LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taranaki Daily News, 24 April 1930, Page 8

LOCAL AND GENERAL

To-morrow being Anzac Day, the Taranaki Daily New-s will not be issued. The past Easter season proved a popular one in Dunedin from a matrimonial point of view. During the Easter period no fewer than 84 marriages were performed, compared with 76/last year.

Fire destroyed a closed-in ear and the garage in which it was housed at Sentry Hill on Tuesday morning. The car, which was the property of Mr. P. Sampson, was safely garaged on Monday night. The car was insured, but not the garage.

A further precaution to prevent the introduction into New Zealand of diseases affecting stock is notified in the latest Gazette. An amending regulation has been issued prohibiting absolutc’y the introduction into the Dominion from any overseas vessel of any “organic refuse, garbage, galley scraps or other waste.”

The Piopio Co-operative Dairy Company, Limited, reports . that the output of butter for March was 50- tons, an increase of 20 per cent., compared with March last year. Advances made at tile rate of Is. 3d. for first-grade butter absorbed £6lOO, as against £5OOO for March last year, when the advance was Is. 4d. per lb. There is every indication of the supply being maintained. For some time the clay footpath on the north side of Gilbert Street between Gover and Cameron Streets, New Plymouth, has subsided after rain. There is a gully below, and the footpath has been held together by a tin fence. After Sunday’s rain a small slip occurred, leaving a gaping hole half across the path, a pitfail for unwary night pedestrians. The fence has been repaired and the hole filled.

A small dog barking at a passing car was responsible for a minor accident in Pendarves Street, New Plymouth, yesterday. Having followed the car for some distance the dog tired of its pastime, and with no regard for safetyfirst rules ran across the road. A boy on a bicycle had nd time to avoid it and was thrown to the ground. The dog lost no time in disappearing from the wrath of the boy, who went on his way uninjured beyond a few bruises. The Taranaki night express train is apparently increasing in popularity. Sixteen first-class passengers and 54 second class, including a number of suburban residents, were on board the train that left Wellington on Tuesday evening. The numbers .were well-maintained throughout the journey, and on arrival at Hawera early yesterday morning .there were 10 first-class and L 3 secondclass passengers. Ten first-class and two second-class pasengers continued to New Plymouth. The retail price of sugar is not likely 11 be affected by the reduction of 10s. a ton in the wholesale price, which was announced this week. Most grocers are now working on a small margin of profit for bag lots, states the New Zealand Herald. The ruling price of 2Jd. a lb. for smaller quantities represents slightly less than a halfpenny above cost. The variation of 10s. a ton in the wholesale price is equal- to about one-twentieth of a penny a lb. The modern tendency to regard an important trial as an opportunity to discover clues and build up theories was referred to by Mr. H. F. Johnston, K.C., of Wellington, in an address delivered at the conference of the New Zealand Law Society. Mr. Johnston said this tendency was due possibly to the effect of many detective stories and mystery and trial films absorbed by the general public. It was necessary, under the circumstances, for lawyers to be ready to answer ill-directed criticism as to the relevance and cogency of evidence. The Bay of Plenty Dairy Association, Ltd., this week advanced to its suppliers £15,855 for butter-fat received during March. For the same month of last season £23,799 was paid out. This total included a bonus of £6589, leaving a net butter-fat advance of £17,210, Although the payout this year shows a decrease, the manufacture of butter is greatly ahead of last year’s production. The figures to date show 1500 tons manufactured, as against 1315 tons, an increase of 185 tons.

Conspicuous among the crowd which yelled itself hoarse at the New Zealand Universities’ boxing championships at the Town Hall on Saturday night were, says the Auckland Star, a .large number of young women, the majority of whom were witnessing a glove contest for the first time in their lives. Judging by their expressions and their occasional outbursts of enthusiasm, these girl students thoroughly enjoyed their evening, although it was noticeable that when a well-directed blow to the.nose set the blood flowing there were many of them who found something other than the “battle” to look at. “As far as I know, Lord Bledisloe is the first practising barrister to hold office as Governor-General in this Dominion,” said the Chief Justice, Sir Michael Myers, at the annual conference of the New Zealand Law Society, At Auckland. A letter was received from His Excellency regretting his inability to be present at the conference, and on the motion of Mr. R. P. Towle it was d elded to send a reply thanking the Governor-General for his message, and expressing the hope that he would be able to meet members of his Qwn profession in New Zealand in the near future.

