LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 20 June 1928, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The next annual conference of the .V. I>.A. will be held at Whangarei. A. request from the Hawera Park Bowling Club that a live hedge be planted between the ground occupied by the club and the croquet greens was placed before the Hawera Borough Council last evening by Cr. If. Morrissey. The request was approver! by the council and was referred to the chairman of the Reserves Committee (Cr. J. M. Townsend), with power to act.

Receipt of the formal application from the Hawera Amateur Athletic Club for permission to hold to-day’s road cycle race, which traverses certain areas in the iborough, led to remarks at last evening’s meeting of the council concerning the necessity for precautionary measures at intersections, The application whs approved, subject to the club arranging for proper traffic control at such points. That the ranger be instructed to take proceedings in all flagrant cases of breaches of by-laws in reference to wandering stock was the text of a recommendation made by the general committee and adopted by the Hawera Borough Council at its meeting last evening. The ranger’s report for the month stated that two cows and one horse had been found wandering on the borough streets. That the average American has but. a hazy idea of the whereabouts of the Dominion of New Zealand was demonstrated in a most forcible manner recently. A well-known Hawera resident, answering an advertisement seen in an American journal, received the following reply. “These articles may he obtained: at any of the leading stores in the country. As to those in your vicinity we may mention Messrs , Melbourne, Australia; Mr ——, of Sydney, Australia; and Messrs , New York.”

“I think the band deserves our best consideration, and I am pleased to note the progress it is making,” said the Mayor (Mr. E. A. Pacey) at last evening’s meeting of the Borough Council, when application was received for the usual subsidy to the Municipal Band. The Mayor also referred to the service rendered by the band in a deserving cause by its performance at the Opera House last Sunday evening. On his motion the subsidy of £2OO for the year was renewed, Jhe only audible objection being raised 'by Cr. ( A. Reid, who remarked that he still considered the amount was too much', though, lie added, “I will not oppose it.”

In the course of his address at the annual conference ol the National Dairy Association at Palmers ton North yesterday, the president- (Air Aforton) paid a tribute to the work that was being carried out at the Hawera laboratory. It ‘had done a vast amount of good work —subsidised by the Government—and this year had done an even greater work. The iresuilt of the long continued tests regarding the value of the milks of the various breeds qf dairy cows was now released for publication. It '"contained an immense amount of food for thought, but he was not prepared to say whether there would be »iny changes in the industry.

Duaing the visit of the Hon. IC. S. Williams. Aiinister of Public Works, to Strait ford yesterday, a deputation consisting of Alessrs El Walter and C. E. Bellringer. Al’.s.P.. and J. B. Richards I on 'him to urge the necessity of pushing forward the work c.n the route of the O'lmra railway with increased vigor. The aims Qf the deputation were ipmt forward by'Mr Richards, who said tin?- work should be expedited at both. ends. He isaid that they protested against delaying the opening cf the line because certain ports might not be sufficiently advanced. Air Bellringer i rgedi the importance to the point, at New Plvmouth of the early completion I'ne. The Aiinister noinjtecl out that it was a matter of money and organisation. There were certain section of the work which did not wed:. to be carried out too rvoc.i, otherwise money would lie idl’ie. It would not he economical to have too many men en-

in these oireumistn.nces. He understood from Mr Keller that about. 170 men were now engaged at the east■'"ii end. He said he would go thor■■"ohly into the position as early as possible.

Exceptionally rough weather encountered by the. steamer Alaunganui during her voyage from Sydney delayed arrival at Wellington by over 24 hours. Stormy weather at Sydney on Thursday necessitated the use of a tug to enable the Alaunganui to. move out from the wharves. Leaving Sydney heads she. encountered south-easterly gales and heavy seas. At times the wind reached .a velocity of 60 miles an hour, but the steamer continued to make headway against the gale and heavy cross seas. Conditions improved a little on Alonday morning,, bub the lull in the storm was only temporary. Towards evening the weather again became heavy, and continued thus until the steamer arrived in the stream at Wellington yesterday .morning. The Alaunganui suffered no damage, the only mark left being a thick layer of salt on the boat deck. Owing to the delay the vessel will not resume her voyage to San Francisco until noon today.