LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 10 March 1928, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Hawera Municipal Band 'has arranged an enjoyable programme of music which they will render at Te Ngutu Pork to-morrow afternoon, commencing at 2.30 p.m. At the Poultry men’s Conference at Wellington it was decided to h-oldl th;3 next conference in Christchurch. The Government* is to be asked to make it compulsory for all poultry-keepers 'selling eggs to be licensed on the same lilies as vendors of fruit and milk. As an advertising medium the Government will be asked to pay the expenses of a shipment of fowls to the World’s poultry Conference in England in 1930. The Manawatu and W est Coast Dairy Companies’ Association, ir 28 dairy companies, at Palmerston North on Thursday recorded its objection to daylight-saving, as being incompatible with farming operations, and urged all members of Parliament strenuously to oppose the re-enactment of the measure.

Harvest festival services will be conducted in the Hawera Methodist Church to-morrow. The floral decorations will bo arranged by Mr Ivirk Hall. The Rev. W. J. Oxbrow is announced to preach in. the morning on “The Ministry of Displacement” and in the evening, on “Sowing and Reaping.” Appropriate hymns and anthems will be rendered throughout the day. The Norwegian whaling factory ship, the C .A. Larsen, was successfully floated on Thursday, and moored in a perfectly safe position in South-west Bay. Arrangements have been completed for decking the vessel at Port Chalmers, and it is hoped that this will take place inside the next three weeks. The l dock wiT, be lengthened by about 30ft. and the work will be pushed ahead with all possible speed. Nominations for all events for the Wanganui Trotting Club’s annual meeting to be held on March 29 and 31, close on Tuesday next. 13th iust. The annual picnic of the South Taranaki Automobile Association is to l>e. held next Sundav at the Everett roseiwe on tlio Dudley D-oad, near Inglewood. The secretary reported to the meeting last night that arrangements were well in hand, and' a most enjoyable outing was anticipated. ' A LOST VOICE RESTORED; . ‘ I A year ago mother lost her voice. I tried everything and I got a box of Pulmonas in Greymouth and it brought such relief I sent for another,” testifies an Otira lady. “Mother can .now sneak and her voice is quite all right. Pulmonas are worth their weight in gold.” Pulmonas ease breathing, protect vou against chills and infection, etc. Your Chemist has Pulmonas, 1/0 and. 2/6. — 4

The Hawera Borough Council has an advertisement in this issue relative to water supply being cut off to-morrow.

A very fine bag of salmon, probably a record since the establishment of quinnant in the South Island rivers, was taken by two anglers, Messrs C. I. Den by and W. B. Berry, from the Rakaia river recently, says the “Christchurch Press-” The two rods landed 25 fish, weighing 435’b. AIL the fish were in excellent condition, and. were very even in size, the largest being 251b.' There was a big run of quinnant in the river, and several other anglers who were out secured good fish.

Mr. Justice Ostler has reserved his decision in the Supreme Court at Gisborne in a ease in which William Ritchie, of Auckland, sole creditor in the bankrupt estate of Charles William Johnson, sought to have set aside a gift alleged to have been made by bankrupt to his wife. Ritchie had proved against the estate for £4960, being money owing on a farm at Toiiukohu, which Johnson had abandoned.—Press Association.

Mr. A. J. Baber, inspecting engineer of the Public Works Department, and Mr. J. K. .Lowe, district engineer of the working Railways Department, of Auckland, accompanied by Mr. H. Watkinson, district engineer of the Public Works Department, at Tauranga, yesterday inspected portion of the East Coast railway line constructed by Sir Armstrong Witworth and .Company, with a view to giving a certificate for the running of trains. The Wellington Fire Board has received a letter from the Dunedin Fire Board asking for support for an appeal to the Government for a refund of the tax imposed! on petrol used in. fire brigade operations; also, far exemption from the annual payment of license and other motor vehicle fees. No action was taken, the board holding that the j whole purpose of the act was to equalise road taxation. j An accident occurred last evening I about six o’clock, when at the intersection of High and Collins Streets a motor van belonging to R. T. Bullock, grocer, collided with another car. Both the van and car were slightly damaged, the occupants escaping with nothing more than a fright.

