PERSONAL ITEMS

Hawera Star, Volume LIII, 12 September 1933, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS

Mr P. Bond left Haw r era by the mail train this morning en route to Nelson, where his father is seriously ill.

Sympathy with €r. W. G. -Strange in therec-ent death at Christchurch of his father, Mr T. G, 'Strange l , was passed at -a meeting of the Hawera Borough Council held last evening, those present rising in silence.

The un-usuai procedure of fixing a oirthday and' age of a boy was adopted by Mr F. H. Lcvien, ©.M., in the Pukekohe Children’s Court. Some doubt existed a.s to the child’s age, his guardians guessing that it was about 12 years. The magistrate, for record purposes fixed the age accordingly, and intimated to- the boy that his "birthday” would- now be on 1 August 1 otf each year. "I will have to be like the old main who writes the almanac —see ho gets a good day for it,” remarked Mr Dovien, in making -the -entry. A literal) "drop in brandy” outside a, Dunedin hotel last Wednesday speedily brought together a crowd, attracted by the uuuisual spectacle. It appears •that a quantity of this spirit was being transferred from bond to the hotel ceQliars, and that by soim-e accident o,n l e of the hogsheads fell from -the lor.ry on to the street, the impact knocking the head out of the cask. As a result the street was soon flowing with brandy, some of which actually found its way into the gutter on the opposite side of the roadway. In all 25 gallons of brandy, worth about £3 a gallon, went to waste.

Contrary to expectations the arrival in Wellington of the first consignment this season of Australian fruit did not result i'n the lowering of prices for citrus fruit (states "The Dominion”). Indeed, the South Australian oranges, which are now being retailed in Wellington for 2s, 3s or 4s per dozen, according to size and condition, aTe bringing bigger .prices than. Australian fruit has ever heretofore realised. The rail and steamer freight charges from Adelaide to Wellington are said to be as high as those from San Francisco to Wellington, so that there would be no great disparity in' the .profit .made by South Australian and Californian growers. Good- New South iYalesgrown oranges may be purchased in Sydney at the present 'time 40 for Is.

"I have sat still for three years watching bright girls, qualified l by birth and training to- occupy some position in the world, leave school with nothing in front of them. T-h-eir future is a blank. The young mien w T ho- ought to marry them'cannot make a career or a home. Their parents come to me for advice, but what can- I advise‘them? There is no place for such a girl except to remain dependent on her parents, and how long can they continue to support her?” declared Miss' M. H. King, -principal of the Otago Girls’ High School, in a public address.

To-morrow evening in the Alton Hal; a meeting of farmers will l>e held at which r.n address on grassland farming and tl;e most up-to-date method's of work on the farm will be given by Air H. Woodyear-Smith, technical fields adviser to the Challenge Phosphate Company. A special invitation is -given to suppliers of the Alton, Hurleyville, Kakarampa and Manutahi dairy companies. The chanwill be taken‘by Mr H. Hodge, president of the local branch of the Farmers’ Union.

The first annual hall of the Hawera Red Cross Society will be. held in St. Joseph’s Hall to-morrow (Wednesday) evening and promises to be a great success. A feature of the evening will be the presentation of the Collins Cup, won by the Hawera team, bv Mr. Ira J Bridger, president of the South Taranaki Red Cross Council. The hall is being prettily decorated and a first class supper will be -served by the ladies. Wills’ Melodymakers Orchestra will play the music.