LOCAL AND GENERAL

Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 2 July 1925, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The next annual meeting of the Friesian Breeders’ Associat ion of New Zealand u ill be on Tuesday, Augnd 2d, at. Auckland. Members of t.lie Manaia W.'K.A. class have arranged a debate on “Free Trade,” to be held in tlie Oddfellows’ Hall to-night- at S o’clock. Mr A. G. Bennett will preside and Mr P. O ’Dea will act as judge. Visitors are invited to attend. The Empire Service League at its conference at Ottawa endorsed the League of Nations and passed a resolution calling on constituent organisations to educate public opinion to value tbe league’s work. ' e A grand dance in aid of tennis funds will be held in the Mata.pu Hall tonight - (Thursday). Nominations for the various offices of the Egniont Pacing Club for the ensuing season close on Thursday. July Pth, at 5 p.m.

An interesting development in connection with the changed views of Labourites regarding Empire affairs is Air. AlacDonaid’s invitation to a number of liis most influential colleagues to join a private committee to draw up a common Labour policy on preference, migration, and other Empire problems, says a London cable.

A wet period, extending over live or six weeks, continues in the Hawke’s Bay province. Rainfall on 23 days during, June totalled nearly seven inches, against three inches in the previous June. Rivers have risen considerably, and in view of the waterlogged state of the country and a heavy sea it is not unlikely that floods will occur soon ii the rain continues.

A party of children residing i n the barracks of the Army Tank Corps at Oroutj, in France, were allowed to visit a workshop, where, during their escort's absence, a child picked ui> a shell and tried to remove the fuse. The shell exploded. Three children were killed, and three precariously and many seriously injured. The Athletic Club’s dance, which was held in the Savoy Tea Rooms last night, proved to be an outstanding success. About 80 couples joined in the dancing, and enthusiasm ran high throughout, each dance being encored. Members of the representative football teams playing in Jlawera yesterday afternoon were amongst those present., and they thoroughly enjoyed the evening. The club made a loss on its last dance, but last, night’s function will more, than recoup it. Immediately after the House of Representatives rose at 9.30 last night, the Reform Party went- into, caucus to further consider the question of fusion, hut at 11.55 Air Coates state.d that there was still nothing to report. Arrangements have been made with the Star advertising department whereby the full results of the Wellington Show Art Union (for which tieekfis are now being sold in Hawera) will be published in this paper as soon as possible after the drawing on July 22. Arrangements are completed for the monthly dance of the W omen’s National Reserve, which takes place to-night at the Foresters’ Hall. Atusic, floor and supper will ah be good. This is a dance that deserves hearty support, for the Women’s National Reserve is always ready to help any worthy cause, and the people of the town should .recognise this by supporting the dance ’iberally.

Eulogistic reference of the Hawera Star’s special issue on Tuesday was made by Air Knlanglier at the meeting of Friesian breeders. He said it was a great number and was on a par with the best of the newspapers in the Dominion. He added that he considered the. papers of the Dominion were particularly good and set a very high standard in journalism.

The Tar a fink | Jockey (Tub has received the offer of a large and hand-somely-made Union Jack from Air. W. G. Eiiienv, lately licensee of the Royal Hotel, who has left New Plymouth. Air. Emen v is a well-know n patron of the turf in Taranaki, and the flag offered, which the Jockey Club has been pleased to accept, will serve to remind New Plymouth friends of his association with the sport of racing in Taranaki. —Herald.

The Stratford Acclimatisation Society has arranged for 100,000 ova to be placed in the hatcheries at the top of Regan Street. These, when sufficiently ■ developed, will be’ released in the various streams of the district. The society on this occasion has decided to act upon a suggestion made by the Government fisheries expert, and will release the fish during the time they are in what is known as the “sack” stage. Thus the fish wifi be placed in the rivers considerably earlier than is usually the case. —Post. One estimate places tlie damage to the Canberra at Sydney at £60,000. The cargo escaped lightly. Suspicion of possible incendiarism was caused by the discovery of a mysterious white powder at the scene of the outbreak. This is now being analysed. Another possible explanation of the outbreak is that as the electric lighting wa s cut off aboard at midnight, candles hau to be used for lighting after that hour. The Government Analyist reported that the mysterious powder found on tile Canberra has proved to be sulphate of zinc.

A trip to tlie mountain, organised by tlie South Taranaki Automobile Association for the entertainment of visiting N.D.A. delegates, was undertaken to-day, over fifty cars leaving Hawera at about 10.30 a.m. Dinner will be provided at the Dawson Falls Mountain House, and as the weather is fine 1 an enjoyable out ; ng is anticipated. The trip to the mountain house was accomplished without incident, many appreciative remarks being made concerning tlie excellent condition of the roads. Tlie mountain lmuse was reached about mid-day, unci those of the visitors who had not been there before were liberal in their expressions of admiration of tlie scenery on the track. The mountain peak was almost clear of clouds, and splendid views of it were obtained, and also of the splendid panorama of the plains below. Luncheon was partaken of in relays. After spending a couple of hours at the resort, the return journey was to be undertaken via. Eltl.am.

• Noel Lyons, the young man from Australia whose presence is not required in New Zealand, has not left the Dominion. He will now be brought before the court and asked t-o show cause why lie should not be deported. “He has not gone,” said one of his comrades to a Wellington Times reporter. “He likes New Zealand too much to leave it.” To the question as to whether any attempts had been made to ilenort him, the reply came: “No, he always has a bodyguard with him. They don’t want to see him go. It’s a nice climate in summer time, but oh when winter conies!”

While speaking in the Legislative Council oil the Address-in-Reply debate, tlie Hon. G. At. Thomson dealt at length with the Dominion’s fishing industry, which, lie said, was capable of great, development for exiiort trade. He pointed out that imported fish were costing much more than tlie local product, and that New Zealand fish were preferable to imported varieties. Moreover, tlie people of northern countries were beginning to look to the south for a certain portion of their fish food. Tlie Hon. Thomson expressed the opinion that if marine fish replaced butcher’s meat at least three times a week there would be less goitre prevalent.