LOCAL AND GENERAL.

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

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Owing t^o tfete Bhortage of coal in Ha^ wera' there is an unusually heavy demand for yi-vo/a. ■■; ' ; %t Excessive moisture has caused a eeriotis spread of blight: in the Auckland district;/,. Potatoes and tomatoes are b^dly effected. v .-'.A '•'■'. The -New Plymouth officers <of the Public Works Department emigrated «a Friday to Stratford, which will -in tn-tur-e !bfe the head offfce of thie Taranaki district from jWaTOrley toKawiiia. Tmi* is now no New Plystt©uth ibt^ch, says the Herald. / ■Last week's Gazette'"contains an Order-in-Cquncil amending the' regula'4fbns regarding free : places in secondary and district high schools by the insertion after the "words " a district 'high school" "in paragraph ii of clause 4 of the regulations the words ''or a day technical sclfooV;' A memorandum issued by Mr T. W. Kirk, Government Director of Orchards, informs ofchardists that the conditions relating "to the trial shipments of apples and ipears to European and North American markets, and of; peaches to American markets,' will be repealed this season, including the Govewflrneht guarantee of Id per lb net retavrn. Amongst the 35 candidates" accepted*; for the Japanese 1913r14 Saltation Army training session are the daugV ters of nve'll-knoWn ministers, the head nurse <of the Salvation Army Totio Hospital, a young man who has been trained to be a Shinto priest, and another who has qualified as a priest of Bufiaha. The annual meeting of shareholders in the Hswera Starr-Bowkett Building Society is convened for this evening. The society, the directors report, continues 'on a successful course, the profit for the year being £216. The society now has a sum of £2731 to the credit of profit and loss. There are now 339 shares in the society having a right to participate in tlie "'ultimate distribution of this profit. - James Ca-rrbll, who claimed to be 123 1 years of age, has died in the Rookwood Benevolent Asylum, New South Wales. Carroll was a native of Ireland, and arrived in Australia 65 years ago. When in the institution he was closely ques-] toined as to his age, and the officials there believe that he was as old as he claimed to be. ' 'You have been a sheepbreeder pure and simple?" said <xnmsel to a "witness at the Suppsme fGourt at Christchurch. The witness hesitated. "A sheepbreeder pure and simple?" said his Honor in astonishment. "Not the combination one "naturally looks for. Perhaps purely and simply a sheepbreeder." '- The rust parasite, which is reported to have been attacking the Californian thistle in the Makarewa district, seems to be quite along the Aparima River flats, and in \ every instance where it has obtained a good hold on the plant the latter quickly dies off, '■ states the Southland News. After being attacked the plant has an appearance of having: been Ikilled from under the soil and- wither away. A curious instance of the convexity of modern commercial civilisation was given by Mr David G. Stead at a.meeting of the Peace Society in Sydney. "I go % in," he said, 'a good deal for birdkeeping, and since the Balkan war I notice the price of birdseed has "gone up. Currants have also risen. Many. o| those who grew these things arja .under the grass, asfi the rest are not in a position to cultivate their land.. Now, if small countries like the Balkan States can affect^us ;in Australia, what would be the result of a war between great Powers like IBritain~ and Germany?" ' / During the year ended March". "31, 1913, there were 15,784 certificates issued under the Inspection of Machinery Act, as followjsu SBoiler certificates, 7011^ machinery, 8185; extra first-class engineers 4;'. first-class stationary en-gine-drivers, 74; second-class, 191; iocomotive and traction-engine drivers,. 191; winding-engine drivers, 28; elec-tric-tram drivers, "100. - , A young Maori named Abraham, from Taihape, was sent to the Hawkesbury Agricultural College, New South Wales, and fp his first year this youngNative worked himself up tb a place amongst the first ten in, a large class. Principal Potts has expressed himself as very much impressed with the boy's character. Abraham was a mem her "of the Agricultural class ;of the Wanganui Education Board, smd early next year several boys taking • .tTfis course under Messrs J. Grant and Banner are to go to Hawkesbury. About a year agoVtaie Australian currency began to riiake its appearance in Auckland, but on ffcoownt of the banks not accepting it, the coinage" was practically useless as •.