LOCAL AND GENERAL

Northern Advocate, 10 November 1927, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The tax of 4d per gallon on benzine will represent to one Taranaki firm an additional cost of over £6OO a year.

A cable communication says that the wholesale price of butter in Sydney has been reduced by, another penny per pound and now stands at 186/6 per ewt. A cable. communication says that the wholesale price of butter in Sydney has been reduced by another penny per pound and now stands at 186/8 per cwt. .. •- Smoke and flame made a seasonable beacon at Lookout Hill this morning, •whan much/of-the dry' grass and undergrowth ■on the tow'd Slope was consumed by the fiery element.

: ’ Race-time conviviality, so far at any .riate, has been'kept well within bounds, and a report,er,-who visited the Police Court this morning was turned away with the information, imuslial at such a seasoiij that there was “nothing doing.” ■Cunningham-.and Nixon, belli of Canterbury, are not available to play for the Best of NeW Zealand against the returned cricket team-on Saturday. Talbot, of Canterbury, who was. in the Christ’s College eleven with Blunt and Lowry a few seasons ago, will-fill one vacancy,

Roman Catholic, educational projects will receive . the whole' of the estate -cf the late R.t. Rev. Monsignor Power (states the Hawera Star). By his will half of the estate is bequeathed to provide bursaries for the education of Roman Catholic priests at Mosgiel College, Dunedin, and half as the nucleus of a fund to establish a secondary school in Hawera for . Catholic boys.

It is evident that very little escapes the notice of Mr Justice Sim when he i.s on the bench. The other day four Dunedin jurors were excused from attendance and in granting permission to one of these his Honour said: “Very well, you may go,” and then added, “but leave the Bible that you ha ve in your pocket.’ ’ The juror clapped his hand to his pocket where ho had,-sure enough, placed the Bible handed to him while he was waiting to be sworn, and which he had forgotten. Those in court smiled and a Wicker even passed over the face of the Judge. Verbosity has been the outstanding feature of native witnesses before the Royal Commission on Samoa (says the “-Samoa Times”), and a great deal of the evidence has been about matters not within the scope of the commission’s inquiry. But it drifts ’in and .n. Commenting upon the great number of witnesses present and in perspective, with their driftincss attested or imminent, .Sir Charles Skerrctt, president of the commission, remarked that he d;l know what the League of Nations would say when the evidence reached it. At least they might think the evidence “a compliment to the industry of counsel, and, I hope, to the patience of the commission.”

Further replacements of fashionable Race Frocks, Models Ready-t o-Wea rs and Race Coats have 'arrived at Messrs D. Meikle and Oo.’s Showrooms during the last few days, and their .selections are tasteful and moderately priced. Tomorrow (Friday) will see another busy day in the Salon at'Meikle’s.

Those suffering from varicose ulcers, eczema, piles, and sores of all kinds, are strongly recommended to try CuEal,, a local product which the maker guarantees will cure any of the above ailments. See advertisement. 3(55

■Splendid Quality Jap Crepe, in all colours, is selling freely for Old yard at Wilson’s Sale. Other bargains worthy of note are: 54-in Splendid Qulity Unbleached Sheeting, 1/4-i; 72-in,' 1/11; 80-in, 2/3. Heavy Teatowelling, Old; 3C-in Pure Calico, Old; Grey Towels, 1/11 pair; Now Cretonos, Old; Pretty Ginghams, Old; Stout Pillow Slips, 10d, and Non-Ladder Silk Hose, 2/0.