LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 19 June 1924, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Tli® fact that the onus of registering dogs rests with the owners, was stressed by the Borough Inspector in the court to-day. when A. Fraser was convicted and ordered to pay 7s court costs, for failing to comply with the law in this respect. A correspondent writes: I thought that the following would be of interest lor your columns—a proportion sum given to a standard V scholar at a school in the Patea County. “If it takes the Patea County Council 9 months to metal 20 chains of road how long would it take them to metal 1 miles?” The answer surprised the settlers in the district, being—2l years. There should he some rising young councillors coming on for future* work m the county!—Chronicle. An interesting sidelight on the housing shortage and high rents was afforded in the course of an Auckland bankruptcy enquiry the other day (states the Herald). 1 ‘What rent are you paying?” asked the official assignee of bankrupt. “Two, pounds a week" for a small place at Milford,” was the reply, “and in addition it costs me about 10s a week for fares to town.” “Could you not get a place somewhere nearer the city for that rent?” queried Mr Fisher. “Not a hope,” was the reply. “We had a place in Epsom some time ago, and the rent was £3 10s a week.” “It is cruel!” was the assignee’s feeling comment. A new departure on the part of the Government (states the Auckland Herald) was announced at the Industrial Corporations Conference in Auckland by Air J. W. Collins, secretary of the Department of Industries 'and Commerce. Now that the department had suitable offices, said Mr Collins, it would be able to make displays of New Zealand-manufactured goods. To these will be invited members of the Ministry, members of Parliament, and other persons vitally interested in the goods shown. He was assured that these exhibitions would be well supported by manufacturers, and that the exhibits would be provided without difficulty. Friday will be a gala day for Stratford, when the Minister for Public Works, the Hon. J. G. Coates, will perform the official opening ceremony of Stratford’s new Post Office, Public Trust building, and Victoria. Bridge. Elaborate arrangements for the function are well in hand. The bridge and Public Trust office are to be formally opened first, but at the Post Office the main ceremony will take place. The sneakers for the occasion will be the Hon. J. G. Coates (Minister for Public Works-, Mr. R.. Masters M.P for Stratford, and the Mayor (Air. J.' W. McMillan). In the evening a complimentary dinner is to be tendered to the Minister. The dairy factory interests in the North Island, to whom it is important that white pine can be obtained in large quantities, have recently been investigating the sources of sunply in the virgin forests of the far south of Westland (says the Christchurch Press), and Mr. Creighton, their representative, recently visited Jackson’s Bay and Okuru. He could not fail to be impressed with the great resources of the district, and if the recommendations it is anticipated he will make are given effect to, a r r ery large organisation will be started in the southern district. OTTERED’S. Just arrived large assortment woollen costumes, plain skirts, with cardigan coats, 29/6; also smart styles woollen costumes, 79/6, good value; big stock cardigan coats, 13/6; woollen skirts, 22/6. See our new costumes, smart styles, also .just arrived. Absolutely the house for velour coats, all latest models; cashmere hose, fancy ribbed, all colours, 3/11 pair.—Outred’s, High

In yesterday’s report of the reply by the chairman of the Technical Higli School Board to Messrs Masters and Smith, a slight error occurred. It should have read that the motion supporting the chairman’s action -was moved by Mr J. W. Harding, and seconded by Mr Murdoch. A benefit dance in aid of the widow and family of the late Mr. Arthur Richardson, is to be held in the Eltham Town Hail, on Monday next. The late Mr Richardson was well-known in Hauera and was leader of Richardson’s Orchestra. It is hoped there will be a large attendance at the dance. u Me have been kept on our farms by promises,” said a- soldier settler at a conference of dairy farmers in Carterton (states the Wairarapa Age). He said that they had produced up to the hilt, and vet could not make the farm pay. Had it not been for the promise of a revaluation none of them would be on the land now. As evidence of the mildness of the winter in South Canterbury, a resident of Totara Valley left at the Timaru Herald office the other dav a box of ripe raspberries, which he had picked that morning. There are also a few ripe raspberries in sheltered spots in gardens in Timarn, and in many eases the canes have not yet lost their leaves. Spring bulbs are also unusually forward. “The fact that a kingfisher is protected is not very well known,” it was remarked in the Magistrate’s Court at Wellington during the hearing of a case in which a man was charged with shooting a kingfisher. The Magistrate decided to impose only a nominal penalty. The fine was fixed at £1 and costs. “It is like the Chinaman’s shop window—very nice in front, and very nasty behind,” said a member of the Te Ar® Advancement Association at Wellington when suggesting that the slum area at the back of Cuba street might be eliminated. It has already been indicated that the questio.n of civil servants’ salaries is to be raised in the House of Representatives during the coming session, and, judging bv an article in the Public Service Journal, the Public Service Association is counting on Parliament authorising the Government to grant the civil service an increase in salaries based on the cost of living figures. “At the present moment,” says the Journal, “we will s have to wait until the session has commenced before anything effective can lie done in regard to further action in connection with our legitimate claim for this all-round £22 10s per annum increase. Our claim is on j,he same basis as that lodged in 1920, and which was granted'by the Government. We merely ask for the same treatment as was conceded us then as being reasonable, which is not to be confused with any suggestion of our being placed on the same level as in 1914.” The Timaru Herald, on June 11, completed 60 years of publication, and the event was celebrated by the issue of a 16-page paper and 4c-page diamond jubilee supplement. The issue is highly creditable, both to the proprietors and the staff of the Herald, and to the district in which the paper circulates. The Herald began life as a small weekly paper when Timaru was a tiny town’sJ'p and South Canterbury a sparselysettled district. It was printed on .a hand press in a kitchen. Its subsequent growth and the growth of the town and district are sketched in the jubilee issue with many interesting pictures of the old and new. The Herald has grown with the town, but it has also assisted greatly in promoting the advancement of the’ district. The history of the Herald is really.the history of South Canterbury. The esteem in which the Herald is held in its own district and throughout New Zealand is shown in a page of congratulatory messages '.received from the GovernorGeneral, the Prime Minister, and leaders in public life.