LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taranaki Daily News, 5 December 1930, Page 8

LOCAL AND GENERAL

There is at Rahotu a Rhode Island Red pullet not yet 12 months old that invariably lays a double-yoked egg. On three, occasions she has varied the performance by producing an qgg with triple yokes. “The mortgagee has to look after his own interests in valuing property,” said Mr. R. Cock at a meeting of the Taranaki Chamber of Commerce last night when the question of insurable values was being discussed. “I. went to one house in the interests of my bank and they told me. it was insured for £609. Courtney and I built that very house years ago for £187.”

The judging of entries in the central group' of the children's calf-refiring proceeded yesterday when the judges, Messrs. JV. R. Morris and W.• Honeyfield, visited the schools at Tatarainiaka, Okato, Piniiho and Pungarchu. They were accompanised by Air. D. Mackay and. \V. Dill Mackay, agricultural instructors under the Taranaki Education Board. The judging in the group will be completed to-day with visits. to schools in the Opunake district. Insurance men were not valuers, said Mr. K. C. Akers at a meeting of the Taranaki Chamber of Commerce last night. One went to value the furnishings in a house and all sorts of things were dragged out by the owners. “At one place a man asked me to increase his valuation. I asked him why and he dived into a sofa aiid pulled out a blue, stocking with a copy of the London Times which had a report of the Battle of Trafalgar in it. He said it was worth £lOO. I did not know what ir was worth. I would not give him 6d on it.” .

Hard quarters cured- —19 cases out of 20—this is the experience of a Kaitaia dairvman using Lissaman’s Mammitis Paint. Send 5/6 to Box 63A, Kaponga, for a bottle.

While the event for the best trotting horse in harness was in progress at the Whangarei show on Wednesday a wheel of Mr. H. J. Bradley’s gig collapsed. The occupants were thrown out, but they escaped injury. The accident did not affect Mr. Bradley's chance, as the judge awarded him first prize.

A total of 252 applications has been received for positions as probationer teachers in the Auckland district, according to a return before the Auckland Education Board. It was stated the number of vacancies available was not yet known. It is expected that, between 170 and 180 teachers will leave the Training College this . year.

After spraying ragwort Mr. Gerald Reed, was seriously burnt about both, legs and hands on Wednesday and is now in the Stratford hospital. He was boiling the billy in a paddock on his father’s farm at Te Popo, and when he was lifting the billy. off tke fire his trousers burst into flames , and were burnt off him in a few seconds. The. accident serves to emphasise the warning given to users of the inflammability of the sodium chlorate used, for spraying. There has been a considerable decline in the number of fat lambs handled at the Auckland freezing works during the past three, days, says the New Zealand Herald. Following the rush to get stock in in time to participate in the November prices graziers r are ■ now tending to hold their , lambs back in order to give them a few more weeks to put on weight. With>the slackening of the killing fewer men have been employed ,at the works. , . • \ ,

• What must be considered successful results in regard to the destruction of deer ih the back country behind Hanmer Springs are being obtained,' states the Christchurch Star. Two men operating in the vicinity of Lake Tennyson, 'the head water of the Clarence River, have shot a total ,of 546 head, and they recently delivered, a ially of 300 tails at the forest ranger’s office. Another two men, operating on the Tarndale, adjoining, the lake country, are reported to' have secured over 500 head.

With Christmas Day this year oh a Thursday, general retailers in New Plymouth. are closing their premises on Christmas. Day, Boxing and all day Saturday.' Late.nights will be observed on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve. •Shops will, close ■ on January 1 and 2 and remain open until 5.30 p.m. on Saturdciy, ♦Tanuary 3. These hours do not applv to butchers, ' who have not yet reached a decision concerning the holidays. ' / Kindly consideration was shown by the Hon. Mr. Justice Reed in a case of bigamy at the Supreme Court, states the Nelson Mail. When the jury returned with a verdict of guilty the second wife of the accused broke into sobs and collapsed and had. to be carried into an adjoining room. His Honour, as this was being done, said to a court official. “Let that young woman know that he (the accused) is not going to gaol.” The message was immediately conveyed to the woman and the sobbing ceased.

At a recent meeting of the Marlborough Automobile Association, Dr. W. E. .Redman referred to a very effective warning system in. use in the Nelson district, where large red reflectors were placed at bad bends in the roads. The rays of a car’s lights, striking the reflectors,. brought their red warning into play . and served to guard adequately dangerous places. He thought the association might very well inquire into the scheme. It was agreed that the secretary should\investigate the matter and report.

A new use for discarded oil from motor-cars, etc., has been discovered by a West Gore resident. Last year he painted one or two of the trees in his orchard with used oil and had excellent results in brighter foliage and better fruit from the trees. This year he has extended the experiment io include practically every apple tree in his garden and has also included some rose bushes. The old oil has a very marked effect in the destruction of insect life. ,

One of the unemployed reminded the Mayor of Christchurch (Mr. J. K. Archer) on Monday that the unemployed had votes, and that he might need them. Speaking to the unemployed on Tuesday, says the Press,. Mr. Archer said that he did not want them to be under any misapprehension on the subject. He did not cure two 4 straws what happened. ‘ln the first place,”' he continued, “I don t know whether I shall be a candidate or not. If I am a candidate, 1 am not going to bid for votes of men of that type. Between nbw and the general election, I am going to carry, out this job as it ought to be carried out. Applause greeted the Mayor’s remaiks.

Damage running into thousands of pounds was caused by a severe frost experienced in the Wairarapa district last Saturday morning which affected all sorts of plants, and has wrought havoc among the tomato crops. Masterton was the heaviest sufferer, the frost registering 14.4 deg. One nurseryman lost 3000 tomato plants, ■„and another 2500, while acres of potatoes,' beans, pumpkin and marrow plants were blackened and badly cut about. It is hoped, however, that the potato crop will recover.

A stir was created in Hastings recently when a clerk sleeping on the premises of a local bank fired i°J ir volver shots through a window, thereby attracting a constable , and s £ v ' ei ; al passers-by, says an exchange. Thrice someone had telephoned tfae clerk intimating that the bank was on fire, and though he made thorough investigations he was unable to discover signs of an outbreak. The firing of the shots was his method of calling the police, who were informed of . the circumstances. A search of the bank and other premises in the vicinity was unfruitful and the conclusion was reached that someone was playing a joke. • Finding that a portion of their pinus insignis plantation was shading fruit trees at their orchard at Redwoods A alley, Nelson, Messrs. Chamberlain and Stannard cut doWn a number of trees planted some 12 years ago. Instead of usin'* them for firewood they sawed them for fruit case timber and some 2900 cases are being made. In addition, a number of Win. boards have been cut out. When an adjacent large block comes to the cutting stage the owners consider there will be (enough case timber on the property for all requirements indefinitely for by the time the. last of the present trees are cut, the natural icgencration following the first portion cut will give a supply of trees suitable for milling.

“The time is coming when the question of overlapping among local bodies has to be tackled,” declared Mr. W. Harvey, during a discussion at a meeting of the Napier Chamber of Commerce. “Take our own distinct, added Mr. Harvey. “There are counci s and boards everywhere. It seems to be to policy of the Government to increase the number. Every time a local body wants to extend its activities it is to!d that it will have to . form another body a drainage board, or a domain board, oi something. The cost of administration is climbing rapidly and it almost makes one want to return to the old provincial tluvr, with one body to control. I am satisfied that it would be a step in the ririit direction. There are too many bodies. The whole thing .is a burden on the taxpayers. If anyone starts anything half the difficulty is to get the consent of other local bodies.”