LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hawera Star, Volume XLIX, 14 August 1929, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Pipe Major J. Nairn advises that, weather permitting, the llawera Pipe Band will play selections in High Street next Saturday evening. The Oamiaru Presbytery yesltenulaiy recorded. an emphatic protest against the Gaminu- Amendment. Bid, believing it we.l'd increase (.he vine of gambling, a'lruui.v okorc-ising a. corrupting influence.— Press Association. In judgment summons proceedings at the. Eltham Magistrate's Court yesterday. Walter H. James was ordered to pay I rthnith to the Eignxont Box Company the sum of £6 7si Bd, with 15s fid costs, in default- seven days’ imprisonment.

j Billing the past three months 4L'717 has been paid in poor relief by the "Waikato Hospital and Charitable Aid Hoard. Of this sum £2OO was distributed in Hamilton, L‘4.5 in the Waitomo distrirt, £B4 at, .Matamata, £lB at Ngaruawahia, 1:40 at Huntlv, C-!4 in Waipa, £26 ;tt : Rotorua, £SO in l 5 in ho. L'73 at Cambridge. In the House of Representatives yesterday. replying to Air, H. E. Holland, the Hon. E. A. Ransom said that ■as soon as it was available lie would I be pleased to make known the contents or tlie final report of the engineer on the subject of further blockages in the Mokonui River. Air. Holland stated that as a result of the blockages in the river following the earthquake the town of Seddonville had been inundat- , ed, and there was some alarm in consequemo of these later blockages. He 'thought the report of the engineer would do much to dispel the fears of the people. Alt . Ransom informed AI r. J. O'Brien that he was arranging for | «in inspection of the effects of erosion i in the Hokitika Gorge with a view to ’ascertaining whether there was any ■danger t > the settlement of Koterangi. The wages and general conditions of employment in the printing ,tradesi, othei than typographers, engaged the attention of a Council of Conciliation at Wellington yesterday. The assessors on the council were atppo-.nttd from the principal publishing houses in the Dominion and from the Federation ol A\ orkers. The application was made on behalf of the employees engaged in the various brandies of the industry throughout the Dominion, and included a request for an increase of wages, an annual holiday, a decrease in hours and other minor iinpro\ements on the piesent award conditions. The business was taken in committee, and at the conclusion of the day’s pro-| feedings the chairman announced ihalj considerable difficulty was being experienced by the parties in arranging! suitable adjustments in respect to the clauses relating to hours of work and cates ot wages. He. however, was of opinion that before the termination of the conference the representatives would be able to come to terms on these points. Other items would not present much difficulty. The proceedings wore to 1)0 resumed this morning. The spor-ial effort being made on ho hall of St. Vincent do- Paul .Society tbiis evening promisors to he very sueoessltti. An excellent progr-a minty hay been arrange.l, to be given in St. .Joseph'si Hal.l, and the:.c shon-l-d Is', a large alteiula nee-.

'I he- Aitroa Bine Band (’omimiihlce, under t-'ie direction of the. Ron. soero tur.v. Air (!. Rowland. lms. arranged debit's for th-.' special effort, in aid of the Pipe Band’s uniform fund, to be- held til Aitroa io-nieh.t. There will be every lecture that ininkes for -succesis' —excellent floor and music, and a- dainty supper. Free ’buses will rim from Opun a be.

Keep your children healthy and free from worms. Give them Wade’s Worm Figs. Very pleasant to take; and ef fective. — J

A considerable number of residents of the town and district attended at the Hawera railway station this morning to express appropriate wishes to members of the “liio Rita” theatrical company on their departure for Palmerston North. Three special carriages were added to the train to accommodate the big party. A large wild boar fall to two sportsmen. of M.angatoki, Messrs H. Cate and L. \\iright, wihen out pig shooting a fortnight ago at Meremere. The clogs bailed up the monster in a lamb paddock and lie. was killed there with the knife. Before the “coup de grace” was administered the boar had killed one dog and ripped two others. He weighed albout three hundred pounds. -They report having secured an even larger boa.r some weeks ago. Cnaivoiciabie delay in the preparation

•at' plans oi prospective wont in the Eguio.it County formed a. subject of discussion at the monthly meeting of the council yesterday, it. being stated 'by one councillor that could operations contemplated be put. in band considerable relief to the. unemployment .prob.em in the district would be afforded, lit was pointed out that the time of the county engineer had been fuliy occupied, and in order to. facilitate the necessary routine pro,., at ions it was decided to invite applcaitions for the position of temporary .assistant engineer.

‘ The Tongariro National Park, witli its snow-clad peaks, heather and grouse, strongly reminds one of Scotland,” said an overseas visitor now in 'Auckland, states the Auckland “Star.” He added that the heather had grown most luxuriously since it was planted, and there was every indication that the grouse since liberation some years ago had spread over a. wide area of the mountain country. He saw a couple of the birds quite dose to the National Park station. ’ The Chamber of Commerce at Palmerston North importers consider that additional duty of at least 5 per cent, should be placed on all American goods imported into New Zealand, so iong as importers are given reasonable notice of the increase. The resolution was the result of a discussion on the recent doubling of the primage duty. It was shown that as a result of comprehensive inquiries there was no great opposition to the added tax, as it did not affect the cost of living to a. degree likely to occasion concern. Secondary industries were not likely to be adversely affected. Operations in preparing for the erection of the hive Mile Dredging Company's plant at Olcarito are being advanced steadily, reports a Greymouth correspondent. A large number of pipes have been taken through to floss by rail, and thence by motor-lorry to Okarito. Prom there the pipes arcbeing sleighed over the Blub track and will be used later in providing water power from Lake Alpine for the working of the plant. A sawmill is being erected at Five Mile, to cut the timber necessary for the huts and sheds, and also for the dredge pontoons, while road access along the beach is being .provided also. The works are progressing satisfactorily, and will be further expedited as additional plant comes to hand. The Otago Motor Club last night viewed with alarm the recently-pub-lished statement that the Government did not intend to transfer £200,000 from the Consolidated Fund to the highways account, says a Press. Association message from Dunedin. This was considered a distinct breach of faith on the part of the Government, as the Act provided that not less than that amount should he transferred each year, and on this understanding motorists agreed to the taxation under the Act. The meeting urged all representatives to oppose strenuously any such action on the part of the Government, as this would throw all tlie liability of the roading of the country on to the motorists.

“No doubt Sydney is having a wonderful boom in buildings,” remarked a- South New Zealand, business man who has just returned from Australia, states the Auckland “Star.” “The papers have had a number of articles saying that this expenditure is too lavish and warning the people there that a depression is likely to follow this rushed expansion. • To my mind, too, the Labour question is being handled weakly by the State, which does not encourage the honest worker to go ahead. The cost of production generally .is 50 per cent, higher than it is in New r Zealand, as the outcome of the shorter hours worked. The most efficient hands are brought down in pay to the level of the indifferent worker. This appears to mo to he the crux of the labour trouble in Australia.”