LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 20 July 1925, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

,Lt is not proposed to introduce legislation this scission affording Aiaori eleetors the opportunity of voting on licensing issues.

Alails which' left Auckland oil June 9, via Vancouver, arrived at London on .Julv !).

Quito a number of farmers in different parts of Taranaki who have been milking fairly large fiords, are going out of dairying for a season or two and are stocking up with sheep.

At the prize-giving after the point-to-point meeting at Waverley on Saturday, Dr. Simmons made special reference to the gift of a handsome trophy by the late Air. James Higgie, of Wanganui.

Commissioner Hoggard made the rather startling statement, in Oamiar.u that during the last twelve months, no fewer than 500 children had been born in the Salvation Army maternity hospitals in the Dominion. Practically the whole of these were illegitimate children.

It is hoped, according to a .statement made in the House of JtepresentatiLves by the Afini.sjter of Railways (the Hon. J. G. Coates), that the revised railway tariff will bo brought into operation about ihe first week in August. The Egmont A. and P. Association on Saturday decided to write inviting the Prime Minister, Hon. J. G. Coates, to open its forthcoming show. The Haw era Co-operative Dairy Company lias sold its output of cheese, bein.r the make to the end of December, >t Slfd i o.b. This sale covers about three-lifriiv; of the season’s output, and tvi’l justify for the period named a payvit off about Is 9d ner pound butlerfat.

Well-informed political circles in Wellington give credence to a persistent rumour that, the General Election will take .place in October next and not in November. At the moment the rumour is not without some significance.

lb is understood that the Royal Co-niimiiissioii. appointed to inveistigate tiro charges made by Mr. W. D. Lysnar, M.P., with reference to the acquisition by Mesisrs. Vostey Brothers of the Poverty Bay Farmers’ meat works, has completed its deliberations, and drafted its report. The document is likely to ho completed, and presented to the Governor-General at almost any time now. The matter of collection and delivery of luggage is now engaging the attention of the commercial branch of the Railway Department, and. as soon as all the necessary data, have been collected. a decision will he come to as to the desirability of instituting the system, stated the Minister of Railways in reply to Mr. A. Harris (Waitemata) in the House of Representatives. A now development is taking place in wireless broadcasting. Particulars are not yet -available, hut- it is known that New Zealand Bro-adioaisters, Limited, which has been holding out for ten years’ tenure as against the Government’s offer of five year.s, has been “turned down” by the official authorities. Whitsb Broadcasters and the Government were negotiating and haggling, a new company', of which very little iis known, notified the Government that it would take over the whole scheme of broad casting according to the rules and conditions laid down hv Die Government, and its offer has been laccepted.

A meeting of Indies interested in.the Malinin. Hockey Club’s plain and fancydress masquerade ball will be held in the Town Board room on Tuesday, 21st July, at'2.3o p.m.

The Massey Memorial Fund has ••cached *th« sum of £677 in Wellington. For some reason, or other the support in Hawera is very small. Mr. J. G. Osborne (chairman of the Hawera Fire Hoard), who will be leaving to-morrow on a business visit to Wellington, lias been commissioned by the board to consult with Inspector Hugo (fire brigade examining ollicer to the Interna!! Affairs. Department) with regard to the best. type of lire engine and lire 'alarm system for Hawera

Ail address which should be of great interest and much value to the dairy farmers of the district will he given in the A'rarata Hall this evening by Mr A. Bayly, M.R.C.V.S., who will speak of veterinary matters particularly affecting the dairying industry. The address will he given under the auspices of the Ararata Dairy Co., Ltd., and it is particularly desired that, the attendance should be as full as possible, so that the greatest advantage may be derived from the address Mr Bayly has kindly undertaken to give. Speaking at the reception to the visiting civil engineers at Opunake on Friday, Mr 1. I*. Hughson, chairman of tlie Harbour Board and one of the earliest settlers, reviewed the progress made in the town and district. When he came to Opunake 40 years ago the town was composed mainly of an A.C. camp and barracks, a hotel, and a store. The road to Okato had been opened up by a gang of jmen who were under military protection. There is no doubt they were stirring times, he said, and the early settlers had to contend with much difficulty and danger.

A little advice born of bitter experience was given to the newest recruit in the House of Representatives by Mr. J. It. Corrigan (Ba-tea), says the Wellington Post. After the mover of the Adclress-in-Reply motion had been about three years in the f House, declared Mr. Corrigan, he would feel very much as he did himself—very much out of place—(laughter)—for the reason that he represented one of the primary producing districts' of the country, and, like himself, hacl earned hi,si reputation through the aidi of “her majesty the cow. ’ “He will realise after he has been here a few months that this wonderful machine of Parliament, and the cajolery and chicanery that goes on here, is something he has not been used to as a producer,” said Mr. Corrigan. “Demoralised,” suggested Mr. G. Til. Sykes (Masterton).

The big job of dismantling the Christchurch Cathedral organ will stare this month, but the dismantling will still allow the organ to be played upon, though recitals will be out, of the question. (states the Sun). More than 200 of the 2233 pipes in the organ will be sent, to England to be “revoked” and coupled up with‘ the new mechanism, and two stops will be involved. These stops can lie cut out when the organ is being played. Mianv of the! oild stops, are irreplaceable, and so will be retained. The old keyboard _ has been used by several notable musicians, and it is suggested that it should be preserved for sentimental reasons and placed in some conspicuous place. That practice is followed largely in England. The present cathedral organ has been ermsiideraibly added to since its installation in the early ’eighties.