LOCAL AND GDENERAL.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 19 December 1924, Page 4

LOCAL AND GDENERAL.

“If. parents won’t take care of the children, and fail to bring them ip properly, then the State must step .in and take a hand,” said C. Widdowson,. S.M.j in the Christehurdi Juvenile Court on Satvirday. . A young man named Williamson, alias Alillwaich pleaded' guilty, in Vthfc Dargaville Police Court on Wednesday to forgery and uttering a cheque for £lO at' Tutamoe. and was.committed to the!Supreme Court for Owing to adverse weather- conditions, the swimming carniv.dl -which .wqs to have been held to-night fias .been postponed till Tuesday, 23rd hist, The public can rest assured that they will receive a very mi lovable evening's (’.tertainment. .• . '

"• Two first offending inebriates . were dealt with by Mr. J. G. Osborne J.P., at the Hawera Magistrate’s Court.this morning. Both defendants : we?e natives and one, who vyas a statutory first offender but asked to . have. a prohibition order taken out, against him, was convicted and discharged, while the other was fined, 10s.' . L ; Mr A. Hunter, of Jri-.wera, who was a;-judge at die Southland A. .and show,, has been .spending a few'days tn - Southland, and has been, greatly struck during His visit by theiimmerise range of high-class farming cauiitfy; in the -province (says the-. Mataura .-Eiisign): ;Mr Hunter,' who is a brother tef the 1 famous “Jimmy”■ Hun : Bfack fame,- states. that lie-- was greatly surprised to she' how sweet w-hatawlls originally swamp laud can becpme •*iiv Southland.; after being turned: over-'ajid brought into cultivation. Southland Ayrshire■ cattle were amongst -the best he had ever seen. ...: . A well-known farmer stated. atf a meeting, at Carterton recently' that; lie bad been told of a case in that district where a dairyman had disposed .of' a bull as a “potter” for 30s bebaris© ;hq had.- proved a rank failure. . Instedd bf going to the meat works' as intended, (says all exchange), the animal- was taken to a special bull sale , where ,the veriSor. refused a bid of £s'. The'bull, was sold afterwards at a higher figure and the purchaser next ‘ season . will find a big proportion of his cbivs not iii calf. , They should organise to" pye-r vent this kind of thing being carried on. • - ' \ ... ' ‘

v “Don’t - give your . girls- t'dov ’niiidli liberty,” said Miss McLean, principal of the Wellington Girls’ Coilegevin giving a word of advice to prireiits-ib the course of her address at- the" pl ; iz& giving ceremony. “Remember that these girls are not ready fhr it. They are just like an untutored peoples—riot ready for self-government. The girls need restraint. When they leave school he their guardians as well .as. their parents.” Mita .McLean also . had a word to .say on' the question bf dress. “Women’s dressyas a rule,” she said, “is ‘suitable, But there are. too many extremes’. " One would almost . think that . the old order had been reversed-r-thakm fe h ate the weaker , sex, and women th# stronger. On a cold day you see men dressed in blue suits and serge coats,. and women in georgette and bareness J’,

A recent remark by the Prime Minister; that' the exchange position- was aggravated by the Dominion- having to- pay. £1,000,000. for Ahstrfvliqn Wheat , was taken up by the Auckland branch of the New- Zealand -Tbtufist League. It wrote to Mr'. ; Massey stating that, ,at the Tourist :.Bureah’ ? s estimate of average tourist; expeniliture, which is £IOO a.head, -it would require only • 10,000 Australian" visitors to square, the balance-sheet. ‘ It iVas suggested that a campaign, be instifcutecl at once, - with a .view 1 to' htferacting Australians to the Dominion from the end *bf January to' April When the resorts are not so tarbwdbcl by local' holidaymakers/ An'adkhmvledgment from Mr. Massey has ! been received, stating that the project .has been placed before the Minister ;ih Charge of the Tourist Department' for his consideration. ' -

. ‘Mr. Massey made a promise, - apd Mr. Massey’s promise stands-^-'tliere’s no. question about that.” The Hon. J. Gr-., Coates, Minister of Public .Works, made this remark during the discussion bj.matters relating to,theTekapopower scheme at Timaru, when considerable stress was laid by the members . of the deputation. from the Tekapo Development League upon the promise made by Mr. Massey in 1922? relative to the South Canterbury people developing the scheme “We have never questioned that,” Mr. T. D. Burnett, M;P. for Te-. muka, replied. “It is only - trie' inis- - people who have done so.;,’ “Mr. Massey is our guiding star,” the Minister said, “and those who doh’t agree- with.him, I rather pity:”- : Then in earnest tones: “He is the-gentle-man I wish to be loyal to, arid ahall.be loyal to my personal affection towards him is sufficient for that as wellregard for him as a man. The figure Mr. Massey makes in Imperial. matters we, as New Zealanders, should be proud of. •' :

’IV ages are still - high in '‘America, according to Mr.'C. Davey, late of Palmerston North, who returned on the Niagara after spending two Vears in the U.S.A. Carpenters earn the equivalent of £2 per day, but the cost of Hvmg is also high. As an instance, Mr.. Davey stated that a subscription to a trade union was £5. Some/of the’ unions fixed their subscriptions eVeh higher, many of the members jphvfnr 500 and 800 dollars. The spirit of trj'de unionism in America was essehtiajly conservative—definitely' antiBolslievik There was a verv friendly suirit towards Australia and‘New .Zealand. At the same time, the lack' of knowledge of New Zealand was appalling. Mr. Davey had written to a Cabinet .Minister in New Zealand, sucrvestmcr that the expenditure.of £IOOO in .D.S.A. would prove of inestimable value.

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