Celanese “888” stockings at 3/11 pa.ir are the greatest value in low priced 100 per cent, art silk hose. All have seam and fashion marks. In better grades go for “Priina Donna,” in silk and art silk, at 5/6 pair, and for pure thread silk fully fashioned, pin your faith to “Maid of Honour” at 9/6 pair. Melbourne, Ltd., sole distributors.

The former Governor of New South Wales, Sir Dudley de Chair, and Lady De Chair, have sailed for England, reports the Australian Press Association from Brisbane.

Even the scientists found the skulls of early man difficult to classify, said Professor T. A. Hunter, when lecturing at New Plymouth last night. Recently the skull of the Tung man had been discovered in South Africa, and scientists were unable to decide whether it was an ape-like man or a man-like ape. The genealogical tree showing the development of the animal kingdom was exhibited in a diagram from the trunk up to the topmost branch by Professor T. A. Hunter, in a lecture at New Plymouth last night. “The little black spot at the tip,” said the professor, “is man. He, of course, drew the diagram.

“For a long time man used stone implements and wood implements separately,” said Professor T. A. .Hunter, at a W. E. A. lecture in New Plymouth last evening. “Then some genius thought of combining the two. The man who discovered fire and the man who first thought of putting a handle on to stone were great inventors.” “In one sense I am coming back to my home town,” said Professor T. A. Hunter at the W.E.A. lecture in New Plymouth last evening. “About 50 years ago I landed at New Plymouth on the b-ach from one of the steamers which used to call. To come back at all, even unremembered, 4 is something to record, because some people cannot even do that.”

“Have you ever been in Wellington ?” said Mr. S. G. Smith, M.P., at a Westown meeting last evening to a ratepayer who doubted whether St. Aubyn Street was sufficiently wide to allow the laying of a duplicate tram line. Mr. C. Clarke, the borough engineer, explained that the Public Works engineer had approved the proposal, so the width was evidently, sufficient. The improved water supply in Upper Westown was mentioned at a ratepayers’ meeting last evening, when Mr. V. C. Davies asked Mr. S. G. Smith, M.P., and other councillors present to convey the thanks of Westown people to the council for the work done. They felt much safer in the event of an outbreak of fire than they had. befpre, while on Monday mornings. When water had formerly been particularly scarce, there was now plenty. The ladies’ present heartily echoed these sentiments.

If the life of man through the centuries were compressed into the ordinary span of 50 years, said Professor T. A. Hunter at the W.E.A. lecture in New Plymouth last evening, some idea was given of his slow and: laborious development. 'At the age of 49 he would have, learned at last the art of agriculture. Six months later, in his fiftieth year, he would have learned how to write. Three months later he would have learned literature and the arts. Two months after -that Christianity would have appeared, and two or three days ago he would have been using engines and steamers. Yesterday he would have learned that there was such a thing as electricity, and in the last few hours he would have discovered that he could fly.

Complaints by a solicitor at Wanganui that a husband charged with failure to pay maintenance should have been brought before the court there on summons and not under arrest were replied to by Mr. R. H. Quilliam when the man appeared at the police court at New Plymouth yesterday. It was explained that it was desired to withdraw the proceedings, but as the presiding justices had no jurisdiction, the application had to be adjourned a week. Mr. Quilliam, who represented the wife, said that the warrant for arrest was issued only after the fullest inquiries, and the action was taken on the best of grounds; The man had left his wife without, her having any knowledge of where he was going, and without providing for her. There were other circumstances connected .with the going away that he did not wish to discuss. He referred to the matter only because of the comments made in the court at Wanganui —comments that, Mr. Quilliam suggested, must have been made in ignorance of the facts.

An Anzac service is being held in the New Theatre, Opunake, to-morrow evening at 7.30. Returned soldiers are invited to attend. Returned soldiers will parade at the Town Hall at 7.15 p.m.

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