LOCAL AND GENERAL

Waikato Independent, Volume XXII, Issue 2576, 25 July 1922, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The Cambridge Library regularly two new books pfery week direct from London (publishers, thus keeping in touch withMJie. latest- literature.

The attendance at the Rugby football matches at Victoria Square on Saturday was a record fur Uie present season. The sum of £2S was taken at. the gates.

The one opossum skin sale of the year took place at Dunedin last Friday, the entries totalling 1(5,000. Practically all were cleared, the prices ranging up to 27/11 per skin. “Top blues” showed an advance of about 100 per cent.

A tender for the building of the Bridge of Remembrance over the river Avon at Cashel Street has been accepted by the Christchurch City Council at a price, of £1(5,078, of which the Council will contribute £7909. The bridge will bo constructed in Tasmanian stone.

A total of 253 immigrants was brought to the Dominion by the Ruapehu, which berthed at Wellington on Sunday afternoon, comprising 4(5 men, 125 women, and 82 children. The women included 31 domestic servants under the.charge of Mrs Richards. Ship officials speak in terms of high praise of the newcomers. All landed as they travelled, healthy and well.

On Saturday evening another social gathering, under the auspices of St. Paul’s Methodist Bible Class, was held in the schoolroom, when there was a good attendance of young people. The programme consisted of enjoyable games, musical and elocutionary items,

and supper. The arrangements were in the hands of the Young Women’s Class. 1

Mr Geo. Dickinson, who was responsible for the introduction of public community singing in Cambridge, ha 3 conceived the happy idea of holding a public “sing” for the local school children, in the open air. at the fountain, one of these afternoons. Arrangements are now practically complete for such a gathering, which will doubtless be keenly appreciated by the children. Recently we published an appeal by the Meat Producers’ Association for the people to eat more beef. A “Farmer” writes: “I recently sold my fat bullocks to a butcher in a neighbouring township for £5 7/(5. At the then current rate of beef the 1 gross proceeds per head would be £l7. Is it any use trying to induce people to buy beef at those prices instead of mutton? Where is the absurd tribunal which devoted its talents to reducing the price of alarm clocks and face powder?”

The Manawatu Daily Times reports that the freight on benzine from Wellington to Palmerston North, by train, is at the rate of £4 15/3 per ton, which works out, at 3/5 h per case. The freight between the same towns, by motor lorry, is only 2/(5 per case. It is no wonder that the railways are not paying when these exorbitant charges are being made. A CHALLENGE TO THE LIQUOR TRAFFIC. The liquor traffic in its official organ “Continuance/’ dated July Ist, says: “The Licensed Trade yields £2,500,000 annually'to the Treasury.” We say, prove it. Also whose pockets do they take it out of first?—(Advt.). At the first-signs of the “Flu” use Nazol very freely

'As an indication of an early spring, same fruit trees in portion of the Hutt Valley, Wellington, arc showing signs of coming into bloom.

In a basketball match on Saturday, the Cambridge District High School girls defeated the Leamington school by 5 points to 4.

The Otago Education Board has entered an emphatic protest against the Department’s new regulations prohibiting inspectors from supplying to boards copies of reports on the work of individual teachers.

As indicative of the cold conditions prevailing, skating has already been freely indulged in in the bays of Lake Tekapo —never previously known to have been possible in the history of the lake (states the Timaru Post).

A plebiscite taken by the Auckland city librarian revealed that Dickens is the most popular author amongst those voting, and “David Copperfield” the favourite among the classics.

The Public Trustee has written to the To Awamutu Power Board, agreeing to advance the sum of £SOOO, as an instalment on the £25,000 loan, for financing consumers’ installations, and £12,000 being the 10 per cent on the original £120,000 loan. Mr A. L. Stevenson, who has been general manager of the Waikato Shipping Co., Ltd., for the past six years, and who resigned that .position early in June last, left Hamilton on Friday. Mr Stevenson is going into business on his own account in Auckland.

Yet- another serious accident, as a result of carelessness in the handling of detonators, is reported from Nelson. While playing with a detonator, which she had obtained by some unfortunate chance, the eleven-ycar-old daughter of Mr J. Mason, of Puramahoi (Nelson), the detonator exploded and practically blew off one of the child’s hands.

Referring to the possibilities of wireless telephonic communication in the course of an address to the Palmerston North Chamber of Commerce, Mr J. Cummings, District Telegraph Engineer, stated that recently lie sat in his home at Khandallah and listened to a vocalist performing in the Melbourne Town Hall. The voice was, he added, as clear as a bell, and free from any metallic sound.

An illustration of the farmer’s worries was given by Mr 'E. Dixon (Patea) in the House on Thursday. “A Hawera farmer” said he, “sent some cow beef to the English market. It realised 4d per lb —£178 8/(5. This was swallowed in freights and charges totalling £lO2 11/. The farmer had to pay £2B for the privilage of sending his beef Horne. That’s a very fine business to be in.” . The local Methodist Harriers’ Club started their run on Saturday last, /from Mr Cart mill’s residence, Hautapu, covering a distance of about fifteen miles. On their return from the run, the members were supplied with refreshments by Mrs Cart-mill, and wish to express their hearty appreciation of her kindness. Next Saturday’s run lias been postponed on account of the Bible Class playing a football match at To Awamutu.

