LOCAL AND GENERAL.

King Country Chronicle, Volume XX, Issue 2118, 23 May 1925, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Wanganui Council on Tw decided to reduce the general from 5s to 4s lOd.

A spirit of self-reliance was sh by a Long Acre farmer, who w to the Wanganui County Council cently and offered to give 3KL certain road improvements Council would contribute a sinamount. This the Council deffdec do.

Every five years a census of Dominion’s population and of its j eral affairs is taken by the Gov ment. The time for the taking of next census is on the evening Tuesday, April 20, 1926. Arra merits for the carrying out of large undertaking are under way, the Government Statistician, Mr I colm Fraser, is busy completing organisation for the work.

April saw more financial fail in Hawke’s Bay than there have for many months. No fewer seven persons sought the of the Bankruptcy Court during month being an increase of three the previous April. Thirteen peril in bankruptcy were filed in Na during the four months of the as against eight for the same pe of last year.

In a period of 50 years the g’ro of the U.S.S. Company has been pi omenal. From a little parooMsjy

cern it has become one of the

great shipping lines. Commen with five small vessels of an ag gate gross tonnage of 2126, its i

now consists of 73 vessels of 253 tons. In 1875 its largest vessel m ured only 721 tons; in 1925 its la triumphant example of the s builder’s art, the motor liner Aora reaches 17,491 tons.

An impression that he could w out fear of detection wear a milit overcoat when not on parade resu in the prosecution at the Haw Magistrate’s Court of a Territo named Fred Dodd. The overc which, it was pointed out bj a fence Department officer, was i disgraceful condition, shouhl ( have been worn by the during 13 parades and 10 days camp. A fine of 10s and 7s C( costs was imposed, after it had i been pointed out that Dodd had b convicted and fined three times failing to attend parades.

Sir Charles Higham, speaking at annual dinner of the British Asso< tion of Display Men in London, ss “I have had people come townie c ing out for men capable of earn £2OOO a year, and I have said: ‘I will have to go to the United Stat The way for a man to reach the 1 of the ladder is by making up mind that there is no such thing an eight-hour day and no question wages. Morning, noon, and night must devote himself to his job.”

A Wanganui curio collector sta the other day that of late there 1

been a poor market for Natija (reports the Wanganui the time of the American touris visit business was brisk, al±hou : some of the visitors had but a sm idea of the value of some of t things offered. For a handsome ti from a chief’s burial ground, o American only offered 100 dollars, ai naturally he did not secure it. I

concluded by stating that there we much better markets than those pr vided by Uncle Sam for Maori curio and even some had been sent to Ita from this district.

At Christchurch an unpleasant iuc dent arose over the appointment < the Deputy-Mayor. The Mayor (Rei J. Iv. Archer), who is a representativ of the Labour Party, desired the ap pointment of Or D. G. Sullivan, bu the Council, by 11 votes to 6, ap pointed Cr C. P. Agar, whereupon th Mayor Remarked: “I want it to b clearly understood by the Council an< by the public never, under an circumstances, or at any time while . am Mayor of this .pity, will the mar who has been appointed Deputy-Mayo of this city act with my consent, oi at my request!”

' y Commenting upon the present wool situation to a Southland Times reporter, Mr F. Wallis, Gore, who is regarded as an authority on dhe marketing of wool, stated that the pQgltion had, no doubt, been brdMK about by speculation. Nevertheless^!!

improvement had already been shown in wool values and lie believed that while prices would not reach to the same height as those ruling a month, or two ago, they would gradually improve and reach a, very satisfactory level.

Many devices to secure the maximum of comfort when travelling long journeys are resorted to, but a traveller for Wellington by “the Limited express sprang something new on the other occupants of the carriage. On approaching the city he raised himself from a recumbent position, and/revealed that he had been enjoying m setteelike couch consisting of light slats like a bamboo blind, which rolled up ’in a neat parcel when the support was unscrewed. Some of those present xemt? trn-ed the opinion that it would be«s ideal suggestion for ftho Railway Department to place sufch a convenience on hire.

Up-to-date sheep shearing machines are within the reach of all. We stock plants to suit any size flock Let us demonstrate by calling at our waresirs ngt. '