LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 4 September 1928, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

While Mrs George Frith, wife of a Thames Borough Councillor, was assisting the preparation of supper for a local dance, she struck something 'with her foot. In falling, a knife she held .struck her .just below the eye and inflicted a bad gash. iShc threw her hand out to prevent herself falling too heavily, with the result that .she broke her wrist.

One of the ships of Commander Byrd’s Antarctic expedition will call at Wellington before proceeding to Dunedin. The vessel will call at Wellington for the purpose of transhipping a. quantity of stores from the Norwegian whaler C. A. Larsen, which is gomg there, for fuel oil.

The Onakaka Iron and Steel Company ife erecting considerable new plant for the purpose of pipe making. The works have been closed down temporarily in order to allow the machinery to be installed without, interference, the present staff being utilised for the purpose. lit is expected that the plant will be in operation .by the end of February.

A reli’o of the early days of Opotiki is disappearing with the pulling down of an old house in the main street. The house was built in 1865 for Dr. Oliver, a military doctor, who sold it to the late Mr Saimuel Moody. _ When the latter died he left it to his son, Mr G. S. Moody, Mayor of Opotiki. Some of the kauri in the old house is in >a wonderful state of preservation and will be used again by the purchaser.

While on the voyage from Foxton to Wellington, during the week-end, the auxiliary schooner Portland met exceptionally squally weather. The muz7,en and. ‘main sails were blown away and .she was unable to make headway with her motors. A tug was signalled for and the To in was sent out from Wellington earlv yesterday morning, picked her up and brought her to port.

“In .some districts, such as the fertile Whiri.nabi Valley, the average native’s interest in land is represented by a dozen or so of rows of kumara planks in the tribal plantations,” said Sir Apirana Ngaita at the University College at Auckland. The speaker added that there was a. legend about the Maori 'being a bloated capitalist, hut, as a matter of fact the average native holding was probably not above 25 acres, which wiasi set as. the standard by the Native Land Court. In New Zealand the total area, of native land was about 4,000,000 acres.

The Jersey breed of dairy cattle is according to .Mr 'T. fi. Cooper, known in the [States as the mortgage lifter. Mr Cooper is an octogenarian cattle breeder who for all 'his life has raised pedigree stock in Pennsylvania. He arrived in Wellington yesterday and intends to spend a fortnight in the Dominion, during which short ispacc f of t ime lie hopes to visit most, of the leading Jersey owners in the North Island Incidentally, ho is the owner of the cattle on Somes Island about which a few days ago there was a false report as regards foot and mouth disease. ‘‘Writers of New Zealand history,”

said Sir Apirana Ngata at Wellington, 1 ‘harped on the picturesque elements in the Maori .mahe-up, which one. ol them was assured would .persist- and

become valnalbie in the cJiarnc»ieristics of the future New Zealander. The! Maori who was fisherman, fowler, agriculturist, architect, canoe-bui Ide r, engineer,' organiser. ruler, diplomat, and statesman apparently ceased to exist with the first, vigorous gesture ol European civilisation. ’ ’ The Minister of Education, (tire H-on. ft. A. Wright) in a circular letter receivedl iby the Wellington College Board of Governors, wrote that as fane recent Peace Pact was of such world-wide importance and significance, he suggested that headmasters and principals of schools should he requested to celebrate the occasion as soon a,s the schools reopened hy giving appropriate address and lessons on the aims and objects of the League of Nations and the significance of the Treaty. The board agreed to the suggestion. A Maori saying was, “Marry your sister or your brother so that you may curse or ill-use one another without occasioning offence to any one,” said Sir Apirana Ngata at Wellington in his address to the Historical Association. By “sister” or “brother,” he added, •:he Maori here meant first or second cousin. Wars were thus avoided, lands retained within the family circle. and chiefly rank maintained at a high level.

“I am like the Mayor. I cannot muster up a strong enthusiasm about tine Kellogg Peace Pact, for I know how easy it is to go ahead of Vhe sense of the mas of the people,”- said Archbishop Julius in his address to the Canterbury branch of the, Navy League at Christchurch. “For one thing, we don’t know whether America will sign the Pact. It is not the rulers who make wars, but the people themse ves. We don’t know what is behind these A Greymouth resident had a rather unenviable experience on Wednesday (says the correspondent of the Christ—church “Press”). After having made arrangements with a woman residing at Ivaroro to vent a house in that locality, he gave noti.ee to the landlord whose house lie was renting: of his intention to remove. A, lorry was encra.frcd and the furniture was removed To Ivaroro; but- on. reaching 'his intended new quarters he was informed by the landlady that she had made other arrangements as she objected to tenants with families. His only alternative was to shift, back to. his former place of resilience, which in the meantime had been occupied by another tenant The unfortunate man. with his wife and five children, was given shelter at night by a friend. Who has only limited accommodation. He has so far been unsuccessful m getting a house, and the prospects are not benefull as tb-ore is an airnito iioiiffung Riiortawe in Grev-mouth at the present time. The worst ‘feature is that the victim of 'die broken agreement is a working man with, slender means. THOSE DELICATE MEMBRANES Of the air passages which ache and pain so when you cough. Pulmonas will bring immediate ease. Thev are n cure which acts quickly, relief is almost instantaneous. Keep Pulmonas handy. You’re not safe without them. They’re the iconvenienit remedy for colds. 1/6 and 2/6 from all chemists. ■—Advt.

