LOCAL AND GENERAL

Northern Advocate, 7 November 1932, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

A boy aged lb, Godfrey Horn, who is apprentieed in Mr T?. B. Hines’ stables, Te Aroba West, was thrown from a horse while exercising on the track on .Saturday and received a brok en leg above the left knee He was removed to the Hamilton Hospital.

The girl who walked from North Cape to the Bluff, Hiss Rather James, is to leave by the Mariposa today for Svdney. She hopes lo create a record for a girl walking from Sydney to Melbourne, a distance of tiOO miles, which she expects to cover in 28 days. She will wear Australian-made clothes.

Satisfaction with the present position in regard to the freezing works, dispute was expressed by members of the Auckland Butchers and Slaughtermen ’h Union, who held a meeting in the Trades Hall yesterday morning, the president, Mr H. Coulton, presiding over a full attendance. The secretary, •Mr W. E. Sill, who returned to Auckland yesterday morning, after attending the unsuccessful conference with the employers, held in Wellington last Tuesday, presented a report on the negotiations which was adopted. After the meeting he stated that no complaints had been made by the men, while no move for settlement of the dispute had been suggested. There was little prospect of the position bo* ing changed within the near future.

Particulars of train arrangements and issue of special excursion tickets in connection with the Whangarei races on November 10th and 12th are advertised in this issue. Cf>B

Flannel Sports Trousers to Order, .70/- and 70/-. Of best quality English flannels, in stripes and plain greys,— Geo. Hendy, High-class Tailor, Corner Bank and Vine Streets.

The insignia of football in Rugby Park was removed during the week- l end, the tall kauri-rlkas which form the, goalposts being taken down and stored till next season. j Two cars, one driven by a Mr Barry, ' and the other by a Mr Hall, collided at Ihe foot of Maunu Hill about 1 I o’clock on Saturday night. No one was injured, but both vehicles were damaged and had to be towed into town for repairs. ‘‘l was astonished to find there is no demand for passion fruit in England,” said Mr J. L. Brown, formerly chairman of the Fruit Export Board, who returned to Wellington by the Rangitiki from London. “It has been tried without success in all the loading hotels and restaurants. The people complain of the number of seeds.” A suggestion made recently iu the South that there should be an open season of a week for pukeko was disapproved by the executive of the New Zealand Native Bird Protection Society. The society Intends writing to the Minister protesting against the proposal and also against the granting of any request for the further liberations of opossums. The funeral of Mr Harry Parr, the miner who was electrocuted while working in the mine of Wilsons Collieries, Liu ited, at Hikurangi, on Thursday, tonic place on Saturday afternoon at the Kauri Cemetery. The. cortege was one of tin* largest seen in Hikurangi, and many floral emblems were included in the tributes of sympathisers.

At the inquest into the circumstances surrounding- the deaths of Messrs Roy Goldwator and James C. King, victims of the drowning disaster iu the Auckland harbour on October 29, the coroner, Air ' W. R. McKean, S.AL, on Saturday, returned a verdict that death w-as due to drowning, following the accidental overturning of the boat.

Our gardening contributor, “Tainui, ” in his notes on Saturday last, made reference to the showy Eehiums. An “Advocate” representative had the pleasure of inspecting a particularly. striking specimen of this plant in the garden of Mr J. R. Rcybiirn, Parna Bay Road. It stands over seven feet in height and has a diameter of at least fifteen inches.

Over GOO deer have already boon shot by the two parties of cullers operating for the North Canterbury Acclimatisation Society. One party has moved from the M-athias country into the head of the Rakaia, where deer are plentiful. The other party is in the Algidus region. The skins of some of the big stags have gone as much as 9’lb dry weight, the average of the skins being about 4£lb. The men expect to secure a satisfactory return for the hides, at the Government’s bonus rate of 1/4 a jib. dry weight. Reference to recent protest against the way in which the Papanm Prison was a competitor with private enterprise was made by Mr R. AL Laing at Ihe annual meeting of .the Howard League for Penal Reform at Christchurch (reports “The Press”). “It •ferns In me the proper thing would be to pay flic men at Paparua the same wages for the work they do as men re■■eive for doing similar work outside the prison,” he said. “Then there would be no unfair competition.” Air Laing - added that (his was done in some parts of (lie world, including Russia.

Civilised man lets off his fireworks and produces imitation meteors on November o. Tlie heavens, however, are scheduled to produce the real thing in the way of meteors a little later in the month, between the 12th and the 20th. To see these Leonid meteors, as they are called, may mean early morning rising, but enthusiasts for such things will not mind that. These famous meteors are connected with Temple’s comet, discovered in 180(i, and astronomical observers will be on the lookout for the possible return of this celestian wanderer, although it may have disintegrated by this time.

The legality of the Masterton Borough Council's practice of granting the use of the municipal hall rent free to worthy local organisations and societies was questioned recently by the audit inspector, and, as a result, a ruling solicited from the AuditorGeneral came before the council a few days ago. The Auditor-General slated that the council was under a legal obligation to collect the whole of its revenue, and it could not remit any portion of those revenues except by way of unauthorised expenditure. A request was made for an assurance from the council that all remissions of rent granted by the council in the future in respect of the use of the halls for objects other than those on which the council is by law authorised to expend its funds, would be charged against unauthorised expenditure. An assurance was given that in future effect would Vie given to the ruling of the Auditor-General.

A literary nml musical front is in store for tlios(> attend the Presbyterian <Th 11 ro 1i hall mi Wednesday evening, when a Sir Walter Scott centenary celebration will lie held. The prices of admission are |/(i for adults and lid for children, 38H

Odin, Stout White Damask, for IHd yard at Henry Wilson’s, Other outstanding values are: Min. White Sheeting, worth 1/11, for 1 /4A; SOin. ditto, worth 2/11, for 2/3 yard; Heavy Tea Towelling, 7-Id yard; Coloured Towels, 1/(5 pair; New Prints, Md yard; Men’s Heavy Blaek Shirts, 3/11; Men’s White Goat Shirts, 3/11; Boys’ ditto, 2/11; Men’s Sleeveless Singlets, 1/-; and Combination Drill Overalls, wore 13/(3, for (1/11.