LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hawera Star, Volume XLIX, 18 July 1929, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A seven l roomed house at Wyndbam was totality destroyed by fire yesterday afternoon. The dwelling was owned by A. Milne and occupied! by Mr S. Ireland. Among the very little furniture saved was a piano, which was removed with ditt'iciil’ty, states a Press Assixriialion message from Invercargill. The Taranaki Education Board has shown its appreciation of the work of the Bovs’ and Girls’ Clubs in South Taranaki by making the executive a vote of £5 ss. A similar amount was given to the North Taranaki clubs. At the last meeting of the Stratford Borough Council, the Mayor drew attention to a report bv the town clerk on the working of the electricity department, showing that the average cost per unit sold was I.7Sd, while the average revenue per unit, sold was 2.2.1 d. In 1925-21) ;the total units sold were 400,000, while in 1925-29 the figure was 1.451.950.

The Otago University capping oarniva'i was held at Dunedin yesterday in very wet weather. Large crowds wit-

nessed a procession of students, wliowe

high spirits wore"'in no way dampened by the weather conditions. A pleasing feiaituTo of the carnival was the collection by students in aid of the earthquake relief fund, £420 being raised during the day by street eol'.leotion. The public school at Waimal-e baa been diosed till Alonday owing to a largely-depleted attendance through sickness and bad weather. Hearn- naiin has caused the swell ing of all creeks and rivers in the county. Some roads are blocked and some low-living land is under water. A tributary of the Waitaki lias cut badly into the Station Peak Road, says a Press Association message from ‘Waimate.

The party of visiting Southland farmers who. arrived in the Wai rarapa on Tuesday afternoon were yesterday taken on motor tours through the districts and shown places of interest, isavg a Masterton message. The visit was in every way a great success, line' weather adding to the enjoyment made possible bv excellent organisation. All the visitors were greatly pleased with the arrangements for their entertainment. The party left hv train for Wellington.

Acting on the recent reports of upheavals of the sea bed and changes in the contour of the foreshore for considerable' distances 1 , the Marine Department has arranged to carry out an aerial survey of the West. Coast from Grey mouth to Farewell Spit and possibly also of Tasman Bay. An aeronkuie will leave Wigrn.m aerodrome. Christchurch, probably to-day, for Grey mouth. Captain White ford., of the .Marino Department, who will join ! the aeroplane at Christchurch., wi;lil he | in charge of the actual survey work. I The sixth annual meeting of the New Zealand Breweries, Limited, was held at Wellington yesterday, Mr. A. S. Bankart presiding. A motion that a dividend of 7i per cent, he paid (making 15 per cent, for the year) was carried unanimously This represents an increase of 5 per cent, over the previous year. The gross profit was £607,536. The Government took beer duty £478,687, the net profit 'being £128.848. The proposals of the directors regarding a rearrangement of the capital of the company were adopted. The retiring directors, Messrs. E. 11. Davis, A. S. Duncan and P. F. MeEvedy, were re-elected, while Messrs. Watkins, Hull, Hunt and Wheeler were appointed the auditors. A proposal that farmers should be required to pay a licenco fee of 5s a year for carrying iai gun met with severe criticism at a meeting of the council of the Auckland Acclimatisation Society, states the “New Zealand Herald.’’ “I do not think that any Government will ever compel the farmer to pay anything for a gun lie uses,’’ said the president, Air F. E. McKenzie, in speaking I against the proposal. Mr 'C. A. WMtliioy said that similar licenses were in force in England. The scheme would return revenue to the Government, and also to the societies. On the ground that it would be unwise to antagonise farmers, the majority of members voted against, forwarding the suggestion to tlie conference as a remit, and it was dropped. “Of all the provinces in New Zealand, Canterbury is the worst affected as far as goitre is concerned,’’ said Dr R. It. D. Milligan, who lias had considerable experience in treating the disease when interviewed by the “Lyttelton Times” at Christchurch with reference to a statement by Dr H. G. Denham that 80 per cent, of the girls in some schools in Canterbury and 60 per cent, of the boys had goitre. “The extent to w-liieh it exists 'here is shocking.” The disease had a strong hold all over New Zealand, said Dr Milligan, and from all reports appeared to be increasing. The medical profession was fighitng hard against it, however, and ns the years went by their w'ork would have its effect.

A simple plain for tlie preservation of the fast dwindling specimens of trees and general flora- peculiar to the native forests of New Zealand -was advanced by Mr F. J. Nathan (Palmerston North), president of the New Zealand Institute of Horticulture, at the annual conference in Auckland last week “In a few years, if avo do not. take- care, our children or our children’s children will wake up and discover that they have never seen real native trees,” said Mr Nathan. He suggested that every city council in Noav Zealand should endeav our to set aside even a small area of land in AA'hich native flora could bo cultivated and preserved. He had placed this scheme before the Palmerston North Borough Council, with the result that -an area had been set aside and the work begun. He urged thal this example should be followed in all parts of the Dominion.

The first are always the cheapest, so lie at Mimaki early on Wednesday, 24tli —-1. P. Stevenson’s Annual Unreserved Sale of in-calf heifers and G.S. cows.*

Mr A. W. Martin, The well-known Rupture Specialist. from Dunedin, is now oil his ■twenty-fourth annual visit fo the centres of Noav Zealand. He will be at. the Central Hotel, Hawera. on Friday and Saturday, the 39th and doth of .July, and may be consulted free between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m.* SPECIAL REDUCTIONS AT EUCKRELL’S. All distineti\-ely ladies’ Avintcr Avenr is considerably reduced all this month. Maids’ Awlour coats, fur collar and cuffs. 29/0; cashmere coat and skirts, 12/0; costume fronts, 2/0; rainproofs from 32/0; jumpers and cardigans from 7/33. —Buckrell y >, Hawera.—Arlvt. DO YOU BELIEVE TN INOCULATION 1

There are ayes lamd noes for andagainst inoculation. Some approve; others disapprOA-e. There is unanimity of opinion about Pulmonas for coughs, colds, sore threats, bronchitis, asthma and lung troubles. Pulmonas arc soothing, healing, antiseptic pastilles that relieve and prevent. 1/6 and 2/0 from all chemists and stores.—Advt. 7

“There are more electrically-wired homes pro rata in this country, than in any other,” said Air W. IT. Ilip kiss, general manager of Eureka Maytag, Ltd., for New Zealand, at Wellington. This fact lie attributed to the narrowness of the island and great hydroelectric facilities.

Some idea of the exaggerated accounts of the earthquake reports published in other countries may he gathered from the experience of Mr W. H. Hipkiss, general manager for New Zealand of Eureka. Maytag, Ltd., who stated at Wellington that during his recent, tour in Australia lie was talking to a man about the unfortunate occurrence. “Yes, it looks as though it’s only a matter of a day or two before New Zealand will he under the water,” remarked his acquaintance—in all seriousness.—“ Dominion.”

At a meeting of the social committee of the South. Taranaki Returned Sodiers’ Association held on Tuesday, it was decided to invite the South Taranaki Club to a billiards and cards tourney in the Soldiers’’ Club. Ha.wera, next Thursday evening, July 25. Various. other social activities were discussed, it being resolved to organise a. series of “ofd time” dances, the first to l>e held .on July 31. A mooting is to he called at an early date to invite the co-operation of the ladies, who ilia.vo combined with the committee in previous social events together with any new helpers desiring to give assistance.