LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Pahiatua Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 3379, 17 December 1924, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

If children and dogs like a man, its a hundred to one. lie’s all right, A Hokitika message states that a well-known s.ettler of Totara, Ross, died on Monday, aged 84 years. The present roll number of the Pahiatua D.H. School is just on 300 and the percentage of attendance 93.

Cocksfoot, five feet high was cut recently from a section at the Otaki beach.

Twenty-three pupils of the Paliiatua D.H. School have lately gained proficiency certificates and two competency.

Owing to the holidays the next meeting of the Oddfellow s’ lodge will be held on Monday, 12t-li -January, 1925.

Messrs S-andford and Burrough have just opened a new range of ties, socks, handkerchiefs, hats, _ caps, scarves, etc. They make fine gifts for men.

The annual Convent concert will he held on Thursday evening in the Foresters’ Hall. In view of the excellence of the programme to be submitted, a large audience is anticipated.

There has been a good deal of sheep sold on forward delivery in IV anganui district this season. Two-tooth wethers changed hands up to 31s. Four and five-year ewes are also in demand from 25s 6d up to 32s for exceptionally good lines. Ladies are much interested in the special display at Mrs Routh's. It comprises- gloves, handkerchiefs, vanity combs, silk hose, picnic hats, frocks, blouses, fancy garters, children's hats and frocks, babies handmade bonnets (silk and wool) and babies silk frocks.

There are 148 war widows and 215 children whose fathers were killed at the war, residing in Christchurch. In addition to these, there iare 200 returned soldiers with dependants in the various hospitals and sanatoria in and around Christchurch. The Returned Soldiers’ Association has decided to hold a Christmas party for these Children and their parents.

Next Friday anyone with a railway grievance l will have a golden opportunity of bringing it to the notice of the Department, whether it is a matter of freight, timetable, service or otherwise. Mr Rodie will address, a meeting in Paliiatua and will see that any requirements are brought to the notice of the official head and given fullest consideration.

Since the first purchase (says the Auckland Star), lamb lias considerably gone up in price, and wool has appreciated to an even greater extent. It is estimated that three dealers will divide between them no less a sum than £2IOO. and instead of receiving only £4500 for the 3000 lambs the breeder would have pocketed £6600 had he refrained from selling till the present time.

It is about 20 years since the freezing works opened as early as they have done this year (says a Christchurch correspondent). Last Monday business was started in most of the works, but there was nothing much offering. The farmers seem to be holding on to their fat stock, as (tll'.ere is plenty of feed in the country. AVliat stuff there is forward is bringing very heavy mice®. This was evidenced at Rangiora. and at Addington. The works probably w ill not got a good start until the end of the week. nr perhaps well into next. There are many men idle at the various works, only getting in a few lours a day. Many of these men ’"ft their winter employment in order to get in at the freezing works early, but now tiny will be mi short nav for the best part of a. week or two.

About 100 applications have been, received by the Hawke’s Bay Education Board for appointment as pupil teachers and probations next year. The vacancies to be filled number 31.

Corrspond,enoe or money order business with James Lomax and J. L. Lomax, Sydney, is prohibited within New Zealand, as the Postmaster-gen-eral has grounds for believing that (they are carrying on a lottery. A Wanganui solicitor, in conversation with a Herald reporter recent 1 M stated that, money for good securities on first mortgage was now more plentiful than had been the case tor some time, the rate of interest being 6j per cent, and 7 per cent, in leases. A truck of lime was set on fire through rain getting underneath the tarpaulin which covered the vehicle while it was standing in the railway yard at Westport. The services of the fire brigade were obtained to put the fire out. Through a misprint in yesterday's issue the date of the gigantic auction sale of Air \ T . Levy’s goods at Moriarty’s Mart was given as Saturday, December 24th. This should have read next Saturday, December 20th. “We have many failures nowadays, and debtors seem ito slip in and out of bankruptcy with ease, especially in Auckland,’’ remarked a creditor at a bankruptcy meeting there. “There is nearly always a motion of sympathy passed. YYe. have to pay our debts, and why should not the bankrupts t It was decided at the meeting of the Mangatainoka A.A. Society last evening to include an extra event, potato competition, in the horse events for the Boxing Day sports. The first prise of 30s has been donated by Messrs Hodder and Tolley, while tlie second prize of 10s was subscribed by Air A\ . Adams. The post entry fee was fixed at 2s. A Maori living near Rotorua, who had just purchased a motor-car. had not been seen about for a few days. When he again appeared he was asked bv a white acquaintance where he had been. “I just build house for my car,” was the reply. On being questioned as to what material he had used, lie said: “Ob. some raupo, some iron, I think. Just sort of halfoast house.”

A bare pass in the matriculation examination was not enough to "_a rrant a boy or girl going on to a I niversity College, said Professor Buyd AYilson at the AYellington Opera House. He' urged parents to take thought before sending on tlieir children to a ’Varsity course, for which they were not fitted. Far better to keep them another two years at the secondary.

Some dog! A farmer residing near the Okehu railway station has a dog possessing a great deal more than the average intelligence of a c-anine. The farmer milks some 20 tews, and tlie dog is always in attendance during the milking. All the cow's in the herd are named, and if tlie owner requires a particular cow, all he has to

do is to mention her ntyut»rto the dog and the latter will "v at into the field and bring her in.

This year’s issue of “Blue and White,” the magazine of St. Patrick’s College, AYellington, is a splendid production, well up to tlie high standard of those of previous years. AVhether for “old boy” or “present boy,” the subject matter is of tlie widest interest. The production is a substantial one of 120 pages, clearly printed, and includes many fine photographs of teams, old boys, and present school notables. AA’e are indebted to the Editor of this extremely interesting journal for the 1924 copy.

There returned to Alarlborougli recently a young mail who had been doing a term for an offence against the established rules of mine ;md thine. Finding neither brass bands nor a civic reception had been arranged for to mark his home-coming, he determined to engineer a welcome on his own account. This is how he* did it. He went to a social evening which was being held, paid his admission money at the door. and quietlv making his way, almost unobserved., to the piano, which happened to he silent at tli,e time, electrified the* assembly by striking up “Should old acquaintance be forgot?”

The difficulties of country settlers were stressed when, considering some repairs on a back-country road in the Patea district, the County Chairman said that the applicant for help related how he took his mother-in-law in the car as far as he could go and then on a sledge fitted with a seat. It was, however, so rough and she was so shaken that tlhe old lady got out and trudged a good deal of the distance to be covered- AYlien he first went in it was possible to take a buggy and pair, but it was not now feasible.

Stock-dealing lias its romances just as other methods of gambling, for it makes nearly every undertaking in life more or less a gamble. Several weeks ago a stock-dealer in the North Otago district purchased a line of 3000 lambs at 30s per head. The price at the time was a very good one. but since the consummation cf the deal the prices of both sheep and wjool have soared out of sight of all preconceived notions. The purchaser of the lambs was not long their happy possessor before he was met by a brother stock-dealer, to whom he sold at a profit of 2s per head, and that speculator in turn sold to another at a further profit of 2s per head. Thus the first and second dealers made a profit of £3OO each without doing more than probably turning a lucky penny.—Otago Times. Km den Dmi-das A" nt Douglas complete £72 10s. 22s Cd TO SAVE X'loo Tsy taking out a policy with the Phoenix Assurance Co. Otd.. for 22s 6d, you protect yourself for the space of onci year from fire losses up to £IOO. Other amounts pro rata. Euless £IOO means nothing to you. e: -t in touch with the local Pb-jcnix agent, -dr O. Godfr.y Taylor, Paliiatua. I