LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXV, Issue LXV, 16 September 1913, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

At a meeting of the Deacons' Court of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church (Christchurch) it was decided to lay down an asphalt tennis court for the use of church members. Auckland is to have a gallery devoted to a v collection of portraits of Governors of New Zealand. A.painting of Captain"" Hobson, R.N., New Zealand's first Governor, is shortly to arrive there. Ratepayers in the Konini riding of the Pahiatua County are reported to he subscribing liberally towards the cost of contesting the action of the Pahiatua County Council in increasing the general rate of the Konini riding from Id to lid. A levy of 15 per cent, on all general rates was decided upon at a rt i.ent meeting of the ratepayers, but in many cases the settlers have offered to pay more than the amount,' if necessary. j Mr Cyril Theobald, a young man emI ployed in Mr Blake's motor garage, met with a painful accident on Saturday. He was doing something to a motor lorry, when by some means one of his toes was crushed. Although the injuries are not serious, he will have to remain at home for a week. Mr T. E. Sedgwick, well known in connection with the boys' immigration scheme, was recently appointed by the New South AVales Government as superintendent in charge of a party of British lads leaving England on July 29, for New South Wales. He expressed his intention of spending two ■or three months in Australia, and then coming on to New Zealand. Should he carry out his plan he should reach New Zealand about Christmas time. \ Over forty veterans, under Colonel Ellis, attended a church parade at St. Mary's Church, New Plymouth, on Sunday morning. The Yen. Archdeacon F. G. Evans preached a very impressive sermon. . At the parade (the Herald reports) a letter was read from the secretary of the Hawera branch of the association cordially inviting the members of the Taranaki branch to attend a gathering at Hawera of the veterans of Hawera and Wanganui at a social gathering in commemoration of the attack on Te Ngutu-o-te-Manu, 45 years ago. on which occasion many brave men fell. The other day a Hamilton resident visited Cambridge, and while there discharged a small account he owed at one of the stores. When he had departed the proprietor of the establishment noticed a mark on one of the Bank of New Zealand notes he had been paid, and on turninig it over he saw written j on the back in indelible pencil, "Good- ! bye, and may luck go with you. The last , of £200." A few days ago, while a little boy named Ernest Adams was proceeding to school at Cambridge, he was accidentally struck on the head with a hockey stick. No notice was taken of the cut until the lad complained of illness, and, on medical attention being secured, it was fpund that the lad was suffering from tetanus. Despite all that could be done to save his life, the little sufferer passed away. "I can't have these boys running wild all over the city," said Mr H. W. j Bishqpj S.M., at the Christchurch Magj istrate's Court. "Their honesty seems j to be simply lack of opportunity." Ad- ■ dressing an offender barely over the age , of sixteen, whose offence had been com- : mitted mainly against a cordial manufacturer's soft drinks, the Magistrate said, "If you come up here again, I'll send you to gaol. It's the last chance you have." j It is surprising how. often trifles growout of all proportion to be veritable mountains of worry (says the Timaru iPost). The South Canterbury Educa- : tion Board recently realised this over j the famous 85 memorial mugs of the ; battleship's visit. They discussed how : best to distribute them some time ago and failed to find a solution, and on Tuesday the chairman suggested that , the crockery should be balloted for. ■ Members smiled and quibbled and tried ! to shoulder the responsibility on the ' chairman and secretary, but MrUuther- ; ford would have none of it, and so the ! secretary was instructed to prepare a I ballot for next meeting., I A brilliant example of business-like i celerity was brought to light at the j meeting of the Board of Governors of Lincoln College on Tuesday (says the Press). Three years ago the Education Department wrote to the director, by medium of a circular letter, asking for I a description of the college colors. A re- ' ply was sent, but since then (1910) nothing more was heard about the matter until Tuesday, when a letter was read from the Education Department stating that if the college wanted to proceed with the registration of the colors a "precise" description should be forwarded, together with a bank receipt for £1! The Board decided not to accept the Offer. Postal officials are sometimes set some curious problems in order to ascertain the correct destination of letters. The other day a letter, enclosed m a very big envelope measuring 15in one way and about 9in the other way, was dropped into the Timaru letter box. and the only address on it took the form of a caricature of a man whom the officials were evidently expected to know. There was a penny stamp on the top corner of the envelope, and the words New Zealand at the bottom corner. With characteristic perspicacity, the Herald says, the postal officials^ filled in the missing address as J. Vigor Brown, Mayor of Napier, and subsequent enquiries indicated that the letter has been sent to the person for whom it was intended. ' With a fleet of 32 large cargo carriers available for traffic with the opening of the Panama Canal, the American-Ha-waiian line is, according to advices received in Sydney, giving much consideration to a project to operate several vessels in the trade extending to Australia. That American - Hawaiian freighters that regularly visit Honolulu could without much time or expense be converted into cattle or refrigerated ships, is pretty generally admitted. It is predicted that Australian meat both on the hoof and in a refrigerated state, will enter the United States in increasing quantities, following the adoption of the new tariff schedules. The meat trade will naturally assume greater proportions, and more tonnage will- necessarily be in demand. Already the Union Steam Ship Company has prepared for an increase of traffic in this direction by the charter of additional tonnage. The Melbourne is noted for its fine value in hosiery. Values like these would make any house famous. Children's cashmere socks, all pure wool, black or tan, 6d pair. Children's cashmere threequarter socks, with double ribbed tops, size 4, 9d; fives, lOd; sixes, lid; sevens.. Is; sizes.B and 9, ls 3d pair. Women's famous stockings, ls pair. Men's fine ribbed socks, 3 pairs for 2s 6d.—Advt. "ADVICE TO INVENTORS" IS FREE but it will help you to \ make money from your ideas. Don't keep an idea till it is out-of-date—use it!'; Many a moneymaking idea never sees,,the light until too late. Write for Booklet.—Henry Hughes, Ltd., 157 Featherston Street, Wellington. 43 Wash while you pay—and pay while you wash is the Sellers' Rotary Machine way, bought from the music house of ' Dixon and Co. —Advt. "",.

