LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 2 July 1924, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

In Dunedin was seen recently a box containing twelve thousand bills each of the value of ten million German marks, making a total pre-war value of six million pounds sterling. They are issued from Berlin, and stand good from October last. Mr. S. Jacobs, the possessor of this wealth, is for the next iortnight giving free one of these bills, the pre-war value £500,000, to every purchaser of 3s worth of goods, says Star. So it is within the power of the poorest man in Dunedin to become a millionaire in one minute. In years to come, when German finance is as sane outwardly as it now' is inwardly, the notes will /be treasured as curiosities.

Shortly after the war Professor J. C ; . Newlands visited America at the time much was being made of the debt that Britain owed the States. The feeling of the Americans against the En<rhsh was very high, he told a Dunedin Star interviewer, and shop employees W 't nt i. as ar as to re^use 1° serve those who had the stamp, of residence “across the pond.” In New York he entered a retail establishment, and after waiting a ji COns * • rab^e time he suggested to an rVvn ass,s f a nt that he might be served, i })■ • ,Ter came in a snarl. ■Civility,” answered the professor as sw'eetly as the circumstances permitted. ‘Aren’t yer —— welL gettin’ it?” came the snarl, intensified 200 per cent. Mi\ G. H. Benentt, of Palmerston INorth who attended the recent BookseUers Conference held in Sydney, states _ that the gathering had resulted in uniting the representatives of the trade in each country into one federation. One of the most important decisions arrived at by the representatives of the various States—two delegates being present from the- Dominion was to provide fo r representation to the Publishers’ Association of Great Britain that it should so alter its methods that the • New Zealand and Australian booksellers could buy books and retail them at the English published price, it being contended that the cost ot books had not fallen with the general lowering of prices. Passengers by the train from Hawera. to Wanganui last evening had an unenviable experience. The bursting of a superheated pipe caused an inflow' oT water into the firebox of the engine an « on arrival, at Okehu station an S O.S. message had to be sent to \\ anganui for another engine. The fires were drawn from the disabled engine, and the marooned passengers gathered a little warmth from the pile of embers heaped up at the side of the track. After a weary wait of one and a half hours, a relief engine arrived from Wanganui, and the iournev wasresumed.—Chronicle.

“The- law should-be amended to compel pedestrians, where footpaths are provided, to keep off the main roadway, ’ said a member of the executive of the Wanganui Automobile Association at a, meeting yesterday. “If they only knew the risk they ran. by not keeping to the footpaths, they would certainly take more care,” he added. It was decided to endeavour to devise a scheme whereby pedestrians could be made alive to the. dangerous practice of leaving the specially prepared sidewalks, for the more dangerous open roads, especially at nights. An accident of a serious nature was narrowly averted in Ridgway Street, Wanganui, on Saturday last. A young woman was watching the entrance of a garage, when a motor car driven by a woman shot out from behind some stationary trailers, It knocked the young woman down, but was stopped before any further damage was done. A flag fluttered gaily in the breeze from the flagpole on the Wanganui City Council Chambers yesterday, in order to mark Wanganui’s accession to the status of a city, which dates from yesterday. The numerous signs on "the council’s buildings, which in the past have been prefaced with the word borough,” now* proudly commence with “city.”

The theft of a. number of hats and coats, bags and purses from the vestibule of St. Paul’s Methodist Church, Palmerston North, on Friday evening during the progress of choir 'practice has been reported to the police by the victims of the sneak thief or thieves. Ihe robbery was reported at the close ot the practice, when it was stated that a, suspicious-looking character had been seen during the evening walking along Broad Street. A search was made for the individual, but without success The police are investigating —'Standard.

During the Conciliation Council proceedings in the Christchurch bespoke tailoring trade dispute (savs the Press), Mr F. R. Cresswell, one of the employers’ assessors, remarked that if Mr F. B. Cooke, one of the union’s assessors, wanted to make himself the most unpopular man in Christchurch he should work in a tailor’s shop for a week and then publish what he saw there. The rnen were nearly always a quarter of an hour late in the morning and a quarter of an hour early in leaving in the afternoon. During the day they had about twenty minutes as “smoke-oh.” Better ‘discipline would have to prevail in the trade if there was to be a reduction in'hours. The union abandoned its demand for a 40-hoiir and accepted a 44-houi/v’cck. ‘‘.Since the erection of flic new bridge in Weymouth street in front of my gate there is a pool of mud caused by the carting. I have lost a wife, kiddie and pram in it, and will be coming on the borough for damages if I don’t find them soon. What about a few loads of metal on top to keep them down?” So wrote a resident of Weymouth street to the New Plymouth Borough Council. Upon the letter the borough engineer noted: ‘‘l regret that has had so much loss, but, pending final arrangements re bridge, cannot in this weather do much good by metalling.” The council accepted the engineer’s view.

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 coats, 15/6; fur necklets from 19/6; millinery greatly reduced. Watch windows for further reductions. —Outred’s, High St.—Advt. To-day’s issue contains particulars of the sale of N. B. Howell’s stock of clothing, mercery, etc., at the Melbourne Limited. This stock was purchased from the assignees at about 10/- in the £ for spot cash, and is now offered to the public at an equal concession. Buyers are expected to take full advantage of the wonderful bargains advertised. — Advt. LEVER BROS. AND Q-TOL. Preliminary negotiations were for the use of the name “Q-tol” for edible oils; but it has since been decided by the big firm to purchase the manufacturing and marketing rights of Q-tol for all purposes throughout the world outside of N.Z. and Australia. 2

No fewer than 210 applications have been received for the position of inspector to the Manawatu Rabbit Board, that body has selected 11 for submission to the department.

The Vacuum Oil Company is holding aii educational class in Wellington, which the company’s salesmen throughout the Dominion are attending

During the course of a lecture at Eltham, Dr. Steven said he went to church, in America. A great speaker occupied the pulpit, and asked the congregation to look up a number in their hymn books and find the milkman’s favourite hymn, “Shall we gather at the river?”

Mr Snowden, the Chafheellor of the Exchequer, recently received the following letter from a conscience-stricken taxpayer "Dear Sir,—l once defrauded you of £5. Remorse gnaws at my conscience. I am sending you ss. When the remorse knaws again I will send you some more.”

The announcement of his notable Public Works policy of 1870 was made by Sir Julius Vogel 54 years ago last Saturday. The scheme, as formulated in the Financial Statement, involved the borrowing of £6,000,000. Eventually the amount was reduced to £4,000,000, and in this modified form the proposals w’ere agreed to by Parliament. Several of the works outlined m the scheme were shortly afterwards put in hand, Saturday was also the 32nd anniversary of the death of Sir Harry Atkinson. Some bones have been discovered w r hen excavating for the foundations of the new’ theatre in New Plymouth. Mr. W. H. Skinner stated that they must be of Maori origin. There was a large pa on the ground, now levelled, between, the site and the railway station, and the country was very thickly populated in this neighbourhood about 1830. Some tribal quarrel may have ended fatally, and the hones are the result. —Herald.

The Whangamomona railway line, which has been blocked by slips for several months, is expected to be cleared and opened for traffic in a fortnight. In giving this information to the Stratford Chamber of Commerce last night, the president (Mr. J, B. Richards) reported that the district engineer of the Public Works Department (Mr. T.‘ M. Ball) and the railway engineer in charge of the work were very satisfied with the manner in which the clearing work was progressing.