LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 21 June 1924, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Masterton A. and P. Association has abandoned for the time being a proposal to start a winter show. A loss of over £6OO is shown on the recent Winter Show held by the Canterbury Agricultural and Pastoral Association. At . a meeting of the general committee of the association a member voiced the opinion that the Winter Show project was “knocked on the head for ever.”

Dairy factory managers at the Manawatu Show this week were entertained hv the Manawatu A. and P. Association to a motor trip around Palmerston North on Wednesday morning. This was referred to in appreciative terms at a general meeting of the New Zealand Dairy Factory Managers’ Association on Wednesday evening, and it is probable that in future tfoe annual meetings will always be held' at the same time as the Manawatu Show.

“From inquiries I made while in Taranaki, that talk about 12 or 13 mortgages on farms is all ‘buncombe’,” stated a Masterton commercial man to an Age representative the other day. “Those in the position to know say fours are numerous, but fives are about the extreme.” He added that a very lean time: is at present being experienced there, and a general tone of pessimism prevails. The New Zealand Meat Producers’ Board has received a cable from its representative at Buenos Ayres, South America, advising the following shipments to the United Kingdom for the fortnight ended June 14, 1924, from Argentine and Uruguay: 250,426 quarters chilled beef, 11.5,567 quarters frozen beef, 59,435 carcases frozen mutton, 52,134 carcases frozen 'lamb* The quantity shipped to the Continent of Europe during the same period totalled: 218,110 quarters frozen beef, 9908 carcases frozen mutton. 1200 carcases frozen lamb.

The pupils of the Manaia Convent School have been working hard for a considerable time in preparing for a grand concert and operetta in aid of the school building fund. The function is to be held in the Manaia Town Hall on Wednesday night next, June 25. The programme to be submitted is a really first-class one, and no doubt there is sure to be a bumper house. The advertisement and particulars will appear in the Star.

At a meeting of the Wanganui Hospital Board Mr Rogers enquired if the inmates of the Jubilee Home were provided with sufficient wearing apparel. He asked the question as the outcome of an appeal made by a local citizen for discarded overcoats for the male inmates. The chairman (Mr Fletcher) said that he made a visit to the home recently and found the inmates “as happy as sand boys,” without a complaint. “Possibly you arrived after they had received the overcoats,” replied Mr Rogres. The following appears in the latest list of companies registered: Taranaki Publishing Co., Ltd. Registered as a private company April 7, 1924. Office: Fenton street, Stratford. Capital: £IO,OOO into 10,000 shares of £1 each. Subscribers: Stratford—ll. Masters 1000, S. B. Hunter 250, D. Steven 1000, J. T. Gardiner 1000, D. J. Malone 250, D. R. Fisher 1000, F. W. Whittle 200, A. W. Budge 200, S. Pitt 200, R. B. Anderson and L. R. Curtis 100, J. Masters 500, A. Coleman, E. S. Rutherfurd and S. Macalister 200, W. Power 300, S. H. James 100, A. R. Masters 500, Kirkwood Bros., Ltd., 200. New Plymouth—V. Smith 1000, X. King 200, R. Dingle 500. Toko—C. Bayly 1000. Objects: To take over as a going concern the business of newspaper proprietors and publishers and of printers heretofore carried on at Stratford under the style of “The Stratford Printing and Publishing Co.. Ltd.” Tn this issue the Wellington Racing Club advertises the dates for nominations, weights and acceptances for the winter meeting on 9th and 12th July. OUTRED’S. Sale in full swing with Outred’s usual bargains: Velour coats from 49/6; costumes, navy blue, 39/6; coat frocks, special value, 49/6; Burberry coats, £4 10s and £6 10s; children’s tweed coats, 10/6 (large sizes); children’s rubber c-oats, 15/6; fur necklets from 19/0; millinery greatly reduced. Watch window’s for further reductions. —Outred ’s, High St.—Advt. Before going out in cold wet weather take “Nazol” on sugar. This will keep coughs and colds away. Thousands use “Nazol”; 60 doses 1/6. — As a protection against coughs and colds “Nazol” has no equal. One dose a day keeps colds away. Can he taken anywhere; 60 doses 1/6. —Advt. Dependable worm remedy—Wade’s Worm Figs. Children like them. — Advt. Progandra cures corns nuickly; 1/6. — Advt.

The Wanganui lhlucatioii Board lias decided to apply to the Department for a grant of £3OO for repairs to the school and residence at Mamitahi.

Replying to the toast of Parliament at the Stratford banquet last night, Mr R. Masters, M.P., paid a special tribute to the members of the House of Representatives. He added that lie sometimes thought party feeling was allowed to go too far. How much better it would be if after the elections they forgot a lot of it and got down to bedrock in the interests of the country. He was pleased to associate with the men who composed the Parliament of New Zealand. Mr Masters paid a tribute to the Speaker of Parliament, expressing the opinion that the Hon. C. E. Statham, the present Speaker, would eventually turn out to be one of the greatest Speakers New Zealand had ever had.

Mr. L. Cl. Poingdestre, of Patea, arrived in Wanganui yesterday with samples of his (blackberry-killer. In the presence of representatives of the Farmers’ Union (says the Chronicle), he sprayed patches of blackberry on the property of Mr. Claud, Smith, of Bruns, wick.. In one area the leaves alone were sprayed, and in another the foliage was removed, and the ground above the roots treated. The discoverer of the specific claims that in the course of a few days he will be able to pull dead roots from the ground. He considers that blackberry can be eradicated with the preparation at a cost of about £5 per acre; Mrs A. W. Page, of Hawera, has kindly forwarded us from London a copy of The Times exhibition number. The issue contains no less an 60 full pages, of which the exhibition section takes 32 pages. The number is full of interest, and we notice that New Zealand is the only Dominion to take a half page pictorial advertisement. It is a good advertisement, with a map in the centre showing the geographical position of New Zealand, scenic and sports illustrations, and views connected with the primary industries of the Dominion. It is of interest to note that the illustration of cheesemaking is recognised as having been taken in the Kaupokonui factory, though this information is not afforded in the letterpress. We shall he pleased to show the paper to anyone interested. Some week ago a native pigeon (kuku) visited Mr Diston Ginger’s garden at Manutahi, and came every day for a week, feeding on the red berries of a shrub, solanum fructurubro, the fruits of which seem to be turned down by the imported birds, or they would not have been there. The bush is only eight feet from the house, and I frequently passed between without disturbing the feeding bird. Finally it allowed Mr Ginger to approach and stroke its back, and turned round and let him scratch its breast. It seems to be pretty certain that the kuku is someone’s pet bird (says Mr Ginger), and it would be interesting if the publication of this and the paragraph on Thursday should, bring the owner to light. The pigeon is, with perhaps'the exception of the piwakawaka (fantail), weka and toutouwai (robin), the tamest of New Zealand birds, hut is not nearly so tame as indicated. Unlike the specimen seen in Hawera, the bird under notice was on the small side.