LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 19 July 1923, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

( A movement is in progress in Westport to endeavour to induce Parliamentarians en route to the official opemnoor the pziva tunnel to come to the Coast via Uienheim, Nelson and Westthence to Greymouth and hokitnca, and on to Otira and completing the tour at Christchurch

Considerable quantities of Java sugar are hnaing tneu- way on to - tne Auckland market. The third shipment this year will arrive by the Dutch steamer i>e Grev<r on. July 27, from■ Sowabaya, ITL\ Vl + hVAI g UJL th? total to over 16,000 tons tor *c past six months Ihe previous shipments were brought by the steamers ttpringburn and Hona, fll tor the Colonial Su^ar Kenning Company. The Da Grove has a de_£ ?_ Ig 1 of 5000 tons. She cleared Sourabaya on June 29.

r C'J he }-° a9hei's of the school do not confine then- work to that institution, W €XT? d- Jt t0" 311 HS of tbe dis!tnct Iheir services have been availed of by farmers from Foxton to the Manawatu and from the Manawatu to the Bangrtikei," said Mr. L. J Wild M.A rector of the Feilding AgricuL ■tural High School, when olacing the aims and objects of that institution before the Oroua County Council. In reply to a question he said that they were conducting experiments in the treatment of the sour and poorer lands -■investigations likely to prove of-great value to the district. to

"You need not. comment on it' ff, Mr. C Reid, chairman of t _ Ashburton Hospital Board, as ho re. cently handed to each member a lisi showing the movers and-seconders oJ all important resolutions during th< past 12 months. "What is this for?' asked a member. "Just to show yoi that other members do something at well as the chairman," was the reply it will he remembered, says a Southerr exchange, that at a recent meeting oi the board the chairman was criticised tor taking too much on his own shoulders. On the list that morning hi< name appeared three times as a movei and twice as a seconder. There were 14 resolutions listed.

A Southern farmer reports an incident in connection with" a re:ent arrival from overseas, who had been seat to New Zealand to work on his farm. rhe "missus'' gave instructions to the lad to catch a pony, which was grazing ma nearby horse paddock, and.harness him in the gig, as she wished to go into the township. After waiting half an hour the farmer's wife went out to find the cause of. the delay, and met the boy coming -.back to the house. ■It's no good; I, can't catch him," shou'ced the overheated boy. "Which one.have you been,after?" ""The little yun over there," he replied, pointing to a draught mare's foal., Several relics of considerable interest to the Dominion are said to be still in existence in the Bay o-f Islands, and it is to be regretted if some effort is not made to acauire them on hehnlf rrf +,Vi«

State, as they are intimately associated with the early history of New Zealand* A visitor to Wellington who was recently in the north informed a Times representative that amon? them is a chair in which the first white woman to set foot in this country was lowered over the side from the missionary ship. There is also said to be a powder horn and a folding fork in the possession of residents, which also arrived with the Rev. Samuel Marsden, and form interesting links with the pioneer band who laid" the foundation of the church in New Zealand. You can 't have top many warm singlets, so buy your requirements now at sale prices. Ladies' all-wool cream ribbed singlets, 5/6; all-wool Canterbury cream ribbed singlet 3, heavy, 8/6, 8/11; all-wool cream woven Canterbury singlets, 10/6, 12/6, 24/6; 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 navy bloomers, fleecy, from 2/3. —At Gillett's Sale.—Advt. Barraclough's Magic Nervine cures toothache; 1/6. —Advt. Woods* Great Peppermim; Cure, for «*m_oa and colds, never fails.—Advt,

\ t Mr vC- 08^, the successor to .S?' + Ern?t l ßarneß l as District Public • Irustee at Hawera, has now taken over his new duties. Mr. Winchcomb, the relieving restrict Public Trustee, has returned to Palmerston North. ] , During the Hunt Club ball last oven ing, the handsome trophies won by » huntsmen during the past season were presented by Dr. Simmons (Master of ,tne Hounds;, who in a short speech .referred to the value of the sport. Hunting, said the speaker, was a fine sport and not only did it . produce spiendid horses, but it also produced splendid men and women. He hoped to see tiie sport increase in popularity and ! tho memoership of the club grow. Some people spoke of the risks, but there j was risk in everything, and he did not think that hunting was more risky than other sports. It was a sport for women as well as men, and he hoped that when they realised that hunting was <_. very interesting sport they would , give it greater support