LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 26 April 1928, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

In order to raise, funds to provide for an extension of the lawns of the Hawera Croquet Club, the committee of the club has arranged to hold a shop day in the shop recently occupied l>v the Keen Cut Store in High Street, Hawera The ladies will have on sale an assortment of second-hand clothing, all in good repair, and there will also be produce, cakes, flowers, etc. Further contributions will be very welcome and will be received at the shop. The two carriers’ stand signs in Nelson Street are to be removed in accordance with a suggestion made to the Hawera Borough Council by Cr. E. Morrissey, who, at Tuesday’s meeting of the council, raised the point that as carriers made no use of the street as a stand the signs should be taken down in order that visitors to the town would not feel in parking vehicles in the street that they were trespassing on a reserved area. An inquest into the circumstances surrounding the death of Janies Henry Shaw, aged 44 who was found dead in bed on April 11, was conducted by Sergeant Henry before Mr. R. S. Sage, J.P., acting coroner, and a jury of four on Tuesday afternoon. Evidence was given by several witnesses, as to deceased’s movements just prior to his death, and the proprietress of Somerset House, where lie boarded, stated that deceased had been on a drinking bout for some days. The medical evidence showed that death was due to exhaustion, following upon extreme alcoholism, and acute heart failure which supervened. A verdict in accordance with the medical testimony was returned.

Something similar to the buried forest at Arapuni is to bo seen where work is being carried, out in the upper Mangapiko Drainage Board’s area, between. Cambridge and Te Awannitu, O'n excavating through the Kahikatea bush, where not matai or rata trees exist to-day, huge logs' of matai and rata, three to four feet in thickness, have to be dynamited out of the stream, eighteen feet below land level. These discoveries point- to wonderful changes having occurred in past ages, probably many centuries ago.—Auckland “Star.”

Whale oil which has leaked from the damaged storage tanks of the C. A. Larsen, is making the surface of the harbour very smooth in the vicinity of the Otago dock, and the tide' is carrying some of the oil down the harbourside (states the “Times”). The floor of the dock is thickly coated with the creamy fluid, which is swept into the waterways and then- transferred to casks. The storage tanks on the starboard side are- being cleaned out by means of steam, in readiness for repairs, and the partially congealed oil can be seen running out through- the holes in the hull plating. A cask of whale oil is said to be worth £5 in New York.

Sir James Gunson has definitely decided not to contest the Auckland Suburbs seat at the general election, according to advice by cable received in Auckland. Sir James is at present in England, but will return next June.

He was the official Reform candidate for Eden (since renamed Auckland Suburbs), at the by-clection in 19.26. caused by the resignation of .Sir James Parr. The Labour candidate, iMr. 11. G. R. Mason, was successful in capturing the seat, the Reform vote being split between Sir James and Miss Ellen Melville. The committee of the MeremereOhangai Sports Club will, on Friday in the Ohangai Hall, present- the report and accounts for the- year to the annual meeting of the club. The Kaponga Football Olub makes a preliminary announcement- in reference to- its annual ball.

This evening Tokaora Hall will be the scene of a special long night dance and euchre party for which the committee- ha® engaged an orchestra and arranged for a free bus from Hawera. Good supper and floor will complete what is desired for an enjoyable evening. FURS AT BUCKRELL’S.

Beautiful assortment, of Fox Necklets—everybody’s prices. Australian Reds, Silver, Pointed, Ban Marten, Blue, Klb, Turkish, Mongolian and South American Foxes from: 35/- to £l2 12s. Coats, Marmot, Sealine, Kolinski, etc., from,' £lO up.—Buckrell’s, Hnwera. CHAMPION SWIMMER OF N.S.W. Ernest Henry, son of Dr Henry, late surgeon of R.M.S. Tahiti, holds the championships for sprints as well as for surf swimming. He is a great advocate of Q-tol as a perfect protection from sunburn and salt rash. It was while at the Paris Olympian Games that Henry learned of Q-tol from Charlie Purdy. Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure far influenza colds. —Advt.

An interesting event in the German business world in the big fair to be held at Leipzig this year, at. which there will lie the yen,- latest, goods displayed, especially in the engineering industry. In connection therewith a special official gazette has. been issued entitled “German Engineering. One illustration shows a giant bail tor exhibition of motor vehicles, said to surpass anything of its kind m Europe., and to have a length or 150 metres, a breadth of 114 metres 1 , and a height of 21 metres. This huge hall will show no pillar of support, the roof being carried on seven immense iron girders. A news item in the gazette is typical of the remarkable thoroughness of the German when it states that “the associations for safeguarding the interests of Germany’s chemical industry have been celebrating at Frankfort the 50th anniversary of its foundation.” The publication shows clearly what British industry and its fair of this year are up against in this effort of the German people. The sessional committee' of the general Anglican Synod at Wellington has reported that ordinations were 86, compared with 57 in the previous triennial returns, but despite this the number of clergy had decreased. Sunday school scholars’ returns show a decrease of 1300 compared with 1928-24 despite the increase in teachers. Baptisms decreased from 9682 in 1923-24 to 8389 in 1926-27, and confirmations had increased by over 400. By far the greatest cost of work among the Maoris in 1926-27 was borne by the North Island. It was recommended that in order to secure more support for the work of the Maori mission, especially in the South Island, the mission should be co-ordinated with the. Board of Missions as soon as possible. It was recommended that different dioceses he urged to use all efforts to provide a minimum stipend of £350 with house and necessary travelling expenses for all vicars, whether of parishes or parochial districts.