LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hawera Star, Volume XLIX, 20 August 1929, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A little child, George McCarthy, whose, parents live at, Ka.rapoti, was badly mauled about the left- cheek by a dog at Nga.haura.nga yesterday afternoon, sys a ; Wellington Press Association message. The injuries necessitated the child’s removal to the hospital.

In the Musical and Elocutionary Competitions .Society’s schedule published as an advertisement on Saturday and again yesterday, slight inaccuracies occurred. These have been set right today' and the schedule as now published may be regarded as official. These inaccuracies were due to Iypographio.il mistakes and were in no wav tin* fault of tin' society.

The question of street rubbish ro.iept ici.es was again before the Hu worn Borough Council, when at the- meeting last evening a discussion occurred c-o-n----ce.rnAng the specimen metal bin designed by the- engineer and placed in High Street. Following a. brisk debate, it was decided to give a month’is trial of the receptacle. The Wanganui Aero Club is negotiating for the purchase of a Spartan ’plane. Already live men have offered to assist in the purchase, which will be completed when another four or live come forward. The man-hiiie will be handed over to the club, .the guarantors receiving debentures and will have thpir money returned from revenue derived from | lie machine. This was done in Hawke’s Bay. and the ’plane paid for itself at the end of three months (sacs the • ‘ Herald ’ ’).

A proposal of the Post and Telegraph Department to place a. public telephone booth on the footpath on High Street opposite the Union Street junction was before the llaweva Borough Council last evening. The proposal was 'sanctioned subject to the approval of the borough engineer concerning the plan and position of the booth.

Imitation boblr-rs are reaninded of the Ha we i a High .School Old Cl,iris’ iKisketbnld ('lab's social, and dance to ho hold at the school. Camberwell l’on.-.F on I hin's,la,v. ’I hero will 1 Ik: games and o'rivtetitions for non-dancers.

The president fo the Association i'o Federated Superannuated Public Servants of Now Zealand has received notice from the rseeretarv of the Public Ferviie Superannuation Board that the Government lias decided to continue the cost-of-living bonus to those superannuitants whose allowances are less than £IOO a year lor a further term of six months from September 30 next. ,

The watersiders at Onehunga refused yesterday morning to work ike schooner Jlokiaiiga, owing to a dispute between the owners and Seamen's Union. Free labour was employed to discharge the vessel, wkich is announced to leave for Ho loan" a on Wednesday.

Short -reviews’ o,f t.lie latest books are contained in the monthly bulletin whit'll is to he issued by the Dunedin Athenaeum library authorities. Subscribers are to receive the first copy tree of charge, hut future issue®, will he one penny a copy. The idea, is to supplv short notes’ on the progress oi the institution and current, literature •is it arrives from abroad. It i;s thought that, considering the mass of literature, in particular, fiction, that is placed on the -shelves, a, guide to books worth reading might be attempted through short critiques bv readers. Members are asked to assist the committee by supplying short, frank 1 Kites of any books they may have read.

Considerate concern at the liana caused to poultry in tile Jtienderson cUstrnt daring the past- three m-ontbs .»y aeroplanes hying at a. low altitude lias been expressed by the poultry Keepers affected, and several complaints have been made to the Auckland Egg Producers’ Association. Poultry are peculiarly susceptible to fright, and iia\ e an ingrained fear of any signs of birds of prey. Thus the terrific roar of an aeroplane flying at a iow altitude plunges them into fear. The birds make a blind dash for cover, throwing themselves against the wire netting and scattering pell inell over the yards. The shock to tlieir nervous system results in a “false moult,’’ which destroys their capacity for laying eggs. The matter will be discussed at a meeting of the- executive of the Auckland Egg Producers’ Association, and a communication will probably be sent to the Minister of Defence drawing his attention to the complaints, and asking for information concerning the regulation altitudes for living. Many claims have been made during the, past few weeks for the £IOOO offer of a prominent English newspaper to anyone who can produce plants of the fragrant musk. The secretary fo the Auckland branch of the New Zealand Institute of Horticulture, Mr. N. R. H\ Thomas, states that about thirty applications have reached him, moslly from Taranaki and Canterbury. A Taranaki lady writes: “bast year i had a pot of miiisk, with its yellow flowers, in my house. It dies out in the winter, but comes back in tin* spring. About November it bursts into flower. The scent is strong when in flower, although the delicate green leaves arc scented as. well, i am sure the plant i;> the one spoken of, and when it comes up I shall send as many of the plants as you wish to forward’ to the proper quarter.” Jf the claims can be proved. Mr. Thomas says, it will he the delight of many thousands of ppople throughout the world. He is making arrangements to forward the plants to England.

In view of the lamentations which are occasionally heard that British migrants cannot find work in New Zealand. the story told to a “Dominion” reporter by a self-reliant English lady was quite refreshing. “New Zealand is the- best country .1 have ever been in in which to make money,’’ she said. “I came to the Dominion six years ago with my husband and two sons, and now u;e are comfortably -off. My husband is a -skilled artisan, and be obtained work right away, and has never been idle for a day. We took a farm at Horokiwi, and, with the help of the boys. I milked a few cows, kept poultry, and I did so well that I wals able recently to buy a farm of 200 acres when it was offered to me at a bargain price.’’ “Youi found farming paid, then!-'” “Of course it, pays,” was the emphatic answer. “It is all profit and no outgoings.” The Englishwoman declared that -she had come from a large Home town, and had had no previous experience, of country life-. “1 have not the slightest desire, to go back to England,” she said. “New Zea-i land offers far greater opportunities to people who are willing to work. My two boys are doing well in the city, and we are much more comfortably oft than we could ever have been had we remained in England.”