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Taranaki Daily News, 13 July 1933, Page 4

The" remark made by Mr. Henry Holland M.P., at the annual meeting of the Canterbury Justices of the Peace Association, that he knew from his own experience that justices were rather itching to be employed, was referred to by Mr. H. F. Herbert, at a subsequent meeting of the council of the association. Mr. Herbert said that there were many things that a justice did not want to do, and he did not quite agree with Mr. Holland s remark that justices were itching for court work. Speaking for himself, and also, he thought, for other justices, they were not itching for it. They wanted to do the best they could for the public in the capacity for which they were best suited. Another speaker remarked that he knew of one member who took his seat on the bench once, but never wanted to do so again.

More than 30 solicitors were among 100 applicants to the Mount Eden Borough Council for the position of an assistant rate collector at £5 a week. The appfications were considered by the council, and an Auckland solicitor was appointed. The position called for legal knowledge. A sub-committee of the council considered the applications and six men, five of them solicitors, were notified to wait upon the council. Ballots were taken for • the appointment, the six applicants being reduced to four, and then to two, for the final decision. The council received inquiries from all parts of the Dominion, the ages of the applicants varying from 19 to 75. The professional classes were especially well represented.

Though the motor-lorry has now superseded the bullock-waggon and the pack-horse in taking supplies to most back-country stations, survivals of earlier methods of transport are still to be found in some of the more remote parts of Canterbury. On Mount Peel station pack mules are still kept to cany supplies over the rough hill tracks to some of the huts, and mules are frequently to be seen in the holding paddocks by the roadside beyond Peel Forest. On at least one other station in the district donkeys—once a familiar sight on the beaches at Sumner and New Brighton—are kept for breeding purposes.

Frequent stories have been told of the clever salesmanship of itinerant vendors, and it might have been supposed that housewives would by now be guarded against plausibility when these gentry appear, at the door. But apparently people have yet to learn that the established business house is their real security. The latest story is vouched for and concerns a Te Awamutu resident. Her caller displayed some rare and very wonderfully polished nuts which had been specially imported from Brazil. Their particular virtue was that, if placed in the wardrobe they would kill all insect life and at the same time give the clothing a very delicate odour. After learning of the great rarity of the nuts and their wonderful cleansing properties, the housewife parted with a goodly sum of money in exchange for some of them. A day or two later she noticed that they had lost their sheen and inquiry revealed that they were simply the ordinary farmyard chestnut grown in this country.

Coaching scenes of the very early days were made green in the memories.of oldtime residence of Wanaka district last Saturday morning. To the accompaniment of the noise of galloping hoofs and the crack! of the old-fashioned coach whip a team of four blooded horses attached to a light four-wheeler dashed up the main street of Pembroke to pull up with a flourish in front of the Wanaka Hotel; in the rear to complete the picture were two ladies astride horses. An onlooker could quite easily have imagined that he was living half a century or more ago when the gold from Central Otago was exported in the four-in-hand coaches with mounted police guards always in attendance. The two men aboaia, Mr. D. Aubrey (driver). and Mr. John Faulks, and the two ladies in the rear, Misses B. Faulks and Sutton, were on their way to Makarora, where the vehicle would be abandoned and the party would continue over the Haast Pass by . horseback.

Bob Wearer was always buying new felt hats until he discovered that his old ones could be cleaned and reblocked equal to new. He now saves pounds every year by having them renovated by J K. Hawkins and Co., who have the most up-to-date plant in Taranaki for this class of work. New bands and edges can also be supplied if necessary. Suits, costumes, coats, dresses, etc., are also successfully dyed or dry-cleaned by e latest methods. Our address is corner of Liardet and Devon Streets, New Plymouth, ’phone 685. Stratford depot: Mrs. Rudkin, confectioner. Inglewood depot: Sutherland’s Fruit Shop.