LOCAL AND GENERAL

Northern Advocate, 28 January 1922, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

A new vote of £750 for reclamatio?i works at Kohukohu appears on the Public Works Estimates.

An old four-roomed buildng at Matapouri owned and occupied by Mr C. W. Pullman as a dwelling, until lately, was totally destroyed by fire on Sunday night last. No one was in the budding at the time of the fire. Some picnickers had been camping in the building. After they left Mr Pullman locked the place up. There was an insurance of £150 on the premises. Those who intend to exhibit at Hikurangi and Otonga Ridings Farmers' Agricultural, Pastoral and Industrial Association's show, which wiil take place at Hukerenui on Thursday, February 9, should remember that entries must be sent to the secretaries, Messrs Jas. Rouse or P. A. Smith, before next Saturday, the closing date. Schedules have been circulated, and can be had upon prompt application to the secretaries. \ The record of the voting yesterday at the election of a director of tho Auckland Farmers' Freezing Company, Ltd., is interesting. Of the 39,410 votes no fewer than 2820 were informal, and there were 95130 "uiilinaccial votes." The disqualification of nearly 2." per cent of the votes on the ground that those shareholders who hold them have not met their obligations to the company, is perhaps to be regarded as significant of the existing financial conditions. A resolution was recorded at yesterday's meeting of the Board of Governors of the Whangarei High School, on the motion of the Rev. G .C. Cru'ck, shank, expressing gratification at the excellent results obtained at the matriculation examinations, and it was decided to convey the board's congratulations to the principal and staff of the. High School and to the successful candidates upon the results achieved. The fact was commented upon that 29 candidates had passed and only four faded.

Entries for the Whangarei Cruising Club's regatta at Parua Bay on Mondav will be restricted to units of the fleet entitled to fly the club's pennant, and it is proposed to hold three launch and three sailing races. The regatta will take place off the Parua Bay wharf, mil arrangements have been made for picnicking ashore there and for general entertainment of all crews and visitors. Excursion launches have been od to leave the town wharf at 3.30 and if the weather improves it is safe to predict that they will be ■well patronised, as the club promises all visitors a very enjoyable day.

The Whangarei Bowling Club's anniversary tournament began ito-day, and twelve rinks were occupied on the two greens. The visitors are froim Hniniilton, Otahuhu, St. Helier'<s, Maungnturoto, Mt. Albert land two tesuns from Waiuku. They were briefly welcomed hv Mr F. Oobum, president of the club, who expressed regret that the weather conditions were unpropitious, .but hoped that they would enjoy the tosurnainieuit hi spite of that fact. He also outlined the steps taken by the hosts to mnke the visit as pleasant as possible. 1 ki\ was interrupted twice during the morning by heavy rain, and the greens \wie, of course, very heavy and slow.

At the close of the forty-first we?k of the Auckland Poultry-keepers Association's single-pen and team egg-layiig competition, the team of Black Orpingtons entered by Mr F. 0. Barge, of Maunu. is in a secure place as second with <*>02 as against 849 by the leading team, and he has reduced the lead by six during the fortnight. With one bird dead, Mr W. IT. Timewell, of Wliangarei, retains fifth place, but h,s team is falling back. Amongst ths 54 learns in the White Leghorn section Mr W. A. Griffiths' team still holds ninvh position, but is not laying well enongn to retain the positon. Mr N. Dickey's team has fallen back to eighteenth, and Mr J. E. Noton's team, which is now laying as well as all the leaders, i> - twenty-fourth.

The Parliamentary correspondent of the "Northern Advocate" reports that the Legislative Council has begun consideration of the Retrenchment Bill.

The launch Olaf ran down to tbe Heads last evening and anchored for the night at Urquhart's Bay. It is reported that she left there for Auckland this morning, as the half-gale had decreased in severity during the nigh*:. The Olaf will attend the Anniversary Regatta on Monday.

Dr. T. H. A. Yalimtine, Director-Gen-eral of Health, is at present on a visit of inspection to Whangarei, and ia,ecoi:iipnnied by Dr. Chesson, District Health Officer, he waited upon the DeputyMayor, Cr. F. Cutforth, .to-day .in connection with several matters regarding sanitation in the borough, including the campaign against rats. There is in Whangarei a certain office wherein resides a hideously ugly, but very docile tuatara lizard, which responds to the name Bruce. The typiste in the office has become quite accustomed to her employer's quaint pet, and it is on record that she has allowed Bruce to catch flies from her shoes without flinching. A girl friend who happened to pay a visit to the office was, however, less complaisant, and when Bruce wriggled across the floor the fair visitor screamed and climbed on top of a file-cabinet in quicker time than it takes to tell, and she would not leave her sanctuary until the unlovely Bruce was removed. Since then the rendezvous of the girl friends has been elsewhere than in that office. .Somebody must have been trying to palm off strange things on to the Education Department as ''furniture and effects" for removal (remarks the Christchuruh " Siur'). The amended regulations governing teadhers' salaries, etc., as gazetted this week, «et out a list of things for the removal «:f i which the Department definitely will | not ipay. They are: Dog kennels, [ plants in boxes or pots, wlood and coal; horses, vehicles, mul harness (except when sucli are portion of equipment for official work;; live stock, poultly, cowv, etc.; clothes props, garden seats, timber, ot material connected with outside structures; aviarievs and beehives; boats. The Department ;.s right; we would draw the line at fleasome dog kennels ourselves. Our eailiest .recollection is of one built for a favourite dcerhonind. It measured Oft by 3ft, and was 4ft high. That would be too mudh. But why nre dog kennels put at the head of the list?