LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 20 October 1922, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

In announcing that the Star will not! publish on Monday (Labour Day), the proprietors state they have always wished that their staff should have an opportunity of keeping the holdiay with all other branches of industry. It will' be of interest to learn that some of the city morning papers keep the holiday, for, amongst others, the Otago Daily Times announce the fact that they will not publish. Advertisers will assist the staff if they send in copy early for tomorrow's issue. During the coming week-end the Young Men's Baptist Bible Classes of Taranaki and Wanganui will hold a united-camp and conference in the A. and P. Association grounds, Hawera. In addition to the meetings in camp, there will be a special evening service in the Foresters' Hall, Nelson Street,' on Sunday evening, which will be conducted by the Rev. E. N. Goring, who has just recently returned from mission work in India. The local Baptist Sunday School will also" hold its annual picnic in the show" grounds on Monday next (Labour Day), when the parents and .friends of scholars will be warmly welcomed. Hot water, tea, milk, and sugar will be provided free. A ruffled interlude occurred at tlie Auckland Supreme Court the other day (says the Star), when Mr. J. F. W. Dickson asked for an adjournment »f a case—one of the subjects upon which Mr. Justice Herdman has taken ud a very definite attitude with a view* to facilitating the work of the Court. His Honpr went on to state that Mr. Dickson was one of the greatest offenders. Counsel said this was incorrect, and asked his Honor to* withdraw the remark. Mr. Justice Herdman became very indignant at this suggestion, and told Mr. Dickson to resume his seat ■and not to address the Court in. that way. The incident somewhat shocked the usually placid atmosphere in the Supreme Court chamber. The spread of educational facilities keeps, or should keep up with the 15 growth of town and country. In Hawera there has been very material progress during the last few years, but more is evidently required and will be necessary before long. Turuturu is a part oJLthe town which has developed and extended largely and . shows still signs of material increase in population. So impressed are the residents with this need that they have called a meeting, to be held to-night (Friday) at Pickering's store. They hope to see a large attendance, and expect that several public, men of influence will be present to give them assistance. The possibilities of coke breeze as a building material are being discussed by some of. the master builders in town, says the Wanganui Herald. Some time ago a house was erected in Wanganui from this material. From all accounts it is standing well. Its potentialities are being further tested by means of the wall around the gas works. The material, which is mixed with cement in the same proportions as gravel, can be sawn, nails can be driven into it, or if necessary it can be bored with an auger like a piece of wood. For it is claimed the same durable qualities as concrete, and, plastered on both sides, it is quite waterproof. Concrete breeze is much lighter than grave, is very much cheaper, and the cost of building a house with this material, it is said, is one-third that of bricks. "The public do not realise the size of the Auckland prison," remarked the Rev. E. C. Budd, secretary of the Discharged Prisoners' Aid Society, at the annual meeting of that body recently. At present there were over 370 prisoners there, almost as many as in the whole of the remaining prisons in New Zealand. A very large number of the men were engaged m quarrying, and in the annual report of tne Prisons Department it was stated that the income from this was between £11,000 and £12,000. A good deal of mat making was also being done. In the bootmaking department excellent work was carried out, and boots were made not only for the prison, but for other departments. Men were also instructed in tailoring. The garden had been enlarged and the whole of the vegetables for the prison, with the exception of potatoes, were grown there. The electric light had just been installed in the cells throughout, and the lights j were allowed to remain on till 9 p.m., and in some cases 9.30 p.m. A school was held three nights weekly, and about thirty prisoners attended. Payment was made after the first three months up to 9d per day. In the future evening entertainments were to be given, and for that purpose the electric light had been extended to the chapel. Mr. EL Hall remarked that the department had, according to the report, received in actual cash £14,631 as the result of work done by the prisoners at Mount Eden in a year. The lalvS. and _n*st stylish in the ; fashions always interests ladies. We are showing a line range of coat frocks from 63/-, Jazz and Betty Wales frocks from 21/6, silk Cardigan coats From 69/6, knitted silk jumpers from 55/-, Milanese hose at 27/6. C^me and inspect these and many other - rtshionible lin.s. They are the neatest b". "wn j my where.—lV- Outred. "Where the J 3niart Frocks Are," High St., Hawera. j -Advt. ■*, ___g_^_ j JB I

During one of his Sydney seasons Mr. Allan Wilkie was invited to a garden party at Darling Point, and he was presented to a rather haughty lady from Melbourne as a "celebrity." The actor manager evidently made a favourable impression, and presently • the lady asked, ."Pray, Mr. Wilkie, ] what is your profession?'' "I'm an 1 actor, 5' said Mr. Wilkie. The visitor, ' possibly in a moment of mental aberra_ tion. exclaimed, "Dear me! In Melbourne actors do not go into the best society.'' Before the last word had left her lips, Mr. Wilkie replied, "They don't here, either!" An Oxford undergraduate who committed suicide because his father discovered that he was in debt to Oxford tradesmen left this letter behind him: "Dear Mummie, —It is all true.. I am in debt in Oxford to Lawrence, tailor; Hall, Argyle Garage, and Gade, tailor, at Winchester. The bike was half paid for from King. Try and forgive me. j I am a little worm who likes to entertain too well out of the generous allowance daddy gives me." \ "Motor cars are going to cost less, and the manufacturers' lists for autumn will show substantial reductions," says the Daily Mail. "Indeed, British cars are likely to be cheaper shortly than at any time since the armistice. One ■ well-known firm announces a reduction in its standard car from £467 to £360, and another maker announces a reduction of approximately 15 per cent. The 'slump' in the motor trade has been severe and prolonged, but this new policy should lead to many more cars being sold and to brighter business all round. It is not a sign of bad trade, it is a sign that the manufacturers are waking up." An old sea captain who can talk ot the days when he was mate of a ship trading between London and New York as long ago as 1848, was asked, by an Auckland Star reporter what kind of treatment steerage passengers got in those days. He replied that there was no Seamen Act in the early days providing for provisioning of passengers.. The ship was fitted up with bunks and rough tables, and passengers had to find all the rest, with the exception of lib of flour or some other meal per head each day, which was served out. Some of the passengers were very poor, and had not been able to bring much on board, and if the voyage was j a long one some of them fared pretty j badly towards the end of the voyage and some of the sailors shared biscuits ! and salt beef with them. Passengers were huddled together with far too | little air space. He had seen the refer- ' enee in the Star saying that some of ' the early pioneers suffered a- good deal ■ of privation on the voyage to New Zea- ' land, but they fared better than those ' who crossed to America, because ars.| rangements were made to supply the i New Zealand passengers with food from i the ship. .