LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 13 March 1925, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr. J. L. Price, a member of Parliament, has been .appointed to succeed ■Sir Edward Lucas ah Agent-General for South Australia, states a Press Association message from Adelaide.

A pleasant social evening was held at the Old People’s Home early this week, when a party of local entertainers visited the institution and treated the old men to a bright and cheery concert programme. Musical items were given by Mr and Mrs Walshe, Mr and Mrs Loader and Miss Loader, and an elocutionary item was provided by Miss Dunn. All were enthusiastically received. Before the gathering dispersed a dainty supper, provided by the visitors, was partaken of, and the evening concluded with the singing of “Auld Lang Syne.” 'J'tie hi-st prosecution in New Zealand under the Apprentices Act was brought before Mr. \V. G. Riddell, S.M., at the Wellington Court. Mr. It. T. Bailey. District- Registrar of Apprentices, claimed a- penalty from A. Lamb, plasterer, Wellington, for a breach of the Act, in that he had failed to register a contract of apprenticeship in the prescribed manner, within fourteen days, a.s required. Mr. Bailey pointed out that the maximum penalty under the Act was £IOO, but he did not press for a heavy one Judgment was entered for 10s and costs.

Discussing dairy control proposals at his meeting at Geraldine last night, the Minister for Lands, the Hon. Mr McLeod, roundly condemned as absolute piffle the circular recently issued by chambers of commerce in* which the Government was charged with Bolshevism and Socialism in agreeing to compulsory dairy produce control. He did not believe the circular represented 5 per cent, of the opinion of the business community, and it said little for the intelligence of those responsible for it. The Government; having decided to separate the office of Under-Secretarv of Justice from that of Under-Secretary of the Prisons Department, it has been decided to appoint to the head of the Justice Department Mr R. P. Ward, senior inspector of the department. He has had over 40 years’ experience in the department, and among the positions held are those of registrar of the Supreme Court, Auckland, .clerk of the Magistrate’s Court at Wellington and Dunedin. He became inspector in June, 1922 (states our Wellington correspondent). The development of the fruit, industry in New Zealand to the extent that in the case of iiiji fruits thousands of bushels-are now grown in place of tens new methods of marketing are required and are being developed. Supply creates demand if the article is sound and meets a public need. • To demonstrate the fact that ample supplies of first quality apples and peai’6 are assured to the public of this district, the Sunny Nelson Fruit Depot, Union street, is making a special display to-morrow as announced on page one of this issue. The proprietary, to prove to us that their goods come up to description, forwarded to this office a supply of beautiful Jonathan apples from their own orchards in Nelson. Our staff is unanimous in the opinion that better fruit could not he, and they thank the donors.