LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 17 August 1926, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Oil Saturday afternoon the fourroomed residence of Mr. lit. C. G. .Russell, at Rotorua, was burned to the ground and nothing was saved. The house was insured for £4OO in the State Fire Office. Fire at Wellington yesterday did damage to the premises occupied by Thomas O’Brien, ‘ boot importer. The building was insured lor £I4OO and the contents were covered by a policy for £4200. A cyclist named Allan Basil Banks, aged 17, was lei 1 led in Mauukan Road, Epsom, last night, as a result of a collision with a motor "bus, says an Auckland message. Unemployment, in Invercargill is gradually diminishing. Figures obtained yesterday..show that the past week fpts been the easiest for several months. Whereas upwards of 100 were -i egistored on the. Labour Department’s books four weeks ago there are now only 41. During the week ending at noon yesterday deaths from influenza, in Canterbury totalled four, and live ire.sh cases were notified. On the West Coast there were six fresh eases, none ot which was fatal.

Florence Ada. White, aged about 20, died in a private hospital at Napier yesterday, under an .anaesthetic. At the inquest a. verdict was returned that deceased died tinder an ■anaesthetic during an operation for goitre, and that death was due to heart failure predisposed by goitre and finally brought on. by the operation. In reference to a Melbourne cable of June 7, about the Italian airman Di Pinedo making a flight, including New Zealand, the Consul at Dunedin has received 480 gallons of aviation motor spirit to hold pending his arrival, but has no advice to the date. The New Zealand Government has signed a contract for delivery next year,, at a cost of £35,000, of a motordriven vessel of 950 tons for the Island trade and administration. The vessel will have accommodation for a limited number of passengers and speial facilities for the carriage of fruit. It is announced that 80 general farm labourers front Britain will be* arriving in the Dominion this month, 40 by the Oorinthic, about the 24th, and 40 by the Riniu.taka,- about, the 30th. Farmers interested are advised to communicate with the Immigration Department.

The body of a baby girl born oil Thursday morning was found buried in a house garden at Mt. Albert, Auckland, on Saturday, the mother being a girL about twenty years of age, employed as a. domestic. An inquest was opened and adjourned for a post-mor-tem examination.

Rudolph, Valentino, the film star, collapsed on Sunday afternoon (states a message from New York). A diagnosis revealed a serious stomach complaint and two operations were immediately performed. He is still unconscious, and the physicians pronounce that his condition is grave.

Indications point to> the fact, that Frank Milton Winter, proprietor of the Seaside Picture Theatre, Lya-ll Bay, has committed .suicide, says a Wellington Press Association, message. He has been missing since Sunday. His overcoat was found .near the Miramar esplanade. In the coat vims a. letter bidding farewell to his wife and family asking them to. forgive him, but .saying he had taken the only Vay to relieve the pains in the head. He had been a mental ease. The police are dragging for the body.

The New Zealand and Australian delegates to the Eucharistic Congress, held at Chicago, returned to Auckland by the Niagara from Vancouver last night. The party comprised Archbishop Ma,n nix, of Melbourne, Archbishop Clime, of Perth, Bishop McCarthy, of Bendigo, Bishop Liston, of Auckland, and Monsignor Ormond, of Auckland. Speaking of the congress, Archbishop Mannix .said it exceeded all expectations, and proved that the faith did not need reviving in the United States. He expressed the hope that the congress to lie held in Sydney in 1928 would he as successful.

The price of flour in Auckland was raised yesterday by IQs a. ton, the new price being £-21 3s Ckl a ton in sacks. The last rise, also at 10s, took Dlaee on July 21. Prices for bag lots of various denominations will be advanced invaccordance with the latest increase. The .reason given for the rise in the market for flour is the steady rise of wheat prices in Australia, whence local mills have to import their raw material. No decision has yet been reached by the Auckland Master Balters’ Association as to whether bread prices will be'advanced in sympathy with those for flour. The previous inin the price of .flour was not passed'on to the public by the bakers.

A sudden cut-out of the Mangahoa electric power in the southern Hawke's Bay, occurred yesterday afternoon, due to accident to one of the Public Works Department's men.. An employee named W. Greig was doing some repairs at Rua Roa. sub-station when his foot slipped and accidentally touched an. 11,000-volt line. Fortunately the automatic protective switches at Rua Rioa acted instantaneously, allowing the victim to drop clear of the line into a. .safety belt. From this position ho was rescued by Mr. R. (Grump, the official in charge of the sub-sta-tion. The sufferer received prompt medical .attention and on being removed to hospital was quite conscious. He is suffering from burns on the hands and face.

A reminder is given, of the. complimentary social to be tendered this evening in the Islington Tea Rooms to the ladies by members of the Hawera Bowling, Club. A good programme lias been arranged! by the secretary, Mr J. Champion., and a pleasant evening is assured. Musical items and a, progressive euchre, tourney will be among the attractions which will combine in an enjoyable programme. Owing to the fact that the producer for the Operatic Society arrives in Hawera on Monday, 23rd, and nil the time -available is required fbr rehearsals of “The Runaway Girl,” th© society finds it impossible to get- a choir ready for the competitions this year.

A reminder is given of the bachelors ball to lie held at An roa, to-morrow night. An energetic committee has everything in first-class order, and visitors from far and near may lie assured -of spending a .real enjoyable evening. CAN YOU AFFORD THE RISK? Were you ever seized with a severe attack of cramp, colic or diarrhoea without a bottle of Chamberlain’s Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy in the house? Don’t take such risks. A dose or two will relieve you before a doctor could possibly be called, and it never fails even in the most severe and dangerous cases. You cannot do better than to keep a bottle, of this remedy ever at hand. Sold everywhere.—Advt.

Yes, a delightful sense- of cleanliness and harmony permeate the atmosphere where “No-Rubbing Laundry Help” controls the washing.—Advt.