LOCAL AND GENERAL.

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

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Boxers and visitors to the championships returned south bv the mail tirain this morning. A slight fall of snow was plainly visible on the Meremere and Av'hakamara Hills this morning. Travellers by the mail train stated that snow was lying along the railway line at Waipuku. ‘ . Alfred Grimshaw, a middle-aged man. employed by George Kent and Sons, bakers, when walking over the level crossing at King street, Newmarket, v.as struck by the engine of the Kaipara train and killed instantly on Saturday. It was reported that P. Yercoe, who lought in the feather final on Saturday night, is shorty turning professional. AYitli some more experience iincl a greater use of his left he will go fai , as there is no doubt about the Power in his right swings and hooks. A reduction of 286,000(000 bushels in wheat production in the northern hemisphere compared with last year i s indicated in reports to the Department of Agriculture, states a Washington cable message. This is in large part due to the smaller crop in Canada. After the conclusion of the central boxing championships the committee °f the Ha we r a Association entertained the competitors and visitors at a little social in the Lloyd George Hall. Mr. O’Dea was in the chair, and in a neat speech expressed the great pleasure he felt at the success of the tournament. The following contributed items to a capital programme: Messrs W. G. Simpson, Vivian. F. Smith, McLellan, Nicholson, and Carey brothers. A Greymouth message states that the Arbitration Court allowed the appeal of Mr Tyson, Inspector of Awards, against the Magistrate’s decision dismissing a charge against local tobacconists for opening their shops on New Year’s Eve in addition to the ordinary late night. Mr Justice Frazer said that nothing in the award could operate in contradiction to the Shops afnd Offices Act. A Sydney message states that the steamer Port Lyttelton, which was declared “black” and has been held up since February, effected temporary repairs and sailed on Saturday for an Eastern port, where she will'be thoroughly overhauled. Extensive sheets of ice on the Ashburton Domain ponds on seveiral recent mornings have cheered the hearts of many would-be skaters, who remember with delight the exhilarating exercise which hard frosts of other winters peirmitteiT on these spaces, states the Guardian. Although the ice does not cover all the water, it is considered that after several more keen frosts the ponds will bear weight. Skaters are concerned over the action of . small boys who, with sticks-and stones, appear to take a delight in breaking as much ice as possible. C. Woods, the Wellington fly-weight boxer, is only fifteen years of age. Although on the small side he shows distinct promise. G. Evatt, another Wellington youth who fought in the light-heavyweights, is still at Wellington College, and recently passed his sixteenth birthday. If he develops he will be a rare tough one in the future. A tender by a large Sydney contracting firm was received for the erection of the Auckland War Memorial Museum, but as it arrived after the time fixed for the closing of the tenders it could not be considered. It demonstrates, however (states the Herald), that the undertaking is of unusual proportions. The tender was by Messrs. Beat Brothers, and the figure £205.600, compared with that of £183,654 submitted by the' successful tenderers, the Hansford and Mills Construction Company. The architect’s estimate was £190,000. “You -will pay 5s a week,” stated Mr. J. L. Stout, S.M., to a judgment debtor at the* Magistrate's Court (states the Manawatu Daily Times). The judgment debtor—of Maori origin —-was at once loud in his protestations and voluble in his affirmation that there was no man poorer than he. “In default 14 days,” out in the MjajgistT>a,te on the e|oqiuent )a|ppeail. The other was silent for a moment. “Oh. ah,” he murmured, hastily, “I think I pay it all right.” A definite effort to instil more interest in matters connected with the Farmers’ Union is being made in Kakaramea, and on Wednesday next the first of a number of lectures, which it is hoped will be arranged for, is to be given in the hall by Mr Geo. Ford on calving troubles, etc. It is hoped that the farmers of the district will attend in force to take advantage of the opportunity of obtaining valuable information. A Morrinsville farmer has found a use for rats (says an exchange). One day recently he found his dog sniffing around a pile of posts. Removing some of the posts, he found a rat, which the dog quickly accounted for. The dog, however, did not appear to be satisfied, and continued its quest for something invisible. Removing more of the posts the farmer found several newly-born rabbits, which, it is presumed, were killed and taken there by the rat. A euchre party in aid of the Manaia sports queen is to be held in the Manaia Town Hall to-night. A good attendance is expected. A good supper will he provided. Play commences at 8 o’clock. The euchre party which is to be held in the Kapuni hall to-morrow night, in aid of the Manaia town queen, promises to be a great success All arrangements arc* well in hand. Good prizes will he given and a gooj supper will also be provided. 'Cars will leave Manaia post office at 7.30 p.m sharp. The North Ta ran aid Hunt Steeplechase meeting takes place on Saturday, August 30. and the programme is advertised in this issue. It will be noted that nominations close on Monday, August 11, at 9 p.m., weights will be declared about Friday, August 15, and acceptances close at 9 p m on Thursday, 21st August. The Hunt Cup Steeplechase, the principal race oi lire dav, carries with the stake a cup valued at £2O, presented by Air Geo. Grey. Don’t lot the time slip by without making a irip down to our Big Bargain Bazaar and coming home again laden with value-giving snips the like of which no other firms are offering. McGnier, Bone’s Great Public Benefit Rale will enable you to stock up in clothing, drapery and Manchester goods at prices absolutely reduced to the lowest basis. .Show your thrift and foresight by buying now—the opportunity is missing, hut there are still as great bargains here as there was at first. — ArcOruer, Bone and C’o., Ltd., the Leading Drapers, Hawera. —Advt. No bad after-effects with Wade’s Worm Figs. Pleasant, sure and certain. —Advt. Barraclough’s Afagie Nervine will stop vour toothache; 1/6. —Advt.

General Townshond only left unsettled property to the value of £ll9, states a London cable message. The price of flour in Sydney has been further increased by £1 10s to £l4 10s per ton, states a cable message. A Thursday Island cable /reports that the steamer Arafura’s bubonic plague patient is a. Malayan quartermaster. Che case is of a mild type, but strict quarantine has been enforced. Alembers of the Hawera Scottish Society are reminded of the usual social evening which is to be held tomorrow evening. An interesting programme has been arranged and a real Scottish supper will be served. A correspondent writes: In connection with your Whareroa correspondent’s statement regarding the meaning of the name Alanawnpou, he will excuse me for saying that, there is no such river as the Alanawapou, the right name for the river or stream so-called being Ingahape. Your correspondent quotes Mr Percy Smith as saying that the heart of a certain Maori was cutout. aiid placed upon a pole, “thus giving the name Alanawapou to the stream ever since.” There is another story in this connection. It is this: A noted Maori was on his way along the coast naming the rivers, and when lie came to the Alanawapou village site, it is said that his heart was very sad, hence the name of the village. If vour correspondent will refer to any survey map of the district he will not find a Alanawapou river, but he will find the Ingahape. “One of the great weaknesses of farming in New Zealand is the poor attention the farmers give to their pastures,” said Air: R. B. Tennent m the course of a lecture on “Fertilis- ‘ the Otago Daily Times). Attr a farmer has gone to considerable trouble and expense in establishing a pasture he very often proceeds to ruin it by overstocking and bv persistent neglect. The proper treatment is to top-dress with lime in July and chain harrow in August. Followmg this the paddock should receive a top-dressing of either five hundredweight of Nauru phosphate, three hundred-weight of basic slag, or three hundred-weight of superphosphate to each acre. One of these fertilisers should be applied at least every three years, and the paddock should be chain harrowed frequently throughout the season.”