The Te Puke Times FRIDAY, FEB. 21, 1930 LOCAL AND GENERAL

Te Puke Times, 21 February 1930, Page 2

The Te Puke Times FRIDAY, FEB. 21, 1930 LOCAL AND GENERAL

The Primary School picnic to the Mount has been postponed until March sth.

In the interests of the Carnival effort the Community Afternoon announced for the sth of March in connection with the Methodist Church, has been postponed to the 9th of ApriL Mt Maungahui ratepayers are opposed to the division of Mount Drury into camping sites and at a meeting last Monday it was decided that Mr C. E. Macmillan M.P. be appealed to to use his influence to prevent this being done. The ratepayers are de sirous that Mt Drury should be retained as a reserve.

The Whakatane Borough Council has decided that while it cannot spare the foreman (Mr Cartwright) for a term of three weeks in order that he should visit Te Puke to supervise the proposed colfix works it is willing that he should spend three days here in order to inaugurate the work and perhaps two or three days later on.

At-a meeting of the Mt Maunganui Ratepayers Association on Monday evening last it was decided that a committee consisting of Mesdames Lysaght, and Blake and Messrs Armstrong, Miller, Kimber and Petle.v, be set up to obtain signatures in favour of the formation of a Town Board to control local affairs. The loss of a motor car has been reported to the Rotorua police. A Dodge car, No. 42191, the property of Mr John Frederick Ver-, coo, farmer, of Hamilton, was taken from a garage at the back of the Geyser Hotel about 11 p.m. The car was locked and had some 7 gallons of benzine in die tank. The car is painted blue, a three seater, open hood, and is registered at Hamilton.

There seems to ho an impression abroad that the varieties of potatoes have changed of late years, and that possibly bees were in some way responsible for the alleged change. This idea is scouted by the Department of Agriculture, which in a letter to Thames branch of the Farmers’ Union says that the Early Rose potato is exactly the same as it was 70 years ago and no change is possible if tubers are used in planting.

The results of the weight-guess-ing competition held in conjunction with the recent A. and P, Association's Autumn Show ale as follows:—Bullock (correct weight, 6741b5); A. Meredith, 575$ lbs, 1; H. Casbmore, 5831b5, 2; J. H. Rogers, 5581b5, 3. Sheep (correct weight, 54Hlbs): H. Innes, 54Mbs, 1; V. McCardle, A. W. Marsh, A. M. Ryburn, C. Bailey, and R. King 551bs, tied for 2nd. Pig (correct weight, 1321b5): S. W. Mitchell. T. McDowell, 131 lbs, and.J. Courtenay 1331b5. tied for Ist; D, M. Steele, 3. “Women in New Zealand appear to mo to lead a Very bard life of it. They seem Very much tied down to the home, owing to the fact, ■ probably; that such a large number of families cannot afford to pay the wages asked by domestics. In South Africa it is possible to obtain excellent domestic servants for a wage varying from 25s to 40s a month. Thirty shillings is the average wage. As a result the South African women have fewer home ties, and go about more." remarked a South African visitor to a Southland Times reporter.

The current, i>sue of tho N.Z. Sporting and Dramatic Review is sure to have a very wide appeal. An excellent series depicting “Life on the Ice Barrier with Rear Admiral Byrd’s South Polar Expedition,” forms the centre pages. The match between tho M C.C. Cricket team and an Auckland is comprehensively pic in red'. Other interesting pages deal with the Taranaki arid Wapganui Jockey Club’s Autumn meetings In addition to these attractions a number of interest' ing coloured scenic studios and a page of the latest Parisian fashions are reproduced, while the frontispiece is of the attractive dancers, the Twin Sisters 0, Ail the most interesting events in tho smart world nro chronicled on the Social pages,

Tenders krd invited by tbe County engineer (Mr F. A. Stevens) for pumicing 96 chains on the Kaituna Road and grading and filling hollows on the Maniatutu Road. Plans may be inspected at this office. The New Zealand Rugby Union has decided that permission will not be given to broadcast a report of any match played by the visiting British team on a Saturday during the tour, as such broadcasts would be likely to upset interest in club matches on Saturdays. On Wednesday afternoon next a political meeting will be held in the Parish Hall when addresses will be given by the following Reform members: Messrs David Jones, Mid-Canterbury; A. W. Hall, Hauraki; - and C. E. Macmillan, Tauranga. A cordial invitation to be present is extended to everyone, whether supporters of the Reform Party or otherwise.

Mr and Mrs H. O. Cooney, Mr and Mrs E. H. Wilkins and Miss O’Driscoll journeyed to Paeroa yesterday to witness the ceremony of “Trooping the Colours” in connection with the Ist Battalion Hauraki Regiment. They describe the ceremony a a most picturesque and interesting one. About 400 Territorials were on parade, and there was a large attendance of visitors from all parts of the district. Lieutenant George Wilkins, of the local troop, was one of the colour bearers.

.Speaking at Cambridge with regard to the ragwort menace Dr Reakes, Director-General of Agriculture, stated that every effort is being, made to find a killer specific, and at the present time the Department is experimenting with several preparations, but time must elapse before the results can be made known. , The best time to attack ragwort, he said, is when the young plants first appear. If a spray or other specific is not used the plants should be cut and destroyed and not permitted to lie on the ground to ripen.