LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 17 December 1925, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Christmas cake on the sweet stall at St. Mary’s garden party was won by Miss D. E. Duke, No. 107. Clarence Ward, a dec! 23, who was injured through a motor-cycle he was riding colliding with motor-lorry in Dulled in. died in (hospital last evening. A new section of the, Otago Central railway, the families 79 chains between Beaumont and Miller’s Flat, was open.ed by thei Hon. G. ,T. Anderson at Miller’s Flat yesterday. The, opinion was expressed that, the: line will be completed right up .to Roxburgh within two years.

The Sun Newspapers, Ltd., a new company formed to acquire The Sun, and to publish another evening paper in Auckland, has been registered. It is intended to commence publication in Auckland early in 1927.

For the purpose’ of obtaining samples of natural exuding gas, in order that lie may use it in his scientific research for the gas helium (used in connection with dirigible airships), Dr. C. F. Farr, professor of physics at Canterbury College, is at present in New Plymouth.

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Mr. Ainess reported to a meeting of the Stratford Progress committee on the motor service to and from Kaponga, saying that he had gone into the matter of the transport of children from the western district to attend the Technical High School. Satisfactory arrangements had been made and the service in question would foe inaugurated when the .school reopened next year. —Post-.

Mr. L. A. Robinson, of the local Post Office .staff, who is the (possessor, of a wireless installation, was successful in hearing Riugby .wireless station’s call the other afternoon, says the Paitea Press. The call, which was a general one for experimental purposes, was clearly received by Mr. Robinson. It conveyed tlie information that tlie decision of the League of Nations with regard to the .dispute with Turkey with regard to Mosul was being eagerly awaited.

That there should be erected in London, under the control of the Dairy Control Board, a cold store or stores into which New Zealand’s dairy produce .should be taken direct from the ship’s .side and from which the wholesalers would draw their supplies .as they required them, is the view held iby Mr. J. L. Campbell, an ex-director of the Hit-ham 00-op. Dairy’ Company, following an inspection of the methods oi handling Dominion produce in London .

At the recent conference of executive officers, engineers, and inspectors in the No. 9 Heavy Traffic District, at Wanganui, comment was made concerning projecting loads on motor lorries. The opinion was expressed that the regulations should be strictly enforced in connection with projecting loads, as this was a serious menace on narrow roads and bridges. The regulations state that loads should not overlap the running hoard, and inspectors (should watch out Ifor this class of offender. The regulations had been passed, and it was the inspector’s duty to enforce them. A general discussion took place at the recent conference at Wanganui of executive officers in No. 9 Heavy Traffic District regarding taxi-drivers’ and drivers’ licenses, as to whether councils should pass by-laws providing for taxi-drivers’ licenses in addition to drivers’ licenses, or if it was sufficient to endorse the former on the latter. It was considered that a police recommendation should be made necessary before granting a taxi-driver’s license, and also that the age of a driver mak. mg application to drive a vehicle licensed to carry passengers should be raised from 18 to 21 years. It was also thought that any local body should have the power to-cancel such license. It was agreed to recommend that the regulations as to motor drivers’ licenses be amended to make provision so that any local authority may cancel the endorsement of the license of a taxi-driver licensed to ply for hire for passengers or goods, upon showing sufficient cause.

The dismantling and complete renovation of the organ in Sit. Mary’s Anglican Church, New Plymouth, is to he proceeded with following on such authority being given the vestry by a recent meeting of parishioners, says the Herald. The work will foe carried out on the lines of a detailed report by Messrs Lawton and Osborne. The commencement of the undertaking will probably have to be delayed for - .some months owing (to much of the material being required from England. The builder's estimate of the cost of renovation is £740, but it .is anticipated that as additional repairs may he required in the interior of the organ the cost will run to .about £BSO. Towards this amount £590 has already been subscribed or promised.

Quite a village has grown up a.t Tanga rakau Flat; where the Public Works ■employees engaged in connection-with construction work for the StnatfordMain Trunk railway are quartered, .says the Post. Quarters have been provided for 24 married men and 50 single men. This is .somewhat more than half of what the ultimate provision will be: There are three stores and a- boarding house. Gardens are already in evidence being suA-ounded by ornamental fences, and a large recreation area has already been cleared and ploughed. Tennis courts and a . howling green will soon be laid down’. Provision has also been made, for a school and) a .splendid sunny site has -been selected. The whole settlement, which is reached by .a tram line from Tahora, was laid out by Mr. T. M. Ball, District Engineer of PublicWorks on the iil.au of a well ordered township, and in addition to other convenience® electric light will .soon he installed.

A plea to give the Dairy Control Board an opportunity of showing what it can do to aid the New Zealand dairy farmer was made by the Hon. R. _F. Bollard, Minister for Internal Affairs, in a speech at Tuakau. “The system of control has raised some opponents,” he said, “but I feel that if the hoard is given complete control for 12 months it will prove its worth. What the board will, aim at is to get prices of our primary products stabilised, and if the hoard can do that it will have the effect of stabilising also the price of land and everything else, because New Zealand exists on what the country produces. I remember that when the control of our meat by a hoard first commenced the same cry as is now being heard regarding our dairy produce was raised, hut after a time, when the .system showed beneficial results, that cry died away. I predict the same turn of events with the control of our dairy industry.”

