LOCAL AND GENERAL.

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

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

About the middle of next month the wool-selling season in New Zealand will begin. Auckland city’s war,memorial fund is £BOOO short of the £25,000 required. A, permanent international committee has been appointed to develop telephone communication among eleven European countries. The keenness of the Auckland Girl Guides is indicated by the fact that there are over 500 entries for a cooking contest to be held this week. . Prompt response was made to an appeal by Dr. G. W. Gower, medical superintendent of the -Waikato Hospital. for blood transfusion to a patient in the hospital. Ten offers were received by noon. A rather unusual sight the other morning was the appearance of fourteen swans flying low along the Mangatainoka river reaches in the direction of Eketahuna, says the Pahiatua Herald. -- ’ Strawberries are now reaching the Auckland city markets in great quantities, the warm spell experienced towards the end of last week having made a wonderful difference to the beds. “Every seventh person in Honolulu has a moto rear,’’ said Mr T. R. Hodder, while speaking at the Palmerston •North Lunch Club. “They are only half the price of those in New Zealand, and benzine costs only the equivalent of 9d or lOd a gallon.” 1 There is a good deal of movement in the property market in Timaru at the present time, and sales of town property are taking place at considerably enhanced values compared with those ruling a few years ago. The English words “Mama” and “Papa” appealed so much to the Japanese children as terms of endearment for their parents that they have almost displaced the Japanese words, stated Mr Kanamori in the course of his address at Oamaru, recently (states the Mail). The amount paid to the P. and T. Department for press telegrams for the July-September quarter throughout the Dominion was £15,293, against £15,696 for the corresponding quarter last year. Dr. Elizabeth Bryson, of Levin, who is shortly leaving on a twelve months’ trip to England, was farewelled at a iarge social function at. Levin on Friday, the Mayor and Mayoress (Mr and Mrs Hobson) being among those present. The Mayor, in the course of an address, said that Dr. Bryson had been a public benefactor since going to Levin, and had done particularly splendid work in the influenza epidemic ; of the war period. The Mayoress pre~ , sented the guest of honour with a cheque. Several o,the.r speakers voiced a eulogy of Dr. Bryson’s many estim- * able qualities, and wished her bon voy- ■ age. , A regulation has recently been gazetted "with the intention of prevent- ' ing the false packing of fruit. H stipulates that all fruit sold, or offeree . for sale, must be packed in a containei of a capacity not exceeding 31b nel , weight. Any fruit exposed to view u must fairly represent in size, maturity, • and condition the whole contents ol j the container, which must be full oi ? fruit. c A teacher in a coastal town is re , ported to have set himself out to sup 1 press the slightest sign of. the child rei - under his care developing the nicotim f habit. In opening the campaign h< p asked all those children who had evei smoked to stand forward. About 51 ? per cent, of the scholars, including f many of the gentler sex, admitted hav t ing at some time or other committe< the “crime.” He thereupon took oi p the arduous task of supplying each cul p >rit with six good and -sound stroke . with the strap. The offence had no p been committed in the school surround ings nor was it shown that it had beei •* '.n practise recently. Many irate per t- ents resent the action taken, and ques k lions are now being asked as to hoi far the teacher’s jurisdiction extends. , Two Stratford young men made trip to Whangamomona by Saturday’ :s train on a pig-hunting expedition i- being joined by two of the district’ ,} prominent hunters (states the Post] , On taking to the hills in the earl ' morning numerous signs of the pes r were to be seen, showing that ther y was truth in the reports that hav , f come from this part of the country a l , to the need for systematic and cot ) kinued attack upon the marauders. 1 was evident that the wild pig ha is established himself in strong number; )r The party’s dogs very soon after star ing put up some pigs, and exceller lf sport was obtained. Pigs ran about i r - all directions. Two .303 rifles, one r< ir volver and one .35 soon began to te lp on the pigs, and in a few minut< they had scattered helter skelter ini 3 the fern. One boar was shot thr« n ;imes with the .303’s, and six tim< p_ with the revolver, but though drippin j_ with blood even then managed to g< away. This gives an idea of tl party’s luck all day. They secured i snouts, but had plenty of shooting. p - Rlieumo rapidly removes rheumatisn al ( 2/4- and 4/6. —Advt.

The installing of the . community lighting scheme iu H&wera. is nearing completion, and a Star representative was informed this morning that it is hoped to have the work completed by the end of next week.

