LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 10 December 1924, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

fll | sfc °ff en der for drunkenness was jesterday fined 10s, the amount of his hail, by Mr. C. 0. Ekdahl, J.P.

A cauliflower, grown in Manakau. tiom seed raised in the town slnn weighs 36‘1b., and has a leaf expansion overall of 7ft Gin, the single leaf measuring 44iu bv , 26in. The heart (says the Otaki Mail) i s 2Qi n j n diameter.

• any chance of importing girls from the OLd Country?” inquired a member of the executive of the runners Union at a recent meeting in Oamaru Other members stated (reports the North Otago Dailv Times) ttiat tanners’ waves were sorely in need ot domestic help. ' It was stated by the county clerk at a meeting of the Farmers’ Union in Oamaru that one fanner in> the Kurds' district had lost the whole of his oat crop this year through the depredations of -small birds.—Norlh Ota»o limes.

Leave was granted to the engineer or the Patea County Council at yesterday’s meeting to attend the conference at Christchurch in February. Cr. Belton said ho had looked through the agenda paper of last year, and was surprised to see the importance of the subjects dealt with. Se felt'sure the council would reap much benefit, and hoped the engineer would be able to go south.

“If you were in the room at the time, how is it that you did not know what was actually said?” was a question put' by counsel to a witness at the Tirnaru Magistrate’s Court. “There were several ladies present, and they were all talking at once,” was the ready response. The magistrate smiled sympathetically, and promptly accepted the explanation (states the Herald). A Press Association message states: On November 2G a Press Association message descriptive of a dispute in the Arbitration Court Jbetween Mr Read, secretary of the Wellington Timber Workers’ Union, and Mr Turley, secretary of the New Zealand Timber Workers’ Federation, stated that when MiRead struck at Mr Turley the latter took cover under a table. Mr Turley takes exception to this allegation, maintaining that he did no more than move his head to avoid a blow. This version has been substantiated by inquiries. and in justice to Mr Turley the correction is made.

The difficulties of country settlers "’ere stressed when, considering some repairs on a back-country road in the Patea district, the county chairman said that the applicant for help related how lie took his mother-in-law in the car as far as he could go, and then on a sledge fitted with a seat. Lt was. however, so rough and she was so shaken that the old ladv got out and trudgqd a good deal of the distance to be covered. When he first went in it was possible to take a buggy and pair, but it was not now feasible. The forty-eighth annual summer show of the Southland A. and P. Society opened yesterday in glorious weather (states a Press Association message from Invercargill). Some excellent stock were exhibited, and in this connection a prominent breeder stated that the stock were quite up to the standard of the recent Royal Show. Crowds are in Invercargill from all over the Dominion, and indications point to a record attendance to-day (People’s Day). A Manawatu farmer has in his possession a well-preserved curiosity in the form of a pigskin side-saddle, which was used by his mother and bv her mother as long ago as 1851. His children know it as a “three pronged” saddle. There are hundreds of people here who have never seen such an article (remarks the Times), and he thinks of presenting it with the dounlereined bit and bnfifcpon bridle to the Palmerston North museum. Fifty years ago it w-as a necessity in every household, and even occupied the place of the family perambulator.

Particulars of train arrangements and issue of excursion tickets in connection with Christmas and New Year holidays, 1924-1925, are advertised in this issue.

“Model frocks direct from London.” TTarrops Ltd. have just received per parcel post an assortment of London model frocks, which illustrate present English modes. These have all been purchased at a discount off Home prices and cannot be duplicated elsewhere. Inspection invited —Harrops Ltd. —Advt BUCKRELL’S, HAWERA. Ladies requiring something really up to modern requirements in frocks, costumes and ladies’ wear generally will find an exceedingly nice selection at Buckrell’s, Hawera. There is also a wide range of handkerchiefs, singly or in boxes, suitable for inexpensive Christmas gifts. —Advt.