LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 13 April 1922, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

9 The Hawera Star will not be published on Good Friday or Easter Monday, nor on Anzac Day (Tuesday, April There is a movement on the part of drapers throughout the Dominion to eliminate the giving of discount to special sections of the community, and to establish a rule of allowing 5 per cent, for cash over the counter and 2£ per cent, on credit accounts paid by a fixed date. ' A circular from the Education Dejartment, read at yesterday's meeting of the Taranaki Education Board, inquired if all the teachers in the board's district had subscribed to the oath of allegiance. It was reported that, with the exception of a few outlying schools, from which replies had not ya^ come to hand, all the teachers had complied with the board's request. The effect of the slump in the Hawke's Bay district, says -the Hawke'e Bay Herald, has manifested itself very markedly during reoent weeks in the number of persons that have been compelled to iile their petitions in bankruptcy. Although only just over three months of this year have gone, already twenty-four bankruptcy petitions, have been filed, five of these having taken place in the last eight days. An unusual feature of the present month is the fact that' it contains practically seven'-gundays (states an exchange). Sunday fell on the second of the month, and it also comes four more times within the thirty days, the last day of the month being a'Sunday. Thif> makes five Sundays, and in addition there are Good Friday and Anzac Day, also to be observed as Sundays. This brings the total to seven. A peculiar mistake was made by a motorist in the north the other day. Running short of water he picked up an old tin which seemed to be full of water, and tipped it into his radiator. As the engine was steaming he left the cap off, and before long boiling water started to blow out, resulting in bad burns to the driver's face. The real trouble howler, lay in the fact that the tin happened to be half-full of tar and unknowingly quite a quantity was tipped into the radiator with the water ihe burns really resulted from boiling tar. An interesting Sunday School concert was given at the Wesley Hall last night oy the scholars. The programme con•pted of pianoforte solo by Mr Neville James solos by Misses Gwen James, M™l r h gPU>' Betty T<>nks, and Phyllis Grmdrod ; duets byvßuth Marra and E. Wells, Ina Beamish and Hazel Harris; recitations by Barbara Walker Berms Marra, Marewa Dixon, L. Westlwood and Joan Tonks; dialogues by the classes of Mrs. Mills, Mrs. Williams Mr Brooks, Mr. Wilmhurst, and Miss Hoddmott. The junior Bible class (Miss Cowan's) contributed a monologue and chorus Miss Spurdle's class a chorus, and the Y.W. senior Bible class animated waxworks -The proceeds were in aid of school funds. The extension of the scheme of manual and technical instruction in schools was advocated by Mr A Lees at yesterday's meeting of the Taranaki Mucatioa Board. Speaking on the manual, and technical committee's report, he remarked that the instruction was given only at certain centres on the railway line, and it seemed that only children in touch with those centres could get the benefit of the tuition. He thought there were other schools which should be brought into ,lme in order to give the children equal opportunities. Mr. Lees moved: "That the supervisor of manual instruction bring down a report as to the best means of establishing centres of instruction in rural science and woodwork and cookery, embracing Hawera, JUtham, and those schools which are too far removed to attend the present centres of construction." The motion was supported by Messrs Trimble and Masters and carried.—News. i See Oiitred's lin. of new and up-to- i date costumes at specially reduced prices for ten days only. Tweed costumes from 65/-, navy costumes from ' 70/-, new range of millinery just to hand. Ready-to-wears from 2576 — ' Advt. * j TREAT THAT RHEUMATISM. j Rheumo is a remedy of proven effi- ' cacy—proved by New* Zealanders who used to suffer untold agonies from Rheumatism, Lumbago, Gout, and kindred ailments. The advice' of these men and women to you is "Take Rheumo"— start taking it now. Rheumo gives quick relief and it seldom fails to bring a complete recovery by expelling the excess uric acid from the blood, joints and tissues of the bedy. I Get Rheumo—only 2J6 and 4/6 every-' where.—Advt. i Progandra cures corns quickly. 1/6.—-' Advt.

For the month of March the borough inspector has issued permits for build-! ings in Hawera of a. total value of £4680, including two dwellings, a bake-1 house in High Street, and a block of I shops in Victoria Street.

An interesting series of figures was submitted to an Auckland magistrate (states the Star) to show why a man could not pay arrears of a maintenance order. He said his wage was £4 IDs per week. Out of that he paid £2 10s rentj 25s per week instalments on his furniture, and 4s insurance. As that only left 13s per week to live upon, the. arrears were remitted.

In the past works of fiction for the library have been obtained through a Wellington agent for 3s «ach, but an intimation has now been received that in future the price would be 3s 3d. Miss .Newland stated in a. report to the Council last evening that the Wellington library paid 4s 6d each for works by ordinary authors and up to 6s for specials. On inquiry locally she had found that Zane Grey's books were 7s 6d each. The Council decided to contine taking books through the Wellington, agent.