^medium of exchange. Tramway conductors were no Jess astnte tb an .shopkeepers and bank-.tellers;-in detectinar the ,tell-tale kangaroo on coins. This" difficulty (an exchange says) has now ceased; the banks having decided, a 'few months ago, to accept the currency, and in due course they will combine in making a shipment of the money to the' Commonwealth. No fear of loss need therefore "be entertained, by anyone who is tendered Australian coins. ' '-•■• ; - ' ■, Coloijel Hammond, of the Salvation Army, who has returned to England ter nine months' absence, has just given his views on the Army's work m-New Zealand,' ;In the oosrse of hisremarks, he stated: "The success; of out' work on behalf of..inebriates is something to marvel at. I-visitied th« islands- of Pa*katoa and Bptmoa, and discovered that 40.per cent, of the cases treated _. in the institutions situated there are positive cures. There are many who'lea!vethe;islands and pass out of our ken; 'but this figure is based upon those .people who can be traced. The Women's Rescue Home' at Auckland. New Zealand, is one of the finest I hare seen. We have two excellent homes for boys, and there is a great demand for others. Then *the •Peoples-Palaces.; which have been <estabhshetF in all the "large centres of t«e r Dominion^ have proved to be an unquailfjledX'^e^^ ' 'Phey- are much used by1- eohnfierciril travellers, and I •?<^L? n "iy ioi|irn«ying by-train and boajt that the Army hotels were a. hequent source of «oß(versation;" ; '; Office care and Worries' a%3 quickly relmrod by a dose <if «teams' Wine of Cod jjiver Extract; It soothes and quiets.the nerves and .dears the brain. TERRIBLE ijEADACHfcs. "I am .a bo^jtrrutker." writes Mr Fred crick 'Mflfter, Great JKing .*fcreet, > Torth Dunedin, N.Z., "aiiti for many.^ears suffered from terrible headaches and irregularity of the bowels, due *o my sedentary life. After;taking, one box of Chamberidirffi, Tablets ;.I v#atf^ greatly benefited, and jtheyUsooreive^ected my cure, . Upon tise sligiitest' sytaptoms <<& cpnetipation I take |two?or' tnwe tablets, which alwa^fie^ me ,right. l' Sold by all chemists and torekeepers.—-Advt/

The Catholic progressive euchre party, in aid of the x Convent funds, held on Monday evening, proved to be a pronounced success and everyone present spent an enjoyable hour- or two. The prizes were won by Mrs Harrison, Miss Robinson and Messrs F. Fiizsimmons and & GfoddarcL '. < One of the remits to be submitted to the next Teachers' Conference by the.Taranaki representatives is: "That observation schools, at which' uncertif icated teachers must: and: .which other teachers may -attend for some period during the year, be established in all school districts." ; X Writing to the Chnstcnuroi Star a labor leaver says-: ''To show that there are some sensible persons in this Dominion, we wish to report that we; have received* letter from a gentleman who is prepared to -arrange for the expenditure of £10,000 for the purpose of purchasing land for settlement. He has made an offer giving to each married njau -at present.on strike 15 acres of land free of charge, the only condition being that they, should reside Upon the land, -and they should have no pow«r to sell the land" in the event of their leaving the settlement." / /The Ayrshire, which left Liverpool on November 20, had on board fifty -farm boys for New Zealand. They come from all parts ofi the United Kingdom, and have been specially Selected | by the High Commissioner's office. Their ages range from fifteen to twenty years, and they are exceptionally sturdy and of fine physique. They can milk and plough, and many of them have ■a knowledge of rough carpentry and other trades which will add to their value on a New Zealand farm. They will be placed in situations by the New Zealand Government, and will be under supervision. -. • • , • . "Many judgment summons cases come before me which should never come into court at all," said Mr C. C. Kettle, S.M.j at the Auckland Ma^ gistrate's Court last week, y "If some creditors would only take the trouble to make a few enquiries before issuing the summons, they would find that the debtors' circumstances were* such that it would be impossible\to make an order for payment." Later, Mr Kettle remarked on the inadvisability of too much credit being given by shopkeepers. "Unlimited credit encourages extravagance," he