LOCAL AND GENERAL

Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 15 September 1926, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Thomas Alleny.aged 45, a- slaughterman at Horotiu Freezing Works, was seriously injured yesterday afternoon by his head coming in. contact- with a revolving fan. His condition as critical (states a Hamilton message). Sergeant Henry has handed to the Hawera Plunket' Society the sum of £2 2s 3d. This is made up of contributions which have been placed in the Plunket donation box at the police station. The society appreciates the help given. A Patea county councillor referred yesterday to the dangerous practice adopted by some settlers of .turning old avorn-out horses on to the road •which, he said, was very reprehensible and a menace to motor traffic, especially at night time. The advances which the Dairy Control Board is making to factories against store warrants are 'as follows: Creamery butter, £3 10s per box; whey butter, £2 15s per box; factory cheese, £4 15s per crate. These advances are irrespective of grade, but if a factory is consistently making second grade butter or cheese, the amount of the advance will require to be reconsidered. At the monthly meeting of the Patea Hospital Board yesterday a letter of appreciation was received from Mr W. H. Watkins for attention to his wife and two daughters while in the hospital recently.' He said that he knew no institution where patients could have received more courtesy, kindness and attention from the doctor, matron and nurses.

An announcement of great importance to Wanganui was made by the Mayor (Mr Hope Gibbons), ini opening the art show at the Sarjeant Gallery, when he stated 1 that the -foundation stone for a new museum would' be laid within a comparatively short time. — Chronicle.

When the Patea County Council was considering a roading matter at Mocawatea, the chairman, was very outspoken in his opinion that he would no-t go to such an unholy place except to help the settlers. He added that .the Ahuroa hill in question was infested with wild pigs which rooted in the water-tables.

The fire which, destroyed six Thorns of a 15-roomed boardinghouse, in ViJcftoriai Street West (Auckland) last Sunday, again broke out .last night, with ’ fme result that thq. remaining rooms were gutted. There were, no occupants in t-lici .house at the time. The building is owned by the Public Trust Office, . and 'occupied bv T. O’Cbnnnor. Insurances, were £1350 on the building and £638 on tlie contents, both policies being with the Atlas Company. The question of the approach to the Manawapou bridge from the south was mentioned at the monthly meeting of the Patea County Council yesterday, because of the fa'ct that several accidents had occurred lately there. It was said the Hawera Council had cut the willows on its side, and urged that the Patea County Council should arrange to cut boxthorn on the western side of the road. A member pointed out that this bordered a county paddock leased to a settler. The matter yvas left to the engineer to arrange. .A cablegram received by the Government at Wellington states that the Italian hydroplane Dornier Marina, flown by Colonel de Pinedo on a scientific and experimental cruise, will call at Suva ini October and at Auckland, Wellington, Dunedin, and Invercargill in November. The Minister of Internal Affairs (the Hon. R. F. Bollard), in making the announcement, stated that no information other than that .contained in the. cablegram had yet been received by .his department. Mr B. Stone, who has been the hand- j master of the Hawera Salvation Army Band,' and Mi’s Stone, the corps cadet guardian, will be given a send-off social in; the Army Hall to-night, commencing a.t 8 o’clock. They leave for Phtoa. At the end of the week to take up their residence there. The public are invited to .attend., the ladies being requested to bring a basket.

Miss Statham, inspector of soldiers’ graves, states 1 that 1100 hendistones have been- erected over soldiers’ graves in the North Island 1 alone, and) others are being erected every week. At present,_ she says, the department was occupied with Avar graves only, that is, of men ivho died from injuries received at the Avar or from- its effects.

The Hon. O. J. Hawken, Minister of Agriculture, has notified 1 the Wellingtonl Chamber of Commerce that the Government will not subsidise herdtesting this year. When this letter vva« received! the council of the chamber -decided, on thei motion- of Mr A. L. Hunt, to forward) a. remit to the Associated Chambers of Commerce, messing for Government assistance to herd-testing. The proposal of the Auckland Provincial Industrial Association to run a special North Island Exhibition train was) before the Wellington Industrial Association last night. It wm suggested that the train- should run from Tliorndon (Wellington) to Whangarei, branch off at various points to Napier, Wanganui and NeAv Plymouth, and also stop at A-arious towns en route.. The cost Avould be £4OOO. and the estimated receipts. including a Government grant of £IOOO. would be £4OOO. The chairman said he thought the idea; a splendid one. It- would' be a fine novel advertisement. It was decided to write to Australia asking for their experience with a similar train, j At yesterday’s meeting of the Lincoln College Board of Governors at Christchurch, the chairman’.s statement: to members of Parliament that the beard would be Avilling to hand the college over to the State- on condition that it was the sole agricultural cob lege in- New Zealand Avas approved'. Colonel Studholme gave notice to move ai motion on' the lines of his previous resolution that there be one agricultural college, consisting of two branches, one at Palmerston North and one at Lincoln, the work or function of the Palmerston North branch to be restricted to start with to research in and the teaching of dairying and those matters bearing directly upon it, the above teaching to include courses of both diploma, and degree standing. Less than a penny a. dozen. That is Avliat it costs to preserve eggs Avith Sharland’s “Moa” brand egg' preservatiA'e. Keeps eggs fresh for months-. ?.

An'article in the Lake County Press by Mr P. do la Perrell, of Winton, recalls the fact that 25 years ago the bul qf the Kawarau river was bone dry for about one hour, owing to a huge slip from the mountain side in the vicimtv of Gibbston completely blocking the water way below where, the Sliotover and Arrow rivers .join the main stream. A miner named Andrew Reid walked across the dry river bed, but d'id not do any fossicking, as he feared the temporary dam would not hold longWithin an hour' the obstruction was swept away and the river resumed its course.

