LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXIV, Issue LXXIV, 2 September 1919, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

The rainfall at Hawera during August was 1.85 inches, rather a light fall for the time of year.

Mr G. V. Pearce, M.P., dissented from the Industries Committee's coal nationalisation proposal.

So far 219 persons have signified their willingness to' become members of the proposed trotting club in Masterton. '

A land agient at Te Awamutu claims to have been responsible for negotiating the sale" of £100,000 worth of property during the past; six months. •

Details ex the Athenic will'arrive tonight by the mail train. A Wellington telegram states that the Athenic had an uneventful trip, and no sickness was experienced on board. .

Cabled advice has (a Wellington message states) been received from the. Admiralty, that the New Zealand' minefields are now clear and the navigation restrictions of the areas mentioned are removed. . V

Miv Hinman will be found to-night at tEe Foresters' Hall, Nelson street. His subject at'7.3o will be "The breaking- of -the seven seals," Kindly^ note the change of place—Foresters' Hall instead of Presbyterian Hall.

The Witness. undersands that, as a result of Mesgrsv W. Taylor and T. A. Bridgets interview with ,Mr J. Sturrock, a water and drainage scheme wi thin the means of Ma naia; wiU be submitted to the ToM^ri Board shortly by the.engineer. .

Reporting to his Department on August 23, last on benzine* regulations •at the Patea wharf, a Customs officer from Wanganui mentioned that no less Jthan 6500 eases of benzine and 'motor Spirit had been landed at ' that port within; the previous fortnight..

The 'South Canterbury TJnion executive at a meeting last week decided in favor of the meat commandeer being continued until the stores .are freed of Imperial meat;.. The; Wanganui suggestion that a; commission be sent to England was not endorsed.

.: A, Christchurch message states that Lord and Lady Jellicoe, in a motor, proceeded through the city yesterday, and were^ everywhere enthusiastically received. In the afternoon Lord and Lady Jellicoe motored to St. •;■' Albans, Linwood and Sydenham Parks, where big crowds, largely composed of school children;, had gathered at each place. Lcrd -and Lady Jellicoe;• V said a few words; • ■■■':.■'■ :;■ .■'■',.' '■''':':'%:".':/■.''. '.'■

There; is a ( decided boom in .house-: j hold "property at the present time (the Greyrhduth Star reports); ;All the land j agents; report -"a Steadily increasing uemand' and some gales' have been effected at a big increase on what the previous owner had paid. It' would seem that ;the sliimp which has existed oh the Coast for the past seven years has' at length passed away, and good times are aheaa.

At the present time: there is £20,000 of White pine; timber lying on' the wharves^ at Hokitika and Gi«ymouth, iii the ■; railway yards and at the mills. ?ays the Grreymouth; Star. As., there js practically no demand for white pine in New [Zealand,- the greater quantity .of the timber is awaiting shipment for Australia, but it has been held up on account of the maritime strike. In order to prevent the timber deteriorating the millers have had it filleted.

To the surprise: and regret of New Plymouth Borough Council, Mr Burgess announced last evening that he is about, to -resign. Efforts' were made to induce him to reconsider his decision, but he said.it was final, but he would defer its operation until the end of October. ; He /remarked that he had accepted office fox: the current term very much against his judgment, and reasons which he said it was not necessary to go into left him- no other course than that of resignation. .

i A number of boys were caHed as witnesses in a Supreme Court ease in Auckland recently, and some difficulty was experienced in getting them to sj*?ak out clearly. "I am afraid they don t make school boys recite poetry these days," remarked the Grown Prosseutor. < 'That used to be done to make the boys speak out. 3? "We can look ■•considerably nearer' home," said Mr Justic? Chapman; 'If the junior aspirants at the bar were made to recite poetry a..considerable number of them would be the better for it"

TVe (Manawatu Times) know a man m^ Palmerstpn with a wife and young children who has had his rented house sold over his head, and who, after tramping the town fo r a month has been obliged to sell his furniture andi seek lodgings. As the result of his investigations we are assured that a* much a® £2 a week (payable three •months in advanced is being demanded for fivet-roomedi cottages, and that, even then, it is stipulated that "theremust be no children." It is further alleged, that as many as fifty, liouses ai*e being held, tenantless, for sale by astute landlords, who are impelled to this precaution by the fact that Government is making liberal cash advances to soldiers for the^purchase of home®.

A dairy farm as a going concern is advertised for exchange by W. H. and A. M'Garry, Elthani.—Advt.

The Economics end-of-season sale is now finished, but preparatory to f nening nevy goods, all oddments and remnants will be offered at clearing jjyes for a few days longer, Thursday, Friday and Saturday being half-price c v ;iys. —Advt.

"Forewarned is forearmed." Yotir host weapon against a, bad cold is "NAZOL." Tfc will quickly and easily rout the enemy. Sold pvupywheve. Is Gd a bottle.—Advt.

i An enlarged photograph of members of the imperial War Cabinet of 191/ has been received by the Prime Minister (Air Massey), and will be presented! by him to Parliament. The signatures ; of all members of the Cabinet are writI ten on the margin. The photograph : is one .which will in years to come be of . very great interest, since dt is the first j Imperial Cabinet in which statesmen j from the overseas Dominions and India sat side by side, and had full ixnvers with the Ministers of Great Britain. A gentleman in the bacon-curing business in Hastings, in conversation with 'a reporter, accounts for the bacon shortage by saying that in 1914-15 the price of calves \va s so high that farmers neglected the rearing of pigs, j and then last year, when things were regaining normal conditions, the drought came and the pigs were all killed off as light workers. For the past six years there has been a shortage of pigs in New Zealand, due, he believed, to the establishment of so many cheese and dried milk factories, there being no food for pig feeding. The factories were giving a- good price for porkers now—B-J-d per Ib., but the farmers were not satisfied, and they were asking for 9d. We give a reminder of the meeting to be held this evening to hear an address from Mrs Kineton Parkes. The meeting is in connection with the Women's Efficiency League, and the subject of the address is announced as "Liberty." Mrs Parkes is an excellent speaker, and her address is sure to be interesting.