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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 1701, 17 April 1926, Page 4

' A complete settlement was arrived at in the Dominion Coneilation Council at Wellington yesterday, in the licensed hotel dispute. The new award provides for an increase in wages of Is 6d a week in the case of the lowest paid female workers, and 2s 6d,a week in the case of the lowest paid male workers. -The conditions mainly, follow the, existing award and the term agreed upon is three years. m ■ v■. ■ . The Duncdin Exhibition directors are offering £SO in prizes during the last' week of the Exhibition. .A prize valued at £25 will be presented to the'; tlrree millionth visitor- and £5 will .be given to each visitor whose arrival at the gates coincides with the registration of 2,750,000 and every 50,000 thereafter, including and up to 195,000. The first prize will probably be won to-day, as the grand attendance stands at 2,704,872.

Enquiries made at the Gisborne office of the Health Department show that there has been no substantial increase in the number of cases of diphtheria reported during ■ the past few days. vSince Thursday, thrgs more cases have been notified, bringing the total up to 26, the. majority of which come from the country districts. It is pointed out that fifteen of the cases come from six homes, this indicating that the spread of the disease was largely due to a failure to take medical advice immediately sickness was observed among the children. One strong indication of the changed outlook as a result of recent rains in New South Wales, has 'been the- improved prices for livestock. A few weeks ago, when the outlook was viewed with deep anxiety, store sheep could be purchased at 8s each. Now ewes are commanding to 30s each. Thus does a good downpour of rain enhance values. Sheep which it was intended to hurry to maiv ket are now being held, and there have been wholesale cancellations of trucks./ Again, the fanners who hold grain are selling freely. Their fears of a shortage during the next harvest have been relieved. ' ■

There are not a great many good crops of turnips and.mangels -in the Poverty Bay district, this season, but a few farmers who planted at an opportune time have succeeded in getting excellent results. A crop of very fine mangels can be seen at Mr. J. Haskin's farm at Manutuke, a, half-acre of these providing a considerable quantity of winter feed. Mr. R.. Coop has been very successful, with a turnip crop on his property at Muriwai, and several big turnips from 'his plot are on exhibition at the Farmers' Union rooms. The heaviest of them would weigh in the vicinity of 121bs, and the whole crop is exceptionally dean and healthy, , :

Reference to the splendid season which had been experienced in the Motu district was made by a farmer who was present at'the Matawhero stock sale yesterday. He said that up till the end of last month there had been an exceptional growth of feed there, but even that part of the district was now in need of rain, and farmers who had been, grazing cattle from the flats were now sending them back to their owners, in order to allow the Motu pastures to get away before the winter. A splendid line of 404 bullocks, which had been grazing at Mr. Richardson's, were sent down to tho Wainaoa works last week, this being one of the best lines handled this season.

' Extensive additions to the office accommodation of Messrs. Nelson Bros.' town premises are now being carried out. and when completed will give a great deal of additional floor space. For some time the office work has been hampered owing to the lack of space, but since Messrs, de Pelichet, McLeod and Co., shifted to their new premises, Messrs. Nelson Bros, have;acquired their office, and this will bo used ih|addition to their own. The work of removing a wail necessitated 1 placing a,heavy steel beam in between the two offices', work which required a considerable amount of dexterity on the part of the contractors, Messrs, Webb Bros. - ''''•--'.

The work of renovating the graves of those who fell in the Maori War is at present engaging t)ie attention of the Department of Internal Affairs. At the cemeteries at. '.St. Stephen's in Pat'nell, Auckland, and at Pokeno the work has been coinpleted, Concrete tr,mb slabs have been placed over the craves and marble tablets erected. At Pokeno tho stone cairn has been rebuilt, and both cemeteries have been, placed in tjent order. The graves of pioneers connected with the early days of tlv. settlement also have been renovated. Men ; are now engaged in similar work at the Svmonds street cemetery and .shortly the craves of 180 soldiers v]\o fell in the battle/of, Rangiriri in 1864 will be attended to on similar lines.

