LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 20 June 1924, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Owing to the inability o£ the s.s. Harawa to negotiate the Onelvunga bar yesterday, the departure of this vessel from New Plymouth will be delayed. until Saturday evening. The ladies’ committee has made all arrangements for the fancy dress hall to be held at Kapuni Hall to-night, ancl it is hoped that there will be a, large attendance ot the public. The proceeds are in aid ol the. Kapuni school funds. Ihe ball should prove interesting to ail who attend, and with good music, a dainty supper, and a first-class floor, dancers are assured of a happy time. That this country with its abundant coalfields should have found it necessary to import no iess than £824,649 worth of coal from Australia last year is most disappointing, said the actingchairman of the Bank of New Zealand at the annual meeting to-day. Unfortunately, the tactics of the coalminers in -recent years have scared investors and money-lenders, and consequently little money is likely to be invested in coalmining ventures. The hearing of the claim and counter-claim in the case of Pike Rangi '.v. A. Hastie, was concluded at the Hawera Magistrate’s Cbuyfc' yesterday, judgment being given fo(r f)he plaintiff for the amount claimed, £54 7s 6d, and for the defendant Has tie on the counter-claim, £lO. The question of costs was reserved. Mr. Matthews was the solicitor for the plaintiff in the proceedings, and Mr. Beechey the solicitor for the defendant. Few punters, in their efforts to pick winners, employ so ludicrous a method as was outlined in the Brisbane Summons Court last week. Giving evidence in support of a claim against her husband for maintenance a woman said that her husband used to catch the ducks, tie numbers to their necks and chase them up the yard. He wouid then hack at the races the horse with the number corresponding with that on the duck that reached the fence first. The method was not successful. At the Hawera Magistrate’s Court yesterday before Mr. J. S. Barton. S.M., judgment for the plaintiff with costs against the defendant- was given in each of the following undefended civil cases: B. R. Long v . H C Fen wick, £4 10s: State Advances Superintendent w Violet Agnes West, £2O 8s 4d: D. B. Henry v. Reo- y Lett £3 15s J Ellen Carroll v.~ ElisabSh’ Lamb (costs only); R. R. Long v. D. Buckley, £5 15s; J. McLeod v E Anderson, £3 10s; B. R. Long v. M A., Jones, £8 10s; L. Goober v W Hooper £3l; B. R. Long v. R. C Donnelly £4 10s; same v. R, Ham£9ni £ p 1( £; sai ? e v - F - Shannahan, ss; R. Hannah and Co. v R J Winthorpe, £ll l s ' The question of expenditure was referred to at Thursday's meeting of the Trtmganm Hospital Board. Mr Fletcher, m returning thanks for'his election as chairman, said he wished to impress strongly upon members the urgent necessity for them to bring about retrenchment in some way, adding that the cost per bed was' rather beyond the ordinary expenditure. He went on to sav that there was no doubt in the past that members, and he included himself, often voted for expenditure of money without due consideration, afterwards finding it a difficult matter to finance and to keep expenditure down. He trusted that in iuture members would exercise econorny as much as they could. Mr. Rogers remarked that- there was a simple manner in which the- cost per oocniped bed could he kept, down, and tha’t was bv putting in extra beds whenever accommodation was available. .Smith and Easton will hold their usual sale of poultry, fruit, furniture and sundries to-morrow (Saturday) at 1.30 p.m. Full particulars will he found in our auction columns. {( A truce to this unpleasantness.” —D ’Aubrey. Nothing is more inconvenient and unpleasant than an autumn cough or cold. Occurring right at the commencement of the cold season, such complaints may lead to serious complications unless treated at once. The ideal remedy is, of course, Baxter’s Lung Preserver—the rich, wanning, penetrative specific that is always to he relied upon. A dose in time may save trouble later on. Also a spleiidid tonic Generous-sized bottle, 2/6; family size, 4/6. Chemists and stores. g