LOCAL & GENERAL

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXI, Issue 19, 19 December 1930, Page 6

LOCAL & GENERAL

A uew railway by-law, making it illegal for unauthorised persons to solicit custom in railway carnages, was notified in the Gazette last evening.

Sixty-two men. all returned soldiers, employed on Invercargill city works, finished work last evening owing to a subsidy from the Unemplov ment Board not being forthcoming The Mayor states that three tele grams have been sent to the board but no reply has been received.

The pupils attending the secondary department of tho Waipukurau District High School held their annual “breaking-up” social last evening, musical items, recitations, competitions, and dancing forming nart of the programme. The function proved a prononficed success.

“If you feed a dog and suffer it to remain on your property you are in law deemed to bo the owner of it.” remarked Mr. F H. Levien. S.M.. in the Otahuhu Magistrate’s Court to a defendant in an action in which it was shown that the dog had de stroved 99 purebred chickens.

Consequent on a remark bv a incinher at tho Otago Hospital Board meeting last night, that a number of recently arrived Australians had visited relief depots in Dunedin, the board unanimously passed the following resolution : “That the Govern nient take immediate steps to prevent unemployed frqra Australia entering New Zealand.” It was resolved that a copy bo sent to the acting Prime Minister.

That bv the use of fertilisers he has been able in four years to double the dairying capacity of his property is the claim of a Stratford farmer At present he has more feed in his paddocks than he knows what to do with, and says that those who have used fertilisers are in a similar position. though those who have neglected to use fertilisers have felt the effect of the bard spring.

A number of “howlers” invariably accompany examinations. Papers marked in New Plymouth recently revealed the following: “Marco Polo was an explorer of the interior of the Tudors ” “Who was the Merrv Mon arch?”—“Old King Coal.” In answer to tho question. “Who was the leader of the Saracen armies during the Crusades?’’ one pupil, evidently with n recent manslaughter prosecution lingering in his mind, wrote “Sailman.’

Speaking at tl-.o annual meeting of the Canterbury Frozen Meat Company the chairman said“ Tallow, another of our primary products, has suffered very severely from the competition of vegetable oils, and more recently from the great quantity of whale oil being thrown on the market bv those operating in New Zealand waters or in waters controlled by New Zealand I feel sure that if the Government realised the effect this is having on tho vnlno of one of the principal products of tho country some attempt would ho urnde to oh tain a quid pro mm from tho foreign interests engaged in the whaling industry.”

The daylight limited express service between Wellington and Auckland will be put into operation again during the bummer months. The lirst daylight limited left thi» morning at 7.52 o’clock.

The selection of tlio Betty as Wellington’e challenger for tne Sanden Cup at Dunedin in February was announced last evening. A Johnson will bo skipper. Prior to her purchase by her local owner the Betty won tho cup three times tor Canterbury.— Press Association.

Sixteen blocks of land, from North Auckland to Southland with a total area of 61,000 acres, are at present under development or are being prepared for that purpose, according to a comprehensive review of its land development activities covering the past two years issued by the Government yesterday.

Latest reports from the fishing districts indicate that good catches of well conditioned fish continue to be made. Lakes Taupo, Rotorua, Rotoiti, Waikareiti, Berewhakaitu, Waikaremoana and the differnt rivers connected with the lakes have all provided good sport for New Zealand anglers and those from overseas.

Unless bad weather interferes with the attempt, Miss Mercedes Gleitze, the famous long-distance swimmer, will set out on her Cook Strait swim on February 9 next. If the weather is bad tlic swim will bo postponed until February 25. The swimmer is waiting until the sea is at iu warmest.

Leslie Draper was arrested on a charge of false pretences in Wanganui yesterday and charged with issuing a valueless cheque to Edgar Meredith, New Plymouth. Ho was remanded until December 20 at New Plymouth, where he will be charged with the offence, and also with about 20 similar charges allegedly committed throughout tho North Island.

The Pahiatua County Council resolved that all wages, salaries, also councillors' travelling expenses, be reduced 10 per cent., the matter to bo reviewed ill three mouths. It was also decided to dispense with the services ot uiirni employees who have other means oi support. A resolution was passed that the time had arrived for the Government to reduce all salaries and wages in ail departments, also that the Arbitration Court be alolished Press Association.

Early iu 1931 a Dominion-wide egglaymg competition, arranged for the benefit of New Zealand’s poultry breeders, is to. be inaugurated at Massey College. The competition will bo held al the college poultry department, and will be under the supervision of Mr Kissling. Teams for the competition will consist of six birds, conforming to the requirements of the Agricultural Departments utility poultry standard.

