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Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 24 April 1925, Page 16

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(By “Jxion.”) The marriage tie is often the undoing of a beau.

■ Taranaki Oilfields Ltd. report that the Moturon bore js now down 440 feet, nut this is no deeper than some of the pot-holes in the road through Waverley.

•Many of the cattle grazing on the new golf links are reported to be suffering from sprained “ankles.” This is the result ot their stepping unawares on lost golf balls.

It is said that one night last week a Hawera resident missed the mail train for New Plymouth. Well, he should have run'after it.

A film entitled “The Fast \\ orker” was exhibited uv liawera during the week. There is no foundation for the rumour that tiiis film was uoycotteu oy the various Watersiders’ Unions tnroughout New Zealand.

A collision involving three motorcars occurred in Christchurch recently. The explanation is that there was a misunderstanding as to who saw the pedestrian first.

It seems that the “pay-out” in some dairy factories is much, less than in others. This is caused, no ooubjt, through the factory managers contusing yield with ratio.

Cross-word puzzle enthusiasts are. in. formed that the word of four letters, produced in Taranaki, commencing with M. is—Milk.

A man and his wife, who left New Plymouth for ‘England recently, are said never to have been on a railway train during their fourteen years’ residence in New Zealand, It is this sort of thing that prevents the railways from paying. . V; ■' Labour leaders, speaking throughout the couHitry, make a special point of repeating that Labour will be victorious at the coming election. But it has never been claimed that Coueism is of any service in an election campaign. There are eight different classes of wheat. To this must be added, of course, a ninth class, which Canterbury farmers decline to grow without Government assistance. A writer explains that the short, dry cough heard so often in theatres and in church is a sign that the air is too dry. When heard in Hotels it is a sign that the conghers are dry. Still even in a church, It may mean that the coffers are dry. A newspaper sub-heading reads: SLEEPIN G ON > GRANDSTAND. Three Men Sent to Prison. Of course. Anyone who goes to races knows that grandstands are meant only to stand in. A cable informs us that .Taire Effendi, a Kurd, who is 151 years old and who is now going on tour in America, Attributes his longevity to abstinence from alcohol and lobacco. Then doesn’t he run a risk in going to America? The report also states that this same gentleman’s favourite daughter died recently at the age of 91. Presumably she was a drunkard. The accused in an assault case in Auckland said that when he had demanded the return of a loan, complainant had given him a “trey-hit” and a punch in the eye. It is hoped that Germany won’t commence to- pay her indemnity on this basis.

Mr. Maxton, one of the “wild men” of the British Labour Party, is in favour of a state confiscation of private" property without compensation. Mr. Maxton- probably does not own anything.

It is said that the late King Edward . once complimented. Oilarles Jasclike, the Royal barber saying: “What I; like about you Charles, is that you do not talk a lot . \ You’re seen but not heard.” Certainly a most unusual combination in a barber.

We are informed that the descendants of. the female wasp will often number 25,000 in one season. If there is one thing more remarkable than the productivity of the wasp, it is the way it keeps to round numbers.

Only one person in fifteen is said to have perfect eyes. But she can always be found in the modern “yel-low-back.” ...

The British Air Ministry is considering an idea to splash aeroplanes with jazz colours, so that an, enemy pilot will be unable t-o tell, until lie is close up, m which direction a jazz machine js moving. The same difficulty is exeperieneed with the jazz dancer.

A weekly paper tells us that the bagpipes were invented in Greece in 200 B.C. It still remains to fix the" blame for the saxophone.

One of the peculiarities of the coconut palm is that it never stands Upright. Something like our telegraph posts, apparently.

While the Railway Department is t-o be congratualted on its effort to speed up the service; the question which the Hawera resident is bound to a sit himself, “How docs it benefit Ha wera ?” Exactly. Just how? The new service enables the traveller from Hawera to reach Wellington one hour earlier, and on his return Journey to leave two hours later. This no doubt is acceptable to Wellington, seeing that she secures the presence of the Hawera citizen for three additional hours — an undisputed privilege. But by what right ? it is asked. It is just another case of the cities getting preferential treatment. The Farmers’ Union has stated, and without contradiction, that it is the farmers who keep the country going. For this reason, if for no other, they deserve a little more consideration at the hands of the Railway department. Why should Hawera, situated as it is in the centre, of a rich farming district, secure some of the direct benefits of the speedier service,, which now go entirely to Wellington ? At the present time the department permits trains to stop here seven minutes for refreshments. This beyond /creating a possible demand for anti-acido, serves no useful purpose whatsoever. What is wanted is that a half-hour, say, of the time saved be devoted to the stop here. This will enable travellers to take a stroll through the town and have a general peep at things from the top, of the water-tower. It ( will be realised that the demand is quite n modest one, and it is hoped that the Railway Department can do something in the matter.