LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LIII, Issue 9435, 6 September 1907, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A class of instruction for military of-ficea-s is to be held at Wellington shortly. Captain Wilkae and Lieuta- Hintz and Wright, from the Hawera Rifles, purpose being present.

The Hawexa Borough Council on Wednesday evening appointed 1 H. Brown, an employee, to attend to the High street sewage pump at a salary of £15 per annum. He will visit three or four times during the week, outside hda ordinary Working ihouis.

Some of thb names of the stireets in the botrough were slightly altered at Wednesday night's meeting of the Hawera Borough, Council. In futoure the New North load extending from Surrey street) wall become part of Wilson street, and Gamberwell. a?oad will Tun Tight through from High street, taking in that portion of Vogel stlreet between High and Surrey streets. It was also agreed to name the proposed new street lo be put tihwragihi Brown's estate Egmont street, subject to tihe approval of the proprietors. It had Beten previously resolved that the extension of Princes street, known as Lombard street, was to be renamed Princes street.

There have been troubles at Waihi Hospital in some of which two former residents of Hawera figured. In the first place chemist and medical superintendent had a difference, which resulted in the suspension of the former's contract. Then certain .remarks made about Mr Max D. King, Jate secretary, led to on enquiry, which resulted (the Auckland Star reports) in the entire exoneration of Mr King. It appeared, however, that there were outstanding fees amounting to neairJy £1000, much of which was 1 thought to be irrecoverable. Next "there was a quarrel between one of the nurses, on the one side and the matron ■ and medical superintendent on the other; while a fourth trouble was that Dr. Deck, assistant medical officer, made several | charges against the matron^ andi deokired that either he would go or she must. The trustees sat -up till one o'clock in the morning trying -to unravel the tangle, during which, according to the chairman, "members were yapping awa.y like litlle children trying to pick up mud"; and then an adjournment was mad© till next day.

An interesting gathering took place at Rotorua on Monday night (the Auckland • Star repoxte), namely, tihe last muster of the present Town Council. The chairman referred to the good work done by the Council during the seven years it had beem in existence. He emphasised the fact that all the work of the Council had been done out of revenue, no loan 'having been raised, As nearly as he could ascertain, thte total assets, including road formation, were about £9550. He considered the Council went out of office in a most satisfactory position. Mr,, Lundon said he did not consider the tak-^ ing over of the town, a right step, but the difficulfy was that Rotorua corald not rate itself for property which^'did not belong to the people. Mr Lundon 6aid that the' Premier had stated (recently that the Government expenditure in Rotorua was something like £110,000, but the' Government could not take all the 'credit for building up the place. He was perfectly safe in saying £bat the "settlers themselves ihad •expended fully £300,000. The meeting dosed toy singing cf Au!d Lang Syne."

A working tanner exposes in an English, paper some of the -tricks of the boot trade. Imitation leather, be says, .is commonly used on the manufacture^ of" purses and dancing shoes. The uppers of the latter are made up of thin cloth, japanned on one side to give thiem tihe appear- . ance of patent leather. This product ot American ingenuity is extensively used 'n the fancy goods trade. Not only nippers, but soles of boots, are manufactured from various compounds and sold as leather. The shavings taken; off the hide of the currier in reducing," it to the (required thickness are (collected by leather manu-tactui-ers, unTolled- tx> make them lie flat, and 10 or 12 of them laid on top of each. . other, with layers of .gum between ; tihten . pressed and dried under strong heat. When Teady for use, 6oles and heels are stamped out for the making up of cheap boots. Still, a -,s©le made from leather "' ■ shavings is not so bod as that substitute for leather that was born of German jugglery a few years ago. A grass jresemb-,, I ling the fibre of the •cocoanut husk was \ chapped into short pieces, mixed, with, glue or other cheap adherent, then semidried and rolled out to form thick- sheets, from which the- soJes of' cheat)* boots were to be made. ■ I ■

