LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 28 August 1924, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

There are rumours of gold being found in the Tarawera country (states the Waikato Times). Prospectors are out making investigations. Some say the All Blacks’ haka means this, and some say that (says the Christchurch Sun), but we say that as long as a good healthy noise is created it doesn’t matter what it means.

“Every time I go to "Wellington the town seems to be teeming with dputations,” said Mr. J. M. * Forrester, chairman of the Waitaki Electric Power Board at' its meeting, when reporting on the board’s deputation to the Minister (states the North Otago Times). It is stated that hundreds of gallons of home-made beer are brewed in Oamaru every week. The cost (states the Times) is said to be less than twopence per quart bottle, and some of it is claimed to be superior to the brewe r y-m an u f actu red article. “It is an interesting fact not generally known that a 551 b wether-landed on the London market is worth more than a 751 b beast,” remarked Mr. Barter .at a meeting of the Waikato sub-provincial executive of the Farmers’ Union (reports the Waikato Times).

The New Zealand Meat Producers’ Board has received a cable from its representative at Buenos Ayres, South America, advising the following shipments to the United Kingdom for the fortnight ended August 23, 1924, from Argentina and Uruguay: 187,225 quarters of chilled beef, 38,428 quarters of frozen beef, 53,067 carcases of frozen mutton, 79,996 carcases of frozen lamb. The quantity shipped to the Continent of Europe during the same period totalled 103,850 quarters frozen beef and 7646 carcases frozen mutton.

There were at least two very surprised men in Greymouth recehtlv (says the Star). One was a. local butcher and the other a. native of Blackberryville, Back of Beyond. The man from the baclcblocks came to town to complete a deal with the butcher, and registered extreme surprise when handed merely a piece of paper instead of a roll of notes, or a bag of gold. The butcher nearly fainted when he realised that his visitor did not know what a cheque was! After receiving soVne hints on modern financial methods, the innocent abroad headed for a bank.

Early potatoes are already being du® in the Runciman district, thus illustrating the productivity of the soil in S IS A rea (^ tates the N ew Zealand Herald). One settler, Mr. S. BalJard is supplying the Wellington market from his excellent crop, and when the potatoes are lifted he proposes to lay the plot in lucerne, which does very well m the fine loamy soil Another example of the results to be obtained from the splendid soil of this district is to be seen in Mr. Hawke’s f m m ° n the P «kekohe East Rbad Ten acres of this farm are “}!£ ady . ln . earl y Potatoes and two HnvlT onS '-.i At the same *me ; milking 50 cows as well a* l unmng other young stock and the horses required to work the place

The Hon. A. S. Malcolm expressed fe °S n 111 t} j e Legislative Council last ueek regarding the employment of young girls in hospitals. “I‘think it an abomination,” he: said “to have girls or 18 and 19 who have come out of cultured homes attending uoon D T comnel H, 1S abomination that they compell these girls to go and hear the disgusting and foul and loathsome language of brutes, and hear it in the piesence of young men.” Mr Malcolm’s inference to hearing the language in to y °L lng , men had regard the fact that the house surgeon or the porter might be called in to assist in quieting the patient. “I think ” concluded Mr Malcolm, “i t i s shock-

Lggs are very plentiful this vear, and the piesent time lairge Quantities are coining forward to Upmarket and in spite of the good demand prfew have fallen. Arrangements have been made, to export over five million eggs from New Zealand this season, and it n 1 i the ex P ort ation of these ml! help to maintain prices at '»»*■ level. sTe chants seem to think that as the supJy of eggs is so plentiful this year puces will go below last year’s level n spite of the export of eggs. Poultrvmen, however, are hopeful that the prices* °* ° 2&S W,U help to mai,lt «in

An exploration of some of the manv limestone caves which me known to exist m the Taihape district, but have not been investigated, is shortly to be conducted by members of the Te, Kniti Chamber of Commerce. The Waitorno caves were only discovered by accident, “ :1 ‘ ew enthusiasts would take the mater up . and indulge in a little 1 .nloration they might discover something out of the ordinary. A number of members forthwith volunteered to form an expedition of exploration, there are coves in the Rangitoto, Lparurei and Piopio districts, but no known attempt has been made to instigate their possibilities. It is known that there is a waterfall in one at Opanire, and that certain of the caverns are on a large scale. The investigators have some experience of the work. It is a somewhat hazardous undertaking, as there are manv boles of unknown depth in the caves. SUITS TO MEASURE. We make a special August offer of a suit to measure with extra trousers free for £5 15s. Bear in mind this is not the ordinary every-dav suit, but a real good all-wool material, and guaranteed a perfect fit. Call and let us place the tape over you for your suit to measure at the New Zealand Clothing Factory, Hawera.—Advt. 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. Vivific Ointment will cure the un sightly sores on children. —Advt.

