LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 30 April 1925, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Morning Post announces that a copy, of lfhe Ukrainian Communist Party’s ofiW'ad organ, dated April 12, eon/tains a statement by Ohubar, President of the Ukrainian Soviet, that' two million peasants and families are starving owing to failure of the crops. Trade is booming in the Old Country. So says Mr. Arthur Winter, who arrived at Wellington from Sydney, and the news he brings is dated February in London. Mr .Winter does not mean that the Old Country’s industrial trials are over, but he does mean that things are looking up, now being much better than they were a year ago. And he attributes* it to the new Government. Art, the anuxual meeting of the Ha-w-era members; of the Returned Soldiers’ Association a motion was passed expressing sincere sympathy with the Prime Minister, in his serious illness. At t/he first meeting of the newly constituted Egmont National Park Board, the southern members present were: Messrs. C. Good.son, T. R. Anderson,’ P. . Thomson, and T. B. Cruim/p. The chairman appointed by the Government is Mr. T. C. List, of New- Plymouth, and the meeting elected Mr. Hugh Baily secretary ana treasurer. A calbie message from Melbourne states that owing to the fact that customs and excise, receipts have already shown that his estimate of revenue from that source was greatly under the mark, 'the Federal Treasurer anticipates that the financial year will end with another large surplus, which may reach between four and a half to •five millioais. A serious shortage of winter feed was, predicted at the meeting of the executive of the Auckland Whole Milk Producers’ Association last week. It was stated the dry weather hao brought about a great lack of autumii growth, so that dairy farmers >wouid be in an embarrassing position during the winter. The meeting decided to urge the Minister for Customs to remove the duty on bran, whien would be greatly in demand. The British Admiralty lias decided to substitute cups and saucers foi basins in the seamen’s messes, thus terminating an old custom dating bach to Nelson’s day. News of the change is meeting with, a mixed reception. A seasoned bluejacket ' expresses the opinion that it is a sign of efficiency; another says that cups and saucers are liable to be unshipped in heavy weather. The change will first be effected in the home fleet. The London Daily Telegraph’,s diplomatic correspondent pays reports coming from Egypt suggesting that the British Government is prepared tc withdraw’ the army of occupation to the immediate neighbourhood of the Suez Canal are unfounded. Even Mr. MacDonald during his negotiations with Zaghlul Pasha last year flatly declined to consider such a. proposal. < For driving a motor car without having taken out a driver’s license, Hugh D. Lambiq was this morning at Haw’era fined 2s 6d, and ordered to pay 7» court costs and' tis service fee. The bqrough inspector, Mr L. Hunt, said lie was convinced that there were others who had not yet complied with the provisions of the new Act. The prospect, of obtaining permission to issue licenses for oposwmsm trapping in the Stratford Aectl.iliiiirtisaition district was fully discussed at a. recent meeting of till© society, and members were confident that from the nature ol replies received from the Department, of Internal Affairs on this matter, the necessary authority, would soon be given. The manufacturing trade in regal'd to jewellery was represented by a witness in the Arbitration Court on Friday to be in a parlous state in New Zealand. Within the last few years, he stated, two or three manufacturing jewellers in the Dominion, each employing about 20 persons, had been obliged to give up business. 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The Borough Council notifies that the water supply will be cut off iio.u 6 a.m. to-morrow in order, to efieat lepairs to the pipe line. The delegation of the Australian National Council of Women, under the chairmiamishiip of Mis Roby Boat'd, arrived eh ro'Ute to Washington to par-, tieipate in the ixuilereuc© ol tlie iru© - natiomWl council <4 women, at wide ii forty mationaliitieis will be represent©.!. The conference will ex tend I min May 2to May 10. The council meets eveiy five years to couisiider social and iivternational questions, siuJv as peace, arbitration, child welfare, women legislation, .social ethics. At the last annual meeting of the Patea Plnnket Society tlie nurse i exported that for the year—April 1, IS-4 to March 31. 1925—646 mothers and 742 children, making a total of 1388, had attended the rooms. At present there were 53 babies on the boots. This showed .a large increase lover previous years. It was decided to hold a social afternoon for mothers and babies, and all interested in Plnnket work, on Friday. May 22. In connection with the above there would be a baby competition.

The new agreement which was signed a month ago between the New Zealand and the Imperial Governments regard-* ing assisted passages for approved imfrom Britain came into force on April 1 and ooerates for three years: Assuming that 'there are-9000 mmigrants as last year, the agreement means an aggregate saving to the migrants of £B6OO per annum apd £2200 to the Government is respect of domestic and farm labourers. All juveniles between 17 and 19 will be free, except those not accompanying their parents, who .will be charged the former rate of £5 ids. Instead of the previous flat adult rate of £l6 10s for those over 19, the charges now are: Men, £l3 15s, women £ll. Married adults with or without children will be charged £ll. At the annual meeting of the \V'averiey branch of the IVZ. Farmers’ Union, the following officers were elected: —President, Mr. Andrew E!mslie; v'ice-presiklent, Mr. G. McGregor; treasurer, Mr. A. El nisi ie; sec ret a ry. Mr. o. E. Palmer; committee, Messrs.. S. Aiken, D. Tennant, F. E. Palmer, W. H. Watkins. J. Rqhertson. IT Walker, W. Matthews, 5WG. Belton. A, E. Aiken,' A.vE. Symes arid G. Aiken. Delegates to provincial executive: The chairman and Messrs. G. McGregor and Alex. Howie. As ian appreciation of bits valuable services. Mir. A. Howie was made .a. life member of ifle, union. Mr. Howie was the oldest member in the district-