At the Trinity College examinations "held at Stratford last Friday, Miss V. Robinson had four successful pupils. These were: — Preparatory piano, Elsio Alderson; violin, Lily Slade; junior piano, E. Webby and M. Lambie. A juryman who applied for exemption from service at the Supreme Court, Christchurch, a couple of. days ago, was excused on grounds rather different from those on which his application was based. He explained that he was suffering from influenza. "Out of consideration for your fellowjurymen," said Mr Justice Chapman, "you will be excused from attendance." The Government intends setting aside a portion of New Plymouth gaol for the reception of habitual criminals who, under the Habitual Crimiiiv-s Act of last* session, have been condemn--ed to be kept in a reformatory at the pleasure of the Governor. It was intended by the Act that the reformatory should not be a prison, but such an institution has not yet existed. Twenty-nine days had elapsed up to Tuesday last since a female resident of Wanganui had tasted food. The woman, who is a well-known resident -of the town, says the Herald, has uidergone her self-imposed task in -.1 c .hope that her health, which has been impaired, will be restored. During the twenty-seven days she has subsisted solely on. lemon drink. She carries out her household duties, and, in addition, takes a little exercise by digging in the garden. Her health, she declares, has already benefited considerably, and she is confident that at t■' c •end of her forty days' fast — the time she has stipulated — she will be perfectly restored. At the sale of two Stanr-Bowkett appropriations of £150 last night, the price realised was £36 each, the buyer being Mr J. W. Yeaxbuiy, The Golf ChuVhave an 18-hole bogey competition on to-morrow and Wednesday for a box of balls. The charge against Howes im connection with the Opunake football fracas some weeks ago -was re-urviestigated by the Management Committee of the Taranaki Rugby Union at a meeting Jield in Stratford on Thursday evening. Several witntefi&ea were examined, and owing to tihe vary conflicting evidence the charge was not sustained. Routine business was also transacted. The, business of meat preserving, in New Zealand, according to statements made in the Arbitration Court at Christchurcb. on 'Driday last by the ijepresantatrves of the Ca»teTbury Frozen Meat omd Chrastohurchi Meat Companies, is in a parlous state. "With the present values of land and stock," said Mr Mmrray, "we are -not in the running in the preserving world. Meat preserving has become! a necessity to us to get rid 1 of by-products, but it will be a bad day for New Zealand when it becomes a business of any consequence." Mt Way mouth also had a discouraging report, to make. "The Chicago itamned meat scare his not quits died away yet," he said, "and we still ' feel the effoeite of it. Ttoee-foiirbhs of . ouor 1906 output is stored in various parts f of the United Kingdom, because we could, not find buyers, and the 1907 output is practically untouched." It seems not unlikely that in the near future Germany may fiend over a conquering 'football team to England (writes an Englishman in Leipzig to the Daily Mail). The gome is now played mons than ever iar Germany, and, what is more, played regularly all through the year, including summer, on many a ground in big towns. The* majority of our football "sportsmen" ■ are content with paying the gate-money and ' -watching others -play ; here *he German youth, plays the game himself, and when one considers that the- "Spring-, boks" were largely composed of Boers and Geranms, and <il*o tihe physical strength an intellectuality of the average . Q«nnan, aJad the practice they have all -tbe year round, it is surely time for our young men to play football, and not mepfely watch others do so. Matches are (now "reported every day in the papers, as- ours -are w. England, -under "Fussball." A"' Sydney' Registrar in Bankruptcy holds the view that smoking a packet of cigarettes each day will destroy a main's memory. He expressed it when a bankrupt was before him for public examination the other week. The Official Assignee ' asked the witness, many questions, and 1 although it was obvious that the \rnam waW trying to recall certain incidents, he was, as his questioner despairingly trematrked, the most hopeless case he had: ever seen. "Do you smoke cigarettes ?"r the Official Assignee queried. "I do," said; the bankrupt. "I thought bo; bow many," asked' the Official Assignee. "A packet a day," replied bankTupti. "Your fingers 1 are stained and your, brain is clouded," commented' the Assignee. The bankrupt, ill at ease, jammed his hands i<n 'his pockets. "No wonder you can't remember," added the Registrar. Palmers who intend 1 putting in crop .should caU on Barmby and Cole, Hawera, 'and inspect their Flexible Frame Osborne Disc Harrows. This harrow, by reason of its* many advantages i over the rigid frame, has made itself the favorite in the South. Its flexibility allows the half disc to adjust itself to the land however rough. It is also a reversible harrow, the 1 special advantage being that- it can. be ' altered to cut in, out, or both one way, thus giving a decided advantage over all •others. — Advt. Jor Bronchial Coughs take Woods' Great JPeppennlnt, Cure. Is 6d and 2s 6d.