LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 27 September 1928, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The registration of the Helen sville Co-op. 'Rural Intermediate Credit Association was granted at Welling:on yesterday, bringing the number or jissociationis in New Zealand up to 15. A fai’ewell social and presentation to Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Innes, on the eve of Mr. Innes’s, retirement from the school, is to take place at Okaiawa this evening. It is expected there will be a very large and representative attendance from, all over the district.

The Wellington Harbour Board stated last night that H.M.A.S. Australia, the new 10,000-ton cruiser built on the Clyde for the Royal Australian Navy, will arrive. at Wellington on October 12 on her way to Australia. The facilities of tlio (port will .be placed, at her disposal during the visit. That night marauders are still iram- 1 pant was forcibly demonstrated this morning, when it was, discovered that the premises of Messrs W. J. Butler and EL Higgs had been broken into during the night. Eintrance had been made by smashing the doors.' A few pence were taken, from Mr Butler’s premises.

The completion of a,n .investigation into wool branding fluids' on the market wnisi announced by Air B. C. Aston, chief chemist of the Department of Agriculture, at the quarterly meeting of the Board of Agriculture in Wellington. He said no evidence was obtained to support certain allegations that tar formed a constituent of some of the commercial preparations. All the fluids examined., when properly used, gave brands that- were readily removed by the usual absorbing process.

Responding to the toast of the selector at last night’© smoke concert, held hv the Oity Football Olub, Mr W. A. Guv mentioned the rapid strides .schoo’ football had made, and offered bis congratulations to. the Hawera Technical High School upon winning the fourth grade championship. Mr J. J. Goodwin endorsed Mr Guy’s remarks.

Writing to a Hawera friend, Mr H. A.. Brunette states that he and. Mrs Brunette were held up in Brisbane by the strike, preventing their return to Sydney. Regarding , conditions in Queensland, Mr Brunette states that a ‘ ‘hotbed of industrial, topsyturvydom’ ’ is. a very appropriate description, and agai n that Labour G overhment < control is “simply awful.” Air and Mrs Brunette contemplate paying a, visit to Hlawera in November, for a week or two.

The necessity for vo-operation and sympathy between commercial and farming interests for the success of the Dominion was sitietssed by Sir George Fowlds in an address on _ “Scientific .tgricultural Education,’’ given at a luncheon of the Auckland Chamber of Commerce. Sir George said that all business men should take the keenest interest in anything: pertaining to agriculture. because the land and) its products were the backbone of the country. They should demonstrate their interest in a very definite manner. He could picture no greater disaster than opposition or antagonism of one section toward tlie other. Business men should manifest sympathetic interest in all problems affecting country district© and tanning. A return, billiard match between Air Oann’s team (Commercial Hotel) and the Fire Brigade, was played off at the fire station last evening. Each team won three games of the six played, but Oann’s proved victorious' by a margin of 78 on the aggregate. Following are the scores, Oann’s being mentioned first in each instance: T. Bowen 61 v. Forman Hurley 47, Gomel- 126 v. Fireman J. Zinsli 54, EL Oann 53 v. Fireman Jackson 34, Oullinane 78 v. Dept. SuptGrace 79, Quin 66 v. Fireman Pet'dtt 71, Jury 44 v. Supt. .Morrison 66; totals, Oann 428, Brigade 350. The estate of the late J. H. Coleman, sheep farmer at Napier, has been sworn at approximately £200,000. The majority of the estate is left to his conroc crons. A fine collection of picture-: is bequeathed to the Auckland Art Gallery. The sum of £SO annually is given ■to encourage rifle shooting, in which Mr Goleman was always interested, soldi *£loo a year to the Napier galvaticn Army Home, the Girls’ Friendly Society and the Hawke’s Bay Children s Home. It is believed that All- Coleman, who made liberal contributions to charitable objects during his life-time, expressed a, wish that a,fleer his death his family should have the benefit of his estate. The majority of the residue is left to his daughter-in-law, daughter and g rand-children. A lecture on the Pakihi land problem was given in 'Nelson by Professor Easterfield! Director of the Cowthron Institute. For some time past he has been studying the subject, and has =pent considerable time in West Coast districts, where there are large tracts of Pakihi land. Probably the .most important side, of the lecture was the bringing forcibly before the gathering j the 'urgent necessity of attending to soil problems in New Zealand. The professor .said it was easy enough to do good farming on "first-class land, but when it came to fourth-class land —under which grading Pakihi lauds come — a man not only needed to he a good farmer, but also needed the assistance of everything that could be done in the way of 'scientific research to make a success of if. Valuable experimental work was being done on land given to the Cawthron Institute at a oepperaoi-n rental by the Railway Department, and last year the Buffer County Council and the Westport Borough Council aigreed to give financial assistance to flic experiments. The Government also agreed to subsidise the grants at the rate of £2 for £l.

