LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Ohinemuri Gazette, Volume XXXII, Issue 4228, 14 February 1921, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The mail which left for London, on December 21, 1920, per R.M.S. Reniuera, via Panama, airrived at London on February 5, 1921. Several important subjects are down on the agenda paper for discussion at to-morrow night's meeting of the Paeroa Chamber of Commerce. . Cricket being a clean and healthy sport, the Paeroa Cricket Club, just formed, should receive the hearty support of everyone interested in athletics. The native nurse, Nurse R. Walker, reported" to the Thames ■ Hospital Board last week that "the general health of the natives is good at present, there being little serious illness amongst .them." A very successful afternoon was spent on the Karangahako Bowling t Green on Saturday afternoon, when a function was held in honour pf the club's Dominion champions, Messrs Jury, Gallagher, Ball, and Hilton. The' trustees of the Nurse Pennell Memorial Fund wish it to be understood that the fund has not yet been closed, and contributions will be ac* knowledged as they x come to hand. Donations may be made to Mr Arch. White or the hon secretary, Miss A. Milne, at the "Gazette" Office. The Paeroa fire-bell tower, which is in the way of the electric cables now being affixed to the posts in the main street, is being removed a shprt distance. Many people have remarked- that the present opportunity should be taken ,to set the unsightly tow-ar in some place where it would not be so conspicuously ugly a blot on the landscape. The success attending the revivification, of the Paeroa Beautifying Society suggests ,tha ( t if the necessary funds were forthcoming the Society might well be given the task of creating a suitable avenue to commemorate .the •sacrifice of the Great War. Residents of Paeroa and district had, during local peae# celebrations, an example of what' can be achieved m this respect. The "Gaze.tte' will deal more fully with this matter in a future issue. Mr Hooper, foreman-overseer of the Manaia Town Board (formerly foreman to the Paeroa Borough Council), has' been appointed enginecvoverscer of the Kiwitea County Council (reports our Manaia contemporary). He, was successful ojit of many applications for this important position. Mr Hooper is to be congratulated on his prbmotfpn. Since Mr Hooper .took over the duties of foreman for the Manaia Town Board bt has done excellent work in taking the levels of the whole of the streets pf Manaia, and the plan he submitted is worthy of special praise. The citizens of Manaia wish him gopd luck and every success in his new"position. In connexion with the proposed supply of electric current for Waihi, we gather that His Worship the Mayor has recently been informed that the Public, Works Department, on account of the pressure of work now on hand, desires the Thames Vajl- ! ley Electric, Power Board to undertake the supply of Waihi. Should this proposal be cpnsidered best for Waihi and the Waihi borough mad-3 representations to the Thames Valley Electric Power Board, the Board may •supply power ,to Waihi, .which, though not within the electric power district, could be supplied as an "outer area" as provided by .the Electric Power Board's Act. Rates ,are not. chargeable on an "outer area," and the consumer would be requested to pay the charge for the cost of power used. The Board could erect a line, say, .through Seddon Street, to the hospital, and supply power and lighting on .the route of such line and also to the hosipfcal. We understand that the Board will,-if desired, complete the wiring of the buildings and allow the cost of the installation to be paid in yearly amounts.. This arrangement would also be available for the hospital. The Borough Council would not be called on to pay for 1 the installation of the main line, which wjpuld be borne by .the Board, but it would probably 'alter the street lighting on the route of the line. The Mayor is. considering various points incidental to the matter,, and some definite proposal may be expected in the near future. —Telegraph. Flies are not.only a pest* but dangerous disease carriers. We hava the remedy—five 'packets for Is. De Castro, Chemist-Optician, Paeroa.*

Tp further the interests of the Paeroa Cricket Club, just formed, intending members —ac,tive or otherwise — should get in touch' with any member of the committee without delay.. More labour is offering foi harvest operations in Canterbury than has been the case for a number of ye.ars, although, according to labour agents, the proportion ,of second-class men is high (states the "Sun"). The current rate for stocking, forking, and general harvest work, is 2s per hour. Not only are "the finger-prints "of every human being different, but the position of the bones of the fingers, and also the shapes of the nails, are different. Dr. Beclere utilises this fact in his new method of identifying criminals, which consists in making an X-ray photograph of .the hand, showing the bones and the fingernails. The fingers are soaked in an opaque -salt, by means of which all the lines and marks arc clcany shown. A New Plymouth butcher advertising in the Taranaki Herald of January 25, 1871, quoted beef from Id to 4%d per lb, mutton 2%d to 4d, lamb from 3%d to 4d? pork from 4d tio 4%d, veal from 4%d to sd, steaks sd, chops sd, cutlets Gel. About the same time a tailor was .advertising his willingness to make up gentlemen's own materials at the following rates: Sac coats from 12s, trousers from * 55,. vests from 4s 6dy parties to find their, own trimmings. From Ratana the Maori Miracle Man, a Foxton young man has reiceived the following reply on submitting his case—internal trouble: "Base your faith in the Lord, your God, with a sincere, truthful, reverent, and untiring belief that the Lord has power to heal. Pray with an earnest will and repented heart. Appeal to Him to grant'what you'desire in the name of the Father," Son, and Holy Ghost, and the Holy Angels,'to restore your health and strength, a& I will also pray to Him to grant your request. Sanction His name and sing His praise forever and ever, Amen. — Yours faithfully, T. W. Ratana." The Foxton Herald reports that the young man is improving in health. "