On Friday afternoon last a young lad, son ol Mr T. Lind, the local storekeeper, met with a nasty accident at Awatuna. While running on foot he tripped and came in contact with a barb wire fence, his face being badly lacerated. He was brought into Eltharn, where a few stitches to the wounds were found necessary. Lovers of the beautiful in the arts and crafts are advised to inspect the samples of hand-made jewellery, comprising pendants, brooches, etc., now showing at Outred’s, High street. The exhibits all show the latest ideas in enamelwork on gold, silver, and copper, while the designs are of the most chaste and exclusive kind. Miss Joan Page will be pleased to execute orders to any design, and orders can be left with Mi's Outred.

An Ashburton number of the police force is congratulating himself on the success of an astute piece of detective woigk (states an exchange). He was faced with the task of discovering the would-be thief of a basketful of eggs, the property of Dan O’Donnell, of the Roman Catholic Presbytery. Having only the basket and footprints to work upon. Constable O’Grady took the basket round to one or two schools on the morning after the attempted theft. It was stated to the boys that the basket had been lost, whereupon one of the lads unwittingly gave his father away by recognising it as bis property. Anting on the order of his medical adviser, the Minister for Defence (Hon. Sir R. Heaton Rhodes) will leave "Wellington for Christchurch to-night to take a week’s rest. The Minister denied the rumour that he is reconsider- ; ng his previously announced intention not to stand for re-election at the next general election. Sir Heaton stated that he had already informed his constituents at Ellesmere that he was not going to stand again, and he could not now go back on that announcement. — Press Assn.

One after another the dairy factories of Taranaki are finding that it is cheaper to forward their produce to New Plymouth by motor lorry than by rail, and now even those companies whose factories are situated alongside the line are deserting the train for the lorry. At the annual meeting on Monday of shareholders of the Tariki Dairy Company, one of whose factories is situated a few chains from a railway station, the chairman of directors (Mr W. V. Harkness) announced that a contract had been arranged for the carting of the company’s produce to New Plymouth for 10s 6d a ton. By rail it would cost 15s 2d, and it would cost at least 3s 4d to get it to the line. The policy, he remarked, was bad, because the public as a whole would l nave to face the loss on the railways in the long run. The directors, however, felt that they had a duty to the shareholders, for whom they could save £l6O a season.—Herald.

“They are absolute pigs,” was the remark of a woman who clung tenaciously to the outside rail on a Roslyn cable car, Dunedin, shortly before 11 o’clock at night. The remark was made quite audible .and the other passengers who likewise endeavoured to make an inch of room appear a comfortable space, all listened with evident interest as the woman proceeded. She evidently objected to the violent rush and jostling on the part of bill residents who prefer discomfort to a long lill walk; hut she forgot that she was one of those persons who had by sheer dint of pushing secured a foothold. Matters "were becoming interesting and the passengers were becoming less human in this woman’s eyes, until she suddenly stopped, and, turning to her companion, said: “I had better keep quiet. One can’t be too careful, rind, there might be a reporter somewhere.” —And there was.

The Defence Department has received an anonymous letter from “Uncle of Five Nephews attending parades,” pointing out that there are three bi'others on the South road who are not attending parades. The department desires to point out that no action can be taken unless the names of the defaulters are given. The department has been very active in seeking out defaulters, as evidenced by the number of cases brought before the magistrate during tlm last few months, and if “Uncle of Five Nephews attending parades” will supply adequate information he may rest assured that the department will take the necessary steps.

An educational prodigy is reported from Te Araroa, near Gisborne. The inspector examined the school last week. Two of the pupils obtained their proficiency. One of them, Alice Gilman, is only eight years of age. The girl has made wonderful progress. In 1922 she was in the Mangapapa School, when she was at the top of Standard I. Last year, on the removal of her parents to Te Araroa, she entered Standard 11. Before a year had passed she was in Standard 111., and during the following 12 months she went through Standards IV., V., and VI. She is remaining till the end of the year, when it is hoped to send her on to the high school. Holiday-makers at Brighton recently enjoyed a little comedy on the beach. A small man lost his balance on . one of the groynes and fell into the sea. In an instant, another man plunged in. fully dressed, to the rescue. The “drowning” man’s cries for help quickly attracted a. crowd, whereupon a third man began talking loudly of the plucky action of the “hero.” He made an appeal for recognition from the crowd, and had started to make a collection in his cap when a policeman appeared and the collector quickly vanished. The police took the names of the two other “principals” in the drama, and then they too disappeared. It was only then that the crowd realised that the water was only three or four feet deep at the spot where the trio- were performing for their own benfit.

The serious shortage of ottieers that already existed in the Army has been ascribed to the operations of the Government axe to the commissioned ranks; the public had taken alarm, and no longer spends large sums of money on educating and preparing their sons for a military career, when they may be thrown out for political purposes with an army periodically reduced. Parents have declined to take such risks for their sons, with the result that they have refused to enter their sons for military careers, choosing instead the medical or legal professions, or what has now become even more popular, commercial careers. The effect on Sandhurst is that the college will reopen with only two companies instead of four.— Armv and Navv Gazette. " ,y

An experienced motorist who has piloted cars of all kinds over every part of the South Island had a special word of praise to offer the oilier day to the roads in the Grev County (says the Grey Star), which he stated were equal to the best roads iii New Zealand “I am surprised at the splendid formation and easy surface,” he stated. “T did not expect to find highways in these parts so well cared for, and if the isolated parts of the district which badly need reading are opened Up it is hoped that the same high standard will be maintained.

