LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taranaki Daily News, 23 December 1929, Page 10

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The carrier system of telephony has recently been established between Rotorua and Auckland. It is expected that as the new system develops Rotorua will be an important carrier amplifying sta* tion, passing telephone traffic from all .the offices on the east coast toward other :large centres. Ninety-five creditors were named in the schedule of a bankrupt whose first meeting before the official assignee at Auckland last week lapsed for want of a quorum. The apathy of the creditors was understandable on the face of the schedule, which showed that all told the liabilities amounted to £2’27, while the assets were only £lO 4s. The bankrupt was an advertising agent. A visitor to the Parihaka Pa on Wednesday was Sir Apirana Ngata, The Maori leader addressed a gathering and expressed his pleasure at being able to visit the pa and its memorable surroundings. It was his first visit to the pa but he hoped it would not be his - last. Sir Apirana expressed’the hype that the pa would be improved and so form a better meeting place for pakehas . and Maoris. An Australian youth, William Anderson, of Albury, had a startling experience recently while bathing in the Murray River with a number of other lads. After diving from the bank he came to the surface with a snake coiled round his arm and clinging to his fingers. A violent swing of the arm hurled the snake into the water and the lad swam down stream. When Anderson came out of the /water ligatures were tied round the arm and he was taken to a doctor, who discovered a small incision. Antidotes were administered successfully. Delegates to the Wellington Provincial Yacht and Motor-boat Association were discussing the appointment of two of their number, to represent their interests at the iJominion .Conference in Auckland at Sanders Cup time. One or two of those, nominated were doubtful whether their work woqld allow them to make the trip, and when the name of a delegate who is a well-known business 'man was mentioned, the question was asked: “Will your boss let you go?” There was a round of laughter when, without hesitation, the delegate replied: “I don’t know whether she will.” “I have the honour to forward to you the first message . from New Plymouth transmitted by the Creed teleprinter, wishing yourself and staff a merry Christmas and a happy New Year, and may the departmental activities increase and its revenue double in the near future. —A. Shelton.” This message was sent from the chief postmaster at New Plymouth to the secretary of the General Post Office on Saturday morning and was the first message sent from New Plymouth by the Creed teleprinter put into official operation for the first time. The message was sent simultaneously with the receipt of the first message from Wellington and very soon the Creed took up its work at top speed, eating up telegrams without a hitch. An expert from Wellington was present at the New Plymouth end to receive, cut, paste, record and time the messages.

Air. E. J. Howard, M.P., Christchurch, recently telegraphed to the PostmasterGeneral, calling his attention to a notice that had been posted informing employees in the postal service that they would not be paid overtime for the week ending December 28 except for one day, December 24. The notice reads as follows: “Overtime will be paid for duty performed in excess of eight hours on December 24. Separate abstracts are to be prepared for overtime claims on this] date. There will be no payment of ovei> time for any excess duty performed for the week ending December 28.” Air. Howard protested against this and has received the following reply from, the Postmaster-General: “While, strictly correct that no overtime will be paid for the week ending December 28, except for the 24th, you- have apparently not been informed of other conditions. Overtime in excess of eight hours on the 24th will be paid. On the 25th and 26th holiday rate of overtime will P ft i4 for all time worked. Officers required to work on the 27th will be given an additional day with their annual leave. “There is too much of the "go-slow’ policy becoming prevalent in our midst, and if New Zealand is to be great it is to be largely by means of the bard work we are putting into it,” said the Mayor of Wellington (Air. G. A. Troup), when speaking to the “young fellows at the Wellington Technical. College breaking-up ceremony. The Mayor uiged them to work hard, for they would achieve nothing by rstanding -and looking on; they would not achieve their manhood and womanhood by doing. as little as they could. Only by putting their whole heart into their work, by alwavs doing a little bit more than was expected of them (a thing that nej*er went unnoticed) would they lift New Zealand up to the plane she should occupy in the Pacific. There was also character to be considered. Character was the impression that they were going to make on the world by their personality, and that impression on the lives of others would be either good or bad. He stressed the need when they left school of taking a stand for uprightness, honesty and integrity;

An alleged danger through commercial rabbit breeding was brought to the notice of the General Committee of the Canterbury Agricultural and Pastoral Association last week, when a letter was received from the Sheep Owners’ Union, asking that the association should not make provision for rabbits at J ll ]/ 11 ® shows, reports the Press. “There Is now a slump in rabbit skins, which will ™ake the breeding unprofitable,” said Air. H. Nicholson.' “It is highly undesirable that they should be added to the rabbit pest aifeadv with us.*’ Air. 1. A. Stephens: “The Chinchillas are mainly affected, and they aren’t so bad.” “It’s all rather a bogy,” said Air,- • J* l ™®® Deans. ‘"The increased price of - rabbit skins has done a lot to get - rabbits under, in that it has encouraged trappers and shooters. I move that no action be taken in the matter.” The motion was seconded by Air. J. O. Coop, and the committee decided not to take any action. Every woman knows wherever she goes that the nicest Xmas gifts are to be had at Morey’s Ltd. Store. The selection of Handkerchiefs, hosiery, gloves, frocks, underclothing, table cloths, serviettes, bedspreads, tray cloths, runners, towels, etc., is equal to any in the larger towns. An inspection is cordially welcomed. ' Ninety crates of fresh strawberries, will be sold by Webster Bros, at 9 a.nr. to-morrow. • ~ The personal gift that carries with -it the true sentiment of Christmas —the gift that, is you —your Photograph. Our photographs‘please and our pricee suit all. Oakley’s, Kash- Buildiug#*)'- -Devon- Street, ; New Plymouth. , \