A somewhat unusual letter was read at a meeting of the Dunedin Returned Soldiers’ Association. The secretary said her had .received it from a member, who stated that he had travelled from Sydney to Auckland last year and during the voyage had met a Dunedin lad* whose name he did not know, but who he was aware was. a teacher of dancing and had won a lot of medals in .competitions for Highland dancing. The writer was very anxious to ascertain her name and whether she was unmarried. The chairman said it was apparent that the writer had taken a great fancy to the lady, and it was very gratifying to know that members placed such confidence in the association. One of those present said he. was well acquainted with the lady to whom the writer referred. With the permission of the meeting he would first ask her whether she would agree to the forwarding of her name and address to the inquirer. The meeting agreed to this course, and there were many smiles when the secretary carefully folded the letter and replaced it among other correspondence for future reference.

Attention is drawn to an advertisement in this issue in which the Hawera Borough Council is offering £lO reward for 'information which will lead to the conviction of any person damaging buildings or other property at the Waihi Beach Reserve. NEVER NEGLECT A BAD COLD. Never ailow a cold to run its course. 3?oo often its course is towards pneumonia. The first action -when you have a cold should be to relieve the lungs.' This is best accomplished by the free use of Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy. This medicine liquifies the tough mucus and opens the secretions. Complete relief soon follows.— Advt.

All parents and friends are invited to be present at the breaking-up ceremony and presentation of Dixon Banner at the Okaiawa School to-morrow (Friday) afternoon, at 2.30 o’clock. The opinion of the recent conference of executive officers in the No. 9 Heavy Traffic district was that, in regard to Christmas trade, lorries carrying .passengers and using temporary seats should not be allowed on holidays, as this competes- with the regular vehicles plying for passenger (hire, who have no other source of trade.

A Masterton message reports that the. will of the late Mr William H. Beetham makes provision for the following bequests : Salvation Army £2OOO, Y.M.C.A. £2OOO, Masterton Hospital £2OOO, St. Matthew’s Girls’ School (Masterton) £2OOO, St. Matthew’s Church (Masterton) £2OOO. Hansel Stokes, aged 19, whose parents reside at Pokeno, Auckland, was found dead yesterday (says a Greymouth message). He left Mr McVicar’s farm at Alexander Reefs at 8 o’clock to catch a horse, and as he did not return Mr McVicar searched, finding the body with a bullet wound under the chin. A rifle was lying alongside the body. A big land deal, in which 14,000 acres of the Makarika station, Tokomaru Bay, was sold in seven areas averaging 2000 acres at from £l2 10s to £l4 10s per acre, has just been completed (reports the Napier Daily Telegraph). The station secured up to 19£d for its wool at the Napier sale last month, and there are 22,000 sheep and 1650 head of cattle on the property. A traffic tunnel through the Wainui hill, costing £50,000 and providing a low level road to the Wiairarapa has been recommended to the Hntt County Council 'by its engineer, Mr A. H, Bern ham. His estimate provided for a 24ft wide road, metalled to 18ft, and a twoway traffic tunnel. No extraordinary difficulties were presented. It was pointed out that the .present road necessitated crossing the Mangaroa hill, with .a drop of 1000 ft into .the Pakarata.hi valley. The proposed route would go via Feaifaherston, and the distance from Wellington to Featherston would be 20 miles longer than at present. Fifteen miles of new road costing £25,000, would! also be required. The total cost of a bitumen road from Lower Hutt to Featherston, including the tunnel, would be £150,000.

Tlie Auckland Education Board has decided to bring under the notice of the Department, the Minister, and ether hoards tbe employment of married female teachers as being unfair competition. Several cases were quot. ed where husband and wife are employed as teachers when the husband has' an adequate salary to support his wife. In one case the husband got £415 a year and the wife £2BO. In another case the husband got £345 and house allowance and his wife £225. In yet another school the husband got £370 and liis wife £215.

A unique example of the church congregation raising a large sum of money by means of freewill offering and without recourse to bazaars, sales of work, and other orthodox methods has., been given by the adherents of the Epsom Pressbyterian Church at Auckland, who contributed in cash and promises £2019 12s. Owing to the growth of the congregation and the need for providing adequate accommodation, it was decided to put an enlargement scheme in hand, and the scheme for financing this work was well organised. One of the office-bearers was detailed to visit the families of the congregation and to invite various members to join in a united freewill offering, to he taken in the plate on a given Sunday. The offering was to be either in cash,, or half in cash and the remainder in promises, to he paid in 12 months. No subscription list was shown, but the result of, the offering taken was that every family joined in the effort. From inquiries made by a New Zealand Times reporter it is learned that tbe “Daylight Limited,” which was introduced in November for the purpose of enabling travellers to do the Main Trunk trip during the hours of daylight, has not been an unqualified success. Although the patronage from Wellington is low, however, the train, it was explained, is usually well filled further north by travellers between stations, whilst a load is generally picked up at- Erankton Junction, where trains from Rotorua and Thames connect. During the Christmas holidays also increased patronage is expected, but it is doubtful if both daytime expresses will be retained permanently, although which will be cancelled has not yet been decided.

The shocking tragedy which occurred at Tauwhare, nine miles from Hamilton, on Saturday, when Afark Webb, a married man, aged 60, and his grandson, Walter Murray Collett, aged seven, were electrocuted through coming into contact with a wire fence which had been heavily charged with current from a fallen power line, was investigated yesterday before Air. Wyvern Wilson as coroner. The evidence mainly turned upon the point as to whether the Central Power Board had been notified that the line had fallen. The postmaster- a t Tauwhare declared that he rang the board’s office about two hours before the tragedy, but the staff denied the receipt of any such message. The coronfer said that as the evidence was' contradictory he could not go further into .the point. He could only return a formal verdict that the two deceased met their death through misadventure by coming into contact with a fence charged with electricity as the result of a high tension wire controlled by the Central Power Board falling on it.