LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 9 June 1923, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

ofAMr n'r ailf (-^!VVr Unces the death

Levin borough ratepayers by a Inrw majority de.ided in favour oft he nif t , M\: J- engineer to the J.ia«era liorough Council.

I -spe'tor \\ .13. Mcllvenev, of the Police Force, is leaving fW .i three months' holiday tour of the United States, vk California. '

The death took place at New Plvfceom «t likorangi, relict of the late Mr.. James Senmgeour. The late Mrs Scrimgeour who was 91 years of ac^ was a well-known settler in the TikoSi" e\n? WtjJiICtf frh€re Bhe llad ™*& loi some 40 years.

Ounng the war time many n work ">«" e-irnecl more than a suit'of clothes m a week, soul Mr. Barton, S M "hen the wages of workmen wore brought up in a case in which the wages najd year., ago was asked, ?,,,t it cannot l, e done nowadays, he added The need for licensees of hotels to remember that they have no r i4t to the »,ge <* ai H . as stressed by Ml p ton S.M., ,„ the Hawera Court H«j added that probably some had 'erSd through ijrnoraiu*, and the waniin'omight h<i timely. "

j Ihe pi-oneness of a jury lotting an apparent wrong to a woman overcome their judgment was mentioned by a learned nidge recently, when he .said • 1.1 ..his case goes to a iury feeHn<>-«-oud come i, lf and it iK'hard to what may happen." The time for extinguishing lights on the hotels in the Patea district was fixed by the Licensing Committee to be Sw^sr 9 »■•»■• Pateii »■■"

Before going out in cold wet weather inuZl' f ,°, n SUgar- This wi« keep cou^s and colds away. Thousands use "-Nazol." GO doses Is 6d.—Advt

Those, interested in Wednesday fo.otba 11 are requested to attend a meeting ■to b© held in the Returned Soldier^ | Wub- on Monday next at 7.15 p.m., j "when important bu.Bine.ss will be deaib ( with. • When an architect's report on a ter tain country hotel, specifying extensive i necessary renewals, was read in Court on Thursday his Worship naively iemarked: "Apparently the" view f<.;n the uiiwr windows is all that is lefi. to • be unaltered.' 5 ' That the State Advance's maximum advance to a. local body in any one year be raised from £5000 to £10,000 was a request made to the Minister of Public Works by Councillor j. S. Tosland at Opunake on Thursday. Councillor Tosland said the Egmont County had been a backward one, and £5000 a year from the State Advances Office was not a sufficient sum to bring their^vork up-to-date. Mr. Coates said «fe would be pleased to place the matter before the Prime Minister. Before the conclusion of the Licensing Committee meeting, on Thursday, Sergeant Henry said that he hoped the committee would give a general warning in reference to reputed bookmakers frequenting hotels and" bars for the -purpose of betting. The chairman said it was certainly very undesirable that reputed bookmakers should be allowed to meet in hotels.. When a Maori well known hi the dis+>t t was nut into tho witness box on Thursday, and was asked if. he spoke English his reply was: "Not speak much English— not been to school." And the interpreter was introduced. A native boy, asked in Court what he was doing in the house when a certain event occurred,1 said that he was sawing up his trousers. It gave an indication of his helpfulness in the domestic circle. A somewhat interesting point in connection with a judgment summons was mentioned in a case on Thursday in Hawera. His Worship said th.'t a debtor had no right to lie paying old debts voluntarily and neglecting an order of the Court in another debt. But he added that if a man was pressed to pay any debts the fact of a judgment summons would be accented as a reasonable excuse for not paying them. Ihe question of conditional licenses granted for race meetings was men- . ti-oned by Sergeant Henry at the conclusion of the annual licensing meeting on Thursday. He expressed the hope ! that the time for closing would be altered to, say, just before the last race. He added that a lot of trouble was experienced, by their being allowed to keep open for business till 6 p.m., when ; it was dark in the winter. It w£s the opinion of the committee that each case should be considered on its merits. . However, they noted the point for further consideration. 1 "When the Minister-of. Public Works was at Opunake the Power Board requested that 2000 poles ior the electric scheme betaken by rail to Kapuni. The Minister said that the Public Work? Department was quite prepared to take • them, bu tthey would* hav-e to use the Hailway Department's trucks, and the ballasLtne of the line wil 'mot be complete until the end of the month, ft is unlikely, therefore. Hint the poles can be taken by rail until that time. ■ The following vessels should be within wireless communication this evening: Auckland—Laburnum, Veronica, Tutanekai, Omana, Kawatiri, Makura, Canadian Miller, West Katan, Ventura \ Hollywood, Tekoa, Tofua, Waitomo, Manuka, Ulimaroa, Arahura ; additional for Sunday, Katuna, Waipori, Waitemata. Chatham Islands—Devon City, Rotorua; for Sunday, Devon City, Rotorua. Wellington—Wahine, Mararoa, Xgaio, Asia, Kaitangata, Moeraki, Havre,. Kauri, Port Auckland, Port Melbourne, Tahiti, Karon. Canadian Seigneur, Marama. Wanaka, Dorset, , Waiwera, lonic; for Sunday, delete j Wahine, Mararoa, Ngaio, Kaitangata. • A special meeting of the Taranakt Education Board was held last ni^ht Present: Messrs. A. Lees (chairman), • T. Eaves, R. J. Deare, H: Dempsey, Jl. Masters, M.P., and S, G-. Smith, M.P. In© meeting was held for the purpose of discussing, the board's technical account. It wets resolved, in view of the regulations framed by the department . making provision for the supply of the necessary materials for the teaching of handwork subjects, to protest against thP department proposing to avoid its liabilities by endeavouring to foist upon the board the cost of these materials, and unless the necessary materials so urgently required are forwarded in ac- . cordanee with the prescribed regulations, a deputation from the board will wait upon the Minister of Education regarding the matter. I '