LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 1 November 1927, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr H. G. Dickie and a party consisting of Messrs W. H. Fi.eid, J. Field junr., Gordon Elliott, A. Harris, and Alec iMctn.tosh ,made. am/excursion to* Kapiti on Saturday last, intending to return on Monday to Wellington. Amongst the successful .students in the recent- term examinations at the Canterbury College were Miss Freda H l 3witt__Nigel Hewitt, Syd Mann, and John Wright, all students of the Stratford Technical High School. The vital statistics for Dunedin for October, as compared with those for the same month last year (shown in parentheses) are as follow:—Births, 150 (152) ; deaths, 74 (73) ; marriages, 58 (54).

A reporter inquired into the Bank oi New Zealand policy with regard to the Waingawa. meat freezing works, and was informedi by the genera! manager that the workswould be operated for killing and freezing on owners’ account. There would be no buying of live stock. The bank hoped that a sale of the works might yet- be made. Owing to 'heavy withdrawals of spirits- from bond in the- months before the mew tariff appeared, the Customs returns for Christchurch] for last month are down. Details, with last year’s figures in parent'he-st9-s, are: —Net customs, 'October, £74,622 (£117,378); January-October, £972,729 (£973,480); excise duty. October, £6790 (£7218) ; January'-October, £70,874 (£71,988). Congratulations to the Taranaki Hug by player P. Ward on his inclusion in the All Black team selected to tour South Africa next year were extended in a letter received- from the New Zealand Rugby Union at last evening’s meeting of the Taranaki Management Committee, which, .decided to add its congratulations in forwarding the message to the player. An important case was heard before Mr Wyvern Wilson, S.M., at Hamilton vesterday, when the Bukemiro Collieries, Ltd., asked for a .penalty of £2OO against the- Pubemiro Coal Mine Workers’ Industrial Union of Workers for ho'dine two stop-work meetings. It was stated that considerable economic lows was caused to -the country b” the practice and the company wanted the position defined, as it was alleged that it was a breach of the agreement with the union. The defence raised was that the union was no longer existent- The Magistrate p?/serv|ed/ life decision. — Press Association. At. the- conference of the Associated Chambers of Commerce -at Ch.rist•*huroh the election of off icons resulted: Vice-president. Mr H. P. Ca-ughe-y ' A-uck'and) • executive, Messrs H. S. E. Turner (Canterbury), H. C. Campbell (Dunedin). A. Simpson (Wellington), W. J. Gilberd (Wanganui) and A. Fletcher (Wellington). It was decided to hold the next conference at Wellington. New Spring Dress Goods. —McGruer, , Bone and Co., Ltd., are showing a wonderful range of spring materials. 38in Floral Voiles 2/6.. 2/11. 3/6. 3/11 yard; Fancy Chock Ginghams, 38in, at 114 d, 1/3; and Fadeless Gingham, at 2/3. We stock the Britway Cloth in 20 different shades. This cloth is guaranteed fast colour; price 1/91. Ask to see the “Tubby” Utility Cloth for children’s frocks, fast colours; price 38in., 1/6. See our Bordered Voile Kobe lengths from 8/11 robe up. For the latest in dress goods shop at MeGruer, Bone and Cc., Ltd. —Advt.

Private advice has been received by Mr. Gladstone Hill, who is at present in Dunedin, that in all probability. Sir Alan Cobham will make the first night from Engand to New Zealand by the proposed service route in order to inaugurate a regular service. Sir Alan will use a special flying boat of the same description as the one he used on his flight to Australia. When packing hides for export recently a resident of Wanganui wrote his name and address on a cigarette card and inserted it in one of the packages. He has now received a letter from a German in Hamburg, an extract from the translation of which, says: “In Hamburg there is no money. I am lodging in a place where they do nothing else but unpack hides from Australia. We are practically all working for what we can get to eat.” The writer also inquiries regarding the prospects of work in Australia. “The League costs about £l,€€o,ooo a vear, but this is not a very large amount when one considers what the nations spend in other directions,” said Mr. William Caldwell, of the staff of the International Labour Organisation of the League of Nations at Geneva; in the course of an address at Wellington. “The amount spent by the world on armaments in one day would keep the League for a year. For every £1 in taxes paid by the British taxpayer, several shillings go to pay off the cost of past wars, several shillings more for protection against possible future wars, and a fraction of a farthing to the League. This fraction should be regarded as insurance against the possible future"breakdown of civilisation, and you must admit that it is a very small premium indeed."

A trucker at the Dobson mine, Charles Clayton, was at Greymouth yesterday committed for trial on a charge of assaulting causing actual bodily harm to John Voyce, a miner at Dobson, on August 19, when Clayton in alleged to have twice struck Voyce on the head with a poker, causing a. fracture of the skull. A dispute arose that night between the two men, who shared a hut, as to paying their joint bill for supplies, Voyce asserting that he was struck as stated, while Clayton’s counsel stated the defendants version was that Voyce, in an intoxicated state, caught hold of him, and that he retaliated with a Dush. causing Voyce to fall and strike his forehead on a box in the hut. Accused was granted bail in bis own recognisance of £IOO and one surety of £IOO.—Press Association.