LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 20 November 1928, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Ten building permits to a total value of £2417 were issued by the Ha were. Borough Council during the month of October.

Mr G. H. Buckeridge, J.P., presided ait a sitting of the- Hawera Police Court this morning, when, a- second offender was fined £1 for being found drunk in Caplen Rond yesterday. Wandering stock, four horses and two cows, were impounded by the borough ranger for the month of October. It- has been definitely decided- by Commander R. E. Byrd that his second ship, the City of New York, will go direct to Dunedin and not call at Wellington. The arrangement is necessary to allow the expedition to- leave New Zealand for the Antarctic as close to schedule as possible. Commander Byrd and other members of the expedition at present in Wellington will -leave for Dunedin at .the end of this week.

The application by the local billiard saloon proprietors for half an hour’s extention of time during the operation of summer time was- granted- by the Have r a Borough Council at last night s meeting.

Despite the fact that the new season’s farm and road work in the Poverty Bay district is now getting ant-o full swing, there are still a large number of swaggers on the roads (records the “Poverty Bay Herald”) 1 . Motorists report seeing fairly large numbers on the route between Gisborne and Napier, though opinions differ with regard to whether there are fewer of these men tramping from place to place. Some ol the service car drivers aver that many of the swaggers are not seeking work, but- it is not known how much truth there is in this assertion.

At -the Hawera Police. Court this morning, a. young man-, whose name was ordered to 'be suppressed, was- charged with carnally knowing a igirl under the age of 16 years. Accused', who appeared before Mr G. H. BuGkeridg-e, .T.P., was remanded to November 27, bail being allowed, self £IOO and one- surety of £IOO.

Stock slaughtered at the Hawera Municipal Abattoir for the month of October were: 32 bullocks, 79 cows, 32 heifers. 426 sheep, one lamb, 10 calves,- 88 pigs. Two sheep were condemned. Fees and rents totalled £lO3 Os 5d (£94 3s 9d and £8 l-6s Sd respectively), the fees being £1 8s more than in October 1927. Total fees for seven months ended October 31 were £36 11s 6d less than those for corresponding period of last -financial year. Following on its recent iron-ore deal in north-west Australia, Japan is reported to be negotiating ior_ 700,C0d tons of ore from Blenheim, New Zealand, and to be finalising tlie transaction shortly. If, as is expected, the negotiations are finalised, Japan wd. have a big hold on the output of non ore in the southern hemisphere, and will be more prepared for war on short notice than many other nations. Mr. j. Watson, a prominent mining expert, .s now on his way from London in connection with Japan’s latest big contract, which it is understood will guarantee delivery over a comparatively short period. A suggestion that the South Island should be represented in ixmdon by a trade commissioner of its own was contained in a letter from Mr. M. W. Stevenson to jthe Canterbury Progress League. The writer -stated that about half a. million people would be represented, and the greater publicity for the island would have very beneficial results. Mr. Clibborn expressed approval of the suggestion, and. said that the South Island was getting very badly left. If they could establish a publicity representation as well as a trade representation, it would be- of inestimable service. On his motion, it was decided to .send: copies of the letter to other progress leagues and to Chambers' of Commerce 1 in the South Island, asking their support. A case of c-omslderaiMe iniipo.rta.iico to maternity nurses throughout New Zealand, .was hom'd ini the Magistrate’s Court, Nelson, before Mr T. E. Matun.sell, S.M., when a -maternity mirso sought to recover from a. married womiain the sum of £8 8s by way of damages for aw engagement -of her service's which .was not 'carried out. In -the course, of hi® reserved judgment, f'liie Magistrate stated ais follows: ‘ ‘ Plaiwtiff elat-ms damages from the; dc.f end amt alleging that, she was engaged ,l>y the defend ain-t to .mmso clef end-amt during her confinement,. That c online - wiiemlt did mot eventuate' -and as a. -result plaintiff lost the opportunity of obtaining other ntunsing which she would otherwise have obtained. Pefendnint. therefore entered -i-nto a! eon tract upon a, mistake -of fale-t whic-h goes to the very root of the contract, and the ©outrank could not. possibly -be -performed as the subject matter of the! contralet mover existed.’’ The plaintiff’s real grievance, is that she wais induced l to cuter into, ain engagement upon misrepresentation, but 'nothing short of fraudulent mlsrcprete-emtation, not even •negligent -misrepresentation, cam found am action for damages. Judgment was given for -the defendant.—Press Association.

