LOCAL AND GENERAL

Feilding Star, Volume 8, Issue 2308, 11 December 1930, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

At the annual meeting of the' Auckland Stork Exchange Mr £}■ CCreagh was rr-rlortrd chairman for (hr 12th year in succession. “I believe tjiat ap appeal to the cyr such as the cinema presents is simply invaluable f fpjn an educational point of view.—-Lord RledisThe civic: survey map of Christchurch, recently forwarded to t.ho Town- Planning Board, consists of 55 sheets, each 26 inches square, including margins. The scale is 2i chains to the inch. A radish which is probably unique among vegetable freaks has been grown in Southland. While grow? ing, the radish had encountered a hard projection in the ground and had turned right tip and round it? j the form of a knot.

There is a possibility of Mrs ER. McCombs, wife of Mr J. McCombs, M.P., being selected as the Labour candidate for the Mayoralty of Christchurch if Mr Archer and Mr D. G. Sullivan, M.P., decline nomination.

The director of dental hygiene has given an assurance that a third nurse, will be appointed temporarily to the Whangarei clinic to assist in the town consolidated work and allow one nurse to concentrate entirely on country children.

The Maori song, ,J E Pari Ra,” has an interesting history. The words were written by Sir Apirana Ngata and set to the melody of a well known waltz. It was originally intended as a song of farewell to the Hawke's Bay members of the Maori Pioneer Battadion.

The Aurkland-Jxai.iaia aerial passenger service, organised by the Kaitaia Aero Club in conjunction with Mr F. J). Mill, is proving a success. For the first nine days 15 passengers were carried. The time taken on each trip averages 100 minutes.

During' a visit tq the Opera House in Paris Mr Walter Itixpc.tt, of Auckland, was amusjod to find that silence was obtained ip the audience before each act by the expedient of hammering" on the stage before the rise of the curtain. The .custom s of long standing-.

Quoits, which used to he a popular game in Old Canterbury, is now seldom played. The committee of the Canterbury Pilgrims’ Association, hoping- to make quoits ,one of the attractions at the. celebration of the anniversary of the province next Tuesday, has been unsuccessful in getting the necessary quoits.

As showing the trend of the times consequent on the existing fiqapgtal depression it is interesting to record that one of the largest office proprietaries in Dunedin has reduced the rentals to its occupiers by 10 per cent. The reduction .was made without any request bv the occupiers.

Canada is becoming a base for the supply of foreign markets by United States manufacturers, as a means, of escaping tariffs barrier erected by many countries against them, in the opjnj.on of bankers who have studied the causes and effects of this m>S r ation. It is estimated that there are abqut Is°° American branch factories in Canada.

Several shipments of Christmas plums have left Thames during the past week for th.e Auckland markets, but the bulk of the crqp is not ready as yet. The majority .of growers are sending- the early props to the southern part of the North Island. The crop is not so heavy as usual (says th.e Star) btit is in good order.

The possibilities qt finding .oil in Southland in sufficient quantities to warrant exploitation by a compapy are considered to be very bright at the present time, and the proposal to test thoroughly the prospects said to exist at Kit turn a is being actjyejy prosecuted by a party )f Invercargill ffpsiness men.

A Christchurch motorist lias invented what is known as th,e H.A.C. tappet, involving revolutionary ideas that are engaging attention .overseas. Tests of a completely satisfactory nature have been carried out ip Wellington, Auckland, Christdhtirch and Dunedin. °A conjp an V has been former! and all the shares allotted.

,The task of selecting' the children to participate ip th.e health camp to be held at Motuihi Island. Auckland, commencing on January 5, is now being undertaken. • The Health Department is receiving the co-operatign . of the -Community Sunshine League, the Dock Street Mission and nu.me?'9P s private citizens in a joint effOft to ensure the success of the scheme