LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 30 July 1924, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The folioAving cases of infectious diseases Avere notified in the Taranaki health district during the Aveek ending on Monday (the corresponding figures for the preceding week are given in parentheses) : —Tayanaki.—Diphtheria. 6 (5); scarlet fever, 0 (1); tuberculosis' O (1); puerperal feA’er, 0 (1). Hawera.— Diphtheria, 3 (7); puerperal fever, 1 (0). The Opunake raihvay has advanced one step further, the ballast engine, is charge of driver Wm. Thomas, haA'ing crossed the temporary bridge over the Waiau on Friday last (says the Opunake Times). The cutting i s being continued on toAvards Waiteiaka Road, the soil not being used for the filling on the toAvn side of the Waiau bridge. At present rate of progress the line should bo officially opened to Opunake in about 18 months. Parting in England fio years ago, two brothers immediately recognised each other when they met recently on the Wellington Ai'ha/f. One, who is aged M, hat! made a trip from America to Ncaa t Zealand to A’isit the other, who is aged 86. It is stated that while the Parliamentary Labour Party is not likely to go as far as desired by the Colonial bVngnr Company in securing a protective tariff, they will probably snpporL a .sufficient amount of protection to avoid the closing of Chelsea AA’orks. Under these circumstances’ it is likely the Government will take steps to grant continued protection to NeAV Zealand sugar, LAST WEEK OF SALE. Our real sale ends on Saturday, 2nd August, so be Avise and make your purchases noAv. Men’s, Avomen’s and boys’ boots and shoes, underwear, shirts, braces I/O, trousers 14/6, buckskin trousers .10/9, men’s pyjamas 11/0, boys’ pyjamas 8/-, gents’ overcoats 29/6, 39/6, boys’ oA’ereoats, men’s and boys’, feeding-out, coats, buckle leggings, dairy boots, bail slippers at the NeAv Zealand Clothing Factory Sale, HaAvera.—Advt. Banish coughs and colds .and save money by using “Nazol. ” Eighteenpence buys 60 doses—enough to cure the whole bad-cold family. —Advt.

An accident which shows the ioliv oi’ double-banking on bicycles ' occurred at Dunedin. Two boys were riding on a bicycle—one sitting on the handle-bars—when the forks" on the front wheel broke,. and both were thrown heavily to the ground. The boys were carried to a chemist’s shop, one being in a semi-conscious state, while both were badly bruised and cut. One of them was conveyed to his home in a motor-car, and the other was sent home from work later in the dav.

An “electric” beehive, the invention of Mr. R. Borlase Matthews, which has been described to the Gloucestershire Chamber of Commerce, is claimed to have resulted in an increased output of honey. A number of beehives were erected in an apiary, both lighted and heated by electricity during the winter months, with the result ,that strong broods of bees started to collect honey much earlier than usual and so obtained supplies from the early blossoms of the fruit trees. The output of each hive was greatly increased in thi s way. Horse racing is claimed to be the sport of kings, and rightly so (remarks the Wanganui Chronicle), for one certainly requires a considerable “bank roll” if he desires to follow the irregular “gee gees” from week to week. However, fortune smiled on a none too wealthy punter who resides in the vicinity of Wanganui, and he can boast of having purchased a car, valued at £650, out of his winnings on the tote. He has gone so far, and has deeded to give the game up before his luck turns. A wise move, no doubt!

We beg to draw the attention of the public to the lecture on “Foreign Exchanges,” to be given to-morrow evening in the Old Technical School Buildings. Mr Sliest, the lecturer for the W.E.A. classes, has divided the subject into three divisions, viz., “Foreign Exchanges prior to the Great War,” “Foreign Exchange Operating Post War,” and “Some Disturbing Elements in Foreign Exchanges.” The question of foreign exchanges is about the most important that the ’ various nations have to consider. Our own business people have more than a passing interest in the exchanges between London. and New Zealand, therefore it is hoped that the Chamber of Commerce and the Retailors Association will he strongly represented.