LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taranaki Daily News, 19 June 1931, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

It is reported that as an economy measure one backblocks farmer goes to bed as soon as it is dark so as to save the expense of using lights. His neighbour is said to “go one better,” as he regularly stops the clock each night at six o'clock 60 that the works will not wear put so quickly.

A s’uUlic meeting at Hawera passed the following motion: —In view of tho fact that a two weeks’ annual holiday to all male workers would absorb 9000 men, and that there are 20,000 males over 65 years of age who are not receiving old-age pensions, the Government be urged to minimise the existing unemployment problem in enacting legislation compelling an annual two weeks’ holiday and waive the 25 years’ residence clause which now obtains with old-age pensions. Mr. Larkman, who seconded the motion, said that a stamp duty of sixpence on every £1 of income would provide the necessary additional £1,090,000 for pensions.

Walnut-growing in Marlboroqgh, once the trees come to maturity, is a highlyprofitable side-line, states the Express. Indeed, there is one Blenheim resident who is making a great deal more off his town-grown walnuts this year than he is off in’s sheep station, lie has some-24 trees in bearing, and has already sold £72 worth of nuts, while he has in han<| another half-dozen sacks, which will bring him in between £2O and £3O, so that the season’s income from the trees will be round about £lOO. The trees occupy no space w’hich could be profitably used for other purposes.

The police in Timaru are investigating the disappearance of a number of bags of wheat. It is uudersood that a consignment was forwarded to Timaru for shipment, and. when weighed out a correct tally was noted. During the next stage about twenty bags mysteriously disappeared.

The price paid for shags in the Rotorua district has been reduced from 2b Gd to Is a head. Shags, which make event inroads on trout, have been well shot, out in .Rotorua in recent years, says the New Zealand Herald, and not many are now to be seen near the lakes. With the reduction it is not likely that sportsmen will spend as much time its they did previously in hunting for them and an increase in the numbers of the shags may be expected.

Bv tt recent ipail an Auckland mercantile firm received the replica of a very interesting poster which is being displayed. in the works of a manufacturing firm which does business with New Zealand importers. The poster states that orders from New Zealand are in hand at the company’s works, and that cinplovees can help to secure further business if they buy New Zealand produce. The poster has been produced in conjunction with tho Empire Marketing Board.

Whether the new Ngpier hospital, to be built on the hill, to replace the one destroyed by the earthquake, is to be constructed of wood or ferro-eoneretc, was discussed at a meeting of the Hawke’s Bay Hospital Boarff. Although most of the members favoured wooef, it was finally decided to call in expert opinion to report on the matter, and also on the buildings proposed to be reinstated-

Evidently New Zealand railways are sparing no effort to decrease their deficit alid to give attention to their users, says the Southland News. The other afternoon the Bluff train was just pulling out of the Invercargill station when an elderly lady was observed hurrying as fast as she was able along tho platform. Quickly the train vims pulled tip, aud it waited for about a minute while phe reached the rear carriage and. was assisted in by one of the porters. New Zealaml-grown blueguht has been used in the manufacture of a motor lorry chassis by a Dunedin firm. The timber camo through th'e planing machines with a smooth surface wliieh compared niore than favourably with imported bluegum. The New Zealandgrow bluegum, if properly seasoned, states the Otago Dally Times, should take the place of the imported timber.

Pink discolourtitlon in cheese as disclosed in a sample of New Zealand produce returned by request from London was shown by Mr. W. M. Singleton (director of the dairy division) to the annual meeting of the New Zealand Factory Managers’ Association at Palmerston North. He stated that experts were at present working on the information available to determine the cause, which might be due to a mould growth.

A unique wireless telephone conversation was carried out recently at 5.45 a.m., Sydney time, when Mr. E. T. Fisk, managing director of Amalgamated Wireloss, Limited, from lils home at Liiidficld, Sydney, spoke to a number of people on board, the White Star liner Homeric. Tho vessel was bound for New York aiid was in tho Athliitic Ocean, 600 miles west of the Irish Coast. The conversations lasted about 20 idlnutcs and ‘ivero remarkably clear. Just before closing time oil Saturday evening, June 6, a girl mitered a \Vliangarci shop, s&ys the Advodatej und. told tlm lady owner ft sad story of diro distress; in fact, she said that unless she was given shelter she would have to spend the night ill the streets. Out of the kindness of heart the woman took her in, and provided her with a home for a week. Yesterday morning the girl she would like to visit friends. Sho did not return, and the shopkeeper found that goods to the value of £1 and 60 in cash had- with. hci.

“When a former pupil of your school left to go to another P^ rt ff the country he stole one of the school atlases. Hdviiig just joined tlie church ahd being about to inako His first confession, knowing tlipt lie ci).ntiot ba forgiven entirely unless he repairs all wrdiig dbrie as far as lies in his power, he encloses the stini of two shillings in liberal payment for the atlas mentioned above. This letter was received recently by the headmaster of tl;e Rotorua distiict school, Mr. B. M. Green. The letter was unsigned. “The fact that we could dispatch the Port Wellington drawing 28ft 3in is an answer to our critics,” said. Mr. J. R. Cfuickshank at a meeting .of the New Plymouth Harbour Board yesterday. He Considered that no port out&ide Wellington, Auckland and Lyttelton could have accomplished, that. “Recently,” added Mr. Cruickshank, “three of the largest type liners were in port together and all working.” The Chairman (Mr. C. E. Bellringer) referred to an anonymous newspaper correspondent Who had criticised tlie board for laying up the Paritutu. “Evidently ue board should have brought a dredge that would never need an overhaul,” said Mr. Cruickshank. “Well, can you find ue one?” asked the chairman. “I am afraid neither I nor anyone else could do that,” said Mr. Cruickshank.

The desperate condition of affairs in Soviet Russia at present is disclosed in a letter received by a Gisborhe resident from a friend in Riga, Latvia. The correspondent tells of the experience of a grotq, of believers (Cliristianfe), arid declares that thousands of others are in tho same distress. They were holding a prayer meeting in secret, the ‘letter explains, when they were found out and taken by surprise. Ono of the Godless exclaimed to a recent convert: “Ah, comrade, you are also here?” He replied: “I api no more your comrade, and I am a disciple of Jesus Christ.” He was taken away and they have never seen hint since. A friend, however, visited him in prison. Soffie days later when friends took food to him in prison they found he was gone—to Siberia—to exile.

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Tho attention of the subscribers and of well-wishers of the New Plymouth Beautifying Society is drawn to an advertisement requesting that all overdue subscriptions and all subecriptions for the current year be paid to tho president. It is understood the treasury is empty and the society is in debt.