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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 23 November 1928, Page 9

The .freezing workers’ Dominion award has been filed in the Cburt of Arbitration. It will', operate- from Noviamber 19 to July 31, 1929, istates a Well in gt o n me s sage.

Chatting to a “Taranaki Herald” reporter a well-known sheep- farmer said he had never seen finer lambs in Taranaki than were to- be aieen this season. Generally speaking .percentages were high and ai'jl the lambs) had done re-markably-well. He eo-uld not understand, lie added, why morp dairy, fanners did not run a few sheep to follow on and clean up the paddocks after the. eo-ws.

Approval of the extensive waterworks improvements, involving the expenditure of £40,670, was contained in a communication from, the Local Government Loans Board received! by the Hamilton Borough Council art- a meeting o-n Tuesday night.- The letter recommended that the proposed scheme which included "the -construction of a new highde-vjs-l- reservoir, B-ho-uld be proceeded with when -a poll -of ratepayers had sanctioned 1 the expenditure. Sanction to proceed with the raising of the loan was given on condition that the major of the two- schemes submitted by the council should be put- : mo effect.

People who have never been out of New Zealand do nob always realise what a 1-o-velv country they live in, said Cardinal 1 Ce-retti, at Auckland, when laying the foundation iston-e of the Mater Hospital’s new wing. “This beautiful fairyland of New Zo-alandt,” was one of bis- entbuisiustk' (phrases. He was recalling the nleasu-rable memories left by his visit of tweiVe years ago, and sad cl how pleased he- was to be able to- see- the country once-more, ‘•’•’on have one of the. miost beautiful lands in the world.” he fold tli© spectators; “you. must love vn-ur land. When communications am better 1 can ••ee that time when many thousands of people wi l ! come to- visit you m your most lovely country. ’ ’