LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taranaki Daily News, 1 September 1930, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Three petitions in bankruptcy were filed in the New Plymouth district in August, 1930. During August of last year there were four petitions.

The condition of the jockey T. Metcalf, who was injured when Denier fell at the start of the Stratford Handicap at the New Plymouth Hunt Club races on Saturday, is satisfactory, according to a report from the New Plymouth public hospital last night. In spite of the counter attractions, a large audience appreciated the fine pro-1 gramme rendered by the New Plymouth Citizens’ Band at Pukckura Park on Sunday. A collection*was taken to aid wiping out the deficit on the last contest in New Plymouth. In the course of a bright opening to an address at Auckland on the subject of land settlement, Mr. W. J. Holdsworth said he had reason to believe that the first man to float a limited liability company was Noah. He floated it when the rest of the world went into liquidation. “Employers in the drapery industry pay for efficiency,” said Mr. T. O. Bishop, in the Arbitration Court at Wellington during the hearing of a shop assistants’ dispute. “I think there is no industry governed by award rates,” said Mr. Bishop, “in which so large a proportion of the employees are paid above award rates.” An aeroplane was put to an unusual use along the East Coast, Bay of Plenty, last week. Major G. A. Cowper wa.s engaged to fly along the coast between Matata and Opotiki in search of the body of a Maori who was believed to have been drowned. The search, which occupied two hours, was not successful. Although the owner of a de Soto car took the precaution to lock all doors of the vehicle and fake the keys, the ear was removed fro'n Mouatt Street, just outside the Manu lorihi pa, Waitara, on Saturday, betwee ■ .1 p.m. and 3 p.m., while the oecupan i? were at the tangi. The car is owned )y Mrs. A. B. Oliver, Lepperton. \ Members of the ‘committee connected with Ngamotu beach, held a working bee on Saturday afternoon, when a considerable amount of work was done in preparing the resort for the siimnier season. The plantation on the eastern side of the palladiuin was cleared of fagged growth and the Mths

An object of interest at the Mannkorihi pa, Waitara, during the past three days, has been a two-seater car with brilliant yellow wheels, and bearing as a radiator ornament a largo crimson star set in a golden crescent. Inquiry elicited that the car belonged to the representative of Ratana, and that it was Ratana’s badge and colours displayed on the car. “The power of advertisement is the greatest power on earth nowadays,” declared Dr. H. T. J. Thacker, in speaking of Health Week propaganda at a public meeting in Christchurch. “If one does not advertise one might as well be in Bromley.” Bromley is one of the Christchurch. cemeteries.

A college of domestic science, hygiene and home nursing for Maori girls is to be established by the Wellington Education Trust in the New Plymouth area. A telegram to this effect has been received by the Rev. Clarence Eaton, chairman of the Now Plymouth district of the Methodist Church, from the Rev. A. J. Seamer, general superintendent of the Methodist Home Mission department. A by-law of the committee in charge at the Manukorihi pa, Waitara, during the past few days, stated that straying dogs were liable to confiscation and the owners to be fined. On Sunday morning cries of “Catch him! There he goes!” led to thoughts of a thief, but it' was only a pa official pursuing his duty, and a vagrant dog, the dog soon being secured and with others tied to a fence. Tourists on the Milford Track in the coming season will be thankful for the installation of a wireless telephone between’Te Anau and Glade House. The equipment is now on the spot. The service will link up Milford with the outside world. For immediate contact it will be of great value in the case of accident or serious and will also provide facilities for tourists to telegraph to any address, even from the huts.

One of the witnesses for plaintiff in a claim before Mr. IL A. Young, S.M., in the Civil Court at Christchurch the other day was detailing a rather heavy list of expenses occurring from work on a Sunday, and opposing counsel was questioning every item. “’Has he allowed for money saved from the church collection?” interjected the magistrate with a smile.

A novel reason was given by SeniorSergeant Wade in the Police Court at Gisborne in applying for a further remand in a case in which a young Maori, Rangi Jones, was charged with the theft of a hat. “Rangi is the only halfback Poverty Bay has,” explained the senior-sergeant, ‘‘and his services are required to-day I’cmfwyp shrdlucmfwy required for the match against Wairoa to-day.” Mr. P. H. Harper, S.M., granted a remand.

“.Political slogans may win elections, but political slogans will not help us much,” said Mr. H. D. Acland, president of the New Zealand Sheepowners’ and Farmers’ Federation, at the annual meeting. "What we want is the hard facts of statistics and figures relating to the cost of production, and the value of the product. The elector has not yet grasped the fact (largely, perhaps, because he does not want to) that economic laws and the laws of gravity cannot be altered by popular clamour and making a noise.”

Gum winning evidently is not the profitable pursuit it was once upon a time, says the Northern Advocate. An Austrian digger appeared at the Whangarei Magistrate’s Court on a judgment summons for grocery supplies. He produced receipts showing that his earnings on the Towai field for the past two months had been £4 7s 9d and £4 13s 3d respectively, The desirability of maintaining an even supply of butter and cheese on the British market is referred to in the annual report of tile Dairy Produce Board. Without unduly disturbing the ordinary flow of New Zealand produce, the board has sought to maintain at least a certain quantity on the market throughout the full 12 months. The allotments shipped each month have been found to be fairly satisfactory, but the board is not altogether satisfied with the position, because a number of weekly periods during the past year showed practically no shipments. In view of the effect on the market of erratic arrivals, the necessity for more regular deliveries has been urged, on the shipping companies.

“The Bankruptcy Court is not a debtcollecting institution,” said Mr. Justice Herdman, during bankruptcy business in the Supreme Court at Auckland last week. Counsel had reported that since a summons against a debtor was adjourned a month ago £5O had been paid off the amount owing, and he added that he had had a similar case against’ the same man 18 months ago, which resulted in the whole amount being paid. It was this that led his Honour to remark that the Bankruptcy Court was not for collecting debts. The ease was eventually adjourned for a' week, and a. warning was issued to the debtor that if he did not appear he would be made a bankrupt. The fact that 45 per cent, of the occupied land of New Zealand is supporting less than one animal per acre is mentioned by Mr. F. R. Callaghan, assistantsecretary of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, in a re-cently-published article. He states that 36 per cent. pf the occupied land supports from one to two sheep per acre, and only about 5 per cent, can maintain over two sheep per acre. The highest capacity, 4118 animals per 1000 acres, occurs in the fertile Waimate West county, which embraces the rich dairying land in the vicinity of Hawera and Manaia, Taranaki. The adjoining Hawera county also possesses a high figure, 3405 animals per 1000 acres, based almost entirely also on-dairy cattle. At the other extreme figure the Stewart Island and Westland counties, with 157 and 180 animals per 1000 acres respectively.

From various accounts received opossum trappers in the Wellington district are not having so good a season as last in more ways than one. Fewer opossums are being taken, and prices are not what they were. A pair of trappers, intending to market their catch of 700 skins from Westland, where the season precedes that in the Wellington district, went to Wellington intending to take up a block. Their skins were a good lot, similar to those for which they averaged 10s 6d last season, but the prices only averaged 4s 3d. This, and the fact that they considered the ‘blocks too small, made them decide to take up a job in a sawmill instead. A bankrupt under examination at a meeting of creditors at Christchurch, said that his wife had £lOO saved and she kept it in the house. -Some creditors said this was an improbable story, but. bankrupt swore to the truth of it. “Where did she keep it?” asked one , creditor. Bankrupt assured creditors that he did not know, and refused to be shaken when further cross-exam-ined on the noint. “All I know is that she did not keep it where I could get hold of it,” he declared amid smiles.

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