LOCAL AND GENERAL

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLI, Issue XLI, 12 July 1921, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

_~ \ By error it was stated that the Hawera Ladies' Hockey Club had donated £2 2s to the. Borough Council to-i wards the park improvements fund. The donation was £3 3s, not £2 2s. The Eltham Rifle Cluu has had to abandon its efforts to revive its activities, owing to it being found impossible to secure a range within reasonable distance of the town. It would be hard to beat the following incident for meanness, and the facts may be stated boldly without further . comment, says the Otago Daily Times. I A man who had been in the employ of ' a local tradesman for some years had worked one week up to Friday night, ' when he was'taken ill. He was sent to the hospital, and next day it was found necessary to operate without delay. His employer paid the widow for the last week he had worked, but deducted the pay for the Saturday. , The Rev. O. M. Stent has given notice to the Wellington Diocesan Synod of the following motion:—"This Synod views with strong disapproval the extension of the grounds of divorce made by the 1920 amendment of the Divorce Act, as being more subversive of the Christian standard of marriage than any previous New Zealand legislation on the subject.'3 A; striking paragraph from the offi- , cial report of the recent conference of { the New Zealand Workers' Union— the "one big union"—reads as follows: "It was resolved to carry out a more militant propaganda in favour of the abolition of piecework; the prohibition of overtime; the provision by the employers of all tools and equipment required by the workers in their various operations; the adoption of a six-hour day and five-day week in every award; and job control." The remit, that all workers, irrespective of colour, caste, or creeds be admitted to the membership of the union, was carried by "an . overwhelming majority." Bootmakers are still on partial time in the leading Dunedin factories, the exception, it is said, being an estabi lishment where the work is by hand (states the Otago Daily Times); but j those who are watching with the help of knowledge think they now discern a ! glimmer in the east —that is to say, there is a feeling of hope, born of the .fact that enquiries are being madej What is happening evidently is that the big stocks of boots are now largely reduced, having gone into use, and the time must be approaching when the bootmakers as well as the birds ,i will be again singing. " The prospect to be got from the water tower this morning was really sublime, giving a bird's eye view of the pretty country for miles to every , point of the compass. To the north the j view was backed by the snow-clad slopes of Mount Egmont, while to the south vthe hills behind Meremere and Whakamara made a fine background, and to the west and south the South Pacific stretched like a sea of silver, glittering in the rays of the morning sun. It was a prospect on which one could feast the eye, for a long time without wearying. In fact a visitor , from the North averred it was the grandest sight he had ever seen. A young girl who was cycling on-the footpath at Whautaupoko one afternoon last week was accosted by a polifce officer in plain clothes, whom she mistook for a civilian trying ,to have a! joke with I her (statqj the Poverty Bay Herald). When the police officer stopped and said , "I'm afraid I will have to take your , name and address," she quickly responded: "Oh, no, you cannot do that; I'm a daughter of Inspector Cassells " , The audacity of the "bluff" provoked a j roar, of laughter from the nolice officer, I who happened to be the inspector, and he was still laughitag when the young imposter -jumped on her bicycle and quickly rode away. A feature of the unemployed problem in Auckland is the large number of young men seeking work. The majority of the signatories to the register at the Town Hall are of this class, strapping young fellows of the labouring class whose ages range from 23 years upwards. Their prospects of obtaining employment are 'not very bright, for employers in some instances are obliged to curtail their staffs, with the result that more men are placed in competition for the few positions that from time to time become vacant. On Tuesday seven of these young fellows enrolled at the Trades Hall. Ten applications were also received at the Labour Bureau. The altered arrangements that were made, necessary in connection with the dispatch of the final party for Mangamuka (Hokianga) relief work provide for the men leaving the city towards the end of next week. —Star, An interesting point was raised at the meeting of the Patea Harbour Board yesterday. The Board was under the impression that it could use any balance that remained out of rates after /meeting interest and sinking fund charges for maintenance work, and was inclined to act on this assump. tion when Mr Hemingway, who was present at the meeting and has had a good deal of experience in matters of this kind, assured the Board that the rate must not be more than was necessazy to meet interest and sinking fund charges. If the rate struck • brought in more than was necessary for these purposes a lower rate must be i struck for the following year, and if , any portion of the money so raised wa s spent on maintenance the auditor would tag it as illegal expenditure. There is a clause in the Harbours Act", under which additional money can be I raised for maintenance works by in- , creasing the wharfage charges, which | members agreed would be fairer thfhv an increased rate, which hit the country people unduly hard and did n o t; place a fair share of the burden on j the townspeople. As there was some j doubt as to the extent the Board could go in increasing wharfage charges further consideration was deferred till a. legal opinion had been ; obt.ninftri. -

