LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 28 January 1927, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Brownies are. notified by ndercisement in this issue that the first meeting of the year will l>e held in the upstairs hall at the Winter Show Buildings to-morrow afternoon. From August next, Maxwelltown, near Waitotara, wishes to he known as Maxwell. The district will be officially recognised by the latter name under the authority of a proclamation made in the Government Gazette, states our Wellington correspondent. Appreciation of the courtesy extended to motorists by the lorry drivers employed by the Kaupokomii Dairy Compamr was expressed at the monthly meeting of the executive of the South Taranaki Automobile Association last evening. It was decided to embody this in a letter to the company and to forward a request that the motorists’ appreciation be conveyed to the drivers. The third of a series of entertainments given at Ohawe for the purpose of raising funds for beach improvement was held on Wednesday night and was eminently successful, and at its conclusion cheers were given for I he organiser. Airs W. Rvmo. The Ihreo socials, two of which have been 'riven bv Airs Svmo and one by Airs l.’oherls have realised the sum of C 7 its lid ivhich has been paid into the hopeh improvement fund. Wednesday night’s dance, which was held in Mr If. Al’cLcan’s building was thoroughly enjoyed by the beach residents, who hope that further socials will be arranged before the end of the summer ' n S °" BOOT AND SHOE SALE. A big sale of boots and shoes for men, women and children is in full swing at the 1T.8., Hawera. Ladies’ patent strap shoes, 36/6; glace, 35/6; brown shoes, 22/6; men’s boots. 19/6;, men’s shoes, 25/-; boys’ boots, 17/9. At the N.Z. Clothing Factory, Hawera.—Advt.

A few ex-service men Save made in quiries at the defence headquarters at Christchurch or have offered to enlist for service in China. Some inquiries have come from men out of work, but others are from men in permanent, wellpaid positions. j\ margin of 106 votes deleated tlio New Plymouth Borough Council’s loan proposal of 186,0dd ior the purpose of making extensions to the borough water -supply and the hydfro-electric undertaking." Declaration votes, number 72, have yet to be investigated, but the final issue will mot be affected. Of 4d(>o votes on the roll, 1456 were recorded.

Some fifty rears ago the scow Falcon, loaded with 'wricks and beating down e C oast. was blown ashore near Opunake and wrecked, lor half a century its timbers have been at the mercy of the waves. At low tides the vessel mav be reached. A sample of tna timber forming part of the vessel has been forwarded to this office. It is in an excellent state of preservation. Alono- with it came half a brick —one of the original ones forming the cargo. The souvenirs are interesting links with old Opunake.

An interesting property deal recently effected was the sale of the Avenue block occupied by Allport and Scott, fruiterers, says the Wanganui Chronicle. The purchaser of the property was Mr. H. J. Grieve, of the firm' of Nettleship and Son, and the Vendor was Mi'. A. Doig. Ihe price was £375 per foot for the frontage oi 16 feet, and represents an advance <k £175 per foot on the price paid for the property twelve months ago.

A collection of some twenty stags’ heads, some representing the best "•pointers’'’ to be obtained in New Zealand, has been bequeathed to the Government by the late .Richard Barter, of Ivaipara Flats, in the Auckland district, to be displayed for public exhibition. Arrangements are being made by the Minister of Internal Affairs (the Hon. E. F. Bollard) for the collection of heads to be placed around the foot of the gallery of the Dominion Museum. An Order-in-Counc.il fixes a levy of one penny per case on ad fruit exported from New Zealand under the Fruit Control Board’s system. In previous ..ears the levy was twopence, and as the consequence of an abnormally heavy export, there was a revenue of £5919. The fruit board showed an excess income over expenditure in that period of £3843. Authority has been given to pay the board S 1 chairman £IOO per annum and the members £‘so each. —Wellington correspondent.. According to an announcement in the Gazette,. New Plymouth has beet substituted for Wanganui as a grading port for the. export of honey. Mr. E.°A. Earp, chief apiary instructor, informed a Dominion representative that the change has been made to meet the wishes of the majority of the honey producers of Taranaki. Most of the noney exported from that part ■of the Dominion came .from the neighbourhood of Hawera and the Mount Egmont district. There had r.een an extraordinary development in the quality and quantity of Taranaki honey, which was equal to the best produced in the Dominion. The Opunake Times gays editoria’ly: “Last week the Hawera Star published some reminiscences of one of the pioneers of this district, Mr It. Lambie, stnr., and in doing so paid a tribute to a worthy settler. These _ early settlers were Eirji>ire builders in the best sense, and it is very interesting to hear them tell the stirring tales of their early experiences. Nothing gives more genuine pleasure to the old folks than to go back to the past, which becomes more real to them than fho prosy, quickly passing present is. Sympathetically encouraged by eager listeners* they can tell many an ir.reresting storv of the birth of this Dominion, when they had to light for their living, and carve out .solid foundations for us io lurid upon. When they die scraps of intensely interesting httioiy are quot-'d in. the papers, :nd then they are forgotten. How much better would it lie to write up their experiences while they are vet with us. and trive them some of the pleasure *of the honourable recall of heroic days? Publication of the life stories of surviving pioneers serves a good purpose, besides letting the old folks see that we, who have inherited tile . beautiful _ country th.<?v won for no, Eire not umnin lful of their welcome presence in our midst, nor ungrateful of the part they have nlnvecl in days that are gone.”