LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 11 August 1928, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

“Things must ho pretty good,” said a supplier at the annual meeting of the lvaka.raimea dairy factory yesterday, “when no one has' a ‘grouch’ with the directors, manager or srtatf.’’ The Hawera. Municipal Band will render a programme of musical selections in High Street between (3.15 and 8 o’clock this evening.

The imaiugnrafi'on of the fast passenger train service between: Wanganui, aind New Plymouth aind vice .versa, will necessitate the following alitcmt-i'ans in the closing itinies of mails: For Now Plymouth and intermediate offices, mails mow -closing at 12 noon will close at 10.30 0.01 . For Patea, Wanganui and Wellington, moils now closing at 3.30 pan., will close at 3,.10 pan. Olp-enatiions l have started in oonneotion with the scheme- to plant tobacco In Rotorua. A- glass-house, protected by wire netting, is in the course of erection at Te Koutu, for raising the necessary plants. Soon ploughing is to com. mence, extending to 12 acres. _ The Maoris) ate taking a keen interest in the project, especially as they hove been in the balbit- of growing tobacco for yeans. Incidents have been quoted frequently in an endeavour to show it is impossible for a farmer to determine with any degree of accuracy which cows should be culliled as worthless, unless he has the aid of herd tasting figures with regard to the whole of his herd. A typical example of thaw is provided by a Poverty Bay farmer, -who decided to cull a cow inclined to beefiness, but put hei under test before doing SO. He found, however, that this cow was by no means a “dud,” and that by the end of the season she had produced 398 A lb ot bu-t----%&3 August issue of the “Australian Home Beautiful’ ’ just te hand proves that this attractive- and useful publication is maintaining it's high standard as a publication 'devoted to affairs Of interest, to the colonial home-owner. The current number includes in its well-illustrated pages--article on B'm'alil (houses in- Now Zoakiucl, lani'd uu addition many other subjects aae treated in a manner calculated f 0! appeal to those who delight in- surrounding thomiselvcis with beauty and comfort. New Zealanders will be -inter- 1 o'sted to learn from an article by an! Australian' architect who- -made a. study, of the design ,of the typical ismall house in this Dominion that the use- of the. electrically-li-eatcd water service is developed to a greater extent hero than in Australia. When moving to her berth a.t the central wharf at. Auckland yesterday, the Lamb steamer Ihumn/ta, which had just arrived .from Newcastle-, collided with the western corner of the King Is wharf. Her stem was badly buckled about ten feet above, the waterline, and the adjacent plates were deeply dented. The vessel’s -course to ole her close to- the end of the King’s- wharf. The tide was running in strongly and apparently an eddy caught the stern of the vessel and swung her off her course.. For a moment she was- unmanageable and headed straight on to the earner of the wharf. The weight of the vessel, which is fully loaded with cun 1 and hardwood 1 , bent the stem where it -struck the edge of the wharf about a- fo-o-t lout, of the stn-adight. As Oho' damage is well above the wwat-or Tine tbeT© twill ib-o mo !nec<l to dock the vessel. Her seaworthiness is, not affected, and it is expected- the only - r-cpadrs’ necessary will be the tightening of rivets which have been started by the bending of the plates. I

A London cable message states that the athlete Lowe is unable to accept the invitation of the New Zealand Association owing to his professionail duties. Competition for the Phillips. Cup (presented by Mr Keg. Phillips, of •Afokoia) promises to be very keen this year. The shoot, which is held in conjunction with the Ilawera Gun Club, is open to all holders of shooting licenses taken out in the Hawera Acclimatisation. Society’s district, and will bo held this year at • the showgrounds on Wednesday afternoon next. ■Last year’s winner, Mr .T. D. Scott, will he on hand to defend the trophy. Other sweepstake shoots will be held. iGiven a good day, the club should have a .successful gathering and. as there are a number of .good shots in the district. an interesting afternoon's sport should be witnessed.

The departure oi the Union Cbmpony's steamer Mm.he.no from Sydney wos delayed ail hour yesteiciay owing to the absence of a. fiuama.n who. was arrested just before the .scheduled, sailing time, because of a. dispute with a. taxi-man over his fare. The. lest or the busmen prevented the .ship fimin being taken from the wharf. They .seized tile gangway ropes which the seamen had commenced to cast off, and when these had been, made fast again the men went forward a.nd! held a meeting. Atter the meeting a deputation interviewed the captain on the bridge. Then the absent fireman, having .settled the affair on court- returned. He was cheered by his comrades a« he mounted the gangway. The ship waisi cast off and the comedy ended. The reversion in the near future to the payment of overtime to employees in the Post and. Telegraph Department, instead of giving time off for the extra hours worked as at present, was foreshadowed by the Secretary of the Department, Mr. G. McNamara, when leply.ng to the toast of the PcstmasterGeneral and the Department ajb the annual smoke concert of the Wellington Posta 1 ; Employees.’ Association la.st night. Mr McNamara said that when it wag found: necessary to institute time off instead of paying overtime, lie realised the position was not .a happy on)3 for many employees in the service. “The change,” he said, “was not acceptable to many, but the loyalty of the service came paramount and there was not a murmur. Overtime is an inevitable part of the post and telegraph employees’ work. .To-day I have been approached by the Post and Telegraph Employees’ Association and asked when the period of time off instead of overtime is coming to an end. I could not give them any reply, but I can say now that I fad .sure that before the end of the half-year, or at least at the end of the half-year, we shall he back to the payment of overtime.”