Speaking in the House of Representatives, Mr F. F. Hockly (Rotorua) commended the action of the Government in securing a share 'of the Nauru Island and Queen Island phosphate deposits. New Zealand would benefit enormously if raw, ground phosphate were made available at a low price, but legislative provision was required to ensure that the phosphate was ground to the proper degree of fineness. Some of the phosphate already sold was too coarse, and did not give the farmers the results that they were entitled to expect.

During a private card party at South Dunedin one evening last week, one of a quartette playing eribbage had the unusual luck of holding the highest hand possible at the game—29—namely three s’s and a knave, with the fourth 5 in the pack turning up when the cut was made, this corresponding with the knave in his hand. Such a hand is probably not held once in 50 years. A hand of 24 at eribbage is not uncommon, and 28 is recorded at rare intervals, but the possible 29 is more tliau a thousand to one chance.

From trees to newspapers in less than four hours is the record recently set in Germany, according to the Papierfubrikant, the leading German paper makers’ organ. Trees felled in the morning were put through the process of news printing paper making and the finished product was delivered to a newspaper plant in time to be putt of the midday editions. The exact time taken in the process was three hours, twenty-five minutes. The trees were felled at 7.35 a.m., pulped and turned into paper by 9.30, rushed in a motor truck two and one-half miles to the printing office and at .11 o’clock newspaper boys were crying the local sheet on the streets.

For Bronchial Coughs, take Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure. Thousands know its value. 6 A splendid remedy for Bronchitis—and Influenza is Nnzol-—try it! 2.

There was a white, frost in many

parts of Auckland city yesterday morn ing.

It is reported that the Mangatoki Dairy Go. have sold their output of butter up to the end of September for 1/91 per lb. A Christchurch telegram indicates that there is a likelihood of the price of bread being reduced. Flour has been reduced in price by £1 per ton, and retail grocers in Christchurch are selling at 19/6 per 1001 b. bag.

Unusual activity has been apparent at White Island during the past few days, and some grand displays were witnessed on .Sunday last, column after column rising to great heights. A poll of ratepayers will take place in Auckland to-morrow on the proposal to raise £IO,OOO for the purpose of establishing a zoological gardens and public recreation ground.

Sunday last was the eighth anniversary of the presentation to Serbia of the Austrian ultimatum, which, following on the assassination of the Archduke Francis Ferdinand, heir to the Austrian throne, led to the outbreak of the Into war. .. j i■ v . ■j a*‘ l tffc*

Taupiri, the adjacent township to Ngaruawahia, has been selected as the site for a new butter factory, the Standard Dairy Co. having decided to operate from that centre. Construction work is now in full swing, and it is expected that the new factory, driven by Horahora electricity, will be running early this season.

Members of the local Y.M.C.A. are to be entertained at tea at the Triangle tea-rooms on Thursday at 5.30 p.m., when every member is urged to attend. This gathering is being held with the object of getting the youths interested in re-organisation of the local Association. Provision is being made for an attendance of fifty at the tea, and it is hoped there will not be a vacant seat.

Clipping from the Waipa Post:—“l have been round the country a good deal of late,” said Mr Daniell at a meeting of the Te Awamutu Electric Power Board, 1 ‘ and I have seen no evidence of go-slow among our men. Despite the bad weather they have plugged away and done good work; they have done very well indeed.” It is very evident that better work is being done now by all classes of workmen than was the case a year or two

The spirit of youth still persists in a New York City employee, who has just lost his job because he had arrived at the ago of compulsory retirement “They needn’t think they can keep me from working with their old retirement laws,” said the veteran, as reported in a daily paper. “I’ll get me a job and do something. I’m only 84, and I’ll live a good many years yet. I never felt better, and I don’t need any vacation or any rest. Monday morning I’m going out to look for a job, and I’ll bet I’ll find one.”

Upon a certain occasion a Christchurch newspaper described Dr H. T. J. Thacker as an elephant on a tightrope. The Prime Minister recalled the description in the midst of a tirade by Dr Thacker against the Press. “The Prime Minister,” said the member, “is ( quoting from the Christchurch Sun. I am very proud of being an elephant. It is a wise and sagacious animal, and does a lot of good work. It lives in the land of the tse-tse flies on the banks of the Zambesi. Those flies never narcotise or chloroform the elephant —neither will the Christchurch Sun narcotise nor chloroform me!”

A narrow escape from a serious accident occurred on Hamilton Hoad, Cambridge, on Sunday last. A local resident was driving, in a gig, along Bryce Street, and when reaching Hamilton Road, he was/met by a motor, travelling at a rapid rate. Before the driver of the horsf: had time to get out of the way,\tho motor dashed by, striking the hortjp on the chest as it flew along. The fy/rse was not soriously injured, and the driver managed to keep control of it, but it was an exceedingly narrow escape. The driver of the motor did not even pull up to see if any damage had been done.

Rugby football is generally considered a young man’s game, and many are considered too old for football at about 35 years of age. There is still playing in the Ilorowhenua district an Otaki Maori, named Utiku Hapeta, who has been playing ever since he was a small boy. He still plays an excellent game in senior football—better than many of the young ones. Questioned recently as to his ability to play, Utilcu remarked that he thought lie was good for another ten years yet. It is worthy of note that Utiku was a grandfather many years ago. One of his sons has played senior football for the past ten or twelve years.

The severest cold on the chest is overcome by the proper use of ■ Nazol.—9.

For Children’s Hacking Cough, Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure. That nasty cough with'thick-mucous can be cured by Nazol. —6.