LOCAL AND GENERAL

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLVI, Issue XLVI, 14 March 1914, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Meeting of Auroa Lawn Tennis and Bowling Club to-night, at 8 o'clock. A correspondent writes drawing the attention of motorists to a dangerous drop in the road on the Manaia side of the Kaupokonui bridge. - Farmers are getting confirmation of the advantages of lucerne as a fodder crop in dry weather. Mr H. Batten, of Tokaora, has a fine paddock of it, and notwithstanding the dryness of the present season, it is as beautifully green as if it were a spring crop. The regrowth after cutting is also reported to bo highly satisfactory. The EveningP Pots t says that in New r-Sf accordm 2 to Mr L. T. Reichel, ot Wellington, who is in America a large company has just been formed for the purpose of importing meat from INew Zealand and other countries, and this should do much to reduce the price of beef, which is retailed here at do to 45 cents per lb, lamb being about the same. "The Wilson Administration appears to be popular, and, ,ep far as I can judge', the country seems to be prosperous," adds Mr Reichel. The Auckland Herald says that a I rumor of a, somewhat extraordinary I kind is current among the Maoris of the Waikato. It is expected that a large meeting will be held shortly, or as soon as the restrictions which prevent the Maoris from travelling have been removed, in order that the assembled tribes may discuss the advisability of sending "King" Te Rata and Tupu . Taingakawa, his Prime Minister, to London to place the grievances of the race before King George, and to bring before the notice of the Imperial Parliament alleged breaches of the Treaty of Waitangi.. It is somewhat unusual for a prisoner to congratulate ox extend thanks to a constable for arresting him. But this happened on Saturday morning last in Timaru (says the Timaru Evening Post). After a prisoner for drunkenness was sentenced, he said to the Magistrate that he wished to congratulate the constable on arresting him. as he had a big sum of money in his* possession at the time, and there were a few "hangers on" about. He would have lost his 'money, he said, if he had not been arrested. He was warned by the Magistrate to mind in future not to get drunk. The demand for technical education was shown in a striking manneiv on Tuesday evening at the Auckland Technical "College (says the Auckland Herald), when a queue was formed in the corridor outside the office, in which students are enrolled, and a. policeman was engaged in keeping the applicants for enrolment in line. Between 300 and 400 were enrolled, but all last week students were being enrolled, and classes filled, and these commenced work at once. Other classes are now being formed, but the director (Mr George George) states that enrolment for evening clnsses will continue I right up to Easter. The number of day students is greater than last year, th« tMals being 346 for 1913, and 385 for 1914. AN EFFECT WE REMEDY. Laxo-Tonic Pills are a most effective remedy for cleansing the blood, thus removing the cause of pimples, blotches, and other blemishes. Obtainable at W, K. Wallace. DESPERATE SHOOTING "Pains in the Chest require prompt treatment. Use Dr. Sheldon's i.ew discovery for Coughs and Colds. It give?? immediate relief. Price. Is 6d and 3s. Obtainable at W. K. "Wallace

One of the largest overnight fortunes on record was made a few weeks ago by New York's two banking firms of Kuhn, Loeb. and Co. and William A. Head and Co. The State of New York auctioned £10,200,000 of State bonds bearing 4J per cent, interest. The firms of Kuhn, Loeb and Read formed a syndicate, and outbid all the rivals, securing the entire allotment for £21.2154 for each £20 bond. Then the! two firms put the bonds on the market at £21.45 and sold them all within two hours, with a profit of nearly £120,000, which the two firms secured in return for depositing a certified cheque for £222,000 with the State authorities overnight to legalise their bid. It is seldom that a member of the fair sex appears at the Magistrate's Court as a judgment debtor, but apart from this there was some interest, attaching to a judgment summons case heard by Mr Kettle, S.M., in Auckland on Thursday morning. (says the Star). Counsel for the judgment creditor stated that the circumstances of the case were somewhat peculiar. The debtor was a domestic servant who had. been brought out from England by a Wanganui lady under a two years' engagement. After remaining with her employer for a couple of months, however, the girl took her departure, and her mistress obtained judgment against her in the Wanganui Court for £7 13s 2d, which had been paid towards the cost of her passage out. The girl, when placed in the box, said that she was now in service in Auckland, and was earning 15s a week. She was sending money home to her mother, who was in need of help. She considered, however, that she cou'id spare 2s 6d a week towaras paying off the debt, and an order* was made accordingly. The Opunake Times gives the following account of a blow-up: Midnight on Thursday was signalled by a booming sound like an old Waterloo field gun being- fired off. The stop-out-lates pricked up their ears and heard screams and sounds coming from Mr Plow Thompson's residence, lower Domett street. On investigation it was found that the generator used and made by Mr Thomson had blown up. The natives were celebrating the burial of a, relative that was solemnised that day. In the words of the master of the house who gave the following particulars about the blowing up of the generator: "In the early evening l fill him up with carbide and he go alright. Near 12 the light go out and I ask Lorrie and Willie, the lads, to put more carbide in, thinking the carbide was used; but I must have forgot to put water in. The boys take out the carbide shelf and put in fresh carbide. They got a match to have a look to see if he go alright, when puff-bang, and Willie, who waß sitting on the table dangling his legs, got knocked over with piece of the generator. Lorrie, he get blown out the door; by golly I nearly lose the roof of the house/ Little Willie was severely cut about the face and badly hurt; Lorrie escaped serious injuries, getting wet and covered over with carbide stains. Nurse Muir was quickly sent for and attended to Willie Thompson s injuries. It is also noticeable that she soon got the natives present to clean out drains and effect a transformation in sanitary connection. It will be some days before the native lad will be able to do without bandages, as he received several nasty cuts about the face, and his profile* is covered entirely with bandages. '