Local and General.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XIII, Issue 32, 20 January 1923, Page 4

Local and General.

Th© Wellington police issue a warning that a gang of expert pickpockets is operating in the city and at the races.

A child of A. P. Perqno, cf Pictcn, seventeen n onths old, chouec. iibtii with a peapjl, which lodged in the *ind-pipe Jt died before a surgeon could remove the obstruction. Mrs Eva Green, aged 40 years, was killed at Kirwee on Thursday, through the overturning of a car driven by a stock agent, Patrick Guiney, who was returning to Christchurch. Mrs Green’s neck was broken. Guiney escaped with slight injuries. At the Nurserymen’s Conference at Wellington it was decided to take in hand the matter of securing a supply of strong New Zealand made paper labels, New Zealand made paper pots and New Zealand made earthenware pots. It was contended that by so 'c{oing the 35 per cent duty on American imports and the 25 per cent duty on English ones could be obviated. With a view to advertising-to the world at large the advantages of the Wellington Province, the Central Progress League on Thursday authorised its secretary (Mr G. Mitchell) to have printed 20,000 copies of the pamphlet he has compiled. The cost of the printing will be £2OO, and the circulars are to be distributed free.

The annual meeting of residents and property owners at Haumoana is called for Monday. January 22, at 7.30 p.m., in the chufch. Mr. H. G. Dories, who has kindly undertaken to prepare plans for the new hall, will be present with a sketch plan of the proposed building. This alone should ensure a large attendance.

The visiting scientists from Australia do not intend to return until they have seen something of New Zealand. A large party left last night for Nelson, where they will be shown over the Cawthroii Institute and laboratories, and taken to the mountains; others have left for Mount Cook and other parts of the country. The Hawke’s Bay Institute and the residents of New Plymouth invited the delegates to be their guests. The question of a reduction in taxation was touched upon by Mr J. T. Martin at the meeting of the Wellington Chamber of Commerce on Thursday. “Reduction must be made in excessive taxation,’’ he said. * ‘lf has become an intolerable burden ,and is so seriously hampering the mercantile institutions of this country in their legitinAte trade, stultifying their progress, restricting their means of assisting the farming community in their efforts to increase production, and compelling financiers in Great Britain and other countries with money to invest to refrain from placing it here. ’ ’

The Commissioner of Taxes draws attention of taxpayers to the notification appearing in to-day’s issue that the due date of payment of the income tax is on Wednesday, the 7th day of February. 1923- Additional tax will jaccrue if the tax is not paid on or before 28th February. 1923. The demands will be posted from the office of the Commissioner of Taxes on or about 31st January, 1923. Demands must be presented with all payments, and if a demand has not been received the Commission should be communicated with. It should be noted,, however, that individuals (not companies) whose surnames commence with., the lectors C. D. H, I, J, K, Me, N, O, P, T, W will not receive their demands until later. In these cases a new due date, viz., Ist March. 1923, will be fixed under section 127. Additional tax w'l accrue twenty-one days thereaft jt.

A Press Association message from Invercargill, reports that Douglas Kent, about thirteen years of age, was drowned whilst bathing in the Waihopai river at four o’clock yesterday afternoon. Kent endeavoured to climb into a boat with another boy, when it capsized. The other boy got ashore for help, but when Kent was brought out it was found that life was extinct. The 31st annual show of the Woodville A. and P. Association is to be held on the Woodville racecourse on Tuesday and Wednesday next. Excellent entries have been received and fine weather is all that is required to make this year’s function a record one. The competitions on the first day include several horse leaping and turning events, and for the second day there is the dog trial, open horse leaping, and ladies’ horse leaping competi tions. There will be a great show of hacks and ponies and of Jersey and dairy cattle. Owing to a misunderstanding regarding the bookings, slaughtering did not commence at the South Otago Freezing Works on Wednesday. Over 600 sheep and lambs were in the yards ready for the operations, which began the following day. No difficulty has been experienced by the management in securing labour; in fact, applications for employment have been received from all over | the country, and double the number of hands required could have been engag ed. The works started with a board of from 18 to 20 butchers, all of whom came to the rescue of the company when the strike occurred at the end of last slaughtering seasons A paper was read at the Nurserymen’s Conference on Wednesday by Mr H. G. Kingsland, on “Forestry Conservation,’’ with special reference to pinus insignis. There was enough timber, he said, in New Zealand to supply U.S.A, with timber for 15 years, yet we talked of importing timber from that ‘ country. With regard to the timber of which he wished particularly to speak, the fact was we did not know how desirable it was; it had not been in use long enough. The timber from pinus insignis made the best and strongest paper. Timber was a vital factor in the economic life of the country.