The committee of the Hawera Bowling Club decided at a night to open the- season on Saturday,

October G Atlantic Union Oil Company &ae?J Street* for the purpose of J bulk stores to supply the demands oi the company’s Soutli Taranaki « Special railway facilities *' ...pi available and a considerable sum uU b G cKoemled on buikl-m p- 'and nrnvcivms Tine pians of the iwcie approved at the meeting of the Borough Council last evening. “A verv notable feature of tho examinations in accountancy is that to-tlav they are by far the largest examinations of the University of Neu /eakind ’’ said Mr. E. TV. Hunt, president of’ the New Zealand Society ot \cco untant«, at the annual meeting at Ano aland. Leaving out the examinations for the book-keepers- certificate but adding those for the degree ol Bachelor of Commerce, no less than fm candidates submitted themselves ] last year, as against <6o for the la professional examination and the bachelor of Laws degree, which had n the past been the largest conducted hv the University of Is ew Zealand. i 4 mv belief that the profession of ae- . oun'tancy is not by any means overcrowded, and there is std ioom foi high standard men,” said Mr. Hunt. A busv time is being experienced by dairv farmers throughout the V a»kato district. The herds are rapidly coming into profit, and cream and milk] delivery services are running daily with increasing loads. Pastures vlnah la been spelled and top-dressed are showing signs of spring growth, but ie is not yet plentiful. S' olll © farmers are short of hay. but the dearth of this valuable supplementary fodder k not general. Weather conditions hare been favourable this winter and the condition of the cattle is good There is a keen demand for cull cows for beet, so that every inducement is ottered to farmers to ‘milk only profitable producers. It is many years since a dairying vear commenced under such tavour»l,V auspices as the 1928-29 season and farmers throughout the district feel very optimistic regarding the future.

A ‘ 1 get-ric'h-quick ’ ’ scheme was worked at the Winter Show iby a boy whose action was as enterprising as it was unlawful, says the <l Lyttelton Times. Being permitted to retain his . pass after entering the door, he slipped round io a quiet part of the dividing fence, over "which he handed the pa-sg to one of his mates. The latter repeated the performance of passing a doorkeejver and handing the ticket over the fence, until nine of the gang were inside. Then the first boy, as arranged, collected sixpence a head from his mates 'for the privilege ot usinior the pass, which was worth a shilling." In the first place the pass belonged °to the boy’s sister, whom he had cajoled into giving it up. Lord Lovak, K.C.M.G., K.C.V.0., C. 8., D. 5.0., will! arrive in New Zealand on October 8 and will leave Wellington on lids departure from the Dominion o.n October 23. The primary object of Lord Lovat’s visit to Aew Zealand and Australia is to study the com plexi ties C'f Empire migration from Ills end of the world to '.'hose parts of the Empire which may he considered to be only sparsely settled and which should be a natural repository for England’s surplus -population. Lord Lovat is also an authority on forestry and re-afforestation, having been chairman of the English Pores'.'ry C-oinni'is-sion, and in that connection will visit the Government plantations at .B-oto-I'nu, and Hanmer, hut as his itfiieiai ; only -allows a fortnight’s stay in New Zealand his wilM ho rather a. rushed vis.?:.

A handsome casket, on which are mounted the numerous gold medals she won during her distinguished tennis rareer, has been presented to the Isew Zealand Lawn Tennis Association by Miss K. M. Nunneley, of Wellington, for competition between ladies’ teams, on similar lines to the Anthony Wildjno- Meirorial Shield, coni petit ion xor men. Miss Nunneley’s tennis record is unrivalled, not only in New Zealan and the British Empire, but throughout the world, h(J- victories comprising thirteen consecutive wins in the ladies championship singles, ten successes in the ladies’ championship doubles ana nine successes in the mixed doubles.

“In my opinion we are now reaping the fruits of taking on nurses at an age too young,” said Mr. W. 1 1 slier at a meeting of the "W airarapa Hospital Board, when the prevalence ol sickness among the hoard’s nurses was beiim discussed. The chairman (Mi\ E G Eton) remarked that the position was that nurses taking up positions with the board were not strong enough at the outset and broke down in health after a very short tune. He said that the minimum age at which airls could be engaged as nurses had been reduced from 21 years to 18, but it was now recommended that the age should be raised to. 20 years. To-morrow evening, in Manaia. town hall, the Manaia Choral Society will hold its annual concert for 1928, when a very interesting programme will be presented. The choral numbers are all crood, and include several which will give the society scope to show its best concerted work. The society will he assisted by Miss O. Grindrod (contralto), Mr. H. Ackroyd (baritone), Mrs. Twaddle (elocutionist), and the Hawera Male Quartette (Messrs J. C. Smith, A. E. Morris, G. Liddington, and G. H. Buckeridge), all popular performers from Hawera.

The important role played by the bee in building up the Dominion’.s expoits, in so far as fertilisation was concerned, was stressed by Mr. D. S. -Robinson, Government apiarist, at a, meeting of bee keepers. He mentioned that last year over £500,000 worth of fruit had been exported in addition to seed valued at £250,000. It would thus be recognised that, in fertilisation, which made these exports possible, the bee s part was an important one. In addition, honev valued at £52,000 had been exported for the year, making a total of £802,000 brought into the country through t.lie bee.

A sub-comim.it.tce reported to the Wellington Automobile Club’s executive last night that ifc had come to an agreement with, one of the oil companies to supply members of the dluibs with petrol 'in. case lots 1 at 14s 8d pei case free on rail or boat at Wellington, or free delivery in the Wellington delivery area, and at l.Gst 2d per case at P'almenston North. 'Hie company would take all .shipping liability. An announcement about pump supplies would be made in about ten days.

NEW SPRING GOODS. Now showing at McGnior, Bone & Co., Ltd. We arc now making our advance showing of fashion goods in all departments. Special display of millinery, silk coats, costumes, jumpers, cardigans, aind fox furs in our new showroom. In our fancy department you will find many new novelties of interest, while in our dress department we have opened np a veTy tine range of voiles in fancy and spot and plain and fancy art silks. Call and inspect. —Advt.