LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 14 July 1923, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A special general meeting o f- the Ma- ' naxa mU Club is called for Monday evening, at 7 80, in the county office •business is of an important nature. v It is interesting to note, as illustrating the rapid, growth of shimnent of j wooi from Wanganui, that in "1922 86,- " I-U bales of wool were exported through the local port. For the first six month's ot this year 45,760 bales were disposed ot in a similar manner, making 131,880 bales lor the eighteen months. ! + whe.,Wo^ dT me Examiner understands | that the Maharahara copper mine has ; been taken over by an American syndicate, and that it will be reonened in the near future. The track to the mine through the bush is at present being cleared, and timber for the' galleries has been k taken forward. Mr D. Chamberlain brought to this ofhce to-day a number of fine wellgrown lemons which were produced on ins farm at Kakaramea. The lemons jjiave apparently matured perfectly, and it may be concluded from Mr Chamberlain b success that the growing of lemons would be a payable proposition m some parts of Soiith Taranaki. To-day is the 55th anniversary" of the attack by the Maoris on Turutn.ruMofcai Ihe only known living survivor 5 ot the few defenders of the redoubt is [i xl\^n^ aT sh ' of Patea- Ou Jn]y ,4, 1868 (fifty-hve years ago), another | important event in the history of New Zealand took place, namely, the seizing or the schooner Rifleman at Chatham I islands by Maori prisoners under Te j Kooti. Ihe Maoris compelled the captain to sail for New Zealand and the massacre of 38 Europeans at Poverty bay followed on November 10. Auckland tea merchants have deckled :to reduce the price of tea by 4d a j pound This follows upon the reducj turn of 3d a pound in duty announced W. the Budget (says an exchange) No indication is given as to how long the lower prices will operate, owing to the : tacfc that the tea markets in the proj clucing countries are still rising. Paper-rose leaves, made by disabled soldiers and put up in boxes of ICK.O ; and 0000, are now being largely vsod jat weddings in place of confetti and i ar e certainly much prettier and 'more j appropriate, seeing that the old fashion at weddings was to shower real rose leaves an the path of the bridal pair as an indication of the good wishes that their path of life in the future i nngnt be similarly strewn with bless ! nigs. A good principle, and one that could with advantage be fostered, was enunciated by-Mr. Barr.at a Stratford junction when proposing the toast of the three fighting forces. He said that tne discipline of the Army was needed in civilian life, and referred to the | benefits that could, be got from militarism, in the losing of oneself for the common good. In replying at the Stratford Jersey breeders' smoke concert to the toast of the fighting forces, Mr. H. A. Hunt in the course of an interesting speech stressed the need: for remembering that | these forces, and especially the Navy, ; were absolutely necessary to our existence, and therefore it was necessary not to look at the cost in money required, remembering that our liberty was gained by the fighting forces of tne Empire. "We have heard a good deal about Auckland and Taranaki, but I have heard nothing about Wellington," rcmatfkod a delegate at the annual meeting of the National Dairy Association at Palmerston North. "They have j good lantl in Auckland," he added, "but they cannot make cheese—Wellington | scooped the pool at Hamilton. They I cannot make cheese in Taranaki—we ; scored up there, too. These districts j may have production and quantity, but ! tire main thing is quality, and that is I what Wellington is doing?' j A pompous member of a travelling I theatrical company was marching ,up I and down the Marton railway station platform (relates the Wanganui Herald). i A red-faced and perspiring gentleman, : evidently a new arrival in the Do- | minion, rushed up to him, clutched his ; arm and asked: "Can you tell me,-is this the Patea train?" The other removed his arm from the stranger's grasp and replied frigidly: "My dear ( sir; I am not the stationmaster." "Oh. aren't you?'' spluttered the hot and hurried one. "Well, what the deuce jdo you mean by swanking about as . though you were?" "How your council has the face to I ask me for rates is a wonder to me," writes a Te Kowhai settler in forwarding a cheque for £34 to a meeting of the Waipa County Council (relates an' exchange). "They have never spent one shSling on my road in their lives, and 1 have to ride if I want to go to Hamilton. I consider their treatment to me -a disgrace to any local body. I wish to inform the^Vaipa County Coun-' cil that it is my intention to cite them , before the Minister of Lands. I am simply paying rates to keep up roads for other people. I consider a blackman would not, or should no, be treated as I have been." While the road in question might not be all that was required, the riding member expressed j it that it was n 5 worse than many} others, and the communication was re- j ceived.