LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXII, Issue LXII, 17 May 1912, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The pear crop in the Hastings district is this season reported to be the heaviest for several years.

It is reported in Berne, Switzerland, that had aiv W. T. Stead survived the Titanic disaster, he would have received tiie xsoboi i'eace Prize (£Boooj this year.

Only about 80 shooting licenses have been issued in Wellington for this season. The number is smaller than it was last season.

At a recent, sitting of the Waihi Magistrate's Court, before Mr F. V. Fraser, S.M., seven youths* were convicted on the charge of wilfuly interrupting a parade of the Senior Cadets, and ordered to pay court costs. The defendants promised not to repeat the offence.

"It may be interesting to you to know," said Mr G. W. Petherick, secretary of the Wellington City and Suburbs No-license League, at the annual meeting of that body, 'that there are 1394 licenses in the dominion, of which 1058 are hotel licenses, 188 accommodation licenses, and 150 wholesale licenses. Wellington City claims 71 of this number.

Some months ago the Featherston Town Board, in view of the rapidlyincreasing cost of meals and lodging supplied to "travellers," decided to put a stop to the practice of providing such accommodation, believing that the system was greatly abused. The cost of charitable aid in that town has now very materially decreased as the result of the decision.

A farmer in the Manawatu district has been experimenting in regard to the growing of pumpkins for sheep (says the Manawatu Standard), but he found that' the sheep were not partial to them, and the experiment could hardly be looked uoon as a success.

A sum of £7000 from the pennies paid for the use of deck chairs on Manly Beach (Sydney) seems a surprising figure, but that is the Acting-Town Clerk's estimate of the gross takings from these conveniences "op to the end of the new contract for the chairs, which is for four years. For the period ended March, 1912, the gross total earnings of these beach-seats showed an increase of £344 over the figures for the previous year. Presuming the same rate of increase is maintained during the next four years, the foregoing sum of £7000 is estimated as the probable gross takings. The successful tenderer pays the Council 41^ per cent, o,f the, receipts.

A case of supposed premature burial is reported from "Made", near Toulouse. Tvl. Gaston, a small farmer, was supposed to have died suddenly, and after the death ceritficate had baen given the funeral took place. When earth was being shovelled on the coffin one of the grave-diggers thought he heard groans coming from the open grave. The men stopped work, and as they heard sounds they went for a doctor and raised the coffin. The lid was wrenched off and the shroud torn aside. The grave-diggers say it was evident that

the body, which was still warm, had moved. When the doctor arrived he tried artificial respiration, but he was too late.

Mr R. Heaton Rhodes, who introduced the deputation which waited on Mr Ell recently in Christchurch in connection with long-distance telephones, complained of the lack of privacy of upcountry telephones. He instanced the case of an old lady in a country farmhouse, upon whom he called one day. "Aren't you ever lonely here?" he enquired. "Oh, no," was the reply. "If ever I commence to feel lonely £ just take the receiver off the telephone and listen to the conversation."

The works which the Auckland Harbor Board has in various stages of completion afford striking evifche death certificate had been given of the trade which Auckland has with other lands (says the New Zealand Herald.) Throughout the length of nearly two miles of water-front there are active operations in progress, designed for the improvement of the port, and there are other works begun, or proposed, in other parts of the Harbor Boai'd's dominion.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., directs attention to the liberal terms that are being offered by Mr Charles Goodson and the executors in the estate of the late J. F. Pease, at their land sale on May 25. These are so exceptionally easy that they should come within the reach of anyone wanting land. Full particulars are advertised. Litho plans can ba obtained at the company's Prince ; «t.v««>.t office.

An interesting experiment in wireless telegraphy has been carried out, states the Sydney Daily Telegraph, by an American cyclist, J. Wolff, who has been endeavoring to develop a system that can be used successfully on a bicycle. He succeeded in maintaining communication between his own machine and that of an associate three and a auarter miles away. This communication Avas obtained without a ground, for it was found that the rubber tyres insulated the apparatus completely from the earth. The assistant rode ahead, sending messages as he went, whilst the receiver managed to keep in constant touch with him. The messages were flashed from a ten-foot mast affixed to the back of each machine, whilst' the electric apparatus was carried on a small platform clamped on to the back of the steering gear.

The N.Z. Loan and M.A. Co', will sell live and dead stock on pccmmt of Mr W. H. Franks at Cheal Road, Ngaere, on Monday, May 27.

T. Barmby will sell furniture, etc., at Manaia on Tuesday, May 21, and at Patea on Wednesday, June 5.

T. Barmby will hold a sale at bis mart on Saturday, May 18, at 1 p.m.

Drags for footballers leave Kaponga for Opunake at 12.30 on Saturday, an 1 Manaia at 10.30 a.m. for Hawera.

Newton King will sell furniture an' effects on account of Mr C. Bates, ac Kaponga on Thursday, May 23.

Freeman R. Jackson will sell stocs at the Wanganui saleyards on "Wednesday, May 23, at 11.30 a.m.

A bachelors' ball will be held at Matapu on Tuesday, June 4.

The Manaia Tennis and Croquet Club will hold a dance on Thursday, May 23.

T. J. Gosson notifies the removal of tha Silver Grid to Union street (opposite Gillanders' stables).

Ladies interested in forming a class in cookery will meet at the Technical School on Tuesday, 21st inst., 7.30 p.m.*

A class for Standard VI. proficiency certificates can be taken at the Hawera Technical School. Students should enrol

at once. Apply Director. * Two guineas for four lines of poetry! Read Tonking's Linseed Emulsion intimation every Saturday amongst news-*

Classes in Bee-keeping and in Veterinary Science can be taken in Eltham, Hawera, and surrounding centres. Apply Director Hawera Technical School. *

The Auckland drainage scheme wilT not be completed until 1915.

The Government offer a bonus of fourpence per pound on the first 100 000 pounds weight.of quicksilver produced Z3% dom}™ n- One-third of t^te quantity must be produced before March. i i V,ran£ *c .remaining two-thirds before March 31, 1915. w»roa

It is stated that the laughter of children ls m the nature of a crime and must be suppressed, according to the views of the police in Sevastopol Push fan-park, the only open space for youngsters in that town has been closed by order, as their laughter and shon? ch!ncery:' bed o^^«

Siam is one of the few countries whieb boasts of a corps of women police Thl oldmand" SulhfchlS^ masiOn *^~% Su^h^^enoTLS^Sr^. duty is to act as gatekeepers of the In etfe s a3f P sr ■sgu-iS there is no mischief done and ?w difficulty in recrurfcin/+i 3S Somo ism mmmz fi.i'-j-.Sri-.staFS m, three Russian, and two are Greek The new alphabet enables every wo«i of the universally current Chinei W Gillies and Nolder will sell stock ifc Manaia on Tuesday; May 21, at lpm y^ si s!oVrd^ taE? w^iT il°° r °- d head is swaying ' th"re eig °f the C°id hat is 1 saying, ' Cure*' G^ PePPenninfc : Took their advice, thus staying ; The cold that did not mature?— Adrt.