LOCAL AND GENERAL.

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

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

An additional 1500 horse-power was available to-day for distribution among consumers of electric power from the New Plymouth Borough Council’s hydro works at Mangorei, the repaired extensions having been passed on Saturday.—News. A drop of £3 a ton in the price of sugar, or about Is 9d a bag, will he effective from to-day (says the News). Calculated in pounds weight, the decline amounts to about Id a pouud. To-day’s fall in the price of sugar marks the third in three months. The two previous reductions were £1 and £1 10s respectively, the aggregate decline being therefore £5 10s. Another successful euchre party and dance was held at the Whenuakura Factory last week, a goodly number being present from all parts of the district. The ladies’ prize in the euchre tournament went to Miss Kenworthy, Mr W. Blunden winning the gentlemen ’s prize. Consolation prizes went to Miss Smith and Mr R. Fowler. The cake competition was won by Mr C. Bartlett, and the crepe de chine dressing jacked by Mrs J. S. Pearce. •‘There are many women and girls ‘down and out’ in Auckland,” said the Rev. C. IT. Grant Cowen at a meeting of the Girls’ Friendly Society in that city, “and some of them do not know where to go for food or shelter. A girl came- to the vicarage just before midnight the other night, and said she had nowhere to spend the night.” “Members of the Labour Party seem to claim that they have a. sole monoply in. the matter of consideration to their fellow human beings,” remarked Mr. Williams in the House yesterday. “I have felt sometimes that our friends of the Labour Party are rather hard, not only upon the party to which I belong, but also to my friends the Liberals, on this question of humanity. They have not a monopoly of this virtue, and there are many men who do make an honest endeavour to better their fellow men.”

Once a year the Hawera Electric Co. open the flood-gate at the dam on the Waingongoro to allow the silt, at the bottom to scour out. This year two Sundays—July 27 and August 3—were set apart for the work, and owing to there being a good body of water in the river yesterday, splendid results were obtained. It is usual on these occasions, after the reclosing of the gate, tor the [Maoris and others to secure a good supply of eels below the dam, but fish were conspicuous by their absence this year, especially yesterday, as no one seems to have had any luck. There were a good many visitors from Hawera and elsewhere yesterday to watch proceedings, and opportunity was also taken to inspect the power house. It must have surprised those who had not been there before to notice the order in which everything was kept. The whole of the machinery was as bright as if just erected; no oil discolourations of any sort around the machines; and to cap the air of cleanliness there were strips of wellpolished linoleum throughout. On the wall of a small enclosure appeared the skull and. crossbones, underneath which were the words “sudden death.” En-. quiry eleeited the fact that this was the “powder magazine” of the establishment, and for a person to touch anything within the enclosure when the machinery was in motion -without being properly protected would mean instantaneous death, the voltage being so great. The good order in which the power-house is kept is a credit to those in charge.

For cold in the head—inhale Nazol. For sore throats or tickling cough take some drops on sugar. Used either way “Nazol” works wonders; 60 doses 1/6, —Advt.

Tli© well-known Mount Royal Estate at Palmerston South has been subdivided and sold in lots for a total of £63,000, excluding the homestead block. This is a record land sale for Otago. Customs returns for Wanganui for July, 1924, show a large increase compared with those of the corresponding month last year. The amount collected for July was £9839 8s Id, and the figures for July, 1923, were £9079 16s lOd. The beer duties last month totalled £374 6s 3d, a decrease on those for July, 1923, when £453 8s 6d was collected.

A humorous incident occurred during the progress of the East CoastPovertv Bay Rugby match at Gisborne recently. An extra, football was kept, on the sideline to facilitate play (says the Times), but by mistake it rolled on to the ground near where the play was centered. Two Poverty Bay players immediately seized it and tore up the field like the w'ind, while an East Coast man vainly attempted to collar both men amid shrieks of laughter from the spectators The enthusiasts were near the goal line, hut then realised they had been “fooled.”

