LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hawera Star, Volume XLIX, 28 August 1929, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The development of the Wellington m unicipal Zoo m New.ton Dark has long been retarded because no ckargei is made for admission on Sundays, when the largest number of people congregate there. Nearly four months ago tne ratepayers autnorised a .barge of sixpence andl a new by-law was l> a mod this, however, has not been confirmed, because tiie City Council has dealt with it in conjunction with sevea-al other bylaws, some of which are •ontentious. Objections to these, latter have yet to bo heard, but it is expected that the charge at the zoo will be in fence by October

It is a wise saying that “it is more blessed to give titan to receive/’ but there is at least one .sense in winch tins does not apply. Advising people to see to tne heaitn of those who cooked tiieir food. Dr. T. J. Hughes, District Officer of Health, in the course of a aecture at Auckland, mentioned' the case of a. cook who, in the course oi live years, caused. 26 cases of typhoid in various households, for the peace of mincl of New Zealanders it may be mentioned that this happened in New j 1 ork. The case nevertheless' points its moral. The cook in question, while not going down to typhoid herself, was a earner of the germs, hater •die acted a.s cook in a hospital and causes 25 cases amongst doctors and nurses, all duo to tlie intention of foodstuffs which she. handled. It was after tnat exlie nonce that her history ia.s a “carrier” was traced. That the towels and drinking cups used m common by pupils in schools are a prolific, source of infection is the opinion of Dr. T. J. Hughes', District Officer or Health, a .s stated in the course of a public lecture at Auckland on “How to Prevent Disease.” He

suggested that in no school should a common towel .be used, and urged that , instead of having to drink from a genieral cup or mug, the children in each school should be provided with a .bubble fountain. By way of further iUustrating the need! for care in schools, Hr. Hughes said l it had frequently been tound that pencil-holders which liad been distributed around 1 a class gave at the end of the. day a culture of diphtheria germs the infection having been caused by a “carrier” mouthing the penholder or pencil. Parents ;aimf

i f ,s uulu «o wen to see tnat each child handled only the articles set apart 1 tor individual use. In view of the success that is being encountered in acclimatising Marlborough Merinos to. the conditions prevailing in the Hawaiian Islands, .says tlie “Marlborough Express,’’ there 'is a prospect of a good market being opened up for local .breeders. Experience during the past few seasons has

suoan tnat. wiiiie the importation into Hawaii of Merinos from other parts of New Zealand has been attended by disappointing iesults, Marlborough-bred sheep have proved eminently satisfactory. Several shipments of New Zeiailand Merinos suffered from an 'extremely high death rat© until three seasons ago a few Marlborough Merinos were imported. Thev have stood up to the climate and altered conditions so favourably that a further shipment was recently purchased by Mr Charter, a Hawaiian sheepbreeder. Giving it a.s his opinion that the world had devoted its attention to ae~ forillative work somewhat to the detriment of preventive work .among the young, Mr. E. C. Cutten, S.M., eulogised the work of the Hoor of Hope Association at its annual meeting a.t Auckland. “Proper education of the young, ’ he said, “is the highest form of preventive work.” Mr. Cutten dealt wibn the education of women and their influence as illustrated by the home. I do not- think the world fully values

women, ' ,ne sa.Kl, “or fully reofiises tho supreme position of women.” Althougn there had been a long fight for recognition of women’s rights, fie felt that they should not 'have aimed' at merely the equivalent of men’s privileges. Y\ omen’s rights were not merely rights, but woqderfu'i opportunities' and I responsibilities. Without hesitation, he considered that women entirely eontrolled the world’s progress, and every man and woman owed his or her position largely to some woman’s early training. The world spent niueh more time caring for its boys than for its gnrls, Mr. Cut-ten _ continued. Such wond-widle organisation as Rotary clubs specialised in hoys’ work. “The truth is that if you save the girls you save the world,” he concluded.

The need of closely examining cheques before they are accepted a:s payment of accounts was brought home to an Auckland: grocer the other day (says the “Star. ’) A certain young man about town is deep in debt. He owed the grocer £B. The grocer, knowing him so well, thought of transferring the account to the (bad debts column ,i his books, but later decided to send iii.s collector to see the debtor. “Come hi. you’re just the man I’m looking for,” said the man who owed the

i»i my. “I’m just paying out some cheques now. Here’s yours." He handed the cdlilector a cheque for £l2, and received £4. as change. “I’ve got it at last. He’s alii light, lie’s paid,” io grocer proprietor wa s cheerily informed by the collector on His return.

