LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 11 July 1923, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

| _ : Building permits granted in Whangarei during Hie past month concerned an estimate value of £44,741, whicn is a record for the borough. 1 Some indication of the prevalence of illness—influenza and oilier complaints —amongst the children of Christchurch is given by the fact that the children's ward at tlie general hospital has ra.iely been so full as it is at present, says the Press. It was stated at t'ne annual meeting of the Wanganui Beautifying Society that there was a better selection of Australian native trees in the Wanganui borough nursery than in any nursery in Australia. .< The Dunedin agent of the Tourist Department, Mr J. F. Itobieson, is at present engaged, in securing - a ' collection of stags' heads i'rom Otago to send' forward "as an exhibit for the British Empire Exhibition nest year. An unusual request was made by an accused person who was before " tiie court in Timaru recently on a charge of theft. He had been convicted on his own admission ■of the thelt of a fug, valued at £5 ss, which he had.sold to a taxi proprietor for £1, anH he asked to be allowed to repay the £1 which he had obtained from the taxi man. The S.M. said he would make no order in ; this respect, as a taxi uroprJetor who would buy a five-guinea rug for £1 from a drunken man did not deserve any consideration. ■ In April, 1919, two inspectors 'in-a worn-out Ford car were bumping over , a Californian road, when one of" them ■ had his hat blown off. The other got , out and found it in a small hole some [ prospector had dug years before. Looki ing at the exposed rock, he said: "This • looks like silver ore to me,'" and lie . filled the hat with the stuff. "That's i the-best hat I have got.'' observed ■ the owner of the hat. "I wish you I would use something else for an ore- , sampling bag. But we'll have it as- . sayed.'.- Thus,.(says,Reuter) was dis- ;. covered California's largest silver mine p —the- first year it yielded more than * 1,000,000 dollars worth of silver, j A phenomenon which occurred at Napier last Sunday week (states the Hawke's Bay Herald) is described in j the following terms by a lady resident of that town, in a letter to relatives in Manaia: "From the hill we saw a mirage out at sea, or rather,, on the i horizon. It was a wonderful sight, and jin two parts. One part was an Eastern j city—domes and palms very prominent; Then there was a break, and then ti crty in flames. The fire was orange ' and red, and all blown in one direction. It looked strange to see the light, against the grey sky, for there j was no sunshine." The writer adds: ! "Years ago we saw a fleet of boats that melted into nothing on the sea." A strange story of a fishing vessel which encountered a huge wave off the coast, of Chile in March last was brought to Sydney by the steamer Changsha recently. The captain of the steamer Martha, which had been engaged in a fishing expedition to - the | uninhabited islands of San Ambrosia -and San Felix, whiti lie in the South.em Pacific, about 300"" miles west of the j Chilian coast, encountered the wave, 'which rose from a calm sea. The . steamer was then bound for San Felix, '} and on arrival it was found that the island wa6 much smaller than previously.. On the vessel anchoring it was noj ti-ed that the water was tepid, and j that the rock bottom had changed to smd. Heavy sulphur gases pervaded tlie air, and on the shore sea fowl were found dead in their nests, and thousands of dead fish were lying on the island;" ■• ■-. Much is heard of town-boosting nowadays, but town-boosting costs much money, and though centres are wide • awake to the benefits which would folI low on systematic .advertising, their schemes are often hampered bv'the necessity of the expenditure of considerable sums. The Wellington' Chamber of Commerce received from the Wanganui Chamber a suggestion that power should be given borough councils and other bodies tq spend money out of their general rating funds, for the purpse of/ advertising their towns, but one of the members, Mr. A. Fletcher, raised the objection that as the City Council was about to raise the rates he did not think that it should be given leave to play further with the ratepayers' money. The question of town advertising cropped up again during the meeting in connection with proposals in regard to the' part Wellington should play at the British Emoire Exhibition, and the matter was referred to the Publicity Committee of the Chamber. —Exchange. A bachelors' ball, in aid of the hall funds, will be held in tho Pihama. Pub- [ lie Hall on Friday next, 13th inst. F' Special bargaivs in frocks, .costumes, ! coats, etc., will,be shown in Buckrell's j windows during the coming week. Good useful garments are marked in some instances less than half manufacturers' cost. Ladies, watch Buckrell's windows.—Advt. NEW ZEALAND MOTOR WRECKING CO., LTD. The House of a Million Parts. New and used spare parts for all cars and motor cycles. Largest stock in Australasia. Send broken part for dv- j plication. Harris St., Wellington; also at Auckland and Christchurch.—Advt.

