LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 1 June 1928, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Eltham Brass Band will render a musical programme in Bridge Street to-night in aid of the dental clinic management expenses. It is understood that a settler in the Omata district recently made a small investment which returned him a divident of .£3609, says the “Taranaki Herald.”

The Stratford Musical Society recently rendered Mozart’s “Twelfth •Mass” at Eltham. and a. nett- profit of £lO was made. The society has donated £8 to the Eltham Competitions Society and £2 to the Eltham School Committee.

Mr O. S. M. Hopkirk, Government Veterinarian at Wallaoeville Laboratory, will next week make the fourth final series of inoculation in this district of young heifers with anti-mam-mitis serum. His report will be awaited with keen interest. It is a subject of vital importance to dairy farmers. It is stated (says the Wairarapa “Daily Times”) that one trapper of opossums in the Eketahuna district made £66 last- season in skins, and this season he has anticipation® of reaching £3OO if he is successful in getting a certain trapping ground further south. At a meeting of Cabinet- held at Wellington yesteiday it is understood that the documents concerning the death sentence passed on Norgrove at Auckland were considered. It is expected that a meeting of the Executive Council will he held at Auckland before the end of the week to further consider whether a reprieve shall be granted. “People at the present day are getting big wages and are not saving a penny of it for contingencies,” stated a councillor -at- a recent meeting of the Eketahuna County Council. “And they have the highest standard of living. Why, I see girls nowadays scrubbing the verandah in silk stockings.” 1 don’t think the position is any worse than.,it was twenty years ago,” was another couiiciilor’s comment.

Boy Scouts from all parts of South Taranaki are to assemble at King Edward Park, Hawera, on Monday to participate in the annual competitions. The' day’s events will cover practically all phases of scouting wojjk and to the most sucessful patrol will ’go the Ollerenshaw Challenge Oup. The first competition for the cup was held at the last gathering when it was won by the Normanby Scouts. Parents and all interested are invited to attend on Monday. At the conference of the Royal Agricultural Society at Wellington yesterday a member drew attention to the Hospital and Charitable Aid Board’s rating. This was done on a capital value basis. He pointed out that the country population was 41 per cent, of the total population of New Zealand, yet they contributed 59 per cent. _in the assessment whereas the towns with a population of 58 per cent, of the total only contributed 41 per cent. It was thought desirable to have this altered to a basis of half on population and half on capital value. Under this system the counties would contribute 48.6 per cent, and the towns 51.4 per cent, a much fairer proportion. During the floods in the Mangakahia district, C. G. Wilson, employed by Mr. J. A. Tims, of Pakotai, had. a remarkable escape from drowning (states a Whangarei correspondent). When the Mangakahia River was found to be rising Wilson set out at 2 o’clock in the morning to muster lambs. He had driven a mob almost to safety when a bier wall of water lifted him off his feet and at the- same time swept the lambs away. Clinging to debris, Wilson was eventually earned across the river, a. distance of 80 chains, and there he managed to hold on to a tree until daylight, when his plight was noticed bv Jimmy Nnhi. At considerable risk the Maori waded waist deep in the swirling water ana took the semi-exhausted man on his back and carried him to safety, a distance of nearly half a mile. Wilson s clog stayed with him throughout the ordeal. The Mol'otourno’s Winter coats tor ladies arc in a class by themselves for smartness, cut. and finish. Every new coat, shown this season was personally selected in London and Paris toy the firm’s general manager so that customers may retv on the goods toeing correct in ‘every detail. Prices range from 3$ to 10 guineas.—Advt. LADIES’ UNDERWEAR. Buckrell’s have a full assortment of Undcrvests, including such well-known makes as “Meridian,” “Velvetox” and “Vcdonis.” They are perfect fabrics for sensitive skins, priced from 4/11 to 19/6. In the cheaper makes they are showing really nice goods from 1/11 to 4/11, full sizes.—Advt.

Eor the first five months of the year jj petitions in bankruptcy have been filed in Wellington, against 15 for the same period last year. In view of t*lio expansion or tlio Ivanway Department’s road transportation facilities it has been decided to appoint a manager to the sole charge ot the department's bus services for the whole of the Dominion. The Prime Minister announced at Wellington on \\ ednesday that the position had been filled by the appointment of Mr J. Carnacfian, of Palmerston North, an officer with a- long and varied experience. The stated object of the new arrangement is to place the control of the department’s bus services on the same footing as would apply were they being conducted by private enterprises. The services) must (necessarily) be elastic. It was therefore considered desirable not to try to put them in with the ordinary departmental machinery. The decision to appoint a manager to control the service is regarded as a clear indication that the department is out to' meet public requirements. —Press ASSn ‘ WESTAWAY & CO.

The most, adorable Evening and Party Frocks are too too seen' in all the newest styles and ,materials. Es peciallv becoming are /the pretty rainbow effect in Taffc'ttla Silk, also dainty Art Silk, trimmed •with silk lace, from 25/-. A bemvti'fu'l assortment EveningFlowers, Wraps, Brilliant Buckles, Hosiery, Gloves, dfic. —Advt. McGruer, Bone * Co. Ltd. have just opened their new season’s Butterick Patterns. These include newest styles in costumes, coats, jumper suits, afternoon and evening frocks; 1 new patterns for school blazers, boys’ suits and pyjamas, boys’ shirts and trousers. Large .assortment of new transfers. Butterick’s Quarterly and Delineator are now reduced to 9d each.—Advt.