LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 1 August 1924, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Fifty, motor vehicles are being imported into New Zealand every dav. That was the average' rate of importations for the half-year ended June 30 last. The rate of increase over the importations for the' corresponding six months last year is 90 a week.

It is reported in Inglewood (says an exchange) that a second company has been formed for the purpose of exploiting the oil deposits in Taranaki. This company, which is said to be able to raise a. large amount of capital, is reported to have obtained boring rights over a considerable area, in the Tarata district, and intends to start operations at an early date.

Having no school privilege and' not being financial two boys were unable to witness the All Black match on Saturday (says the Manawatu Times). During the two hours anxious waiting for the result, they cycled round the town where cars were parked and counted the cars in each. Their statistical record was 2146 ears, including 7o different makes. ; Interesting visitors to Napier recently were two Fijian l boys, Bavai and Vanavan, who were visiting Hawke’s Bay with the Wanganui Technical College team that played Napier Technical College (says the Telegraph). The two Fijians are part of a quota of four island students attending the Wanganui school, and they have a reputation not. only as diligent scholars, but also as swimmers and footballers of remarkable skill.

A serious accident was sustained at Matamata last week by the three-vear-old son of Mr and Mrs Frank Hitchcock. The little one was playing when he fell on a survey peg, which had a nail protruding at the top. The nail penetrated near the eye, which was so severely injured that the child had to be taken to the public hospital and medical attention given. It is not yet definitely known how serious the injury is. “Some people went to China, to make money, and during the past ten years there lias grown a strong anti-foreign feeling in consequence of this,” stated Mr A. E. Donne, manager of the Chinese team the other day. While there were some excellent missionaries in China, there were also some had ones, and it was imposition o.f this kind that caused a feeling of resentment in the hearts of the Chinese. LAST WEEK OF SALE. Our real sale ends on Saturday, 2nd August, so be wise and make your purchases now. Men’s, women’s and boys’ boots and shoes, underwear, shirts, braces 1/6, trousers 14/6, buckskin trousers 10/9, men’s pyjamas 11/6, boys’ pyjamas 8/-, gents’ overcoats 29/6, 39/6, boys’ overcoats, men’s and boys ’ feeding-out coats, buckle leggings, dairy boots, bail slippers at the New Zealand Clothing Factory Sale, Hawera. —Advt.

A Dunedin resident dispatched ,a letter addressed “ Trinity College, Cambridge.” The letter (states an' exchange) went to New Zealand’s own Cambridge, and back it came through the Dead Letter Office, across it being written: “No college at Cambridge.”

The vital statistics for Hawera for the month of July just ended, together with those of the corresponding period of last year in parentheses, were as follow : Births, 25 (30); deaths 8 (3); marriages S (9). The chairman of the Eltham School Committee (Mr. I. J. Bridget) yesterday received the following wire from Mr. O. Hawken, M.P. for Egmont, relative to the new school for Eltham: ‘‘School will be the best plan and will include dental clinic and will be built in concrete with rough cast. Matter will go before Cabinet next week for formal approval.” The members of the Eltham Borough Council made their annual inspection of the borough roads and footpaths yesterday afternoon, and their recommendations will be submitted to the council at its next monthly meetings.. During the past year the Dominion organiser of the Farmers’ Union (Mr. Buston) has enrolled 1300 members and collected £1295. Members enrolled for 1922 totalled 957, and, in 1923, 123 (states a Dunedin telegram). As the result of a number of thefts at Riverlea and Auroa, Constable O’Donoghue, of Kaponga, was communicated with. On making investigations he found the alleged missing articles in the possession of Cecil Herbert Robinson at Auroa yesterday. The man was brought before Mr. A. E. Anderson, J.P., at Kaponga yesterday afternoon and was remanded to appear at Eltham on August 5. As its contribution to Violet Day in Wellington, the Hawera branch of the Women’s National Reserve sent a sack of vegetables, two benzine boxes of clothing, two cardboard boxes of flowers, two tea boxes of eggs and a quantity of butter. The response of the people to the appeal is regarded by £he Women’s National Reserve as very good, and thanks are expressed fox those who sent gifts. Speaking of prices at a meeting of farmers in Carterton, Mr Sydney Jacobs, the English representative for Messrs J. Nathan and Co., stated that he had paid as high as 10s for a small joint of good Scotch beef in London. “Yes.”’ said an interjefctor, “we get £2 for an animal that would cost £42 in England.” “The time for little wooden churches in both town and country is gone,” said Archbishop Julius in the course of his .sermon at the new church of St. James’, Lower Riccarton, recently, when complimenting the oeople of the parish on erecting such a substantial stone building. The Archbishop added that wooden churches were not abiding, and the , time had come when they should build nobler structures, as their fathers had done in the Old Land. The previous church in the- Lower Riccarton parish had been destroyed by fire. “Wooden churches ought to be destroyed by fire or in some other-way,” the Ai’chbishop added. A Kaponga correspondent writes:—■ A very pleasant evening was spent at the residence of Mr and Mrs M. O’Connor’s place last Monday evening, jvhen about fifty friends and neighbours gathered to welcome home the young couple from tlieir honeymoon trip from Palmerston. Games, cards, and songs were the order of the evening, including very many pretty Irish songs by the two Miss Ryans, from Eltham, which were heartily encored. There were three car loads" from Eltham, and one of the cars, with seven passengers, driven by Mr J. Daley, had an unfortunate mishap on the Eltham Road, when the car skidded and struck, a bank and completely overturned. The night was a very hard frosty one, and, of course, made • the road" just like glass, which was dangerous for motor traffic. Unfortunately, -two of the passengers, Mrs Mullalhy, from Eltham. and Miss White, were seriously hurt. On arrival in Eltham they were both taken to Dr. Stringer’s surgery, -who, on examination, found Mrs Mullalhy had her collarbone broken, and Miss White a sprained wrist. All the others escaped injury. The sufferers ar e reported to be progressing satisfactorily. “I think we are getting a little too narrow. We are always asking for some discrimination against countries that formerly traded with us, but were against us in the war,” remarked Mr J. T. Marlin., at the Wellington Chamber of Commerce. “On the other hand the producers are everywhere looking for an outlet for their goods, and we are just as keen to sell to Germany and Austria or America, as we are to sell to Great Britain. As time goes on I think we will develop on the lines of the attitude of the English Government in advocating free trade. We will think England is on the right lines.” The suggestion before the chamber, that of forcing trade .marks showing the country of origin, was not directed against Germany or Austria, or any other country, said Mr Myers. It was against all foreign nations collectively,*and was, an attempt to help over the Empire crisis and to assist the British unemployed by making people buy British goods, and mak? ing them ask for British goods marked as such.

At a special meeting of the Executive Committee of the Hawera Retailers’ Association held last evening considerable important business was transacted. Mr. B. C. Bennett’s resignation from the committee was accepted with regret, owing to the fact that he would be absent during the greater part of the Association’s year, .-net Mr. Lester was appointed to fill the vacancy. An invitation was received from the W'.E.A. to members to attend a series of lectures on Foreign Exchanges. The chairman reported that the question of having xiawera made a clearing office for Custom parcels was still under consideration by the Customs and Post Office Departments. The sub-committee appointed reported on the question of the community lighting scheme, and as a business man’s dinner, under the auspices of the Association has been arranged for Tuesday 12th inst., it was decided that the lighting scheme should he sot down as the subject for discussion at thn.t function. It was pointed out that although the dinner is being arranged by ti:e Retailers’ Association, the Executive hopes tha)b business men generally will take the opportunity (of meeting) to discuss any matters of interest to the town and district