Deputations from the Taranaki and nglewood County Councils were passen- E ;ers aboard the mail train this mom- h ng, bound for Wellington, where they m viil make representations for a decrease 61 n. valuations in their respective coun;ies, "We wish to get uncier one jurisdic- v tion," said a deputation of one to a county council recently. '"That's tbe right word, isn't it?" ~i.e added with a f; twinkle in his eye. "I am not used w to this public speaking,"' he went on as i; his mission was concluded, whereas he b had spoken really well and put his case p exceiiently, and a hidden lining for the t job was revealed as he added, "When fc 1 get worked up I hardly know when to stop.". * 1 Much progress has been made of late E with trie erection of the new Patea post t omce, and it is expected that the i double-stoiied brick and plaster build- i ing will be occupied in about a month's time. Outbuildings and concrete: fences have been erected, drains are in *| the course of being laid, and it is ex- - pected that the plastering work will be ' completed in about a fortnight's time. The whole work reflects great credit on the contractor, Mr. A. G. Bignell, of Wanganui, and his foreman, Mr. A. Laird. The matter of a counties' insurance scheme was brought up at the meeting of the Patea County Council yesterday by Cr. Belton, who pointed out that with the large sums paid in insurance by county councils a general fund could be instituted and risk could be covered with a smaller premium. It was decided to go further into figures, and the chairman intimated that he would bring the matter up at the counties' conference to be held in Wellington shortly. •■ Accordingly, the following remit for the j conference was adopted: "That the] Counties' Association establish an employees' accident insurance fund for the benefit of all counties, the charges of the- insurance companies being in the opinion of this conference excessive." ' A well-known Manaia citizen hailed a. hawker of fruit a. few days ago, thinking he was a local vendor (says the Witness). An excited and interesting1 argument followed the discovery that j the smart little motor lorry with its load of cased apples had come from Hawera. In spite of heated protests, the I intruder maintained that loyalty toj Manaia did not count and would not count, and, in fact, should not be thought of, when apples -were being brought into the town for 3s a case less than they can be bought here. Tlie position for the champion of town loyalty was not improved when, on reaching his home, he saw a case of the : same apples in his doorway, waiting to .be taken in. In view of the, still high . cost of living and the fact that he is , very- much alone in his self-imposed . .loyalty, he is beginning to'wonder'whe- . ther his gospel would not bear revising, i The story of how Arthur's Pass got i its name was told by Mr. Arthur Dud- , ley Dobson, president of the Canterbury , Automobile Association, during the '. course of a lecture on "The West Coast in the Early Days" at Christ- , cnurch. Mr. Dobson said that in 1863 } he took a contract to survey the coun- . try lying between'the sea* and the j mountains between the Grey river and \ Abut Head, and while he was engaged ~ in that work he went uo the Waima- !_ kai iri from Christchurch "to see if it ; were possible to find a better pass than the Hurunui Saddle to get horses over. Daring the trip.he discovered the bass i, now known as Arthur's Pass, but "the • country was too rough to get horses i through. Some time later the Canter- : bury Government offered a reward, of j £200 for the discovery of a pass to the . West Coast, and Mr. Dobson's brother ; went exploring for one, and he came j back and said that the best pass was , his brother Arthur's pass. "That was [ how it got the name of Arthur's Pass," t Mr. * Dobson added; "but I may say . t' at I didn't receive the £200 reward." , The following books have been re- " ceived at the Hawera public library: i The Story of Christ (Giovanni Papini); 1 • Trilby May Crashes ln (S. Ford), North