LOCAL AND GENERAL

Northern Advocate, 15 September 1932, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

.Just as a speaker at North Egmout ■was referring to Moses as the first mountaineer, the lights suddenly went out. “Where was Moses when the lights went out?" asked somebody, and the sally provoked a roar of laughter. On aeeonnt of the small attendance, and the unsatisfactory balance sheet disclosed at the annual meeting of . the United Thursday Cricket Club •. last night, it was- decided--.-not to enter a team hi the competition this- season. In all probability the gear w’ill be disposed of to other clubs which are forming.

The City Rugby League Club intend!? to finish the season in a convincing' mariner, and a strong team is being assembled for a game at Kaikohe on Saturday. Mr. R. .1. Rutherford has been appointed manager. The Hora TTora .junior Rugby players (local champions) are also travelling abroad on Saturday, and will play the Northern Wairon .junior reps, at Dargaville. A workman engaged with bucket and windlass, in clearing a sewer' in Adelaide Street, South Dunedin, discovered among the silt brought to the surface a. five-fraric silver piece dated LSI2, and ibearing the image 'of Napoleon’s head. The coin, which is a little larger in diameter..than half-a.-crown, was water-worn in parts, out nevertheless was well preserved..

The Eltham Dairy Company will bo paying on September 20 a bonus of Id per lb. bn tier fat for milk supplied over the whole of last season, and Ml per lb. buttorfat in cream for the same jicriod. This will bring the average payment for bntterfat in milk for cheesemaking to lljd, and for butterfat in first grade cream to lid. Further payments are anticipated as the balance of produce is sold.

Sir Arthur D. Dobson attended a meeting of the Canterbury College Engineering Society on the evening after his recent 91st birthday, and received the congratulations of the members. It was decided to obtain a portrait of Sir Arthur, who, for a .number of years, had temporary charge of the School of Engineering in the absence of the late Professor R. J. Scott, and , to place it in the library of the school. “The idea of saying one hian in a team was brilliant was discouraging during a tour, ’ ’ said Mr. S. G. Holland, in the course of a dinner given by the Canterbury Hockey Association to the members of the New Zealand team which recently returned from Australia. “I think it is one of the worst things in the way of getting a team spirit, and the discouragement of this is a lesson all tonring teams should learn,” said the manager.

“Waste not, want not,” is the watchword of the new Germany, and even Christchurch’s waste products arc sought by that country. Everyone is familiar with the heaps of rusty tin in the city’s rubbish dumps —what has been left of the sheets after the canisters have been cut* from them (states the “Christchurch Sun”). Well, they are no longer thrown away, but packed in crates and sent to Germany, where the tin surface is stripped off and the steel beneath is turned into first-rate cutlery. In the first place the tin is imported into the Dominion from Wales.

Tlio Now Zealand Rugby team in Australia. this season aehievei] the distinetion of scoring more points than any other 'Rugby team wliieli has visited the Commonwealth. It was also the cause of another recordbreaking performance, this one in the nature of an endurance test off the field of play. It was on the occasion of the team’s visit to Ipswich, and is referred to in that section of Mr. W. d. Wallace’s report dealing with .the reception to the team as follows: — “So enthusiastic, wms this gathering that proceedings did not conclude until thirty-five speeches had been delivered. ’ ’

Tn the Hosiery 'Department at Henry Wilson’s you can purchase a delightful pure thread Silk Stocking for fi/0. There is a wide variety of tTie newest shades and the stocking is pure silk from foot to top of leg, and fully fashioned heels and toes reinforced. For beauty and durability it is the greatest hosiery value offering. .-Aslc our assistants to show yon this wonderful hosiery offer.

It is expected that the Queen Carni-j val which. wa.B .brought, to. a close last evening will nett oA r er £250.

