LOCAL AND GENERAL.

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

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

At the Supreme Court at Gisborne' yesterday, states a Press Association message, Frederick Chileott and Peter Norberg were charged with the theft of £75 from a Maori named Wiremu Terau. The jury, after a retirement of four hours, were unable to agree, and an application for a new trial next session was granted. , “The strongest competitors we have are unionists who work 44 hours a week. They have so little time at their own trades that they can flood the market with bedding plants and compete with the nurserymen,” That was an argument advanced by Mr R. Nairn at the Conciliation Council at Christchurch against a suggested 44-hour week for gardeners. The. story is told that a Feilding butcher received a novel, order from a girl customer the other day—two pounds of sheep’s mouths. He was at a loss to know what she meant, -but after investigation it transpired that the purchaser of the family’s meat supply had threatened to “smack a sister over the chops.” hut having been -reprimanded by her mother for using the word “chops,” she thought it would be out of el-ace to- do so in stating her requirements to the butcher, so she substituted “sheep’s mouths” for the better known chop. “Perhaps it was a little mor.e windy than usual when a, young lady was walking down to the bench recently at New Brighton to bathe. She was in bathing costume, and the bottom button of her overcoat, was undone, and the corner had blown back, revealing a pretty, dimpled knee. A surf elub inspector, hot on the trail, spied her from the street corner. The knee was the first thing he saw, and lie immediately considered that it should be covered and, proudly showing his badge, he confronted the young lady and demanded that she should do the button up.’’ The above introduced a Christchurch Sun report, of a meeting of the New Brighton Borough Council. There was a hot discussion as to whether the inspector should be praised or admonished for his perspicacity. Finally it was decided that the inspector had a right to draw attention to the unbuttoned bottom button of the surf siren’s overdress.

“In no country in the world has the dairy industry made such advances along practical lines as in New Zealand. and in no country h;as less been done on the scientific side. Mr T. O. Brash, secretary of the Export Con- , trol Board, said at the egricultural inquiry in Wellington. “It is safe to sav that very large sums of money have, been lost- because of this lack. There are problems in connection with the manufacture of our butter and cheese which are urgently in need of solution. Naming but one among many as an illustration, there are some districts in New Zealand where at certain times of the year it is'almost impossible to make first grade cheese, owing to the fact that.no acid will develop in the milk. At present we are utterly in ignorance as to what bacteria or ferment is hindering the development of such acid. Nor do we know anything of the source from which they are derived. This is hut one of manv problems bv which the dairy indnstrv is confronted. A research I laboratory is an urgent necessity, and there should he attached to it a small dairv factory, or dnirv school, where all experimental work could he tested nut and factory managers given the neeessarv tuition.” BTJCKRELL’S.

Have opened n consignment of Ladies’ Black Rubber Goats. These arc well ventilated, absolutely waterproof, will not crack or peel off, and are moderately priced, 42/- and 15/-. A splendid variety of Cashmere, Silk and Wool and Lisle Hosiery in stock at 3 Union Street. Hawera. —Advt.

'After the arrival of the police at Olmwe beach yesterday afternoon there j were no incidents of an exciting nature. The Maoris, however, turned the pakeha’s . stock off the property, and commenced to drive them away to the pound, but the animals were soon rescued bv the owners, who peaceably handed* over the driving fees. During the day the Maoris had ere.cted a fence across a gateway leading into the disputed area, in ‘which the white man had been in the habit of milking hie cows, and it was anticipated that when milking time came there might be an attempt made to remove the barrier. However, nothing unusual happened, the white man being content to milk his herd out on the road. The way of the cyclist is not always an easy one, a.s was evidenced by an incident that happened to a. young rider well known on. the Levin track. Kiverv week-end lie lias been in the habit of ruling to bis home at Levin from a distant town where lie is employed. One night, clad in lus training* uniform he went for a spin. All /went well until he reached Foxton, where, however, lie was taken into custody by a vigilant constable on suspicion of being an escapee-from the B§ys’ Training Farm at Wera.roa. Hw protests were unavailing, and lie .spent some two hours in the police station while liis identity was being established.

Mary Lewis and Rose Lee, charged with offensive behaviour and indecent language, were sentenced in the Auckland Rolice Court yesterday, states a Press Association message. The former was fined £5 on one charge, and was ordered to come up for sentence within 12 months on the” second charge. Lee was sentenced to one month’s imprisonment on one charge, and ordered to enter her own bond of £IOO and another of £25 that she will keep the peace. Detective Cummings said the two accused made a practice of assailing respectable men when the latter were accompanied by their wives and daughters. Another habit of theirs was to ring mi the wife of some professional man and tell her that her husband was carrying on with other women. In some cases they had attempted to extort money.

When visiting T'arada.le one of the petty offic-ens from. H.M.S. Dunedin referred to an incident in connection with, the recent cruise of the battle fleet which will hear repetition (says the Napier Telegraph). After several days of thirsty weather ' the fleet milled in at an, island famecL for its long, cool beer. As the stay was short no leave was given, but presently one of the stokers was seen to take a header into the water and swim sho re wards. An officer immediately ordered one of the seamen, to pursue the thirsty offender and bring _ him back. An. excited marine appointed himself spokesman for those who were not in view of the pursuit, and reported progress as follows: “He’s twenty yards • behind.” “He’s fifteen yards, behind now.’’ “Only ten yards now, and going strongly.-” “Five more yards and he’ll have him.” “He’s nearly got him now.” “He’s up to him.” “He’s past him.”