said. "There is a tremendous amount of money just frittered away." "Yes, but there would be'a frightful howl if credit were abolished," remarked counsel who was appearing for a judgment creditor. In a report of the trade of the Republic of Panama for 1912, Mr J. R. .Murray, Acting; British . Consul, mentions, with regard to the progress of the Panama . Canal, that it was ilnlikely; that the canal would be opened .for un-, restricted commerce before the autumn of 1914. Progress was. being 'made in the building of terminal piers and,, quays, and in the construction of towers and lamps, for the lighting of the canal. The permanent facilities at the Atlantic and Pacific entrances would include- dry docks, . the ; main dry dock being at. the Pacific terminku constructed so as ; to /be capable 'of taking the largest vessel that could use the canal. The United States Government will install modern coaling plants at each end of the canal,: jitChnstobel accommodation being provided,- for a' SSvSS?^* Btm% of from 24<>>000- to 280,000 tons, and at Balboa for a storage of from 135,000 to 160,000; tons.' ' . A travelling correspondent, who has. been on the roads since 1866, says the present season has been, the wettest in his in South"' Canted bury, as-there; are rarely two,davs in succession on which there is no 'ram and the effect is seriously delaying shearing operations. On one station in the high country there are—between shearers, woolwashers and shepherds—over 40 men to -keep, and a professional cook and 'tiro helps in the , kitchen are engaged to provide for their requirements-. "There *is no talk ot strike^ there ? »? the correspondent says: "it is against 'the clerk of the weather'that, the grievance .lies " On another station. everything has been in readiness for shearing for a fortnight b^t the wet weathe^has prevented a start being made, and there is'no sign yet of. an improvehient. v; : .■ -.■ The unseasonable stonninW of the weather is the subject•-of general remark and complaint. On Mbridav afternoon the glass rose a point or 'two but it receded during the,; night, and this morning was very, low- Half a gale from the north-westwa*-expert enced early in the morning, hx^)&e^ quently eased, : though the-^eatheT outlook remains: unpleasant;; r At the last meeting of the Wangamii. JMucatioi^Board, regret was .expilssed that the Department did npt-graht the leqUeS4°i 1& EditionßolX; £l wera High School,,'an^Teehnjcai ConW tnct High- School In the^nterest of the town fnU district, -the -Board decided, to remove the secondary department to the Technical Scnool at the beginning, of the. year. - This move they, behe V e to be backed by the det%% fePepPK °f Hawera arid disThis.,, s the. first s^ep in the direction of the establishment of an agricultural and high. school^to snpplv ,the need m South Taranak1!; ■ It was reUtea in. the' column Mona Lisa .picture from the' Louvre gave as one. pxplanatibn itHat/he did -so ;ui for Napoleonl^ 1- thefts from the galleries of Italy. It ma^ seem a far-fetched excuse,'^ indeed the man has since given, one more prosaic. _but & Bawera- resident wno was in Italy a. few years ago relate* 'an incident which goes to illustrate the intense feeling that still exists in respect of the Napoleonic "transfers." A party was being shown through the liucal Palace at Venice, and came to one room, of which the walls were' strikingly bare, A member of the party asked for an explanation. The. guide's face became suddenly pallid, his eyes, biassed witfo. passion, and he/ viciously spat. "Tire paroxysm rather I startled the party, but in a momentthe guide recovered himself/ and -lie.l said: "That. -— thief Napoleon ! stripped the tapestry off this' roonu3^ .How far the passion was "real or simit;| lated may be a matter..ofe; conjecturie,?:' but it certainly impressed Ithe / -..visitbtsii as quite genuine, and if it w r a^; a'-bit J of £?uide;;' 'business it was; extremely well done. ,;,..■-•. ■'■-.,. .. , : ~ : . liiefinest lot .of men's ready-to-weaiv suite ever, showi is the general verdict , regarding the srats displayed,, just now j at the Melbourne; These; suiits are madei'j of precisely ~t he «a.me f ambries', a\ madie j UDrby fitfit-class tailors, 'a'jjd"-comprise-[ all the yery latest material#,^£u(efc!'^s fine, pencil rstripe' worsteds,•|£^br6wiis and greens, Baiinockburns, Inp&o BejU: warps, Indigo, yenetians,-Inlji^^c^^ ings, and Scotch f^eed. 'Vrice&nortt 49d 'fid--to. 65s.—Advfc;; / ."';_. . :^-U:} -^^