LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 29 September 1928, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Cadets from the ‘Hawera High School corps were given mhchinc gun practice at the range this morning by Lieut. Henry. The Hawera Municipal Junior Band will play a programme of music at the Old Men’s Home to-morrow at 2.30 p.m. •Stores used in connection witlr the phosphate workings at Ocean and Nauru Islands are purchased in Australia, but there' is a possibility that I a large proportion caf them will in future come from New. Zealand. Mr. S. Hunter, buyer for the British Phosphate Commission, who arrived at Auckland from Sydney by the Aiorangi ‘to make investigations, said that New Zealand had the advantage of 'being nearer to the islands' and the cost of shipping would not he so great. The arrangement of oontraidts would depend on the result of his visit. As was expected, says the annual report. of the New Zealand Hairy Produce Board, the British- regulations prohibiting the use of preservative had no detrimieritail effect on the quality and sale I of New Zealand butter. Efforts by interested parties in Great Britain to have the prohibition removed have not been lacking. Attempts were made to create an opinion that the quality of our (butter was suffering, hut without success. New Zealand butter «■ stands as one of the (best keeping butters .being imported into Great Britain. The total payout made by the New Zealand Co-operative Hairy Company .or butter-fat supplied during August amounts to £237,477. For the corresponding period last year the total was £219,175. It is stated that the increased payout is due to a better tone prevailing on the English market than at the <.orresponding time in 1927. The early spring is also responsible in a. certain degree for the increased advance. Objecting to Italian chorus girls, in the Melba-Williamson Grand Opera Company receiving higher remuneration than the Australians, tjie Australian chorus girls at Melbourne threatened to strike, and forced the management to pay them a much limber salary. The representative of j“C. Williamson Ltd., disclosed this fact in the Arbitration Court, saying, ‘They came with pistols at our head and we had no alternative but to ompromise.” Examination of the contents' of the ■office safe in a Hawera business premises this morning led to an op parI , e nit discovery that the sum of £lO was missing. Burglary was suspected immediately, but after an investigation by the police and a further check of the cash left overnight in the safe, it was found that a mistake had been made in the first check and the contents were intact. This is. the second occasion on which the Hawera policehave investigated a false alarm of burglary. In the early hours of a recent morning advice was received that a. safe ktid been found opened, presumably as the work of a burglar, but on full inquiry being made it was discovered that a member of the particular office staff had inadvertently 'omitted' to close the door the previous night. The ladies' committee of the Hawera Municipal Band is holding a shop day in Union Street next Saturday, for which gifts of cakes, produce, etc., will be gratefully received. The proceeds are to go towards -the band’s contest fund. The Railway Department is leaving no stone unturned to place before woolgrcwers the advantages the rail offers for the safe and speedy transport of the golden fleece to market. In addition to a personal canvass by members of the staff, an extensive newspaper advertising, an* attractive two-colour art circular, in the form of a blotter, has been mailed to sheep-owners setting out the general .reasons why farmers should support the railways and particulars of the tariff for transport of wool. The charges rise' from 2s 5d per bale for a distance up to 25 miles to 8s 4di per bale for 150 mates. One of Napier’s best known coastal traders, Richardson and C'o.’s steamer Ruru, has come to the end of itis days after many years of good service up and down the coast. A recent examination disclosed the fact that the wooden frames in and around the insulation were badly affected by dry rot. Full particulars will be found in our advertising columns of the New -Zea- ( land Meat Producers Board’s scheme to deliver single carcases of prime New Zealand lamb to addresses in the United Kingdom. Now is the time to order lambs to be delivered for the Christmas season. This well-known scheme, whereby anyone can have a single carcase of prime New Zealand lamb delivered to a friend anywhere in the United Kingdom, continues to be extremely popular, and from an adver- ; tising point of view has been very sueeessful in the sense that it has been the means of introducing our lamb into homes where New Zealand lamb had hitherto been unknown. Up to date, over 13,000 carcases of lamb have been delivered under this scheme, and the numerous letters which have been received from the recipients hear testimony to the value of this form of getting into touch with new customers. 1 The Railway Bepartment announces 1 the inauguration of a competition, open to all bona fide art students in the Hominion, for a poster design advertising the New Zealand railways. The size of the poster will be 25in. by 40in. upright, and designs must be in not more than five colours in flat washes and capable of simple reproduction. All designs submitted will become the property .of the New Zealand railways, who will have the right to publish or make use of any ideas embodied in them. The competition will close on October 31, 1928, and entries should be forwarded to the Officer-in-Charge, Publicity Branch, New Zealand Railways, Wellington, , to arrive not later than noon on November 3. First and second prizes of ten and five guineas respectively will be awarded the authors of the ( two winning designs. In addition, a donation of ten guineas will be made to the school which, in the opinion of the bulges, produces the highest standard of work. This sum is to be expended, at the discretion of the director of the school, in the purchase of working material for deserving pupils. 'The old-time dance to be held under the auspices of the Returned Soldiers’ Association on Monday evening at, the Savoy Tea Rooms promises to be a huge success, .judging by the eager inquiries of thc.se who were unfortunate enough to miss the last one. The function will no doubt cc.lipse its predecessor, and the God of terpsichore will hold sway to the music of a large and efficient orchestra. An Indian spider’s-we'b only six inches in width was found to contain over 41,500 meshes. j Private persons who own 'and fly aero- j planes in Britain now number 70 or | over. >

A collision between a. sedan car, owned and driven by Mr. A. O. Casey, and a grocer’s delivery van, the property of Mr. G. W. Peebles, and driven, by. Mr. H. Julian, occurred at the intersection of Higb Street and London Street, Eltham, late yesterday afternoon’ (reports our correspondent). Both car and van were turned completely over and sustained considerable damage. No one was hurt. Mr. S. Clark, who was driving a butcher’s delivery ,van across the railwav line at the Bridge Street crossing’, Eltham, on Thursday afternoon, had a narrow escape from serious injury (reports our correspondent). He did* not notice the train approaching, and the engine struck the back part of the van and threw, it off. the line. The damage was not as serious as it might have been had Mr. Clark been a second later in crossing the line.. The recently formed Hawera (Eel Club is meeting with ('excellent s'upport. The list of members for the first week show that there are 35, Including one ’suly. Those who have already joined are: Mcs'srls H. J. and J. England, G. Hick, W. Ewington, T. Thompson, 'A. J. Riley, W. H. Waslcy, F. Rae, P. Pepperil, H. Parsonsoii, V. L. Warner, E. Robertson, H. iG 'Old, B Ewington, M. H. Kendall, J. W. 'Corey, P. 'C. Brown,. G. Hostick, T. Bowen, J. E. Dingle, L. A. Wright, H. Stewart, A. Walker, A. Hart, 11. A. Morgan, W. Jcllyman, A. F. Huggins, R. Ashton, S. Thrush, J. Fake, L. Jackson, A. Murdoch, H. Barker, H. W. Swinburn, and Mrs S. Thrush. Anyone wishing to become members of the club are requested to leave their names and Is entrance fee with the following: “Star” Office; J. Silvester, Manaia; L. Des Forges, Opun■ake, or the secretary, V. L. Warner, Nolantown. At the annual meeting of the- Taranaki Cricket Association at New Plymouth last night, a welcome was given to Mr. B. B. Wilson, the official coach, who arrived from England a- few days ago. It has been announced that, as a result of an informal conference between representatives of the northern and southern cricket divisions and Country Cricket Association, it is hoped arrangements may he made for the coach to come to Hawera one day each week in Becember and January to instruct club and- school players. The matter will he discussed by the South Association.