LOCAL AND GENERAL

Hawera Star, Volume LI, 24 May 1932, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The Shaw, Savill and Albion steamer Tainui, which is due at New Plymouth about July 15, will load what is believed to be the largest consignment of frozen meat ever taken by a ship from New Plymouth. The shipment will comprise 34,000 freight carcases.

At the Palmerston North competitions which took place last week, the following dancing pupils of Miss Stock, Hawera, gained the following awards:— Audrey McLaren.- Operatic, v.h.c.; character, h.c.; skipping, h.c. Joan Thomas: Skipping, h.c.; character duo, h.c. Trevor Hunter: Character duo, h.c.; classical, 2nd. Junne Goodwin: Character story, h.c. Joyce Burns: Character story, h.c. While driving a car on the Picion Hoad one night recently Air. H. -tirmitage, of Havelock, found himselr in an unpleasant predicament. ne attempted to turn the car round at Nolan’s crossing, intending to return to Blenheim to pick up some papers which he had overlooked, but in the manoeuvre the wheels became mesiieu in the railway cattle-stop and the car was immovable. Air. Armitage had to stand by the car for the rest ol the night until assistance could be summoned. Three applications for exemption itum ser.iwO were made wnen um paiiei ior toe common jury was cancu iu tne o,.preme court at x\ew iipi.tiiui \tsfciuay. All were granted v»ne man had been uneinp.o,, c u jau-y ana- now had work to go .siioun-i ln.iii conducted a w lioiesuie i juiiuna ■ siuii agency on ms Otvn amount u,m nu one to assist him. me tiiuu applicant was a nandresscr and touancoinsi/ wnose only assistant \> ns an apprentice with 05 years' e_ v pern.-nco. lueetmg ox cue directors ox cue N.n. co-op. Keuuet Coy., Ltd., was acid at Liiuaui on Friday. Xiie chairman ox directors, Air 0. B. xviurdoch (.Han era), presided, and m addition to

tne Taranaki xVLemoers there were present i-Vtossrs xiyxies Fuicon (Hamilton), Win. TToner (Carterton), and J. 1). Brecnin (Fahiatua). The annual meeting ox the company was fixed for June 2x at Palmerston Nortn. The company has nad a successxui year, having made a pront of £1696.

.borne excitement, inn lo iuj ouiicern, was experienceu m uie district recently 7 (saya uie uoK.tma “(jjuai’dian"), wnen a tree was IvauU at night across tne mam so urn xouu near liaise \\ anepo. A car driven o.y a young woman ran into a tree, w men was at a corner, and tne car was partly wrecked. Later a second car came' along, but the driver was warned by the woman, it was then decided to call the roadman, and on arrival he discovered tne tree nad oeen rened across the road. Later tne ponce were informed, and the inflowing morning the matter was reported at Uaarito. The report caused some concern, as the gold from the dredge was to oe sent up that day. The gold wa» brought up, but a second car ioilowed, and on passing the spot wnere tne road had been obstructed a man was seen in the bush, but withdrew when the second car was seen. Frosts and hail resulted in the export of apples and pears from Lanieroury being less than half the total which had been expected for the season just concluded. The total of 13,118 cases is about 16,000 fewer than in the previous season, which was an outstanding record. Over 29,000 cases were sent away in that season. Cases sent away for the last season were as follow: Fears, 1937; apples, lor the United Kingdom, 10,187; for the Continent 944; grand total 13,118. Their* was an exceptionally good crop in the 1930-31 season, and favourable conditions resulted in a total of over 29,000 cases being exported. Last season the state of the crops gave promise of from 50,000 to 60,000 cases being sent overseas, but frosts and the heavy hail on New Year’s Day spoilt more than half of the crops, especially in the Lob urn district, whence comes the bulk of tno export fruit. Some of the Loburn growers were left with only about onetenth of their crops in a state fit to be put on the local market. Strong support was given by the Masterton Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday to representation by the Associated. Chambers urging that public works should be carried out in this country by private contract under fair conditions, and that the Public Works Department should be made a merely supervisory body. Several circulars from the Associated Chambers were read, pointing out, amongst other things, that on the aggregate the actual cost of works carried out by the Public Works Department had exceeded by millions its own estimates. It was emphasised also that competition by private contractors had largely been excluded by the. imposition of harsh and unfair conditions —amongst others that the department accepted no responsibility for the accuracy of its own schedules, plans and specifications. On the motion of Mr. E. M. Hodder, it was agreed to support strongly the representations of the Associated Chambers, and to urge that all public works in this country should be carried out by private contract in fair conditions.