LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXIX, Issue LXIX, 6 September 1915, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS

A Board of Governors connected with the Wairarapa Presbytery has leased Solway House, near Masterton, for the purposes of a girls' college. The Wairoa Borough Council having decided to harness Te Reinca Falls for electrical purposes, the "Government has asked the Hawke's Bay County Council if that body has any objections to the proposal. Dairying remains a profitable occupation for the small farmer. It was stated at the Southland Land Board t meeting relative to a farmer who was transferring his section of less than 100 acres that last year he netted a return of £540 from 40 cows. A Milford fawner has produced a remarkably fine crop of mangels of the long, red variety. From one acre of lariß, sufficient mangolds were obtained to feed 200 ewes, 7 cows, and 10 pigs for ten weeks, and leave about ten tons unused. Between seventy and eighty tons were obtained from a single acre. The land was prepared for the" crop in tho ordinary way, and no fertilisers were used. Useful gifts for our brave boys at the font and articles to send we' have in abundance. Wool socks, wool undervcsts and pants, day shirts, uyjamas, handkerchiefs, slippers, deck "hoots, deck shoes, rugs, blankets, all-wool sweaters. Call upon us and we will put you on the wav how to forward your gifts.—N.Z. Clothing Factory ' Hawera.—Advt-. j

&V.&J.' - : "^"-r^c ' f .* v. ft*>" l H.-Reyhqlds^A/M.J.CXi [ reporting, on tne.Aa^)u^^£rbor<Cout- fj 'iutv.'S < ai^^provement-sehifmi^^o provide^accJommo'dation for vessel^df from 10.000' to 15,000 tons at Mthart'* Point, at a cost of £333,630. One of the features of the last St. Andrew's sale (says the Timaru correspondent of the Christchurch Press) was an exceptionally well-finished line of 300 two-tooth tat wethers, which ■were' sold at 30s per head, a record price for such sheep for the district. Facilities are to be given the prisoners of war to execute legal documents. Any solicitor cm- other person who may visit a prisoner of war in connection with the preparation of a legal document will be required to sign an undertaking to the satisfaction of the authorities. Many farmers anticipate a shortage of harvesters this season (says the Mataura Ensign) owing to the large number of laborers who have enlisted. There are very few ploughmen available, and farmers have experienced much difficulty in securing the services of good horsemen. Mr D. Tannock has been on a trip to Quen-stown. He says (reports the Southland News) that the Oregon pines in the domain there have seeded i-eeiy, strong young plants coming up in hundreds. In this we have proof of the important fact that the Oregon pine is now.at home in New Zealand. There is money in this, as well as beauty. An Oamiaru citizen, who recently returned from Albury, states (says the North Otago Times) that the continued dry weather is playing havoc withflocks and herds up that way. The whole district is absolutely withered leoi-e^—fcnof just 'betore he left" one settler killed 500 sheep for their skins. At the sittings " .of the- Hastings ■Magistrate's Court a f%yi days ago; during the examination of a judgment debtor, the examujinor miTnooi r „u_j aux wdaji- oi orarsture, and paddocks round North Otago district look green in comparison. Sheep are dying in „„ __. ■> • —-...-.a —* a vvfliuooi tt'gn.eu it defendant's wife earned anything. Defendant said that she did sometimes earn a little, when his Worship interrupted, saying that counsel had no right to ask Such a question, and he (liis Worship) would not permit it. The wife :was not obliged to go out to work, and, if she did so, it was her concern, and any money she earned was her own.