The Education Department mis approved of a payment of' rent for ,a room to accommodate a class at the Tolaga Bay school.. The question of an additional grant will receive attention early this month.. , .. The news of -the death of Mr. Frank Faram, who was headmaster''of the Hampden district school many years ago. and who has long been resident- in Gisborne, shocked his friends in this ' district, and'their sympathy is-extended to his widow and her family (writes the Tikikino' correspondent of the 'H.B. Herald). '" •

Mr. E. C. Lcvvey, S.M., met with an unfortunate 'accident yesterday morning. As he was leaving, .-the Court buildings, he tripped on ,the kerbstone and .sprained his ankle somewhat badly, with the result'that he will probably be confined to his home for some time. The Wellington Provincial Executive of the Farmers' Union, at- a meeting at Feildinp yesterday, resolved to reeom? mend the compulsory dehorning of all cattle except Herd Book animals. The meeting protested against the'Postal Department levying 10s a year', for ruriol mail boxes., •It was'- decided to recommend that the Fertilisers Bill/ ; 'before being brought before Parliament, sh'opjd :be referred to a committee of the ■ Farimers' Union. j'.•■•" '-.

Grocers throughout south and central Taranaki have adopted new terms .pf credit and all customers have been ,ad,vis'dd' 1 hat froiii :< May 1 ■.-pricels' : 'pf.- goods iwill.be fixed on.a stot.qasli-basis.-Gopds •will be booked/j&f ordinary cas'h• prices, •>but two and a-balf per. -cent", .will: ba ■added tq the monthly statement. Those jpaying- accdunts ,within, a; month' -following will.be allowed & 'rebate-of. two and a-half per cent.", but after'that no discount; of ; any'de'scripiibn' will be ■ allowed/

Ladies as motor, cycle riders are now a common sight in the suburban , districts of Auckland. One of these fair "speed kings," evidently i over-confident with her new . machine,' hfid:! a, hairr breadth escape while proceeding along Manakau road. ■ The cyclist, while endeavoring to travel between a tram and a car, struck the.tram and jumped the footpath, coming to a stop at a thick hedge, which certainly prevented ! any serious results to the rider or.rqachine, which suffered to-no great etxeiit.< l -.•

Among tenders let recently by Hie Public YVorks Department is a group ,bf five for tents and flys, manufacture only'; totalling £2060' 17s s&>, Po* this figure 1145 tehts and 1445 T fly,4 will be riiani} factured by five/Separate firms oiiWpf material supplied" by the- department-." This canvas transaction throws iust-'a 3miall sidelight" on the accommodation re-* spohsibilities of the,, department, j'aiid only some of the workers are .under canvass, as many of them have, houses or semi-permanent shelters 'of wood or iron.

The annual.trials of the Wairoa Collie Club commence on Monday, and continue until next Thursday; The entries" this year are even greater than' usual, .and many of the most prominent competitors of the district will be competing at next week's fixture; Additional prizes, have beenoffered this year, ahd-another.. featr lire which is worthy of comment is the manner in which the club is catering for., thecompetitors, who reside in its qwn district; i One of the reasons for; the otit : standing success of this club n edly the encouragement which it gives to the'younger competitors.

Onehunga footpaths have recently been very much damaged by an innocent look'ing grass, commonly known as ''nut grass.'' Jt, grows'rijjht into' thefootpath, tar or bjtu.meri apparently/'hiaking n&;impression onfits yigqrdusjirowth. j3sjsfy meafis b-f destruction: Mown r r io the Borough Council has been -tried .without any and finally-ah appeal was made to the' Department ( of; Agriculture, who has replied suggesting there were probably only'two remedies.-;. One was to poison the grass with spent oxide and the other to pull it but by tl«»/t<K)ta ; and burn it. The .first remedy, was nQt considered safe, owing to the risk of dam&ie to hedges, and the second was deemed too expensive, for the'.'roots sdrtetjth.es go down several feet. Further information is to be sought. . ■•,• { . .•-■■;'•■. ',

"The law: says we airci rfJßJpbnpibleVbui it is asking lis to- : do the Jmpossiblej'' states the chairman of the AuckmudElec,tric Power Board concerning the question" of the safety of: electrical ifistajliitions on customers'; premises. All along ihd board has disclaimed Tesponsibiiityjibut in view of a recent case 'in; Auckland, whei*e very defective wiring was, fbiind in a house* the question was revivedyatid the board referred it to its Solicitors, In, the opinion of the solicitors tbe hy> clearly casts dn the^lward.the,responsibility of maintaining the installation oh a consumer's premises in a safe con-; dition, but'they held';thrtt the clause, had been obviously drawn' without-',a true appreciatfbn of its effect. The solicitors' advice to; the go oh refusing' to accept responsibilityi" and this accords with the board's intentions. '. :;•'; ~ ' ■.':-"~ '■• wmmmmmmmmmmmmm ;