LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

Northern Advocate, 4 September 1913, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

Weather Bureau forecast for 24 hours from 9 o'clock this morning:— Another storm appears to be approaching from the west. Westerly winds, strong to gale prevailing. The weather will probably prove squally and changeable. Barometer unsteady, with tendency to fall after about 20 hours. Sea, rough swell off shore; tides moderate.

The remains 6f the late Mr F. O. Swanberg were interred at the Otaika cemetery this afternoon. The Rev. H. A. Favell read the service at the graveside.

The fire brigade has decided to hold a ball at an early date. It will be held in the Drill Hall and a committee has been set up to make the necessary arrangements. The profits, if afcny, will be handed to the band, which is to assist at the function.

A first offending inebriate was convicted and discharged by Mr E. Page at the Police Court this morning. Joseph Mooney, arrested on warrant at "Limestone Island on a charge of failing to provide adequate maintainance for his wife at Auckland, was remanded to appear at .Auckland on September 11.

The decision of the Education Board to .recommend to the Department immediate erection of an infant school at Whangarei was arrived at after but slight discussion. The Ireport received ifiroin the Inspector indicated that it was imperative to have such additional accommodation, in view of the inadequacy of the existing building. A new Federal regulation has been issued for the protection of meat from contamination. The Minister of Customs has prohibited the exportation of any meat unless it is conveyed from the slaughtering place or the cool stores to the ship's side in conveyances of a type approved by the Comptroller-General of Customs. On many occasions, is is said, meat was conveyed through the streets in lorries without proper covering.

The Fruit Growers ' Association, presided over by Mr D. X. McL.eod, held a meeting last night to consider prices of fruit cases for the coming season. There was a very poor attendance. The Kauri Timber Company and Mr J. Wilkinson had been approached for quotations and the prices in each instance were 6/ per dozen for bushel cases and 4/6 for half bushel cases. There was a difference of, 2d a dozen for grape boxes, the prices being tf/10 and 4/ respectively in favour of Waipuna. It was decided to guarantee Mr Wilkinson 4000 cases—the number upon which the price was based—provided he satisfied a committee consisting of Messrs Hanlon and Hutchings that suitable timber would be provided and cut to suit. The price quoted is net and is exclusive to the Association, the terms being cash. If the cases are "made up" an extra 4d per dozen will be charged.

Citizen's meeting re Bible in Schools movement; speaker, Rev. Isaac Jolly, M.A. of Auckland), Town Hall, Friday, Sept 7 2th, 8 p.m. Admission free.— (Advt.)

Who is William Wallen? The i ost reliable watchmaker and jeweller. Successor to E. A. Simmons, Cameron Street, Wfaangarei. Charges moderate. —Advt.

Mr E. Page, S.M., went to Auckland by the Manaia to-day.

Sergeant Moore left for Kawakawa this morning to attend a licensing committee meeting and to visit various stations in the North. There was an enthusiastic crowd on the railway platform this morning to witness the departure of the ladies' hockey team that is to represent Whangarei in Auckland at a big tournament commencing tliis week. Mr Lupton is in charge of the team. All Saints' Church, Maungakaramea, was beautifully decorated yesterday on the occasion of the marriage of Miss Maude MacLennan, daughter of Mr and Mrs M. MacLennan, of Maunigakaramea, to Mr S. B. Boyd, of Ruarangi. After the ceremony about one hundred and twenty guests sat down to the wedding breakfast in the Maungakaramea Hall. The Rev. Jaspar Calder was the officiating clergyman.

A letter making serious allegations against the school teacher at Ruakaka was recently received by the Education Board bearing the signature *M. McKenzie." Some inquiries were made afe to the authorship of the communication and at Wednesday's meeting of the board a letter was read from Mr J. McKenzie, of Ruakaka, disclaiming any knowledge of the missive. The board decided to forward the letter to Mr McKenzie in order that he might take any steps he considers necessary.

A football match is to be played on Saturday between "North and South boarding houses." 'Both sides have good teams and the match is causing some interest among players and their friends. Last time these teams met "North" had the victory by 2 points. The team to represent the Southern houses will be selected ■from —Howgarth, Charters, Rossiter, Brick- Truscott, Ogilvie, Ryan (2), Henderson, Jones, Rice, Milliga'.n, .Grant, McXeisW, Gilfillan, Mdßeath, Worth ington.