A procession of some thirty unemployed men assembled in Customhouse (juay, Wellington, yesterday morning and subsequently marched two abreast up Willis street and so through the city. The purpose of the demonstration was evidently to attract attention to the existing state of unemployment, and to distribute typewritten circulars, announcing an intention of advancing on Parliament Buildings on Tuesday next “to demand the immediate payment of sustenance.”

Au increase of one balf-penny an hour in wages has been granted by the Arbitration Court to two out of six classes of workmen covered by the Northern District Electrical Workers’ Award (states an Auckland Press As sociation. Tho rates for linesmen have been advanced from 2/2 to 2/21 an hour, and for linesmen’s assistants from -1/114 to 2/-. The term of the award is two years, from January 5, 1931, to a corresponding date in 1933.

“It is fur better to be a good blacksmith than a bad doctor—far better to be a good tradesman of any kind than a bad lawyer ’ ’ said Mr W. H. Bennett, chairman of the Wellington Technical College Board of Governors, speaking to pupils at the an nual breaking-up ceremony yesterday afternoon. “For that reason,” he continued, “1 say to you, try to get into the position you nre best suited for, and when you have found it put all your mind and body into it to make it a success.

The pupils of Hereworth School, Havelock North, left for their various homes this morning.

A dance will be held in the. Paki Paki Hall to-night. There will bo good music and supper provided, Owing to the Xmas and New Year holidays the next sale of the Stortford Lodge yards will take place on January 7.

Certain portions of the main streets in Hastings will be prohibited to all vehicular traffiv after 6.30 p.m. on Wednesday next (Xmas Eve). Seo advertisement for full details.

The annual gathering of the Onga Onga Sports Club will be held on January 1, 1931. Valuable prizes and trophies will be offered for athletic*events, chopping and sawing contests, and horse events. A dance will te held in the Onga Onga Town Hall in the evening. Entries for all athletic, chopping and sawing events close with the secretary on Tuesday, 23rd December, at 7 p.m. Entries for all horse events and post entry events close at the secretary’s office half an hour before the event.

The reconstructed cable-telephone system across to Marlborough Sounds was formally opened yesterday at Portage. Mr E. F. Henly, Member for Wairau, represented the Post-master-General. This improvement puts tho settlers in clear communication with all parts of the Dominion, and is expected to render the Sounds regions much more attractive from the tourist and holiday point of view and also gives the same facilities for communication to Sydney and London as the centres. —Press Association.

There is no doubt that if this country is to null through there must be united action. All classes must be prepared to recognise the difficulties of others, and to recollect that thev are all suffering, and that it is not tho privilege of one class to feel the pinch. If there is united action, if we pull together. I think we are going to get through our troubles very much more easily than if there is a fight amongst the sections. each section seeking to lay the burden on the other.—These views were expressed by the Hon. f. Shailer Weston at a social function held by the Wellington Harbour Board

A public company, with a capital of £50,000. Parenga (N.Z.) Tung Oil. Limited was registered in Auckland on Monday. The capital is divided into £1 shares, the initial subscribers being Mr H. R. Jenkins, 3500 shares: Sir Walter Stringer, Major-General Sir George Richardson and the Hon. E. W. Alison. M.L.C., 500 shares each: Mr. G. O. Munns, M.P., 200 shares : Mr. W. J. P. Hodgkins and Mr. B Noakes, 100 shares each. Mr Jenkins is chairman of the irovisionnl board of directors. The main object of the company is to acquire land fnr the cultivation of Tung oil trees and other trees. It will also carry on the business of fruitgrowers.

In the course of the Hastings High School “breaking-up” ceremonies last evening, the students opened the proceedings bv singing “Gandeamus igitur.” and after the presentation ot prizes the girls, under the baton of Miss M. A Steele. L.A.8.. sang “The Sea Kina” (Villiers Stanford), “Where the Bee Sucks” (Arne). “O, Wert thou in tho Cauld Blast” (Men. delssohn). “Bobbie Shaftoe’’ (Roy Thompson). “See, the Conquering Hero Comes” (Handel), and “Creation’s Hymn" (Beethoven). The clear, fresh voices of the pupils had an invigorating effect, whilst their expression and their attention to the baton showed excellent discipline. The school orchestra, under the conduct of Mrs W C. Whitlock, played “Gavotte from Overture in D” (Bach) and “Serenade” (Haydn), each of which was treated with i.n ease and a capability which established them with the audience from the start. Their bowing was excellent and they possessed a confident, but unassertive, presence, which M a "nnsidernhle asset on the concert platform.