COUNTRY NEWS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 162, 3 April 1919, Page 8

COUNTRY NEWS

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MANAWATU

■Uα moetine of tho District Nursing in- M'Lean, reported having paid M visits to 23 paMenfcs during he mon h. The iCket nurse hud 3G.pahents under Jh G Seifert, who has for many wan controlled tho Tokomaru 3? axdroisin" Company, Ltd., has disposed o "tests in the flaaniUing industry to M("=srs. jraliin and Hume, and ininaru Swamp, ho.was amongst the first "J pursue a progrtsivo policy of dealing the country of toi-toi and other Tilants that interfered with its flax-earn* in capacty. , Mr. Scifert has been keenbem issVl by the Palmeretem . No>;th I Borough Council for ™V b ?, iw, a mine of .E3122, and additions, a'Jso. . Ifa C Watte, o£ Balmeretoß, has receivS word-that her brother, Private I StoArt, on old Woodnl e M » Returning to New Zea and from 1-gJ'pt By he Kaikoura, due about April 1/. At a meet ng of Court xA anawatu AM at Mmerston North tins week „„ i llv itation was accepted trom me Con't Loyal, Peildiug, to be present at ?^^tobehelda^«l<hn g nn Wednesday, April IG. r.C.lt.- Xiio. .i. BBoMuoiki was elected to fill a. vacancy on the Friendly Societies' . Disponsary Board. The secretary presented the annual balance-sheet, and the state of ttafumb was..- favourably commented upon The expenditure lor the past had been unduly heavy, owing to fhe epidemic, and despite the Ji.eay.ealU the funds had. increased to ithe extent o mi 10s. The sick and funeral fund HI -stood at which was very creditable. The' committee sot up reported that the socials would commence nt an early date. A progress report was reeved from the Peace Celebrations ■Committee in which- connection arrangements are well in hand for tho production of a tableau by the lodge. A statement by the Mayor at the meetiii" of .the Palmerston Nona Borough Council this week that the own had plenty of vrater was contested by Councillor C. P. Spooner. He pointed out that every January, wi h the exception of this year, it had been. necessary to' insert an advertisement in the papers requesting the townspeople not to waste the water. If that was the position now, what would it bo a year o so hence when Palmerston North, had two or three thousand moro inhabitants < Ho was confident that there would be this increase in population, as the. soldiers were coming back and a considerable amount.of building was going on 'As a precautionary measure, the .council decided, on the motion of Councillor . I'.. H • Crabb, not to extend the , water service in future beyond the town

boundaries. . , ' ■U the last meeting of the Palmerslon North Borough Council it was decided to telegraph to the Paliiatim County Coinicil, as the controlling authority, asking when repairs .were going to be ellected to tho lower bridge in tho Manawatu Gorge. Tho Mayor stated that ho had been over the bridge «i few days ago, and hnd found it absolutely dangerous. The annual report and balance-sheet of the Oroua Lodge of Druids, which was presented at-a meeting of the order this week, sliowedthnt-lhe lodge was in a good -financial positpn. The total worth of fiimls now stood at over .£6IOO, jho interest'earned on money invested more than .paving the sick pay. During the evening "P.A. Bro. W. J. B. Jolly was installed as "district president. It was decided to lake part in the peace celebrations. Bros. Cooksley and Jolly were appointed as extra delegates to the friendly Societies' Council. The proposal of the Hastings Borough 'Council that General Sir Andrew KVssell should be recommended as the future Governor of New Zealand received short shrift at tho respective, meetings of the Tnlmerston North Borough Council and the.'Mantiwatu County Council on Tuesday. Both bodies merely received the communication, it being unanimously held that the matter was not within tho province of municipal politics. The Shannon Borough Council has decided to assume control o fthe local libMiss Bird, of the teaching staff of the Ashhurst School, has been transferred to Fordell, mid Miss Griffiths, of Wanganui, has been appointed in her stead. -The death hns occurred of Mr. Joseph Morris, of Pohangin.i Eoad, , Aslilnirst, The deceased wae aged G3 years and > was for many years resident in the Waira•rapa district. He is survived ]>y his wife. ■■■-•'

