LOCAL AND GENERAL

Northern Advocate, 22 May 1929, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The Poppy Day collection in Wellington is expected to reach £ll3O, The members of the Harbour Boar 1, the staff and Press representatives were entertained to dinner at the Settlers’ Hotel by the chairman, Mr J. A, Finlayson, today. At Carterton, Horace Leslie Herrick, a farmer of Kokotau, was fined £6O and his license suspended-’ for six months for being drunk in charge of a car. A charge of negligent driving was withdrawn. The North Auckland competitors in tlie Junior National Tennis Tournameii at Wellington were all eliminated in the second round, except Miss O, Care, who won her way into the third round of t'he combined doubles.

The party, consisting of Messrs Hasleft Soutine, Harry Dukes, James Townsend and Alexander Kidd, who were missing in the bush behind Owhangn, found their way out near Ivakahi late on Monday afternoon. They wore none the worse for their experience,

The hostel at Mt. Euapehu will be finished early in August, the work ■being pushed on in record time. Although only started at the beginning of the year it will be ready four mouths before tho contract date and in good time for the opening of the tourists ’ season. The Whangarei Military Boxing Club held a club, night at. the Drill Hall last evening, with a good attendance. The proceedings wore confined mainly to instruction. Afterwards it was decided to . hold a tournament early in July, and so far eight bouts have been arranged, with a possibility of more. The venue of the event will be tho Drill Hall. The Gisborne Borough Council yesterday decided to place before the ratepayers proposals for waterworks extensions costing £7300, .the original estimate of £6OOO having been increased to meet the requirements of the Local Bodies Loans Board for additions, repairs, and renewals to the existing pipe line. The scheme provides for a 2,000,000 gallons servicereservoir.

The Management Committee of the Whangaroi Hockey Association met last evening, Mr H. Hannam presiding. Permission was granted the Old Girls’ Club and the Wesley men’s club to play a- match in fancy dress towards the end of the month. It was decided to hold a. seven-a-side ‘tournament on June 3, the matches to commence at noon. Various arrangements in connection with the tournament were finalised.

j Cash received by the Whangaroi i Harbour Board for the month of April I amounted to £120.1 Is 4d. The acj counts submitted to the board today for payment amounted in the aggregate to £8(19 Ss Id. Of this amount £7!>() Ss Id was chargeable to General Account and. £7l to Loan Aciounr. After meeting payment of these amounts, General Account will be in credit to the extent of £2,209 Is lid and Loan Accoufit will have a credit, balance of £4OO 7s lid, with £OOOO on fixed deposit.

In the Snooker Tourney now in progress at the Club Billiard Saloon, the most up-to-date room in the north, the second round will soon commence. The att; n| l| ion of competitors is drawn to this fact. The results of the various games will be published at a later date.

Zeuxis, 8.4, was omitted from the acceptances in the Eiffel,ton Hack, at Ihe Ashburton races.

Eric Matthews, petty officer on H.M.S. Diomede, who is charged with murdering John Stevens at Wellington, was today further remanded till May 29th.

John Gilbert, of Longbeach, Ashburton, has been missing from his home since Sunday evening and fears arc entertained for his safety. A small lake has been drained without result.

Messrs Joseph Nathan and Co., Ltd., have received a cable dated May 21 from London which states: N.Z. buttfcr, 166 sto 107 s; market quiet. Cheese, white, 87s fo 88s; coolured, 89s to 90s; market firm.

A message from Timaru states that E. Trotter (Maekenze sub-union) and P. Roper (Celtic Club) were nominated for inclusion in the All Black trial match. R. T. Stewart, W, A. Strang Mid H, Stevenson were not available.

The following grant authorities were received at today's .meeting of the Whangarei County Council: —JordanHukerenui, £2OO, £ for £; Tangihua Access Road, £2OO, £ for £; Three Mile Bush Road, £IOO, £ for £; OiongaMania Road, £IOO, £ for £.

Last month 61 vessels of a total reg. istered tonnage of brought to Whangarei 21904 tons of cargo and took away 11,152 L tons. In April, 1928, 67 vessels, registering 9685 tens, unloaded 2521 tons and shipped 9713. The revenue rose from £928 lls 3d to £1203 Is 4d.

At today's meeting of the Whangarei County Council, Or L. A. Johnson declined nomination on the Legal Committee, on the ground that he had accepted membership,of a. similar committee on another local authority. Cr T. W. Blake was appointed in his stead.

Arising out of t'he serious floods, on March 19, claims for compensation, on the grounds of alleged neglect to safeguard the district under its control, have been filed against the Dunedin Harbour Board. The total amount of < the claims is £33,000, and the claimants number .190.

George Robert Mineey, pleaded guilty in the Police Court, Wellington, to breaking and entering a house and stealing money and articles of a total vine of £27 10s and remanded for sentence. To a charge of wilfully damaging a motor car, and six charges of the theft of goods and money involving £46 9s, he also pleaded guilty. Sentence was deferred until after the accused appears before the Supreme Court.

At today’s meeting of the Whangare,l County Council, Councillors L. Webb, L. A. Johnson and .1, A. S. .MaeIvay were appointed a deputation to wait on the Hon. B. Taverner, Minister of Railways, on Saturday for the purpose of protesting against the proposed alterations to the railways timetable in connection with the northern express trains. The deputation was given power to act and to confer wth any other deputation set up for a similar purpose.

The total tonnage of cargo shipped and discharged within the Port of Whangarei during the past month was 13,3422- tons, imports 2,190 s tons and exports .11,152} tons. Tho imports’ consisted of general cargo, 1080} tons, manures 240}, petrol and kindred oils 230}, flour 207}, wines and spirits 99, potatoes 63, seeds 44, oats 42, sugar 41, chaff 24}, wheat 33, pollard and bran 28}, fruit 20}, timber softwoods 9, timber hardwoods 6}, oatmeal -4}, bacon and hams 4, cheese I, barley and milk each } ton and butter } ton, Tho exports were:—Cement 9360} tons, coal 678, lime 65,0, general cargo 805}, butter 86, timber softwoods 34, skins 10}, tallow 10, hides B}, kau.fi gum s}, seeds 2, and fruit 1 ton.

“The Spine in Eolation to Health’ ’ was the subject of a lecture given at the Presbyterian Hall last evening by Miss Kathleen Barr. There was an excellent attendance, and the chair was occupied by the Mayor, Mr W. Jones. The lecture was of a most interesting nature. It was explained that the principle of chiropractic was discovered in 1895 by Dr W. W. Palmer, but he was an old man, and so the, developing of that principle l was j left to his son and his wife, Drs. B. J. ] and Mabel Palmer, who have spent much time in research, until chiropractic has been developed into n modern health science, which has proved its value in results. Lantern slides and full explanations of the main features of eases instanced served to impress on the minds of the audience the fundamental principles of the science. Slides of X-ray photographs of the spine wore shown, in which it could be- clearly seen that the vertebrae which were out of place made the openings at the sides very much smaller, and so caused pressure on the nerve passing through them. At the conclusion of the lecture a hearty vote of thanks was accorded to Miss j Barr. j

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