LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 7 March 1925, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A few of the new motor re gi strati on i plates have been .seen in Hawera on J Wellington ear', and these show the I figures embossed in white on a green ! ground Having scored anothet win (in a field of 27.) and a second equal yesterday, the Hawera Fire Brigade's team wheli is competing at the Christchurch demonstration now lies second in the championship aggregate. with 49 points. Thames is leading with 54 poi nts_ Advice has been received that the request of the Taranaki Education Board for a grant for additions to the Fraser Road school has been approved by the department. The improvements involve the building of a new room and the remodelling of the school generally. Jt is expected that the hoard will put the work in hand right away. The address on the control question, to he delivered in Hawera on Wednesday. March 18, by Mr W. Grounds, ehairma'h of the Dairy Produce Control Board, will' be repeated in New Plymouth next day, and later in other centres. The Hawera meeting will be held in the Opera House at 11 a.m. The services at the Salvation Army Citadel, Victoria. Street, to-morrow will be conducted by Captain and Mrs. limith, assisted by band, songsters and soldiery. Each Sunday these services are proving helfful, blessed and instructive. At the 7 p.m. service Bro. McAlipi ne, a “modern miracle of graced’ will, relate the story of his conversion. Bro. MeAlpine is ia. fiery apo.stle of Jesus Christ. , A cordial ■ welcome is extended to all.

Ten months’ railway .returns disclose an increaesd revenue of £72,291, and an increased expenditure of £112,465, compared with the corresponding period of the 1923-24 financial year. The railway revenue for the period April 1, 1924, to January 31, 1925, was £5,795,560, compared with £5,732,269 for the corresponding period during the 192324 financial \oar. The expenditure was £4.624,041. compared with £4,511,576. A meeting of Huia Lodge, No. 9, was held in the Orange Hall on Thursday evening. V,G. Bro. Beaurepaire presiding. One candidate was presented for initiation. A transfer for Mr Wallace, late of Gisborne, was received and accepted. The lodge’s delegate reported on Dispensary Board meeting, the report being received. P.G. Bro. Latham was appointed future delegate to Dispensary Board. Reports on recent visits to Stratford and Okaiawa were also received Bro. Latham was the recipient of a handsome collar presented in recognition of services rendered. “It has. been truly said that if the motorists of this country were as careful as pedestrians,- the cemeteries would be full in 24 hours.” said Mr. A. FJ. Ansell, of the Otago Motor Club, during an address at the Southland Motor Association smoke concert. “I had occasion some months ago to motor a City Councillor through the streets of Dunedin,” continued the speaker, “and afterwards he told me that he never knew there were so many <1 fools in Dunedin.” Oftimes of late the unusual and the unexpected has made its appearance at Ohnwe beach, and a couple of days ago the troubles of the little township were, further added to by the arrival on the tide of the putrid carcase of a. hull, which was left high and dry on. the sands just opposite-, the bathing shed. The unwelcome visitor, though incapable of fight, was unapproachable ; so much so that the seaside committee, usually so energetic in the interests- of the residents, was at a loss to know how to .act , and consequently the carcase wa.s left in .undisputed possession, for the time being, of the- sands. The licensing of drivers as provided for under the new motor regulations, has commenced in. Hawera, the County Council having issued their first license on Monday last. However, taking into consideration the great number of persons in the oirtrici who drive cars, and the fact that after April 1 drivers’ licenses must, be produced, on demand, the total of about fortv nipplications so far made is surprisingly small. ’ Perhaps when the- Borough Council commence issuing. licenses on Monday. and people begin to realise that the time allowed is passing, they will give the matter more serious consideration.