Bay of Plenty Times. WEDNESDAY, JULY 20th, 1927. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LV, Issue 9538, 20 July 1927, Page 2

Bay of Plenty Times. WEDNESDAY, JULY 20th, 1927. LOCAL AND GENERAL

I lawfiiiun selection by the Le Pali Quarlelle lake uu important place in Um' programme at IVA on Thursday. The lour llawuiian.s an; very popular iuMrumealalists in the Queen City, and are well-known fur their own compositions. M"" 1 ' A. Ripley and lie Monlalk. hvo well-known singers in Auckland, are to appear at IVA on Thursday. 'lheir contributions to the prograntwc will help to make the evening's enterlainnienl one of outstanding merit. Besides the Hawaiian Quartette, other artists that evening will be Miss Hazel West i soprano). Mr V. R. Thom (cellol. and .Mr L. Schwabe (piano). There will also be a relay of music front the Rialto Theatre orchestra. The War Pension Appeal Board will cotnemnee its silting in Auckland on July l'j. and will probably be engaged for about four weeks. A large number of eases will be dealt with by the board, and it is expected to consider hunt 10 to ~0 eases a week.

The condition under which hospitals may he approved as (ruining schools for nurses are laid down in regulations gazetted in December, ,1023. Provision is now made by an amendment of them that a hospital may be approved for limited-training purposes. Any pupil nurse who has received not less than 12 months’ training at such a hospital will be entitled to a reduction of six months from the full period of training, which is three years. It is understood that a movement is on foot whereby the railway workers of Taranaki will join together and agree not to support tradesmen who do not support the railways. This would not have a very marked effect on tradesmen in the smaller towns, but in New Plymouth where there are about 200 workers it might be much more serious. 'Phis contemplated action is an outcome of the competition between the Railway Department and (lie motor services. A talk about the League of Nations is to be given at 3YA on Thursday evening by Mr R. M. Luing, M.A. Mr Laing is a deep student in world poll* tics. The peculiar position a honey exporter has found himself in in connection with the Honey Control Board was described by Mr J. A. Nash (Palmerston) in the House of Representatives the other day. He staled that for two years past the producer in question had been sending his honey home through < the Board, yel. according lo his slutemenl ,lie had obtained neither returns nor communications from the board in regard to the honey exported on bis account. The man was in need of the money obtained for bis produce, and was anxious to know what had happened. Mr Nash asked the Government lo make inquiries and have the matter set at rest. In reply, the Minister of Agriculture (Hon. u. J. iiuwken) said , he would be pleased to have inquiries made, and would let the member know what was the dilliculty between the individual and the Control Board. Miss Mary Taylor an English artist now resident in Christchurch, will sing at 3VA on Thursday, July 2f, Miss Taylor sang in the Huddersfield Choir, one of the famous musical combinations of Britain, and was a member w hen the choir won a 500 guinea coiitcsl at the Crystal Palace. Recently in Christchurch she has. been welcomed as a soloist of distinction at conceits of the leading choral societies. and her full contralto voice is Mire to please when it comes over the ether. Other talented artists on the same programme will be Mr H. \V. Crow, u first-class llautist, Mrs Harper ,mezzo soprano), Mr W. Bradshaw' (high tenor) and Mrs A. C. Moysey (violin).

