Local And General

Te Puke Times, 30 September 1932, Page 2

Local And General

Mr Wltbeford wishes to acknowledge with thanks a donation of £2 from the Paparaoa branch of the Women’s Institute for the Relief Depot, The proposal of the Provincial FlaX Growers’ and Millers' Association to manufacture Oeltaphoh© paper out Of NevV Zealand flax or phormium fceb&l has so far progressed that the 4rm’’s has been instructed to prooeed with tthe ajgreemf&ti for the erection of a factory eA Mewr,

We have to acknowledge the receipt through Mr Bccleton, Postmaster, of a copy of the Final Report of the National Expenditure Committee.

A v thunderstorm, accompanied by'vivid flashes of lightning and heavy rain, passed over the district yesterday aften o>n. Farrpers are reminded of the bull sale to be held by the Farm era’. Co-operative Auctioneering Co. in the Te Puke yards on Tuesday next, when p?digree ani-mals-will be submitted on account of various clients. Fat and store cows, springing heifers, etc, wilt also be submitted. The sale wilt start at 12 o’clock sharp. A party of over 100 Victorian stud stock breeders and agriculturists will arrive at Auckland on January 17 to spend a month in the Dominion examining New Zealand stud stock and inquiring into New Zealand methods of developing export markets. The party is being sponsored by the Bendigo Agricultural Society. As a result of last Sunday’s motor accident on the Whakatane Road in which several Te Puke residents were concerned and. the breaking of a concrete power pole, the electric power was cut off over a large part of the swamp and in some sheds milking had to be finished by hand. An emergency pole was erected and power restored about 9 p.m.

This week’s issue of the N.Z. Sporting and Dramatic Review contains many attractive reproductions of topical events. Special prominence has been given the Auckland Golf Club’s championships and racing is portrayed in snaps of the Wanganui meeting. The Seddon Memorial Technical College’s operetta and the Wei lington festival are given generous space. Stage, concert and cinema stars form an attractive feature.

Home brewing is forbidden to the Maoris of Wbangarei, according to a Gaz/tte notice last week. Additional by-laws have been issued, making it an offence to

brew beer or any intoxicating liquor within any defined village or in any building occupied by a Maori whether in a village or elsewhere in the district. A further by-law makes it an offence to supply a Maori living in the district with any beer, manufactured otherwise than by a licensed brewer, St, John’s Ladles Guild notifies elsewhere that a musicalafterno'on will be held in the Par ish Hall on Tuesday next, commencing at 2 p.m. An attractive and varied programme has been arranged, including a realistic Maori scene oomplete with cospoi dances, hakas, etc. Vocal items and duets, aplayette, and community singing will constitute a most acceptable bill of fare/':

Taranaki is at present conducting experiments with butter boxes. Complaints have been received from Home that some of the butter suffered from wood taint. Most, of the trouble has been traced to foreign timber, but there is a suspicion that some of New Zealand’s white pine is not altogether free from this taint. A preparation principally of a dairying by*product has been invented to ooat the inside of the boxes and it is claimed that this is proving successful.

Two big mobs of Cattle, mostly Hereford and Polled Angus steers are passing through the district from the East Coast stations to the Waikato (says the Rotorua Post).. The beasts are in good condition and appear to be travelling, .well. The majority are three-year-olds with a sprink ling of younger sorts. According to the drovers there are three more big mobs totalling 150 Q. steers due to come through in the course of the next month v The improved outlook for store stock in the Waikato is the reason for this movement.