I (James Hendry x). No Extradition (A. - Safroni Middleton), Wisdom's Daughi ter (Rider Haggard), The Eagle and i the Wren (Roland Pert wee), Beckoning b Trails (C. Mulford), Gift of the Desert l (Randall Punish), The Fortunate W*oi man (E. Reid), The Secret Sanctuary ; (W. Deeping), The Derelict, etc. (Edil son Marshall), The Ungrown-Ups (Rita), i Sweet Apple Core (G. Van Sehaick) A . Man of Genius (W. P. Willcocks), the t Phantom Herd (B. M. Bowers). Witch- ; ing Hill (E. W. Hornung), The Pre- - tender (Robert AY. Service), The Inimiti able Mr. Massingham *(H. Compton), ; Hagar of the Pjiwn Shop (Fergus : ,Hume), The Fog (W D. Pelley), Van j der Decker (H. de Vere Stacpoole), ' P. Smith, Journalist (P. G. Wode- [ house), The Inimitable Jeeves (P. G. j Wodehouse); P. Smith in the City (P. 5 G. Wbdehouse), Admiral of the Ocean . Sea (Mary Johnston), Mr. and Mrs. , Sew (Louise J. Milu), A White Man . (Mrs. F.Everard), The Hoarding (John . Owen). The " Markewmore? Mystery L (J.-S. Fletcher), Zarah, the. Cruel-(Joan . Conquest), The Mysterious Affair at » Styles (A. Christie), The World Out- , jsule (Harold MacGrath),. The Bright ! Shawl (J. Hergesheimer), In. the Days , of Poor Richard (I. Bacheller), The i - Year After (Ruby M. Ayres), Fifty- ! Fifty (A. Neil Lyons). The Lower Pool < i (E. T. Fowler), The Queen of Hearts i (A. G. Hales). The Sheriff of Silver ; Bow (Berton Braley). Old Offenders : and a Few Old Scores (E. W. Hornung). Attention is directed to an adverj tisement in this issue headed "A Treat for Protestants," which concerns the visit to Eltham of tlie Rev. J. G. Irons, iioAV at Pio Pio, and recently of Belfast, .Ireland. Addresses will be given in the Eltham Town Hall on Sunday next, and on Monday a concert and dance will be given. Fuller ticulars will appear in Saturday's issue. You can -t yhs.ro too many warm singlets, so buy your requirements now at sale prices; Ladies' all-wool cream ribbed singlets, 5/6; all-wool Canterbury cream ribbed singlets,* heavy, 8/6,. 8/11; all-wool cream woven Canterbury singlets, 10/6, 12/6,;■ U/6j allwool Roslyn cream Woven singlets, extra 0.5., 15/6, 18/6, 21/-; all-wool combinations, Roslyn, cream woven, from 19/6; all-wool cream bloomers, 11/6; children's all-wool ribbed singlets, great value, from 2/3; silk and wool ribbed singlets from .2/11; cream and uavy bloomers, flecey, from 2/3. —At Gillett's Sale.—Advt. Keen buyers will find many interesting lines at Harrop's Great End of Season Sale. All seasonable lines are heavily reduced in price, and in manyinstances below cost. A visit may save pounds.—Harrop >s Ltd.—Advt. "GOLDEN RAYS'" AT MIDNIGHTCOMMON HAPPENING IN; N.Z. Many householders throughout the Dominion have hit on the splendid idea of-illuminating their homes with Golden Kay Candles. They give a clear, mellow light, much easier on the eyes than gas or electric light. "Golden Rays" are specially hardened. They keep and burn steadily even in intense heat. Splendid for chandeliers. Packet always full weight. If your grocer doesn't stock Golden Ray Candles write direct to us for supplies. Ellis and Manton, Ltd., Manufacturers, G.P.0., Box 222, Wellington, g

About half a dozen members of th< gmont Park Hoard journeyed to Well lgton to-day to wait on the Depart--1: thJ'p r re^renCe t0 th€ mauagem ent The Stratford Borough Council prooses to raise a loan of £1500 for a lemonal clock for the new post office. "When is it proposed to imorove the acihties at the i\ew Plymouth railway goods yard, co that the rapidiy ncreasing trade of Port Moturoa may ie more expeditiously handled than at •resent r"/' Ims question will be asked ne Minister of Itaiiwavs by Mr S G iniith (XaranaKi). Pihama has now its own fishing x>ac, tne Kawaroa. Ueo should followsuit (saj,s tue Manaia Nvitnessj, and in ;he coarse of time enterprising fishers kvouid find a reudy uiavket Here for :heir surplus supplies. The Mauaia water mains as far as bhe junction of lvanika street with Manaia road were wed tested on Tuesday last. A nearly full head of-water was turned on, wnich, blew out the temporary terminal plug, but revealed no na,w along the lii.c. A good flow of pure water is now in sight, and citizens need not fear the drought which is said to be due in the coming summer.