LOCAL & GENERAL.

Western Star, 9 April 1920, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL.

The annual ram fair under the auspices of the Wallace A. and 1 . P. Association will be held at Otautaui on Thursday, 22nd hist. The National Mortgage and Agency Co. hold a clearing sale at Mr T. Clifford’s, Wairio, on Monday.

After the next sale at Wallacetown it is intended to revert to the fortnightly sales, alternating with the Gore sale.

. Many persons on holiday are filling in their time rabbiting, and several good cheques have been madie. Brer Babbit has never had such a worrying time'.

Messrs J. R. Mills and Son will hold a clearing sale on behalf of Mr O. C. Officer. at Orawia on Tuesday next, 13th hist.

Several dairy factories expect to close down earlier than was anticipated owing to the rapid) decline in the supply of milk. Taken as a whole', the reason has not proved a good one for dairying'.

The annual meeting of the Riverton Beautifying: Society is to be called for next Tuesday evening. The New "Zealand Naval subsidy of one hundred 'thousand pounds is to be used' for the maintenance of the Cruiser Canterbury and a trainingsloop of three thousand tons, both of which have been promised to the Dominion.

Piaitea holds the New Zealand record for the export of cheese, the value of that sent away for eleven m(oaths ended November last being over one million and a-quarter. New Plymouth follows, with Auckland a good third. A conference df New South Wales dairymen decided, in view of the shortage of refrigerating space, to offer to the Imperial/Government the surplus of the States’ butter and cheese at the world’s parity.

Wellington Hospital Trust has increased- the : wages of sewing mauls from 28/G to 48/- per week.

The cocksfoot harvest is over in the Litt-13 River district, Canterbury. In'every case the yields have been disappointing. . The Imperial Government is sending out fifty partially disabled officers to learn farming in New Zealand. At the Sydney Royal Show a yearling Shorthorn bull, the second prizetaker, was sold for one thousand guineas. SmitlTficld. importers and distributors have urged the High Commissioner to secure a reduction in the controlled prices of New Zealand mutton. The Imperial deficit for the year was over three thousand millions, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer is looking round for new sources of taxation.

A railway porter has been arrested at Dunedin for stealing a set of hair brushes and a blouse from the luggage of passengers by- an early train to Oamaru.

Cabled from Panama;—At a ball given by the British Minister, the Prince of Wales asked for an introduction to Miss Carelyne Cranberry, a sales girl, and danced four dances with her.

Mr J- Field, of the Methodist Church, has received notice from the Secretary of Home Missions that he has been appointed to Methven, in the Canterbury district. Two hulls from -Knapdale, “Knapdale Justice” and “Knapdale Diamond Sail,” which were shipped) to Sydney, realised 140 and 40 guineas (respectively. The market Was depressed at time of sale.

A French commission, set up to ascertain the fate of the Czar, have reported that the Osar was alive in April, 1919, and they doubt the correctness of the report that he and his family were murderedi. The Home Rule Bill passed the House of Commons by a. majority of three to: one. The Bill proposes to create a Parliament for the South of Ireland existing iaiongside a Parliament for thei six counties of Ulster. Now that the motor car is frequently used to comlmdt crimes, it has been suggested that a car’s number should be painted on the body of the machine instead of on a plate, which can be easily removed and altered.

fatality of Good Friday, when 0. Millwood and A. Miller met their deaths at Pallia by drowning, recalls ■to mind a sad fatality which occurred at Easter thirteen years ago, when Chas Brown Geo. Saunders and “ Banjo” Jones left Riverton on Good Friday to go fishing to Escape Reef. The morning was very calm, but at midday a terrific storm arose, and their bodies and the launch were found on the Warmatuku beach on Easter Monday. , w The Education Department has distributed many thousands of cream tubes to ohildreni of Standard I and upwards, containing a preparation for cleansing the teeth. At one school a pupil sampled a tube by eating half the contents.

The. Wanganui Art Gallery bate secured from Paris “ The Gleaners/’ by Millet—the only example of the nujstcr yet acquired for the Dominion. Alfred Millwood 1 , who was drowned off Pallia' on Good Friday, ! was a well-known Orepnki bushinali—one of the best. Tie was also an expert apiairist, and contemplated launching out on bee-keeping on a large scale. Amongst'bis friendis and associates he was greatly liked and much esteemed. Mrs 0. De Clifford, of Riverton, was deceased’s sister-in-law. His relatives will have much sympathy in their sad bereavement.sA The question of clothes to he worn hy members of local bodies when, presented to H-R.H- the Prince of AVales was discussed by Captain Tulin Rhodes, A.D.C. to the GovernorGeneral, and the Nelson City Council. “Are we to wear bejl-toppers and frockcoats ? ” was the vexed! question which the councillors wished to have decided. Captain Rhodes stated that a. cabled inquiry had elicited the reply from the Prince that would be delighted to see the people in anything they chose to wear.