An application by Mr F. C. Bone for water supply at. his residence in l«ve s Avenue was dealt with by the. Ilaweiu Borough Council last night. It was decided, after considerable discussion, that the request could not be granted as there was the possibility of a number of similar requests being made. The council, while in favour of extending the water supply, thought that it was impossible. with the supply m hand to do so at present. Cr. Bayley said that there was a possibility of a shortage <- water this summer. The custodian ol the Mountain House had told him that there was only eight inches of snow oil Fantham’s Peak at present compared with six feet at this time last year. Cr Simpson spoke strongly in lavonr ol augmenting tire present water supply and said that the council would be very shortsighted if it did not make provision for a larger supply in the near future.

H. W. Frost, Ltd., dentists at Hamilton, yesterday successfully defended a .suit for £l2l brought by a f l-’ent Mrs Janet Hymburn, <.n the o-rolin'd of alleged negligence in an operation, states a Press Association message Frost’s employee, .1. C. Kirkland, had cut the loose flesh from the cum preparatory to fitting a. new denture, and' had punctured two small -arteries. A surgeon railed' in to stop the flow of blood inserted a stitch arid the gum •adhered to the cheek.’ The patient had a long period without teeth and then a second operation for adhesion. For the defence Kirkland stated to-day that he bail advised the immediate insertion of tlindenture to prevent adhesion. Two prominent Auckland dentists supported the defendant’s claim that this procedure was correct. The magistrate Mr. Wilson, said he found no proof of negligence in the nature of the operation, the manner of its performance. or the after treatment. Judgment was given for the defence, with costs.

Exhaustive investigations made by a. squad of detectives during the past four weeks have so far failed to unravel the mvs ter v surrounding the death of Elsie Walker, aged 16 years, who disappeared from the home of her aunt, Mrs. Frank Bnyly, of Papamoa, Bay of Plenty, on the evening of October 1, and whose dead found in some scrub near Knox Home, Panmure. Auckland, five days later. Simultaneously with the disappearance of the girl Mrs. Bayly’s car vanished from the farm, and it was found abandoned on the morning of October 2 in Papamoa. Although various _ theories have been formed by detectives engaged' on the case, officials' have, not changed their original opinion that the girl drove the car from Papamoa- Detect ives have been working in the Bay of Plenty, but in spite of the fact that they are leaving no stone unturned' it is understood that little light has been thrown on the matter.

A proposal is on foot to form a Radio Research Committee, for New Zealand, members being drawn from the Post- and Telegraph Department, the Department of Scientific >and Industrial Research, the Broadcasting Company, radio amateurs, the universities, and perhaps the Defence and Naval Departments. It is felt that the Dominion is in a unique position to undertake wireless research, there being many problems awaiting investigation. The prime function of the proposed committee, which will be on the lines of the one already established in Australia, will be to co-ordinate, originate, and facilitate scientific radio research and investigation, co-operat-ing with similar bodies elsewhere. Without expenditure such problems as the direction of static the height of the Heaviside layer in this part of the world, fading, and the influence of weather on trans-Tasman broadcasting could he. investigated with benefit to wireless users in: the Dominion and elsewhere.'.

“It was saicl by Sir Douglas Mawson that the winds averaged oQ miles an hour during the year at his Antarctic base,” said Commander R. E. Rvrd, addressing the New Zealand Club at luncheon at Wellington, “but he said that at times he believed the gales reached 200 miles an hour. There were no means of obtaining accurate records of such velocities in Sir Douglas’s hands, but I know that if he saici the winds reached 200 miles an hour they did.” With such gales to contend against it is easy to isee the wisdom of Commander Byrd’s plan of laying down depots every twenty miles, with bases every ICO miles, along the main routes ox exploration. These will he laid out by dog teams, assisted by scouting planes. The main depots will be stocked with food for six months. In the course of the introduction of those members of the party who were present" to the audience, Mr. R. G. Brophv, the business manager of the expedition, took advantage of the opportunity to publicly acknowledge the generous co-operation of New Zealand manufacturers and merchants, who had already made considerable contributions of supplies.

To keep up the supply of game birds in its district the Haw-era Acclimatisation Society endeavours to raise _as many pheasants ait the iha.tcheTie's, Glover Road, as possible!. To; do this it is very, necessary to- haivo 'a l sufficient number of broody hens, and 1 .the Society advertises in to-day’s “’wanted” columuts' thalt it is prepared to purchase such hens from local residents. Many people, however, do not relish the idea, of parting with a good broody hen, and these people may possibly wish to loam the the Society their hens for the pheasant hatching season. After being reared by the caretaker, itho young pheasant's are released in the sanctuaries sot aside for the use of the Society, where the birds have an excellent chance of becoming acclimatised to the* conditions of wild life without human interference. eventually radiating throughout the country .to become the game of the sportsman.