LOCAL AND GENERAL

Te Aroha News, Volume XLI, Issue 6547, 22 November 1924, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The Te Aroha Dairy Company advanced to suppliers on the 15th 1/5 nett per lb butter-fat for October supplies of first grade cream.

Two Maori shearers put up a good performance at KiwitUhi on Saturday by shearing 193 heavy ewes before mid-day, says the Morrinsville “Star.”

The United States Secret Service announced the arrest of leaders of a War Savings stamp counterfeiting gang, which circulated a million sterling worth of spurious stamps.

Two thousand two hundred dozen eggs were despatched from the Levin Poultrykeepers Association’s depot last week, a slight increase over the previous week’s figures. The price shows an upward tendency.

At the first wool sale of the season at Wellington on Monday 6576 bales were offered and elicited phenomenal prices up to 35id per lb for halfbreds. Prices were 100 per cent, above those of last November.

From a communication received at Te Aroha there is going to be a great increase in the world’s production of butter during the coming six months, and dairy companies are recommended to pursue a cautious policy.

A considerable contriution to the relief of unemployment in Barrow will follow the New Zealand’s Government’s order given to the Barrow Hematite Steel Company for steel rails costing approximately £400,000 here. The mill has been idle for months.

The Cologne Mining Journal states that the Stinnes mining group is offering the Portuguese Government large quantities of coal much below the British price. Ordinarily, Portugal import a million and a half sterling worth of coal from Britain annually.

This week’s issue of the “N.Z. Sporting and Dramatic Review” is of an incomparably high standard, the illustrations covering a wide diversity of subjects from the most up-to-date and local sources. The double centre page is set out with outdoor sport and recreation in England and America and fashion models.

Applications for connections with the Borough electrical supply are coming in fairly freely. These necessitate expenditure sometimes out of proportion to the immediate gain to the Borough but every new subscriber increases the revenue and as the population grows the cost of connections will show a tendency to diminish.

A comparison of the amounts paid by two dairy companies for electrical current will be of interest to those people of Te Aroha who use electricity for industrial piurposes. The two companies are Te Aroha and Wairoa, and the former for the year to which the figures apply manufactured 308 tons of butter while the latter manufactured 144£ tons for slightly under a year. Te Aroha had a connected load of 57 and Wairoa of 45 h.p. For the month of April Wairoa paid for electric current £SB 18/6, and Te Aroha only paid for a quarter (January, February and March) £66 17/6. For other periods during the same year a comparison' places Te Aroha in an equally favourable position.

At the Waikato A. and P. Show Mr'A. Hazelton’s Leighurst General was awarded first and champion in the class for 3-year-old bull and over. The report of the directors of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company for the year ending March 31st states that the profits exceed 2i millions sterling. The report recommends the payment on December 31st of a dividend on ordinary shares of 10 per cent, less income tax, leaving £741,000 to be carried forward.

At the Magistrate’s Court, Wellington, this week, George Bagley, manager of Young’s Chemical Company, against whom the Health Department proceeded for selling vanilla essence without exhibiting a conspicuous printed notice describing its composition, was fined £IOO and ordered to pay costs.

Complaints were voiced at a meeting of the Ngatea Farmers’ Union regarding the cream tests by several factory suppliers, and it was decided to urge the company through the local suppliers committee to appoint a fully qualified testing officer. The opinion was expressed that there should be a qualifying examination for testters. —Plains Gazette.

An old identity of the Goldfields in the person of Mr Thomas Johns, of Waihi, passed away on Sunday morning in his 78th year. Deceased was widely known and highly respected throughout the Thames and Ohinemuri goldfields. Within a year of the opening of the Thames goldfield in 1867 Mr Johns was engegd in mining. About 25 years ago he went to Waihi, and was in charge of the Waihi Extended mine for some years.

Entries for the Hauraki A. and P. Association’s show to be held at Paeroa next week are reported to be coming in satisfactorily, and there is every prospect of a successful show. The amateur judging of cattle on the second day should be well supported, especially by young farmers. The Captain Hubbard Memorial Shield, at present held by Mr S. Lye, of Newstead, is this year to be competed for by Friesian The usual jumping competitions will be held on the second day, and special classes have been provided for children’s ponies.

The question of the acquisition of the East Coast Co-operative Freezing Company’s works by the ratepayers of the Bay of Plenty is under consideration, stated the chairman at the annual meeting, and a definite proposal has been placed before the various local bodies concerned witli that end in view. If the proposal met with approval, it would ensure the permanence of the district’s freezing establishment and the benefits that must be derived therefrom. It required no stretch of the imagination to forsee, in the near future, these works proving a valuable revenueproducing asset for the ratepayers of the Bay of Plenty.

Opinions differ as to what the effect would be on the .total sum paid if the Power Board were to deal direct with the consumers of electrical current in Te Aroha. It was stated by a man who should be an authority yesterday morning that in his opinion the total charges for the whole borough would go up. He contended that the borough system of working was economical and pointed out that any profits made reverted to the ratepayers in some form such as street maintenance. It had to be remembered that after selling electric current at prices that were below those charged in other towns the borough used electricity at the quarry. It was not only what the Power Board would charge individual consumers which had to be considered. To this would have to be added street lighting and power for any purpose the Council may require.

It was stated at the annual meeting of the East Coast Co-operative Freezing Company that the loss for the past season amounted to £9OBB. Commenting on this the chairman (Mr J. G. Cliff McCulloch) said: When it was known that the stock returns from the Tauranga, Whakatane and Opotiki Counties showed totals of 114,871 head of cattle (including 45,000 head of dairy cattle) and 233,305 sheep, it would be seen that a very small measure of support was given to the company and that powerful antagonistic influences were at work. In order to combat that condition of affairs, the directors recently carried out an extensive canvassing campaign which, it was hoped, would produce more satisfactory results. Several large exporting firms had announced their intention to put all their produce through the company’s premises, and it only rested with the farmers to sell to these firms to make the forthcoming year’s results more satisfactory reading.—East Coast Guardian. »

Mr A. J. Swayue’s Jack won the £IOO in the Dominion jumping competition at the Waikato Show, with Mr A. Samuel’s El Arish second and the Dominion hunter ex-champion Miss Kelso’s Patch third.

The annual baby show in connection with the Plunket Society will be held in the Parish Hall, Te Aroha, on November 29th. Afternoon tea will be provided, and each member of the public will be entitled to a vote for the best babies. There will be classes for both boys and girls.

In the class for cobs, 15 hands or under, at the Waikato Show, Miss L. Johnson secured second prize with Tui. Miss Johnson also gained first prize in the ladies driving competition with the same horse, and secured second in the class 15 hands or under (saddle), and second in the pony class, 14.2.