CHEAP OVERCOATS AT H.B.'S The cold and rainy season is now upon us and "H.B.'s" wish to advise that they are well prepared for the winter with a fine selection of men's and boys' overcoats, including oily canvas and oilskin coats and oiled leggings. The prices "have all been read]listed' to keep in line with the firm's policy of reducing everything in price to present day replacement values, and in these hard times a saving of 30s or so on a new overcoat is something worth while. We shall be pleased to show you our large stock of^ overcoats, and a personal visit to our Hawera branch will be greatly appreciated.—New Zealand Clothing Factory. Hawera. —Advt. NATURALLY! B. and 0. Corsets fit naturally, because they are designed along nat'ura I'jies. Ladies with full figures, find tha B. and C. Corsets gently mould thi j figure into the lines decreed by f a?h- j ion, without sacrifice of comfort or free ! movement. B. and C. Corsets are Br- j tish. ' Styles to suit all figures are sold j by leading drapers.—Advt.. No cold can grip when "NAZOL" is used. A powerful and penetrating ger-: minide. it gives instant rel'ef and wards off influenza.—Advt.

It is the boast of the dairymen of Holland that in their country'there is | a cow to every inhabitant. v Cancer has'been assigned to the following •causes, among others: Eatinjr over-hot food, excessive smoking or drinking, severe blows, mental worry and hurrymg over meals. DiSS °X b. e,tween, 300 and 400 teams Sw 1\ the r UbllC for the ««^son ftve pound note competition in con- , nection with the Probables v. Possibles ma*™» «nl7 two are said to have omitted Roberts from their choice (the Domimon states). On this showing public opinion ma y be claimed to have favoured Roberts' inclusion in the team by something over 150 to 1. Poland is the sixth largest State in Europe, and la population of 30,000 000 rfcV* °? 6 °f- th* mosi densely inhabited regions in Europe. While the country is predominantly agricultural, it possesses a highly developed textile industry, m addition to sue]) natural resources as timber, coal, ami petrofoS 88?6^ 8" generally (says the Stratford Post) would do well to keep a : sharp eye on their premises, and particularly as regards the matter of leaving sums of cash about which might be easily abstracted, »as the police have been informed lately of a number of cases in which premises in the centre of the town have been burglariously entered and money, ana in some cases goods, stolen. The latest case is that of the Stratford Marble Bar, which was entered some time on Friday evening last, the day's takings being removed from the casfi register. Mr Vinsen, the manager, had been out to Toko, and on his rej turn went to the premises to put the | money away in the safe, but found ! that the register had been smashed and the money removed. Entrance | had been effected through the back , door, the lock of which had been j forced. On this door and also: on the i ticket office d6or there were marks showing that an attempt had been j made to open them with a chisel. The I police are investigating. 1 "The first event which seems to call • for notice," stated the annual report | of the Maori Mission Committee to the Wellington Diocesan Synod, "is the resignation of the Rev. A. O. Williams, who for 36 years superintended the work, for the first part of the time m the Taranaki-Wanganui-Rangitikei . and Wairarape districts, and for the ! past 17 years in the wnole diocese. i VVhen the late superintendent began his work, the mfcston was still sulterlng from what seemed like" tne deathblow of the Maori wars. Tn the whole district lying between Pelmerston and 1 New Plymouth there were only four places where the natives would toler. ate a Christian service; and it was not too much to say that the fact that for the past 20 or 25 years regular services have been* maintained, and the Lord's Supper administered to companies of confirmed communicants in the thirty different settlements lying between Patea and Palmerston 3 is mainly the result of his work." The property of the Golden Baj |: Cement Works Company was comparatively recently purchased by a. syndicate by payment of 5s per share an<3 . the issue of debentures to the original shareholders. The net profit of th« former company for the year ended 1 June 30, 1919, was £2228: but, aftei L providing for depreciation the amounl • to credit of profit and loss, including : balance from previous year, £6519 wai L carried forward. The directors on that • occasion recommended that no dividend 1 should be paid, to which the shareholders agred. Then came an over- • loading of the cement market followI ing immediately on almost famine conditions with Government "rationing." '' The Golden Bay works were closed down i until better times, and they have not ' yet reopened. The debenture holders ; are now taking action to ascertain whis ■ the works should not reopen. A meeti i»g of debenture holders is called for this week, when the following business will be put before the meeting- "To consider what action should be taken .. by the trustees should the company's ! works be indefinitely closed (N B — . lhey are at present closed down)."'