■flood for you,” praised the principal. However, it was not iso good. Just before the cheque was paid into' the bank it was discovered that it had been post-dated for August, 1930. The will have to wait, another year, while the other man has the use of his £4. A young woman visited the children’s hospital at Sydney last month and complained that she was suffering from pains caused by a fork, which she had swallowed. Her story sounded incredible, but it was true. She was later operated on at Sydney Hospital, and a- dessert fork was removed by surgeons. Tlio young woman, 18 years of age, was transferred to Sydney Hospital for an X-ray examination. The fork was revealed resting in her stomach, the prongs pointing upward.,

Doctors found it necessary to make an incision about four inches long before they could extract the fork, which was silver, and was retained as an extraordinary memento. The fork was said to' have been swallowed while the young woman was thrusting it down her throat, during a sudden illness, to induce vomiting. With the coming of spring McGraer, 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 "he firm’s numerous customers would be welcomed,—Advt.

Although it was hoped to have the Rimutaka Road opened for traffic on Thursday, it is highly improbable that, the road will be clear before Saturday, says a Press Association message from Masterton. On Tuesday blasting operations were carried out at the site of the slip to remove dangerous rock, and material from this has yet to be removed.

At a meeting of tlie Howera R.S.A. social committee last evening arrangements were made for an old-time dance on October .11 and a modern dance on October 21, the first function to be held at. the Savoy and the second at St. Joseph’s Hall. In the civil case heard before Air Young, S.M., at Christchurch yesterday, in which the Mayor, the Rev. J. K. Archer, appeared * as defendant in a claim for £6 IDs damages made by Frederick John Reynolds, a carrier, as the result of a collision between the Mayor's car and plaintiff’s van, judgment was given for defendant. The annual report of the Department. of Internal Affairs states that during the year 391 licenses for raffles were issued, tlie articles comprising pictures, paintings, drawings, sculpture, or other works of art or literature, or mechanical models. Tlie report states that, no difficulty is being experienced in obtaining " compliance with tlie conditions of the licenses. It is pointed out that since

tlie report was prepared two permits were issued by the Government for alluvial gold art unions, but no more are to lie issued until the result of the two is known. Some indication of the decline in the kauri gum industry was given :by Air AI. H. AVynyard, chairman of the Kauri -Gum Control Board, in an address to merchants, diggers, and members of Parliament, at Penrose. When the industry was at its best, he said, there were six or seven thousand diggers in the field, and to-day the number was probably reduced to about one-

tenth. The European market for the gum for use in varnish and linoleum industries was dislocated by the war, and a quest had been in progress in the past few years for new, but smaller, markets. The Kauri Gum Industry Act of 1914 provided for the State purchase of gum from diggers and the disposal of the gum, and that had enabled the industry to keep going during its most, difficult years, in spite of the disorganisation caused iby the war.

Since the earthquake, in which brick buildings, chimneys and walls suffered severely at Westport, all available motor lorries hav© been actively engaged in carting the remains to various dumping grounds with very little spare space in close proximity to the damaged areas. The sides of numerous streets are now paved with bricks, mortar and concrete. The embankment approaching the Orawaiti bridge, has, since the ’quake, been built up and considerably -widened with such debris. The widened embankment is now proving a boon to motorists.

“It may not be generally known,” the annual report or the North island Motor Union, “that the Railway Department, 110 matter how anxious it may be to clear growth and any fixed oostacle growing or adhering to private property and obscuring the fine of vision at level crossings, as the law exists to-day, has no power to compel their removal, though it lias the right to deal with such obstructions on their own property At a recent interview with Air. Sterling, at which Mr. Eurkert, Engineer-in-Ghief of the Public Works Department, was present, these gentlemen volunteered to co-operate in the direction of bringing down amended legislation which would empower either the Railway Department or the Public Works Department to compel owners to remove such obstacles in the event of tlie local bodies concerned failing to. take such action. Under the Alunicipal Corporations Act the local bodies concerned failing to take such action. Under the Municipal Corporations Act the local bodies have the power, but nevertheless they fail to use it.’*

The main road between Featherston and Ala.rtinhorough where it was washed out in the recent floods has been repaired and opened for all traffic (says a Alnsterton message). Tim flood waters have receded at Pohautea and Pukio, and vehicles are able to get in from the Pukio end, lint, lower down the valley there are still large areas under water, and it will probably be some days yet before the water flows away. No big losses of stock are reported, as settlers had amnle warning.

Exports from New Zealand during 1928 reached a new record, exceeding that of the previous record year 1925 by nearly £1.000,000. The excess of exports over imports for 1928, £ll,302,215, has only once been exceeded, and that was in the abnormal year of 1919. The quantitv of gold exported from New Zealand is declining, as there was nearly 12,0000 z less exported in 1928 than in 1927. There was an increase of 384,624 cwt of frozen beef and lamb exported in 1928 over the 1927 figures, also an extra 12,595 hales of wool exported during the same period. The exports of mutton show a. decided decrease.