LOCAL AND GENERAL.

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

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Alia its which leijt Auckland on July 3 arrived at London on August 1.

Pensions in New Zealand involve annual payments of £2,613,770, .ne.i.oing £1 131,752 for war pensions, £1,033,240 ior old. age, and' £307,865 lor wid.-ws pensions. The Mnnaia Brass Band will hold a public meeting ol : citizens at the iManaia Town Flail on .Monday evening to consider methods of raising money to purchase new instruments. For some time the hand has been building up an instrument fund, and has now the offer of a set of instruments.

For being drunk ■while ini lebatrge of a horse aind eamt ait 5.30 last evening, Willioinx Nash, who did hot appeair, was ftned £2, mi default one month's imiprisonin'ent, iby Mr .T. M. Townsend., .T.P., at the Hniwera- Police Court, this rowating.

A. meeting of the Hawke’s Bay Fanners’ Union yesterday, at Hastings, made an emphatic protest against the importation of Oliincliilla or any other rabbits to this country. It wa's considered that another pest might be "created and that there was a danger of foot and mouth disease. The Bisox Cup. donated by Mr. Robert Hicks to the Hawera Bowling Club, is now on view in J. B. Gerrand and Sons’ window in High Street. It has been given by him as a trophy for handicap singles, and should cause keen competition.

At the annual meeting of shareholders of the Tarnaki Co-operative Dairy Go., Ltd., Daiinevirke, Messrs. AValkand Cameron, of Hawera, were unanimously re-elected auditors.

Settlers of Auroa are anxious to secure ai telephone service, and are arranging to (have a widely signed petition sent on to tihe Post and Telegraph. Department. At a meeting held last might it was agreed that a canvass would ibe necessary’. Hie suggestions were a ibuireau in Auroa, or to he connected with Manada or Ivaponga, and it was asserted that itf the former were instituted everyone in the district would take the service'.

“We are trying our best to improve the roads,” said Or. A. G-amlin, at the Walmiate West County meeting yesterday, “and ratepayers are not doing their duty to the county in cutting hedges, and grubibing gorso along t»he road sides. ’ ’ It was not really the duty of the engineer, he added, to tell the ratepayers that they should dp thiis. The early settlers set a fine example and present day men should follow the example. “There is plenty of time in the slack season for this work.” he .said. ' “He who 'lives in glass houses,’ added Or. J. P. Stevenson, with a smile. “I oan say nothing,” and councillors enjoyed the apt allusion. The monthly meeting of the Hawera Astronomical Society was held on Thursday evening at the Observatory, 15 Argyle Street, Hawera. The number of ’ members present was not so great as usual owing to the prevailing epidemic of colds. Two short lectures we re delivered by the director, Mr. G-. M. Townsend, P.R.A.S., and by the vice-president, Mr. A. H. Tjarkman, A.M.1.M.E., explaining the meaning of a number of astronomical terms and mathematical expressions used by lecturers on astronomical subjects which Were not familiar to most people. The lectures were followed with great interest by those present, and at their conclusion a general discussion took nin e. Mr. Townsend thanked Mr. Turkman on behalf of the members for the trouble he had taken to m'ake his lecture so interesting and instructive by means of diagrams and apparatus, and proposed a hearty vote of thanks, which was carried by acclamation .