LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Pahiatua Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 2945, 23 March 1922, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The annual conference of the New Zealand Council of Agriculture will be field en Wednesday and Thursday, July 19th and 20th. The Wairarapa. P. and A. Society liar- decided t-o protest against tin' imposition ct an amu-sement tax on Agricultural and Pastoral Societies. Jubilee celebrations in connection with the He habite Order are to Ik* bold in Wellington next month. S*xty-four cases of fruit and two cases of fish were seined by tlie NewPly mouth Borough Inspector during February as being unfit for food. Fifty-eight applications have- been received for the position of chief steward to the Warrarapa South Working Men's Club, and forty for the position. of second steward. Twelve persons were found occupying a. four-roomed house at Dunedin, and only two of the room* were used as bedrooms. The seat on the Hawke's Bay latud Board, held by Air 11. B. Boss, will become vacant by the effluxion of time on May 26th. Voluntary collections in couuyj i ion with übo Methodist centenary scrv ices in Dunedin oil Sunday amounted to i;143. It is reported that heavy retrenchment is to be made in the staff of the ; Land and Income Tax Department, j and in several culler Depart men i > of ! Stat** to which the pruning knife has : not yet been applied. I Many fanners in Otago are making use oi electric power for farming purj poses a* well as for lighting. The I electricity is produced from Waiport, Valid, the undertaking was due to the j enterprise <1 the Dunedin Citv Council. \\ liil© shunting operations were- in | progress i*i the Palmerston North 5 railway yards on Tuesday evening, a : number of carriages were brought ‘ h»to collision w ith a truck-full of j sheep with a result that a number j of the animals were killed. 1 Pheasants are recognised to be ■ fairly numerous in tlie Mann warn d: ■ trict tlrs year. A number have been ; liberated by tlie Acclimatisation Soe- ; iety on tlie Palliatua track and at j llangitaiic. . M;ss Annette Kellerman and licr ! coinpanv of Fivili Follies will upin ar i tit the* K>ng's Theatre* on Monday | and Tuesday next. A feature of I*kj performance is Miss Keller m an'* j huge cry stal tank act. Tlie touring ! manager fo rthe company (Mr H. j Gordon), was in town yesterday. Tin* Returned Soldiers' Association has asked the Canterbury Education Board to grant' school teachers peri mission to help in tlie sale of artific- ! ial poppies on Auzac Day, if a<kcd to i do so by tlie Association. Permi j sion was granted, subtect, of course. to provision that the teachers : wish to help in this direction. More Than 13<K) books were stolen from the Sydney Municipal Librarylast year. This year the library au--Itl tori ties liave taken effective meaj suns to prevent theft, and a notice ; now decks the entrance doors, notihv*ng borrowers that they will not be , admitted amongst the book shelvts while carrying hags. An albatross, measuring 9ft 6in from tip t-o tip dropped, iii an ex-hau-K*. condition, 0 n the main street * Woodville this week. It is indeed rarely that such a bird is seen so iar inland, and the incident aroused considerable interest in the town. I'ho | albatross, a beautiful specimen. du-d j during thr* evening. Further names handed to tlie seeretory as 1 g entitled to Ik* inscribed °n tlie Ickjil War Memorial are as follows:—C R. Berry, W. H Coe, ; Bert Hall. .1. Do vie. Francis A G. R Crawford, and C. Riddell.' The 1 I'd ha* new- passed -tlie hundred mark. The , n blent of how to obtain house- reasonable rental is -11 • ail actit. •» with the |Hwr people of Auckland A woman who »|ip<*arxd In*fore i’ • R .'lit f Committee of iho liospita- ik aid last week stated that 21 piTs.v*.s !< 'i(Ud in the eight-re .jahor— i«i w hicli she was living. *lt is very o n! for some of us to get * r turn of tli hnokvard." sl*e said in r» ply to a remark from a member of ifTe commit toe. Hamilton has gained a new disi >- turn (s;-.y, “Alorcutio" in the N 7:. Herald). The census reveals i? tt practically every town of any s-r.< has surplu females. Nat H. toll, whirl. Still retains a small j :« ooi;clcr.ra of males. If the girl* .f* Hamilton are wise they will net boast about their luck over-murb. Duneum city lias over 4000 mot males than males, and C uterhi, has mor,* than its share of w n> >. 1 he |K.r sihilitv of an organised from tin* South must not ho