LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 24 July 1923, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

'' An application received fo ; r tec gallons ot medicine in one lot w-.j.h discussed by the "Wanganui Hospital Board on Wednesday. It was stated that the application was from Dr. Elizabeth Gu»n 3 and that it was needed as goitre medicine for th'<? school children. The Board decided that the application should be sent to the Health ifepartment. 5 In the Marlborough Arbitration Court [ a few mornings ago a shearer witness ; excused his inability to readily reply to " a question by stating that his education : was not too good, but he was fairly sure of his Memory as far as figures •went. "It may be news to you, ' ob- ! served His Honor Mr Justice Vi'uoav, j ''but the man who has the least edu- •. cation frequently has the best memory, because he has to rely on his memory in everything." The New Zealand naval authorities have circularised the various defence offices throughout the Dominion to the , effect that a class of 12 stoker recruits may now be entered, although recruiting for boys training as seamen is to continue at full pressure, providing Uhe ' standard is in no way relaxed. The , Taranaki district is entitled to send one . stoker, and this morning the local defence officers were selecting the best 1 out of six would-be stokers. Wifeless has mad© rapid progress in , Hawera and there are now quite a number of .~elf-made operators who are past the "tinkering stage." In • all ■ there are between 30 and 40 receiving , sets w®rking in various parts of the h town, and one operator has recently been issued with a transmitting license, while another has an experimental ■ transmitting license. ' The resignation of Mr. F. A. Tvlus- • grove, head teacher for "VVhareroa • school, was accepted by the Education iSoard yesterday. As a- matter of ia-ct Mr. Musgrove has never been in actual practice head teacher of the school. He > was appointed, but circumstances pre- . vented him taking .up his duties, and before matters could be put in proper order lie had to formally resign. Motorists will be relieved tp learn that the work of deviating the main , road at Brett's corner on the other i side of Normanby is now proceeding I apace. A good deal of material will have to be moved as the new portion » of the road will pass over the site of the old hotel where, amongst other ob- , stacles, is an old concrete cellar. Large tree trunks are also making the work more difficult. ■ Several applications for the raising i of special loans have been received by , the clerk of the Hawera Oounty Counf cil, who is giving the requests his best ' attention. In all there are three ap- ' plications; one is for the purpose of l grading and metalling on the Whenuku - and Katene Roads, another is for formation and metalling work on the Nowellßoad, and the other is for the > same class of work on the Matangara ; Road. ; About a dozen members of the Ha- ■ wera Motor Cycle Club visited the Dawson Falls mountain house on Sunday,, and after dinner had been partaken of ■ and some of the party had climbed a i little further up the mountain, the ■ cyclists returned to town, having thoroughly enjoyed their outing. The recent heavy falls of snow made the trip ■ ail interesting one, as some of the • riders experienced for the first time the difficulties of negotiating a ,>now covered track. The practice of floating logs clown rivers and leaving some of them lying > for years on properties bounded by" the ■ rivers was discussed at a meeting .of the executive of the Auckland Farmers' '..Union. It was stated that these logs -"did a great deal of damage to property, , and the owners of the land wero not allowed to touch them. The person to whom the logs belonged could cut a fence, bring in a bullock team to .remove a log, and then patch up the fence agam, but it was never so good as before the team was brought through it. Some logs had been on property ■ lor thirty years, and it was suggested that.people with floating licenses should be compelled to remove the stranded logs within three years. The matter is Yl be brought before the members of the Dominion conference. The Auckland Education Board has received a memorandum from the Education Department notifying that for the future Technical School pupils who wish to apply for pupil-teachership or probationer-shi/p. will need to sit for the intermediate certificate examination. Ihe senior free place awarded by principal of Technical School will not be accepted as qualification. In reply to a reference to confiden"^VfP 01"*8 on teachers, the Minister or Education informed a deputation from the Educational Institute that steps would be taken to put a stop to such practice, except, of course, in such cases as required report, i.e., if anything had happened since the gradiiioof a teacher and his application for a ■n«w, position which, in the opinion of the inspectors, ought to be made known to the teacher's prospective employers. The Minister agreed that a conference representative of the institute the inspectorate, and th© Department, on the subject of grading was desirable, and .p would gee that this was held He had recently secured a vote of £2/5 000 to-put the superannuation £un.d on a sound basis, and tlie anomalies it was 2*£™ would cost another £2c 000. He was afraid it could not be done. The Minister promised to consider the various matters put before him, but emphasised.that he could not pledge himself to anything involving additional expense.—Auckland Star. I Smith and Easton will hold a sale of Cabinetmakers'' ironmongery aud fittings at the Mart on Thursday, the 26th inst., at 1.30 p.m., main lines of which are listed elsewhere in this issue. A bazaar in aid of Anglican Church funds will be held in'the Mangatoki Hall on Thursday next, 26th July. The missionary sale of work referred to in to-night's issue is held under the auspices of the Methodist "Women's Auxiliary, and is an annual function. The publio will have an opportunity of securing a fine range of garments and novelties at reasonable prices. Attractive competitions and a musical prograirune has been arranged.