LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 18 May 1925, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A man of 37 and a girl of three have been admitted to the Dunedin Hospital as infantile paralysis suspects. The iury disagreed in Hhe case in which George McCaul, ex-solicitor of Wanganui, was charged on 16 count* ivitn the misappropriation of the funds of. clients (says a Wanganui message).

Mr H. Nelson Firth, of Kelburn, Wellington, though'he has reached the advanced age of over 80, leaves by the Athenic on a holiday visit, to England. Mr Firth arrived at Auckland 70 years ago by the sailer Glengownie after a voyage of six months. Three motor-cars were stolen in Christchurch during the week-end. One was found abandoned at Riccarton with a wheel off. A private garage nearby was burst open and another car stolen.

‘William Sheffort], one of the passengers- in a. motor-car which was struck by a train, died in the Christchurch hospital at 4.15 p;m. on Sunday afternoon. He had had his left leg am opiated. About 4 o’clock on Sunday morning lire practically destroyed a building in Makaraka. near Gisborne, occupied by Mr R. Bell, h’acksmith, and Mr C. Jensen, wool and skin buyer. The amount of skins and hides in the stores is not known, but it is not believed to he considerable. The building was owned by Mr .J. C. Parker, formerly of Hawke’s Bay and now of Wellington. On May 20 the Kltham Dairy Company will make payment at the rate o' l s 6d per pound for butter-fat supplied during the month of April, 1925, and a supplementary payment of Id per pound on butter-fat supplied from September 1, 1924, to March 31. 1925. That will make a total pav-ont for the cheese season of Is 6d per lb. The money to he distributed" on the 26th amounts to about £19,000. The total payments for the season may be looked upon as exceptional! v <_>nod. —A runs. Canada will Ik* represented at the South Seas International Exhibition at Dunedin. It is unofficially stated that negotiations have almost been completed for the exhibit through the IV pni-tnient of Immigration in conjunction with other branches of the Federal Goverhment. and the Canadian manufacturers. Mr J. O. Turoett, of the Immigration Department, who designed the Canadian bui'di.ng at "Wembley, is likely to leave for New Zealand shortly to take charge of the exhibition. Romney’s picture “The Bashlul Child” was su'd at Christie’s for three thousand guineas, states a I/ondon eable message.

A grand hall in aid of the hall funds will he held in the O take ho Hall on ‘Wednesday next, Mav 20. A notice to members of the Hawern Operatic Society appears in our advertising columns calling a meeting! of members at the Borough Council Chambers to-morrow (Tuesday) evening at 8 o ’clock.

Members of the Hawera. Orchestral Society and intending members are reminded of the annifa'l meeting of the soriieity to be held to-morrow night in the Methodi>vb Hall at 8 p.m. A short practice, under Mr Fox will be held after disposing of the formal business.

The official o netting of the Rawer a t Bov Scouts’ hall will take place tomorrow (Tuesday) evening. The openin<r ceremony will be performed bv Mr. Dixon Other speakers will he the Mavor (Mr. JO. A. Pace.v), Mr. L. A. Bone, and the district scout commissioner (Mr. Horner).

“The fact that a man is a good jazzer or that a woman wears attractive clothes, should not be regarded as sufficient reason for marriage,’ said the Rev. John Paterson, when preacfiing at St. Paul’s, Wanganui, on Sunday, on the sanctity of the marriage tie and the promotion of the. home spirit. “Many young people,” the preacher added, “do not give so much thought to the selection of a life partner as they do to the selection of a pair of shoes.”

No trace has been found of the remains of Hector Heimensehneider, who was drowned at the mouth of the Wangaehu River over a month ago, says the Wanganui Chronicle. 'lhe police authorities have kept up a systematic search, but it is now declared that further search for the body of the unfortunate young man is hopeless.

A meeting of all women interested will be held in the Borough Chambers this evening under the auspices of tne Women's National Reserve. The winter season presses most harshly on* those who are in poor circumstances, and Hue members of the reserve make it their business to assist in deserving cases. The meeting is called to make arrangements to meet local cases of distress, and a'so to arrange for a re-union tea. The object of the gathering is such that it must appeal to those women who. are in the position to assist, and a large attendance is looked for. Henry Kempthorne, aged 41, a married man, was found dead on the main road near Sockburn, Christchurch, says a Press Association message. He was last seen alive riding a bicycle, and it seems as if he had collided with some vehicle as the skull was fractured and the body terribly injured. If a car did strike' him—and there is little doubt about this fact —then the motorist must have callously made away into the darkness without stopping to find out what damage had been done.

* The foundation stone of the New Convent of Mercy, to cost £IB,OOO, was laid by Archbishop Redwood at Palmerston North in the presence of a very large crowd of parishioners and citizens of the town oil Sunday. There was threatening weather and the church was overcrowded. Prior to the eucharistic procession from the church to the site of the building, the church authorities stated that tnis was the largest demonstration of its kind held in the Dominion.

At a. dispersal side of Ayrshire cattle held ait Levin the .seven-year-old cdw Maietsgwyn, Princess, .which was champion ait the R.oyal Show, was sold lor the record; sum of 505 guineas. There was very spirited bidding. Mr. Weir, of JMendale, Southland, started*at 100 guineas, and the bids rose to 300 guineas. Mr. C-. Bailey, Huntly, Waikato, and Air. H. R.. J. Southey. Walton, * Waikato, were left in, and single guinea bids took the price to 485 guineas. An appeal to Mr. Southey saw him bid 500 guineas, but Mr. Green offered 505 guineas and secured the champion at double the price previously paid for an Ayrshire. During a recent visit to Poverty Bay of the Minister of Lands> a deputation from the Gisborne Chamber of Commerce closer settlement committee submitted proposal for the Government to acquire certain properties on the coast for subdivision, pointing out-that young men with small capital could not take up large holdings. Several, properties have bee n offered to the Minister by private owner s at exceptionally low price. At a meeting of the ..Chamber yesterday, it- was announced that a letter had been received stating that the Government could' not consider any of the offers. After discussion, in which jt- pointed out that in some cases the properties had been offeed at 33 13 per cent, below valuation in order that the land might be sub-divided and settled, it was decided that the Government be asked to reconsider its decision.