Barraclough’s Magic Nervine stops toothache; 1/6. —Advt.

Yesterday afternoon the Hawera Fire Brigade received a call to the Opera House, and on arrival it was found. that a couch or seat in one of the wings had caught fire. By means of a hand pump the fire was quickly extinguished, the damage being very slight. The Eltham School Committee are losing no time with the task of laying out the new school grounds. A public meeting is being held on Friday night, when proposals for die raising of funds will be considered. From enquiry made at the Public Works, Office at Stratford yesterday it was learned that sufficient money will probably be available in September to permit counties making a start with work under the highways scheme (says the Post). * ' “The Parliamentary machine is a fearful and wonderful concern,” said Mr Massey at a banquet at Levin. “One requires to be very careful in handling it. It must be' well looked after and thoroughly lubricated. Sometimes someone comes along with the intention of throwing a handful of sand and steel filings into the bearings. Sometimes it is not successful. AfteV all we, have not much to complain about,” Mr Massey added. Shortly after 7.30 o ’clock last evening, when the Avenue, Wanganui, was fairly busy with traffic, Mr .Tames Treadwell was knocked down by a sixseater motor car, which was being driven in the direction of the Post Office by Miss Bufgess, of St. John’s Hill, and carrying tyro other passengers. Mr Treadwell sustained injuries to his head, necessitating medical attention and his removel to the hospital. The accident occurred in the vicinity of Selwyn Buildings.—Chronicle.

Discussing the age at which boys and girls should be eligible for a motor drivers’ license, Mr. R. P. Furness related to a meeting of' the Marlborough Automobile Association (reports the Express) the true story of a well-known Blenheim motorist whose young daughter one day inquired just how fast his car could go. “I am sure I don’t know,” replied the father, “but why do you ask?” “Well,” explained the girl,' “yesterday we had the car out .and Ron (her brother) got it going as fast as 68 miles an hour, but he didn’t like to go any faster. I just wanted to know what the car could really do ” “It’s an ill wind that blows nobody any good.” The cables yesterday recorded a very serious flood in the Melbourne district, but the concluding paragraph of the message mentioned that the rain will be worth millions to the farmers. Anyone who has been to Australia knows how restricted the rainfall is there. A local resident who visited the Commonwealth a number of years ago was fortunate enough to see the marked effect of a. copious rainfall in Victoria. Up to the time of his visit no train of any consequence had fellen for months. Rain, came down in torrents for about two days, and residents informed the visitor that rain like it had not been experienced for seven years. It was simply wonderful to see the effects afterwards. The grass came away so quickly that quite a transformation took place in a day. What was practically bare land with hardly any signs of grass was in a, very short time changed to a beautiful green appearance, and tended to. demonstrate what the possibilities of the country would he werejt blessed with a rainfall similar to New Zealand.

Fashion notes from abroad tell us that “spectacles to match” are one of the fads of the moment, says the Melbourne Argus. Some little time ago we read of a girl seen at an art exhibition in London, who was wearing with a yellow and black costume red tortoiseshelT rimmed glasses, which were taken as intended to “heighten the harmony of the costume,” whatever that may mean. But now we learn that not only does milady look at the world through spectacles rimmed with jade or brilliantly coloured enamels in tones to suit her costumes, but that she may do so through any shaped ring she pleases. Heart-shap-ed, triangular, or square, diamond, spade, or club, she may choose whatever shape proves most becoming, and it is said, indeed, that these glasses are proving so becoming that women with perfect sight are wearing them with ordinary glass lens. It is little touches like this that illustrate the utter futility of talking about such things as the standardising of women’s dress.

The Hon. J. A. Hanan, in the course of an eloquent address at the official opening of the new South School Jgst week at South Invercargill, said that since the war they had emerged into a new world. They were now finding themselves amidst new conditions and movements. Great things were happening in the world, and would happen. They had entered upon an era in which intelligence and training would play the greatest part in the evolution of nations. With the restoration of Europe to the full recovery of peace and production it was not difficult for any clear thinking man to foresee conditions of fierce competition between nations in the domain of commerce, industry, and invention. The battles on these fields of warfare would be battles of intelligence. The nation that had the best trained thinkers and skilled workers as well as the best developed natural resources would win the battles in those spheres of the world’s activities. Therefore, if New. Zealand wanted to hold its own in those international competitions, or the markets of the world, we must be up and doing, and do our utmost by education, training, energy, and industry to make the best not only of our material, hut, above al, of our human resources.—(Applause.)