“I hope to see the day when the advertising columns of the newspapers of the world will tell the people the advantage of loving one another, a fact which the modern Church is failing to teach. The people will be taught loyalty, honesty, kindheartedness, charity and reasonableness; they will be taught what common sense really is, and how to apply it; they will be taught in childlike fashion, so that they can understand it. In fact, the advertising columns of the newspaper will some day be the educator of everyone over 16 years of age, and so span the years for many a youngster and save him the heartbreaking trials of most of our forefathers.”—Sir Charles Higham. “If anything, house properties are on the rise,” said an agent to a Dunedin Star reporter when asked if the market was stationary or trending one way or the other. “At the same time,” he added, “there is very little doing in our line just* now.” He offered the opinion that the class of house being built was not the proper one to meet the requirements of the average worker earning a wage of £4 or £5 a week, out of which he had a familv to support. “The places that are going up are much too ‘fancy/ and consequently too dear. What are wanted are four and five-roomed places, selling at from £7OO to £BOO. And it would 1 be possible to build them, too, if more attention were given to utility than to decoration and modern effects.” He offered the opinion that there was an opportunity for the man with capital who invested it in this direction The London Times writes: At "Wembley there is always something new. The very newest thing is the Rodeo, which is taking large numbers to the Stadium. Not only is this the first competition of the'kind to be held in England, but it is the first international competition to be held anywhere. Heretofore Rodeos have been given various places in Canada, in the United States, Mexico, and the Argentine; but they have been local. or national in scope. In the Stadium event there are competitors from all those countries, as well as from Australia, New Zealand, and the British Isles. The public are informed that the Rodeo is not a Wild W r est Show, hut a true sporting competition. The contestants are men who have made their reputations in the actual work of the ranches. Nor are they professionals, in s° far as competing in these contests is concerned. They are not “amateurs” in the usual sporting sense, because they do —or may — make their living by riding and Handling cattle. But many of them are men of considerable means, ranch-owners on a large scale, and they pay their own expenses, entrance fees, and so forth. In this particular case they have been given water transportation from the port of embarkation to the port of debarkation, but no other expenses are paid. .They must finance themselves, and their only chance to get their money back is by winning prizes. One has heard people living in places outside of South Taranaki mention that they had been told that Hawera had only one cabby and one cab, the motor having supplanted the horse-drawn veIdri ’s long ago. The. day is near at hand wlien the one cab will cease its daily runs, mainly to and from the station, for after many years of service, during which time lie has made, scores of friends, Mr Harry Sales has decided to dispose of his horses and vehicle by auction at the Farmers’ Co-op. horse fair next Saturday. Although it has been well known that the motor would ultimately supersede horse-drawn vehicles, there is a sentiment, attaching to the old-time cabs and the men who knew so much of human nature, and many of whom were well known and respected, and the older people have a feeling of regret, ns they learn of the passing of old-time institutions. Among those who, through his quiet, and obliging manner and long associations with Hawera, has gained the respect of large numbers of people, not only residents, but. visitors who have frequently come to Hawera, is Mr Sales, and his cab and horses and his friendly smile will be missed bv mnnv.

The South American representative of the- New Zealand Meat Producers.’ Board in his lafet monthly letter ■writes as follows regarding the general conditions as applying to live stock in the Argentine: “There is little new to report in the meat trade, though Continental grade of beef is considerably dearer owing to the large shipments as you see to the Continent. Since loth April all transactions in fat cattle in this country have* to be carried out on a price per kilo, live weight, and the necessary weighbridges have been installed in tho local cattle market and in the different freezing works. Swifts’ prices to-day for live stock are as follows: Chiller steers, 4.3(kl to 4.01 d per kilo, live weight put in works. This is equal to 3.5 d per pound dead. Continental grade 3.27 dto 4d per kilo, live weight, or 2.91 d to 3.27 d per pound dead. Good cows 2.73 d per kilo, live weight, or 2.27 d per pound dead. Gamier,s l.fild to 1.82 d per kilo, live weight. Sheep, wethers 6d to G.odd nor pound dead; owes 4.3 Gd to 4.91 d; hoggets 7.27 d to 8d per pound dead in works. There is a. large available supply of fat cattle, but' best grade chillers are difficult to obtain, and a large percentage of the cattle slaughtered at present a're just a little short of finish. Store and breeding cattle are. cheaper owing to early frosts in different parts of the country, where the. recent green growth of' pasture will rapidly disappear. The rate of exchange to-day is 113.20. equal to the pound sterling.” OUTKED’S. Last few days of Outred’s Sale. Coat frocks from 35/6. splendid value; velour coats from 49/6, latest styles; Burberry coats, half price; marvellous reductions in all millinery; woollen jumpers from 7/11. —Advt. Rheumo quickly relieves rheumatism by removing the cause; 4/6. —Advt.