LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 11 October 1922, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

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To-day is the twenty-third anniversary of the Boer war, which- began on October ll i 1899. The Eltham Co-operative Dairy Company, Ltd., is now manufacturing over five tons of butter per day. In announcing an increase in pi-ice*a Bavarian journal says that it is willing to accept payment three months in advance in kind. It suggests 61b of flour, lilb of pork, lib of butter or 24 eggs. The Citizens' Band will give a- programme of musio in the Park on Sunday afternoon next. The band will commence marching practice for the, Stratford contest on Thursday evening. Mrs. 0. Hemingway (Eltham) gained third place in the operatic solo (soprano) at the Wanganui competitions. Miss F. Boagey (Patea), who also competed, was highly commended. ! Attention is directed £o the unavoidable postponement of Mr. H. Leslie Piper's concert from to-night to Tuesday next. Mr: Piper hs>u*B to be well enough to sing at the Methodist Church on Sunday next. : Another protracted passage was made by the steamer Rimu yesterday, which did not arrive from Onehunga till 4.40 yesterday afternoon. The length of the . trip was largely due to the vessel be- j j ing delayed for, several hours on the ' Manukau bar on Tuesday night. The j vessel remained in port last night and I sailed north again at noon to-day. | ! The Garrison Ball held in St. Mary's Hall was a distinct success. The hall ■was beautifully "decorated; while the floor left nothing to be desired. Moose- ' j man's .Orchestra, rendered a splendid programme of music. The ladies' com- ; i mittee deserve great credit for the way : they worked to make the ball a success. j The secretaries, Messrs Stone and Mac-' ; kenzie, had everything running ; smoothly, while the M.C.'s, Messrs • Mahoney, Burgess, and McLachlan, j capably filled their positions. I i The pen of wethers which, topped the ' ' market at Wallacetown sale recently were fattened on Sir Joseph Ward's property, Awarua (says the Southland Times). They were finally knocked down at 395, and many experts, after viewing the pen, declared it to be the best seen. at Wallacetown for some time. The wethers, which were never on turnips, were in excellent condftion, and carried wellTWoolled fleeces of good lustre. j "It takes over 125 years before a silver pine tree has grown to sufficient size to enable it to be cut for an electric transmission pole, 5' said Mr. W. Waters, engineer of the ManawatuOroua Power Board, to a Standard representative. ' 'Some of the trees in the Pokaka area/ he added, "which are approximately 22 inches in diame- j ter, have been estimated by the For- : estry Department's ranger, Mr. Crow- j ley, to be at least 400 years old. The work of counting the rings by the aid ] of a magnifying glass was an interesting process.'' »»nat do you think of this?" said a well-known farmer of the district to a representative of the King Country , Chronicle, showing a cheque for £12 7s Id. "I think .quite a lot of it," was the reply. "Is it for the hospital or the soldiers' memorial?" The owner slowly folded up the cheque, and, putting it in his pocket, replied: "No, I think I will want it for myself. This f is the balance owing to me after con- I signing two truck loads of cattle to England eighteen months ago. After . paying freight, freezing charges, and other expenses, I have this amount to my credit. I could have had £150 for those cattle if I had sold them locally , at the time. However, things will I right themselves in time, so we will ! have to keep going for the present." And so he passed cheerily on his way. At the Stratford Hospital Board's | meeting yesterday a letter was received from the Department of Health in' reference to the board's application for a loan of £6000 for the purpose of erecting a maternity ward. The letter stated that the Minister was prepared to give his consent to.a loan for a term of 21 years, but was not inclined to consider a term of 36-£ years as requested. The effect of the 21 years' term would be that the board would have to pay £145 per annum in respect to the repayment of the capital sum of £6000, instead of £60 as under a 36J years' term. The letter was received and the term of 21 years was agreed to, providing the department undertakes to pay £1 for £1 on the interest, or pay its share of the capital expenditure in cash. "Dame Fashion" trusts to renew the acquaintanceship of all her old friends and also to make many new ones during xhe present --son. Headquarters for Hawera and Stratiord: E. H. Harrop.—Advt. The Melbourne Limited are showing a complete range of boys' dark saddle tweed and navy ■ blue serge shorts These goods are well made and good fitting and priced attractively. The fabrics are the Oamaru and Fox's serge respectively. Prices range from 9/3 to 16/3 according to size.—Advt. The loyalty of New Zealand women to 'No-Rubbingr" Laundry Help and Golden Rule" Soap i s one of the cheeriest signs of the times. Hawera grocers.—Advt. BarracTough'B Maeic Nervine gtom Toothache. 1/6.—Advt.

According to local authorities there, is at present a fair demand for_dairy- ! ing land in the Manawatu district, ! and the general demand is improving considerably (states the Standard). The tendency is, iawever, as one agent remarked, to go in for land which may be utilised for general farming purposes, rather than that which is suitable for dairying alone. The Near East ; crisis, he added, had had a marked j effect on speculation in land, as intending investors, anticipating a-, furI ther period of stress, were not inclin.ed .to speculate. In view of the bright outlook he expected fears in this direc- | tion to be dispelled. I "I will give the honourable gentte- ! man or any other member £5000 or , £6000 if he will show me a cheap and ■ effective way of getting rid of black- | berry," said the Minister of Agriculj ture in the House, when he was asked by an impatient member why the Government "did not deal with the blackberry pest. "Experiments are Being made every day by the Department, and the experiments that are being made in other parts of the world are being watched. I am going into the problem in a thorough manner, with the object of seeing what can be done with this very difficult pest. We may have to set up special boards to deal with the blackberry." "You need not take much notice of the 'first sod' operations," said Mr. J. W. Card, in an electioneering address at Carterton (reports the Wairarapa I Daily Times). "I can remember when ! I was a boy, in my 'teens, a 'first sod' !of the Martinborough railway being turned. That was in 1887, and the Minister performing the ceremony stated that he expected to see the job finished in five years. Nothing more was heard for years, when in 1908 the 'first sod* was again turned with great ceremony, pomp, and enthusiasm. Asked when the line might be expected to reach completion, the then Minister replied, 'In about five years.' That would have brought the completion of the J Martinborough railway In 1913.- Here iit is 1922, and not even another sod I has been turned. It would be infinitely better to hold ceremonies of jubilation over the driving of the 'last spike' rather than the turning 'of the 'first sod.' "