LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Northern Advocate, 25 July 1923, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

"I think what tho world needs more than anything else at the present time is just for a little more kindness to be shown to one another," said Bishop Ave rill at Maungakaramea on Sunday.

•The Waiata Society's Male Ch'oir will visit the Whangarei Hospital tomorrow evening to entertain a number of the patients. The members of the choir will leave the Post Office at 7.15.

At the weekly practice of the Whangarei County I'ipc Band, held last night in tho Presbyterian Hall, eight pipers and four drummers mustered, and it is learned that the band has expectations of having a full parade evening in the town in,., a fortnight's time.

The Whangarei Rugby T7n:on's senior representative team, which defeated Kaipara for the Harding Shield last week, will be called upon to defend the trophy again next Saturday against the Northern Wairoa. Mr W. Tucker lias -decided to make no change.? in the personnel, beyond that J. Bartley will !bc first emergency.

A dance in aid of tlic school picnic fund is to be lield in the Karno School an Friday evening, and there will bci bridge and euchre for nondancers. A 'bus will leave the Whangarei Post Office at 7.30 p.m. to convey visitors to the -gathering. It had been arranged to hold the dance in the Kamo Hall, but the destruction of that building has necessitated the use of the school.

That Paparoa • people still entertain hopes that the .chief stoppingplace on the Whangnrei to Auckland railway line, has been stated in an interview by a prominent settler with a "North Auckland Times" representative. He claimed that there would be no surprise if Paparoa supplanted Maungaturoto, and signified that that had been a reason fur Mr Fred. Murdoch, ,M-P-, asking the Minister of Railways a few days ago why the work at the Maungaturoto railway station was not being expedited.

Considerable interest lias been shown in a cose heard before Mr F. H. Levi&i, S.M., at the Whangarei Magistrate's Court, in which David Cox'ftmftlt' : '(Mr '.T. F. -S. '-Briggs), of Kamo, proceeded against. A. A. (bob) Fiillayson (Mr K. D. Harrison) for the sum of £85 damages for destruction of a motor-cycle as the result cf a collision near Wakelin's ssfleyards on June j 12 between plaintiff on the motor-cvcle | and defendant, who was driving a party homewards in his ear from a d-ince. There wns a lengthy hearing and judgment was delivered this afternoon for plaintiff for £42 3/ and £9 0/ costs, the Magistrate pointing out that the allowance, with the exception of £1 was for .actual depreciation to the value of the motor-cycle. No personal, damages 1 to health or clothing had been sustained.

Faeo Pnvrrlnrp, Talc inn Face Hrpams,' Perfumery, Nijjlit find Day Creams. Complexion Povnlor. Theatrical Cold Cream, ,Skin Soaps. Lip Salve, T?ouere P:i'' c and all Toilet Requisites at Farmer's Pharmacy, Cameron Street.

A 161b eel caught at (sas's ; the had sfivq got>dsized troirt inside.

ParaJw) stove, iacl«d»ig the Post and Tek-graph Office a»d the dwelling and fwrniture of Mx ; M. Worboys, the ,prop««toi', %vas totally destroyed by firo "betwooai 11 and 12 o'clock last nifSit. Nothing w?is saved. A mail had been delivered 'ithere earlier ' in "'43 ie evening. P»rt of the loss was .covered' in the Standard insurance ofRCe.

Owing to an inadvertence ia the report of the :a©creptance. of tenders for the extension of the AVhangarei oljgh Council's waterworks reservoir extension in tire Whau "\'alley, the a<> cepted price submitted by r the successful 'tenderer, Mr O. lE. Haigh, wia& 'printed as £5025, whereas it should have been £5925.

"I am paying 30s. per week rent for a four-roomed house at Wanganui East/' remarked a defendant in a maintenance" case at the local Court. The Magistrate (says 'the "{Herald") semed to ;trea!t 'the romark' with a certain amount of incredulity, and was not satisfied on the >p|oint until he asked counsel for -the defence to back up the statement with 'documentary evidence.

Matters in connection with the erection of the new Nurses' Home at the Whangarei "Hospital were .reviewed at at special meeting of the Board held yesterday, at which there was a full attendance of members. Three architects were accorded interviews In connection with plans deposited for the Board's inspection, and it was .decided to forward the most suitable for approval of "the Minister of Health, Sir Maui Pomare. It is hoped that by the next Board meeting matters will be advanced to a stage where authority may 'be given .to call for tenders for erection of the building.

Once mere Whangarei is to bo con gratulated upon the enterprise of one of its business firms. Messrs Sothern and Company announce that they have installed tho necessary plant for bottling and delivering milk with 'i minimum of contamination. For some few years the citizens of Wellington have had their milk supplied to them in this form, with excellent results, Christchurch has followed suit. Milk, perhaps more than any other food commodity, subject to ready contamination and it is essential that it should be supplied to the consumer in as pure a form as possible. The most hygienic, method so far discovered by scientists is that of the sealed bottle. It is this which Messrs Sothern and Company have installed, and the citizens of Whangarei are to be congratulated in that' one of their tradesmen has <een fit to put them on an even footing in the matter of milk supply with the la g*er centres of the Dominion.

What liUKt bo described as a dangerous practice is in use amongst a certain action of the community— namely, the transference of medical proscriptions, from a patient to a friend. A few days ago (relates the Gisborne "Times"'), a -well-known chemist was handed a prescription, containing a deadly drug in common use. The prescription was made up for an adult and the chemist wrote the directions as usual on the label. An hour or two later he was called to the telephone, and asked if a, child was to take the same dose as he had written. He hurriedly answered in the negative and had the bottle returned to him. It was then ascertained that the woman who had Tiimdod in the prescription had received it. fiom a friend who had consulted a medical man. The woman's child was suffering apparently in the same way and to avoid a visit to a doctor she had in good faith obtained her friend's prescriptiton. But for her forethought in questioning the size of the dose it is probable a medical man would have been hurriedly called in, 1 and the subsequent expense 1 would have paid for many visits to the doc-, tor. j Men's Suits and Odd Trousers at j Wholesale Prices this week at Dob>:on's. Oil; The safest and most reliable remedy! for . chills, colds and feverishness in very young children is! Nazol. Thous--ands of mothers know the value of Nazol from actual experience. 6