TOWN EDITION

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume L, Issue 16349, 5 February 1924, Page 6

TOWN EDITION

Sydney, Feb. 7. —Arrived.. Maheno, from Wellington. The Bay of Plenty Dairy Association lias 'again made a, substantial monthly payment to suppliers, the sum of £111,01)0 ('.hanging hands. The largest individual cheque was over £4OO.

One of the Government: cottages hunt at Wanganni when the house shortage was acute is still empty, and lias never had an occupier (reports the Herald). In another instance, where a buyer could not bo found for a Government house, it Was lot.

Bricklayers are reaping a rich harvest just now (writes a. Winton correspondent). Plaintiff, a bricklayer, in a claim icr wages heard at the Winton Court on Tuesday, stated that he got 30s pi<r day and keep. He remembered when he worked for 10s rt day, but times had changed. The supply anil demand for labor, and tho scarcity of bricklayers, practically governed the wage.

Preparations are being made on the site recently purchased by the Defence Department, between Ngaruawahia and Taupiri, for a. series of camps to extend over a period of seven weeks. The men will bei entirely under canvas, as there are no permanent- buildings on the ground. .Members of the permanent staff are now engaged upon thd work of erecting the tents and marquees. The conservator of the State Forest Service in the Auckland district draws attention to a recent, prosecution of a careless man for lighting a lire and allowing it to spread into a forest reserve near Waimarino. An area 1 of 190 acres was burnt out before thel fire had been suppressed. The offender was convicted at Ohakune, and fined £lO. The ro-erve did not contain milling timber, but settlers, scrub-burners and picnickers apparently overlook the fact that young trees, if iiot stupidly destroyed by fire, grow into commercial timber.

Shop-lifters have had bitter experiences in some parts of New Zealand, where the magistrates have dealt out fairly heavy sentences to those found guilty. During ft busy period this weok in a'Wangariui drapery house the head of the firm took thel precaution to em ploy .'i woman detective, who was not long in drawing attention to the fact that one of her sex was "lifting" articles from the counters and deposiiing them in the folds of a coat which hung over her arm. Accosted by tho proprietor, she was compelled to go into the office, where the stolen goods were exposed.

It is probable that next, year the band contest will be of a Dominion character, and that, it will bo held in the North Island (says the Wanganni Chronicle). The following contest will be of a Dominion character, am' that in 1!)_'(! will bo hold at Dttnedin. An effort is being made to get. the 1927 Dominion contest at Wangamii, although in this connection it is feared there would bo a difficulty about accommodation, as with 20 bands there would be at least. (500 visiting bandsmen, to say nothing of extra visitors. A new ferro-concrete wharf at Molueka (Nelson) is described as being the most up-to-date of its kind in Australasia, being buiit on the principle of the Navy docks at Home. Otie of the principal features is that the deck is in one piece. The wharf is 55Cft. '.in length, and will give ample accommodation for the business of the port. Work has proceeded expeditiously and instead of the Board finding that the cost considerably exceeds the estimate, as is so frequently the case in such works, the work has been done for less, even taking into consideration extension of the s wharf and other additions to the original plans, i This month will see the quittance by the last of the lessees on the old City Markets area, and the way will then be clear for a start towards cleaning up the land preparatory to the formation of the proposed civic square (reports the Auckland Slur). The buildings of this civic square will dn> elude the new administrative building for the whole of the city departments, including tramways, at present in rent ed premises in Customs strectj and Art Gallery buildings. It is also suggested that, the treatment of the scheme be of such a character as in effect to make the Town Hall a part of tho new civic area." Lady breeders of sheep are not very numerous in New Zealand, but at tin ram fair in Hastings there was one, Mrs. Eglington, of Featherston, win Mas exceptionally proud of/the fac (that her Ronmey flock rams realised the good price of nine guineas. Mis Eglington, in conversation with a Telcgruph reporter, remarked that al though she wnsj working on her late husband's stock, sho was solely responsible for the entries she had brought forward, and for throe years had been breeding rams. The consignment she brought to tho fair wcro dipped, and treated for all ailments by herself alone, and sho reported herself as very pleased at the fact that her work had merited such good prices. A commendable effort to foster public interest in support of New Zealand industries has been made in, Ohristchureh, states Mr. Q. VV. Allsop, on ibis return from a Visit to the South/ (hi tho tramcars he noticed display boards inscribed '•Support the country' which supports you, * mid "Keep your money in New Zealand and your workers employed." As a practical illustration of what might be done by huge concerns, Mr. Allsop mentioned that while motoring from Feathersfdii.toMastorton lie passed thousands of telegraph posts made of reinforced concrete. He was informed that they had been erected abput six years ago, and showed no signs of deterioration. By thus employing local materials, thousands of po'tids at present going to Australia annually to purchase hardwood poles would be retained in the/Dominion, while additional employment would be given I to local labor, i

An ingenious model of tho Kolwalnon dairy factory Imp boon shipped to the Empire Exhibition, where it will form a very interesting exhibit in the Now Zealand court. Tho modal, together with a throe-cow milking pJrint, will lie on exhibit under Mr, L, 0. Hooker's scheme for advertising Tarnnaki. The exhibit will be accompanied by a varied range of photographs illustrating tho dairy industry in Taraiiaki. Built to scale of totnru and mahogany by a retired architect of Waiiga'mti, the model is an exact representation of the up-to-date KakarnjncH factory, and if should give visitors to the exhibition a yery clear idea Of the methods of ehoosoinaking in. Tnran.nki, Every part of" the ftlPrW is faithfully represented, thp interior fittings being mndp yisiblo by lifting sections of the roof. , Elpctrje ljght is installed throughout, Tho model will be brought back to HuYvern., ip bping Mr. Hooker's Intention to return it to England for exhibition lit thp dairy shows as an advertisement of tho dairying industry in Tnrnnaki. An attractive gift scheme is now being conducted by the proprietors of Johnston's ten. By saving the cjiupons found in each packet of Johnston's tea, handsome tea. caddies and kitchen canisters may be had free of charge. Advertisement appearing.in our columns today stives full particulars. Mr. 0. Egdell, Cjladsfonp, road, Gisborne, is the local wholesale agent.*

Mr. fJhas.. Taylor, wjiq has been Actively engaged in businpsg (Jurlng the past twenty five years in Gisborne, is shorty leaving the cjistript. Afp. Taylqr. fins followed a. vigorous progressive polity and has to his credit thel erection, |n tjie bofougji of Uisbqrne, of over sixf-v dwellings, most pit which wwp md "P during tho house shopt&ge of a few years ago. He is also responsible lot 1 the er?ci-iori of several coricpetei business, places in Gladstone road, The: stock ei furniture, seasoned timber and plant ;arebeing sold at an extraordinary sale, particulars of which will be advertiser! in Thursday's issue of the Herald.