LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 12 March 1925, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Tile* Star’s action in publishing free of cost the correspondence courses for school pupils was very favourably commented on at yesterday’s meeting of the Taranaki Education- Board. The chairman, Mr S. G. Smith, warmly congratulated this journal for making possible such a valuable scheme.

At the last meeting of the Retailers’ Association at Patea the proposal to “boost” the town was discussed, it lie ing contended by the speakers that the town possessed many natural advantages, particularly its height, river and sea beach.

A Melbourne, message states that a fire destroyed the Geelong Grammar School at Corio early in the morning. The pupils escaped in their night clothing. The damage was estimated at £15,000. The body of the lad aged 7 years who was drowned in the sea close to Timaru ten days ago was washed up on the beach yesterday. The difficulty between the Union Company and the seamen over the Aorangi’s accommodation has been settled, and the vessel was scheduled to sail to-day from Sydney. . Residents of Ohawe breathe freer now that the feud between the natives and the pakeha family is reported to be settled. Yesterday the natives were assisting the white man to remove his belongings from the reserve adjacent to the wrecked dwelling, and the police report that peace has now been restored. * The first ballast train crossed the Waiau bridge on Monday to the Opunake station site (states the local paper). Its appearance created a lot of interest to the young generation and marked an important stage in the progress of the district. The Taranaki Education Board decided yesterday that the annual meetings of householders in the Taranaki 'education district be- held on Monday, Mav 4.

Dancing enthusiasts are, reminded of the opening ball of the season to be held in the Rowan Hall to-morrow (Friday) evening. Bolton \s orchestra will provide a good programme of music, and a. dainty supper will be served. The Melbourne Limited are selling the famous Kaiapoi rUgs at specially low prices ranging from 29/6 to 99/6. Other New Zealand -made rugs also in stock. .Pure Petone. Timaru, Oamaru, Ashburtoni and Onehunga blankets in stock in grey or white at last season’s prices. To buv now is to save money. —Advt,. Harrops Ltd. announce the opening 'of late novelties for autumn and winter wear in all departments. —Harrops Ltd. —Advt. BUCKRELL’S. Have opened a consignment, of Ladies’ Black Rubber Coats. These are well ventilated, absolutely waterproof, will not crack or peel off, and are moderately priced, 42/- and 45/-. A splendid variety of Cashmere, Silk and Wool and Lisle Hosiery in stock at 3 Union Street. Uawera. —Advt.

“Are bread prices justified?” is not tlie only question likely to agitate the mind of the thrifty housewife, for it is quite on the cards that woollen goods will before long reflect the high prices producers have been receiving for their fleeces. It is understood that definite information has been received of a 20 per cent advance in the price of all sewing cottons.

The South Island organiser for the New Zealand secondary industries court in the South Seas Exhibition is securing a very satisfactory number of applications for space from South Island manufacturers, and with applications also coming in from the North Island, it looks as if the whole of the allotment for secondary industries will be taken up very shortly. Well over 20,000 ft of space has already been applied for, and if areas which have been pencilled are added there are not many vacan'ies left. It is anticipated that about thirty pupils will attend the newly established district high school at Manaia, and in order that they might not be handicapped by lost time occasioned by the. epidemic, Mr H. F. Allan, secondary assistant at the Manaia High School, has made arrangements with Mr Gray, principal of the Hawera Technical School, to allow the Manaia pupils to avail themselves of the secondary correspondence course which commences in the Star to-night. The Manaia papers must, be sent in to Mr Allan for correction.

Mr T. C. Brash, secretary of the Ncav Zealand Dairy Produce Control Board, advises that application has been made to the overseas shipowners’ allotment committee- for butter and cheese shipments in April as follows: 285,500 boxes of butter and 94,250 crates of cheese.. The allotment committee now advise that it has allotted space for the above quantities in steamers leaving New Zealand in April and earlv in May.

At the inquest at Woodville yesterday on the victims of the Woodville railway crossing smash, a verdict of accidentally killed as the result of a collision, between a ear and the Napier mail train was returned. The Coroner commented that it was evident from the evidence that the crossing was very dangerous; also that the driver of the car did not approach the crossing with the precaution he should have. He was satisfied that the Department should take steps, to protect human life at the crossing.

The annual reunion of all ranks of the Wellington Regiment, N.Z.E.F., will be held this year on the Saturday following Anzac Day—May 2—at Palmerston North. Last year’s reunion was cancelled owing to the railway strike, but this year it is expected that there will be a large number attending from all parts of the country. As is usual at these functions a smoke concert will be held, and on the Sunday a church parade, which all ranks will attend, at All Saints’ Church, where the regiment has- its memorial erected to those members who fell in the Avar.

In conA'ersation Avith thd secretary of the New Zealand Publicity Board, Mr A. S. McClintock, of Perth, Western Australia, who is- actively associated with the Young Australian League, stated that betAveen 50 and 60 boys, under the direction of the NeAv South Wales branch of the league, would be visiting NeAA r Zealand toAvards the end of the present year. They Avill land in Auckland and Avill make a comprehensive tour of New Zealand lasting approximately four weeks. The object of the league is primarily to educate the members by travel, and all the present party lu.u'e already completely covered their own Stafe. If the trip proves successful, as it doubtless will, further tours will be made in the future.

Mr H. S. Alpe, who is walking from New Plymouth to Wellington collecting funds for Dr. Bardarno’s Homes, ar-. rived in Hawera at about 7 o’clock last evening, and was officially welcomed at the Post Office by the Mayor (Mr L. A. 80ne).,, The streets were well filled with people, who came out to witness Mr Alpe’s arrival, and a pleasing programme of music was rendered by the Hawera- Citizens’ Band. Mr Lees, the organising secretary, and Mr P. R. Thomas, who during the tour is acting as collector, driver and bugler, also arrived in town, and this morning the street collection was commenced. A local ladies’ committee is assisting in the work of raising funds during the party’s short stay in Hawera, the lady collectors this morning being Misses Gould and Tait. The Hon. J. G. Coates (Minister for Railways) visited Whangarei yesterday to open the new railway station, a large and improved building being necessitated through the district’s progress and the establishment of direct communication with the North-Island Main Trunk system. Subsequently- the Minister opened a reinforced concrete bridge at the main entrance to the I borough. This was erected by the Borough Council without Government assistance. He also opened a handsome concrete building, five storeys high, erected by the Public Trust Department.. In the evening Mr Coates was entertained to a dinner by the local bodies and later was installed as provincial grand master of the Freemasons.

A strong advocate of the ‘‘Shop in Your Own Town” campaign is the Hon. A. D. McLeod, who expressed the opinion at Blenheim that the only way in which a district could progress was by close co-operation between both town and country residents. The welfare of the people in the country districts was largely hound up with the welfare of the people in their country towns, to whom they looked for entertainment, and the welfare of the whole Dominion was hound up, and would remain bound up f-cr many years to come, in the welfare of the people on the land, for we were practically living on what the land produced. The success of the man in the town thns depended absolutelv on the success of the man in the conntry and their interests were identical. The best results can be realised by common effort, and by realising that we all lived on the land. If .this were achieved there would be an end to the Town v. Country cry.