LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 8 April 1927, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The enlargement of the Holy Trinity Church, Fitzroy, having been completed, services will be held there on Sunday and. thereafter. A mush m nine inches in diameter and with a stalk five and a half inches in circumfer<?fice was brought to the News Office from Mr. W. S. Barton’s property at Tongaporut yesterday. It was said to be not an uncommonly large one for that district.

The unemployed registrations of the Taranaki Workers’ Council were increased to 124 yesterday. Among the workless are 60 married men with 201 dependents. The majority are general labourers, but there are also three butchers, eight drivers, seven carpenters, two grocers, one upholsterer, two painters, one plumber, and three engineers.

The removal of agriculture from the list of matriculation subjects having been protested against by the council of the Taranaki Chamber of Commerce recently, the Registrar of the New Zealand University notified last night’s meeting that the recommendation for removal of the subject had been referred to the Academic Board to confer with the Entrance Board. The former was to meet in August and the latter was not yet constituted. A Maori flax beater and a carved stretcher for weaving were unearthed twenty feet below tha level of the street when workmen were engaged yesterday in excavating for the foundations of Hooker Bros.’ new premises at the corner of Egmo-t and King Streets, New Plymouth. Both were well preserved, though they have probably been buried well over a century. The new building is on the site of the old Puke-ariki pa, which -was vacated by the Maoris about 1830.

The honey crop in the North Island is reported to be almost on a par with last year. Some districts have had a better season, while others have gon € back. Wairarapa beekeepers have been well favour ed this season, the ’Hawke’s Bay erop is fair, while Taranaki is patchy.

I hanks to the citizens of New Plymouth who contributed towards the cost of a wireless set for installation at the prison have been expressed by the men m. a letter handed to the citizens’ committee in charge of the fund. The final meeting of the committee was held on Wednesday and the chairTnan (Mr. R. W Tate, S.M.) handed over the licence and other necessary papers. The set had been fully paid for, he said, and from observations he had made it was a very valuable asset in the institution.

A historic gathering was recalled at the annual meeting of the Hawera Savage Club on Wednesday night, by the receipt of a letter in Maori from the leader of the haka team in Paremata (New Plymouth), asking Hawera to join in an excursion to Parihaka for the opening of Tohu’s temple (says the Star). This ever 1 ; will take place on Saturday, Jui ■ 18, and it is expected that visitors from Waikato, Wanganui, and Ratana would be present. The movement had been dormant for some years, and the ee. nony would be educational. One oustanding feature of the Creed of • the followers of Tohu was "hospitality to strangers.” The question of land settleriient is to be the subject of a special conference during the Auckland Royal Show, according to information received by the Taranaki Chamber of Commerce last night. Sir Andrew Russell had promised to take the chair. '“lt was felt,” said the letter, “that the time had arrived when a general awakening throughout the whole Dominion as to the importance of stimulating primary production is necessary.” The conference was to be held under the auspices of the New Zealand Land Settlement and Development League. It was hoped the conference would be representative of the whole Dominion. The chamber was asked to send a delegate. The manner in which various sporting fixtures elash at times in New Plymouth was mentioned at the meeting of the Sportsground committee last night. It was stated that on one Saturday last summer no less than five important fixtures clashed, namely, the Australian cricket match, motor-cycle sports, New Zealand life - savin championships, amateur athletic meeting and a swimming carnival. Whilst it was recognised that some of these dates were arranged outside local control, it was felt that the .clashing of so many fixtures would be obviated if there were something in the nature of a spo s clearing house, composed of representatives of all sports bodies in the town to arrange dates. The Sportsground committee decided to call a meeting of representatives of all sporting interests to discuss the matter.

Direct action was taken by an irate parent in New Plymouth yesterday on account of what she considered were injustices to her children. A young lady teacher and class at a primary school which the children referred to attend, were start! d by loud clamouring outside the door, vigorous application of apparently a boot or shoe on the outside of the door, and the swift and unannounced entry into the class room of the irate mother. From the hard words flung violently at the teacher it appeared that fie visitor’s children had, according to her way of thinking, been wrongfully detained at school after the usual hour of departure in tho afternoon, and also had been ’ rolested by other children on their way home after school. The assistance of the headmaster w T as invoked, and after a conference with him the lady departed more peacefully than she had arrived.

Mr. Haddrell, an old New Plymouth boy, who now holds a responsible position with the General Electric Company of America —one of the world’s largest engineering firms —recently addressed the students at the Wellington Technical College on the subject of the training of apprentices. The lecturer, it was stated at a meeting of the College Board, told his hearers that his company would not take any boy as an apprentice who had not completed a high school education. It was the training of the head that made all the difference in the value of a man’s services to the community and he reminded them that without this training from the neck downwards they would never be worth any more than the wages of a skilled industry. It was only the well-trained minds that rose to the top. His company provided means for the daytime training of all its apprentices, who were taught mathematics up the the calculus as in the New Zealand technical colleges.

The Hurford Road hall committee held a very successful euchre party and dance in aid of the hall funds on Wednesday evening, prizes being won by Miss R. Loveridge and Mr. F. E. Mark. The music was supplied gratis by Mrs. Reynolds and the prizes were donated, which gr.atly helped to increase the proceeds. The committee intend holding socials in th surer uding districts as a final effort while the hall is being erected. Dates will be advertised later.

Messrs. Sturm, Phillips and Co., Auctioneers, Stratford, will conduct their usual weekly mart sale to-morrow, commencing at 12.30 p.m. Included in this sale is a large entry of Easter Poultry, 20 bags prim© onions and 50 sacks of table potatoes without reserve. Particulars on page 12 of this issue.

Among the attractions at the Ingleside at Hurworth Road on Saturday evening will be items contributed by New Plymouth vocalists. All arrangements are well in hand for the gathering. Buy a Le Roy Oily Canvas Coat at the Melbourne if you want to keep dry. No coat on the market is the equal of this make. There are plenty of imitations, but value for value there is nothing to approach a Le Roy. The coat with a reputation. Price 75/- at all Melbourne Stores. The Railway Department advertises in this issue particulars of train arrangements and issue of excursion fares in connection with the Easter holidays. Special attention is drawn to the issue of cheap excursion fares to Hawera Racecourse on 16th and 18th April. When the buying of the 22 McGruer’s branches is bulked together, they are able to make Special Purchases through their own London Office, and this last week has seen some exceptional values come into New Zealand on their behalf

During the final clean up after their great sale, Messrs. C. C. Ward, Ltd., the Busy Cash Drapers, New Plymouth, find that they are still overstocked' in some lines. For the next week these lines will be offered at greatly reduced prices to effect a speedy clearance. An event that cannot fail to interest the dressy women of New Plymouth, is the Showroom display of Autumn Models at Besley’s. They include Costumes, Coats. Frocks, Furs, and Felt Hats. As regards style they are faultless. Ju price they are wonderfully moderate.