LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXII, Issue LXII, 31 January 1912, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A few months ago a well-known Stratford firm purchased three small shops. Not long after they were offered £900 on their bargain, but they refused to sell.

It is understood that a large number of prosecutions are pending against young men on the West Coast who have failed to put in an appearance at parades, as required by the Defence Act. The cases will probably be heard short-

Mr E. Poole_, superintendent of the Singer Sewing Machine Company for the North Island, with a staff of energetic canvassers, is now on a visit to Hawera. Miss Gillett, expert in drawn thread, point lace, needle painting, fine art work, etc., is at present engased giving f'-ee lessons in art work to all users of Singer sewing machines. The depot is open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. each day.

/The /Federal Government will introduce a Bill uext session to give Canada arid New Zealand the benefit of the British preferential duties in the tariff, provided there is reciprocity. In the Police Offences Act there is a section vvhich constitutes it an offence entailing a fine up to £10 for any driver to go on the right, or "off" side of a road, and not leave reasonable room for another vehicle to pass. _Tlie North Canterbury executive of the Farmers' Union decided to request the Government to advertise the fact that a 10 per cent, fine would be imposed m respect of unpaid land and income tax a week before date of expired. It is understood that, with a view to the city of Christclmrch not being put .to the expense of a Licensing Committee e^?n» it is the intention of the LicenseA 7 Association to approach the Chnstchurch Prohibition League, with a view to the association bein^ Riven two representatives on the Licensing Committee. Special trains have been arranged for On *he a, day df the Atiawa Sports Club's gatherrng. at Waitara. Trains will leave le Wera at 0.40 a.m., Hawera 7.20 a m and, will leave Waitara on return journey at 5.30 p.m. J \r Sil me£- the whea > cr °Ps in Pleasant y™& (limaru;, and at the Point, are affected by a new pest. In patches the heads droop as though the grain had ripened prematurely, but the'ears are empty Ihe cause is not known to the local farmers.

While giving evidence in.the Hawera Magistrate's Court on Tuesday a witness said that sometimes.in the hot weather he put about 1 to 2 per cent, of water in the milk to keep it cool He understood the practice to be pretty general among farmers in Taranaki in the very, hot weather. Milk, he said, was better cool.

According to the evidence given in the Hawera Magistrate's Court on luesday the season .for calves had not been a good one, while some thought that m the early portions of the season tne weather was unusually severe for the welfare of the calves. Two witnesses, however, considered tfie season was, on the whole, satisfactory, atter. taking into account the rough weather experienced. One witness made the unusual statement that he had not a single loss in calves for five years, and he attributed this to careful feeding with new milk

Taranaki Agricultural Society, ;at a meeting on Tuesday evening, discussed the question of holding an autumn show m place of a spring show. <There was (the News.reports) some opposition, but' the .net-ting decided in favor of making the change. It was argued that the present spring show came just in the flush of the milking season, when farmers were i'usy, and, moreover, the weather was generally speaking, unsettled. The se c i retary said that after conferring with people at outside shows he had visited, he felt certain the change would be of advantage, and that an autumn show would attract visitors from all over the island: The matter of fixing dates was referred to the committee. The meeting also decided, to accept a tender at £2064 for the erection of a hall on the Society's property, St. Germain Square, for the purpose of winter and other agritural shows.

That- the Feiiding A. and P. Association is growing in popularity and influence is plainly evidenced by the very large number of entries received for its show on Tuesday and Wednesday next, the 6th and 7th inst. There are fully 200 more-exhibits'than last year, which was also a record for the association. The jumping competitions have filled remarkably well, and there will be the largest number of horses ever seen at the Feiiding Show. Cattle entries have increased by 54 pens, and sheep by close on 100 pens. The association has* decided to hold a sheep-shearing competition, post entries, for which prizes of £6 5s are offered. Excursion fares are - available from Taihape, Wanganui, Foxton, Dannevirke, Masterton, and all intermediate stations. A special train leaves Palmerston North on Wednesday,(People's Day) at 12.35 p.m., returning at 4.50 p.m., and connecting with the trains for Foxton, Dannevirke, and Masterton.

A skim milk or whey steriliser'has just been patented by Mr E. Fergusson, of the Westholm Creamery, Wayei'ley, says the Patea Press. The device is simple. It consists of two cylinders, one within the other, and the heating chamber. The milk first enters the inner cylinder from the bottom, and is driven up and into a pipe by which it is carried i to the pasteuriser proper —another ; smr.!l cylinder—in which it is heated by steam to the requisite temperature. From the pasteuriser it is carried into the larger cylinder in which the first is placed, from which it flows into the holding tank. Thfc reason for carrying the heated liquid into the outer cylinder is to warm the coid milk as it" enters, thus assisting in the heating of the*milk, thereby economising steam. The device, to a layman, appeal's to be quite feasible, and provided it comes Up to expectations, should play no unimportant part in the dairy industry, especially if pasteurising is made compulsory, the advantages of the invention are briefly: Simplicity, cheapness of construction, j combined with conservation of spac^. Mr J. Hunt, Manaia, advertises barj gains at his drapery sale. Messrs E. Dixon and Co. insert an advertisement to-day about the Sames piano, for which the firm are sole agents, i Nothing better in convalescence— Steams' Wine of Cod Liver Extract nourishes and strengthens—puts you on your feet in-a-hurry and keeps you there. —(Advt.) ~ COMPELED TO TAKE TO HIS BED. "For six years I have been a sufferer from Colic, being compelled at times to take to my bed,' says Mr R. C. Phipps, Dutton, S.A., "but now when I get these attacks I take Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy and find that it gives me immediate relief. I can confidently recommend it to others for colic or any bowel or stomach complaint." FOR SCOUR iJS CALVES. Sheep, Pigs, or -Bprses, use "Vermocine." Unequalled for all • internal stomach worms, intestinal worms, and lung worms. Unsurpassed in all cases of diarrhoea affecting young animals, parasitic diseases uF stock. Destroys Obtainable from B-arn-by and Cole. H*u wera. —Advt. MUSIC BINDING. Preserve your Songs and Piano Music by having them bound, in all leather or cloth with leather facings, at the Star Office, Hawera. Many have wish- ! ed they had had it done sooner. Do ' not wait till half your Songs are lost. } You are bound to require a sunshade soon. Why not purchase now, when prices are so low. New season's goods usually 6s 6d, 9s 6d, 12s 6d, 15s 6d, given away at 3s lid, 4s lid, 6s 6d, 8s lid. Reducing the size of show-room stock! A host of real bargains. Smart blouse costumes, all shades, now halfprice. Thirty sample white dress skirts, handsomely trimmed (soiled), usually los 6d, 18s 6d, 19s 6d, 23s 6d, 35s 6d, given away at 7s 6d, 10s, 12s, 12s 6d, 18s 6d. White underskirts, all bargains, nearly half-price. Princess robes in colored linens, usually 22 S 6d to 2Ss 6d, all given away at 10s 6d each. Fresh bargains every day at Gillett's Clearing Sale— where the crowd goes. *

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