LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 14 July 1924, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Advice has been received that the deputation to urge the claims of the Taranaki-Auckland railway will meet the Prime Minister and the Minister °f Public Works at the Parliamentary Buildings, Wellington, on the morning of Thursday, July 17. Delegates will meet at the same place at 9 n.m. on Wednesday, the 16th, to arrange the programme, but it will be necessary for Taranaki members of the delegation to leave home by the mail train on Wednesday morning, July 16. “Do not be afraid of simplicity in furnishing,”, said Mr. R. A. Lippineott in a lecture at the Leys Institute, Auckland. “It means a saving of labour in the care of the house, and •we are all inclined to overburden ourselves with things and become their instead of making them serve us. When this happens it is high time to have an auction sale.”

The interior of the Wanganui Police Station on Friday evening resembled a suburban kitchen on the evening of a wet Monday (says the Chronicle). A constable had the job of drying before a fire a quantity of garments which formed part of a lady’s wardrobe. The clothing, which had been tied up' in a parcel, disappeared in a car which was taken from Hawera, and it next turned up in a sodden state on the roadside near Turakina.

Supporters of Rugby football ai’e reminded of the smoke concert to be held at the Foresters’ Hall next Monday night, when an opportunity of bidding farewell to Messrs West and Brown, the two Hawera representatives in the New Zealand team, will be taken.

At the smoke concert held by the Mangatoki branch of the Farmers’ Union on Friday evening Mr. G. H. Buckeridge, in responding to the dairy industry toast, related an experience connected with the butter trade many years ago which, while amusing, serves to illustrate the advance achieved in the industry bf recent years. In the course of his' business at Eltham he had purchased a quantity of butter at 4d per lb, subsequently selling it at 8s per cwt. to a sawmiller, who proposed to use it for greasing tram lines. The sawmiller had afterwards told him that the butter was useless even for that purpose, as the excessive amount of salt it contained had clogged the wheels and necessitated a great deal of work before the lines were again put in running order. There was a very enthusiastic meeting of ladies held in connection with the Manaia Hibernian annual ball, which is to take place at Manaia on [ Wednesday, July 30. Strong committees have been set up to canvass. The proceeds of the ball are to be given in aid of the new Manaia Convent School.There is to be another meeting of ladies at T.-p.m. on Tuesday in the Town Board room to report- progress, and all ladies interested are invited to attend. A notice of the ball appears in tonight’s Star. The jumbe stall in aid of the Manaia sports queen did good business on Saturday, and several guessing competitions were got off as follows: Cake, Mrs J. McCarty, correct weight 141 b; weight of dinner, Mrs W. Opai, 22-|lb (correct weight) • Mrs Massey’s competition, Messrs H. Sutton and- James McCarty, 784, tied (correct number 781) ; correct number Walton plate, Miss R. Long. The committee of the Town queen are holding a tea day to-morrow (Tuesday) in the town of Manaia. The public will be well catered for. “Is Labour fit to govern?” is the title of the addresses to be delivered by Mr Robert Semple at the Grand Theatre, Hawera, to-morrow evening, at 8 o’clock, and at the Town Hall, Ratea, on Wednesday evening, at 7.30. Mr Semple is a well-known figure in the Labour movement in New Zealand, and is acknowledged to he one of the

best exponents of Labour’s policy. speaking,, the shooting season in. South Canterbury, which opened on May 1, has been a poor one, except tor the opening and a few subsequent days Ducks are so scared now that very few sportsmen are bothering to go out after them, and there is a very evi-< dent need for a close season to give the birds an opportunity to increase in numbers (says the Timam Herald), there are a good many oukako to be seen just now at Washdyke, but fortunately they are on the bird sanctuary (Where it is unlawful to interfere with them. The shooting season will close at the end of the present month.