A new set of regulations in connection with electrical supply has been gazetted by the Government. One of the new regulations deals with the supervision of electrical installations, and imposes on power supply authorities the duty of making periodical inspections. In past years it has often been urged that there should be closer supervision of electrical intubations as a protection against fire j but hitherto power authorities have disclaimed responsibility beyond making the first inspection of new intallations. The new regulation consist of 230 clauses, with a number of technical tables. That top-dressing and herd-testing were the mainstays of the dairy fanner, was the opinion expressed by MrS. A. Broadbelt (Levin) at the annual meeting of the Dairy Companies’ Association in Palmerston North. At a football function in Rotorua last week, the Hurinui-Apanui Shield won at Whukalane ,\vus presented to the Rotorua Rugby Union by Mr Rangi Royal, one of the winning team, and was accepted amid acclamation by the president, Mr J. Overton Smith. In making the presentation, Mr Royal said he hoped it would stimulate interest in Rugby football among the citizens of Rotorua. He pointed out that if they could hold it against all comers it would benefit the team, the Union and the citizens in many directions. On Saturday, July 23, in addition to Mr Jack Lumsdaine, Mr Frank Andrews, the well-known entertainer ut the piano, together with the Ambassador’s Trio, will appear at 2YA. Mr Andrews’ name is well-known through Australia. A series of talks on Astronomy will lie given by the Rev. B. Dudley, F.R.A.S. at 3YA- The dates are July 27, August 10, and August 24. As evidence of the lack of employment at present, a South Canterbury farmer advertised in the Timaru Herald for a ploughman, and in answer to it he received 27 applications. Five of the applicants arrived at the farmer’s 1 homeon the morning on which the advertisestead, on motor bicycles before 8 o’clock ment appeared, and there were 10 calls on the telephone concerning the job, before 10 o’clock the same day. Under the will of the late Charles Clarke Woods, of Hnwera, the following legacies, in all -cases sums of £IOO each, have been bequeathed:—Salvation Army of New Zealand, the Commercial Travellers’ Association, the fund for blind soldiers. Hawera Hospital Board, Dr. Barnado’s Homes (London), vestry St. Mary’s Church, Hawera, to he used for the reigious and moral training of youths of the parish; Hawera Borough ■ Council for development, Turua-Mokai Reserve, to he applied towards erection of a monument or other memorial to perpetuate the names of those who fell in defence of the redoubt in 18C8. “There is no question that land is now down to rock-bottom prices, but there is a fair amount changing hands at the present time in the better class of property,’’ said the manager of a large cooperative organisation of the Masterton district to a Dominion representative a few days ago in contradicting the statement that a quiet period was being experienced generally in regard to real estate. “Slice]) land in the Wuirarapa generally is in good demand at the pre--eiit time, and where good hill country is available it is eagerly sought for—there is no question about that. I have a number of inquiries now from quite genuine buyers fur first quality sheep country. I am sure we arc round the corner, and that (here is an optimistic note in the land market.” In a report handed to us yesterday of the Band of Hope meeting, the name of Marjorie Boak was inadvertently mentioned in place of Marjorie Bogue. At Timaru recently three men in a car found a woman struggling in the grip of a man who had jumped out of the darkness at her at a street intersection. The headlights were turned on tile man. and one of those in the car telephoned for the police. However, the bird had down when tiic police arrived. 'Hus is no! the first occasion on which such reports 'have reached the ears of i the polite, and recently a man on his way home late at night was attacked by a man who gripped him bv the - throat asking for money. Woods' Great Peppermint Cure ' For Influenza Colds

Tbs Tauranga South Bowling and Tennis Club will hold their monthly subscription dance in the Parish Hall on Friday at 8 P.m. The Government Meteorologist Avired to-day: The indications are for Southerly winds, moderate to strong. There is a prospect of fair to cloudy weather. The night will probably be very cold. The barometer is rising slowly. Seas, moderate; tides, moderate. Another plea ror concessions lo farmers in the freight charges for fertilisers and inarlures was made in the House of Representatives last week, when Sir George Hunter (Waipawa) gave notice to ask the Minister of Railways wueth,er. in order to assist farmers and increase the productivity of the Dominion, his Department will review t,he charge* now being made for the carriage of (hose articles. It is estimated that 400 substantial lotara posts, at least, will b© secured from a large log found near the entrance of the Wanganui River by harbour officials. The tree was 52ft in length, with a circumference al one end or lift 9in, and 7ft 6in at the,other, and a spread of 14ft at the roots. The successful acclimatisation in the Whangurei district of a species of ladybird beetle that is actively controlling mealy-bug, an insect that causes heavy losses in Auckland orchards, was reported to the Auckland Fruitgrowers’ Council the other day.