LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXV, Issue LXV, 9 October 1913, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Cr Morrissey, speaking at the meeting of the Hawera Borough Council on Wednesday evening, said the Cemetery Committee had decided to make the cemetery a beauty spot. A Foxton Maori sold some land recently, for which he received £600. A few days later he exchanged the money for an up-to-date motor-car, despite the fact that his dwelling could have been, made more habitable and sanitary for a quarter of that sum. Our Weellington correspori'dent telegraphed this morning that the petition of Mr John Leydon, of Stratford, who claims compensation for injuries sustained on the Stratford railway station, has been inferred by the Railways Committee to the Government for favorable consideration. The new By-laws of the Hawera Borough Council have been printed and it was decided at the meeting of the Council on Wednesday evening that they be issued to residents at one shilling a copy. Referring to the by-laws, Cr Morrissey said it was very necessary that the clauses relating to persons loitering on the footpaths and driving without lights should be immediately put into force ; by. the inspector. Our local tennis and bowling courts, writes our Opunake correspondent, during the present fine weather, are scarcely ever without someone practising on them. The local bowlers visit Pihama for the opening on Wednesday, their own opening day being a week later. The tennis club's opening takes place on the loth, and judging by the form some of our players, new and old, are showing, they should be able to muster a strong team this season. In connection with the death of the woman Hazel Stanley the Stratford Post states that arrangements are now being made for the inquest on Stanley, and if the evidence warrants such a course the charge against George Warren will probably be increased. Warren previously appeared at the Stratford Court charged with having, on September 20th, assaulted the woman so as to cause actual bodily harm, but Stan-, ley was not able to. appear to give evidence, and Warren was remanded. At the S:M. Court, Manaia, on Wednesday morning, was heard the case of T. Ennis, tailor, of Hawera (Mr H. U. benneot) 'against Isaac Rae, native of Manaia (N. H. Powell, of Welsh. McCarthy and O'Dea's office, Manaiaju when the plaintiff sued the defendant for £3, the balance of moneys due on a suit ordered by and alleged to be delivered to the defendant Rae. The defendant pleaded misfit and non-delivery of the goods. The Magistrate, in giving judgment, said that the evidence on both sides was equally strong, but that, owing to plaintiff's want of diligence in suing for the amount (the goods were alleged to have been delivered in March. 1909) he would non-suit the plaintiff, but without costs. A husband who applied to Mr Peynton at Palmerston North for a prohibition order against his wife stated that she was in the habit of flying round in taxi cabs to get drink. He had to throw her out of the cow-yard because she came home the worse for liquor. He then took her and tied her up to the. kitchen sofa. On another occasion she took the poker to him. She was also in the habit of smashing up the furniture. He was not a total abstainer himself, and hoped he never would be. The wife in evidence said she took a drop occasionally because she had been used to it. She produced a broken walking-stick which her husband had broken over her eldest daughter. He ha<l ill-treated the calves, and they could be heard roaring miles away. The order was issued. At Wanganui on Tuesday, Mr W. Kerr, S.M., delivered a judgment, of some interest to teachers. It had to do with what is a usual practice-—resigning before the holidays, but letting the. resignation take ettect at the end of the vacation, with the object of drawing pay for the period covered by the holiday. The case was one in whicli a lady teacher, about to be married, resigned on December 17, stating that her resignation would take effect on January 31 following. The Education Board paid her only to the end of December, and she sued for salary for January. In giving judgment the Magistrate entered a nonsuit against the teacher, on the ground that no proof of resignation had been produced in Court. Section 61 of the Education Act provides that all teachers must give one month's notice of resignation in writing to the Board and the School Committee, and the same provision is found in Section 78 of the Wanganui Education Board's regulations, though the language of the Act was the more imperious. There was no proof at \,he hearing of the case 1 that proper notice had been given, and the Legislature must have had good reasons for making the provision regarding notice as it had done. Mr Newton King advertises entries for stock sales as under: Douglas, October 13; Stratford, Ocotber If—mixed cattle and springing heifer. Gibsons' Ltd. haye a replace in this issue. Included in the list there are many good lines of high class groceries worth buyers' attention at the prices qiioted, especially the line of tea at 56s per chest, and Price's candles, currants, fruits. Householders should study the list.* A lot of properties for sale and exchange are advertised by James and Giilman, of this town, The first; shipment or new season's goods, ex s.s. Rotorua from London, are now on view at Ward's, the Cash Draper. These goods aro received direct from the manufacturer and the prices asked are an absolute proof of the advantages gained by dealing with firms who are fash buyers as well as cash selleas.—Advt.

