LOCAL & GENERAL

Western Star, 27 May 1932, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL

The Government lias decided not to declare an open season for the trapping of opossums this year.

Attention i s drawn to page four, where the Single Profit Stores advertise a special offer for one week.

Mr Moore, of Bushy Park, Wanganui has given 10 acres of 'and for immediate settlement under the Government’* Swyvll Farm Plan.

The Railways Department advertise in thi s issue regarding reduced fares in connection with “Come to Dunedin Week,” and Dunedin Winter Show and Races.

Owing to the boisterous weather of the past few weeks local fishermen have been unable to put to sea, and consequently there is a dearth of fresh fish.

The new tug Awarua, ordered by the Bluff Harbour Board, will be launched on June 2nd and will undergo trials before sailing for New Zealand.

The draining of the Taunmamoe Creek has been authorised by the local bodies concerned and work will be commenced shortly.

Owing to the boisterous weather of the past week the supply of milk to the various dairy factories has shown a decrease.

The Postmaster General (Hon A. Hamilton) has decided to revert to the penny postage. This will come into force on June Ist.

Messrs E. W. Mills and Co. Ltd., apd Briscoe and Co. Ltd., of Wellington, two well-known hardware firms have amalgamated.

A s the result of the heavy rainfall, a large number of faults have occurred in the telephone wires in the northern end of Wallace.

Flags were flown on the pest-offices throughout the Dominion on Thursday in honour of Queen Mary’s birthday. Her majesty was horn on May 26th, 1867.

As the result of an appeal by Mrs Patrick over thirty blankets and quilts have been collected for _ distribution among deserving cases in tlie Borough.

The autumn has been an exceptionally mild one, and man v fruit trees are now bearing blooms. In one garden in South Riverton a second crop of pears are forming on one tree- (

Admiral von Hipper, commander of the Scarborough raid in 1914, and of tlie cruiser squadrons at Doggerbank and Jutland, died at Altona on Wednesday.

As the result of the Public Works Department reducing the pay for labourers local bodies throughout the Dominion have found it necessary to reduce tlie rate of pay accordingly.

Owing t 0 the inclement weather on Wednesday the Tug-of-war in aid of the Unemployment Fund was postponed. and will now be held on Wednesday. June Bth, at 7.30 p.m,, when 14 teams will compete.

The Anglican Social Club held a very successful evening in More’s Hall on Thursday when there was a large attendance. Various games and competitions were indulged in and a very enjoyable evening was spent.

The total number of radio licenses issued in the Dominion to April 30 was as follows: —Receiving , licenses 61,795 dealers 786, transmitting 721; —total. 63,224. The total licenses, which expired at March 31. were 74,741.

The new ferry steamer Rangitara encountered heavy weather from Wellington on Wednesday night, arriving at Lyttelton two liour s late, and failing to connect with yesterday’s through express from Christchurch to Invercargill.

At the statutory meeting of the ■Wallace County Council on ’Wednesday Cr McGregor, the newly elected chairman, congratulated the retiring chairman, Cr W. B. Hopcroft, for the manner in which he had conducted tlie business of the Council for the past year.

When Mrs C. H. Symons, of Foxton, answered to her name at the roll call at th© opening of the ’Wellington Diocesan Synod on Tuesday, Bishop Sprott. welcoming her, said she was the first woman to sit oil any of their synods, and lie predicted that the presence of Mrs Symon s oil the synod signified that very soon New Zealand women would be sitting in Parliament.

Weapons such as those occasionally used in the United Setates and on the Continent to discharge tear ga s , or overpowering fumes are declared illegal in New Zealand by a proclamation in the Gazette. Gas pistols or any device for discharging stupefying gas will now lie covered by tlie Arms Act, 1920, and their possession by a civilian will be. a s illegal as the carrying of an automatic pistol.

A good deal of prospecting for gold is being carried out in the Longwood ranges. Some fifty years ago Mi’ ElWard was fortunate in unearthing a nugget of gold valued at £3OO in the vicinity of the Arethusa..A good reef is known to exist in this vicinity, but s 0 far only leaders have been discovered. Old miners consider that the main reef when discovered will yield a handsome return.

Interesting comments on the English climate are made in a letter to an Opotiki resident from Bishop Sedgwick, who was formely Bishop of Waiapu. and lived in Napier, and is now living at Detling, England. In the course of his letter Bishop Sedgwick says: “We are Quite settled down in our English village. It was a little difficult at first adapting'ourselves to English life and ways, after nearly 30 years in New Zealand, but w© have managed, I think, pretty well, except as to the climate. One does so miss the .sunshine .of New Zealand. I think I miss it more and more as time goes on. Cloudy and dull, wet days are very monotonous. But the peoole here are used to it, and they don’t feel the cold as we do.”

Still more lines. to be offered tin’s week in our Settlement Sale:—Extra Heavy Pure Irish Linen Sheeting 80 inch, usually 10s 6d now 6s lid a yard. Findlay’s Reinforced Sheetings in 80 inch was 4s 3d a vd, now 2s lid. Horrock’s Heavy "White Twill Sheeting, 72 inch, was 3s 9d a yd, for 2s 6d. Dorma Sheeting,- Heavy Double be(d was 2s lid, now Is lid a yard:; single bed in same quality at 1? 6d a yard. Horrock’s Plain Piilow Slips at 9d each, usually 1 9 3d. Horrock’s H.S. Pillowslips for Is 6d each.—We have heavy stocks of Pillowslip Linen in 38 x 40 -inch width in IJorroek’s super quality, usually Is lid, now Is Od. Other qualities Is and l s 3d a yard to clear. Circular Pillow Linen to clear at Is 3d a yard. Two patterns in Irish Linen Damask 72in wide, double warp satin finish, usually 10s 6d a yard, to clear at 6s lid.

/ ROBERTSON'S SETTLEMENT SALE.

Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure, For Coughs and never fails,

Not only have greenstone adzes teen found on the Canterbury College property, Christchurch, but- evidences of feasts that have been held there. Bones and remains of fires have been uncovered by tlie relief workers who are levelling the land. An old resident told a reporter that, before white, men came to Canterbury, the Maoris frequently moved from the Tualiiwi Pa to that at Itapaki, and they would camp wherever there was fresh water. Eels were plentiful in Dudley’s Creek, and these were caught and cooked on the’'sandy hillocks nearby.

While the authorities look with disfavour ou gambling in relief workers’ camps, human nature is said to assert itself occasionally within the modest means of camp dwellers. One man had a run of luck in a poker game (says the Auckland Star). Some of the men played every night, and for a week lie won consistently, being the richer at the end of _ the week by about £2. The man pinned his faith and his money to a horse, with instructions to double up on another. Both horses won. The man went to collect his money. He lias not been hack to the camp since.