LOCAL & GENERAL

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXV, Issue 232, 17 September 1935, Page 6

LOCAL & GENERAL

Hastings Fancier’s Success. Mrs Lesli© A. Miller, of Charles street, Hastings, exhibiting in the Alsatian class at the Wellington Dog Show, won second place in the open class and also three third places. Collection For Health Camp.

A voluntary collection amounting to £2 1/- was made recently by the children of Parkvale School, and will be used towards the maintenance of Hawke’s Bay children in the Otaki Health Camp. Economics. Sir W. Beveridge, one of .England's foremost economists and publicists, who frequently broadcasts for the 8.8. C., recently said: “There are quite a number of schemes of reform, generally monetary, which it would be as reasonable to discuss in economics as it would be to invite an engineer to examine a machine for perpetual motion.” Poultry Prank. The epidemic of eccentricity which seems to be raging amongst the poultry of Taranaki claimed another victim in the shape of a duck at Manaia, which presented her owner, Mr. J. Barnes, with a walnut-coloured egg, dark mottled brown instead of. the usual sickly green in colour. Such freaks of colouration, though rare, are known to have occurred before. A True Irishman. He was a visitor to Wanganui and an Irishman. The tram was packed and he stood near the motorman, and seemed quite intrigued by the one-man car. After looking towards the rear and then the front of the car, the visitor felt he must say something, so, touching the motorman on the shoulder, he asked, pointing to the door by which he had entered: “Is that the entrance for me to get out?” Thompson Road Extension. The question of extending Thompson road to connect with Jarvis street and Raupare road, in the Raupare district just outside the Hastings township, has again been brought before the notice of the Hawke’s Bay County Council. It is understood that at the next meeting of the council the question of providing stock paddocks and other matters incidental to the road will be considered by councillors. Competitions Society Loss. The Hastings Competitions Society’s recent festival in Hastings was a finaucial failure, and the society lost a good deal of money. The bitterness of the pill, however, is to some extent lessened by the graciousness and geueros. ity of the children who formed the Parkvale School Choir, and who returned to the society the £1 that they won for gaining second place. The executive of the society express their deep appreciation of that kindly action. Ten Per Cent. Subsidy. The Commissioner of Unemployment has notified the Hawke’s Bay Hospital Board that a subsidy of 10 per cent, of the cost of building the isolation block at the Napier Hospital would be granted. A similar allowance will be made on the work of building an operating theatre at the Hastings Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital. In the first instance the subsidy is granted provided the work is begun at once, and in the second before the end of the year. Sheep Shearing at Waiheke.

As a result of the fine weather that has been experienced at Waiheke Island (Auckland) recently farmers decided to commence shearing operations last week and about 400 sheep were put through at one shed at Ostend on Friday. Conditions are reported to be the best for some years, though the start has been made two or three weeks earlier than usual. Operations at another Ostend shed was commenced this week. New Zealand Leads. New Zealand gave a lead to the dairying countries of the world in establishing a Government grading system for produce, said Mr. Ross, the new chief grader at the Moturoa Freezing Works,, at a farewell to his predecessor, Mr. C. Robertson. The Government grading note was as good a.s a cheque, and the stamp was an absolute guarantee of quality, he added. A great quantity of New Zealand dairy produce was bought over thie telephone, the gradings being accepted without question. In recent years Russia, South Africa and the British Farmers’ Federation had copied the system, realising its immense value to their industries.

A Reporter’s Neck. A Wanganui reporter as a result of his thirst for information in matters pertaining to wrestling now has a kink in the back of his neck that he will probably not be able to iron out for the next fortnight at least. He was not sure whether McCready had applied his famous octopus hold on his opponent and when the bout had terminated he went to McCready’s dressing room to make certain. “Yes,” replied the genial McCready “I will demonstrate it to you,” and as quick as a flash he applied the famous hold on the astonished scribe. The latter in future intends to take all wrestling holds for granted, as he considers that his education in that respect is now complete. Winds In Taranaki. The severely cold winds experienced recently have had a serious effect on Taranaki pastures. Growth has been cheeked completely, with the result that on the majority of farms the feed problem is acute, because bay and silage saved for the winter has also oeen consumed Stock generally are not in such good condition to face a new season as is usual in North Taranaki, and consequently production shows a considerable decrease compared with last year Many farmers brought their cows in three and four weeks earlier this season and more cows are being milked, but the weather has been so bitterly cold that total butterfat still shows a decline.