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Taranaki Daily News, 18 December 1924, Page 6

When a county council receives a re* quest from a bablfblocks settler it isusually in. regard to'either a road or aL bridge. That there are exceptions was proved at a meetipg of the Waitotara. County Council last week, , when a settler made a request for a boat. It wa» explained that he paid a year ia was beyond rbach of xiiny publi<r read and that a boat was necessary fort crossing the Wanganui River at Kori-i niti, the past arrangement of the loan df a canoe 'being by no means; satisfactory. The’' council voted TIO I toward the co&t df a boat.’ f

“Don’t give your girls, too .muqfr erty,” said Miss M. McLean, principal oP» the Wellington Girls’ College, in giving a word of advice to parents. “Remem-J her that these girls are not ready for it. They are just like an untutored people—not ready for self-government. The girls .need restraint. \yhen leave school be their guardians as well as their parents,” Miss McLean alsd had a word to say on the question of dres®. “Women’s dress, as a rule,” shesaid, “is suitable, but there are tod many extremes. One would almost think that the old. order has l>een reversed—that men are the weaker sex,, and women the stronger. On a cold-day y'ou see men dressed in blue suits and serge coats, and women in georgette and bareness.” . A statement with reference to th® policy of the Government in regal’d t<> the payment of rates on Crown lands' was made by tne Minister for Lands£ the Hon. A. D. McLeod, in reply to aj deputation at Clyde, Otago. The depu< Nation had referred to the way in whieli county councils were affected financially by the non-payment of rates on areas held by the Crown, and had -asked the* Minister to use his influence in securing assistance to provide for road mainMr. McLeoil stated that' when‘s he took office as Minister for Lands he made up his mind that in eases where the Government was farming its lands on a commercial basis it should be responsible for the payment of rates! He added that he would not go so far a« to recognise such a liability with respeet* to Crown lands in general. That would, open up too wide, a field, and would establish a very dangerous precedent. • Wipe al] furniture and woodwork over with kerosene once a week for three' weeks, and 7'5 per cent, of the grub known as the borer will die instantly. This is the advice of Mr. G. T. Kretschmar, a retired builder, of Auckland, who has made a close study of the beetle, or borer, which are really one and the same. Everyone knows what havoc the borer plays with houses and furniture, and would welcome any information that might help in dealings with the pest. Chatting with a Star reporter, Mr. Kretschmar said that for ( several years he had given much to studying the borer. It was quite true the grub wrought destruction on timber and furniture, but the damage done, although serious, was not so extensive as many pe'ople believed. "Dach grub is responsible for the boring of a hole about 3in deep,” said Mr. Kretsch-' mar. “but where the grubs exjst in large number® they will soon play havdc w.'thl a house or furniture.”- (

A special feature of the Christmas dec<H rations this year are McGruer’s windows. In the island window they have a splendid assortment of gifts from which a choice can readily be made. The side window® have a cave effect under special lighting effect, and a Father Christmas, while in the other windows they are showing useful gifts of tray cloths, e(c., and in tji? large side window are showing special showroom reduction®. A walk through, their store will be a delight and help t 6 solve the problem of what to give for Christmas. Call to-day.

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