LOCAL AND GENERAL

Northern Advocate, 5 November 1932, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

By advertisement in tit is issue, members ‘of the Whangarei Lodge of Druids are apprised of a change in the, date of next meeting.

The Prime Minister announced in the House of Representatives yesterday that the Government was considering the question of introducing legislation giving a measure of protection to those who unwittingly or otherwise had contracted themselves out of the protection of the Mortgagors' Extension Act,

Leave to apply to the Appeal Court for a new trial was granted by the Chief Justice, Sir Michael Myers, yesterday to Walter Clifton Anderson, aged 19, engineer, who had been con-vii-led of indecently assaulting two little girls at Miramar. The -ground of the application was that the verdict of the jury was against the weight, of evidence.

The funeral of flic late Airs Arthur Taylor, snr., took place this afternoon, the body being laid to rest in the Kamo cemetery. The last sad rites at the graveside were conducted by the Rev. H. T. l-Uoele. All the members of the family were present —the husband, the son, Mr A. Taylor, and two daughters, Airs Herbert Grantham, of i.’uatangata East, and Miss Taylor.

“I think the, heads of departments should be abolished, and that each minister should carry on his department. through liis under-secretary,” said Air If. AlcKecn (Wellington South)- in the House of Representatives yesterday. The Prime Minister: ‘‘That is bringing in political influence. Wo could not. have that.” Air McKoen: ‘‘lt is the system in force in England.”

The road through the Dome Valley, between Warkworth and Wcllsford on the main northern highway, was opened for traffic yesterday, according to advice received by the Auckland Automobile Association from its Warkworth agent. A number of cars which used the road during the day experienc-' ed no difficulty in getting through, although motorists are warned that it requires very little rain to make the clay portion absolutely ia>passable.

Some amusement was created in tho House of Representatives yesterday when Mr A. E. .lull (Coalition, Waipawa) drew attention to the absence of telephonic facilities for members in Parliament House. He considered that it should be possible to communicate from one part of the building to another by moans of the internal exchange. Ministers, secretaries and (heir supemumaries all had these facilities at their elbows, but the longsuffering member appeared to have been completely neglected.

"The first Methodist Church in Sydney was built on rum and the first Methodist Church in Christchurch, which stood in High Street, was saved by beer,” said the Rev. P. X. Knight at the jubilee banquet , of the East Belt Wesley Church. Christchurch, in responding to the toast of "Mother Church.” Mr Knight added that when the church in High Street - caught fire the water supply ran out and barrels of beer were rolled up and thrown on the flames, which were .thus extinguished, "It was about the best beer ever did,” he concluded amid langltter.

The work done by the boys in the wood-working classes at the High School during the year was exhibited yesterday afternoon in the Technical School building. The public were not made aware of the exhibition, which is to be regretted, as the display was of a most interesting nature, reflecting great credit, on the boys and their instructor, Mr A. T.Smith. The articles shown included trays, inlaid work-boxes, letter-racks, table mats (consisting of seven pieces of wood), sewing helps, shaving cab inets, clothes airers, towel rollers, shoo stands, garden dibblers, and a trousers press. Last evening a competition was held, when Henry Webster was placed first and Athol Syme second. The work was a haunched mortise and tenon joint for a door. A striking feature of the competition is the fact that the winner has lost his right hand. His contribution to the display of work was a subject of much favourable comment.

Reference to the £SOOO compensation money handled yearly b}' the Taranaki Maori Trust Board,, with headquarters at Hawera, was made at Tuesday’s meeting of the Taranaki Hospital Board by Air A. J. Brennan, wh<> considered that part of that sum should be used to afford relief to those Maoris in need of food and at present a charge on the hospital boards throughout the province. No provision for the feeding of destitute Maoris had been made when the money was granted by the Government (reports the “Taranaki Daily news”). The. renovation of bui'dings in ditferent pas and the improvement of the Natives’ accommodation were the objects upon which the money appeared to be expended, Botli at Waitarn and Pnrihnka money from the fund had been spent in that way. Th n re were numbers of Maoris being assisted by hospital boards in order to prevent starvation, and Mr Brennan thought that part of the sum should be devoted toward that end.

54in. Stout "White Damask, for lljd yard at Henry Wilson’s. Other outstanding values are: 54in. White Sheeting, worth l/l I, for l/4l; 80in. ditto, worth 2/11, for 2/.'t yard; Heavy Tea Towelling, 7MI yard; Colon rod Towels, I/O pair; Now Prints, 5Jd yard; Men’s Heavy Black Shirts, d/ll; Men’s White Coat Shirts, 3/ll; Boys’ ditto, 2/ll ; Men’s Sleeveless Singlets, ]/-: and Combination Drill Overalls, were 13/0, for 6/11,