LOCAL AND GENERAL

Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 5 October 1926, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The small eutter-riged yacht Otufehenite, evidently engaged in running between the islands of the Western Pacific, is reported to be overdue. Local fishermen report having hacl some good sport since the opening of the fishing .season on Friday. The fish, are plentiful hut not in very good Condition. —Argus.

The roll number at the Elltham School .has ishow.n a gradual increase from 388 at the commencement of the school; - year to 409 at present, states the local paper. .

The Government has decided to erect an obelisk over the grave of Captain William Hobson, first Governor of New Zealand. The grave is in the Symonds Street cemetery, Auckland, and at present is marked bv an inconspicuous marble slab.

The Royal Hotel premises at Waimate were entered by a burglar during the week-end and a. sum of money was taken from the till. This hotel wa3 entered similarly a few weeks ago, when the till was also rifled. At to-morrow, evening’s meeting of the Hawera Accountant Students’ Society, Mr P. Cutforth, an inspector on the staff of the Tax Department, will deliver “A talk on Land and Income Tax.” The meeting will be open to the public. Grave injuries were sustained by Cecil Anstiss, aged 29, a married man, at Auckland yesterday, when he fell 25 feet from, the top of an electric power pole on which lie was working at Newmarket. Anstiss lost his hold of the pole and fell to the pavement, sustaining head injuries, abrasions to the body and a fractured wrist. TTo was removed to the hospital and his condition is reported to be grave. • Suffering from severe cuts on his throat. John Dyer, single, aged about 40. lies in a serious condition in the Auckland Hospital. ITe was found lying oil the doorstep of a house at Edondale, and said he had cut his throat, with a razor in a clump of gorse between .Mount Albert and Edondale on Saturday evening, and had been wandering about in the vicinity ever since. lie stated that he came from Wellington about, four months ago, and had been working at Ornkoi. Interest in the Melbourne [Ltd.’s Great Stocktaking Sale is well sustained, thanks to the alluring bargains brought down from day to day. Further bargains: 29-incli Fuji silk, 2/11 yard; nursery flannelette, 8/11 doz.; Hoyle’s navy print, 1/4 yard; genuine 9oz. Palmer nap trousers, 8/11 pair; men’s “Ilardwear” trousers, 6/11; men’s heavy Bruce knitted socks, lOd pair; and many more money-savers.— Advt.

•‘Fire destroyed. tlie offices of Messrs Lindsay and Co., produce merchants, at Dunedin on Sunday night. The store was undamaged, but the loss of the front part of the building is estimated at £2OO. The buildings were insured for £SOO and the contents for £7OO in the Yorkshire Office. William MeCarron, a well-known farmer living at Hook, married, with eight children, when driving home in a fog late on Saturday night, went over an embankment causing the gig to capsize (states a Waimate message). MeCarron was later found dead under the vehicle, only his head above the surface of a pool of water. His face showed signs of having been kicked by the horse.

It is not only in Sydney that a razor is used as a handy weapon of attack, writes the New Zealand Herald’s Suva correspondent. Some months ago an Indian was seen walking down the main road in Suva, when he turned upon one of the two women who were walking with ‘him. He pulled out a razor, and in a most matter-of-fact way commenced to cut her nose. She screamed, and a European rushed /to her assistance. She was then in a semi-conscious condition, but her assailant calmly walked towards the town. Later ho was sentenced to IS months’ imprisonment with hard labour.

In regard to the steamer Awarua, wlihse disappearance for three or four days caused considerable anxiety, and which was picked upon the East Coast by ILM.S. Dunedin, an investigation will be held at the Magistrate’s Court, Wellington, on Wednesday before Mr W. P. Riddell, S.M. This is the first time such an investigation has been held in New Zealand, and is quite a different procedure to a nautical inquiry.

In the list of office-bearers of the Wellington Amateur Athletic Club appear the names of four honorary coaches. When the election of officers took place at- the annual meeting one enthusiastic member of the club suggested that three of the names be struck out (Evening Post). “These coaches are elected to the position,” he said,, “but never come to light and give the juniors any assistance.” Mr. Kitto explained that the question of coaches for the club had been receiving consideration. Coaches were elect-, ed year after year, but very little was seen of them. Unless proper coaching was obtained, the athletes were going to go back.. No coaches were elected at the annual meeting, the matter being left in the hands of the new committee.

