LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 24 July 1928, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Air J. uVIcO. Dickson, M.P., who has represented Chalmers since 1914, has intimated that he will not seek re-elec-tion at the general election, states a Dunedin ‘Press Association message. At the request of a number of electors in various parts of the electorate tors in various pants o- the electorate Mr A. El. Ansell'l has consented to offer himself as a candidate- for the seat in the Reform interests. At the Hawera Police Court this morning a statutory first offender, who appeared before Mr. S. Blake, J.P., was fined 20s, or 48 hours’ .imprisonment, on a charge of drunkenness.

Applications are invited in to-day’s “Hawera Star” for factory manager for the newly-formed dairy factory at Whakamara, and will be 'received up till July 28 at the office of the secretary, Mr. A. K. Fyson, Princes Street, Hawera. By inadvertence in yesterday’s issue the name of the factory was inserted as Whenuakura instead of Whakamara. Special interest will attach ito the Eigmonlt-Wanganui Hunt Olulb’s meet to-morrow ait Mr A. Mitchell’is, M-auaia.-, on. (the Normanby Road, because it wi'l be the last -of the season. A very large gathering of hunters is expected because Mir Mitchell is one of the pioneers of hunting in this 1 district oinid one, of the keenest supporters, and therefore the moot, at his homestead is -always popular. The “-Southland Daily News” states that an experiment which should throw light on a much debated subject among I those interested in the life and habits of fish has been made. It has been discussed for years whether eels spawn or not. Some, have held the theory that they ibieed in -mid-ocean and go in shoals up the fresh water rivers' wh'en young. Others contend that they spawn in lagoons or lakes. Yet another theory is that they 'bear young. The Chief Inspector of Fisheries (Mr A. Ei. Hefford) lias had a. 123 b eel dissected and the inner parts removed, and he is quite convinced that it contained some 21b of -spawn. Thus, it seems that the question as to the method of breeding has been answered, but the problem of where the. spawning is done remains to be solved. The breaking of a. mooring line when an endeavour was being made to shift. Richardson and Co.’s new steamer Pukeho (735 tons) to another berth in the inner harbour at Napier yesterday afternoon resulted in the vessel’s drifting helplessly in the channel until she grounded in a dangerous position near the entrance to the harbour. At

the ti-me she- was first moved the ship had no .steam up, and thus was unable to -resist the tide when the- cables parted. When the engine-s weio requisitioned after the .stranding a cable from the assisting vessel fouled one propeller of the Pnkelio, the other one being later put out of action -by a- similar accident. I.fc was dead low fide at the time and the vessel was dangerously near the rocks at the side of the channel. With the incoming tide one propeller was .started in -reverse, and this freed the obstruction. By this means and with the assistance of another vessel the Pukeho floated off and regained her berth at 7.15 -p.m., about four hours after leaving it. She wa-s apparently undamaged, although she bumped considerably at one stage.

Spring blooms,' garden produce, and other saleable goods are t-o be packed to-morrow by_ a, committee of the Women’s National Reserve at Hawera to stock the Hawera branch stall arranged in connection with the annual “V iolet Day” appeal conducted on behalf of the mothers’ residential nurseries by the W.N.R. at Wellington. “Yriolet Day” is being observed in the capital city on Friday, and local residents wishing to assist with the donation of geods are invited to leave such gifts at the rest room, next- to the Hawera. Borough Council Chambers, tomorrow afternoon. The committee will lie in attendance, from 2.30 o’clock onwards.

A tribute was paid at the annual meeting of the Stratford Dairy Company yesterday to the good work of ;the dairy scientist at Hawera. The chairman discussed the advantages accruing from the company’s association with the Federation of Factories, explaining that during the year hundreds of samples had been sent'to the laboratory for analysis and report. The. services of the scientist had been of verv great assistance to the management. Mr R. M. Lugeon, a Swiss cinemateg rap her . who- hnsj recent y returned to Sydney from a six months’ sojourn among th-e native® of North. Mnffli'eonln (New Hebrides), accomplished a. c'eli■'•ata task in taking motion pictures the:©—mam: of the tribes a-re. en.iinibals. He had to spend; two months making friends with some of the natives before he dared to- take a single- foot of film-. Finally, after four months' more work, he obtained 50,000 feet, of film Accompanied by a journalist (Mr A. P. Antoine). Mr Lugeon. was- working on behalf of the “Petit Journal” and the Societe, dcs Films 00-l-on-iaux. He is shoiflv to visit Java, tci obtain further Pictures. He said- few people in Franco knew that motion pictures were i.vule mi Australia. Far instance, a picture showing the. lives of Australian abor-

igines had never been received there. The Melbourne Ltd.’s Sale—Line o-f m-e-n’;s indigo coating suits at 70/0 re-

duced from. 5 guineas' is- t-hei greatest seller of ail,l the suits -in the mien’s section: It is wot hard to iindeirstand'. A navy suit always- looks- well and .i's al-

ways in demand for informal evening wear.—Adrvt. AT WESTAWAY AND CO. FURTHER. DRASTIC REDUCTIONS As it is our policy to clear all showroom goods in their season, we have made further extensive reductions on all our Evening Frocks and Shawls. Repp, -Silk and Wool Crepe de Chine Frocks in all sizes; Ladies and Children’s Winter Coats; and all Millinery. These must be cleared regardless of costs. —Advt.

At the El.tliam Fire Brigade meeting last evening it wifi/s decided l to make a donation of two guineas to the Go]cl Star Fund, which, as stated at the recent Now Plymouth Conference, was in debit to the extent of £207.

“We have to pay men on our farms 2s an hour—members' are allowed only lOd,” said a member of the Hawera Hosiptal Board at the meeting yesterday when some question arose as to allowances to members for meetings.

The bridge, over the Okete stream on the Hamilton-Raglan main road was washed away in a. flood yesterday afternoon (states a Press Associtaion message from Hamilton). There have been heavy rains throughout the district.

The head office of the Union Steamship Company at Wellington received a wireless message yesterday irom Captain Jammy, of the company’s collier Waitomo, en route from Newcastle to Bluff, stating that the vessel "'as disabled' with a broken tailshaft at a point about 400 miles north of Westport. The Kaitoke, also a collier, wili get away from Westport early to-day, and, on picking up the Waitomo, will tow her to Auc.Jand for repairs in the dock there. The Waitomo is a steel cargo-carrier of 4214 tons gross and 2719 tons net measurement. The vessel was built in 1911 by the Northumberland Shipbuilding Company, Ltd,, ot Newcastle, England, and engined by Richardsons, West, Garth and Co., Ltd.

The gruesome discovery of the remains of a male adult in an advanced stage of decomposition wais, made by an Otaika- settler when he was burning oil scrub near the main road, several miles' from. Whangarei. There were a couple of blankets about the body, /indicating that the man had lain down in a last sleep. Documents found in the pockets gave liiis- identity as Dominick No tarn, single, a native of Ireland, He was apparently 44 years of age and! is know'll to have been in New Zealand three' or four years. Ho lias no know relatives in. this country. He was engaged in general work in the Whangarei district, but for (some time has been tire subject of heart attacks. In the course of a recent police “promotion examination” in Sydney, a constable was found with a list of the examination questions in his possession and the examination was discontinued. The affair caused much interest in police, circles, and an inquiry was held to discover the means by which the constable became possessed of such confidential information. As the result of these inquiries the constable who was found with the examination questions and another, who is alleged to have been implicated in the matter, were dismissed from the force.