LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 26 January 1925, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Southland is sadly in need of rain and reports last week were to the effect that unless a good downpour came soon there would he heavy marketings of store stock.

The body of Andrew Metcalfe, aged twenty-two, a single mail, who disappeared early last week, was found floating in the - harbour at Oamaru yesterday morning. His bicycle was found on'the breakwater a. few days ago. Kenneth Marshall Trenbath, aged 72, died at the Dunedin hospital on Saturday night as the result of a fall from a horse at Miller’s Flat on Driday. An inquest, was held oil Saturday afternoon before the coroner (Mr. J. It. Bartholomew), when a verdict was returned that the cause of death was heart failure, following lacination and oedema of the brain, the result of a fall from a horse.

The New Zealand Meat Producers’ Board has been advised by its London office that the Port of London Authority has, from February 1, reduced the quay rate on frozen meat to 9s 3d per ton. A reduction is also made in storage for the first month, which will bo 37s per ton. The storage rates for subsequent months will remain as at present. In the Magistrate’s Court this morning, before Mr. J. G. Osborne, J.P., on a charge of being drunk in High Street, a Maori was fined £l. A man named Oswald Harris, on a charge of obscene language at Tiinaru, was again remanded to appear tomoirow (Tuesday) morning. On Saturday evening, the Hawera Municipal Band, under the conductorship of Lieut. Fox, rendered a programme of music in the business portion of the town. The playing of the various items was listened to by a large number of citizens, who favourably commented on the rapid progress that was being made by the bandsmen. Three spontaneous donations were handed in during the evening, which went to show how much the band’s efforts were being appreciated.

A correspondent writes: Sitting on the Napier Parade watching the voungsters at plav one is impressed most forcibly by the fine physique and bearing of the average New Zealand child. “Now look at those youngsters.” . A much travelled gentleman with a waive of the hand .indicated a boy and a girl with their bathing “togs” over their shoulders. The two children in question were about ten or eleven and were fine examples of lusty, sturdy childhood. “You would have to travel far in the world to find the equal of that pair of young- ( sters, who after all are so typical of the rest of the kiddies here. Here iu New Zealand you have all the advantages of a wonderful climate, whilst your mode of living is the highest in the world. Beneficent Providence has given you a country to he proud of when you can produce children like that. You people in New Zealand don’t know you are so well off. incidentally, “I am beginning to understand why we at Home were beaten by the All Blacks with such regularity. Our youngsters never got the chance these kiddies of yours have. No wonder your men beat us. Yes,” he finished, “you have all the makings cf a great race.”