LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 1 July 1925, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

We are very gratified at the numerous expressions of appreciation of The •Utar special show number issued yesterday. Already many copies are being despatched to all jiarts of tne' Dominion, as it is recognised that the issue affords a splendid opportunity to advertise the district, and, as well as furnishing a 'Souvenir of the show, is a suitable means of keeping in touch with absent friends. Provision lias been made to supply a large demand, and copies may be obtained at The Star office or from any of The Star agents.

Arrangements have been completed by the South Taranaki Automobile Association to convey the visiting N.D.A. delegates to Dawson Falls tomorrow. Cars wil| leave Winter Show Buildings at 10.30 a.m. and return alter the visitors have had lunch at the Mountain House.

The compulsory conference of owners and coal miners lia.s commenced to discuss the miners’ claims for a minimum wage of £5 10s a week anil a seven hours’ day. The proceedings were held in camera (says a Sydney message) .

There were strange scenes at the London air station, an unprecedented number of air expresses arriving from the Continent with 'artificial silk and gold watches in view of the higher taxation to-morrow (says a London message). T'ho Customs was also taxed to the utmost to accommodate the unusual imports for the purpose of avoiding extra’du-tios. including hundreds or pianos from Germany. At the N.D.A. conference yesterday a vote of thanks, carried by acclamation. was passed in appreciation of the opr vices rendered on the executive by Air. H. D. Forsyth, (Eltham). who did not seek re-election. Jn. proposing the motion, the chairman (Mr. J. B. Murdoch) paid tribute to the work of Mr. Forsvlth. who, during his term of office, had been, one of the most efficient and energetic of the executive members.

There were four bankruptcies recorded i'n the office of the Deputy Official Assignee nt Hiiiiwa during the month of June, this number being identical with that of the same month of last yea r.

NORMAL ACTIVITY. Chamberlain’s Tablets are an ideal preparation to use in any case where a free movement of the. bowels is required. Their action on the liver-is not. merely temporary. They stimulate that organ to normal activity and accomplish this without any pain or distress to the patient.—Advt.

It was ten minute s to six o’clock last evening and delegates to the N.D.A. conference were becoming restless. Questions were already unpopular whe n Air. Cocker, of Eltham, rose. “What is a safe moisture content for cheese ” he asked. “.Half an hour!” promptly replied a weary voice from the back of the theatre. The platform took the hint and no other answer was offered.

|\fi- Nelson Hughes, of AlaxweUtown, had hard luck in connection with a case of potatoes which he had forwarded by rail for the Hawera show. By some inadvertence the entry did not arrive until after the judging in the particular division in which the potatoes had been entered had been completed and the awards announced.

The report on Nauru Island for 1924, which the Mandates Commission examines, says tlio only lands belonging to the State are the Government station and the area required for a wireless station, totalling approximately one hundred acres. The German, Government acquired this area by puicbase from the Native owners, and it was transferred to the mandatory Power under the peace treaty. It has since then been dealt with as the property of the administration.

Mr. Andrews, assistant-Secretary of the U.S.A. Treasury, lias advised army and navy officers that they will be drafted into prohibition enforcement work under the new system, to- cope ■with law evasions. Eligible office!« include those receiving less than’ 2500 dollars yearly, those physically unfit for field service, and those elimijpaited through the recent reorganisation of the services because of their short serviqe record. He said the character and training of the officers would make them excellent directors in enforcementwork, and he intimated that their independence in politics was an additional favourable point. The Japanese ambassador, Af. Tanaka, has left Tokio for Moscow, accompanied by Admiral Madasato, and other members of the reorganised Saghalien Oil Company are proceeding to Moscow to negotiate the concession details promised by the Rlusso-Japan treaty. Air. AY. T. Gcsgrave (President of the DMI Eireami), in a speech a* Enni.skorthy, intimated to the Ulster people that the Irish Free State did not want union with them one month longer than the people of Northern Ireland wanted it. They did not want a false union which ultimately would mean divorce-. The Rev. D'. C-. Bates, Government meteorologist, savs the present severe weather is in keeping with some long distance forecasts that have been made on the other side of the world. They predict that this, winter, as well as next smarmier, is likely to be cold and unseasonable owing to the lower solar radiation which lia.s been recorded for some time. The storm in the nor

has intensified but shows signs of moving to the south-east. Twenty inches of .snow are reported from the Mtv Cook hermitage. The rainfall in AVelliington this, month was 8.13 inches, which is nearly double the average.

The Southland Electric Power Board’s rate to cover the 10-ss on its operations, estimated at £IOO,OOO, is to lie collected by local bodies.

A reminder is given of the annual ball in connection with the Alatapu Tennis Club, to be held) to-morrow night. Sharpe's orchestra will provide tho music, and the .arrangements made by the committee should'ensure a good time for all.

A quarrel. between Harry Eagles and Jim Gurray, a well-known amateur boxer, as to who would make the toast and tea at their hotel resulted in the former securing £4 damages and costs at Wellington. A smash occurred on Lamb ton Quay, Wellington, yesterday, when a tram and motor-cycle collided. Thomas Page, who was riding the eye'e, was thrown from his seat and seriously injured. He was attempting to pass a vehicle, and turned too far towards the centre ol the road. The tramcar struck tlie handlebars, slewing the machine and throwing the rider to the ground. Page’s leg was crushed beneath the machine. Afedica] assistance was called, but as Page was being lifted into Dr. Corkill’s ear he collapsed. An ambulance was secured, and he was taken to hospital, where he lies seriously, but not dangerously, injured. The fishing launch White Wings has become a-total wreck at R-angitikei, not far from the spot where the Indna-b-arah went ashore .several years ago. Mr. Sadforook, the owner of the launch, accompanied by Messes. J. Tasker, S. Head and AY. Tamp]in, all of Wanganui, seitl out on a. fishing expeditio-n on Saturday. /They had in very trying experience.

Salvage operations on a big scale will be in operation in connection with the Cyrena wreck this week. Jt is proposed t-o unload the kerosene from the fore part of the ship, and to. strip all movable gear. No decision lias yet been reached in regard to the other divorced end, and it re maims to- be seen how much of the heavy engineroom. gear can be salvaged. So far the engine-room is as dry as- the day when the Cyrena went on to the beach.

For some time p’aist- ia. new Afaori prophet by the name of AYi Rnku lias exercised a considerable degree of control over a large section of the Maori people resident round about AYlnikabane. To-day (July 1), it is said, is to be an important day at AVhakabane when, according to a prophecy made by AVi Puku, there is t-o be located a huge diamond about the size of a sheep, which was some considerable time back thrown, into the sea. As to whether the natives concerned are to. be -greatly . disappointed or pot will be recorded after to-day, but there are great expectations of wealth accruing from the sale of the object referred to. The vita l statistics for Hawera for the month of June were as follows, the figures for the corresponding period last year being given in parentheses:— Births 18 (18), deaths 3 (12), marriages 10 (9).