— Witness. ' Mr. George Castles, representing1 Miss Amy Castles, who is to give ai concert at the Hawera Opera House on I Tuesday;,. July 24, was 'in Hawera to-' day. Miss Eileen Castles Oyric soprano) is supporting her sister, and the party > aiso consists of Alberto Xozilio (harpist) i and Charles Tuckweii (pianist). i Traffic on the footpaths in Broadway,! Stratford, is now so congested on busy days that the Borough Council has deemed to insist on a nsid observance of the rule_ "Keep to the right," and the parking" of cars in the main street is , aiso to receive some attention. A good story is told hy .an English comedian^ about the man whose wife said: "Who's that Dorothy you were : ta'Kinsr aoout in your sleep.'"'' "That's all right, dear, said he, l< a horse I won £10 on yesterday. Here's a fiver j "to buy a new hat.;'" When lie returned -. from . the offi.ee his wife said: "You 'know that horse you backed yester[day?' J "Yes, dear." "Well, it rang, up this afternoon." « ' The slight sugar shortage' which lias < been experienced in riawera during the past two months ; has shown a tendency to ease off during the last few days, and it. is reported that larger quantities are now being received by the merchants. Consumers may therefore look forward to a less rigid cutting down of >~ their orders. ; In writnig to the Egmont. County Council yesterday, the late engineer to the New-Plymouth Borough . Council said that he had put down in 1913 a piece of roadway in Brougham street, whi^h he stated was the oldest piece of purely bituminous asphalt in the Dominion. In view of the loan for the Tariki electrical supply. scheme having been carried, Cr. Finnerty suggested at a meeting of the Stratford Borough Council that a report be obtained on the! borough plant by the hest engineer obtainable. He suggested that it may 1 be advisable to scrap the jVtent and link j up with the Tariki scheme. He gave notice that an' existing motion calling for a reuort from their own engineer be rescinded so that he couid move in the direction indicated. . j The second game of the second round of the Friendly Societies' card tournament for the "shield and buttons was played last night in the Excelsior Tea Rooms. The results were as follow .<• Druids 23 beat Card Club 19, Hibernians 21 beat Oddfellows ,49, Huias 20 beat Fire Brigade- 15. Foresters 28 beat. Railway 22. The Foresters still retain the buttons. The players are reminded that there will be no euchre in the Excelsior Tea Booms next Tuesday, 17th," owing to the social in.' Foresters' , Hall. Ten good prizes are on view at the "Victoria Cafe. 7 >j With commendable enterprise . the Hawera Star published on Thursday an eight-page supplement containing a very well written account of the dairy industry of South Taranaki, illustrated with some excellent pictures of the principal dairy factories of the district, together with a striking,panoramic view of the country between Hawera andr Mount Egmont. Another feature is an account df the early settlement of the Plains district, written by ''Fifty-one," a nom-de-plume adopted by Mr. A; Black; a well-known Taranaki identity. —Taranaki Herald. , % j The ancient cabbage trees „ which ' ornament the grounds in front foi the "old police residence came perilously near to the end of their existence recently. The successful tenderer for the old residence, ignorant of the fact that I the trees were taken into consideraVtidn in. designing the Soldiers' Memorial, and, findijng the trees an obstacle to the removal of the house in the most convenient r way, would have applied, the axe, but. his intentions becar«e;';'known- in tinie, and a hasty visit of the Mayor and architect prevented the destruction of the trees, which, are regarded as of great. value.' By leaving the trees the removal of the house will be more costly. ; ! I