LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 26 September 1923, Page 7

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

-♦— The Patea Plunket Society has reSheSi, a * £1 f™ J. fivS iS f 11 P °rted that the great meat Vo?*.itv V?> SC>S 7 liave Puvcnased the Works? luuieiv. i. leering Under Gazette notice published last i Vmn the Proclaniation issued in June, •It 1"8 aside an area of 325 acres X,vS° n?Il^ S6ttle»nent, Rimutaka Survey District, for selection by discharged soldiers under special tenures is revoked. ' The support of the Stratford A. and l™ A, sso.ciatlon was asked by the Cardiff Dairy Company, Ltd., in urging upon the Agricultural Department the importance of establishing a laboratory for research work in connection with the dairy industry. It was decided to give the proposal the hearty support of the association. The old-established brewery firm of Simpson and Hart at Lawrence (Otago) will cease to exist this month, as the concern has been purchased by the iSew Zealand Breweries. Brewing operations will not be carried on at YVetherstones by the new owners It is stated in Lawrence that the purchase money was £24,000. With an average of 145 boarders, the boarding establishment in connection ! with the New Plymouth Boys' High School is the largest hostel connected with a secondary school in the Dominion, according to a table presented to the High Schools' Board by the Education Department. Nelson Boys' , College is shown as the next highest! with 113. ... I We draw special attention to the great display of magnificent sample fur coats and bridge wraps that commences to-morrow in the Commercial Hotel sample room by Madame Menere, the well-known Christchureh furrier. Over £12,000 worth of samples are to be sold much under the wholesale prices * The "Spring Fair" at the Salvation Army Hall is to be continued this evening, also Thursday afternoon and even- ' ing. The stall holders have been working hard, and consequently a fine display of goods is the result. Good programmes are to be rendered each afternoon and evening. Au intimation by Harrops Ltd. appears in this issue drawing attention to the latest spring and summer fashions I now opening. Inspection ia cordially invited, without anyone being pressed ' to purchase.—Harrops Ltd., Hawera and Stratford.—Advt. | Don't ask for Egg Preservative—ask for Sharland's "Moa" Brand Egg Preservative. There's a difference. With "Moa" eggs may be poached, boiled or friend.—A&yt. i Progandra ret.ovps corns quickly and] painlessly; 1/6. —Advi, «

Mrs. Goodson, of Hawera, has consented to organise a concert for the Patea Plunket Society, to be' held in the Town Hall early in October. "It always pays to look prosperous whether you are or not. Everybody helps the prosperous looking man; they kick down the man who is going down." ' This little bit of philosophy fell from the lips of the president of the Ashburton A. and P. Association when he was urging the meeting to agree to give the show buildings a coat of paint. "I can't cook any dinner; the police took my cook away this morning!" Such (stated the Waimate Advertiser) was the rather unusual reply made by a back-country hotelkeeper to a Wai- j mate man who telephoned on Friday! moVning to order luncheon for the j party of Itangiora footballers who were i being taken on a motor trip. j A well-known American journal has written to a New Zealander asking if he wilt contribute articles concerning this part of the world (says the Waira- j rapa Age). The articles, says the letter, "may be written in English, if con.ven«ent.'» Evidently the people of the United States are of opinion that New Zealand possesses a distinctive language. Mr R. P. Morrissey, the popular auctioneer of Hawera, has opened a branch at Manaia, and will hold sales regularly in all departments of an auctioneer's activities. No doubt the Manaia residents will regard the extension of Mr Morrissey's business to their town as a sign of progress and recognition of the importance of Mauaia, and Mr Morrissey is to be congratulated on his enter- - prise. The Brunt wood Co-op. Dairy Company, Waikato, has just disposed of the whole of its cheese output for the months of August, September, and October at 10 5-16 d per pound —a most satisfactory figure and considerably higher than that obtained by many other companies. This will enable tne company \to pay out to suppliers for that period at a rate of fully 2s per 1b butter-fat. The company paid out on Thursday for the August supply at the rate of Is 9d per lb butter-tat. The destruction of native ground birds, especially kiwis and wekas, through, being caught in traps set for opossums, was referred to at a meeting of the council of the Auckland Acclimatisation Society on Friday evening. The Department of Internal Affairs intimated that it might be desirable to prohibit the trapping of opossums in areas inhabited by these birds, states the New Zealand Herald. A report on the society's experience of such destruction was requested. It was decided to take no action as there were few opossums in the society's district. At a meeting of the Stratford A. and P. Association on Saturday, the Taran'aki A. and P. Association wrote sugg«sting that a conference be held between delegates from 'various A. and P. societies and other farmers' organisations in the province to discuss the proposed federation of all the farmers' organisations to deal with matters of common interest. The chairman of the Stratford Association considered the scheme would multiply associations without doing any practical good. Mr. B. Orr thought the larger associations should give a lead in the matter. It was decided that the matter be left over pending the meeting of the Nor£h Island A. and P. associations. Most people were brought up to believe: that at the equinoxes, about March 21 and September 21, the sun rose a.nd set at 6 o'clock. A study ol accurate almanacks shows this is not the case either in England or New Zealand. Anyone can observe for them : selves that at present the sun rises before 6 o'clock and also sets before 6 o'clock, though day and night are practically equal. A well-known encyclopaedia also says: "The popular belie! m equinoctial gales is not sha,red bj professed meteorologists." It must be admitted that the gale in Sydney on Friday will give some support tc the old belief, At the meeting of the School Committees' Association at Auckland a letter in reply to a resolution passed at the committee's annual meeting was read from the Minister of Education. In the course of • the letter the Minister fetated that representations had been made by nearly all the j Protestant organisations to tfie Prime j Minister in favour of a non-sec*arian i text book of Bible instruction, the idea being that there shall be no right .of entry by the clergy, but that the teachers should do the work with, of course, a conscience clause for both teachers and pupils who do not wish ±o come under such a system. The Prime Minister had informed the deputations that the Government was not unfavourable to Bible instruction of the children for, say, .15 or 20 minutes a day, provided there were suitable exemptions for objecting teachers and pupils. The letter gave rise to no discussion, and was merely I "received." J [ At the Te Aroha Police Court last week the Stock Department proceeded against J. Whiten and N Prenter for breaches of the cattle tick regulations. A™s, evidence showed thai in July last Uhiten trucked Arizona Maid ■ from Te Aroha to the Wellington races, and I renter trucked the horse from .Te Aroha to Otorohanga, the latter places being both clean areas, without obtaining \a permit. Defendants pleaded ignorance^ of the regulations. The magistrate said the Act provided for a minimum fine of £5, and he had no other choice but to impose it. The department had, however, recognised the harshness of the regulations in certain cases^ similar to the ones in question, and had decided that modification was essential. He suggested that defendants write to the Minister for Justice tor a remission of the fines. . Allusions to the value of good "huntaway" sheep dogs were made in the Supreme Court at Auckland last week in a «lann for damages brought by a farmer whose land had been flooded, and who consequently lost a huntaway sneep dog which he valued at £10 A witness, who said he was well conversant with sheep dogs, said five guineas would be the price for a pup on trial. He had several dogs, for which there were standing offers of £50 apiece.. Counsel asked if he would accept that sum, and the witness replied that he had one dog for which he would not take £100. Now that spring Is here * with its e-hangeable weather conditions every man should be the possessor of a light raincoat. They are easy to carry and are showerproof. The Melbourne Ltd. are showing a splendid line of all-wool, fawn gaberdine raincoats, stylishly cut ■ and good fitting, at 79/6. These are good value and are rocommended.— Advt.

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