LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 8052, 4 August 1904, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

if Hon. nail-Jones arrived in Wellington - on Wednesday evening after his trip to Great Britain. , Telegraphic communication with Napier * and Auckland is entirely cut off owing to interruptions. i It is expected that the cookery classes at the Hawera District High School will begin next week, probably on Tuesday. f More snow fall in Hawera last night, k the ground being thinly covered. Bitterly cold weather continues, and this " morning there was a sharp hailstorm. The Hawera Commercial Agency re- » -port the recent sale of house and two sections in High street to Mr Fryer; the Oxford House to Mrs Taylor, of Okato; and 280 acres at Mokoia to Mr " J. Hunt, of Taikatu road. Mr J. H. Tatham, of Homewood, Tc - Nui, has lost over 200 sheep by the depredations of stray dogs. After worrying some of the animals, the dogs drove the '' flock over a cliff. Many were killed by the fall and others were suffocated in r the gully. A suggestion that a daily motor ser- - vice be established between Stratford, Rowan, Kaponga, and Hawera is under ; the consideration of tho Stratford Chamber ' of Commerce, but it is generally thought that the roads are at present unsuitable. A proposal to connect Stratford _ and it Opunake by rail is also under discussion. Thousands of trout are dying in Lakes Tarawera and Tikitapu by reason of freshes bringing down quantities of pumice, which gets into the gills and kills the fish. Steps are being taken by the Rod and Gun Club 0 to drive out the fish from the streams and d orect netted wire to prevent their returning up stream. Mr C. H. Whaite, touring manager for Mr Mel. B. Spurr, arrived in town from the south, where Mr Spurr is playing to crowded houses. This clever entertainer will give oraa farewell performance at the Opera House on Monday, * August 8. Owning to previous engager ments, this will be the last time that Mr Spurr will be seen in Hawera. The box plan is now open at Cole and Don1 neflyY The Customs return for the port of n Auckland during July show that the net l ' Customs duties collected amounted to £48,lt 363. Of this sum £46,935 was ordinary :r: r tariff, £1308 preferential, and £121 excise. 18 The net Customs duties collected in the 1# month of July last year amounted to £60,r" 332, the returns for the past month show5 ing a falling off of £11,969. The beer d duty was £1364, an increase of £19 on the corresponding period of last year. There are 10 Chinese living in one Chinese gardener's cottage at the Hutt. This fact was ascertained by the Borough 5 Inspector in enquiring into the insanitary state of the place. The occupants, he mentioned, started to work at once on the improvements which the Inspector r . insisted upon. Councillor Leighton pointed out that a station-holder had to provide so much air space for shearers, and surely the same law applied to a Chinese gardener. The matter is t.Q be referred to t the. Health Department, At a Maaterton hotel on Saturday night k a young man, who earlier in the evening had engaged a bed there, on presentk ing himself at the hotel "after hours," found the doors closed. Fearing he was le locked out, he discharged a revolver, in the hope of attracting notice. He attracted more notice than he expected, for the f- police' arrested him on the ground of discharging firearms in the borough. On ■ Monday the accused, who was a recent arrival from America, was fined £3, or in default seven days' imprisonment. He stated that he carried the revolver to gi "shoot ducks." «j ' o* Mr W. Dimock, managing director of id W. Dunock and Co., Ltd., the, well- _ known bacon curers, informed us during -" his recent visit to Taranaki that bis firm are more than satisfied with the support - they received last season. Tha number of pig's received from- th,e Taranaki diss tfict by hi? firm (luring ttyeir second year is fully tnpeo as many as the number received jdurujg the first *" yea?, and tho quplity is ve.ry much imie proved. The outlook for tw, futuue is }, very encouraging, and Mr Dimock says .. he feel* certiun the supply can be largely , ineteaied, making a welcome addition to 11 milk suppliers' incomes. It w}H be seen n by advertisement that the price they are :h now paying is 3£d per lb cash on dere livery at any of their receiving statiens. Mr A. B. Dimock, their Taranaki agent, £ " permanently resides at Kaponga, and will 3- be glad to. give suppliers any information t- they requhw. >* In the course of a letter to Reynolds' t. Newspaper, Mr P. J. O'Regan rather inj. temperately writes : — "I notice that Sir Westby, Perceval, ex-Agent-General of this 18 country is in> London, and aMr Ellis, who to is, I believe a wealthy New Zealand landIt owner, have been interfering in a recent j. English by-election, with a view to influencing the electors by representing that tho B », cohnes sympathise with the Birmingham i- showman's impudent conspiracy. Neither 5, Sir Westby Perceval nor anybody else has 3f ajiy right whatever to say that New ZeaJanders sympathise with the dear loaf ■?" policy. It }B quite true that Chamber18 lain has enjoyed great popularity here, l- but that was 6g acc^'un^ pf the war spirit j. developed by the }mg F»ble service, . which fed the public on the" veriest! gajb- " age. Chamberlain's Chinese horrdp in P South Africa, however, has disillusioned y tha people of these' colonies. Public v opinion out here is overwhelmingly against * the introduction of Phipjase, The greed " of the Rand capitalist* has had tha effept « of dealing a deathblow jo QJiambepljvim'sm i- in thp coloples." >' JOB LOTS'! J0B.LO9?I3!! h lam fiverttocked in Wall Papers, and n to make room for shipments landing in ie August and September I am selling off , all small lots bf eight pieces and under a at half price for one month. This is a r i genuine opportunity to get splendid papers is For half price. Come early to secure the , t belt bargains. F. J. Wrigley, High street,

The Taranaki Herald reports that tho High School Governors have considered • the question of obtaining a grant from the Government to make up the loss of revenue in connection with certain leases, and appointed delegates to proceed to Wellington. Hurleyville Dairy Company's balancesheet showed that U.o9d had been paid out for butter fat, but there was nothing else to divide; in fact there was a short- 1 age of about £26. c At a meeting of the Waikakahi Crown ' tenants, at which twenty-four were pre. sent, a resolution was carried without dissent, "That this meeting of Crown ten- ( ants unanimously agree that it is impos- l sible for them to successfully farm their lands under the hard and fast rules laid down by the Land Board." Objection ' is taken to the cendition that only two ( grain crops be taken off in succession. The settlers say three crops are required in some cases to clear the land of weeds. The majority would be satisfied with three ' crops, or that the Land Board should exer- ' cisc that discretion which the Minister of i Lands states it possesses. ' Messrs Nolan, Tonks and Co. advertise ( a clearing sale for August 12 on behalf , of Messrs Coleman and Sons, of Dalziel [ road. ' : Mr G. Tindle holds a horse fair at Opu- ', nake on Saturday. . . '. Mr N. T. Maunder advertises for paviers. Mr Newton King holds a special clearing sale on behalf of Mr J. B. Norris, of Tutawa, on Wednesday, August 10. The Hawera Commercial Agency are I advertising for sale a dairy farm of 99 acres. Full particulars in advertisement. Dr Van Slyke, of Wellington, specialist, eye, ear, nose, and throat, may be consulted at tha Egmont Jaotel, Hawera, August 7 and B.— Advt. j Woods Great Peppermint Cure, for Coughs and Colds never fails. Is 6d. j