LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 11 July 1925, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Unemployment is not nearly as acute in Dunedin as it is reported to be. in Christchurch, for instance.

The. Court of Appeal granted the Law Society a rule absolute to strike Henry Edward Elliott off the roll of solicitors (says u. Wellington Press Association message). Work was resumed on the Opil)i at Dunedin yesterday, the company agreeing under protest to pay the (id extra dirt money demanded. A London message .says that the political correspondent of the Daily Chronicle foreshadows a Conservative campaign in 1926, based on winter unemployment, favour bounties to .industry and safeguarding expedients. After immunity from infantile paralysis extending for some weeks, two eases were reported yesterday from a country district about 20 miles from Timaru. One was a girl four years old and she died, and the other is a girl six years old. 'ldle Moeraki, which was due to sail at ten o’clock yesterday morning from Sydney for Wellington, was delayed through tho absence of six firemen, but later the men were taken to the vessel in the stream and '.she .sailed a.t 11.30 a.m.

A remarkable mortality record has been established by Oamaru during the quarter ended June 30, 26 deaths having been registered, of which 16 were of persons over 73 years of age and eight over 80 years. Walter Henry Clement- was committed for trial at Dunedin yesterday on charges of obtaining credit while an undischarged bankrupt, the various amounts concerned 'totalling £B9 12-s, relating chiefly to deals in motor-cars. The evidence, disclosed the that accused was adjudicated a bankrupt in Invercargill and had since secured credit in connection with a, garage he proposed to start in Dunedin under style of “Commercial. Motors.” —Press Association.

There has been an epidemic of shop reconstruction during the- past month or so in Dunedin, and builders and glaziers report that they have been inundated with work from firms who are evidently anxious to catch the eyes of Exhibition visitors. In one George street block practically every shop front has been renovated in a space of a few weeks, whilst most of the shops on the south side of the Octagon have also received attention latelv.

At yesterday’s meeting of the oinitiate Electric Power Board mention was made of the danger to human life ano stock should fence wires adjacent to high-tension power lines form a contact by any mishap and become electrified. The engineer (Mr, C. M. Stowers Crowloy) explained that a simple method of guarding against the danger was to attach earth wires to the sections of fence wires, thus allowing the current to go to earth instead of travelling along the fence. It was decided to notify residents within the board’, area of the safety device. The practice of enclosing money in unregistered letters was condemned by Mr justice Reecl in the Supreme Court at Auckland, in sentencing a young post office official to two years’ detention in the Borstal Institute for theft of a postal nacket. His Honor said that the confession of the woman whose money was stolen must tell him that she was really responsible for the downfall of the young man. He asked the Crown Solicitor to recommend the Government to provide a penalty for persons who enclosed money in unregistered letters. “Our lnitter is undoubtedly the best article placed on the table in the Old Country,” remarked the Bon. Sir Thomas Mackenzie in the Legislative Council on Friady afternoon. ‘‘The manner i M which our dairies are working. the healthiness of the herds, and the good work being done by the Department of Agriculture, are expressed in the (piality of the article when it goes on to the table in England. This is not only my opinion, hut also the opinion of the large butter merchants at Home. . . Our butter stands tin 1 test, no matter in what form it is presented.” A grand concert and dance in aid of hall funds will he held in ih e Lowgarth Hall on Tuesday next, July 14. 'Entertainment will be given by the Bargains like the following are bringing crowds to the Melbourne’s Great Annual Mid-Winter Sale: "Vcrtonis” interlock vests, fj/.ll; fine cream wool "Medical” vests, 3/11; ladies’ black Italian aprons, 2/11; wide ribbed coloured cashmere hose, 4/3 pair; D. and A. corsets, reduced from (i/ll to 3/11; ladies’ tweed and velour coats, some half price, others 4/- in the £ reduction.—Aclvt. Don’h suffer! Barraclough’s Magic 'Nervine stops toothache. Is 6d. —Advt.

The liank of Trance nas reduced tne discount rare from soieu iu si.%. per cent.

The directors of the Eltham Dairy Co. yesterday decided to pay a bonus of Id per pound lor, putterfat over the cheese making period —that is from .September 1, 1924, to iNlay 2<J, 192._>. Ibis will amount to over £B7uO, and will bring the for hul-terial used for cheese-making up to Is 7d per pound. Tire payment of Is 7d for the season is,»tbe Argu s understands, one of the highest pay-outs around the district for the season.

What is pelie >ed to be a record for a held saie or dairy cows recently moplace when Mr J. -K. Morris, ox Manga. nume, so.d forty grade jerseys to a Hawera ouyei;. Mr. "Morris's lieru is widely known, and when it became known that a portion was for sum, buyers were eager to puremise. The coiv s are the hnest line that lias ever left the district, and it seems a shame chat such stint should be snapped up by southern buyers, says the Op intake Times.