A unique display is being staged by McGruer, Bone and Co. in tlieir showroom during this week. This is a mannequin parade, of the. newest spring fashions in millinery and apparel. A feature of the dispnly is the miniature theatre, on the stage of which real lb-e figures will parade. A similar display has been made in the large cities of Australia, and! also in Auckland, and Wanganui, anil, met with unstinted praise and, approval. As stated, in our advertising columns, admission is free, bv ticket, which can be obtained for anv of the three sessions.

At a meeting of the King Edward Park Tennis Club last evening complaint was mad© of the presence of children on holidays, Saturdays and match days. Members stated that children bad been complained of by visitors. Some speakers pointed! outthe difficulty presentedi to mothers of watching their children when playing. One lady, referring to the. suggestion that children, be not .permitted inside the tennis ground on the days specified, stated that the mothers would prefer their children, to h© hit with a ball than drowned in th© pond. It would be impossible for a mother to play if her young children were left outside. Personally, the speaker considered there should he no difficulty in keeping children out of the way of players. It was finally decided to put up" a; notice warning parents against allowing the children to intrude on the playing area, during the conrs© of a game l . Members of the Wellington Fire Board were given a demonstration- on Thursday of a new spray nozzle. It) is controlled bv a lever cock .under the user’s arm. and has a, fitting taking a much, smaller ho.se. giving greater mobility action., using less! winter, and caaisi ng .’ess damage in case of incipient outbreaks. An outstanding feature* reports a, southern paper. is the provision of a steering wheel. The lever controls ,a series of outlets -round the nozzle, forming a perfect nose clear of the main jet, .and sufficiently dense to cleave a-way -through smoke, nhowing penetration to the seat or ft fire. The nose does -not lessen the pressure of the main iet appreciably. Used bv itself it will effectively souse a. -radius of 30ft. The Few rfozzlei is being provided on, alii Wellington city hoses.

The tender of the. Scottish engineering firm of Sir William Arrol and Co. has been accepted by the Government for the eerction of the new 1 railway workshops, at Petome. The contract price is not divulged, hut- it is understood that it is between £IBO,OOO and £200,000. All British materials an© to be used in the execution of the work. The new workshops are to be erected on the industrial area at the Hutt, close- to the Waiwetu stream. They will be required for the centralised locomotive ne.pft.ir shops for 'heavy repairs for the North Island. Complete ereotion /will take-, .it is estimated, alLut fourteen months, after which the installation of machinery and equipment .will be proceeded with. iSin-ce it is recognised that the economies on which the scheme of improvement is based will not be obtained in. their fullest- measure till the. works are completed, every effort is) being made th complete- them in: three years, ns planned.

liecent maintenance work on the excellent max ix highway north . of Wanganui was reported on by Mr T. R. Dix engineer to the Waitotara County Council at it.s; .last meeting. General maintenance work was carried out- over the whole length, of the main road in the country. Between Maxwell town and the cemetery the .road toais been scarified and reshaped, and GB9 yards of ’ohrushed. shell rock has been used in strengthening it. At Nukuinaru 40 chains of roadway was reshaped, and Wlaitiara; chips used for a wearing surface ; 1755 yards of metal was used in remet ailing and maintenance work between Kai Iwi. and Waitotara, and 24yards from the city boundary to. Kai Iwi. A surface culvert was placed on the Ka.i Iwi Hill, and grit on several lengths of the road was graded back. Wanganui Chronicle. The Victoria League entertained Lady Cecil and Miss M. Cecil' at an at home a,t the Ellerslie Ralceoour.se kiosk (Auckland). Lady Cecil expressed immense admiration for the work olf the New Zealand branch; of the Victoria League; the Girls’ Friendly ’Society and the Y.W.C.A. As vice-chair-man of the Overseas Settlement of British Women, she said that this body was now working closely in touch with the British Government-. Good health was the first essential in' the choice of womens immigrants, hut laltbrly it was thought advisable that some, test in' the rudiments, of cookery and house work should, he .made.. The Women’s Insti- ■ tuite and the Church Council were ably assisting in the work of migration., Sir James Allen said the Home Office was greatly in favour of sending girls whose brothers had emigrated to the Dominion.

Ratepayers within the Patea harbour rating area will be interested in an announcement which appears in this issue in the advertisement columns.

•SUITS TO MEASURE,

H.B. new sample books of high-class tweeds and worsteds have now arrived and are showing. We will build you a good up-to-date, good cut, good finish suit to your own measurements for 95/to £6, so call and see . our-new patterns and be measured to-day. at the New Zealand Clothing Factorv, Hawera.— Advt.

The lovely lot of men ’>s new neglige shirts in striped' zephyrs, poplins and Fuji silks now being shown by the Melbourne Ltd. are all made with reinforced fronts, double sewn throughout and ample fitting. Every shirt gussetted 1 throughout. Best values in the Dominion. —Advt. HANDY FOR THROAT.

For colds and; coughs there’s noth ing to beat Pulmonas in tilo handy tin that fits the poclcet. Carry them, whereever von go and take one or two at the first sign of cough or cold. Prevention is better than cure—and for coughs and colds there is no' bettei preventative than Pulmonas; 1/G a tin or twice the quantity for 2/6. —Advt. DON’T MISS BUCKRELL’S. Ladies! When in' Hawera wall: round the corner into UNION ST. and see what BUCKRELL’S, ladies’ outfitters are doing. Absolutely the new est and cleanest stock of hats, frocks, costumes and ladies’ wear in Taranaki. Newest goods and lowest prices always at Buckrell’s, Union St., Hawera. — Advt.

When “Tan-ol” comes in, dullness goes out. A splendid polisher for floors and furniture, leather, and tan shoes. In liquid and -paste form. —2