LOCAL AND GENERAL

Pahiatua Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 10890, 18 July 1928, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Hold to your principles if you lose popularity. At Galashiels, the New Zealand howlers beat the Gala Club—l 37 107.

A clearing sale will be held on account of Mr C. Jones, near Woodville, on Thursday.

At a social gathering held at Mangamaire, Mrs Olliver was farcwelled by the settlers, and a presentation was made to her. Eileen Wall, a Brisbane typiste, charged with falsifying accounts and embezzling £BOOO. was acquitted amid cheers from within and without the Court.

A fine of £lO for being intoxicated while in charge of motor-ear was imposed on Charles Harold Darwes. aged 36, in the Auckland Police Court.

The Mayor of Taihape, A. J. Joblin, died on Sunday morning, aged 66. He had been ill for several months from a heart complaint. He loaves a widow, four sons, and two daughters.

A southern group of financiers and mining men announce their intention of re-f'i'cning the Mount Morgan mine (Queensland), the capital for which will not exceed a quarter of Cj million sterling.

Something of a New Zealand record for fast travelling was put up by Captain J. L. Findlay, in the G tester Grebe airplane, the newest machine at. Wigram aerodrome. He fiew to Timaru, stunted over the beach, and arrived back one hour and thirty minutes after he had left.

Winter will be here soon so prepare your ear for the stormy weather. Come to Donald’s for repairs, which will be executed with promptness.*

The Pahiatun Golf Club has selected a very strong team to do bootie for the Gregorie Golf Cup next Saturday, and Woodville will be fortunate to retain the trophy.—Examiner.

James Sutherland, aged 44 yeans, who presented a very unkempt ai>penranoe. was charged at the Masterton Police Court with having, at Manawa, Tinui, on July 14. committed theft of one pair of boot.-, valued, at 30s. the property of Peter Holmes. The accused pleaded guilty and was fined £2.

Ihe Times Constantinople corrtv:— pendent states that a policvnan not receiving a response to hk challenge from a motor-car passing the military zone to the civil area at Smyrna promptly fired and killed the occupants. Colonel Nih-nd and Colonel Zjeki, Commandant 0 f Aviation, anil Chief of Staff respectively.

As a sequel to a dispute between a sailor and a lamp-trimmer aboard tho motor vessel Taranaki Joseph William Shields appeared before the M:i“ gistrate at l imam on a charge of having assaulted 1 rancis Powell by stahbing him with a knife. Both men were under the influence of liquor at the time. After the hearing of the evidence, the accused waa committed for trial at the next sibling of the Supreme Court.

A youth aged twenty years, whose name the Magistrate suppressed with some, hesitation, was admitted to probation for two years in the Dunedin Police Court on charges of Jheft, totalling £3 15s. from the 1 übhc Frust, in which he »' :js era—ployed. Counsel described the case as almost incomprehensible. The vonng man had high intelligence and breeding and probably no boy in Dunedin had had a more brilliant scholastic career, a career that was now rendered abortive.

Mr A. R. Entrican, engineer the State i 'orest Department, who • returned from an overseas four by the Aorangi after investigating tho methods of .paper making from wood pulp and other matters of a eimilarnature, said that his main object was to study the technical side of tlie producing of news print and wrapping papers. His investigation had indicated very promising results, especially after his inquiries in North America. It was his intention to go further into the ]x>ssib:lity of establishing a now local industry. Ha would not say what would be done until he had made investigations on the spot and had applied the knowledge lie had obtained abroad.

r l he report of Royal CommissioneiJudge Sclioles, who inquired into Mr \\ . H. Lambort.’.s briberv charges lias been received by the Federal Government. The report states that Mahoney received a large sum of money to vacate his seat in the Federal Parliament in favour o' Mr Theodore, leader of the Federal Party, hut there is no evidence that Mr Theodore provided the monev except an amount of £2OO which he gave to the Mahoney Testimonial Fund. The Commissioner also found that offers of financial benefits were made to Mr Coleman to resign the Rmd seat in favour of Mr Theodore. The Federal C’ah'net will meet earlv next week when the report will be considered.

In the Appeal Court. Wellington, judgment was given in the Wright vervsus Morgan case which was heard on the fourth inst. In delivering judgment Mr Justice Sarith said that the sole question in the appeal ,s as to tiie basis upon which Douglas \\ right should nay an occupation lent for the use of the two estates, Surrey Hills and Windermere. The Judge in tlio Court below found that occupation rent should be based on the Government valuations of the land from time to time. In doing so lie exercised his discretion as to what was practically just. In the circumstances we agree with that decision and the appeal must be dismissed. Subsequent exijerienc-e hast made it clear that for- the war 1921 even Government valuations were excessive and Mr Donnelly has i»eiered, to reduce the Government valuation for that year by a sum of £18.500. Tlie judgment of the Court below will he varied accordingly. Costs are allowed to respondents on the highest scale as from a distance.

Relief to owners of farm lands within boroughs not suitable for subdivision is provided for in the Municipal Corporations Act Amendment Bill, read a first time in tlie House of Representatives yesterday. The new provision is to apply to holdings of oyer three acres used solely for farming, and which are not suitable for building purposes or likely to be teqvared for such purposes within a reaisoi able time. If the council expi s- ses it' concurrence by special resolution. and the Valuer-General agrees, the assessment of the capital value and the unimproved value i* to be reduced to tlie extent by whioh the value of the land is lowered bv reason of the purpose for which it is used. Tlie rates on property thus affected are to he based on the new valuation, but this valuation is not to be valid or effectual for any oflier purpose The provisions with the necessary modifications are t 0 apply to any- town district not forming part of any county. Several petitions Vifgesting action on these lines are at present before the House.

Mr A. Rnbinovitz. of the Economic Drapery Store, has gone to Wellington to purchase goods, and his shop will lie closed till 2 p.m. on Friday.

Tlie calf is nourished not bv what he eats but by what he digests. “Tui” calfmeal is easily assimilated by the calf, who is not called upon to waste digestive energy in trying to digest indigestible matter which w never present in “Tui” calfmeal—. flit calfmeal which is all meal.