Sir Rider Haggard states that Australia could accommodate at least 50,000,000 whites. Many starving Britons, he points out, might, if given opportunity, become forefathers of a great population,. “If there is any beautiful spot in the world, it is Nelson,” said Mr. F. W. Fairev at a meeting of the Nelson A. and P. Association. “If the world was a ring of gold, Nelson was her diamond.” Nelson was not sufficiently advertised abroad, he added. The High Commissioner for New Zealand annoupees that it will be impossible for New Zealand to participate in the Empire Exhibition in 1925. Dairy farmers in South Wairarapa are delighted at the season’s prospects (says an exchange.) ' Grass was never more plentiful, and cows never milked better. “If the prices only keep right,” remarked one dairyman, “many of us will see the long-looked-for turning in our affairs.” “Are you prepared to tell the Court that all the members of the family would tell a lie?” asked counsel of a witness in a case .that came before the Dunedin Magistrate’s Court. Witness (nonchalantly): “I suppose blood’s thicker than water.” Counsel: “Would the members of your family do so?” “My family will tell the truth,” said witness, who added, after a significant pause: “To a certain extent.” While a three-horse team was engaged in ploughing on a farm at Taupiri, the horses were attacked by bees. They bolted through the apiary, knocking oyer fourteen hives, whose inhabitants rushed out and joined the fray. Two of the horses broke loose and escaped. Eventually the bees were driven off by lighting fires, hut the third horse was so badly stung that it died in a few hours. Two passenger cars have already been equipped with electric lighting at the Addington works and are now in use on the express run between Christchurch and Grey mouth. It is the intention of the department toi equip all the passenger cars used on this run with electric lighting and eventually to extend the system to the south expresses. A painful accident happened to Mr. G. Perrott, senr., of Mahoe, on Tuesday. He was engaged in straining wire when the strainer broke, and a piece of wire flew back and entered his thumb, inflicting a, painful wound. Mr. Perrett was attended by Dr. Gordon, and is progressing satisfactorily. —Argus. “I am waiting more in sorrow than in anger,” was the opening of a letter to the Manukau County Council, by a ratepayer who wished a road repaired, The writer added later in the communication: “So far we have bornt more or less patiently having our lives as well as our vehicles bent ant broken. ’ ’ The public are reminded that all pre parations are being made for th< euchre party and dance to be held ii the Kapuni hall to-morrow (Friday evening, in aid of the Manaia towr queen. There is to be a maiden ant open waltzing competition, also goou prizes for the euchre. There should be a good attendance. Plaintiff was nonsuited, without costs, by Mr. A. M. Mowlem, S.M., in his written decision in the case in which Mary McMenamin (Mr. A. Chrystal), of Eltham, milliner, claimed £l7 9s 9d from J. Bootten (Mr. J. Sheat), of Eltham, settler (the Argus reports). In her statement of claim the plaintiff said that on August 21 the defendant wrongfully destroyed a portion of the live hedge dividing the parties’ properties. Therefore the plaintiff claimed £l2 9s 9d as the price of erecting a suitable fence fo replace. the destroyed hedge, and £-5 general damages. The fire brigade received a call at 8.20 o’clock last evening to Hopkirk’s foundry, where an outbreak had occurred in a partition, due, it is thought, to flying sparks from molten metal. Mr. Nairn (furnaceman), following his usual custom of inspecting the prem 7 ises late in the' evening discovered the fire. He gave the alarm, and with a hose kept the outbreak in check until the brigade arrived. The damage was very slight. The insurance on the building is £I3OO and on the stock and contents £1760, both in the Standard office. “The tour of the All Blacks in England is the finest advertisement this country could have,” said Mr C. S. M’Oully, in proposing the toast of “The All Blacks Team,” at. the annual smoke concert of the Linwood Football Club. “It is to he hoped,” he added, “that the Government will realise this fact and facilitate the tour of a New Zealand representative team to Canada next year.” Some merriment was occasioned at a local body meeting by the sprucest member appearing with two ties on — a uew one, seeking to hide the presence of an old one. On being twitted by his fellow members he felt his neck, explaining: “Yes, my wife told me to put on another tie before I came out.” During the sally of laughter that followed the family man lost his false teeth, which ricocheted into ( the inkpot.—Exchange. > The high price of onions this year • is due to two things. In the first ) place the crop in Canterbury was ; smaller than usual, and, secondly, the - Government placed an embargo on the i importation of onions from California i on account of the danger of the iritro- ■ duction of the dread foot and mouth ’ disease to this country. As a general - rule large quantities of onions are im- ■ norted to this country each year from 1 Victoria, hut this year -Victorian onions have been in short supply and highpriced. New Zealand merchants have ' + here fore been compelled to obtain supplies from Canada and Japan.