LOCAL AND GENERAL.

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

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Oil Friday last a young married man named G. L. Taylor, employed by Mr A. Davey, of Kaponga, experienced a miraculous escape from serious, if not fatal, injury. While driving a twohorse waggon, laden with 3000 lbs of milk, to the factory, he dropped a rein, and, in endeavouring to recover it, lost his balance, and fell on the tar-sealed roadway. The waggon wheels passed over liis thighs. Assistance and medical attention were promptly at hand, and the sufferer was conveyed to his home. So far as is ascertainable at present no bones were broken, though the bruising and laceration sustained will incapacitate Mr Taylor for a considerable period. “I (have been told that there is no room for Rotary in a small town, butthat is quite wrong,” said Dr. Herbert when addressing the Wbangarei Rotary Club last evening. “You cannot alter an old man, or a big city, but the best sphere for your activities for good is in a small; town, which should grow up quietly and steadily, and with the increasing civic feeling which Rotary should engender. When it does- that it is for the good of the country, -and of the nation. If Rbtary can get the Rotarian spirit in civic development, we feel that it will spread' all over the world.” When any death of a rangitira takes place, or any notable event happens, it is the custom amongst the Maoris to give names to the near relatives commemorating the event. This changihg of names, says a Hawke’s Ray paper, causes a lot of trouble' in native tribes, and also a certain amount of confusion in the land courts. The world “taihoa” has usually been used in recent years in connection with the late Sir James Carroll, and ibis Parliamentary duties. At the Maori meeting at Gisborne, the Arawas suggested that that portion of the Ngatikahungumi tribe residing at Wairoa, to which the late Sir Jamo--belonged, should, in commemoration ol their late Ariki, take the name “Ngati Taihoa.” A smile went round the meeting, and no one being bold enough to get up and object, silence was taken as consent, and they were forthwith dubbed the “Ngati Taihoa” tribe.

PROTECTION AGAINST IN FLUENZA.

To strengthen throat and chest is a much needed help against influenza. In the South Island, while influenza was at its worst, school teachers gave to their pupils Pulmonas. These pastilles. dissolved slowly in the mouth purify the air you breathe. Their antiseptic vapours heal and defeat eoughs, colds, sore throats, ’flu, etc. Pulmonas, 1/6 and 2/G.—Advt.

The attention of our readers is directed to the advertisement of Harrops Ltd. appearing in this issue.— Advt.

The Mayor and members of the Eltham Borough Council officially attended All Saints chinch last evening. The Rev. Mr. Isaacson preached an eloquent sermon.

Tuesday was the twenty-fourth anniversary of the wreck of the HuddartParkei- steamer Elingamite, in a dense focr at the Three Kings (states the New Zealand Herald). The vessel, which struck on the morning of bundav, November 9, 1902, about 180 passengers and crew, and of these 45 lost- their lives. It was also the twelfth anniversary of the destruction of the German raider Ernden by H.M.A.S. Sydney, off Cocos Island. The Eltham Musical Society will hold a full-dress rehearsal of “Dorothy” in the Town Hall to-night. The bookings, .so far for the performance on Wednesday and Thursday of this week have been heavy.

Nemesis came to an Bit mako shark in the Manukau "harbour under Unusual circumstances the other day; moreover, the shark’s fate was touched with a strange irony, in that the instrument of his downfall was a dead dog tied in a hag. Apparently (says the New Zealand Herald) in the course of bis cruises in the Manakau the mako came on this tasty canine morsel, but Ins formidable double row of saw-teeth did not make a clean bite of the carcase. The result was that the sacking became entangled in the shark’s teeth, and, with no toothpick handy, he was muzzled in deadly earnest. _Of how long the mako struggled with the grisly gag there is no record, but he was found lying dead on the rocks near the heads, vanquished by a dead dog. Among the many deplorable mistakes that the Department of Agriculture lias made, not the least is (.writes Primrose McConnell) in the November issue of The New Zealand Farmer) the abandonment of lucerne growing on the Kuakura Farm of Instruction. The Ruakura soil is very far from being ideal for the purpose, but it is just for that reason that the paddock successfully established some j'ears ago was doubly valuable as a demonstration to the dairy farmers of tlie district. To establish lucerne on suitable soil is easy, but it is of little value as a demonstration when compared with its successful establishment on soil that the average lucerne grower would condemn as being useless for the purpose. A pumice land, dairy farmer who has already established very successfully a, number of acres, while in conversation with the writer, made the remark that the abandonment of lucerne-growing at- Kuakura meant a mss of many thousands of pounds sterling to the district. This statement may "or may not be an exaggeration, but" it is at least the statement of a level-headed, practical farmer. Sir Joseph Carruthers, who returned to »yuiiey recently, spent two months in tiie Hawaiian Islands, where, he was able to complete his inquiries relating to Captain Cook’s visits. He received information which he considers completely clears Cook of the charges of lending himself to workship as the god Lono and of sacrilege of native sacred places. The supposed acts of worship, said Sir Joseph, were nothing more than the placing of a tabu on Cook to give him the same immunity from attack of disrespect as pertained to a ciieif. This act of friendly protection was associated with a ceremony which was erroneously supposed to be an act of worship. The act of sacrilege was supposed to have been that Cook allowed his crew to burn the fence round the temple of Lono, at Kelakekua Bay. It was clear from native accounts that the fence was not regarded as sacred, and that the natives themselves used it for firewood. Cook refused to use the wood when it was given to him by the high priest, and gave way only when the iiriest directed the natives to carry it to the boats. Nothing remained against Cook except that he was too venturesome in trying to recover stolen boats without proper military or naval support; and he lost his life* through misunderstanding the _ natives when in an angry and suspicious mood.