LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hawera Star, Volume XLIX, 13 August 1929, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Federal Line steamer Hertford, which left Auckland for Napier last evening, put back to port from the Hauraki Gulf for repairs to her engines. Bhe is expected to sail again to-day. A site of approximately four acres at Otaki beach has been donated to the public by Mr Byron Brown, of Otaki, for- the purpose of permanent children’s health camps.

The present year is one of special moment to members of the Law Society of the district; of Otago, says the “Daily Times,” inasmuch, as it marks the completion of 50 years of activity in the interest not only of it® members, but of the community generally. In the Police Court at Auckland on

Friday the wife of Peter Alexander Elms Lie applied for maintenance and guardianship orders, but her counsel abandoned both, and by consent of counsel for defendant agreed |*» a scipaia.iiion order merely.

. Almost, out, but still; showing signs ol life, the oil store fire ait (Ihristdhurdh bswl been Iburniing a week at- 10,30 o’dlodk on Wednesday night. There was no sign of a. (blaze, hut rising clouds of vapour indicated’ that the. fire had not died out completely. With the blaze there was a risk of am explosion from laiccunmlatiou of gas, and water was still .being poured on the buildings with the object of breaking up any suolh accumulation. ’Che salvage work wits carried on. It is expected that a oomskle.ralble quantity of petrol, as much as 3000 or 4000 cases, will foe .saved.

The question of establishing a field laboratory in the Waikato district, as urged by Mr J. A. Young (iR/eform), Hamilton, is having very full and careful .consideration, according to a statement made in the House by the Minister of Agriculture, the Hon. G. W. Forbes. In pressing the claims of the Waikato district, Mr Young said no other part of the Dominion offered close at hand ,so large a field far clinical study and pathological research among dairy cattle >ajsi did the extensive Waikato and South Auckland districts. In addition, the IGiaikura farm of instruction, a bigihily-developed institution, was in the district.

Mr F. Therkleson, operator at 2YB broadcasting station, New Plymouth, has been transferred to the stail of 2YA Wellington. A small presentation was made at the 2YB studio on Friday evening, and Mr Therkleson left on Saturday morning to take up his new duties. He is a New Plymouth boy who received his training in connection with the North Taranaki Radio Society’s station, and has won early promotion.

Regarding a. cable inquiry from the Sydney “Sun” from Mr A. G. Hales as to the. safety of his sons, last heard of in the earthquake' affected area, the “Grey River Argus” lias ascertained, that three of the four sons mentioned by cable reside in the Greyniouth district, namely. Wallie and Eric at Stillwater, and I .ova la at Flake town. A fourth soil, Roy. also a daughter (Mrs Dr. Greenwood) reside in ,(lie North Island at Taumaruiiiii. None has suffered hardship or injury by the earthquake. improved facilities for the posting of letters, packages, etc., at the Hawera Post Office, are designed in alterations which are to he made in the near (attire. The. respective six-ineh and ]2-inch slots provided at present for letters and papers are to be replaced; with slots measuring 1(1 inches and six inches in length. The latter is being reserved for late fee posting, thus eliminating the necessity existing at present of entering the counter io reach (lie ]a.(o foe box. A i bird posting aperlure measuring 12 inches square is lo lie. provided for nackaoes. A contract for the. alterations has been ac"opted, and it is expected the work will lie completed within the next three weeks.

With the coming of spring McGruer, Bone and Co., Ltd., have pleasure in ■announcing their advance showing of smart spring millinery, frocks, jumper suits and also a display in their showroom of new season’s art silk fabrics and figured spun silks. A visit from the firm’s numerous customers would be welcomed. —A dvt.

There were nearly 1800 bobby calves in trucks ait the Haw-era station yesterday afternoon, and those wore all sent away in the evening. The chief buyer for Paten works. Mr K. MeNae, told a “Ha.we.ra Star” repTesentu.tivo '•that calves were being received at about the same rate as last year. The not receipts from the Poppy Day appeal in Auckland amounted to £I4OO, enabling the Auckland Returned Soldiers’ Association to assist no less than 724 men with grants of food, el a tilling, miauls, fares, etc., and employment. The total receipts were £2002, and the largest item of expenditure was £552 for poppies, a sum ithat went to help the ex-servicemen in Britain who manufacture the emblems. The Roma Oil Corporation (Queensland) has recovered 43,000 gal lons of petroleum from the gas emanating from its wells, which is treated by an absorption plant. Small quantities of light oil are also obtained direct from the well.

