LOCAL AND GENERAL

Hawera Star, Volume LIII, 19 August 1933, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The white butterfly has made its appearance in. Hawera again. During the past two days one observer lias seen several fluttering about her garden. At the last monthly meeting of the Kaponga branch of the Farmers’ Union the following resolution was passed regarding the cheese question: “That this meeting of the Kaponga branch of the Farmers’ Union views with alarm the attitude "some members of the Dairy Division are adopting towards the scientists who are endeavouring to raise the quality of New Zealand cheese.”

The life of a prison chaplain is exciting in more ways than one, according to the Rev. G. Moreton, chaplain to Mount Eden gaol. He explained to me Christchurch Cathedral congregation on Sunday night that while he was a “temporary inmate," ministering tc the spiritual needs of the prisoners, an attempt was made to break into Ins house (reports the “Press”). “Wo hear of some astonishing things, but what do you think of that?” he asked. in his report of the monthly meeting of the South Taranaki Power Board last night the engineer (Mr T. 11. Overtoil) said that a fault on the Sheet Hoad had been caused by a schoolboy from the Auroa school throwing a piece of fencing wire ovei the high tension line. He said he had written to all school teachers in the board’s district pointing out the grave danger to children interfering in anj way with power lines. The incident at Auroa. called for more than an ordinary caution. Two local interruptions on the Sheet Road lines caused by trees falling on the lines were reported to the South Taranaki Power Board by the engineei (Mr. T. Ri. Overton) last night. He said he was doing everything possible to induce settlers to cut their trees near power lines. In Now Zealand some dwellings must be near the point where they pay in rates more than they earn in rent, and it seems that in England that point is sometimes passed. Alderman Rl. Thornton, a farmer Mayor of Balmain, who returned recently from a trip to England, is convinced that Australians do not know what taxation means. He learnt -about municipal (rates. He found and found that most of them had rates •of 18s 6d in the £ on the rental values of property. Some rates were even as high n.s 25s >in the £. First amazed by the severity of the income tax, Aiderman Thornton was shocked when he lea.rnt about municiptal rates. He found extenuating circumstances, but these only relieved the shook a little. He pointed out that most municipalities wore responsible for police, lire brigades, and schools, and some for gas, electricity and tramways. Many of them were heavily in debt, mainly due to the construction of elaborate public buildings. HUNTINGTON’S; ’Phone 2118. The success of our now gored Skirts is obviously due to the fact of the shape lending itself so easily to so many different of figures. Navy blue," black and nut brown predominate, sizes ranging from s.s.w. to o.s. Also a new assortment of cream a.nd beige spun Fuji Blouses just to liardi, selling at 0/G, all sizes.—Advt. Woods’ Groat Peppermint Cure, for coughs and oslds, never fails Advt,