LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taranaki Daily News, 22 November 1929, Page 8

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The dairying season to date has been one of marked success with the New Zealand Co-operative Dairy Co., Ltd., no t fewer than 425 new suppliers and 12,500 cows having joined the company since the close of the season. ( Shearing by electric power is steadily j growing in favour in the Central [ Hawke’s Bay Power Board area. During October five fresh electrically-driven shearing plants were installed in the ■ area, making 74 now in use. , A new boiler is to be fitted to the ] Napier Harbour Board’s dredge J.D.O. i at a cost of £lOOO. A report to the . board stated that a dredge of approxi- . mately the same type would cost at least £lB,OOO, about twice the cost of the J.D.O. 30 years ago. It is significant that the farmers’ cooperative business organisations throughout the Dominion have reported satisfactory progress as a result of the year s operations. In recent years most of them had to pass through a difficult and strenuous period, and drastic measures had to be taken to place the concerns on a sound financial basis. A sensation was caused in Waihi hospital one evening recently by the appearance of a rough, unkempt man, apparently under the influence of liquor, who, after making a preliminary survey through the - windows, walked into a ward, undressed himself and made himself comfortable in one. of the beds. The police were called, and the unwelcome visitor was arrested and placed in the cells. He was sentenced to one month's imprisonment in Auckland gaol. According to a Sydney correspondent, Mr. G. H. Bosch, a wealthy Sydney philanthropist, who has given nearly £250,000 to Sydney University, was j secretly married in Victoria a couple of weeks before he sailed on a honeymoon trip round tho world. The bride was formerly Miss Gwendoline Jupp, a nurse. So secret was the wedding kept that Mrs. Jupp, mother of the bride, was the only person who knew of the ceremony until after the couple left Australia. Under the imposing heading, “New Zealand's call to the men of the North of England,” the Manchester Daily Despatch, a copy of which is now in the hands of a Napier resident, states that grocery assistants are badly wanted in New Zealand and appeals to young men in England to consider emigrating. The paper states that openings exist for 15 assistants in “an old-established firm in Palmerston North, Wellington and elsewhere.” The paper also states that “grocery assistants in New Zealand receive £4 15s per week, with more for branch managers.” There was an attendance of about 50 members at the opening club night of the Fitzroy Life Saving Club, which was held at the New Plymouth baths yesterday. After a general muster the swimmers divided into scratch teams for polo practice. The indications are that Fitzroy will be represented by at least thiee polo teams, one of which will be for ladies. Junior members were coached later in the evening. Next week races will be held to supplement the usual training. At a committee meeting to discuss°the Borough Council’s suggestion ' that the high diving board be moved it 1 was agreed that the board should be i placed about 6ft. to the left of its piesent position. : The Manawatu Racing Club has erected on its course at Awapuni a beautiful 1 memorial to the members of the New ! Zealand Medical Corps who fell in the ! war. A great number of ambulance J men were trained at Awapuni. The memorial has been carried out in the form of an artificial lakelet in the shape of a large red cross, surrounded with flower 3 beds and lawns. In the centre is an t obelisk with water continually gushing ; down its four sides. It is meant to portray that Mother Earth is weeping for her sons who were killed ‘ during the war years. An effort is being i made to bring ex-members of the Meat- . . cal Corps together, and a big reunion is 3 to be held, in Palmerston North on De'cembcr 3,

The latest story on the London Stock Exchange concerns the sad tale of a policeman who, while on traffic duty, noticed a young man remove a spare tyro from a car stationed at the kerb. . So he went up to the man and asked him what he was doing. “I’m stealing it, of course —what do you suppose I’m doing?” was the pert reply, and the policeman, feeling that he had been a trifle officious, went back to his post. The constable’s consternation was doubly increased, however, when a few minutes later the owner of the car emerged from an opposite building, took one glance at the car, and rushed to the guardian of the law complaining that his tyre had gone. A collection of English stamps, said to be the finest in the Southern Hemisphere, and worth about fIOOO, has been presented to the Christchurch Philatelic Society by an honorary life- member, Mr, Claude Ferrier. Mr. Ferrier’s gift is the collection of 40 years, and includes all but six or seven specimens of the complete issue of English stamps. A condition of the gift is that it must be held in trust by the society, and not sold undpr any circumstances. Mr. Ferrier has been a philatelist since his boyhood days, and he has made a specialty of collecting the early issue of stamps of Great Britain and New Zealand, his collection of the latter' being particularly strong in the first issue, bearing a full face representation of Queen Victoria.

In Paris a famous Roman Catholic priest, Father Sanson, the celebrated preacher of Notre Dame, one of the greatest pulpit orators of the time, has found an original way of spreading the tenets of his religion. He appears each night at the Cirque d’Hiver. Between two acts, one by Japanese magicians and another by a trained seal, Father Sanson makes his appeal to the crowd. It takes no longer than four minutes, five at the outside. The impression is tremendous. Although one can hardly hear a word the preacher says from the doorway, the sight of the man in the black soutane, gesticulating with earnestness and passion there in the sawdust ring, surrounded by clowns and girls in tights and trapezists is something so utterly novel that the burst of applause which greets the end of his little speech seems not out of place. “Talking about red tape,” said the man on the waterfront to the Auckland Star, “the best couple of instances I know of happened in connection with a certain Government steamer. Something went wrong with the boilers, and in due time a man came down to investigate. After the first few questions the engineer realised that the inspector was out of his depth, and asked him, 'Just what are you?’ And the man replied, ‘l’m a motor engineer,’ ‘And what do you know about boilers?’ ‘Absolutely nothing!’ The other case concerns the sequel to a Government inspector’s instructions that biscuit and chocolate must be stowed in the lifeboats, as required by the regulations. The requisition went to Wellington, and after due minutings, docketings and so on, came back endorsed, ‘lf the officers require biscuits and chocolates for their afternoon tea, they must purchase them out of their own funds.’' That joke has been a source of joy for waterfront habitues for months past.” The attention of readers is drawn to an unreserved sale of drapery and clothing, which is being held on behalf of Mr. J. W. Robb, draper, at Newton King’s mart, Inglewood, to-morrow at 12.30 p.m. The offering is all new, clean and high-class and will be offered absolutely without reserve. Most things can be anybody’s gift—your Portrait is distinctively, exclusively yours. Our Portraits will please you and our prices are surprisingly low. Oakley’s Kash Building (upstairs), Devon Street, New Plymouth. 40.

-Buyers of Xmas gifts are asked to come to the Melbourne, Ltd., and inspect the new goods, specially chosen for the coming season. Avoid the Xmas rush by securing your requirements now by paying a small deposit on the lay-by system. Better selections now. Time saved later on.