LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXI, Issue LXII, 11 May 1912, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The goodwill of a renewable Maori lease of a quarter of an acre section in Taumarunui was sold recently at £1200. l.t had sixteen years to run.

The registration of the Hawera United Friendly Societies' dispensary as a friendly society under the Act is gazetted.

A farm on Hamilton road, near Cambridge, in the Waikato district, has changed hands at £40 per acre. This is. stated to be a record price for land in the neighborhood of Cambrige.

About 30 men working in the Pukuweka Sawmilling Company's" bush at Matapuna struck recently because the company changed from a nine-hours' day to an eight-hours' day. The men declined to resume work, and they were replaced by others.

A serious and curious accident recently occurred at the Croixelles, in the Nelson district. A sawmill employee, named Dufiin, who was trucking logs from the bush with a pair of horses, somehow got his leg under the truck wheels while a log was on the track, with the result that his leg was cut right through just above the ankle.

Mumps have been very prevalent in Masterton and in a very severe form — the worst for 20 years. The complaint, which was taken there by some members of a circus, has visited practically every family in Masterton and in many cases every member has be"en stricken down. In a number of instances the mumps entered inwards, and. parents had to be removed to. hospitals ~ for treatment.

The Auckland City Prohibition League reports the following cases of drunkenness dealt with by the Auckland Police Court for the month of April: Total number 183, of which eight were women, 72 were first offenders, 38 broke prohibition orders, 21 were prohibited, seven were sent to Rotorua, three to Pakatoa, and nine to Mount Eden, for various terms. The fines amounted to £152 10s.

The Mackenzie County Council spent £22 on wheat to poison small birds last year. The Council gives the wheat free to farmers, but it was informed at the last meeting that some people had been procuring it to feed their fowls.

Fat lambs have gone up to a good price in the Timaru district. One pound per head is usually considered good for fat lambs, but a, very prime line recently sold in that district at 22s per head. Laml>s are fattening well, and large numbers are being sent in to the freezing works from all parts of the district.

Several boys at Dannevirke were charged with maliciously disturbing the peace of various inhabitants by knocking at their doors. The offence was alleged to have taken place during church hours on the Sunday evening. A fine of 5s each was inflicted upon those present and 10s in the case of the absentees. Costs amounted to 8s M each.

The Hon. Te Rangihiroa stated at Masterton that at one time h« was engaged in a humble occupation 9S a •rairarapa sheep station. It was ther^ that he thought of the possibilities which might 6p6li from education, and he resolved upon a C9tifse of study. Eventually he succeeded ill "" gaining a plaea in the Te Aute College, and ivcify there he graduated as a medica"1 stncfent.

Two men who had their tent pitched on the.Carrick (Bannockburn, Otago), had a narrow escape recently (says the Lake County Press). They'left * their tent about 5 o'clock in the evening, and on returning about JO o'clock they found that an immense rock had slipped off the hill and embedded itself right on top of their tent. Had it occurred a little later the result would have been fatal to the occupants.

The record kept by the registrar of births, marriages; and deaths for the Auckland district shows a large increase in the number of marriages celebrated so far this year, compared with the corresponding months of last year, and the year before. - During the four months just ended there have been celebrated over 100 more marriages than during an equal period last year. It would appear, also, that marriage by the registrar is growing more popular, 124 having been so performed this year, as against 89 for the same period last year.

A discussion took place at a recent meeting of the Southland Education Board with reference to charges laid against two teachers for alleged falsification of the school rolls. Members were of the opinion that such offences were of rare occurrence and that the most implicit faith could be reposed in the, teachers generally . In view of the very serious character of such an offence it was resolved that the charges be fully ventilated.

r A euchre party and dance will be held in the Okaiawa Town Hall on Tuesday, May 14. ■

The Inglewood Borough Council inr'tes applications for the position of working overseer. " .

The Rev. J. F. Martin, of Manaia, v.ill preach at Wesley Church to-mor-row morning. : In the evening the service v.ill be conducted by the Rev. W. A.who who will take for his subject, "The Organ of Spiritual Knowledge."

Are you losing weight? Muscles weak and flabby? Steams' "Wine of God Liver Extract builds up broken-down tissues and produces sound, healthy flesh— increases your weight.—-A.dvt. -

Weather permitting, the Hawera Band will play at the Band Rotunda to-morrow afternoon at 3 o'clock. There will be no collection.

It is notified in the Gazette that subdivision 18 of section 12 ,Block X., Ngaire Survey District, at Eltham, has been taken as additional land for the purposes of the Foxton-New Plymouth railway.

Mr H. Isaac, Evangelist, who has conducted successful mission meetings in the Gospel Hal) this week, will continue his addresses to-morrow. H& is a good speaker, and has oeen attentively listened to hj large congregations.

Tho Postmaster-General notifies in the Gazette that postal matter addressed to "David Ross," or "Ross and Bradshaw." Post Office box 101, Wellington, will not be either registered, forwarded, or delivered.

By proclamation in the Gazette, a portion of the Tangahoe-Whareroa Road in the Hawera County, is declared a county road; as is also a portion of the Rawhitiroa Road in the Eltham County

It has been found necessary to protect opossums in New South Wales, as during the past few years so many have been shot that the animals were in danger of becoming extinct, which would mean the loss of an animal whose fur has always been much in demand. The opossum has recently been introduced into New Zealand, and judging by the way they have thrived, should become very plentiful in the course of a few years.

Country, settlers in the Wairarapa are still finding difficulty in procuring labor, and on several farms scrub and bush are waiting to be felled, but unless labor becomes more plentiful, it is possible that the cutting of scrub and bush will be abandoned in a good many places.

The Patea Press reports that yesterday morning Mr J. O'Shea, stationmaster, narrowly escaped losing his life. During shunting operations he attempted to jump aboard a guard's van to apply the brakes, but slipped between the van and the next truck. When assisted up, he was found to be suffering considerably from bruises and shock. His clothes were badly torn.

At a Socialists' meeting in Cathedral square, Christchurch, the following resolution was carried unanimously: "In the event of the capitalist class bringing about war between any two nations, this meeting expresses its sympathy with the Hardie-Vaillant proposal that the workers of the world shall call a general strike, especially in those industries which manufacture munitions of war." Three cheers were heartily given for the social revolution.

With the advent of the new cable, which will soon be laid between Auckland and Sydney, it is stated (writes the Norfolk Island correspondent of the Auckland Herald) that the staff at Norfolk Island will be greatly reduced. The new cable will take over all the New Zealand business, and, of course, will very much diminish the work to be done at Norfolk Island.

A resident of Napier has received a return froni Home showing the increase in the weight of sheep and cattle that has. taken place, during the last century and a half. In 1732 the average weight of cattle was 3701b., while nowadays a beast of I,ooolb is not considered anything extra special. The average weight of sheep and lambs in the olden days was 281b., and *s now anything from 561b to 601b, Notice is given of an election l 0 n n an extraordinary vacancy on the HaM'tra. Borough Council. ENGLISH CHOLERA CURED. ...*■ ''Rocently a customer of mine called in to purchase some goods, and was violently attacked with English cholera/ writes L. M. Morrin, Otahuhu, New Zealand. "1 induced him to take a dose of Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy, which immediately effected a cure. I might add that on numerous occasions I have used Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhaea Remedy this way, ; and it has had marvellous effects on the sufferers."

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