BUCKRELL’S. We have now ready for inspection new frocks, costumes, ready-to-wear hats, etc. Ladies are invited to view the latest in spring novelties at Buckroll’s, Union Street, Hawera, opposite Central Hotel. V

At the annual meeting of the Park Tennis Club last night it was Tesolved to fix the date for the opening o'f the season at the first committee meeting to be held on October TG. Severe storms with thunder gales have .passed over Wakiato. On Tuesday evening, at Te Aroha, a son of Mr G. MeGlashan was on the verandah of his home iwhen a flash of lightning occurred. He received a severe shock, reeled and was supported by his father. A largo lump was found on the side of his head, and his eyesight was affected, states a Press Association message from Hamilton.

A conference; between the management committee of the New Zealand Rugby Union and Mr R-. 0. Martin, chairman of the New South Wales Rugby Union, was held a.t Wellington on Tuesday evening for the purpose of drawing nip a fresh, agreement as to future visits between New South Wales and New Zealand. The visit of the British, team was also considered. The proceedings were taken in committee and the result of the deliberations is to be made to/ toe New .South Wales Raigby Union, before the agreement is adopted.

Pinned under the wreckage of a 9ft. wall, which collapsed in the gale last. Saturday morning, two boys, sons of ,Mr ,T. .Batchelor, of 6 Morrow Street, Newmarket, had a narrow escape from serious injury. 'The two lads, aged < and S years, respectively, were sheltering from a shower under the -wall of a -tile-block building in course of erection at the corner of Crowhurst Street and Khyiber Pass Road, Newmarket. The force of the wind caused the upper portion of the heavy wall to collapse, but fortunately a scaffolding above the boys’ heads took the main weight of the falling material. They were rescued by their father and later in the day had recovered from their experience.

St. Mary’s euchre party was held last night.,' when about 70 .people' enjoyed the good old game. The prizewinners were as under: .Ladies, Mrs C. Jackson (15 games) 1; Miss Marsh. Mrs Glark and Mrs Taylor (12 games each) tied for second place, and m the play-off Miss Marsh was the winner. Men- Mr Whitton and Mr Bloor (13 games each) tied for first, and in the play-off Mr Whitton took first prize and Mr Bloor second prize. The ladies’ silent prize was won by Mrs Whitton, and the men’ s by Mr Williamson. .Supper was supplied by the ladies, and the flower sh'ow 'funds will benefit as a result of the effort. The next euchre party will be held on Wednesday tveck. Every tramway centre ia New Zealand is represented at the annual confer cnee of f ramwaymen, -which opened at Auckland yesterday, and is expected to last until the end of the week. Welcoming the delegates, Mr Ford, manager of the city trams, urged them, in studying their own interests, to consider also those .of the various Dominion- tramway concerns. He referred to the difficulties of various centres owing to bus competition, and said -he believed a brighter day was dawning. Important subjects for discussion are affiliation with kindred transport workers of Australia and the organising of all tramwaymen and busmen throughout the Dominion into one transport union.

A young man who confessed that he intf often wondened at the sensation rt.cc«mjp.anying a knock-out blow, such as is generallv ,the lot of the pugilist, had his curiosity gratified in a strange but convincing manner at Riseington rl aw lie’s Bay) recently. When racing his horse around the side of a bill, the animal inadvertently put a -front hoof in a hole, precipitating the rider forward in the saddle simultaneously.Phe house, in its struggle for freedom, hit the young man a .blow on tlie side of the jaw with the top of its head, the effect on the. recipient being immediate and profound slumber so complete that the consequent fall fro-m the horse’s hack was accomplished, without .even the unpleasant consciousness of the inevitable bump. The rider woke, remounted his steed and continued on his way. none the worse for bis eht'oroPid ~ fortv winks. —“Hawke’s Bay Herald.”

. It is reported that there is novr a decided shortage of relieving teachers in Hawke’s Bay. On the reopening of schools after the last term holidays it was not possible to fill all the positions where relieving teachers were required. At the beginning of the year it was reported that the board could not possibly absorb all the local teachers who at 'the beginning of the jyear "were seeking permanent positions. It is stated that there is no reason now to modify that statement. The absorption has not taken place in Hawke’s Bay., but in other districts. Only a few of the local teachers obtained positions in the Hawke’s Bay district. Practically the whole of them have been appointed elsewhere. There are still a considerable number without permanent positions, . but these are continuously employed in relieving positions. Coincidences of fact may sometimes be stranger than those of fiction. Two men, unknown to one another, lived in the same New Zealand town. Each of them possessed the Siam© surname and' the same two Christian names.- One telephoned a minister to arrange for bis marriage. The other later saw the minister’s blether and arranged for Ids marriage. Both had selected the pame church., the same day and the same hour for the ceremonies. The diary entry for the first bridegroom to apply was erroneously credited to the second, and it was not until too late that it was discovered there mar© two persons. So a. double wedding was held. Then it was found that each party had selected the same catering establishment. Here, too, there had been confusion. When the guests arrived they were met with the problem of. making one breakfast go as far as two. This experience was related to New Plymouth. Rota.rians bv the Bev. Jolm Paterson, of Wanganui.