• At n meeting of Ashhurst residont presided over by Mr. A. P. M'Hardy, tli opinion was expressed that owing to tfo lack of.facilities it would be. practicall: impossible to hold local peace celcbra lions. It would, it was urged, be pro ferablo to join in the district celebratioi at Palmoreton North, especially if tin Central Committee could arrange mori suitable railway facilities. It was do cided to hold another meeting on Satinday to consider ways and means and t< select a committee: Mr. J. M. Nielsen, of the Palmerstoi staftf of the N.Z. Loan and Jlereantili Agency, Ltd., has been appointed to f position on the clerical staff of the Ha lvera Borough Council. . Troopers 1\ Purcell and W. Ki telling of Palmerston North, and Sergeant James Scheldt, of Uunnythorpe, and Trooper Harry Jcw.ell, of Rangiohi, an rettirninc to New Zealand by the trans. port Kaikoura,. which is due'in Wellington about April' 17. Tho question of the possibility, of mow cemetery accommodation being* required for Palinerston North wns' brought up at fee last-meeting of the Borough Council when' a letter was read from the Ministers! Association, drawing attention to" the fact that Iho present cemetery ivas filling up fast, the late epidemic having boon responsible for an abnormal 3einand for plots. v Something should, it was urged, be done'in , tho way of proriding cither an extension of tho present ground or in the acquirement of a 'lew site for a cemetery. Councillor D'Eeilly, chairman of the Cemetery 'jommittee, explained, that the council :iacl secured tho offer of: several proper;ks which would be suitable",■ and doubtess when funds were available no diffiiultv wo\ild be experienced in acquirn<! one. • At a'meeting of the Palmerston North trough Council this week two big pot;.ions were received from the Saturday Kalf-Holidav Association in favour of Saturday being adopted as the hnlf-holi-luv. Each petition was signed, by 1295 .•illnesses. Tho first, petition asked ;hat a poll be takun, as .provided in the Vet. to <lotermiue the • statutory closinj,' kv for shops within the borough. The tc'ond petition wont much further, aslciiu' the council to urge Parliament io mike the Saturday lialf-holidny compul■ory through New Zealand. So far as lie first request was concerned it was minted out that the petition having been lißiicod. by the requisite number of lersous on the borough roll, the mil would follow in duo course, i'omc discussion ensued with regard ; to he universal Saturday half-holiday, in he course of which it was pointed out liat tho presont method of one town ilosing on one day and the next town on : different «ay was dplrinicntal to busiieas interests -ind inconyeiiient to visi:ore a? well as local residents. A resoutioii was adopted approving of tho prolosal and referring it to the Municipal '°In°tho C Hantero (Otnld) Biflo Club's hird mutch of its Belt competition the lighest score was registered by Kiileman \ Host, with 30 points at tho £00 yards "tIo death has occurred- at Wcraroa, Lovin, of Mrs. Prcdenck William Col-

lier a well-known resident, who for many years resided at Hautero Cross and and at Grcytown. Sho leaves a husband and two sons and two daughters. . Mr H. Webby, a member of the Utalci Post Office stall', has received notice df his transfer to Mnstcrton. For the month of March, two births, Olio miirria«c, and ono death were recorded in Otaki, while for the- quarter there were nineteen births, eight marriages ' and ono death. The number ol marriages-constituted a record. \t the inquest held at Mmcrston yes-tr-nlny on tho death of Francis K W. Mabcy, .who was run over and killed by a ijooos train at Taonui crossing on March "2, a verdict of accidental death Vina returned, no blamo being attachaWp to anyone. The Coroner, Mr. h. Va«e i> M. remarked that the deceased had evidently attempted to cross the line before the train ami misjudged tho <lisAt ii meeting of tho Feilding Chamber of Commerce this week committees were appointed to report upon tho necessity for improved railway services in Fcildmg, and to inquire into the postal, telegraphic, and telephone arrangements of the town. . , ~ After some discussion relative to tno necessity of having improved haulage facilities, tho Manawatu County Council decided at its meeting this week to approach (Hie Govo.iin.ent, through the member for the district, asking it there was auv chance of procuring motor lorries on" behalf of local bodies on the cooperative principle,- tur nicfcil 'haulage. An invitation from tho l'Kice Celebrations Committee of Palinerston to take pure in the Palnicrstoii peace celebrations lias been unanimously declined by tue local Social Democratic Party for the following reasons: "That we (the W Democratic Party) do .not believe that thoso proposed peace celebrations are in reality what they pretend to be, but are on tho contrary,, merely the glorification or the victory of one group of capitalists over another. We believe that the peace of tho world can only be secured by tno ■.•works of ali countries uniting against tiie common enemies of mankind, the makers'of nil wars,-namely, the capitalist class." • ... During a discussion at a meeting of the Manawatu County Council this week, it was mentioned that a farm in the AmIniri district had recently changed hands at .£ll2 per acre, and one at Eongotea had realised .£79 per acre. As,much as f'is per acre was being paid in rent, it was stated, in the Eongotea district. Mr Chrystall has announced his decision ,not to seek re-election to the Mayoralty of Foxton.