LOCAL AND GENERAL

Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 29 September 1926, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Colonel A. R. L. King Mason, of the Indian Army, who was a passenger by the Alarania to Auckland, says that many army officers speak ot coming to New Zealand on retirement, tkougu their wives do not like the idea of doing their own housework. The body of a, middle-aged married man named David King was found banging from a tree in nimvood Park, Christchurch, yesterday. The. body was visible from the road and was noticed by a man proceeding to work. He cut the rope by which the body was hanging and informed the police. Mr. R. W. McKean, S.M., at Auckland, upheld a petition and declared the election, of the Howick Town Board void. Two nominations had been wrongfully rejected by the returning •officer, as deposits of £3 each ha-cl not been lodged, this being only necessary in eases of boroughs and city councils. A fresh election will be held. Cabled advice received in Nelson reeently conveyed the pleasing news to the grower than certain shipmentsi of apples forwarded to England have averaged the satisfactory price of 12s per ease. This news should put fresh* heart into growers generally (remarks the Mail). The Hawera Savage Olub .has decided to follow the example of last year, a,ml present another Christmas cheer concert, on behalf of the Public Hospital and the Old Men’s Home. December 7 has been chosen as the date, and the Savages will rely wholly- on their own talent in drawing up the programme. Further handicaps for the Timaru to Christchurch: cycle road race, additional to those telegraphed by the Press Association and published on Monday, include the following local riders: J. Cross, New Plymouth, 31min; F. Litchwa-rk, Kaponga, 41 in in ; H. Blackwell, O'kaiawa, 42min. A meeting of creditors in. the bankrupt estate of Harold Edwin George, a farmer of North Canterbury, was called for at Christchurch, but lapsed for (want of a quorum. The financial statement showed that bankrupt’s total debts amounted to £BOBB 13s sd, all, of which were unsecured. There were no assets. The principal -unsecured creditor was the New Zealand Farmers’ Cooperative Association of Canterbury, Ltd., for £BOOO.

The work of transplanting 100,000 onion. plants is not an easy job, but that is the number which has lately been put in at the Auckland Infirmary garden (says the Auckland Star). Provision is made for an onion supply throughout the year, and the above number just about- meets the needs- of the home. The plants are grown from seed sown in the volcanic soil for whichi the garden is famous. The- bulbs come to maturity very early. The euchre party and dance held in the Railway Social Hall last evening was very successful; 23 tables -being required for the euchre tournament, the prizes, for which were awarded as follows: Ladies, Mesdames A. Bryant I, V. Warner 2; Men, Mr. Duggan 1, Mr. J. Campbell 2. Consolation prizes were awarded to Mrs. A. Vinten and Mr. A. McAsey. Supper was served to over 100 people. Forty couples took part in the dance, music for which was given by r the Barnowl orchestra (five instruments) Extras were plaved bv Mrs. Bell.

According to Mr E. Peek, .president of the Sydenham (Christchurch) Bowling Club, the necessary qualifications for a .successful bowler are a thin thatch and a good, rotundity about the iniddi'e. ' in opening the season of the dub on Saturday, he expressed pleasure that the member for Christchurch East, Mr H. T. Armstrong, was present. “If you take up bowls, Mr Armstrong,” said Mr Peek, “you will extend your life- by ten years.” “Thft.t would be a national calamity,” retorted Mr Armstrong. “You are thin, on the top, and thick in the middle,” continued Mr Peek, amid laughter, ‘and so you have all the qualifications of a bowler.”

An indication of the effect of the dole upon the one-time working classes of Great Britain is illustrated in the following letter to a well-known New Zealander from a relative ..in England, stating that two “servants who were getting good wages and were well treated in every way suddenly decided to leave their situations. The mistress of the house meeting the mother of the girls asked- how the family was getting on. “Oh, very well,” said the lady ; “I’m on the dole, me ’usband’s- on the dole, and now me two daughters is on the dole.” With the four of them on the dole there was apparently little necessity .for them to work.—Auckland Star.

A Queensland man who was in Dunedin last- week says that the Labour Government in that State is now receiving the support of thousands who at- first distrusted and opposed it. This change of attitude is particularly noted in farming districts. There is an increasing belief that- the Labour Government is honest, that it is profiting by experience in regard to finance and Governmental responsibility generally, and is developing ability. One seldom hears the shieking of Red Feels, over there. They are. told to work and give up agitating about impossibilities. Queensland is undoubtedly prosperous and enterprising, and there is less unemployment- there than in any other of the Australian States. The author of these statements is not a bushman nor a rouse a bout, hut- a man of education and of the “clean shirt” order. Ho describes himself as one of many converts to the Labour Administration.

