LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 3 April 1929, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The sum of £55 3 S 9d was taken at the doors on the occasion of the finals for the Oaonui tug-of-war tournament. Many were unable to gain admission. Th e Hawera Plunket Society herewith acknowledge the receipt of 12s Gd —a donation of petty fines handed to them by the Sergeant of Police. A collision took place on Monday evening at the Nopera Road earner of the Main South Road Road, near Oeo, in which one car was somewhat badly damaged, a wheel being smashed. The other car escaped with slight' injuries. Non c of the occupants were hurt. The valuable assistance given to the Oeo .Sports Club by Mr Henwood, who for some years has been honorary treasurer, was freely acknowledged at the annual meeting last night and a hearty vote of thanks passed to him. The Family Endowment Tax of 2 per cent, on wages sheets now operating is expected to yield £2,500,000 a year and wipe out the present fund’s deficit in two years, says a Sydne.y message. Then a. reduction of the tax will be possible. The Aratapu, which went ashore when attempting to enter Waitara on Saturday, is still aground. She is apparently undamaged. There is little hope of her being refloated till the spring tide. Some of her coal was unloaded at low title. Arrested in Princes Street early last evening, a first offending inebriate spent tlie night in the lock-up. He pleaded guilty to the charge of drunkenness when brought before Mr L. A. Bone, J.P., in .the Hawera Court this morning, and was convicted and discharged. The New South Wales Minister ot Agriculture .stated last week that more than 60,(JUO;UUO cactoblatis eggs had been supplied for prickly pear destruction. This was the largest distribution ever made; the previous largest in New South Wales was 10,500,000 eggs. The distribution had been made over pearinfested areas in the coastal, northern, and north-western districts. At the .Central Haivke’s Bay Sheep Dog Trials held at Dannevirke .on Thursday last, Mr W. Whyte’s “iBoy” w-as first in the yarding event with 57 points out of a maximum of 60, and third in the heading. “Bay” won a similar event three days before and has won five cups at three recent trials. His owner is well known to 1 all followers of the sport in Hawera and is likely to be in Hawera this year. A vote of appreciation was carried at the annual meeting last nigat of the Oeo Sports Club, concerning the good work done for the club during the past two years by Mr E. Cummins, who had, for that' period, acted efficiently as honorary secretary. As a slight acknowledgment of his services an honorarium af £5 was voted to him. Mr Cummins briefly acknowledged the compliment and said he was very sorry to have to give up the work but would always be pleased to .help iu every way possible. “I feel I have much for which tc thank Auckland, for what it has done for me,” said Hon. J. G. Cobbe, Minister of Industries and Commerce, at a Chamber of Commerce luncheon at Auckland. Mr Cobbe said that he landed in Auckland 40 years ago, a perfect stranger from Home. He had worked in the city for 3os a. week, and later was able to go into business on liis. own account. The lirst- thing I did with niy 35s was to start to save,” Air Cobbe added. Since then Auckland has. grown, but lie continued to foster memories of it as the place, which gave him liis first start in commerce. A more promising outlook has developed from the unfortunate rift ■which tore asunder the ranks of association footballers in Auckland last season, states the “Auckland Star.” The sequel to the breaking away of one of the competing teams has been the formation of three new teams which are now affiliated with the Auckland Football Association. Under an entirely new constitution the annual meeting of the association is to he held this evening and prospects lor the coming season are said to be as bright as they- haye been for many a year. The timber strike in Australia is making matters acute with West Coast saw-mills (says the Greymouth correspondent of the Ciiristchurch “Press”). Consignees in the Commonwealth are unable to accept delivery of timber orders, and the gkicls at West Coast mills are rapidly- filling up. If the stoppage continues much longer the West Coast mills will be forced to suspend operations. The Lamb Company steamer Omana, which was. on iier way from Gisborne to load at Greymouth for Australia, lias been recalled, and the well-known timber freighters, Gabriella and Kallingo, have been laid up. The Kartigi ,now loading for Australia, will sail 500,€00 feet short of her capacity. One mill employing only five men is stated to. have 120,000 feet stacked, and much of the white pine timber becomes spotted and deteriorates if kept on the skids. The West Coast depends on the Australian white pine users largely for its trade, only a comparatively small quantity of white pine being sold in New Zealand.

The abolition of examinations was advocated by Professor J. Shelley at Canterbury College, Christchurch, when addressing the New Zealand National Union of Students. “Alost members ot the teaching staffs of university colleges consider examinations unnecessary,” -said Professor Shelley, “I think that they should be abolished. Unfortunately, whenever I have spoken in this direction, I have always had a s my audience those who possess firm convictions as to the value of examinations. “Of course, many who attain degrees are apt to be based in their views and consider examinations necessary ancl of value. On the other hand,/' those who fail to .succeed at their examinations take the other view anti condemn them as an unqualified nuisance.” Professor Shelley’s last remark provoked mirth from several of the audience who found some application to themselves in the professor’s statement.

A euchre party will ho held in the Manaia Hibernian Hall this evening in aid if the new convent school fund. This is one of a series, and besides the prizes for each evening, a points prize will be given at the end of the season. The; Kailway Department advertises ini this issue particulars 1 of train, arrangements and excursion fares in connection with trotting races at New Plymouth on Oth April.

Bartholomew Afellroy, aged 22, who escaped from police custody in Auckland in February by jumping through a window of the house, to which be had been taken to collect his eflects, and who was sentenced on March 17 to four year’s reformative detention, escaped from the Waikeria prison camp. He was, however, recaptured later in the day. —Press Association. A motor car that was purchased only about a month ago for £540 capsized and was completely destroyed by fire near Eamarama on Alonday, says an Auckland Press Association message. Those in the car were Airs G. Pezaro, Air and Airs S. Pezaro, Airs V. Israel, and Afnstor S. Pezaro. The car skidded in a greasy patch on a bend, and flames burst from the bonnet. The passengers were momentarily trapped and helpless, but one of the party forced his way from the burning wreck and pulled out the others. No baggage could be saved. Air Pezaro losing his pocket, wallet containing papers and money. Jewellery, silver and a- pair of binoculars valued at about £7 5 were stolen irom the home of A. H. Pascoe, 6 ±’ail-fax Road, Epsom, during the holidays (says an Auckland message). On Good Friday morning All- Pascoe and his family went to stay at Titirangi, and on their return on Alonuay it was round the house had been ransacked. Entrance had been gained through a kitchen window. The thieves evidently inad‘o a careful search inside the house, although they missed an amount of £lO belonging to ALr Pascoe’s son. — Press Astfoci at ion. The three men from Stokes Valley who went pig-hunting in the Tararua Ranges, and who had been missing since daylight on Sunday turned up at Air ■ W. Alexted’s residence at Pahautanui at 2.30 o’clock yesterday afternoon. The three men, A. Cameron, C. Fraser and EL Farley, the oldest of whom was 29, though fatigued were little the worse lor their long sojourn in the open. They explained that they had lost the track in the mist and had wandered down the Wh aka tiki stream until they struck the Aloonshine, when the crossed the range Jo Air Alexted’s homestead. They stated the weather had been fair though it was very cold in the ranges on Alonday night. The wanderers were entertained by Air Alexted, who, after they had enjoyed a good rest, motored them to their homes at Stokes Valley.