The thrill of seeing snow for the final time was experienced by sonic of the members of the Australian hockey team while travelling from Wellington by the first express to Auckland last week. As was only to be expected, there were sundry snowballing tseenes at wayside stations. Soon alter leaving Taihape thy train entered lan area which was | covered as by a great white mantle right on tt> Taumarunui. The effect was particularly brilliant in the region of National Park, where the three central 'mountains .sparkled in the starlight. Owing to the heavy going, the express was late on reaching Frankton, but from there on to Auckland good time was- made. It is hoped that the schooner Paroto, which is ashore at White Island, will be refloated on Wednesday. Peaks in the bottom of the hull, caused by the boulders 'on the beach, acre being temporarily repaired, and further gear, including a la rge pump, is- being sent from from Auckland. “I believe I am expressing the views of the magistrates of New Zealand when I. say that I abhor technicalities. This court d® a people's court and is not the Supreme Court. I. must confess that I always look upon technicalities as a sign of the weakness of the case of the individual -who raises them.” Thus Mi- A. M. Mowlem, S.M., in the Napier Magistrate's Court, giving judgment in a civil claim in which an extremely technical point was. raised Jor the defence. The liev. H. E. Jones, who recently tendered Iris resignation as Anglican vicar of Frankton, has applied for admission to the ministry of the Presbyterian Church. At a, recent meeting of the Waikato Presbytery, Mr Jones’ application was sent on to the General Assembly with a favourable recommendation. The assembly will meet in March. In the meantime Mr Jones will receive an appointment under the home mission committee.—Press Assn. When Dunedin was suddenly deprived | of its electric light for ai few minutes l the other day, there was no- need for j tests to determine the cause. It was a common eat that paid the penalty for its inquisitiveness'. It had climbed to some of the outdoor gear at the Halfway Bush converter station, and in feeling about started an arc, thus causing a short circuit and plunging into- darkness all the area on the town side of the station. The machines stopped by short circuiting had to be started again. Similar happenings, though not in Dunedin, have beenr ecorded as the result of interference by rats. In the Kawhia district there is a. little township called Oparau. of about lOf) inhabitants, possessing a selfcontained hydx-o-electrio scheme (reports the “Waikato Times”). The generating plant belongs to the township, and besides supplying power to work a thriving dairy and lighting for the settlement, is utilised for heating and lighting the up-to-date .school. The school is heated by an open electric fireplace, and electric power is also used in the preparation of hot cocoa for the school children <llll-111" the | winter months. Electricity was installed in the school over two years ago. The turbines are driven by a nearby stream, which, with a head of 70 feet, provides over 40 horse-power. The dangerous practice of cyclists I riding three abreast on. narrow concrete I roads was- referred to in a letter received at a meeting of the Mount Wellington Road Board, Auckland. The letter pointed out that no action seemed ‘to be taken under the motor regulations to compel slow-moving vehicles to keep close to the left-hand side of the road and that motor vehicles ran the risk of o. collision in endeavouring to pa-ss. It was decided to draw the attention of .the police to the breach of the regulations* by all slow-moving vehicles and to ascertain whether there was power to compel cyclists to ride in single file

“Time and tide -wait for no man, and droughts and seasons of bounty have no regard for the welfare of politicians.” The extension of the proverb was suggested at Auckland on Wednesday by the Hon E. Farrar.

Minister of Labour and Industries in the New South Wales Government (states the “New Zealand Herald”). “When 1 was in the Fuller Government avc struck two drought seasons, and in the consequent depression we got thrown out, and our opponents enjoyed the bountiful years which followed. Now we are in power again with the Bavin Government, droughts have been experienced in two seasons, and there is some depression.” Mr. Farrar did not finish his soliloquy or suggest that history was again about to repeat itself.

‘‘People in New Zealand have to pay too much for Australian fruit.” fa visitor from Sydney stated in Welling:on a few days ago, says an exchange. ‘I find t-nat the cost of fruit here is governed, to some extent at least, by

the freight charges. The charge for freight on every case of oranges or

mandarins from'Sydney to Wellington is about 2s 9d, whereas the charge some years ago was 9<! or Is per case. The charge is also very heavy on the

Island fruit that comes to Wellington. It is strange, though none the less true, that Nelson people send a hundred cases of apples to London, in cool store, as cheaply as a hundred cases of bananas can he brought to Wellington from Rarotonga—on deck. With the bananas there is no attention needed, hut all the wav to London

the engineers have to keep a careful watch on the temperatures of the cool stores to prevent any great variation.” An event of interest to (ho people of Auroa dustrief is the pipe hand hall to be held ill f lio ball to-morrow (’Wednesday) evening. The committee has spared no pains to make arrangements designed to give satisfaction to till who attend.

Only in Corltcelli Silk Hosiery do you find ouch exquisite beauty combined with, such long wear and perfect fit. New shades in this superior hose arenow opened—French tan, nude, tawney, nickel, shadow, natural, honey beige, light blue fox, kasha beige, spring tan and pearl blush. Price 10/11 pair. Only procurable from Harrops Ltd., Hawera and Stratford.—Advt.

The Federal Cabinet-, says the- Sydney “Sun,” is considering the- question of prohibiting revolvers and similar weapons being brought into- Australia, the matter having been brought- up in view of the hold-up epidemics in Sydney and Melbourne.

“It ils believed by most medical men that smoking causes cancer of the mouth,” said! the Auckland .specialist, Dr. Kenneth MacKenzie, in the rour* of -a lecture. He said that this was borne out by the fact, ate recorded by historians, that prior to the introduction of tobacco very little cancer existed in the Elizabethan -period. The view expressed b-v Dr. MacKenzie contra>dicts in some measure a report issued by the Grand Council of the British Empire Cancer Campaign. According to a- cablegram from London on July 8. the report stated that after a series of experiments it had been found to bo impossible to wove that tobacco unmaking Iliad -any effect- as a- cancer-prod lining -agent either on the tongue, from pipe smoking, or on the lungs from cigarette smoking.

All interesting programme lias been arranged by Mr Joseph Higham for the concert to be held on Wednesday evening iu St. Joseph’s Hall. One special item will be the saxophone solo by Miss C. Ngatai, of Ketemarae. In addition there will be songs by Miss Constance Reilly, Miss Hoddle, Messrs John Bums and D. W. Poole, recitations by Miss Olga Laidlaw and Miss M. Quin, violin solo bv Master S. Brough, cornet solo by Mr B. Swan, and the programme will conclude with a humorous sketch by Messrs Laidlaw, Burns and West. Orchestral selections will also be played l by a specially organised body of instrumentalists. The concert is being organised on behalf of the St. Vincent de Paul Soeiet-v.