LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Pahiatua Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 2677, 13 January 1921, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Alails for Au-t-ralian States per Tofu n close at Pabiatua at 7.4-5 p.m. to-night.

Owing to the scarcity of water anyone found wasting same in tin* Borough will be prosecuted. Tlio proposal to form Otaki into a borough was yesterday carried by 29-5 votes to 117 against. 'With so much dry grass about, residents arc warned against, lighting fires- or dropping live matches in the open.

Several grass fires have occurred in tho district during the last few days, but the damage done has not lx«cu reported as se.rious.

Under the new Shops and Office* Act all business premises in Pa-hia—-tua will be closed at 12 noon on AA’ednesdays and at 6 p ra. on Saturdays.

Several Alastertor taxi-drivers are being charged in the Alagistratc’a Court at Carterton to-morrow with exceeding the sp-.xxl limit when returning from thi' Tanberenikau races. A Masterton small farmer recently sold two hides weighing 38ib. His account sales show that his return is 5s 2d. wi*u 2. euminissiiMu h«- has nettl'd 3s 2d. He wants to know why in the face of such {>rioc~, lit* has t» pay £2 lOs for a pair of boots. “Toll gates are something like racing permits; those who have ihcin can keep them, but those who havnr't can’t get them,” said Cr. Grainger wlll'll discussing the proposal to - reofc toll gates as au aid to roail revenue at the Woodville County Connell niceti rig.

The Christmas and New Year holiday traffic on the ■ ail ways for 19201921 constituted a record. The number of pusscugcrs carried oil the North Island line*; was 4X2,000 arwl on the South Island and Westland sections 407.000, a total of 8X9.000 passengers. The long distance traffic lias been a feature of the business.

“Is is a scandalous shaxne,” said aTe A w.-unutu builder when rivalling his holiday visit to Auckland- “1 saw two ships laden with timber —not the piiv.is and rubbish we have, use in, this counry but the best iiT our rinuz —on route to Australia. Here we are hindered at every turn for timber, and tho best of it is going away overseas. It. is a shame an<l disgrace to any Government which enables -nch a thing to happen.” Ajr I tup; rt A. Haggt:», —>o of A«r I'-. A. Haggin. at one time pr« pnetor of “The Examiner” < \s'o*di ille» lias he.'ii appoint.vl. ecturi'r in Law at the University of Leeds, after havtiiig coinpleti'd siis grad'iate eioirrsi' jn, law at Queen's Col legs, Oxlord Air Hnggen rti|>rev'i!tisj British Columbia at that Univ.rity since 1913 —with an iftitcr.al of eonse, during ins period im active service. He latclv took his AI A and. B.C. L. degrees AI- Haggerr v.as barn -ii A\ oodvill,. arid probably had his first schooling a: the bs-ol school.

A special meeting of the Pahiatua Retailers Association was held this morning to discuss whether th c business premises should close on tho afti'rnoon of tile Pahiatua Racing Clutd date. The, mat ter was thorougbly discussed. A member moved t.hatx ‘ the shops close on the afternoon of race day but this was lost in favour ot the following amendment which was carried imaiiirnouslv, “that under the new Shops and Offices Ac*, and together with the new awards now in force the Association regret* smis rely that it- is not able to close the business premises of Pahiatua on January 29th (Race dav).”

Tho friends of Atr and Airs Joseph l aseiberg w ill learn with regret of a somewhat serious accident which h,v. fell their son Harry Coselberg The hoy, who is about 13 years of age, was on a visit to Stony Creek tlu» property of his uncle,' Air A 1 Irer* Casel berg in the Alart-inborough dis'inet. anil on Alondav morning, out riding, was thrown from his ponr. He ap|>cared then to be only severely shaken, but later slioweil disturbing symptoms so was brought Kick ti» Masterton. La ter the boy’s condition, become alarming and he was taken tr» the Cole Street Private Hospital where. at midnight, an operation was .performed. AVe are pleased to learn that the young patient is nowgetting on remarkably well. “\Yairarapa Times.”

Tlie last to go up; the first to g» down. 55 e are pleased to announce a substantial reduction in the price of the famous Aliehelin Tyres and Tubi-s. Red Tulles, 30 x 3J. now 18 s each--575 x 105 27s txl; 815 x 105. M>s' Call at lXmald's ami inquire prices of other sizes. Donald’s, Alain street, tor ail motor acc> ssories.