LOCAL AND GENERAL.

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

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A legacy of a £IOOO has been left to the Island Bay Bowling Club, by Mr Walter S. Broderick, of Island Bay a member of the club, who died recent. There are no restrictions regarding the disposition of the money. Probably the most expensive fowling piece imported to the Dominion was on view in Hamilton for a couple of hours last Thursday, says the “Waikato Times.” It was indented for a Waikato resident at a cost of £220. The weapon, which was of English manufacture, had detachable locks, single trigger mechanism, and was beautifully engraved. It was specially bored for close shooting, and it is doubtful if a gun with a. closer pattern at 40 yards has ever reached New Zealand. An addition was made to the. everincreasing chapter of motor accidents at about seven o’clock on Saturday night, when Mr Hugh Groves', .of Eltliam, was run down whilst walking on the Mountain road, near Eltham. Cars driven by Mr J. E. Sole, Fraser Road, Hawera, and Mr G. A. Woods, factory manager at Ngaere, were .passing each other in opposite directions; the lights from Mr Woods’s car dazzled Mr Sole’s vision. The _ latter slowed up, hut failed to avoid the pedestrian, who w?,s struck on _ the back by the radiator and sustained injuries requiring medical attention. “I do not think it unlikely that the tail-end of the cyclone which has caused so much trouble in New South Wales will strike the Dominion,” said Mr. H. F. Skey, officer in charge of the Meteorological Observatory, Christchurch , to' a representative of the “Press.” “I have no data from Australia on which to- base my opinion,” he continued, “but there is a tendency for such storms to work eastward; hence my opinion.” He added that lie was unable to state what part of the Dominion was likely to be laffected in the event of the cyclone getting so far. Mr It. B. Wood, Government veterinary surgeon, who left recently for a trip to the Old Country, spent a few days in Australia em route. While in Sydney (reports an exchange), he visited the abattoirs', and to give some idea of the size of the works and the quantity of meat that was required to feed the citv. mentions that an average of 900 cattle are kilfed daily. There are three' veterinary surgeons in change, and 28 meat inspectors. The cattle, sheep, lambs and pigs would only be graded second quality in New Zealand, and the dressing of the beef especially is not nearly so good as in New Zealand. At. the same time, Mr Wood says he may have struck a day when the quality was below the usual standard .

There was good sport at the Selwyn during the Easter holidays, when a fishing, competition was held, the win-, her being P. Moldy, whose catch amounted to. 49 pounds, while the runner-up, G. Rudd, got 47 pounds of fish, besides the biggest fish, the weight of which was 9j pounds. The second largest fisli was an B|-pounder, caught by H. Webb. Most of the catches were in poor condition, this being due to the fact that the season is now nearly over, and the fish are going up stream to spawn, none of them taking live bait. There was no sport in the Waimakar.iri, Rakaia, and Rangitata Rivers, which were all discoloured owing to heavy rain in the back country. —“Press.”

Tlie linking up of road' transport with that of the railways has been largely availed of during the present grain season bv farmers (reports the “Lyttelton Times.”) The system was first introduced to carry wool, when the railways w;re facing heavy competition from 'motor carriers. Arrangements were made in country districts for carriers to load the wool, and carry it to the railway the farmer being charged the through freight from lids farm to the store. With grain, road competition has been so heavy, on account of the low freight rates for grain on the railways, but the system of having only one charge for transport to meet has .appealed to the farmers, and 1 a large amount of wheat is being forwarded under this, method.

The life of the mayor of a. city such as Auckland 1 is by no means a round of social engagements and of grappling with the major problems of civic administration and; policy. Occasionally (says the “New Zealand Herald”) some very mundane and wearying tasks come his way. One such engaged the Mayor of the city, Mr G. Baildon, last Friday afternoon when, for over three hours, he was engaged in appending his signature to the 700 debentures representing the £70,000 filtration plant loa.n. Although it _ was a long and monotonous process, it was easy compared with a similar, but, larger, task that confronted- Mr Baildon before Christmas, when 5000 debentures were .presented for his signature.

At about 7 o’clock on a-recent Saturday night an unusual sight was witnessed in Sydney, says the “Morning Herald.” The moon, which was practically full, shone through breaks in the. rain-laden clouds, and a rainbow, white or srrey in colour, was clearly visible. The rainbow could be seen for several minutes, and extended from east to west The state meteorologist (Mr D. J. Mares) said that lunar rainbows were seen fairly frequently in other parts of the world, but did not often occur in Sydney. Looking back over the years, an old resident of Wanganui, who chatter with a. Wanganui “Chonicle” reporter, recalled the days when canoes carried all the produce of the river country “In those days,” he said, ‘ ‘it was one of the sights of the settlement to seee the canoes packed together in a long line without any intervening spaces. They numbered hundred sT and were of all sizes. With the advent of the steamer the natives have become neglectful of their picturesque boats, and have allowed numbers of very fine canoes to be washed out to- sea bv floods.”

“Labour, Land and Dairy Control’’ is the title of the address which the leader of the Opposition (Mr H. E. Holland, M.P.) will deliver at -the Winter ShoAV Buildings to-night. The annual meeting of the Hawera Acclimatisation Society will take -place at the Borough Chambers (this evening. It is seldom such bargains are obtainable as now offering at the Melbourne’s Great Rebuilding Sale now busily proceeding. Brown Turkish towels, strong and serviceable, 2/11 pair; 54-inch table damask, 1/11 yard; 36-inch Horrockses’ striped flanneiette-s, 1/11 yard; ladies’ vests, warm winter weight, 1/11. Wonderful bargains throughout the store. Don’t miss this chance. —Advt.

SPECIAL “STAR” ATTRACTION WINDOW. McGruer, Bone and Co. draw your special attention to their “Star” attraction window, in which will be displayed special clearing lines at reduced prices. These specials will be for three days only, and tan only be purchased at "the “star” price during that period. To save money cultivate tlie habit of watching this window for “star” attraction specials.—Advt.