LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 28 April 1925, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A fire at Cairns, Queensland, on Monday destroyed several shops. The damage was estimated at £20,000. \ Sydnev message reports that the wholesale price of butter has been increased bv 4s Sd to 149,s 4d per ewt.

A vote of sympathy with the Prime .Minister, the Rt. Hon. \V. F. Massey, in his illness, was passed at the monthlv meeting of the Taranaki Electric Power Hoard held at Elthani yesterday.

An Auckland message stated that a voung man, H. Marshall, sustained a fractured skull through being struck bv a tramway centre pole when looking out from the" plat.orm of a tram.-ar in .synumds Street on Friday. The crew of the Temnka has been paid off at Sydney and the vessel has been laid up indefinitely. Yesterday’s cables reported that this vessel had been held nil on account of a shortage of crew.

A further report on the progress of oil boring operations in Taranaki issued yesterday states: Moturoa Good show of oil at 930 feet. Propose cementing casing and testing sand for oil. 'larata —Expect to make 12£-inch casing good to-day. A sixteen-pointer, 48Jin. long, 42in. wide, (jin. beam, and weighing 2oib — those are the dimensions and weight oi a fine head of red deer shot in vne Landsoorough district, m Soutn westland, by fiord Helper, who, with Lady Helper, * has returned to Christchurch Horn an extended deer-stalk nig eXpedi. tion.

Owing to the. Deputy-On. ci a I Assignee ou.ce a.t Baivem being very close to a cabaret, proceedings at meetings of creditors are invariably enlivened by a. little light music. Last week the estates ol four bainktupts were dealt with to the strains of “l Ain't Nobody’s Darling.” .The clearance oi big stone at the moutn ot what is known as jdie Post Office Creek should make a sate cove to anchor fisnmg boats. The rubble wall is out sufficiently for to shelter the “worst weather” side. The coinnig rough weather season wi -1 give a practical test of a “safe anchorage, says the Opunake Times. At the invitation of the Dunedin Expansion League some 40 delegates fiom practically every local body in Otago attended a conference at Dunedin on Friday , to consider the organsiation of one big Otago court instead of various countv bays at the forthcoming exhibition. * The proposal was _ agreed upon and a committee consisting of the. Mayors of the boroughs, the chairmen of the county councils, and several others, was set up to take charge ot the arrangements of the court.

Owing to. the dropping of a line, part of Mr. H.. A. Brunette’s poilicv statement, published with those of other candidates for the Hawera, Borough Council , in last evening’® Star, failed to make sense. Dealing with Nokntown, Mr. Brunette actually wrote: “The 'borough is «"ich in ieserve.s, which bring a revenue of over £3OOO per annum. Nolamtown being mow a. part of the borough is, in my opinion, entitled to a share of this amount —say, from £3OO to £4OO. ’ A cable message from Paris states that Louis Jacquard, a well-known military aviator recently demobilised, purchased a cafe in Lyons in partnership with another restaurant keeper. The pair purchased a hydroplane, which they intended to use as an advertisement, offering a free ride to any customer who spent more than a louis. Jacquard piloted his partner and a customer on the first flight. When crossing the river Saone the machine nose-dived and crashed into a wall, killing all three. Already the Dunedin exhibition authorities are feeling the heavy demand that is being made on space in one or two or the buildings, and .& special meeting of the directors was held first night* to comsider the advisability of extending number one hall, 2o,(!03 feet oif which have been, taken up by the British Government, which means that unless some alteration is made there will lie an, overlapping. It was proposed to extend the hall 30 feet forwa.nl at a cost of roughly £I(XX>. After some discussion the proposal was unanimously agreed to. Messrs. J. G. Williamson, Ltd., have secured an option by which they will control the company which at present owns the Coliloseuan Theatre in Queen Street. Auckland, on which a laage sum h.as already 'been expended.,- The work has been, delayed for lack of capital during the past few weeks. If the arrangement is concluded £30,000 will be spent in completing one of tjie finest theatres in Australia or New Zealand.

The First Polynesian Anglican Synod will be, opened by the Primate of New Zealand (Arehibiishotp Aver ill) at Levukai next month. Previously Fiji was under the control o,f the Bishop of London, and was administered from Elngland. At the last General Synod of New Zealand, however, it was decided that Fiji, under the description of the diocese, of Polynesia, should come within the province of the church in New Zealand. The Primate, who will be accompanied by the Rev. R. George Coates, will leave for Suy® by the AioramgL on May 12. After attending the Synod at Levuka, which will occupy about two days, he will proceed to the island of Vamua Levu on a visitation. He will return to Auckland, by the Niagara, which is expeoted to leave Suva about June 22.

WARM COAT SWEATERS. H. 8., Hawera, have opened up a nice range of good warm winter eoat sweaters in fawn, grey, heather. The prices range from 11/6 t.o 25/-. We have the new Jazz pullover jumpers, with or without sleeves, from 9/6 to 32/6. We also stock boys’ jerseys and coat sweaters at the New Zealand Clothing Factorv, Hawera. —Advt. OUTRED’S. Rubber coats, tan, dark green, nigger, navy blue and mole, 39/6, 42/6; Woollen costumes from 59/6; brush wool jumper suits, 63/-; silk and wool sleeveless cardigans and jumpers from 15/6; large range velour coats from 63/-; beaver Coney coats, £ls 15s; black Coney coats, £l6 16s; specially wide ribbed top cashmere hose, all, latest colours, 5/11 pair.—Outred’s, the House of Good Value, High St., Hawera; ’phone 221.—Advt. Stubborn < /ns can’t resist Progandra: l/6.*-A^vt. NOT A SINGLE CORN LEFT ! Can you say that, or are you still uselessly soaking and cutting those painful corns night after night, trying to find relief? Cutting only makes corns grow inwardly. Progandra lifts the corn right out, root and all, painlessly and entirely, and leaves the feet smooth and comfortable. Don’t delay —find “foot comfort’’ to-day in,a 1/6 box of this wonderful corn cure—all chemists stock it, or sent post |free on receipt of 1/6 in stamps to Barraclough’s Ptv., Box 1247, G.P.0., Wellington. 226