LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Waipa Post, Volume VI, Issue 264, 14 November 1913, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The death occurred on Tuesday of Mr David Crewe, Mayor of Pahiatua, in his sixtieth year. Messrs Oliphant and Oliphant, barristers and solicitors, notify in another column that they have removed their offices from Alexandra Street to premises situated beside the Te Awamutu Hotel.

it is stated that the new Arbitration Union of Waterside Workers in Wellington is steadily gaining strength, and sufficient labourers are available every day to work the boats which are brought to the wharves.

The watcrside'rs' strike has caused delay in the erection of the Kawa bridge, the VVaitomo County Council being unable to proceed with the work owing to material not coming to hand. The piles for the bridge are aboard the s.s. Koromiko, now lying in the stream at Auckland, and the work will be held up until such time as thev come to hand. Flounders were selling in Picton last week atlxl a bundle. The catches of Sounds fishermen are being refused by the steamers for the Wellington market, and local residents are reaping the advantage. The supply, however, much exceeds the demand, and the fishermen are withdrawing their nets until the-Wellington trouble is settled.

Owing to the prevailing industrial unrest it has been decided to postpone the Irish concert.

The Town Band will give an open-air entertainment in Alexandra Street to-morrow evening at 8 o'clock.

On Wednesday evening Mr W. J. Bickerstaff addressed the Te Awamutu Boy Scouts on methods of fire fighting. There was a good muster of scouts. The strike has far-reaching effects. At Blenheim the other day the sweet stalls in connection with a bazaar had to be abandoned owing to the shortage of sugar, no supplies having been received since the commencement ot the strike.

Replying to a question addressed to him in the House by Mr J. A. Young, M.P., that adequate accommodationbe provided for juries and the Crown prosecutor at the sittings of the Supreme Court held at Hamilton, the Minister for Justice states that a report has been called for, and when this is received the matter will be duly considered. The Te Awamutu Boy Scouts will go into camp at Thornecombe to-morrow afternoon. The boys assemble at St. John's Church at 2.30 p.m. to-morrow, and will march to the camping ground kindly placed at the disposal of the troop by Mrs A. V. McDonald. Mr O. Price Owen, the newly-ap-pointed scout master, will be in charge. There will be a church parade on Sunday morning. A meeting of the committee formed to tender a public farewell to Mr D. Norden was held yesterday. Correspondence from Mr Norden, showing that his business engagements made it a matter of impossibility for him to return to Te Awamutu at a reasonably early date, was received, in view of which it was decided to abandon the proposal to hold a public farewell. Accordingly all those who have purchased tickets are notified that moneys will be refunded. It was further resolved that the illuminated address be forwarded to Mr Norden, and that subscription lists to defray the cost of the presentation be opened. A petition has been presented to the House of Representatives by Mr W. H. D. Bell, on behalf of Florence McArthur, widow of the late Dr McArthur, S.M., praying for a compassionate allowance. The petition states that the late Dr McArthur was appointed a magistrate in IQOO, since when he gave his best services in the administratien of his duties. A trip to England in 1910 to obtain medical advice involved him in heavy expenditure, and owing to Mrs McArthur's continual bad health, he was unable to make sufficient provision for her future maintenance. She is now of such an age that she is unable to work to supplement her means.

As a result of a request made by the Te Awamutu Chamber ot Commerce to the Auckland Acclimatization'Society that local streams be stocked, nine cans of yearling trout reached Te Awamutu yesterday afternoon. At the request of the president, Mr i\.ndrew Kay took delivery of the 'consignment and has liberated the trout in the Puniu, Mangatutu and Owairaka streams. This entailed a good deal of work and loss of time to Mr Kay, who spent the whole of the afternoon in landing the cans at various spots along the banks of the streams, and it was not until the night was well advanced that the duties which he had willingly undertaken were concluded. In an interview this morning with Dr Reekie, who obtained 24 hours' leave from service as a " special," we learnt that everything is progressing satisfactorily at Auckland. " All the men are well and happy, and so far no one has received any broken heads," said the doctor. Asked as to how long the trouble may be expected to last, he replied it may last for another three weeks. The men arc constantly cheered as they proceed to and from their duty. Owingto urgent professional duties Dr Reekie was obliged to obtain leave, but will return to town to-day. Everything (says the doctor) is quieting down, and it is oniy a matter of time before business will resume its normal state. It is necessary, however, that the special force be kept in Auckland in case of emergency.