The following passengers were landed by the Manaia this morning: — Messrs Brignall, Ensor, McConnell, Miller, .Gooder, Atkinson, James, Dilamore, McG-iven, McKenzie, Purdie, Carter, Rice, Turner, O'Brien, Campbell, Doar, Smith, Connors, Haddam, Swain, Sergeant, Vincent, Wong Gee, Lloyd, Turner, Langrish and child, Darrell, McCombie, Dingle, Begby, Swanburg, Sheard, Sim, Carroll; Mesdames Brignall, Hawker, James, Battersby, Carroll (2), Me lan, Darrel, Knowles and child- Misses Jamieson, Gaiter, Carroll, Harris, Hoey, Hill, Finlayson; Nurse Hawker, Nurse Sutherland; and 8 steerage

Mrs X. A. McLeod, who is leaving Waipu to take up her residence in Wellington, was entertained in the Presbyterian Church at Waipu by the choir (of which she was a member) and presented with a gold brooch. The night following she was entertained at a. social in the Library Hall, when Mr R. R. McKay, on behalf, of the public, presented her with a purse of sovereigns in recognition of her many acts of kindness and her readiness to hell) in anything' for the benefit of the district. Mrs McLeod acknowledged the gift and thanked the donors for their kind expressions of appreciation of her services and their well wishes i'or her future prosperity.

The Wliangarei district is making haste to dress itself in vernal attire. Deciduous trees are already bursting into tender green and the peach blossom lends the touch of vivid colour necessary to complete spring's picture. Flowering plants are giving promise of gay display in the near future and. vegetable crops foretell a rich harvest. "Everything points to a .warm and early summer and, of course, the local Jeremiahs are busy prophesying fierce drought and early shortage of water. Carpe diem. It's a queer thing so few of us are content to enjoy the present goods the gods provide but must all be looking for woes to come.

Hearing- that the postal authorities had given instructions to Mr Arch v McKeiizie, of Hikurangi, to remove the telephone poles which have been lying on the ground at Otakairangi preparatory to the erection of the new and urgently neededs service (writes a correspondent) Mr D. Lewis, of Otakairangi, decided to risk the dangers of the rising flood and get across to Jordan to telegraph to Mr V. Reed, M.P., respecting this matter. He had proceeded safely for some 500 yards and kept fairly dry by kneeling and hall' sitting on bis saddle, when the horse became frightened and plunging about got near the edge of the submerged road. The road is narrow, and the ditch at the side is deep. Both the horse and Mr Lewis "went in;" the latter took a complete header and went out of sight. When he emerged the horse was making for home. Mr Lewis had to follow, wading through water up to his chest for some five hundred yards. Having caught the horse he made another attempt, and this time made the twomile voyage successfully. This road —the Otakairangi-Jordan road —is still under water, though it is over two weeks since the heavy rain began. During the period 1911-12 the road was under, water altogether for 13iJ days. If any settlers in the dis-| trict have a claim on the Public Works Department it is those who have to negotiate this pathway of the deep, and it is to be sincerely hoped that their application for a bridge and new road via the Wairua and Ruatangata East will be granted.

Archdeacon Calder returned to-day to Auckland.

Mr T. M. R. Blair has been appointed to the Brynavon school in succession to Mr I. McDonald and Miss Gγ. McGregor to Kiripaka, vice-. Miss Young. A man named Danied Healey was arrested this morning on a charge of burglary at McMahon's Hotel. Hβ will come up for trial to-morrow morning. _Fish in the South Island is scarce and dear. Groper fetched 13s each the other day in Dunedin, and that is regarded as a record high price. So much for the consumer's point of view.The producer, says the "Star," may be expected to view the matter differently at least down at Moeraki, where the other day a well known fisherman landed a haul of about 180 groper, for which he is reported to have netted £90.

*-A meeting of the Bay of Islands branch of the United Labour party was held at Takahue recently, when correspondence was dealt with from different parts of the Dominion. A \ letter was also read from Mr D. McLaren, of Wellington, chief organiser of the Labour party. It wns decided not to arrange that gentleman's itinerary until the summer months, when travelling would be less difficult The principal officers elected were:—Messrs J. M. Smith (chairman), E. Blackburn and W. Stanton joint secretaries. A committee of nine members was appointed.

Lindsay, engineer of the Waro; was the victim of an unpleasant experience last Saturday night. Captain Patterson's launcli Eva was moving in towards the Onerahi jetty at 11 p.m. and Mr Lindsay, in making room for a lady passenger to pass, inadvertently leaned his weight on an insecure gangway-gate, which gave way and swung out-board. Mr Lindsay turned a back-somersault into the water, but, on rising to the surface was promptly seized by Mr Xordstrand and hauled aboard. The night was dark, a strong tide was running and had there been anything of a sea at the time, the mishap might easily have ended seriously. As it was the involuntary dip in the ice-cold water was anyhtiug but a pleasant one.