"If our men are given a- further increase in wages, I don't know what we are going to do," remarked a tanner at the Auckland Arbitration Court last week. "We can't raise our prices, because if we do we will be wiped out j at once by foreign stuff. Unless the [ Government in its wisdom increases the tariff, we will have to go to the wall if these increases continue/ he added. Sweden is the only country that manufactures paper suitable for wrapping fruit .in, ana there is a duty of „7 per ton on it. The rebate of £2 per ton British manufactured goods is of little use in this connection, and the Dominion Fruitgrowers' Conference has petitioned the Government to have the j duty removed. To-morrow (Wednesday) the grand Catholic social at xuveiiea rtah, ior which many preparations have 'been iWtde, wm oe iielu. lhe opening part of the evening will be a farce, "My ojily daughter," by the Buterhy Artists* lnese performers are said to be something quite out of the ordinary run and not to be missed. That the compulsory service conditions of tne _ elence Act are not proving irksome to tho youth of Australia, is shown by the latest training figures, made available by the military authorities. These show that of the 18-year-old boys who were due to join the citizens' soldiers' ranks at the beginning of July, 16,849 out of 17,194 responded to the call to arms. In Queensland only 46 lads failed to come forward for training; in New South Wales, 43 shirked their duty; in Victoria, 79; in South Australia, 81; in West Australia, 96; while m lasmania,every boy eligible to join the fighting line took his place for service, in senior cadets, 144,536 boys between 14 and 17 years of age registered their names and 99,624 were medically examined, 91 per cent, proving medically fit for service. Out of 90,674 liable tor service, only 2937 failed to respond to the call to arms. In Queensland 290 shirked duty; in New South Wales, 1114; m Victoria, 623, in South Australia, 185;: in West Australia, 107; and in Tasmania, 614. A matter that was brought into prominence when the Empire Commission was in Hobart was the branding of stock and the enormous loss occasioned, not only by faulty branding, but by placing the marks on what are the most valuable portions of the hide. Mr T. A. Tabart the chief inspector of stock in Tasmania' has ior some years been giving the subject considerable attention^ believing that a system could be evolved whereby the value of the hide could be preserved and still make the branding effective! After five years' work a plan has been matured as to give effect to the object he had in view. In order to protect the result of his labors he has had the system copyrighted in the Commonwealth, New Zealand, and Canada, and ha&now applied for similar protection in the United States and the Argentine. The idea is to have all the branding done on the ears of the animal, leaving the butt untouched. By means of various kinds of marks, and the'position in which they are placed on the ear, the register kept will enable identification of the beast to be ascertained at a glance. There is one young lady in Sydney whom the quarantine authorities will allow to travel anywhere in Asu tralia so long as she keeps her left sleeve rolled up (says the \Sun). It happened this way. During the rush for vaccination this young lady, who is a nurse, was engaged as an assistant in a surgery. She loyally obeyed medical advice, and was vaccinated too. She asked the doctor for a certificate, as the vaccination had been undoubtedly successful. "Roll up your sleeve," the doctor demanded. He picked up two rubber stamps. One printed the word "Successful" the othor printed his initials, "W.R.G." He stamped them neatly on the white skin of the pretty round arm. "Take that up to the Town Hall," he said. The nurse went to the Town Hall, where the officials knew exactly what was required of them. A quarter of an hour later'the nurse was back at the surgery with the official stamp on her arm below the doctor's certificate. That is why she carries a full and adequate passport to travel as long as her sleeve is left bare to her shoulder. The final of the United Friendly Societies' card tournament will be played on September 17. * The Melrose Dairy Co. invites tenders for carting. A" basket social will .be held at Te Kiri on September 19. Newton King advertises a sale of dairy stock on account of Mr R. H. Phillips, Ngaere. A motor car is advertised to be available for hire.