LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 16 August 1928, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

In reply to. a request from the South South Taranaki Automobile Association, th© .Ratea, County Council decided on. Tuesday to do its part towards improving the crossing at Ball 'Road, provided the Railway Department would co-operate. The council was willing to cut away banks on both sides if necessary

The policy of planting the; land adjacent to dairy factories is growing in ravour in many centres. Yesterday a, resolution was (passed at the annual meeting of the Manutalhi Dairy Company to fence the section in front of the factory and to plant it with suitable trees. The manager (Mr C. McQueen) is keen on the scheme, and he has 'planted a few pungas near the factory building. Tile King s youngest son. Prince oeorge, sailed trom Soutnamptoii on ...aturdav lor Quebec on the Canadian Racine liner Empress of Australia to take up his appointment as interpreter in French to the American and West i.tidies station. He will be attached to H.M.S. Durban

Air E. Worley, who, has spent seventeen years in China, will lecture iu the Methodist Church to-morrow evening on the -work of the China, Inland Mission, and the present situation in that country. The lecture will ibe illustrated with lantern slides.

The British Ministry of Labour has announced that tho Canadian Government authorities have now accepted -0,0 .0 men under the scheme whereby that number of unemployed was to be assisted to go to Canada for harvest work. f our thousand men have already sailed for Canada. This result has been achieved in the short space of a week by the close co-operation of Canadian authorities, steamship .ompanies and employment exchanges. *'l. was unaware I was committing a breach, of the law,” stated a, letter rorw aided by Patrick Coleman, of In aha, in pleading guilty to a charge preferred iu the Hawera Court to-day tmat when driving lib motor-cycle on the evening of August 2 he carried a passenger in ai position other than seated astride and facing forward. Sergeant Henry informed the court that defendant’s passenger had been .seated on the machine in the ‘‘side saddle’ position, contrary to the motor regulations. Defendant was fined 10s and ordered to rav I.os costs-

An outstanding event in the Te Roti district will be the grand hall, plain and fancy, which will be held to-mor-row (Friday) evening in the hall. There will be a series of attractions, including competitions for best fancy and original costumes, lucky cap competition. .Elaborate preparations' ane being made bv tine committee and lion, secretary (Mr R. G. Ooekerton). A free ’bus will run from Gvde and Barringe’s. Hawera, at 7.30 r>.m.

BUCKRELL'S, HAWERA. .no quality House in all departments of ladies’ wear, such as Coats, Frocks, 3-piece Suits. Costumes. Hosiery, Furs. Buckrell’s with over 50 years’ experi once on this coast five gained tho enviable reputatior as the Qualitv House in Taranaki. Opposite Central Hotel, Hawera.

\ request was made to the Government by Mr. W. S. Glenn (Rangitikei) in the House of Representatives to set aside a block of partially improved land where New Zealand born )>oys might learn farming under a system of instruction similar to that now adopted at Flock House, so that boys who by industry and thrift had proved their worth might have a prospect of financial assistance, either from the New Zealand or the Imperial Government, when they have acquired sufficient experience to take up land. Owing to the fact that the bank had called upon the guarantors to meet the overdraft on the Y.M.C.A. building at Whangarei, amounting to about. £2900, a public meeting was held to discuss the situation. It was decided to hand the property over to the guarantors. Tentative proposals have since been made by the board of directors' to permit of the usual ac- i tivities of the institution being carried on on a rental basis. The Palmerston North Borough Council has floated the library loan of £II,OOO at 51. per cent, free of brokerage, the money being found locally (says the “Manawatu Standard”). During the past 12 months the council has raised the McHardy property loan of £IO.OOO at 5J per cent and the sewerage loan of £9OOO at 51 pci 1 cent. Both were taken up locally, and in neither case was brokerage paid, a. saving of one per cent, or £3OO. : If the hens in the farmyards and poultry runs of New Zealand only knew that their combined production is worth £3,000,000 a year to the Dominion they would probably cackle with a deeper sense of self-satisfac-tion. In any case, the announcement of the Minister of Agi'iculture, the Hon. O. J. Hawken, that, the industry is of the value stated will probably surprise most people. Thus remarks the “Auckland Star,” referring to the Government’s decision to give a guarantee on the basis of £3 5s gross per case of 30 dozen eggs on the London market.

The steamer Tamaibine, on the voyage from Wellington to Picton, met rough -weather in Cook Strait, states a, message from Blenheim last night. She was unable to make Tory Channel and the southern entrance wois also unnavi,gable. The vessel therefore steamed t O , Port Underwood, where she will shelter for the night. A sample, of mahogany from D’Urville Island has been brought to Wanganui, and lias .been pronounced by a timber expert, to ibe the finest in the world. Steps iare being taken to mill a portion of this timber, and a- quantity will be used in the new station at Auckland. Apparently D'Urville Island is the only place iin New Zealand where this timber grows. An expert is cultivating these trees in nurseries, and an extensive planting- scheme is indulged in, as the timber will be a most valuable' asset.