The Girl guides’ shop day, which is being held to-day, met with a splendid response, brisk business in the sale of calces, household necessities, and produce being recorded. Mrs. Velvin (convenor) and Mrs. E. A. Pacey (president) were ably assisted by the executive committee and the Girl Guides themselves.

"New Zealand has helped Samoa financially and there is no reason why we should not benefit in return,” said Mr J. A. C. Allum at a meeting or the Auckland Manufacturers’ Association, when it was. notified that .steps •had been taken to influence the Samoan Administration to purchase in New Zealand (says, the “Auckland Herald.” Mr A'Jum added that it had been reported the Administration was buying some of its goods in Australia. Formerly Auckland had been Samoa’s buying centre to .a large extent, but tne trade, seemed to 'have fallen away. A letter which has been forwarded to the secretary of the Administration, pointing out that New Zealand manufacturers are anxious to supply Samoa’s requirements, was approved.

The question of the probable effect of the Waitemata Harbour Bridge scheme, if carried out, upon the unemployment problem . was raised at a public meeting at Takapuna last week. Mr R. F. Moore, designer of the present scheme said of the £500,000 which he estimated to be the cost of the bridge, about 60 ner cent, would be spent upon labour. The work could be completed in two years, and it would probably employ about 1000 men in the first year and; 2000 in the second vear.

Mr. George Ford. Inspector of I Stock, has received' advice- that the next inoculation of heifers for liiammitis, in the course of research work conducted by Mr. C. S. M. Hopkirk, Government Bacteriologist, will be commenced in a. few days’ time. The supply of vaccine has been sent, but unfortunately Mr. Hopkirk himself cannot leave Wallaceville at present. The inoculation null lie done by Mr. Thompson, of Wanganui, Mr. Ford and Mr. Jaine (Hawera). The heifers belong to the herds of leading farmers in the district, and are all branded for purposes of identification. A tuatara lizard "fully three feet in length” is reported from Auckland. Mr D. Munro. sanitary inspector for- the Auckland City Council, says the "Star,’ was inspecting at the rear of J agger's old tanners’, and had walked down a small gul’y when he was astonished to see -a very fine specimen of a tuatara lizard lying basking in the sun. The lizard, upon the nearer approach of Mr Munro. quietly got up and slid away into the "scrub- "It was the largest tuatara lizard I have ever .seen,” said Mr Munro.. "I estimated it was fully three feet in length, which, is a most unusual size for the tuata.ra. It would be a; good thing if such a fine specimen could he secured and placed in the zoo.”

Mr Bruce Gillies, organiser for the New Zealand Farmers’ Union, reports that he (has met with ‘a very encouraging reception during his canvass for members in this district. Already nearly 150 new members have been added to the register of the branches. Mrs Gillies, who accompanies her husband, is meeting with a very good response to her invitation to farmers ’ wives to join up with the tvomen’s division of the union. Mr and. Mrs Gillies will remain in -South Taranaki for some weeks.

After the stock sale at Opunake on Monday a meeting of farmers will be held to consider the formatiin of a local Rural Credits Association, or as an alternative, joining up with the South Taranaki Association already established in Hawera. The Hon. 0. J. H'awken, Minister for Agriculture, and Mr H. G. Dickie, M.P., will attend the meeting. A booklet giving a summary of the -provisions of the Rural Intermediate Credits Act and an outline of the proceedurc to be followed in making application for loans is now available on application to the District Rural Intermediate Credit Supervisor, Hawera.

An accident occurred yesterday on the Glover Road -near Phillips’ store. A schoolgirl was riding a bicycle, and when opposite the store turned to go in, not noticing a motor cyclist just behind. The motor cyclist, who was travelling, at a fair pace, was unable to avoid the child, with the result that lie received a nasty fall. The girl, fortunately, was not hit, as the motorcyclist struck the back wheel, badly damaging it. The man, however, was not so lucky, receiving injury to Ins leg and severe bruises, and his machine was considerably damaged ms the result of the fall.

BUCKRELL'S Have now on view the new HENDERSON FELT HATS —smart, colourful, inexpensive. To choose from this display is to know your hat is the latest in the millinery world. We are the only distributors. —Buekrell ’?, Union St., Hawera. —Advt.