LOCAL AND GENERAL

Northern Advocate, 18 May 1934, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Trade Agreement Extended. A Gazelle last night announces that the Governments m! Now Zealand and Canada have agreed to extend the trade agreement by one year. The agreement was to have expired on May 24. Heavy Showers. There were s.mio except iimally hen', y showers during the night and early this morning, the rain tall recorded ii Whangarei up to !• o’clock being ..i9in These was a cold wind blowing this morning' and conditions were generally unset tied. Harbour Trade. It was reported to the Whangarei Harbour Board this morning that imports for April were 225.4 tons, compared with 1258 for the same period last year, while exports totalled 5239:| tons and imports 31791 tons respectively. Vessels entering the port wore .43, with a tonnage °t j 14,289, as compared with 4;i ships ami a tonnage of .4440 in April last year. Bur.y Ambulance Week. The Gt. John Ambulance Brigade is having a busy time ibis week, and so far the ambulances have covered 305 miles. Yesterday was exceptionally busy, and both ambulances were in use. The first was called to Portland at noon, and arrived back in time to attend to a case brought in by train. The second vehicle was called out at 1 o’clock, and had to deal with a ease I from Parakao. i Emit Shipments. A large 'Shipment of fruit for export from Auckland this season, is being - prepared for despatch by the Port Hobart next week. An allotment of approximately 9000 cases bag boon booked, and this will bring Auckland’s total export: of fruit, during the season to nearly 125,000 cases, compared with 121,985 cases last year, 181,000 cases in 1932 and 115,000 cases in 1931. Of this year’s export nearly 5000 cases were of pears and the rest of apples. Wanganui’s Library. “Wanganui’s library is the best I have seen in NeW Zealand," said Mr j Ralph- Mann, librarian ami director of j the Garnegie Institute of." Pittsburg, j U.S.A., today. He is visiting Wangai nui in the course of : a , tour of the Dominion on behalf of the Carnegie Corporation, New York, Mr John Barr, Auckland City Librarian, who accompanied Mr Munn, also stated that the Wanganui building was up. to the very finest standpoints of English and American libraries. ■ Boy’s Broken Leg. One of Hie cases handled by the St. John ambulance yesterday was from Mauugaturoto, whore Bruce Borthwick, aged S, broke one of his legs, when the door of a railway truck ■ fell on him. A truok of coal was about lb be. unloaded when the boy, it appears, removed, the pin from the door, which fell on him. The boy was pul nu. the train for Whangarei, and was met by the ambulance and taken to the Whangarei Hospital, Ho was operated Mm this morning, and his condition is staled to be sntisfactorv, ! Practical Jokers. In 1 efweon busy periods at the Whangarei Winter Show there is an undercurrent of levity, animating officials and stall-holders. Late Inst evening certain mysterious movements took place, and this morning several trade displays were embellished with extraneous objects. Before the public were admitted one representative of a machinery firm was perplexed and not a litll <• < onccnie 1 In (ind, or rather have pointed out jo him by an official, that plant from a,u opposition manufacturer's stock had been secreted on his stand To clear himself of suspicion he had l,i make a full statement in proper form. A particularly popular exhibitor who has been made the butt of much wit, "laughed last this morning, when he displayed a clever cartoon and verse parodying his chief tormentors.

Bargains unprecedented are offering at Henry Wilson’s Solo of Bird s stock (Auckland j—dtln Strong Unbleached Shooting, It.ld; SOia ditto, l/r»i yard; 72iu Finlay’s Best Shooting, worth M/6, for 2/tl; SOin ditto, worth 4/6, tor 2/11 yard; Pillow Cases, 1/- pair; Cretonnes, dd; Silk Curtain Net, was 2/.'!, for l/. r l yard; Children’s Vests and Bloomers, loss than half price; Girls’ Wool Presses and Jumper Suits from .1/11.

The Winter Show still continues to draw large crowds, the various attractions being viewed with keen interest. Tomorrow is the concluding day. At 1..'10 p.m., Mr Kneebone, supervising grader of the Auckland Farmers’ Freezing Co., 1,1 d., will lecture on the grading of slock for export, .(.and) and pig carcases of the various grades (prime, second and uuexporlable, will be on view in the adjoining hall. Mr Kneebone will not only demons!rate what are the ideal types required for the overseas market, but will point out the various causes of stock being rejected for export, or graded second qualify. A similar exhibit was staged at the Waikato Winter Show last year. In the evening, the linals of the men’s tug-of-war competitions will take place. A unique feature will be the contests betweni girls’ teams from the various business houses, gymnasiums and clubs, also a “mystery team” of “professional pullers” should prove a fitting climax to the evening's entertainment. • ' :i7d

Wellington Taxi Pares. ~ | Maximum ami minimum taxi fares; iu Wellington for a distance not exceeding one mile for one, to tliree or four passengers, wore fixed at 1/- by 11 • o Wellington City Council last 'nighr. Tamaterau Bananas. -Mr li. Key to, of Tamaterau, lias grown some bananas, which, though a little shorter than the ordinary run, are thicker. The fruit is well flavoured and sweet, comparing more than favourably with the imported article.

Livestock Embargo. Three remits on the livestock onilargo came before the annual conference of the Canterbury branch of the Xew Zealand Farmers’ Union. On? branch asked for a tightening of the regulation’s, another asked lor the retention and a third asked for the removal of the regulations. Only one speaker supported the lifting of the embargo, and the remit asking for the retention was carried.

Aviation Scholarship. £ix finalists from among the 20.“ candidates for the second “X.Z. Herald-y aviation scholarship, ’have been chosen by ( Flight-Lieutenant W. 11. Lett, the (dub’s instructor at To Papa, Hamilton. The finalists will be subjected to further tests to determine the winner ot the scholarship. The candidates select ed by Mr Lett are as follows: —Miss Fell Turner, Tauranga: Mr K. E. Forsyth, Taumarunui; Mr W. .1. Horton, Hamilton; Mr W. S. Lee, Hamilton; Mr F. TL Lee, Hamilton; and Mr J. A. Carruthers, Matamala.

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