LOCAL AND GENERAL

Hawera Star, Volume LIII, 2 October 1933, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

At the last meeting of the Hawera Poultry Society, donations of 10.-: were received from Messrs W. H. Parker and A. R. Watson and a supply of ribbons from Messrs Shore and Bayliss.

Three nominations have been received for the vacancy on the Inglewood Borough Council caused by the res'ination of Mr L. Butler. The flection will be held on October 9 and the nominees are Messrs Owen Pay a ter, Noble Peters and Paul UJenberg.

The Hawera Maim School Tennis Club’s courts were officially opened for play on Saturday afternoon, when there was a good attendance of members. In declaring the courts open -the president, Mr J. W. Thomas, expressed the hope that play for the 1933-34 season would prove enjoyable. A Yankee tournament was played and afternoon,' tea was served by the ladies. In accordance with the provisions of the Summer Time Act, 1929, summer time will commence next Sunday morning (October 8), when clocks will be advanced 30 minutes from 2 o’clock. The period of summer time ends at 2 o’clock, New Zealand standard time, in the morning of Sunday, March 18, 1934.

An aggregate of 2.85 inches of rain fell l in Hawera during the month of September just ended, compared with 3.80 inches in August and 1.45 inches for the 'corresponding month of September last year. Rain fell on 16 days during the month, the maximum being 1.15 inches on September 21. According to the records, kept by Mr L. A. Taylor, of Hawera, the aggregate rainfall for the year so far is 35.93 inches, compared with 33.13 inches for the first nine months of last year.

A serious disturbance of the waterfowl which inhabit the lakes at Naumai Park in Hawera is reported by the Na-umai Park Committee, which intends to take immediate action in future against persons detected interfering in any way with the birds during the breeding season. One evening last week a setting of 15 eggs was removed from a nest which had been made by a mallard duck, thus robbing the park of the acquisition; of further of these attractive birds, which are always a source of interest to- visitors.

A minimum of 30,000 dozen eggs will be sent to England from Canterbury by the Port Hunter on October 3. It is possible that the consignment will be so increased as to make it a record shipment from any one province. When the Port Hunter has left the total number of eggs sent from Canterbury this season will be about 80,000 dozen, with further shipments to follow later in October. The season’s export will be well over 1-00,000 dozen. The first shipment, which went by the M.itaroa over a fortnight ago, is stiL on the water. The Canterbury Egg Export -Committee expects that the price realised in England will give a return of at least lOd a dozen to the Canterbury producer. “We are glad to see that as few prviate baptisms as possible were carried out,” said the Rev J. A. Allan when reporting to the Ohristehu-rcl. Presbytery on a visitation to Kuo: Church. “Unless there is any special reason, all baptisms at Knox Church are carried out in public—there are m. 'kitchen baptisms.” Mr. Allan’s choice of adjective aroused amusement among members of the Presbytery, and out of them asked the minister, the Rev. T. W. Armour, how he had persuader the congregation to agree to this. “A. first some of them tried to dictate te me,” said Mr. Armour, “but tliev soon found they could not dictate to a dour Scots minister. Now the baptisms art held in public.” Not only the air of theatres, but the air of the home, is to 'be “reconditioned.” A technical authority, Mr. S. E. Evans, tells a Sydney paper that a residential air-conditioning system “enables the maintenance of oven temperatures throughout the year, and obviates the necessity for fires or radiators in winter and fans and other cooling devices in summer.” His recent investigations of United States results suggests that the cost of the installation in a new residence costing £IO3O would be between £l5O anc £2OO. The plant need not necessarily be an imported one. “I was very pleased to read that Sir Herbert Austin, the motor-car manufacturer, and members of the British Parliament have been advocating the adoption of the German measures of removing women from indus* try,” said Mr. Kurt-Wilhelm Schmidt, in the course of an address on modern commercial developments in Germany, given before tlie Auckland Oreditmen ~ Club. The speaker said there was no intention of preventing unmarried women from being employed under the German scheme, unless the purpose was :o replace men by women at lower wages. The response to ’ the law m Germany had been splendid.

A narrow escape from possible serious injuries was experienced a- few days ago by Mrs Winn and her son and daughter. Miss Nita- Winn and Mr Harry Winn) Tawhiti. They were returning from their business at Ha:wera, when at the top of the Tawhiti side of the bacon factory hill the axle of their light van snapped. The brakes failed to hold the vehicle and it ran backwards for almost the whole length of the hill, finally overturning twice and came to rest at the bottom of about a 10ft drop off the side of the ’■oad. Miss Winn was thrown clear, but Mr Winn and his mother were oinned under the remains of the cab of the van. Mr Winn was able to '•raw! out and extricate his mother from the wreckage. Apart from a ( ?w bruises and scratches no one was hurt, hut the van is beyond -repair.