LOCAL AND GENERAL

Hawera Star, Volume L, 27 August 1930, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Many stories of unhappy married lite were told in the Supreme Court, Auckland, last Thursday, when Mr Justice Herdman and Mr Justice Smith heard over 70 petitions for divorce and restitution of conjugal rights. Both the upstairs and downstairs courts were kept engaged throughout the morning, and several cases had to be adjourned till the afternoon, reports the “Star.” A motorist, who went speeding over an intersection, wrote to the Wanganui Court on Monday and stated that he was taking hi:s mother to a doctor as she had a bad heart. The Magistrate said the difficulty with a statement of this kind was that he was not present to verify it. A fine of £5, with costs was imposed.

Survey wods is proceeding oil the Watershed Hoad in the Waitotara County. It is the intention of the Public Works Department to form a dray road over a length of about 12 miles. At .present there is a 6ft clay track in this locality. The puipose of the new formation is to afford settlers access by way of the Watershed Road instead of down through the Waitotara Yalley. The Department says that the country which would have to be pierced if access was to be made through the Waitotara Valley road is very rough and to cope with slips would mean too big an undertaking. Witnesses in Court are often responsible for humour in the way they address the Judge or magistrate who happens to. be presiding, but at the sitting of the Arbitration Court at Wanganui on Monday an advocate addressed the Judge and the assessors as “Your Honoui’ and gentlemen of the jury,” reports “The Herald.” The error caused much amusement. The incident- recalls an occasion at a sitting of the Supreme Court when a witness repeatedly addressed the late Sir Bassett Edwards as “Your Majesty.*’ Tile Judge became somewhat annoyed and asked to be called, “sir.” “Sir is good enough for the King or anybody else,” he said.

Mr. J. Mills, of Norm an by, who went with the delegation of New Zealand farmers on a tour of the Old Country and Europe, in a long letter to Mr. J. P. Marx, of Mangatoki, records that he had a most enjoyable trip across to England. He sent with his letter a packet of catalogues of sales and programmes of shows lie had attended. He. sent also to a friend in Hawera several papers from I-ondon giving interesting details concerning the Test matches, and also one from Perthshire describing some features of the tour in that great farming shire. ANOTHER SORE THROAT.

Nothing is so good as Fluonzol for killing germs, soothing inflammation and clearing up ulceration. Gargle daily for influenza and tickling coughs. Fluonzol is very soothing and pleasant to use. Buy a bottle of Eluenzol today and lino up the family for a daily gargle.—Advt.

Included in the cases of wandering stock at the Wanganui Court on. Monday the Wanganui County Council prosecuted one of its own roadmen who was unfortunate in his cow getting on to a road at Fordell. Mr G. Darby shire informed the Court that the Council could not make any distinction betwen one of its own employees and other residents of the County. The Minister of Justice, Hon. .J. G. Cobbe. has before him at present the papers from the Supreme Court dealing with the ease of H. F. Manly, who was sentenced to death for murder at Wanganui, but so far the case has not been considered by Cabinet. It will come before Cabinet and the Executive Council in clue course;

“The criticisms now levelled at poor quality standardised cheese are the same as were previously levelled at a similar quality full cream cheese,” said l (Mr C. A. Marehant, chairman of the Cardiff Dairy ‘Company at the annual meeting. He contended that it was shoddily made poor quality cheese that had given the standardised article its reputation and that there was little to complain about in carefully .manufactured standardised cheese. In support, of this he. quoted a case of a 'Hawke’s Bay factory that had; made standardised cheese that, graded finest all ■ through the season, but that company, he said, skimmed only 15 per cent. At the competitions’ festival in the Hawera Opera House last evening, the judges of vocal, instrumental and elocutionary sections (Messrs W. H. Dixon and J. W. Bailey) warmly congratulated the four church choirs on their renditions of the anthem “The Lord of Abraham Praise” and their respective own choice part songs, and cordially thanked the combinations for their massed singing of the anthem on conclusion of the contest. Mr Dixon stated that, taking into consideration the size of Hawera, the entry of four choirs was a remarkably good one, and tbeir work was marked by good singing, polish, full of variety and mood. He regretted the fact that he had not more time to comment fully.

At the last meeting of the Wanganui and District Development League Mr A. S. Burgess voiced a protest against the formation of the Mangawhero Road which is to form a link between the Parapara and the Wangaehu Valley Road. He said that when the work was completed it would tend to sidetrack Wanganui, in that it would enable motorists to avoid the worst part of the Parapara by taking the Wangaehu Valley route north or south. Mr T. W. Howie said that the new road was being put through primarily in the interests of those driving stock. It would mean that the Aberfeldie Hill would be avoided. Mr Burgess maintained that it would be better to spend the money in improving the lower end of the Parapara. A motion of protest against the new road! was carried, Mr Howie dissenting and asking that bis vote be recorded accordingly. On enquiry on Monday the Wanganui “Chronicle” was informed that 25 men were employed on the new road which was being pushed ahead as expeditiously as possible.