LOCAL AND GENERAL

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLI, Issue XLI, 10 September 1921, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

*_ I For the past mouth, permits for buildings estimated to cost £6734 were issued c»y the borough engineer. The buildings included six dwelling-houses. Catalogues for the forthcoming sale of pedigree Jersey bulls, to be held at New Plymouth show grounds on October 4 and 5, are nearing completion, j They will be posted to all breeders in the 1920 Jersey Herd Book list when ready. During last year 42 appHcations for permission to use fancy names in connection with margarine were Teceived by the Board of Agriculture for Sootland. Approval was given in 39 cases. i The fernery in the* Park has been started, and the Parks and Reserves Committee suggest that a native shrubbery and a rock garden should be laid put. The work will take some time, and will be of fair dimensions,' but ■it is confidently expected that a very fine addition to the already popular park will be the result. It its report of Thursday night's concert in Wanganui the Chronicle' writes of Mr Drake, New Zealand's great tenor: "It was one of the most j noted successes ever scored by a singer in Wanganui. Mr Drake has returned fully competent to do all that is asked of a modern concert tenor, and New Zealand is indeed, fortunate that he has elected to icaWt his lines on this side of the globe." The Farmers' Co-op. Organisation Society of New Zealand, Ltd., report having sold, on behalf of the Trustee of the late Edward Jollie the homestead block of the "Waireka Estate" (situated at Patea, and containing 108 acres), at a satisfactory figure, to Mr. J. M. Hurley^ of Whenuakura. New goods and new prices at Gillett's. New millinery models and ready-to-wears in new shapes and colours, silk jumpers. and dresses, cotton dress goods in great variety, voiles plain and fancy, check ginghams, georgettes, : zephyrs, plain and striped fujis, crepe dechirie in newest shades, Jap silks, and Jap cotton crepes,, plain, coloured and stripes^ hosiery, silk and. notton, ' in latest colourings;' Dr. Jaeger's all- ; wool black cashmere hose at our well- ' known fine prices.—Advt. MotoristsT You should "look into* i the merits of these accessories-—they're 3 worth it. Air friction carburettors, spark plugs, Inland piston rmgs, Ford 1 o:leis.- "Oildug." graphite, lubricants, v etc. Write to Manning Machinery Co.,' ( 6 Bedford Row, Ghristefcureii,—-Advt. j

At the veterans' re-union, in addi-f tion to the jtamos of'those published as being present should be added I Veteran Campbell and Mrs Campbell,l of Mokoia. The following ladies and! gentlemen contributed items to a very good programme: Misses Storkweli, Moore and Barnes, Messrs Barnes (piano) and Bassett and Loader (banjoists), Veterans Hay Mackenzie,' Croloki and Mahoney. j

The Works Committee) of the Town' t Planning Association aro very inter-ij asted in providing for the appointment! ( of a man to be solely employed lit! beautifying the town. He would havo j 8 his headquarters at the nursery at tine < Park, and would save considerable expense by growing his plants there. A number of ladies have expressed their ; willingness to form a committee to run ; a picnic and concert at the Park to , help raise funds for this object. It is hoped to have the first attraction on the day of the opening of the fernery. The abattoir report placed before the Borough Council last evening showed that for the month ended August 31, 41 bullocks, 46 cows, 41 heifers, 11 calves, 070 sheep, 44 lambs and 53 pigs had been slaughtered, and three cows and two sheep had been condemned. The fees totalled £102 12s 7d, and the rents £8 16s Bd, the fees being £17 5s 4d more than tor the month ot i August, 1920. The total lees for tbVj five months ending August 31 last were £06 0s 4d in excess of those for the corresponding period of last year.