LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taranaki Daily News, 10 June 1921, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The Dominion Conference of the Farmers’ Union will open in Wellington on July 26. Seventeen bankruptcy petitions have been filed in Auckland since the beginning of the year, and only three in Wellington. We are always pleased to record receipt of a copy of the Taranakian. The school is doing a fine work and is taking a worthy place in the annals of the High Schools of the Empire.—Hawera Star. “I do not want to appear too much in the limelight,” said the Hon. W. Nosworthy yesterday when on his visit to the Stratford Model Farm. “I would rather see the lime go on the land than that 1 should appear in the limelight of the newspapers.” A correspondent writes calling attention to the slippery state of the hill pear Mr. R. Cock’s on the Carrington Road, New Plymouth, which, he says, has been responsible for several accidents to horses lately:

It was announced at the meat auction sale at Wanganui the other day that if the public did not advance their prices a little they would very soon squash the sales. The announcement acted like magic, and prices firmed from the jump.

Work at the Waikat-J coalmines is proceeding smoothly just now, a normal daily output of coal being experienced. The coal companies are receiving an adequate supply of trucks, consequently no delay is experienced in getting coal away from the mifles to the centres of distribution.

A great demand for oysters is being experienced by the Government depot in Auckland, and the staff is kept working hard in supplying customers and executing mail orders. Large orders have been receivecLjfrom Gisborne, Napier, New Plymouth, Hawera, and even from towns as distant as Westport and Greymouth. There seems to be every indication of a very good season, the demand for small parcels being a feature of the local trade.

The milling of the once despised pinus insignis is now assuming considerable proportions in various parts of New Zealand. According to the Morrinsville Star, the pinus insignis mill at Anandale, owned by Messrs. Allen and Bentley, has been actively engaged in preparing timber for export. The other day 110,000 ft of timber was loaded on to trucks at Tatuanui in three days. The timber was conveyed to Auckland and shipped by the Omana for export to Australia.

The directors report to be presented to the forty-fifth annual meeting of the New Plymouth Investment and Loan Society on Wednesday n£xt states, inter alia:—“As usual the directors have made a careful examination of the securities held by the society, and find them all in first-class order, in fact the general position of the society, although small, is as sound as anything of its kind in the Dominion.” The statement of accounts shows receipts at £24,382 tag 10d, including depositors £14,144 10s, and the gross profit for the year was £1717 IBs Bd. The retiring directors of the society are Messrs. F. C. J. Bellringer and E. Whittle, who offer themselves for re-election.

A young man, Archie C. Hooker, appeared in the New Plymouth Magistrate’s Court yesterday charged with having unlawfully procured a certain noxious thing knowing it was intended to be used to procure a miscarriage. Detective-Sergeant Cooney prosecuted and Hooker was represented by Mr. R. H. Quilliara. After the bearing of evidence a plea of not guilty was entered for the defence, and accused was committed to the next sitting of the Supreme Court at New Plymouth for trial, the charge being amended by His Worship to one of “having attempted to procure, etc. Bail was allowed in two sureties of £lOO each, and accused’s own recognisance of £lOO.

One of the most prevalent diseases in New Zealand at the present time is goitre. Tt attacks old and young alike, but is, strange to say, more common among females than males. The reason for this is said to be that the necks of females are more exposed to the weather than those of males. According to a paper by Dr. Hercus in the New Zealand Medical Journal, the trouble is almost alarmingly conspicuous in some of the schools of the Dominion. In Canterbury, the Education Board is taking steps to co-operate with the Health Department in combatting the disease. This is a step in the right direction.

At a meeting of the Park Tennis Club’s annual ball committee on Wednesday night it was decided to hold the ball this,year on July 19 in the Coronation Hall. Sub-committees were set up to deal with various arrangements, including floor, decorations and supper. Mrs. George’s orchestra has been engaged to provide the music. In this issue is advertised a sale of suits which is being held in Hookers’ sample rooms. There are over 100 suits to pick from at prices for £2 10s to £4 17s 6d.

H. J. Abram, who purchased Fraser’s Pharmacy, specialises in developing »nd printing. Mail us your films. We will do the relt.

A Turakina farmer is very favorably impressed with some magpies that ha'|e taken up their abode on his farm. He states' tßat before their arrival, blackbirds were numerous in his orchard, but now very few are seen about the place. He attributes the departure to the presence of the magpies. How dairy produce can be increased by a couple of million pounds is a problem which is now claiming attention (says a Wanganui correspondent), and the Government is making a strong effort to arouse the interest of the dairy farmers in growing supplementary crops to ensure the proper feeding of cows throughout the year. With, that object in view, Dr. A. H. Cockayne (Government Biologist) is addressing farmers in various parts. He contends that with proper feeding the present average yield of 170 lb of butter fat per cow could be raised in one season to 2001 b per cow. This would mean another £2,750,000 to the dairy farmers without increasing their dairy herds. The Christchurch Sun publishes the following paragraph in the women’s column:—‘“We published in this column yesterday a paragraph announcing the engagement of Mr. Justice Herdman to a Wellington lady. The information was contained in a note to the editor, purporting to be signed jointly by the parties concerned. We are informed that the signatures to the note are forgeries, and that the announcement is inaccurate. We regret very much the annoyance caused by the malicious act of some unknown persons, and we are referring the matter to the police for investigation.” Residents of Puniho and district are reminded that the usual fortnightly dance will be held at the’Puniho schoolroom to-night. Webster Bros, are holding an auction sale, at their mart, of poultry, vegetables, furniture, and sundries, at 1 o’clock to-day. Extraordinary bargains are offered by the Melbourne, Ltd., in the following lines:—Ladies’ all-wool knitted .sports coats; men’s gaberdine raincoats; men’s hard-wear trousers, 17/6; men’s working shirts in all wool dark grey Crimean material, 19/6; warm neglige shirts, 11/6 to 22/6; dnd men’s all wool tweed topcoats, £5 19s 6d. “Fairy Wonder” is ideal for cleaning silverware, pots and pans, dishes, floor.;, wood and paint work, etc., but it is in the laundry where it stands pre-eminent as the champion clothes washer of the world. Use it next washing day, and see what a wonderful help it is. All grocers stock it.

Messrs. L. A. Nolan and Co. advertise particulars of a sale at the Soldiers’ Hostel on Monday next, 13th inst. Messrs. Archibald and Stuck advertise in this issue a late ’bus from Inglewood to New Plymouth to-morrow’(Saturday) night, leaving Inglewood at 7 p.m., and returning at 10.30 p.m.