LOCAL AND GENERAL

Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 4011, 10 June 1920, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

"Workshop-economy" is .tliu -ciilj of uJ.'O I_CUiJ.V to ou ;j,l".v_ll UC lilt" t> .jL...!.. tiuoo ai tiie ifcuiiical ibciiuoi tonignt. The Ministry of Labour reports thai of tile iS&i) piuui-sliuiuig mm labour co-partnerships begun m che Uniteu Kingdom 'at une time or another since 1805, onJy. 182 survive. 'Oniy one man has said since h\ resumed me continuous running oi ; tlie electrical plant that wo sliouki not have tlie ali-mghi load/ said tiiu Aiayur last night. ihat We iUunicipal Li/jiaij iti ;< losing proposition uiiuiielariW if > " matter lor xegrel ilo the jiayur. Ml xianord nope* Una tne ruLep;iyei>. will in future give better support lv the library. Sixty-three lots of British Friesiuii cattle, comprising nearly the whole herd of Mr U. IS. itaclc-riite, of Tarvin, Cheshire, sold in April last at Chester for 2b',B6'2gns, an average oi 426gns. One bull made 450(Jgn«. A x'etitjon i s being taken round Alastemou asking the employers to consider the question of closing their business premises at (i o'clock, instead of a long night per week. Magistrate (peering over his t>pectacles at diminutive prisoner): What's the charge? "Attempted said the burly constable. "Indeed! Howi was that?" "He wanted to fight me, x°ur Worship." An observant and freo.uent traveller over the highways in Feilding and district reports that since the Sandon road tragedy motor drivers are very much more careful and travel at a. grpatly reduced speed than previously, especially .after sunset. The Oroua County Council yesterday afternoon pu-ssed a motion ol thanks to Mr Hubbard for -his letter on hydro-electricity. Also, "Xha.C this Council will be pleased to accept his offer to explain the provisions ol the Act at.':t.he next meeting ox the Council.

The present Council,, said Mr T'oliey last night, is as gpod -a Council as we were ilikely to get in Feilding. They had handled finances and managed the itown as capably as any previous Council, and as well as any. Council they were likely to get. (Hear, hear.) "I should' call Hawera the Feilding of Taranaki," said'Mr Tolley last night.- Mr Tolley described the Taranaki town as being very attractive, largely owing to i't,s tar-sealed streets, and this was well worth imitation in Feilding. Feilding's surrounding country was quite as good as Hawera. In the civiL action heard .yesterday, in which Wackrill and Stewart claimed £12 9s 2d from Frederick Hewitt, the dispute' being as to whether a guarantee was given with certain tyres, judgment was given for ■t'lie full amount claimed, with costs, the Court, holding that no guarantee had been given. " Seven and eleven for a pair of stockings—l've just .signed a promise thait, I won't piiy anything like such a shaipeful' price." In this speech a Dunedin lady faithfully performed her duty in a shop last week, and as she was retiring she saw a fur necklet, which she ftrornptly'took at five guineas. So like a woman! The Mayor claimed last night that the reception of the Prince of Wales in Feilding was one of the best in New Zealand. He had been informed by ,a Minister of the Crown that 'the decorations of -the Railway Shation were far the best the Royal party had seen in New Zealand. The whole ceremony wae> one to be proud of. The Hutt County Council has endorsed the following resolution received from the Bay of Islands County Council relating to ihe payment of rates on Maori.lands: "That the, Prime Minister be urged to have introduced at the coming session legislation (a) giving local bodies full power to enforce payment of rates by Maoris; or (b) providing for payment of native rates by the General -Government. ,1 ' One interrogator at the Mayor's meeting 'fast night wanted to know why the new reservoir was being put in the centre of the two-acre section recently bought for the purpose. He claimed that when another reservoir was required it would be necessary to purchase more land. The Mayor admitted he did not know why the reservoir was being put in that particular place, buf he would ask the Engineer. Mr Harford added that by the time Feilding required another reservoir holding a million and a half gallons vof water, the interrogator would, not care where it was put.

The Oroua County Council received a deputation from the promoters oi the AViilard Home, Palnierston, yesterday afternoon, consisting of Mrs Crab'b'(president), Mrs A. A. Martin (secretary), and Mr Spooner. Mrs Orabb clearly stated the case for the Home, the aims of which have albeen set forth in .the fesTiUi. Members discussed the subject, expressing the conviction that the oare of neglected or helpless children should rest with the 'State, and ithat ratepayers should not be called upon ! to establish and maintain such homes. I Two Councillors feared that Palmerstoii's ! children would monopolise rthe services, and that country children would not have a chance. It was decided to postpone a decision until next meeting. • During a brief discussion arising out of a communication from the Rector of the D.H.S., Feilding, on the country' child's educational needs —which article was received only— the Acting Chairman of the Oroua County Council (Cr. Pearce) said he thought the day was not far distant when chiidren from the back country districts would be carried to bigger schools by motor vehicles. Cr. Morrison disagreed. There was no chance of •controlling backblock education. But he warmly approved of the policy of the Wanganui Education Board in appointing organising teachers, whose advice would prove invaluable ftp uncertificatod teachers in the back cotmtry. Cr. Pearce said he knew of far-mers.-who were so anxious to get their children the best education that (they were setting up separate homes in the towns. They have to be well-to-do to be able to do that.