LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 27 September 1924, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Thepolice were advised yesterday that Alexander Brown., aged 69, a road contractor employed near Milton, was found dead on the roadside, with a severe wound on the right side and a broken nose. Deceased, who was working alone at' a quarry, evidently fell on a crowbar, as one was found there bloodstained. He then crawled over a mile, towards assistance before collapsing.

Speaking on question of local body subsidies* fn the House of Representatives, the Prime Minister said that wliat was wanted, it appeared to him, was some system of classification that would ensure that the subsidies would be given in proportion (1) to the rate collected; (2} to the ability of the district to pay; (3) to the needs of the district. That meant that they would have to say to certain, districts: “You are entitled to a Government subsidy, but you don’t need it, and we are going to give it to those who do need it.” Had they got the courage to say that? ’That was the question.

“How ami why did Christ, Who knew no sin, become sin for us?” is the question Mr Greenwood proposes to discuss scripturally and philosophically at the Church of Christ, Wilson street, on Sunday night.

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The amount of alcoholic liquor sent into the King Country during the five years to March 31 last totalled 261,080 gallons, according to a return presented to Parliament on the motion of Mr. J. C. Rolleston (Waitomo). Of this amount the greater part was be’er (217,710 gallons} and whisky (32,721 gallons). The return of separate years does not show 7 any steady increase or decrease of consumption, the figure for the year ended March 31, 1920 (61,255 gallons), being the highest. Consumption fell away in the following two years, but increased in the year ended in 1923 and again in 1924, the final year’s total (59,535 gallons) being very little less than the first of the period. Under daylight saving in Scotland it is possible to play the game of< bowls without artificial lighting as late as 11.30 p.m., according to Mr. T. N. Horsley, who returned to Christchurch the other day from a visit to the Old Country. Mr. Horsley (says the Press) mentioned that one night w r hile in Glasgow 7 he was writing a letter in broad daylight, and looking at the clock he found it -was twenty-five minutes past ten. The twilight in England and Scotland was much longer than in New Zealand, and he believed that New Zealand was much more suited for daylight saving. “I never heard a word against daylight saving in England and Scotland,” remarked Mr. Horsley. “The, people seem to regard the alteration of the clock as the natural thing to do,” and everyone appeared to he thoroughly satisfied that daylight saving was a good thing.” “It is to the early settlers,” said Lord Jellicoe in Wellington at a farewell function tendered him by the Early Settlers’ Association, “that the progress of this Dominion is really due. I only wish that all the settlers of the early days would give their ex-’ periences in book form. It is a- regi'etful fact that we get all too few accounts of what ’the early settlers endured—particularly accounts of what their wives endured. Great as is the credit due' to the men, still greater credit is due to the wives. A man is meant to endure hardships, but very different it is with the wives—as I know. (Laughter.) They ,put up with all sorts of r hardships without complaint. (Laughter and applause.) We cannot forget that this is our farewell, and. we do feel, very deeply, that fact. Those we regret most having to sav-good-bye to may be divided into two classes—the early settlers and.the young children. They represent the best that is in this Dominion. In saving this I do not belittle the intermediate stages.” (Laughter.) ' A writer in the .Church Press says of the New Zealand v Motor Trades Association that it cay “give points to many other organisations on the subject of holding conventions. The delegates wisely mix pleasure with business, and the duty of looking after the social side of the annual gathering, which falls upon the local association in the centre in which the conference is held, is invariably carried out with a thoroughness and .cordiality which makes, the annual ‘gathering* of the elans’ highly enjoyable. But when they meet in conference the delegate's get down to ‘brass tacks.’ The level of their debates is high, there being many good, clear thinkers and fluent speakers in the ranks of the New Zealand Association, while, the control by the chairman is invariably excellent. The pressmen who sit through a motor traders’ conference and note the briskness. of the debate, and the grip each man has of his subject, wonder where the delegates learned their debating, for it is much above the average level attained bv clubs, local bodies, and similar organisations. Perhaps the secret lies in- the' fundamental fact that the delegates are business men vitally interested in , their business, each with something to say which matters, and all anxious to? learn from the experience of the other fellow.” A doubly hearty welcome has been extended to the 1000 delegates from the Order of Scottish Claris of America, who have arrived this week. Sir Harry Lauder was on the, quay at Broomielaw to meet them. They were, given an official; reception by the Corporation of Glasgow, and they have now started upon an extensive tour of the country.. The spirit of the visitors was expressed by Mr. Duncan MTnnes, the Royal Chief of the Order, who admitted that when he first sighted land coming, up the Filth of Clyde he felt like kneeling clown and thanking God that after 40 years he was back again. The'more fortunate Scots who had never left could hardly understand their feelings, which became warmer to their native land the longer thev were away , from it. He mentioned that he went to the same school as Sir Harry Lauder—“ Miss Gunn's at the foot of Inveresk Brae” —and declared that Sir Harry was the best plenipotentiary the old land had ever sent to the United States of America; The fervour of our returned exiles is grateful and refreshing, and kindles our own, but one can hardly help asking how many of them propose to settle down permanently in the land that gave them birth? At the fourth congress of the International Union against Tuberculosis, held at Lausanne on August 5. 6, and 7. the most fundamental question raised was that so ably discussed by Sir Robert Philip, who for forty years has devoted his energies to ’ the antituberculosis campaign—namely, has this campaign justified its existence and diminished the toll levied by this infection on the human race? In arriving at ah affirmative conclusion, says the British Medical Journal, Sir Robert brought forward statistics from two sources—from England and Scotland and from North America. In many of his arguments he was supported by Professor Knud Faber, of Copenhagen, who showed that in Denmark, where the campaign had been specially well organised and provided with a more liberal State expenditure than in any ’ other country, the death rate from tuberculosis is the lowest of all European nations, being in 1922 at the rate ’ of 9.5, as against 11.2 per thousand of Great Britain. .After outlining Sir Robert Philip’s address, the British Medical Journal says that all the evidence points to the beneficent influence of a. widespread and well-planned campaign in diminishing the death-rate from tuberculosis. One authority, indeed. went so far as to express to Sir | Robert Philip the opinion that “tuberculosis is on the run ” N.Z. MOTOR WRECKING CO., LTD.

