Local and General

Hawera Star, Volume LIV, 26 June 1935, Page 6

Local and General

Tho air mail despatched from New Zealand on June (3 arrived in London on June 21.

The death of an elderly man after a collapse in a Queen Street, Auckland, restaurant yesterday afternoon followed a similar occurrence at another restaurant in Queen Street on Monday, says a Press Association message. Both men were widowers. In neither case will an inquest be necessary, heart trouble having been established as the cause of death. In one case the dead man was with the woman to whom he was to be married. It is not often given to a, pressman to be mistaken fo.r the. truly “great,” but during tho visit of the Minister of Education to a Hawera school yesterday there arose one of those exceptions. With the idea of keeping more cr less inconspicuous, the reporter made for tho back door of the school where he arrived just ahead of t}io official party, which was being welcomed in another part of the building. Coming upon the assembled children suddenly, imagine the embarrassment •of the reporter on being greeted with a storm of applause. Thq mistake was soon rectified and the reporter had to admit—perhaps reluctantly—that he was not Minister of Education—yet.

The need for improving the track around Manganui Gorge was considered at a meeting of the East Committee of the Egmont National Park Board at Stratford yesterday. After discussion, it was decided to refer the question to the hoard, as it was pointed out that the track was part of the main traverse between North Fgmont and Dawson Falls. That, a section of the Methodist Church holding extreme pacifist views had been responsible for the discontinuing of military training at Wesley College, Auckland, was a statement made yesterday by the Rev. Clarence Eaton, past-president of the New Zealand Methodist Conference, says a Christchurch. Press Association message. Mr Eaton said the action taken at Wesley College had no significance ns applying to the Church as a whole. It was entirely an action by the board of trustees of the college and did not express the attitude of the church. Covered in snow which sliced had converted more or less into ice, the excursion train from Timaru arrived back in Christchurch at about 9 o’clock one day last week, 35 minutes late. 7 lie train, picked out by lights from each carriage window, liad a ghostly appearance as it thundered into the light of the Christchurch platform. 7he snow was piled six inches deep on the roofs and platforms of the carriages, and the travellers, coming from the warmth of the cars, soon began to assume a tell-tale blue and to exhibit signs of shivering from tho cold.

“One of the most remarkable features of Australia is the air-mindedness of the people,” said Mr .T. Roy Smith, secretary of the Canterbury Chamber of Commerce, when interviewed in Christchurch on his return from the Commonwealth. “The post office department dealing with air mails is crowded oil the day a mail is due to leave. “Regular air services are being pioneered and built up between the main centres. Everyone seems to think in terms of air mail.” For some time the Associated Chambers of Commerce have sought to have an Act passed at an early date which would enable a fixed Easter to be brought into operation in New Zealand whenever it was adopted in England. In Britain legislation fixing the date of Easter has already been enacted, but not yet brought into operation. Some critics of the* .chambers have been under the impression that the churches generally in New Zealand are hostile to a fixation of Easter, but Dr. E. P. Neale, secretary of the Auckland Chamber, states that before any representations were made to the Government the view of Bishop Sprott, of Wellington, the Roman Catholic Church and the Wellington Ministers’ Association, which comprises all .the free churches and the Salvation Army, -were obtained. All had been agreeable to a fixed date.

The wooden mere of the Auckland Rotary Club will be adorned with one more half-crown as the result of the visit paid to the club on Monday by the Governor-General, Viscount Galway. 77ie mere has been for 14 years the official emblem of the club’s ser-geant-at-arms, Mr W. Blomfield, who wields it when leading tho club haka. In 4924 the tlien Governor-General, Earl Jellieoe, on visiting the club, was mulcted in half a crown, which was mounted flush with the surface oi the mere as a memento of his visit. The same was done with half-crowns contributed by his successors, Sir Charles Fergusson and Viscount Bledisloe, and by three other distinguished visitors, Mr Sydney W. Pascall, a former governor of Rotary International, Lord Nuffield and Mr Paul P. Harris, founder of the Rotary movement. His Excellency expressed gratification at the opportunity of contributing to the historical associations

f the club’s official mere. All manner of requests ror information regarding New Zealand, its industries and climate, are received by the Wanganui Chamber of Commerce from time to time from persons in other parts of the world desiring to trade with the Dominion or to make their future homes here. A very lengthy questionnaire was received at a recent meeting from a man resident in England. He required to know about the climate, the conditions of trade, the class of trade that was needed here, the prospects for a newcomer, cost of dwellings, rent, and sundry other items such as the charges for electricity, gas, and water. “One would think the chamber was a walking encyclopedia,” remarked one member. Mr Burgess, president, said that the inquirer was entitled to the courtesy of a. reply and the secretary was instructed to supply the particulars, referring the inquirier to the High Commissioner in London for further information. The attention of intending heifer buyers is drawn to the annual sale being held by Sir Alan Good on Friday next. The offering consists of top quality cattle in the best of condition. All cattle will be delivered free to Opunake, Hawera and Ivaponga. An address will be given to the Hawera Chamber of Commerce this evening by Sir A. O. Heany, secretary of the Associated Chambers of Commerce of New Zealand, on the subject "Giving Business a Voice.” Members and businessmen are given a hearty invitation to attend.

An attractive Eltham bungalow is advertised for sale on very easy terms by W. 11. and A. Me Garry, Eltham. HUNTINGTON’S. ’Phone 2118. Our annual stocktaking sale advertisement on page 4 of this issue will give a general idea of the reductions on all winter goods, but as space Joes not permit all the bargains, customers are advised to watch the windows, where some real "plums” will be displayed. Sale commences to-morrow, the 27tli inst. —Advt. WHKiI SANDY SHOUTED. Sandy was embarrassed. He swallowed with difficulty, there was a huskiness in liis throat, and ho felt'very uncomfortable. Unobserved, he put his hand into his .pocket and slipped something into his mouth. His face beamed and then he shouted: "Hurrah for Pulmonas! They relieve the sorest throat!” Pulmonas, 1/-, 1/6 and 2/0 everywhere.—Advt.