LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 10 February 1925, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The committee of the Waverley A. and P. Association haA-e resolved to Avait until February 27 before coming to a decision, ini regard to their annual slioav.

Salvaging operations on the shipwrecked Konini haA-e attained a degree of success which avus perhaps not anticipated by the- buyers or sellers, and the Kotar© is bringing to Invercargill nearly every day some further additions to Avhat has been already salvaged (says the News). A great quantity of miscellaneous articles have been discovered, such as chains, blocks, ropes, beds, mattreses, buckets, paint, stores, etc. The folloAving sittings have been arranged by the Arbitration Court: February 18, ~ at Christchurch; March 5, at Blenheim; March 9, at Nelson; March 19, at Wellington; April 20, at Auckland; Palmerston North, Napier, AVanganui and NeAv Plymouth, about the end of March. The court visits Greymouth and Westport after the Nelson sitting and before coming to Wellington.

A very fine array of trophies for the Normanby Horticultural Society’s annual shoAV is now on exhibition, in Messrs Bennett and Sutton’s AA’indoAv. They include two handsome rose boAvls donated by Mr Robert Gibson (best blooms) and Mr A. E. Linn (farm produce), and fine cups given by Messrs Lovell and Christmas (decorations) and Bennett and Sutton (points in cooking). There is also a rose boAvl Avhich was given by the society. At the Anglican General Synod, sitting at Dunedin, it Avasr decided, to take the preliminary steps to frame a Bill to he promoted in Pai-liament by General Synod to enable the Synod from time to time to alter, revoke, add to or diminish the fundamental provisions of the constitution so that the church shall have practically autonomy, which, as a branch of the Catholic Church, she now possesses theoretically A statute \vas adopted providing for the association of the missionary diocese in Polynesia Avith the Church of the pro’'': inee of Ncav Zealand.

At St. Mary’s Church on Sunday evening a short but interesting organ recital Avas giA-en by Mr George Smith. The selections chosen gave him an opportunity to shoAv to advantage the very excellent quality of the stops on the organ. His technique and execution Avere much admired by the large congregation present. The selected numbers were as follow: Prelude and Fugue in B flat (Bach); Andantino in D flat (Lemare); “Menuet” (Op. 77, No. 10), (MoszkoAvski).; Hymne, A Sainte Cecile (Gounod); “Rakoczy” March (Berlioz), arranged for the organ by W. T- Best. The stationma&ter at Hawera ad-A-ises that it has jioav been, decided to extend the aA r ailability of tickets to include, children, and parents ,nr guardians accompanying children, tra-A-elline on ordinary or holiday excursion, tickets, AA-ho ha,A-e been detained •in reaching their destination through the epidemic of infantile paralysis. Such tickets Avill now be available up to one Aveek after the date of the reopening of the schools. A similar extension may also be granted in the case of school teachers, Avho, on account of the school remaining closed, desire an extension of their ordinary or excursion tickets. AVe draAV attention to adA r ertisement announcing amended hours of attendance at inhalation chamber. Overheal d at site of a new building AA-here foundations are doAvn pretty deep. Passer-by: “Are you going down mucli further?” A\ r orkman, like a flash: ‘‘Perhaps AA-e are going to the other, place.”

Does your baby’s food turn sour during digestion? Give the little one Sharland’s Fluid Magnesia. Corrects acid ity—regulates the bowels. —Advt.