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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 28 March 1922, Page 7

The agents for the Shaw, Savill and Albion Company have been advised that the s.s. Tainui has wirelessed that she is due in Wellington on Sunday . evening. i On Sunday morning there was an ex- ' traordinary rise in some of the rivers near Hawera, and this emphasises one of the difficulties local bodies have to meet. The County engineer (Mr Muggeridge) advised this morning that the driftwood coming down the Tongahoe was, for a day or two, a source of considerable anxiety. The river was, when he saw it early on Sunday morning, a little above normal, but in the course of an hour or two, when ne returned thither ar'ter a visit of inspection to the Ohangai bridge, where there was also an accumulation of loose timber, there had been a rise of nearly twenty feet. A very considerable rise took place in the Wamgongoro near the beach, during Sunday night, the rise above normal being probably about six feet, and the. river was violently swollen and racing down at a furious pace. Mr. Frank Hutchens, the pianist, re- | turned to Sydney this month from a lengthy visit to London and Paris. Speaking of London, Mr. Hutchens ' said that the musical standard in Sydney was quite as high as there. Lon- : don audiences were more difficult to arouse, but they were more easily held, ■ once you got them, than Australian | audiences. He was very fortunate in j his own recitals, his playing receiving the warmest commendation of the critics. Mr. Hutchens, shortly after in London, heard the programmes conducted by Richard I Strauss. The audiences received the great German musician with marked enthusiasm, showing that where art was in question they bore none of the • ill-will engendered by the war. These programmes were made up of the compositions of Strauss, especially his symphonic poems, and they were given in the Albert Hall. "Strauss," said Mr. ■ Hutchens, "no longer astonishes. His orchestral effects have been surpassed even by British modern composers; but the poetical beauty of his smaller works, including his songs, will cause them to live when his larger compositions are forgotten." As regards the ''ultra modem" composers and compositions, Mr. Hutchens said that it was too large and difficult a subject to dfscuss briefly. He, however, would say that "some of the ultra moderns were nothing short of mad." Mr. Hutchens will be associated with Toscka Siedel, the brilliant young Russian violinist, who is coming to Australia under the direction of Messrs J. and N. Tait. F. R. Jackson notify several good lines additional in their Wangamii sale on Wednesday, including mixed cattle, fat and springing cows. Ladies who have once worn the* famous American "Holeproof" silk hosiery know and appreciate the special wearing qualities of this particular line. McGruer, Bone and Co., i Ltd., have just landed a large shipment of these goods in black, at 7s 6d, 9s 6d % 11s 6d, and 15s a pair; also in I white and seasonable costume shades at 9s 6d and 15s a pair. An oariy in^ spection is 'advisable. —Advt. Every time you "bake with Sharland's Baking Powder you save raonej and get better results. 411 i rocer* col] i+.— AAtrb.