LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 16 July 1927, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Haw-era Pipe Band will parade at St. John’s Presbyterian Church tomorrow morning at 11 o’clock. The Rev R. E. Evans will take as his subject “John Knox,” the great Reformer. A large squad of boys from the Eltham Salvation Army under two of the teaching staff, attend ed last night’s meeting of the Eltham Bcrouoh Council and paid wrapt attention to the business dealt with by the councillors. The object of t.w boys’ visit was the inculcation ot the principles of “Service.” The Salvation Army is celebrating its fortieth anniversary in Haw-era this week-end. A choir of boys from the Army Bovs’ Home at Eltham will be present, and will be accompanied by the manager, Major Dixon, to conduct these special services. A programme bv the Major and his boys will be given to-morrow'afternoon. The anniversary tea will be held in the Foresters’ Hall on Wednesday evening, followed by a musical programme. Mrs W. Avery, of Eltham, district organiser for the Methodist Women’s Auxiliary, will open the missionary sale of work' to be held in Wesley Hall, on Wednesday next. The Haw-era branch is one of many throughout the Dominion, which are responsible for the salaries of nurses and sisters at w-ork in the Solomon Islands and among the Maori people. Dr T. Sayers, of Dunedin, the first medical missionary for the Solomons, sails in the course of a week or so. BOOT SALE. Our boot department is full of shoe bargains. Ladies’ fleece lined dairy boots, 11/G; ladies’ walking shoes, coloured collar, 15/G; ladies’ rubber boots, 13/G; ladies’ slippers, 2/9; men’s shoes, 19/6; men’s farm boots, 17/6; men’s slippers, 4/6; men’s knee gum boots, 22/6. Buy your shoes from the H.B. Sale, Hawera. —Advt.

Another contribution for the Owen family was received by the Town Clerk just after the fund was closed, from a youthful subscriber “Shavings." The amount which we have been asked to acknowledge was ss.

Fuller’s Opena House site, .at Auckland, whert a fire occurred last December, was offered at auction yesterday, being withdrawn .at £43,000, which represents approximately £390 a foot on. the Wellesley Street frontage.

To-morrow will be observed in the Baptist Church as Father ’s Day. Special services will be conducted by Rev. L. C. 11. Barbour and a special invitation is extended to all, especially fathers.

The annual meeting of the New Zealand Association oi dub lie Schools or Great .Britain was heiid at 'Wellington on Wednesday, file Governor-General presiding. \ arious aid boys' associations or New Zealand public schools are to be asked, on the motion of the Governor-General, to co-operate and assist ,ni the work of visiting the young English school boys who are stationed oil damns situated from one end o.f tlie Dominion to the other. Officers were elected as follows :—The GovernorGeneral was re-elected president; Sir Andrew Russell was elected vicepresident and chairman of the committee, and Sir R. Douglas McLean, Messrs. .£?• H- Lovett, S. €•. Rathbone and L. M. Monckton were elected the executive committee.

Dr. Alexander Goldstein, the distinguished Zionist envoy, has, as- the result of his appeal to the Jewish community of Auckland, which numbers 700, raised £3OOO for the Palestine Foundation Fund. Mr. and Mrs. David L. Nathan have donated funds for the erection of a new building for a New Zealand Infant Welfare centre in Tel-Aviv, Palestine. Dr. Goldstein, by his eloquent address, roused great enthusiasm. He has left for Rotorua, and will arrive in Wellington next Tuesday. The Local Bodies’ Loan Board, which considered the ZSTew Plymouth Borougli Council’s hydro-electric and water service extension loan lately carried by the ratepayers, has decided that it is unable to sanction the loan in its present form on the grounds that an expenditure of £147,000 on the electrical undertaking is not justified, having regard to the -power available from other sources. The board is, however, prepared to consider a fresh application from' the council making the necessary provision for improved water supply. A correspondent, Mr. L. A. Taylor, in a letter to the editor, appeals to country residents for gifts of native shrubs, ferns, etc., for Naumai Park. “Never part with the land,” said Mr. J. J. White at the Nelson Diocesan Synod the other night, in resisting a proposal to sell certain land in a river area in Marlborough (states the “Mail”. “Never part with the land,” he repeated, raising his voice. “If vou sell the land for cash, what will happen? The cash will melt away. Whereas if you keep the land, what will happen?” A voice: “It will disappear in the next flood.” A Wanganui farmer recently advertised for men to undertake a small contract, and was surprised to find that 34 came after the job. He told the men to divide themselves into groups and tender on the spot. Before doing so he mentioned that lie would not accept the lowest tender, but expected that each group would set a price that would ensure them fair payment for the work and also a satisfactory job. When the tender was settled, the men commenced work, and he said they were giving every satisfaction. Some other young men came in quest of day work. He told them that he did not want the work done at present, but seeing that they were out of a job, he would offer them 12s per day and find themselves, with the understanding that they were at liberty to leave the moment they got something more remunerative. They accepted the. offer. and these men were also giving good service.

The report of the committee inquiring into the proceeding of the Proprietary Articles Trading Association was laid on the table in the House of Representatives yesterday. The report, which was circulated some time ago, produced a brief debate. The Prime Minister (Rt. Hon. J. G. Coates) said most of the members were evidently anxious to know what steps tlie Government proposed to take in connection with the report. He said the report was circulated through the Press some months ago, and since then no representations of any kind had been made to the Goverment. The report made it clear that, in the opinion of the committee, there were ample powers under the Board of Trade Act to deal with the situation. At the same time he had no objection to the report being referred to the Industries and Commerce Committee when it was set up. The Government would move in that direction in due course.—Press Association.

A short time ago the Employers’ Association at Dunedin came to an agreement with the Shop Assistants’ Union whereby it was arranged that the shops should be closed at 9 p.m. on Fridays and 12.30 p.m. on Saturdays in lieu of 8.30 p.m. and 1 p.m. respectively as set down in the award. A difference of opinion, however, has arisen, and the employees’ representatives demanded yesterday that the shops should be closed at 8.30 p.m., the secretary of the union sending a circular to the employers to the effect that if the shops were not closed at 8.30 the matter would he reported to the Labour Department. The employers decided, however, that the shops should be closed according to the previous arrangement. It is not yet certain what the arrangement for next Friday is to he.

The opening of the new- 2YA Wellington Broadcasting Station will take place to-night. The special programme to be broadcasted appears on Page 18 of this issue.

The Hawera Gas Company gives notice that the gas will he cut off tomorrow (Sunday) morning from four o’clock till six o’clock. Consumers should ho careful not to leave lights burning unattended*. Every great invention is first of all a thought—and idea. Why should not yours lead to something big and revolutionary —something that may mean a fortune to you if protected in time? Delays are dangerous. Get experienced and sincere advice from Henry Hughes, Ltd. (Directors W. E. Hughes and J. T. Hunter, registered Patent Attorneys) 157 Featherston Street, Wellington. — Advt.

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