A correspondent writes: "Whenever a change in the incidence of taxation is mooted—'|Put it on tobacco" has been tlie first cry. For some reason an additional tax on tobacco was not included in the recent Budget proposals; but, nevertheless, many members in the House are clamoring for its inclusion. Seeing that tobacco is one ot the greatest comforts of the men at the front,, it would be well to ask what effect an additional tax on the wee^ would have on their supplies, as no doubt considerable quantities leave New Zealand in one form or another tor our gallant boys." The people in contr)l of the dairy factory in the Tahakopa Valley evidently possess a sense of the aesthetic, judging (says the Balclutha Free Press) ZZ %,xtter^ fr°m Dr Tiubv King to the Clutha County Council. The writer stated that the settlers had just planted the slope in front of the factory with ornamental shrubs, flowers,' etc., and wanted authority to do likewise with the" rest of the slope down to the water-table. This was a waste, weedy area, and the settlers wished to convert it into a garden, and plant it with low-growing creepers, climbing roses, etc. The council granted the request, treating it as more or less of a joke; But the proposal has really much to commend it, and if more generally followed would do much to improve the surroundings of many of our dairy factories.

Home papers by the latest mail clear Wa Ppmt, which the cables received in the Dominion during July left doubtful, as to the effect of the discussion m the Dublin Corporation on a motion affirming it to be the riant of the Irish nation that the Home Rule Act should be put in operation for all Ireland on September 17 next. An amendment was carried by 30 votes to 22, declaring that the Home Rule Act constituted a solemn treaty between the British and Irish nations by which the British nation recognised the national right of Ireland, congratulating Mr Redmond and the Irish party on their success in securing a settlement in the race of terrible and unlooked-for difficulties, and declaring that they looked }™ conndence to Mr Redmond to select the best and speediest means and the proper moment for bringing the Home Rule settlement into operation by tne summoning of the Irish Parliament.

A generous offer was made on behalf or \Vanganui citizens by a deputation which waited on the Hon. G. W. Russell on Friday afternoon (says the Dominion). The members of the deputation were Mr Hope Gibbons, the Hon. They asked in effect what Wanganui oould do for the benefit ot returning wounded soldier*, and expressed a desire that additional hospital accommodation should be accepted as Wanganui's contribution. Mr Russell thanked the deputation for their generous arid patriotic offer, but he said that the Government had already m sight in the hospitals of the country an the accommodation required for some time to come. He would, however, be glad if Wanganui would consent to subscribe a sum towards the cost of establishing and equipping a convalescent camp on Pukeroa Hill Rotoiroa. for £600 provision could be made for 25 soldiers. Mr Gibbons said that Wanganui would subscribe the sum Mr Russell thanked the deputatk • xtheir SenOT°»s offer on behalf ot their town, and said that it would be accepted The pavilion to be erected would be known as the Wanganui Pavilion, and he trusted that other centres would follow the excellent lead of Wanganui.

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} i' „ " " v. „• ft v ,- - "~" '^ j T~~- —" Supreme^Court sittings at* New I PlyttiQiit^ open. to-inoi?rafr;3nennng.< j Auckland Saviug^Bank trustees'! fcavfritfpcided to take up £50,000 of the ' Government loan of £2,000,000. | Speaking at thin annual meeting of The Meremere Dairy Factory Company, the chairman paid that for the past season .the expense on account of coal had been very heavy. There had been an increase of 2s per ton m freight on coal, as compared with the previous year's cost in tbat connection. A deliberate attempt has been made to wr£ck on e of the Wanganui Harbor. Board's punts. The punt had four lines out, all of which wore fastened to the south mole wharf. In addition a heavy anchor 1 was run but ahead of the wharf. All the four lines were cast adrift and the punt hoy& up on the anchor, but the anchor, proved too heavy, and this no doubt saved the punt. The matter was at oiice put in the hands of the police, but 66 far there is no clue to the perpetrators. / A Wanganui firm is putting on the market a clever and useful invention, being a combination protector and carrier. The protector takes the form of a specially designed leather pocket, with independent compartments. The front compartment, the money carrier, is backed by a thin sheet of tempered steel, and behind this is a* pocket for' a book or letters, and at the back of all is a plate of heavier steel. The protector is attached to the braces so as to cover the heart, and is so arranged' as to1 "give" with every movement of the body, and to afford no inconvenience to the wearer! The steel plate is Medical men and military experts who have carefully examined the invention have unanimously approved of-the idea,. and expressed the opinion -that it should be the means of saving many in action, but even with the plate in position the weight is inconsiderable, fives."' ' —'——