LOCAL AND GENERAL

Evening Star, Issue 20671, 19 December 1930, Page 1

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Beautiful weather prevailed for tho visit of their Excellencies Lord and Ladv Bledisloe to Nelson. Various local institutions have been visited* Addressing 1,400 school children yesterday, His Excellency said they were particularly glad to have an opportunity of saying a few words to tho children of the primary schools. They, were both specially glad to find their young friends from the Convent School associating with those who belonged to Protestant denominations. It evinced a spirit of Christian fellowship and brotherhood which they ought to do all in their power to maintain and develop* The vice-regal party left for Motueka in the afternoon.

-The recent increase in the tariff on certain classes of railway freight comes as a bombshell to the New Zealand .Rennet Company (says an ElthamPress Association message). Three years ago the company made an arrangement with the department for the carnage of rennet at a certain figure, but on Decem- . ber 15, the day after the new tariff came into force, the company learned , that the freight had been materially increased. The freight from Eltham to Hamilton, 325 miles, was 65s Bd, and is now 95s 8d per ton. As a large proper- . tiou of the output was sold freigut forward, and contracts were made before the commencement of the season, the company is unable to pass on the charge, and will have to bear the loss. The company’s manager stated to-day that it was a severe blow to the industry. The only option was to arrange for bulk output to be consigned by road transport. He pointed out that it cost more to rail a teg of rennet than a keg of beer. Tho Railways Department states that the freight on rennet is still below the rate on general goods, pointing out that the freight from Eltham to New Plymouth Las been increased from 20s 6d per ton to 30s Id, whereas the ordinary rate on goods over the same distance is 36s 6d. •

The design hy Mr Henry E. White, a Sydney architect, formerly of Dunedin, has been chosen by the Dilworth (Auckland) Trust Board for the new school which it is proposed to have'built at Wiri. The jury of award made the following decision:—First prize, £SOO, Mr Henry E. White, Sydney; second prize, £3OO, Messrs Tole and Massey, Auckland; third prize, £2OO, Mr W. Martin Hutchinson and Mr R. A. Lippincott, Auckland. Three prizes of £IOO were also awarded—all to Auckland competitors. The permanent school will tako the place of the present wooden structure. '

By a recent mail (says a Press Association telegram from Wellington) the town clerk (Mr E.' P. Norman) has received from, the Rev. E. ■'Hampden Vjook, formerly minister rtt' Thaiaw,' y-jt l now J'&idjog at Cambridge', Engliii if, a very old manuscript Maori gramma i compiled by the late Mr George Samuel Evans, one of the founders of Wellington, and once Chief Justice. Mr Evans was the principal promoter of the New_ Zealand Company m . 1838-39, and chairman of the Settlers’ Governing Committee. The manuscript has been handed.to the chief librarian (Mr Nome), and will be carefully preserved in the collection of records. !

The reconstructed cable and telephone system in Marlborough Sounds was formally opened at the Portage ■on Wednesday. Mr E. F. Healy, the member for Wairau, represented the Postmaster-General (Mr Donald). The improvement puts the settlers in clear, communication with all parts of the dominion. It is expected that it'will render the Sounds region much more attractive from the tourist and holiday point of view, and it will also give the same facilities for communication with Sydney and London as the big centres.

The annual break-up concert of the North-east Harbour School was held! last evening in the Macandrew BayPublic Hall. The building was filled to capacity. The children gave a bright entertainment, which demonstrated the care and training the teachers had given during the past two or three months. The rendering of the numerous items was a • credit to the- scholars. A feature of the performance was the part songs. The programme _ was as follows ‘ Little Ships,’ senior pupils: recitation. L. Hellyer; duet, A. Hellyer and E. Grindley; ‘Three Pigs,’ infants; 4 On the Ball,’ Standard 111. boys; tripping dance, primer classes; ‘Morning Invitation,’ senior pupils; ‘How Would You Like to be a Baby Girl? ’ infants; Christmas carol. Standard 11. girls;’ recitation, D. Hellyer; ‘ Extract from Tom Sawyer,’ H. Dyhoberg and A. Gavegan; song, Standard 11. boys;' ‘ Father Time’s Office,’ dialogue, senior boys; ‘The Percussion Band,’ primer classes; ‘As I Went Forth,’ senior pupils; ‘Canoe Girls,’ Standard 11. girls; recitation, Mary Bushy; ‘The Quack,’ dialogue, senior pupils; ‘ Lackaday,’ A. M'Hutchon; recitation, O. Wahrlich; violin solo. C. Macandrew f ‘ The Night Nursery,’ M. Scott; ‘Water Lilies,’ senior pupils; song. N.Dickinson; ‘Mother Mine,’ Standard 111. girls; * Learning to Say Yes,’ dialogue, Standard VI.