LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 5 November 1924, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The rainfall for Stratford for the month of October totalled 10.06 inches. Rain fell on 17 days, and the maximum fall occurred on October 31 (2.20 inches).

At a meeting of members of the Bay of Plenty Tourist League it was resolved to form a deep sea fishing club, the object being to facilitate fishing sport for visitors from outside (says the Auckland Star). Aqueducts cut for twenty miles through the solid rock of Ben Nevis are part of a vast scheme now being started for harnessing water-power over an area of 300 square miles of the Scottish Highlands.

Mr. W. A., Shewbridge, a Tasmanian member of Parliament, after visiting the Manawatu showground at Palmerston North, said there wa« nothing superior in Australia, with the exception of ttlie Royal Agricultural Society’s property at Sydney. Willow is lightest of woods, a cubic foot of' weighing but 301 b. A cubic foot of box weighs 571 b.

The timber of the redwood tree of California never decays. Fallen trunkswhieh have been overgrown by new forests are as solid as on the day they

“The. mere fact of having a society in the district is a warning to the public to observe more humane treatment of all animals,’* said a speaker at the meeting of the Feilding Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

Mr. Salvatore Cimino, the newlyappointed musical director of the new Manawatu Paramount Theatre, died suddenly in Pamerston North on Saturday evening-. He had attended a performance in the evening, apparently in as good health as usual, but on his return to his hotel Mr. Cimino had a seizure, collapsed, and expired amost at once. He belonged to a well-known Wellington musical family, and liis relatives live at Lyall Bay.

An interesting fact in connection with the approaching resignation of Archbishop Julius is that his term of 34 years as Bishop of Christchurch i-s the same length, of time that the office was held by his predecessor, the late Bishop Harper. There have been only two bishops of that diocese. Bishop Harper was consecrated in 1856, and held office until 1890, when he was succeeded by the present bishop. '

The members of the, Hawera Accountant Students’ Society and business men generally are reminded of the lecture to-night in the Borough Chambers. Mr J. S. - Barton, S.M., who is the. lecturer, is an authority on . the subject of “Company Law,” and it-is not often opportunities occur of hearing such an outstanding man. Therefore it is to be hoped that every available seat will be occupied, and students especially should not\miss hearing Mr Barton. • ■ .

The action of the New Zealand Amateur Swimming Association in debarring W. J. Claringbold, of Hawera, from competing in amateur swimming sports,. on the grounds that he was a professional because he took part in motoi’-cycle racing, was mentioned by the Hawera representative at the annual meeting of delegates of the Taranaki Swimming Centre on Monday. Members felt that motor-cycling could hardly be regarded as an athletic sport any more than horse-racing, and it was unfair that the cyclist should he disqualified as a professional while the jockey was .regarded as an amateur. The centre decided to make representations to the New. Zealand Association asking it to reconsider its ruling, which, it was considered, was making an unnecessarily fine distinction.

What an American would describe as a “shooting affray” happened in the Union Bank of Australia, Christchurch, on Monday afternoon (reports the Press). It was not a “hold up’" organised by bobbed-hair bandits, howhut an accident which mighw have been followed with indre serious results. At about 3.30 p.m., Keith Nevill, a junior employed in the Union Bank, escorted two of his friends through the place. Eventually they arrived at and entered a certain room —-preeumalbly a strong-room, because there was a loaded revolver in it. Nevill picked up the weapon, and carelessly (handled it. He accidentally pulled the trigger, with the result the guir discharged, and the bullet, which flew perilously dose to all three, lodged in the arm of one of Nevill’a friends named Howard Paynter. The unfortunate lad was, immediately attended to and removed to the Christchurch Hospital, where he was operated upon on. Tuesday morning. He was able to leave for his home yesterday afternoon, but it will probably be some days before he will recommence work.

During the war the employees of the New Zealand Farmers’ Co-opera-tive Association raised large sums of money by voluntary subscriptions in order to assist their colleagues who had gone to the front,, or their relatives who had perforce to remain at home (states the Lyttelton Times). When the war ended and all cases requiring assistance had been dealt with, there was a considerable surplus, and the trustees .of the fund recently met to discus the question of the disposal of the money. It was decided that a Memorial Scholarship would be an eminently suitable way of perpetuating the memory of those members of the staff who had made the supreme sacrifice, and, with this object in view, the Canterbury Education Board was approached to see if something could be done in this way. The matter was discussed at the last meeting of the board, and it has now been •arranged .that scholarships, to be called “The New Zealand Farmers’ Co-operative Association Staff Memorial Scholarship,’’ will be awarded every year on the results of the Junior National Scholarship examination. . If proposals in the Education Act Amendment Bill now before Parliament become law, the two scholarships may be held at the same time, and the total amounts that may be awarded to successful candidates will he £ls for town pupils and £55 for country pupils. The scholarship will be open to pupils who have been attending a primary school in the Education district of Canterbury for six months prior to the examination, and will be tenable for three years at a public secondary school. More than 200,000 houses have been built in Great Britain since 1919.