The Canterbury Veterans’ Association has just received an interesting present- from Mr J. E. Middlebrook, of Lob urn, through Mr H. G. Livingstone, of Christchurch. It consists of a series of seven photographs taken during the progress, of the battle of Pieter’s Hill, in the Boer War, the British. success on that occasion making the relief of Ladysmith possible, states the Christchurch “Press.” The photographs were taken under shell-fire, and were focused .in the old style, with a focusing cloth and a stand camera. Special attention has for some years past been devoted to orthopaedic -cases by the medical iand nursing staff of King George V. Hospital, Rotorua, In this section, in addition to infantile paralysis oases, a number of patients suffering from spastic paralysis, amaiimion of fractures, and deformities due, to other diseases are under treatment. Rlather more than half of the orthopaedic oases, are deformities the result of infantile paralysis. “Contrary to current ideas,” reports the medical superintendent, “recovery of muscles has been noted years subsequent to the onset of paralysis. The need for aftercare does not appear to have been sufficiently realised in some oases which have returned for further treatment.”

Designs have been completed by tihe Railway Department for a new type of day carriage to bo used on the Main Trunk expresses in Iboth Islands of the .Dominion. They will! consist of seven non-smoking compartments and three “smokers.” Seven carriages wiMl be used in the North Island, land three in the South. In the smoking compartments a coupe 'has been provided, which will accommodate four passengers. By this means it is intended to cater for the wants of travellers wtho desire to engage a small! conn paint merit for privahe parties. The locomotive department is about to put in hand the construction of 24 new shunting engines. Although it is intended to use this type of engine primarily for shunting, the design is such that they will be sui.talble'for suburban passenger traffic. The past year has been a record one for the suggestions and inventions branch of the Now Zealand Railways, says the current issue of the ‘ ‘ Railway Magazine. ’ ’ The branch >ha» had 1739 suggestions and inventions to l deal with, some 500 more than ha® beam received in any year since' its inception in 1925. Of these suggestions 131 have been adopted, and in some cases a monetary reward was paid l . In addition there are about 150 suggestions still under consideration. Since the committee started work over 3000 suggestions have poured in. Many of these ideas are highly technical', and are mainly supplied by the railway staff, but the public have submitted quite a number. While the majority of suggestions, none of which have covered fresh ground, have concerned safety at level crossings, it is extraordinary what a vast scope has been 1 covered by these suggestions —ranging from the berthing of whaling ships at docks to the wildly fantastic and somewhat irrelevant invention of how to obscure flashes from artillery guns by a complicated system <of shutters. Quite the most novel idea submitted consists of organised entertainment for passengers on long-distan'cc runs. These would comprise music, sketches, and humour. Another .traveller considers 1 that sleeping boards that would be placed from seat to scat would be on excellent innovation.

The annual meeting of the Girl Guide Association of Manaia- will l>e held on Friday, August 17, at the office of Mr. A. G. Bennett, Manaia.

LAST WEEK OF SALE. Me G reer, Bone and Co.’s* Great Winter Sale ends on Saturday, August IS, at 9 p.m. For the last week wo are offering special half-price bargains in all departments. Sec the piles of halfprice remnant tables in the dress and Manchester departments. We have just landed another big shipment of our famous fibre cane suit eases at 6/-, 7/6, and 9/-. Buy yours now, for the excursions start on Wednesday, 15th.—Advt. Men! A Melbourne 35/- oily canvas coat will keep you dry in: the severest rain. This coat is double-proofed linen and.stormproof, and to cap all is absolutely guaranteed by the manufacturer. Stocked in all Melbourne Ltd. branches thr ou ghout Taran ak i.—Advt.

Owing to the large increase in the wool business of the Farmers’ Co-op. Organisation Society, this company has found it necessary to have their wool store at Castlecliff further extended. The addition, which, is to be specially fitted up for the binning of wool, will give an extra floor space of over 4500 square feet. The. work is to be proceeded with immediately, the successful tenderers being Messrs. John Jones and Sons.

In our notes yesterday concerning Bisox’s Winter Oup victory, the mare’s dam was given as “Canairy Creeper. ’’ The breeding was taken from the New Zealand Turf Register, and owing to a typographical error the wrong name had been given. “Cheshire Creeper” is the dam of Bisox. “Canary Creeper” is the dam of Complex.

Speaking at the annual meeting of the Manutaihi Dairy Company, the chairman of directors (Mir S. C. Tonics) paid a tribute to the work of the manager (Mr C. McQueen), who, he said, had ibeen with them for over eighteen years, which be considered must be a record for Taranaki. He also said that they might travel a 'long way before they would get better or more loyal members of the staff, who had only one aim to their operations, and that was to secure success. He added that they could not get better men than their first assistant and buttermaker. A hearty vote of thanks wins accoixled the manager and staff, the mover (Mir. Mnggeridge) remarking that, he considered this only right, as they had had good work and no complaints.

Many stories have been told of .the sea, but few such as that which was reported when the steamer Moeraki berthed at Lautoka om her way from Suva to Sydney. It had ibeen a wonderful night at sea, gloriously cal-ju, and the ship was lilt •up ‘by the silvery moon in the early morning. Not. a sound, broke the stillness but the swish of the waves and the steady throb of the engines. Suddenly, from below, came a shriek, and the ship woke to expectant life. A lady passenger had been aroused from sleep 'by the feeling of something squirming round her neck. Half-dazed, she put up her hand amd brushed at the thing. A snake, vicious looking, fell to the floor, and she screamed as she realised what it wais. Her husband lost no. time in killing it. It transpired next morning that on the ■previous 'day the husband and wife had gone ashore at Levuka and bought a. bunch of bananas, and it is surmised that the snake was coiled up asleep inside the ibunch. and that the warmth of the cabin had brought it out.