LOCAL AND GENERAL

King Country Chronicle, Volume XXVI, Issue 3442, 12 March 1932, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

All prize money in connection with St. Luke's Flower Show can be collected at Miss Fleming’s shop during next week.

The Garden Party under the auspices of St. Andi’ew’s Church Ladies Guild, which was to have been held at Mrs. K. W. Low’s residence will now be held at the Manse, Taupiri Street, on Wednesday next.

The Te Kuiti Boy Scouts, under Scoutmaster McEwan, left by this morning’s train to take part in the district jamboree which is being held at Hamilton to-day.

A meeting 1 of the lady members of the Te Kuiti Golf Club will bo hold in Messrs. Ellis and Kennedy’s blllcu on Monday at 8 p.m. All members are requested to be present.

• That an English h’ubgy League football team would definitely visit New Zealand in the coming season was reported at a meeting of the executive of the Canterbury Rugby League. It . was reported that J. Sullivan, the famous full-hack, who played in the last team which visited New Zealand, would probably captain the side.

1 “I have issued a warning before about these noisy motor cycles I think I shall make this the second and final warning. In future I will impose a penalty which will make motor cyclists be certain that their machines are' properly silenced. In fact, if the offences persist, I shall make the fines so stiff that the offenders will have to give up motor cycling,” declared a magistrate recently when a number of prosecutions were brought against riders of motor cycles without efficient silencers.

The Eyre County Council has been advised by the Audit Department that if a ratepayer demands the 12 i per cent, rebate he must receive it, even if he has not paid the previous year’s rates.

A report that there was a shortage of wool in Soviet Russia prompted Mr. D. Morriscn to ask at Thursday’s meeting of the Palmerston North Chamber of Commerce if there were not prospects of a profitable export trade for New Zealand, the Dominion to receive Russian benzine in payment. Mr. Morrison urged that if New Zealand ci'ossbred wools could be brought up to Is per lb. in this way it wculd be a splendid thing for the country. The chamber decided to pass on the suggestion to the Associated Chambers and the Department of Industries and Commerce.

Apparently there is a good market at fair prices for tip-top daily cows (says the Eltham Argus). Last week the Eltham branch of the Farmers’ Co-opex-ative sold by private treaty a line of 12 dairy cows at £lO a head, a figui-e very gratifying when it is boime in mind that they have been in milk since the beginning of the season. The cattle were grade Jerseys.

There are 90,000 children in New Zealand who are not in touch with any form of religious training, according to the Rev. E. P. Blamires, organising seci-etary to the young people’s department of the New Zealand Methodist Church. This fact constituted a serious challenge to the Church.

In connection with the series of trials conducted at the Gore Experimental Farm to determine what turnip is most l-esistant to clubroot, the Bruce turnip has aroused the interest of farmers. Up to recently the Herning swede had given the most satisfaction, but it was not entirely free of the disease. According to the farm manager (Mr. J. Sleeman), the Bruce turnip is big in appearance, looks better than the Herning swede, and is fi-ee front clubroot.

The 2500 horse-power engine used by Flight-Lieutenant Stainforth in his world’s speed record flight of 407£ miles an hour last September has been completely dismantled for scientific examination at the Derby works of the makers, the Rolls Royce Company. The engine consists _of 2450 parts, all of which are being microscopically examined and tested. Apparently the engine bears no trace of strain as a result of its record flight when 3400 revolutions a minute were attained.

“I see no reason why some of our smaller churches, when a vacancy occurs, should not be successfully carried on by consecrated laymen until a suitable minister or, pastor can be procured,” said Mr. J. Arthur Wilkinson in his address from the chair at the opening of the Assembly of the Congregational Union of New Zealand at Wellington on Wednesday. The speaker said he favoured the establishment of a lay preachers’ association in each of the four centres. It was a - question whether the churches were giving sufficient opportunity for Christian service on the part of laymen.