LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 11 August 1926, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

News from Apia .states that there is, very little cl in nee of refloating the schooner War Lord, which went ashore on Nukumene Island, in the Toke.-.aus group. All the cargo was saved, and there were no casualties. The Native Land Court, presided over bv His Honour Mr Justice Browne," opened its sittings in Hawera this morning. The present session will probably last until the middle of nextweek. The third monthly issue of the New Zealand Railways Magazine has. appeared, and contains a, wealth of interesting articles, including: Prime Minister on Business Methods; Board on Railway Education; Transportation Conference; Non-paying Branch Lines; Premium Bonus System; Historic Features.

“There has been a considerable amount of wood stolen from the wood heap, clothes taken from the line and laundry, and some of the nurses’ clothing taken, from the clothes line near the home,” reported! the matron of the Patea Hospital, Miss N. Kelly, to the monthly meeting of the board yesterday. it was decided to build a shed to keep the wood in. For the encouragement of pig-breed-ing in the Dominion, the New Zealand Meat .Board has given £IBO for prizes at this season’s Royal Show. The money will be for large white pigs and there will bo four classes. The first prize in each class is to be. £3O, the second £ls. Tho board’s object is to obtain a suitable pig for export and one of the foundations of a suitable Cross is a large white. It has been found in Denmark that one of the necessary things for the production of select classes is the possesion of a large white boar. . A definite rate; of exchange, between the American and Canadian dollars and the pound sterling has, been declared for the purpose of ascertaining duty on goods being ’imported into Nbw Zealand (says the New Zealand Herald). For some time past the rate has been fluctuating between 4.84 and 4.87. To save trouble the rate of exchange has been fixed at 4.86 dollars to the pound, and this will come into force on September l, continuing until further notice,.

A body which is [performing a great work in protecting the thousands of gamiets which make their home on Cape. Kidnappers during the summei nesting season is the Cape Kidnappers Sanctuary Board. , In a communication acknowledging a donation of £5 toward the board’s: finances, from the Napier Thirty Thousand Club, the secretary of the board stated that progress was being made with the laying down of permanent pathways for tourists, and with the protection of the birds 1 from molestation wherever possible. It is gratifying to know that the interest which lias been shown by the public of New Zealand and! Pacific territories in the afflicted patients on Maikcgai Island leper station, in the Fiji group, shows no sign of slackening. Latest reports indicate that a small wireless set is: now available for the patients, and this, in addition to the cinema machine which has been purchased, will help greatly to relieve the l monotony of their lives. The July number of the New Zealand Railways Magazine contains an interesting account' of a railway picnio in 1877, the occasion of the linking-up of the railway between Christchurch and Dunedin. It was held at Hampden, roughly half-way between Timaru and Dunedi n. Two .special trains, one from Timaru and the other from Dunedin, conveyed, with their friends, as many railway,men as could be .spared from their labours. 'The south-bound picnic train narrowly escaped a collision with a north-bound train in the Otepopo tunnel —a tunnel ..which, owing to a bend in the middle, cannot be seen through. The writer of thel article says that next year will be. the jubilee of th'c opening of the line, and iie believes that if a monster picnic, to Hampden were held to celebrate, the occasion, much good would result, especially if those who were :in the service 60 years ago were present as guests of the’ Railways Departmeiiit.

Invitation holders arc reminded of the second 1 of the series of dances held by the Hawera Miniature Rifle Club, to take place at the Savoy Tea Rooms to-morrow (Thursday) evening. Those persons who handed in their invitations at the last dance will gain admission by giving names' at door. Mr J. L. Arcus, a leading public accountant from Wellington, will address this evening’s public meeting of the: Hawera Accountant •Students ’ Society, taking as his subject “Accountants, Auditors and their relation to Business Men. ’ ’ .

Mr A. W. Martin, the well-known rupture specialist from Dunedin, is now on his twenty-first annual visit to. tlie centres of New Zealand. He will be in Hawera on Friday and Saturday, 13th and. 14tln inst., and may be consulted 1 at the Central Hotel. Hours, 10 a.m. to 5 p.ni. A booklet will be posted free on application.

Air. AY. Robinson being in bed with influenza, Mr. -H. G. Whittington will be referee in to-morrow’s mateli . between Thames Valley and Taranaki. The pony trotting events for the Eginunt A. and P. Show, on November 24 and 25, have been approved by the New Zealand Trotting Association, and a permit has been granted. The sermon at tlic Catholic Mission last evening was on the general judgment. The preacher said that the noblest motive in the warfare against sin was ■fchei love of God, burb life* had its difficult moments when this appeal lost its power over the carnal mind. It was good at such tmes to fall back upon the thought of the fear of Gocl and. the punshments reserved for those who violate His holy law. The greatest saints nad felt that holy fear in which the .beginning of wisdom was found. “Pierce Thou my flesh .with Thv fear, for I am afraid of Thy judgments” was the repentant cry of David. Sin can never enter the heart that is filled with fear of its consequences. The fear of hell was 'a great sin deterrent. It prevented a man from tranquilly acquiescing in .sin, as many a worldly-minded l person was aptto do.

In the House of Representatives last night, the Hon. Sir Maui Poraare, Minister for Cook Islands, replying to questions regarding leprosy, said that about sixty eases had been discovered in. the islands. Forty had been taken to Makogai and twenty more were to go. Accommodation, had been provided at Malcogai at a cost of £2OOO. The disease had been prevalent in. the group for many years, but was unknown before the advent of the white man. The history of the disease in the islands was interesting. A leper came to Samoa from Hawaii. A man from Ponhiyn Island visited Hawaii at about the .same time .and after liis return home lie developed leprosy. The island of Pemrhyn had always been the worst sufferer, but no whites were affected. Careful investigations were being made to. see whether the. disease showed any tendency to show out in fresh cases. Some doubtful ones were under observation. The New Zealand Meat Producers’ Board ha.s been advised by its London lrianager that the supply of meat and like produce to tjje London central markets during the six months ended June, 1926, aggregated 240,892 tons, as against 229,306 tons same period 1925—'am increase of 11,586 tons, or 5.1 per cent. Imported supplies, apart from produce originating in Ireland, formed 82.9 per cent, of the total quantity of produce marketed. British and Irish supplies aggregated 41,250 tons, or ’17.1 per cent-, of the total supply: New Zealand 36,605 tons, or 15.2 per cent; Australia. 12,475 tons, or 5.2 per cent.; Canada. 2.640 tons, or 1.1 per cent; United States of America I. or 0.7 per cent; Argentina. 103,140 tons, or 42.8 per cent; Uruguay 11, tons on 4.9 per cent; Netherlands 21,229 tons, or 8.8 per cent ; and other foreign- countries 10,177 tons, or 4.2 per cent.