A Wellington Press Association message states that nearly 14,000 soldiers have failed to notify the department of change of address, and in consequence have not received their war medals and certificates. For the same reason there are many unclaimed scrolls and memorial plaques awaiting nextr-of-kin who cannot be found. The medals, posted to their last known addresses, are constantly coining back through the Dead Letter Office, and 'often the complaint is made from some other address of non-receipt* The mijitary authorities claim that it is almost inconceivable that so many should 1 have failed to notify Dheir address.

"Butterfat has gone down, receipts have fallen and my client cannot pay," said counsel in defending a maintenance case at the Auckland Magistrate's Court (relates the Star). "If butterfat has gone down he had better go up unless he pays," returned opposing counsel. When defendant was ordered to pay arrears with a term of imprisonment in default, his counsel asked that the* sentence might be deferred long enough to inform his client, who was at the Bay of Islands. "I agree; it would be as well if he gets the news," remarked his "learned friend." I Speaking at the annual meeting of I the Wanganui A. and P. Association, i the president (Mr. E.. Farley) said: In presenting the balance-sheet for the year we must congratulate members^n the good showing (despite the hard ; times) that we have been able to make. You will notice that after writing off depreciation £87, maintenance £47 3s Bd, bad debts £207 17s 6d, and creating a reserve fund of £100 for further bad -and doubtful debts, there is still a profit of £348 6s 5d for the year ended March 31 r J922. You will also note j that the cash jn hand, which amounts ! to £358 18s, compares more than favourably with the majority of our previous year's workings.—Chronicle. Miss Newland, the librarian, in a report toy the Borough Council last evening, after referring to comments and disparaging remarks made by visitors and general frequenters of the news room, asked if a few extra papers could not be bought. She stated that the = Uhristchureh. Press was constantly asked for. also the Timaru, Oamaru and In- . vercargill dailies, and occasionally Trutli and the Observer. The librarian addec .that-very little encouragement was received to do anything for the news room Pictures were mutilated, and she regretted havingrto place good illustratec papers there, but from what she coulc , learn, the same thing went in all public reading rooms. It was decided tc ! obtain the Christchurch Press and "th« j Southland Times, i A well known artist was subjected to some discomfiture in Feilding recently by a remark from the rear of the hall causing- her retirement. . This recalled ,to the mind of a business man in .. Levin (states the Chronicle) a similar | result owing to an habitue «f the pit . relieving the tension caused by the entrance, in very stately and dignified I fashion, of Jean Gerady, the eminent i cellist, on to the stage in a Dunedin , theatre many years ago. There was ' complete silence as the star gazed i beneficently on the vast and breath--1 less audience, when the wag called out "Tenakoe!" This brought down the . house, and the musician had to walk off till the audience recovered itself, [ An extraordinary feature of a manslaughter case which has been occupy- | ing the attention of the Supreme Court at Blenheim (states the Marlborough j Express) was that witness after witI ness came forward and admitted that they had been riding bicycles and ■ motor bicycles without lights on the Spring Creek road, on the night in ■ question. Mr. Justice Hosking com-mented-on this fact during the hearing, remarking that people who committed this offence against the law got motoi* cars and everyone else into trouble. At last a witness was called who did not preface his evidence by stating,that he was riding without a light. His Honour noticed it, and inquired if he, too., had been without a light. Mr. O'Leary, who was examining the witness: "I am afraid to ask him. Anyway (to witness) did you have^ a light?" . Witness (unblushmgly): "No." His Honor sighed despairingly. This statement' revealed that of all the traffic on the road on the night in question only the car and the trap involved in collision even claimed to have been lit. A new idea designed to make use of the ordinary commercial channels tor the promotion of virtue is developed by a gentleman from Auckland. Briefly, the idea is to have trade wrappers and trade articles themselves designed or inscribed in such manner as will inculcate some great truth. For example, a school or office ruler will, have printed upon it the golden rule "Do unto ethers, etc."; on the lidsj ot boot polish the exhortation, "Keep smiling"; around packets of soap "Swear not at all," and so on. The gentleman in question, who is by nature something of a practical idealist, holds the belief that some f such device is required to bring a, knowledge of the leading virtues right into the home, and so to promote a better and more agreeable attitude of mind in facing the trials and tribulations of ordinary everyday life. Men going away for Easter should provide themselves'with "fixings" for changeable weather. For instance, those procurable at the Melbourne Limited: Warm- knitted socks, 1/9 to 3/11 j natural undershirts, 9/6; cashmere socks, all wool, 2/11 to 3/11; smart caps, 5/11- nobby raincoats of pure wool gaberdine, £4 19s 6d; warm all-wool tweed topcoats for motoring or walking, 89/G. —Advt. Out yonder! is ever the rover's goal, O'er prairie and stream and sand, Out yonder across the hills and away Seems always the better land. There's never a home where the Ishmaels roam, "God's open" is ever the lure; And their only need is "the fragrant weed" And Woods' Great Peppermint cure ■. —Advt.