" containing papers directed by the Brisbane Weather Bureau and signed by Clement L. Wragge, to indicate the -h rection of ocean current. The bottle was thrown overboard from the ss. Waihora by Captain Neville on June 1895. near (he Hobart coast. Ihe death of Canon Herbert Henry Foster, well known in the Auckland and Waiapu dioceses, occurred in England ; early last week. The laic Mr Foster had been in failing health for some months, and his death was not altogether unexpected. , A contract has been let by the New • Zealand Co-operative Dairy Company, 1 f.td., to Messrs Watts arid Braysha.v. 1 Ltd.. Morrinsville, for the erection of a 1 two-storeyed eon leased milk factory a* Waitoa. The price was about £5003. ( For Couchs and Colds, never falls 3 Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure ;

At the present lime the footpath in front of the Times Office looks like a map of the Cold Lakes district. The latest development is the appearance of a hole which will give someone a nice twist of the ankle some night. Cable advice has been received by the general manager of the National Batik of New Zealand that the net. prolit for the year w hich ended on March 31 last, after providing for bud and doubtful debts and after paying bonus to the staff absorbing £13.000, amounted to £312.271, which, with £173,044 brought forward* from the previous year, leaves available for distribution £453,318. It is ptoposed to allocate the last-named amount as follows; —In the payment of a dividend at the rate of 12 per cent and a bonus of 2 per cent, per annum, £2BO 000: to premises account, £20,000; to pension fund, £0.349; balance to be carried forward, £75,700. The dividend and bonus are at the same rate as last year’s.