LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 15 December 1926, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A batch of emigrants from Home arrived in Hawera to seek employment in Taranaki, by the mail train llsnst evening. Members of the Hawera and Feilding High Schools, to the number of 20 or more, were the guests of th© Opera House management on (Monday evening.

A motion deploring the proposal to entertain the Duke and Duchess of York by a motor excursion on a Sunday and a .race meeting lat Riccarton on another day, was defeated tat yesterday’s meeting of ' the ph ri.stchureh Presbytery at Christchurch, and a.n amendment was adopted referring the question of holding a race meeting to the Council of Christian Congregations'.

In connection with the freezing workers’ dispute the conciliation proceedings held in camera at Wellington yesterday failed, though the Commissioner, Mr. Harley, said that both sides had made an honest endeavour to bring about a isettlement. The matters in dispute will now go before the Arbitration Court.

Subscription lists to the Dobson Coal Mine Disaster Jteleif Fund were received at yesterday’s meetings of the Patea and Egmont County Councils. In the former case it was decided to advertise tliiat contributions would be received by the clerk, and in the later to forward copies of the official list received to' the Opunake. Pihama, Te Kiri, and Awatuna stores.

The draw for the Kia Ora. Art Union, held in the Cambridge Town Hall ye»sterday created considerable interest. The principal prize-winners were : First prize (£2000), D 36752, D. McKay. 25 Lome Street, Wellington; second prize (£1000), F 65011, F. McDonald, Chamberlain Street, Westport; third prize (£500), 851904, T. Reynolds, P.O Box 1599 Wellington; fourth prize (£250), F 67965 R. H. Carter, Hamilton North P.O. The total number of prizes was 140, aggregating £SOOO. The children of St. Mary’s Day School are holding their annual break-ing-up concert to-morrow evening in StT Mary’s Hall. A number of old English songs and dances will be given by the junior pupils, also solos and recitations, and the senior pupils will present a play entitled “The Golden Seam.” The children’s orchestra from the Hawera School will render, selections, and the programme promises to be one of considerable interest. A kstrange incident occurred at Tlapanui yesterday, states a. Dunedin message. An extremely heavy thunderstorm broke over the district' about noon and just after a Hash of lightning a woman , who' was in communication with Bdievale, was knocked unconscious and did not recover for halt an hour. It was then discovered that the woman who was speaking from Eldievale had also received a severe shock having been knocked unconscious for fully five minutes. The lightning also put all the fuses on the high tension wires out of action. Ain innocent New Zealand visitor, just- landed at- Sydney from the steamer, met an entertaining stranger in Martin Place, and, in the course of conversation, ho mentioned that lie had t wo. ten pound notes of the Bank of New Zealand which he desired to change. The stranger obligingly undertook "to secure Australian money for the traveller and entered a building outside of which, the New Zealander waited ta long time, till lit dawned upon him that he h'ad, perhaps, been too' trusting. The police are/ now seeking the obliging stranger and the visitor’s change.

A Woodful autograph, bat, donated by the Atlas Company through its Wanganui agent, Mi\ G. H. Pownall, for the most meritorious performance in the recent Hawke Cup match between Taranaki and Wanganui, has been awarded to E. H. L. Bernau. The bat will be presented to Bernau when it arrives from England. . A gold-filled pencil presented by a cricket enthusiast was awarded to G. Orr, the Wanganui .skipper, for the valuable stand he made in the second innings in an effort to save the cup, and C. F. Treadwell, who made a good showing when runswere badly wanted, received a similar present. Some Wanganui business people are concerned regarding the announcement that the Tariff Commission will only sit in the four centres and Invercargill. They are at a loss to know why Invercargill has been singled out. for special distinction and Wanganui has been left out of the pointed out that the commission is more likely to get better information in either Invercargill or Wanganui than it would in Wellington, where many of the merchants never come in contact with their farmer clients except by letter. The Chamber of Commerce and Farmers’ Union are to be asked to make representation to have Wanganui included in the list.

Campbell Island, which lies some 300 miles to the south of Stewart Island, is to have an addition to its population (says the Otago Daily Times). On Tuesday evening a party of five men were passengers on the express bound for Invercargill, on route for the Bluff to connect with the Government steamer Tmtanekal, which is to call at Campbell Islands in her tour of the southern islands. One of the party was Mr Leslie Mitchell, a son of Mrs J. R. Mitchell, Balclutha, and he and a companion will remain on the island for 18 months, looking after the sheep. The other three members of the party are returning by the Tutanekai. The adventurous pair were not dismayed at the prospect of the- lonely time ahead of them, as they figured they would have plenty of occupation. and he able to get about in the motor launch that the syndicate which owns the island keeps in the snng little harbour. There is a good house on the island, equipped with an excellent library, and there is a wireless receiving set, hut, unfortunately. not a transmitter. Visits from some of the Norwegian whaling fleet, now operating in southern waters are also expected to relieve the monotony. EXPERT PRAISES PTJLMONAS. An Auckland chemist lately said ho regarded Pulmonas first in merit and sales for the easing of sore throats, coughs, etc. These effective pastilles are a proven and successful remedy for colds, bronchitis, influenza. Dissolved slowly in the mouth, they immediately exercise a soothing and healing effect on sore throats and bronchial tubes. Pulmonas 1/6 and 2/6. —Advt.