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A local farmer when out with his clogs yesterday, not two miles from Hawera, put up a rabbit, which the dogs secured. He has shown the carcase to several farmei's who were for years in rabbit-infested areas, and they are confident no mistake has been made. It is a serious matter to find bunny in this district, and steps should be taken to make further enquiries with a view to taking *the action required.

A member of the fair sex who masqueraded at the Druids’ fancy dress dance last night as “Father" Time” carried her acting to an amusing conclusion by winning the gentlemen’s prize for the best costume. Practically everyone at the dance was “had,” for it was on a vote of all present that she was declared the winner, the mistake only being discovered when the prize was being presented. The Druids’ Hall held a very successful plain and fancy dress' mas-, querade ball in the Foresters’ Hall last, night, aoout fifty couples participating. The hall was tastefully decorated for the occasion. Music was supplied by Macdonald’s orchestra. MiC.’s, Messrs. W. Ramsay and N. Grant. Prizes were given for best costumes, ladies and gentlemen, and were awarded by vote. Ladies, Ist Miss Warcup (Iceberg); gentlemen,. Ist Miss White (Father Time). An excellent supper was provided by the ladies The ball was held in aid of the children’s Christmas tree fund, .which will benefit by the result. Mr’ and Mrs. W. Adams, Mesdames Yinten and Beauchamp, ably assisted by their friends, had all the arrangements well in hand, and all present had a very enjoyable time, dancing being kept up until an early hour. A euchre party and dance in aid of the above fund will be held in the Foresters’ Hall next Thursday, particulars of which will be advertised later.

What must be regarded as easily the best illustrated work of reference advertising New Zealand is Mr Vivian E. Page’s Progressive New Zealand, which he has published bv arrangement with the Dominion' Advisory Council. The'publication, which is a most comprehensive one, contains excellent written and lithographic reference to all aspects of New Zealand national life, and will convey to those overseas an accurate impression of life in the Dominion. Mr L. S. Fanning is the editor, and Messrs Andrews, Baty and Co., Ltd.; the printers. A copy of the production was received by the Hawera Chamber of Commerce last night, and it was resolved that the publisher of the work be written to and thanked for bis courtesy in forwarding a copy of the publication, together with an expression of the opinion of the council that the publication reflects great credit upon all concerned in its compilation and production, and that its wide distribution in- Great Britain and America is calculated to directly benefit this Dominion.