A motorist who left his ear in Hunt Street last night found, when about, to return home that two gallons of benzine had been taken from a spare can, the standard . supporting which was smashed. The performers in the Queen Coronation ceremony at the Town Hall last evening .were...photograp.ljP.d this morning. Each of the princesses is, to receive an enlarged and framed copy of the photograph. A return was submitted to the Waikato Hospital Board last week showing that during the last quarter 13,402 loaves were made at the hospital bakery, the average cost’’being 2.17 d a loaf. The retail price of bread in Hamilton is lid a loaf.

An allegation of assault with intent to rob him of £lO5 was brought, by S. Shalfoon, general merchant, against R. S. Irwin, before a Justice of the Peace'] in the Opotiki Court today. Defendant was romaiuled to appear on September 20. Bail was allowed.

The popularity which Mr C. F. Collins, headmaster of the Primary School, enjoys among his pupils was made plain last evening, when he was being “knighted” by Queen Daffodil. As ho approached the fhrone he was greeted by enthusiastic applause, which continued till he had returned to the bodv of the hall.

The half-yearly examinations for commissions in the Territorial forces were concluded in Whangarei this afternoon. There were four candidates for first, appointment and six for promotion. The practical part look place on Monday afternoon and Tuesday, and the written section yesterday and today.

A four-year-old child, Leonie May Meader, whose parents reside at Liverpool Street, Epsom, was admitted to the Auckland Hospital last evening suffering from scalds to the leg. The injuries -were caused when the little girl pulled a kettle of boiling water from the stove. Her condition last evening was fairly serious. Speaking at the Queen Carnival in the Town Hall last evening, Mr, C. F. Collins congratulated all who took'part in the coronation cereiujouy. They held their first rehearsal on Monday afternoon, and the way in which such youthful performers had acquitted themselves that evening was really wonderful. This opinion was soundly endorsed bv the audience.

After an experience at a recent sale, a Wanganui resident considers that there is at least one person in Wanganui who is an expert in the use of a. spanner. The resident bought a bicycle at-the sale and in less than" a minute,, when ho went to take delivery of it, he found that the saddle had been removed. “It w r as a mighty quick job,” he adds, “in the presence of so many people. ” The now motor vessel built by Mr. G. Niccol at Freeman’s Bay, Auckland, which was launched last Monday, has been named the Atua. Yesterday the vessel made a trip on the Auckland Harbour to test her engines and afterwards her compasses were adjusted at the dolphin at Mechanics Bay. The vessel will probably undergo -her trial trip over a measured course on the harbour • to-day, and to-morrow afternoon she is scheduled to sail for Norfolk Island to load fruit for Auckland.

“We don’t have red tape now. We have rubber bands-—they’re more elasr tie,” said Mr. E. W. E. Gohns, certifying officer, when the No. 10 building scheme was being discussed at a meeting called by the Wanganui Chamber of Commerce, It had been stated that there was no red tape attached to the carrying out of the scheme. “We are always fond of ‘slinging off’ at Governmental red tape, but I do not know of any Government activity in which there is less than in the No. 10 scheme,’’ said Mr. W. G. Herd. Ho said that it was a pleasure to go to the Labour Bureau to make inquiries concerning the scheme.

Canterbury can claim one New Zealand record, and credit for it belongs to a cow. It is Hantz, the property of Mr G. Nairn (Lakeside), winch last year, for the third year in succession, was the highest producing cow in the herd testing district. Hantz produced 3061 bof ibntterfat in 29P. days, . thus .heading the list for the third successive year. Mr C. H. Hume, organiser for the Now Zealand Herd Testing Association, told the Canterbury Association the other day that the performance was a New Zealand record. He had never previously heard of any one animal topping an association list for three years in, succession. .The Canterbury Association has decided to rl- - a photograph of this recordmaking cow. If you must economise, then get a Tailor-made. New Suitings arriving this week for spring and summer! — Geo. Hendy, High-class' Tailor, for both Ladies and Gentlemen, Corner Biink and Vine, Streets