The annual ball of the Auroa farmers’ Union promises to be as great a success as similar functions have been in the past. Every possible preparation is being made to ensure that success, and every appointment will therefore be of the best. The ball will be neld on Wednesday next in the Auroa Hall. The supper and floor are receiving special attention, and the music will be provided by the Serenaders’ Orchestra, of six instruments.

A meeting of ladies was held iu the Hawera hire Brigade social-room yesterday afternoon to consider the question of assisting the members or the brigade at their'annual ball, which is to be held next Wednesday evening, July 15. There was a good attendance. The mayoress, Mrs. E. A. Pac-ey. presiding. It was decided that all present form tliemselve a into 'a committee to make all arrangements for the catering for the supper, and to make themselves responsible for all its requirements. During the meeting Mrs. Morrison very kindly supplied afternoon tea.

Before Mr bevvy, S.M., at Gisborne yesterday, a middle-aged man, Thomas Ward, was charged under the War Penisons Act with making a false declaration. Evidence was given that defendant, in applying for a pension, declared that his personal belongings were £4O in the Savings Bank, but when inquiries were made it was found that he really had £515 deposited. Defendant said -the action was just foolishness. Counsel for the Commissioner of Pensions said he did not desire to press for a heavy penalty, but the action was brought as a warning. The Magistrate, after warning defendant of the seriousness of the charge, ordered him to come up for sentence when called upon within 12 months, and ordered him to pay costs. At the Appeal Court at Wellington yesterday, the hearing of the appeal of Dr. Henry Dundas Mackenzie against the decision of Mr Justice Herdman in favour of the Medical Board of New Zealand ordering appellant’s name to be removed from the medical register, was continued. In concluding his address for the' appellant, Mr Myers said he would admit, in the case of Mrs Johnston, that if his client, told her she had cancer he should not be on the roll, but he was pi’epared to show that the witness was incorrect in her evidence. In Mrs Hunt’s case Mackenzie denied that he told heu-she had cancer. She thought he said so and collapsed, and nothing Mackenzie could do would avail to alter her belief. She was very nervous, and likely to misconstrue what he had said. The court adjourned to Monday. Two good reduction sales of purebred Ayrshires have been concluded in the Southland district. The first sale was at the Ivanhoe stud property of Mr A. M. Weir, when the top price for. heifers was 87J guineas, paid for Ivanhoe Lena, unbeaten in the show ring as a yearling. The highest priced Ivanhoe yearling bull was bought by Mr E. Mills, of Hawera, at CO guineas, after spirited competition. Prices were well maintained throughout. The second sale was at the Allandale Ayrshire property of Mr P. S. Weir. The individual prices were not so high, but the average was good. These sales, attracted buyers from all over New Zealand, and one animal was secured bv Sir Harry Lauder. The adoption of European dietetic habits by the people of Rarotonga is playing havoc with their teeth, which with natural native foods are preserved as perhaps the finest in the world. This fact wais eoinme.ited on by Mr. T. A. Hunter, director of the division of dental hygiene, who has just returned from a visit to Pa into nga . where, at the request of the Administration, he has been arranging for and installing a dental service for the adult population. Mr. Hunter stated that the whole of the children, both native and European, had been examined, and the conditions were practically on a par with those in New Zealand. This, without doubt, in the case of the natives, was the result of their isuibistituting the worst of our civilised foods in place of their own natural native ones, preferring tinned food, .such as meat, tea, white flour and manufactured sugar. From what he. could see they would appear to be using these to a greater extent even than the people in New Zealand, who were about the largest consumers of sugar per capita in the world.

At the inquest at Te Ivuiti on Jasper Brainier, railway traffic inspector, the evidence of the enginedriver (James Malone), who was driving the train which struck the motor jigger propelled bv deceased, showed that the fatality occurred round a sharp bend of the line. Part of the jigger went straight up, and deceased was thrown on the footplate of the engine. The speed of the train was about 2o miles an hour at the time. He blew the whistle before coming to the curve. After corroborative evidence the coroner returned a verdict that the fatdlity was entirely due to ail accident and no blame was attachable to anyone. He paid a compliment to the ongi no-driver’is promptitude in pulling up the train.

The Rev. TT. ,T. Oxbrow is announced to preach on. "Our Fight with Fear” in the Methodist Church to-morrow evening at 7 o’clock. Two solos will be rendered b.v Mr W. Buckner, viz., "Open the Gates of the Temple” and "The Holy City." Visitors will he made welcome. By advertisement In this issue the I-la.wera Scottish Society announces that it intends holding another of its popular dances on Wednesday, July 22. The admission will be b.v means of membership cards for members and special invitations for non-members. All those who have been present at similar functions in the past no doubt will make special efforts to be present at the coming one. Use "NAZOL” and you won’t keep a bad c< Id or sore throat above a day or two. Acts like a charm. CO doses Is 6d. 4