LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 15 April 1922, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A shingle blown off one of the oldest Houses in Masterton the other day was as hard and sound as when pub on more than half a century ago (states +16 Ag<2' 7 hc aails had ««ted through, but the wood, heart of totara was undamaged by the weather of 50

A collection was made at the Good Friday service in the Methodist Church on behalf of the Russian Famine Relief H und. Anyone desirous of contributing to the fund should communicate with his YV orship the Mayor or the Rev A Liversedge at once.

A farm outside of Hamilton that changed hands at £35 an ajcre was sold lately at £8 10s (states an exchange). Ihe owner had paid £2500 deposit, but could not pay the interest, and was sold up and had to walk off. Then another farm, encumbered with mortgages to the tune of £18.000, was put Xl%rln auctlon > and knocked down for £1000— £17,000 on mortgages beine wiped out.

A speaking illustration of the heavy burden of costs to which the meat export trade of New Zealand is subjected under present conditions is presented by the accounts received by a Jlaiiborough farmer, who recently consigned d/ 6 carcases to London (states the Express). The freezing company's charges f.0.b., plus exchange, insurrS oant} bills of lading> amounted to £-280 3s /d, which works out, roughly to the rate of 15s a carcase. To this will have to be added the handling and selling charges in London

In connection with bubonic plague and destruction of rats, Mr. Joseph McCluggage, of Stratford, reports a peculiar fact noted at the time of a previous rat scare in 1900. He states that the rats on the Wanganui and its tributaries died in hundreds, their dead bodies being noticeable on the 'jar.ks ol the streams as travellers passed along the roads. It was later discovered that the rodents had become victims to tfie plague. This experience should add incentive to residents in town and country in assisting the Health Department in their hygienic campaign now and always.

-Sheeting and towels at bargain prices, femgle bed unbleached Herringbone sheeting 2/6, 80in ditto 3/6; 80in strong white twill sheeting 3/11, 4/6, 4J11; heavy Herringbone twill white sheeting 4/11. This is great value n hite Turkish towels, slightly soiled at greatly reduced prices. Size 22 x 37 usually 2/3, soiled price 1/6; size <>6 x 4b. usually 3/11, soiled price 2/3; nursery white flannelettes l/4£d and 1/6 At the Busy Draper's, J. C. Gillet — Advt.

Good cooka waste notning. They prefer .Sharland?s Baking Powder h&cfltiee it ennnres best results and it rhsa^est —Adrt.

For children's hacking: "ough tn.fep .Woods' G:reat Peppermint Cure.—Advt,

The Star will not bo published on Easter Monday. i Madame Guerin, "poppy lady" of France and director of th© French! Children's League, has cabled to the! general secretary of the New Zealand Returned Soldiers' Association stiting that she is forwarding him six French flags to be awarded to the six towns selling the most poppies during the P°PPy campaign.

At the monthly meeting of the Wai:mate West County Council on Thursday a discussion arose in regard to heavy traffic on certain of the county roads during the winter months. Councillors considered that all roads likely to be traversed by heavy traffic bringing firewood from the bush should be closed during the wet season. It was finally decided to close the Oeo, Rowan, Mangawhero, and Auroa roads to such traffic from May 1 to September 30.

The Jersey bu]l Aster's Diamond King, purchased recently by the New South Wales 1 Agricultural Department from Mr James Nicolson, Jersey breeder, Kaupokonui, took first prize at the Sydney Show for the one year and under two-year class. This undoubtedly speaks well for Mr Nicolson's breed of Jersey (comments our Manaia correspondent). The Jersey breeders of the district extend their congratulations to Mr Jas. Nicolson in breeding such a fine animal.

During the past few years large numbers of sea birds have made their homes in the vicinity of the mouth of the Waiwakaiho river (says the Taranaki Daily News).. In addition to the ordinary seagull there may_be seen sea swallows, mollyhawks, black-backed gulls, petrels, with an occasional penguin. Shags are fairly plentiful, while on rare occasions a. couple of blue herons may be seen^ picking up food on the edge of the tide. During the past three weeks most of these birds have been undergoing the annual moult, going up the river about a mile for sanctuary. Here they may be seen in hundreds, standing on the rocky, dry watercourses preening themselves, with the result that some localities are thickly strewn with many coloured feathers.