The poundkeeper (Mr W. Davidson) ' for the quarter ended September 30, impounded 94 head of stock. Of that number 54 were horses. n The Borough Engineer reported to the Hawera Borough Council on Wednesday evening that the value of building permits issued during the month was £2475 15s. In connection with the Hawera Methodist Mission of Inspiration and Appeal, preparatory meetings for members have been held each night this week, and will be continued tins evening and to-morrow at Wesley Hall commencing at 7.30 o'clock. The workmen who have recently been | engaged in cleaning Nelson's Column m Trafalgar Square,. London, have removed no less tnan twenty tons of accumulations from the platform and statue at the top of the column, which has not been cieaned for the last 45 years. The dirt on Nelson's hat alone weighed half a | ton. The top of the column is inhabited by a colony of pigeons, which. was much disturbed at the appearance of the workmen. In reference to the matter of the erection of workers' dwellings at ■ Patea, the Press reports that the Borough Council has resolved that block 52, containing three acres of borough reserves be offered to the Government at their ' valuator's price, for the purpose of erecting workers' dwellings on itV Half the proceeds from the sale of the land to be devoted to road making to the sections. A further resolution was carried that the Government be asked to insert a clause in the "AVashing up Bill" that would enable it to acquire what sections it might require amongst sections 1 to '3 ana 10 to 14 of block 38 for workers' dwellings, and empower the Council to sell the balance for residential sites. The Patea Borough Council on Monday night adopted the report of its water Supply Committee, which recommended tne adoption of .the water and drainage scheme submitted by Mr Climie. The scheme as outlined in tae Press, states that the most economical supply Avould be one derived from an artesian bore sunk near the river and afterwards pumped by means of a producer gas engine into the mains, and the surplus water into a tank elevated on a steel tower. The capacity of the tank would be 100,000 gallons and its elevation would suffice for a pressure of 801bs per square inch at the Post Office. The cost of the scheme is set down at £7560, made up as follows:—-Steel water tower and bore, £2300; engine producer house and pump tank, £1595; reticulation including 8-inch rising main, £3065. ■ Citizens are no doubt aware that in the tea room of the Public Library is a collection of valuable curios, but they are not exhibited in such a manner as to bring them under the notice of the public and visitors. At the September meeting of the Hawera Borougn CounCi.' A' ■ R' eidj "'ho is a memb«r of the Library Committee, was appointed to go into the matter with Mr G. H. Barker, with a view to doing something in. the direction of placing the exhibits under mor3 favorable notice. Mr Barker and Ci\ Reid thoroughly overhauled all the curios and suggested to the Council that all the pictures and rack.or guns should be put in the front reading room of the library and that the remaining exhibits be catalogued and entered up in a proper manner, and that they be handed (on loan) over to the District High School or the Technical School. The secretary stated in a letter to the Council that if the exhibits were to be saved something would have to be done to place them in a suitable place. The Council on' Wednesday evening decided to agree to the suggestions. If the full strength of the Australian fleet is sent to New Zealand in response to the Government's invitation the people of the Dominion will have the opportunity of seeing the Australia, a sister ship of H.M.S. New Zealand, the cruisers Sydney and Melbourne, and the destroyers Parramatta, Warrego; and larra. The Australia and the Sydney are the latest additions. Ultimately Australia will have a fleet of 52 vessels including eight Dreadnought cruisers! The flagship, of the Commonwealth fleet differs m some essentials from the battleship cruisers of the Imperial Navy. Instead of 12in. armour she has only Bin. armour, and instead of lS.sin. she carries 12in. guns. The saving of weight is important because it gives the Australian ship a greater scope of movement on a given coal consumption and permits of a marked increase in speed, the authorities considering it wise to emphasise the cruiser rather than the battleship. It was impossible of course, to man the ships completely with Australians, but already of the 1200 or 1300 officers and men on the Australia, and the Sydney 47 per cent, enlisted from the Commonwealth. W. H. and A. McGarry advertise a rresh list of properties for sale or exchange. Many a person is made a black pessimist for a week at a time by the disorganising effect of a too heavy Sunday dinner. There is no source of. discouragement so great as a stomach that won t digest food, and you cannot expect to radiate optimism if your digestire organs are engaged in a hopeless fight with every meal you eat. Get a few Compound Quinine Pills—Baxter's —and they will cure your indigestion. Remember to ask for Baxter's and 6ee that they are silver-coated. Is 6d box, gfocers and chemists. —Advt. 43