Speaking at a, civic welcome at Blenheim, the Hon. R,. A. Wright, Minister of Education, said: “Marlborough is inevitably linked up with Wellington, for you have amalgamated and pooled your resources, as it were, and we in Wellington recognise that Marlborough is very, close to us. We look forward to the time when you will he even closer, when you will have a fleet of fast and large ships travelling between Welington and Picton. *When that time- comes, the association between the two districts will be even greater than at present. Gne .thing I am determined on; I will not. make promises.. It may be unpopular, but it is essential that I should not tie mV hands.” Subsequently Mr. Wright visited Marlborough College in company with members of the board of governors. In the afternoon he visited Blenheim and Springlands schools and I’eceived a deputation in connection with junior high schools. The Minister left for Christchurch this morning.

At last evening’s meeting of the Taranaki Jockey Club’s District Committee, the programme for the club’s Christmas meeting was submitted and approved. This year’s .programme provides for an increase in stakes of about £SOO over last year. The civil list of the fortnightly sitting of the Magistrate’s Court at- Hawera, which opened this morning, was disposed of in an unusually -short space of t ime, the court sitting for only forty minutes. Of 56 claims entered for hearing, judgment was -given in seventeen, -the hearing of a further seventeen was put forward to- future dates ,a.n<l the .remainder were settled by mutual consent of the .respective litigants. ' - “The construction of the Nelson Cathedral is going .ahead splendidly,’' said the Blight Rev. \Y. U. Sadlier, Bishop of Nelson, at Christchurch. “The .second contract lias -been let. I don’t suppose it will be completed ‘for some years,” he said, “hut the nave will he opened as soon as .it is built, -and -the old part of the church removed.” Au exchange says the Bishop indicated that the .nave will be built to- seat 600 people. The Nelson Cathedral will not he -as large as that of Christchurch, but the spire will -be higher. Both the Limited and the Main Trunk express arrived at Wellington yesterday several hours behind schedule time. The " delay was caused by four wagons and the guard’s' van of a goods train being derailed at Ngatoro, a station two miles north of Te Awarnutu.- No oft ■ was injured, but the darnage done to the permanent way necessitated the construction of a loop line to allow the re sumption of traffic. The cause of the derailment was the breaking of an axle box on an L wagon. K. S. Svenson, the All Black and Wellington wing three-quarter, has decided to retire from the game. Commencing at Wanganui, he later transferred to Buller, where he gained a place in the South Island team. Coming to Wellington he soon made a naine for himself, and secured a place in the New. Zealand team for the 1924 tour of Great Britain and France .On that crusade he developed into one of the best players of his side, and has been in the front rank of Dominion players ever since. Mr. Svenson’s retirement will be a severe loss to Dominion Rugby. Dominion Day was celebrated in London by a wireless broadcast, including an address by Sir James Farr, followed by an imaginary tour of New Zealand conducted by Mr. Drew, interspersed with New Zealand songs- by Stella Murray, Hubert Carter, and Esther Fisher. “I wish I could transport you. bodily to New Zealand to see its scenic wonders really instead of imaginatively,” said Sir Janies Parr, in au introductory reference to the Dominion’s charms and advanced social and industrial legislation. He added that New Zealand spent relatively more money on education than any other country in the world. Nowhere outside England could be found such jealous adherence to British tradition in all the elements of national life. New Zealand’s trading showed a practical pro-British sentiment. If the British manufacturer did not develop trade it would be his own fault.

Three Marlborough College girls had a- sensational experience during the snowstorm in Picton the other day. They left in the morning, when everything looked bright ftnd cheery, for a tramp over Mount McCormick, and aijl went well until the snow commenced to fall. The trio immediately made tracks for home, but soon lost their bearing owing to the white mantle, and found themselves steering in the wrong direction. They wandered round, over area-s of gorse and blackberry bushes, for nearly three* hours, and had to: wade a creek' for some distance towards the town. The girls arrived home safely late in the evening in a drenched condition, and considerably .scratched about bv the blackberry thorns, over which they were forced to crawl on tlreir hands and knees. The Dannevirke Power Board, discussed yesterday the matter of the -re-or-ganisation of the staff and decided on certain curtailments- and adjustments. During the course of the discussion the secretary -and treasurer (Mr. H‘. S. Quigley) tendered his resignation of the n.sition which he has held -since the inceptio-n of the board, -some of the members considering that the whole of his time -should be devoted to the position and carrying a salary of £SOO per annum. The resignation was accepted to take effect from. -December 31 next. The board decided to invite applications for a full time secretary at a commencing -salary of £450 per an.rfum.