An instance of the damage done in the flocks by pigs was related the other day by an Omona settler. He said that, like all settlers in that back country, he kept- up a. continuous war on the porkers. Recently he and others were out after a boar which was known to be doing much damage. After several fruitless trips they located and - shot him late one night. On cutting him open they found, seventeen lambs’ heads in his stomach. And this is only one case of many which have occurred all over the countryside. A number of officers and men of H.M'.S. Laburnum, which returned from a five-months’ cruise in the Pacific, made the acquaintance of Mr. Robert Keable, the noted novelist, while the vessel was at Tahiti. Mr. Keable, who lives in a pretty homo situated some distance from Papeete, arranged, a motor tour for a large party from the warship. It is understood, says the New Zealand Herald, that the novelist is now engaged in a study ol’ Polynesian history, and it is expected he will shortly write a book on the subject. A considerable nmount of wonder has been expressed from time to time as to whether our large classes were not. in excess of the needs of the' Dominion (states the annual report of the Faculty of Medicine of the Otago University’). The largest, graduating class in the history of the school was the one which was examined last. December, the number graduated being 50, and it is satisfactory to state that within a month from the examination they wer e , practically ai’il absorbed in different appointmentsl. The number of entrants to this school has continued to fall, the students registering numbering only 33. This need not cau.se. any anxiety, as the reduction in numbers is only a swing of the pendulum, and as soon as it is realised that the large classes have all been absorbed, the number of entrants will again begin to increase. The smaller classes are much more easily hand'ed, and the general standaid of efficiency is more readily maintained when tlie. numbers are not excessive.

On Friday afternoon last Mrs E. Dixon held a “Bring and Buy” afternoon at her residence for the purpose of raising funds for the purchase of material for the stocking of the ladies’ stall at the forthcoming Methodist Flower Show. About 40 ladies attended), and a miscellaneous collection of saleable goods was disposed of, realising the satisfactory sum of £lO. During the afternoon a musical and elocutionary programme was given, those contributing items being Mesdames Tonks, Carter and Champion, Misses Joan Tonks and Marewa Dixon. Miss Joll actedi as accompaniste.i Afternoon tea was served by the ladies.

An interesting, incident occurred a few days ago in •connection with the demolition of a part of the old Nelson Cathedral. which is licing rebuilt in reinforced concrete (states the Nelson Mail). One of tire workmen who was engaged on the old, building when, it was altered in 1886 was Mr H. G. Johns, then a carpenter just out of his apprenticeship, and' now A well-known Wellington architect. At the completion of the work all the workmen inscribed' their names on the king-post- of the tower, and when Mr Johns heard that this nurt of the Cathedral was being, demolished, he wrote over to Ne’-son, and asked that the section of the post bearing the names .should be preserved and given, to- him. His request- was gratified, and the three-foot section of the old post, with the names still decipherable, is now .in: his possession. The post (sin x bin) 'is of Baltic pine, and is as good ns the day it was erected.

Vigilant police officials spied a party of waterside workers engaged in the fascinating hut nevertheless illegal pastime of “two-up” on the Railway wharf in Wellington on Friday afternoon. As the result of the “school” being raided eight men appeared in the\ Police Court on Saturday morning, and pleaded guilty to a charge of playing “two-up.” Chief-Detective Ward stated that n. group of about fourteen men were noticed by Detective Tricklebank and Constable Mcßae. The “school” was kept under observation for a time and was then raided. Eight of the players were arrested, but several others managed to make good their escape. 'One of the defendants, on behalf of his fellows, said that the game had been played simply as a pastime, and for only small stakes. “Twoup” was regarded as quite a common pastime among watersidefs. “This is an illegal game, and you must not play it,” remarked Mr B. Page, S.M., in convicting the defendants and fining them £2 each.—N.Z. Times.

The din of exhausts of motors in Wei-j .lington is to be stopped (says an exchange). The City Council has adopted a by-law prohibiting cut-outs, and making compulsory effective silencers on motor-cycles and other vehicles. The offer of* the Motor-cycle Club to assist in stopping speeding and excessive noise, has been accepted.

Attention is drawn to an invitation on* the first page of to-night’s Star. The Women’s National Reserve decided at its last meeting to help the returned, soldiers wipe off a smal deficit incurred by the social committee. As the result of this decision an afternoon is being given in the Soldiers’ Club tomorrow at 2.30 p.m. Many people have received written invitations, but it was impossible to remember everyone personally, and it is hoped that the invitation through the press will be treated by everyone as an individual invitation. * A bright musical programme has been arranged and the National Reserve look to the general public for its hitherto unfailing and generous support. Once upon a time it was the custom of the Press to hold up the example of the Danes or Americans for Australians to follow. “To-day,” writes the Australian correspondent of The New Zealand Farmer, in the October issue of that journal, “New Zealand is more often cited. Australia is a great market for New Zealand bred stud dairy stock, and some magnificent animals of all dairy breeds have been brought here.. They and their progeny in skilful hands have done very well, and their work lias been a tremendous advertisement for New Zealand cattle. I confidently anticipate a bigger demand than ever in New Zealand dairy stock in the future, and I believe it -will pay New Zealand breeders to develop this market more than has been done ,in the past. New Zealand is the natural source of our dairy stud stock, and this wonderful markdt is only now realising the advantages . prevailing from the enterprise and skill of New Zealand breeders. An organised drive for trade in Australia by New Zealand breeders would give mutually advantageous results.”