LOCAL AND GENERAL

Feilding Star, Volume 7, Issue 2304, 5 September 1929, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

No petitions in bankruptcy were filed in Gisborne Inst month

The number of senior cadets Conner ted with the schools of New Zea land is 14,811. and tt.lo number not connected with schools is 13,840.

fn-binet lias approved a substantial grant for the erection ,of thte first portion of. the new Napier Technical College.

“What is your witness?” said the S.M. i.oi counsel at the Court. t ‘A man of many parts, sir,” replied counsel. S.M'.: Very well, l wjU allow him 7s 6d witness expenses.

That it was not desirable for Ihe Tarilci factory to join up with Amalgamated Dairies, Ltd., was the opinion expressed by Mr W. V. Darkness, the chairman, at the annual mooting of the company.

The Government pays £23,100 per annum for housing various branches of the Public Service in. Wellington alone, the largest sum being lor offices in thfc Dominion. Farmers’ Institute building at £7082 a year.

Despite a, winter described by some farmers as the 'worst-for many years, the- country in the Wanganui district is looking extremely well at present. 'Stock appears to be in splendid condition, and lambing is well advanced, so vs ihe Herald.

Recently j t was reported that indications of petroleum - oil Had boon found on land adjacent to Taumarunui. Samples sent to the Dominion laboratory for examination have failed to disclose the presence of mineral oil-

During an open season of one month 1,800,000 opossum skins were registered in Queensland. To prevent the extinction of the opossum the Government has announced that there will be no open season for three venrs.

In. reply to Mr TT. G. R. Mason, Auckland Suburbs, the Hon. J. G. Cobbo, Minister of Marine-, stated in the House yesterday that, it is. not at present within the legal authority of Nevv Zealand or any other country to restrict pelagic -whaling in international waters. :

The seaside town of Bognor in Sussex has obtnnidilFffrifit King George permission to change its name to Bognor Regis’, 'as r a perpetual commemoration of the ICiiig’s long stay at Craigwell House, just outside the town, while recovering from his serious jllness last winter..

“There would be no Court of Justice if everyone "in the witness box whs to tell the truth,” declared an Irish witness in the- Napier Magistrate’s Court. “My word, you’re right” remarked Mr A. M. Mowlem, S.\l. “That ’is oue of the truest statements I’ve heard for some time,” he added

Monday last was the 88th anniversary of the arrival at New Plymouth of the Amelia Thompson with the second party of settlers. There aro still three members of the party Tying, to whom congratulations aro extended on the occasion. They re Mrs Tel far, of Urenui, and Mrs Wright and Mrs R, W. Greenwood, of Wanganui.

The registrar of St. Paul’s Cathedral in Chapter, Melbourne, says ho prayed for a sign, as to whether an effort should he made to complete the spire on the cathedral, and next morning received a cheque lor £SOOO. There is now £BOOO in hand and it is hoped that before, the end of the year the necessary £20,000 will, be obtained.

“I have never Had so many boys leave the school during the term, ’ remarked Mr F. Foote, rector of the Gisborne High School. “No fewer than 29 boys loft, and I understand they all secured billets. Some found employment on farms and others obtained posiitons in town. This must certainly be a sign of good times.”

The flourishing condition of the British motor cycle industry is made manifest by the following expert figures. Tho May returns, at £609.751, are even greater than those of April, and tile increase over the corresponding month last year is £131,4 0. The total for tile first,.five months of this year shows an increase of £340,763 on last year’s figures. Imports stood at only £1743.

Tho managing director oi. General Motors, Australia, Ltd., Mr Innes Randolph, says tlilvt in forming the new Tariff Act in Australia it was apparent that the Government had given consideration to the matter only from a. revenue point of view. The retail price of American ears would have to-be increased by a considerable amount, but whether that material increase wotjlA affect the sales could not be judged at. this early stage.