Ifc is stated that at the present time four bundired dwellings are in course oif erection in or near the city of Wellington. At the Queenstown regatta on Saturday last the Riverton youths crew —C. King (stroke), L. Gumming, C. Beer, and R. Mclntyre—annexed' the youth’s fours race. There were six entries.

About one thousand visitors spent their Easter holidays at Queenstown, whilst on Regatta day the steamer Eiarnslaw brought a similar number to spend the day, making, about two thousand strangers in the town. It is not generally known that horseflesh was used in England during the war. As a result of the shortage of meat many animals, including some splendid lions at the London zoo, had to be destroyed. Mr F. Stoop, cadet in the Magistrate’s Court, Riverton, for the past two years, has been promoted to 1 Invercargill. Mr Parker, of the Magistrate’s Court, Invercargill, has been temporarily appointed Clerk of the Court at Riverton.

A party of visitors from the Flowery Land (says the Levin Chronicle) have been spying out the land in the Ohau and "Levin districts during the past week with market gardens in view. It is satisfactory to relate that there has been no business doing. “ Dennis ” is evidently still paying the rent. An Arapaepae Extension farmer informed a Levin Chronicle reporter yesterday that hei had a return of £240 during the past year from five, breeding sows. “This more than pays the rent, rates and household expenses,'’ said the farmer, “ but it is all wanted these times with the high cost of living.”

" When a worker has to travel by train he shall be allowed first-class railway , fares, and if by steamer saloon fares shall be provided/ was a sub-clause in the Christchurch Amalgamated Society of Engineers’ claims presented to a Council of Conciliation in Christchurch this week. “ That is unreasonable,” said an employers assessor. “Well, the bosses travel firstclass,” was the retort, “and when their men are travelling for them on business what- is good enough for the bosses should be good enough for the men.”

Alice Maria Young, a young girl, who was arrested at Riverton by Constable Carroll for the theft on April 2, of one nightdress, two catoisoles, one pair of stockings, one singlet and one ball of wool, valued at £1 Bs,/the property of Ruth Johnstone, was remanded to Invercargill, and appeared before Messrs Ward audl Lonnie, J.’sP. The Senior-Sergt. said that the accused was an escapee from the Salvation Army Home in Christchurch, and had a bad record. She was sentenced to three months’ imprisonment with hard labour in Addington Reformatory. *

Says- Mr Clement Wragge in the Auckland Herald: The sun. is altogether in an abnormal condition. Tremendous upheavals are in progress in the atmosphere. There are fully 30 so-called “ spots,” covering an area Of 200,000 miles long, the largest being about 30,000 miles in, diameter. That the earth must respond in some way by the all-potent, wireless rays there is no, doubt, and readers should carefully scan the cablegrams with regard to storms, aurore, tidal waves, and scientific disturbances in other parts of the world. I cannot remlenibeir within the last 35' years, having seen the sun, so active, and this is significant, seeing, that the- solar minimum is due. It i's quite reasonable to suppose that these conditions form an aftermath of the recent planetary configuration. Have you seen’ the elaborate display of Ladies’ Millinery at the Progressive Stores'? The selection offered here is one of the best. All the newest and becoming styles are here in abundance, and at remarkably low prices. See our large Showroom display, and it we have not what you want we can make it for you. Exclusive models, all shapes and shades, value at 25/6, 29/6, 35/-'to 45/-. Beavers in black and colours, from! 55/-, 6aS 75/-. , Velours in black and colours, splendid values at 27/6, 35/-, 67/6. Matrons’, Black Toques, 32/6, 25/-, 47/6 Semi-trimmed in Felt and Straw, 14/6, 15/6, 16/6, 19/6 to 27/(3. Felt Shapes, all shades, 5/11, o/11, 12/6 to 19/6. Straw’ Shapes, 5/11, 9/11, 14/6 to 27/6. See great display of Feathers and Mounts at 1/-, 1/H> J / b - Also special values in exclusive and distinctively smart Blouse*, Cost-ulmes, Coats, Furs, and Jerseys. All alterations to Costumes and Coats of charge. Inspection invited at H. or J. SMITH, Ltd., Progressive Stores, Invercargill and Gore. —(Advt.)