LOCAL AND GENERAL

Northern Advocate, 6 May 1930, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

. Today is the- twentieth anniversary of the accession to the throne* of King (leorge the Fifth a nil Queen Mary. Miss Long, a. ■well-known southern sheep-dog owner, who has won two hundred-guinea cups, will be a competitor at the Whangarei County meeting at Mr D. .1. Finl’ayson’s paddock, Kamo, tomorrow and Thursday. The powder hulk, a very old landmark which has lain for many years on the edge of Otago harbour at Wavcr'ley, and which has latterly been in use as a cabaret, was burned to the water’s edge early on Sunday morning. Pickpockets were busy in Hamilton during the week-end. Several hockey players of both sexes at Steele Park had valuables removed from their coat pockets during the progress of matches. Wristlet watches and cash were stolen.

A service car driver, Edward Fitzwilliani, was fined £lO at Hamilton and had his license cancelled for six months for being drunk in charge of a car. Two constables found him in London Street at one o’clock this morning asleep at the wheel, with a young woman asleep beside him.

During the month of April the following stock were killed at the Whangarei Municipal Abattoir: —Cattle, 1(57; calves under lOOlbs,, 3; calves 200 to SOOlbs, lo; sheep, 486; pigs under luOlbs, 82; pigs over loOlbs, 2. Three cows and one sheep were condemned as unlit for human consumption. Revenue for the month totalled £137 13s.

An application by the Board of the Medical Council of New Zealand to have the name of Balder Singh Share, formerly a medical practitioner at Auckland, and now serving a term of imprisonment, removed from the register of medical practitioners, was granted by Mr Justice Herdman at the Supreme Court at Auckland yesterday .no ruing.

Cemeteries cost the Whangarei Borough Council £132 last year. At the council's meeting last evening, Or. Tibbits suggested that . the Finance Committee should go into ways and means of making the Cemeteries Account more self-supporting. He pointed out that the borough was custodian for cemeteries which were used by outsiders.

With another month remaining to complete thp current season, the Northern Wairoa Dairy Company's output of butter is over 170 tons ahead of the record total for the whole Of the 192829 season. For tjhe period to the end of A the output totalled 2401 tons tewt., compared with 2136 tons lOcwt. in the corresponding period of last season, an increase of 265 tons. Last month the company's output was 179 tons 4-cwt., against 141 tons, 4cwt, in April of last year.

A cablegram from Melbourne published .on May 2 stated that the Finals h barque Olivobank left Sweden for Australia nearly six month ago, and was last reported north of the equator in December. On December 14, however, a Gisborne lad, who is a member of the Olivebank’s crew, wrote from Hudiksvaal, Sweden, prior to the vessel’s departure, stating that he did not expect the vessel to reach her destination before the end of April or the hcgining of May at the earliest. As a result his parents in Gisborne feel no anxiety. . * Mr A. H, Abernothy, a teacher at the Wanganui Technical College, sustained a fractured skull last evening through his cycle skidding and the rider crashing into a bank. He was sent to hospital but died early this morning. Herbert Redpath, aged 8, a son of, Mr James Redpath, manager: of the Ngaruawahia Bakery, was drowned in the Waikato River last night. The boy was swinging on a rope attached to a tree over the river at Ngaruawahia, when he . released his hold, falling in. The police arc dragging for the body.

When the formal motion- to raise the waterworks extension loan of £17,400 was before the Whangarei Borough Council last evening, Cr. Gardner said lie understood that the cost under the new propoals would be £13,000, The Mayor said that the people had given authority for the raising of the full amount, and, in the event of the work being done for less, the surplus would not be touched. C. Gardner then moved that the raising of the loan be deferred until the cost of repairing the reservoir was ascertained, but this did not find a seconder.

This is the best value In town!— Dinner Suits, ready for wearing, for 8 guineas. Call and try one on at Geo. Hon dels, High-class Tailor, 27, Bank St., 6pp. p.o. A wide range of Ladies ’ and Children’s Cardigans and Jerseys are now showing at Henry Wilson’s at very competitive prices. Also extra special values in Famous Dorma-make Guaranteed Sheets: 54in 9/11. 72in 13/6, SOin 14/11 pair; Heavy Grey Towels, 26in x 48in, 2/11 pair; 36in Pyjama Cloth, 1/3 yard; Heavy Winceyette, 1/-; Linen Teatowelling, Old; 54in White Damask, 1/4-1, and Pure Fuji Silk 1/(5.

Recognised as being bred on the best lines for butter-fat production the “Romani” Jersey Pedigree herd is known for its records of testing throughout the North Island and the decision of the breeder, Mr H. J. Harris, to sell has afforded an opportunity to dairy farmers to purchase this unequalled blood. The sale has been fixed for Thursday, May 15, on the home farm, “Romani,” Maratoto, Hikutaia. near Thames, and every facility for buvers has been studied. 690

At the Wellington wool sales this season, 91,629 were offered and 74,093 sold at an average of £l3 11 m 4d per bale, or 9.204 d per lb. The new courthouse at Maungaturoto was officially opened by Hon. G. W. Forbes yesterday. Among those present were Messrs A. J. Murdoch, M.P., and G. X. Morris, S.M. The Secretary of the Post and Telegraph Department has received the following navigation warning from the Secretary of the Marine Department: “Cape Egmont light reported out, ’ ’

Wellington’s nominations for the Possibles! v. Probables N'(oirtli Island Rugby match at Palmerston North on May 14, are: Porter, H. F. McLean, Peck, Coulston, Jessup, McPherson, L. M, Johnson, Ball, Mackenzie, Kilby, M. F. Nicholls, Elvy, Heazlewood and Mac Kay. Immediately after tho Parnell byelection Mr H. E. Holland, Leader of tho Parliamentary Labour Party, tour’s the Dominion, speaking at WHangarci, Hamilton, Thames, Wairoa, Wanganui, New Plymouth, Otaki, Christchurch, Waimate, Dunedin and Balclutha.

Appreciative comment was possed by councillors at the Borough meeting, last evening concerning the decrease in the Hospital Board’s estimates, which were £SOO less than last year. It was decided to congratulate the board upon its finances, and a member remarked that the position spoke well for the prosperity of the district. 1 1 It shows, ’ ’ he added, ‘ ‘ that although we have been through a hard time, things are better here than in many other places.” The Fire Board’s estimate of £IO4B, of which the borough finds half, also showed a reduction of £IOO. Only address of J. W. Dobson, well-known Piano Tuner —4, Banff St., Phone 192. Cow Covers. 9/6, 17/6 and upwards; Horse Covers, best quality white duck and guaranteed green flax, from 24/-. Footballs, all descriptions,- strongly made and best quality, basket balls, shin pads for hockey players, golf clubs, golf balls, etc., all makes, —H. Geissler, Cameron St. Phone 119. Everything for winter sport. 683