LOCAL AND GENERAL

Northern Advocate, 16 March 1929, Page 8

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Cabinet has authorised further assistance for the unemployed on country roads, alSb a subsidy of about £7700 to the -Plunket Society. In pursuance of the Government’s decision to prosecute the GisborhcWairoa section of the East Coast railway, a start is to be made next week from the Waikokopu end. A new lighthouse is to be placed near the Kahu Rocks, between Gape Palliser and Castle Point on the East Coast of the North Island. Building on the rocks themselves is considered prohibitive and the site will be on the foreshore.

At the W.C.T.IT. Conference yesterday it was resolved that members should make efforts to be allowed to speak for broadcasting; that women should be appointed to the film censorship, and that the .censorship of motion pictures should be more drastic. It is likely that a record number of entries will bo received for the Whangarei Amateur Swimming Club’s carnival to be held next week at the school baths. No definite reply has been received yet in connection with the proposed visit of three or four crack Auckland swimmers to the carnival, but it is expected that the matter will be finalised shortly.

Next month the Marsdon electorate will be visited by at least two Ministers of the' Crown. The Hon, G, W. Forbes in charge of the Lands Department, will arrive, early in the month, and the Hon, .1. B. Donald, PostmasterGeuoral, will follow about three weeks later particularly to discuss matters appertaining to the expenditure of £B3OO on the Whangarci Post Office. While filling the petrol tank of a motor truck, at Te Awamutu last night, an electric lamp burst causing the fumes to ignite. George Mor riss was painfully burnt about the arms and logs and the garage building levelled to the ground. Apparently the forepart of the truck is beyond repair. The brigade arrived in time to confine the flames to the garage, saving the adjoining buildings. The garage was uninsured but the truck was covered by insurance.

Tlio Aucklaml Automobile Association reports that most of the nnmetallod roads in the province afforded good travelling- during the we eh. Light rains experienced in sonic parts did not suffice to produce difficult condljtions, and many clay stretches which had been well used or graded presented excellent surfaces. On the Auck-land-Whangarei route there are several detours necessary. The clay portions are in good order, the West Coast being still the better route, and the association advises chains to be carried, as after a short period of rain the surface becomes verv greasy. The Magic Five Is a superior English radio receiving set. Full particulars from J. W. Dobson Banff Street Whangarei New stocks of Marcella quilts 'have just opened out at Wilson's at the firm’s usual famous low prices: Singlebed size from 11/ti, double-bed size from 19/11; also art silk bed spreads, large size for 12/(5. The firm still has a limited quantity of genuine pure silk fuji at 1/7J yard. The best cooks always use land’s Vinegar, Unsurpassed fori pickles, sauces and salads. In bottle} ox bulk. 766)

Satisfactory nominations are being received in connection with the Alaungatapere Sports meeting, to be held next week, and it is anticipated that a record gathering will eventuate. The Secretary of the General Post Office lias received a navigation warn ing that the hull of the schooner, Ventura Burt, may still be afloat and dangerous to navigation. She was last sighted in the vicinity of Cape Hawk e. The body of an old aged pensioner, Mis.s J. Me Walters, fully clothed, was found in a room she occupied early this morning at Palmerston North. The deceased apparently died of heart failure. It is believed that she had no relatives in Iho Dominion. The flags, indicating ..the positions of the Queens in the Band Queen Carnival wore flown for the first time today from Mr S. Walker’s drapery establishment on the Cameron Street corner. The Business Queen, Miss Edna Walker, occupied pride of place.

It is improbable that the report of the Minister of Industries and Commerce, the Hon. J. G. Cobbo* and the secretary of the Department in regard to the C.O.D, system will be ready for submission to Cabinet before Easter, The Minister stated yesterday that the principal part of the evidence had still to be heard at Auckland, whore a sitting would be hold on Afonday week.

At a mooting at Hastings last night, of boys and others interested in the proposed seheine for the employment of boys on farms, Mr P. W. Rowley, Secretary of the Labour Department, delivered an address explaining the details. At its eon elusion it was resolved to urge the Government, at the earliest opportunity, to make provision- for assisting boys-to'acquire land, after they had become qualified farmers under Mhe apprenticeship scheme. The 16th annual Whangarei Sheep Dog Trials will be held in Mr D. d. Pinlayson’s Paddock, Kamo, on Monday and Tuesday, April 22nd and 23rd. Entries close on Saturday, April 13th. and all particulars will be. supplied on application to the secretary, Mr C, P. Butler, P.O. Box 131, Whangarei;' 276 The Club Billiard Saloon near the Lyceum Theatre is now under new management, the well-known local sport, Mr C. Mcßetli, having taken over the business. He will be pleased to met all billiardists at his saloon, which offers eyvery comfort and ideal appointments.' 330 Sharland’s Vinegar !s ideal for pickling, excellent for salads and sauces, and indispensable for the table. Bottle or Bulk. 766 Attention, of members and dance enthusiasts is draw to the announcement of the Labour Party’s annual meeting to be held tonight in the Y;M.C.A., followed by a dance which is free to the public. Doors will be open to deneers at 8.15 and there will be two competition dances. 23-1

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