Many Dunedin boys have earned a little silver money for Christmas by capturing hedgehogs and taking them to the Government office, where 2s Gd per head was paid. The officers of the entomological division of the Agricultural Department wanted hedgehogs for the purposes of experiment. One hundred and sixty were delivered, and the, entomologist has released them to an Alexandra orchard to fight down the earwigs.

Memories of the old pre-motor days were awakened on Saturday morning when a coach and four was seen in the Christchurch city streets. It was the first official drive of the coach which has been purchased by the Christchurch Coaching Club. Travelling along Hereford street with the stream of Saturday morning traffic, the old coach attracted much attention. It is the intention of the club to have a. scries of drives for city sightseers. It is hoped (says the Lyttelton Times) to take the Duke and Duchess of York for a drive during their visit to Christchurch.

Some few days ago a well-known Napier motorist had a most unpleasant experience while coming from Patoka into Napier, reports a Hawke’s Bay exchange. When about half-way between the former place and Rissington his car, which wais hooded-in all round, ran into a flight of bees on the swarm. The insects, stopped in their flight, invaded the car through every available crevice, and the motorist was something like half-an-liour before lie could clear his vehicle and proceed on- liis journey. Fortunately lor himself, he escaped without once being stung. The study of Latin,-may he declining generally, but its traditional use ill one sphere at any rate has appealed to those practical and. modern-minded men the land agents of New Zealand, says the New Zealand Herald. Having recently formed a Land Agents’ Institute, they needed a. motto, and applied t-o a professor of claissks in oiie of the university colleges for a .motto in laitin. The professor submitted the- following original hexameter line: “Ter felix si cut proprius contingit a gel 1 us,” which, being interpreted, means, “Thrice happy is the man who owns his own .section of land.”

The commencement of the holiday railway excursion fare period to-day was marked by an appreciable increase in the passenger list of the south-bound mail train as compared with the last few days. The train comprised one more carriage than usual, but the whole were comfortably filled when leaving Hawera.

A remarkable return in early lambs was instanced by a well-known sheep breeder of the South Taranaki district in conversation with a Star reporter this morning. The breeder Mated that from 950 breeding ewes on a farm in the Hawera district, the first draft of lambs numbered 981, the average weight being 36Jlbs. The season is regarded as unusual in many respects, but the ■drafting in the instance quoted, is regarded as outstanding. Usually 75 per cent, of lamb is viewed as a goo# number for the first draft, but the figures mentioned show a percentage of 103. That there is real danger in leaving stationary cars with the brakes off was graphically illustrated to a Whangarei motorist travelling on the Waipu Road the other day (Northern Advocate). Having occasion to call at a house by the wayside, he left the car, brakes free, at the top of a hill. On his return a few minutes later lie found that the momentum of the high wind had started the car off in an uncontxolled dash down the slops, at the foot of which its forward progress had been stayed by a barbed wire fence.

Mr A. Gray, principal of the Hawera. High School, and an enthusiastic gathering of pupils were in attendance at the Hawera railway station this morn in gto hid adieu to the Feilding hoys who took part in the Silson Cup cricket match yesterday. Appreciation of the courtesy with which they had been received at Hawera was freely expressed by the visitors, and the express steamed out to the accompaniment of rousing cheers.

At the Savoy Rooms last night a most enjoyable dance was held by the High School in honour of the visit of the Feilding boys to Hawera. The hall was filled with a company of present and former pupils and visitors from other parts, all of whom had a thoroughly good time. Mr R l . Morrissey acted with his usual efficiency as M.C., while good music , was supplied by a portion of the De Luxe orchestra. A supper was supplied by the proprietress of the rooms and served by the girl prefects, under the aegis of Mesdames Death, Winks and Tait. Dancing continued until shortly after midnight, when the party broke up, all agreeing that it had been an entire success.

On the ground that it is the private business of Gipsy Smith and does not concern the general public, the Christchurch Gipsy Smithy Mission Committee has decided not to'disclose the amount of the collections received by the evangelist on the final Sunday night of the mission, or the proceeds of his lecture on Monday, December 6. The committee also decided at a meeting last evening to withhold from< publication the amount realised from the sale of hymn books for a similar reason, but admits that about 1400 of the hymn books allocated to Christchurch were unsold, and that Gipsy Smith will make a loss on them. From a financial point of view the mission had a satisfactory result, the balance-sheet showing a credit balance of £l3 10s lid. This amount may be reduced slightly as the result of sundry small expenses that may have yet to be met, but the committee has decided that the final balance shall be handed over to the Dobson Relief. Fund. The amount of cash collections during the mission was £64f? 4s 6d. Subscriptions sent in by sympathisers totalled £35 2s, making a total of £OB3 Os Od. -