LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Northern Advocate, 11 July 1925, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Through an unfortunate accident the Cross-word Puzzle published today in the Supplement to the "Northern Advocate" is rendered useless. The clues that are given are not those for the puzzle represented ftbove them, and the solution applies to the clues that appear today. A mistake at the source of origin of the puzzles is the cause of this regrettable mishap. Next week the puzzle series will be resumed in proper order. Every trace of Rheumatism removed by Rheumo. 4/6. "

The sixth appropriation of £800 by the Whangarei Co-operated Building Society will be held in the Madeira Hall on Friday evening at 7.30 p.m. To participate in the appropriation shareholders must be financial and arrears paid by Tuesday 14th inst., payments made after that date will definitely be too late to enable participation in the appropriation.

There is on view in Messrs Henshaw and Jones' butchery in Cameron Street an extraordinarily heavy carcase of mutton. It is that of a fourtooth Corriedale-Romney cross maiden ewe which was bred at Otnika. The dressed carcase weighs 1151b. The weight, appears to bo particularly in evidence on the ribs and brisket, although the fat is unusually thick all over. The ewe was killed purposely to demonstrate the fattening qualities of the Corriedale-Romney cross. This morning Mr J. D. McKenzie visited the Awaroa Creek district, about midway between Whangarei and Onerahi, to gather data relative to an application made to the Auckland Education Board for a school to be established there. He found th-it there were 18 children who would attend a school if it were established there, but Mr McKenzie is of opinion that it would be better and cheaper for the Department to pay for the conveyance of the children to and from Whangarei, and he intends to report to that effect.

The attention of the fruit growers and all interested in horticulture is directed to the advertisement in another column of the meeting convened by Mr P. Everett, orchard instructor for this district, for Monday evening at 7.30 in the supper room of the Whangarei Town Hall. Matters of importance to all interested in the welfare of the district will be discussed, including local organisation, fruit control, the prospective scheme of: local fruit marketing,- and citr.us research. Mr George C. Green, the wellknown horticulturist, will be the principal speaker. Questions will be allowed and discussion invited. Several resolutions will be submitted to the meeting.

Boys of the Whangarei High School have shown considerable energy in selling tickets for the football match to take place at Kensington Park on Saturday, July 18, between Whangarei High School and Mt. Albert Grammar School. The whole of the proceeds of the match will be in aid of funds to send the High School team to play against Te Aute College or Wanganui Technical School, which ever holds the Moascar cup after the match between the two last mentioned School-. Everyone will recognise the benefits that will accrue by sending the local lads South and pitting them against the premier school team in the country for the time being. There will be no concession tickets for admission to the Park on the day when Mt. Albert Grammar meet the Wlinr.garei School.

When informed by a "Northern Advocate" representative that Messrs F. R. Bvles and P. Carter of Mangapai district were going in extensively for afforestation and were planting pinus radiata and macrocarpa, Mr G. A. Green, organiser of the Nurserymen and Fruitgvowers' Association, declared that both species of trees should pay handsomely in this district. Macrocarpa was an especially valuable and fast growing hardwood of great durability. As an indication of the returns possible he stated that less than 20 years ago a grower in the Wanganui district planted 420 trees in three rows as a shelter belt. The rows were six feet apart with, fhe same distance between trees. Recently the centre row of 120 trees was cut out and sold for transmission polos at 15/ each, leaving the outer rows to develop more rapidly into more valuable timber.

Good results are. still attending the activities of the liora Hora School Committee, At the monthly meeting last night the secretary, Mr. P. Mogford, had the pleasure of announcing that in response to the committee's persistent urging the Auckland Board of Education had made a grant of £100 towards the cost of asphalting the area between the main and primor school buildings, with the proviso that the committee must be responsible for the labour entailed. This was readily endorsed, the committee having sufficient funds in hand for the purpose. When completed, the impervious surfacing will be a very appreciable improvement. Acting on the desire of Mr. Denehey, one of the State agricultural instructors, who has been in the district during the past week, the committee decided to resuscitate fhe home gardens scheme and will offer four prizes for annual competition, one each for boys and girls in the senior and junior divisions.

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