LOCAL AND GENERAL

Hawera Star, Volume XLIX, 8 January 1930, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

a member ot the Foil son Ijy Hoys' Land, l. v rancis, was rendered uneons. ions ny a blow from a cornet case winch fell from the rack of the jLiylignu Limited Express from Wellington on teaturdav evening. The train was stooped a- Pukeltoiie, where tlie lad received attention, and again at Newmarket, where it was found iii.s condition was not serious.

Flood conditions prevailed in rivers in the Wanganui district on Monday as the result of the heavy rain during the week-end. It is many years since the water levels have been so high at this season. At Okoia. and Kaukatea and Matarawa streams overflowed and low-lying country was inundated. It is reported that two inches of rain fell in the Okoia and Fordell districts on Sunday. The view that people in Australia and New Zealand, who hold the belief that China and Japan are watching their countries eagerly for chances of mass emigration, are taking themselves far too seriously is expressed by Professor H. Belshaw, professor of economics at Auckland University College, who returned recently from the third biennial conference of the Institute of Pacific Relations at Kioto, Japan. “The Yellow Peril in this respect. is harclly more than a myth,” Professor Belshaw said. “The Japanese may have their eyes on Manchuria, but there is not the slightest cause to worry about, their emigration to tills part of the world.” A novelty ball in aid of the hall fund's is to be belli at Oha.ngai Halil on Tuesday. An •energetic committee, under the direction of the honorary secretaries. Miss G. Savage anti Mr R. Pres land', _is busy making arrangements. and indications point to a marked success. If inducement offers, a. ’bus will leave Latham’s in time for the ball.

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The Dominion croquet tournament opened at Palmerston North to-day, and will be continued during the following days, concluding next week.

The Hawera Borough Council announces that the water supply will be cut oil in certain portions of High Stroo,t to-morrow.

No candidates have been nominated to fill live extraordinary vacancies in the Eltliam Drainage Board. The date for closing of nominations has accordingly been extended and the election set back-

The season for deep-sea fishing at the Bay of Islands will commence in earnest when the weather becomes sufficiently settled to enable anglers to move fre civ over the fishing grounds (states the “New Zealand Herald”). Anglers are arriving in increasing numbers, and a steady stream will come and go until March and April. Among those now fishing there is much speculation as to when the first swordfish of the season will .be captured and who the lucky sportsman will ho. In spite of the unsettled weather, visiting anglers are taking every opportunity, to go out. and each time one sets forth he cherishes the hope that he will return with a “sword ic.” The catches this season have been limited to mako sharks and kingfish. These fish can be caught all the year round, as they keep close to the shore. The largest mako caught this- season was one of 4771 b. which was captured on Thursday by Mr Otto Sommer. A story is going the rounds in Napier at present concerning a certain Napier millc vendor, who in the course of liis deliveries on a recent morning lost a CIO note, which he had been carrying in his .pocket tied up with string. He discovered l his. loss shortly after it must have occurred, and searched carefully back over, the (route which he had followed, but without success. Later in the morning a Napier business man was on his way to work when he discovered that he was being followed bv liis fox terrier. He ordered the dog home, and after some hesitation the canine obeyed. When it arrived home it was carrying in its mouth the £lO note which the milk vendor had lost earlier in the morning. The manner in. which it came to find this must remain a mystery, but the owner got his money back. At a dinner in London a speaker related a good story told him by Commander <jr. Williams, of 81.M.5. Coptic: During the war a ship owned by a Greek merchant lost its propeller in. the Aegean Sea. An appeal was made to the destroyer for a tow. Commander Williams towed the ship for 40Q miles into Salonica. In the ordinary way salvage was worth £4500, Imagine his surprise to receive from the owner a letter couched in broken English thanking the commander for having saved his “leetle sheep,” and asking him to accept “four doozen egges which accompanied the messenger.” “They were the dearest eggs I ever consumed,” remarked Commander Williams “and my anticipations were somewnat assaiiged by a knowledge that navy regulations precluded salvage being accepted. My destroyer earned! me 48 eggs, costing £IOOO per dozen.”. The medicinal virtues of kava, the deepetion of a native root which is drunk on ceremonial occasions in Samoa and the Islands, are described in an interesting article in an exchange. The leaves of the kava plant have curative qualities known to the Samoans. Green kava leaves heated over the fire, then softened by rubbing with the hands, and placed over ulcers, produce almost sure cure Kava leaves chewed together with moss growing in breadfruit and cocoanut trees made a good poultice for yaws. The root, when mixed with coral lime and strained into a liquid, makes a good stimulant for sufferers from many internal maladies. Kava in warm weather quenches the thirst more than any other liquor, and does not produce perspiration as much as water. One bowl of kava suffices where twice or even thrice the quantity of water may be required. How many white people who have learned to play the ukulele have any idea how the native instrument received its name? Here is the story, as told by the Kev. Father Valintin, who has been a. missionary at Honolulu for over 40 years. The present-day instrument is modelled on the Portuguese guitar. Many yeans ,ago a Portuguese ship called at Hawaii, and a member of the crew exchanged bis guitar lor a big basket of fruit. When the natives settled down to strum, a flea was observed to hop out of the inside of the strange contrivance, and the playei promptly named it ukulele. “Uku” is the native word for a small insect, and “lele” means “to jump.”

An Australian tourist who passed through Wanganui recently remarked to a pressman that trout was rarely included on the menu at such places as llotorua and Taupo. He. considered that unfortunate in that visitors to this country, reading the publicity accorded fishing, naturally hoped to enjoy fresh-water fish at meals, more particularly ii\ the centres where they were caught in large quantities. A reporter referred the opinion to Mr. M. J. Duigan, president of the Wanganui Acclimatisation Society. ‘‘lt's like expecting fruit on the menu in Nelson,” he said- ‘‘People who live in the locality don’t always think.about visitors.” He added that the Go\eminent had made special arrangements lor smoking fish at Taupo amt Rotorua, and the enormous waste would thus be prevented.

According to a visitor in Auckland, there is still plenty of scope for pighunters in New Zealand, especially in the Taranaki district., where there is heavy bush. For that reason sheep farming in the more remote parts is not conducted with any freedom, as the sheep are easy prey to wild pigs'. ‘‘At one place where I was working three years ago we used to have to herd the sheep near the cow foam wlike we were milking the cows, 'and then, in between the milking times, night and day, we would be out with guns protecting the flock. I remember a man arriving and! being given a profitable job in this connection. He was supplied with all shooting equipment and paid Is a snout. He earned £l5O in three months of the winter. I ootid tell of some wonderful experiences out in the bush stalking these pigs, with the .aid of good catt.g dogs. Another feature of the wild life is herds of goats which have their haunts in the steepest country. I remember o.imbing a precipitous otiff one day and discovering a track well beaten by goats. It was hard! smooth and level, like a paved concrete road.

“Pit not your irus, in princes.” —Earl of Stafford.

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