MANAWATU

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 306, 22 September 1919, Page 8

MANAWATU

The recent flood in the Manawatu River broke the recently-erected stophjnk nenr the Shannon bridge, about two chains being washed away. The rush of water over the road scoured holes in the metal, but these are now receiving attention from the county roadman. The road ridit to Shannon-is now clear'of water, but the lower-lying 1 portions of some of 'the farm land near the bridge are still flooded, and a fair amount of silt has been left. 'The Whirokino Road is now under water , for some distance, but it is not deep enough to stop traffic. ' ,

The Ashlnirst. Co-operative Dairy Company has received word that the whole of its last season's cheese lias been shipped. and the first consignment of this season's make has nlso left, the Dominion. , Miss Grice lias succeeded Mr. Vcitch 011 the teaching stall' of the Ashhurst School. . It is understood that- Mr. G. A. Monk will not be a candidate for the JDtnki seat at the coming general election. A branch of the Now Zealand J,abour Partv has been formed at' Olaki, .with llr. F. J. H-y'der as chairman, Mr. A. ltiulkin as secretary, and Messrs. Knight, Wells. Vau'ghan, Webby, Bramlcy, and Maekie .as an 'executive. The following have been clccted officers of the Levin Itiflo Club:—Patron, Mr. D. W. Jfatheson; president, Mr. P. Jones; vice-president, Mr. G. P. Coltey; secretary. Mr. W. Ingram. The 'season will Ijo opened on October 18. Mr. Amos M'lvegg, son of Mi', and Mrs. M'JCegg, of Shannon, has been successful' in passing in two subjects in his professional dentistry examination. At,, an extraordinary general meeting of the returned soldiers of Shannon held during the week it was decided to acquire a lease of the old billiard room .for a club room.. A finance committee of four was set up to control funds and see into tho matter of procuring a billiard table. The purchase of,a piano was left to the' Finance Committee with power to act. , An accident which occurred at Longburn a few days ago might liavo resulted seriouslv but for the plucky action of a small boy named Zureher. This lad and his sister, aged twelve years nnd seven years, respectively, ivere passing along the rond when the little • girl was thrown to the ground by a stray cow that had been allowed to escape from a 1110b being driven along the road.. The little mite was stunned, and two front teeth, were knocked out. The brothel" then rushed in with a stock whip, and managed to divert the cow's attention from the little girl. The beast and her calf continued their career, along the road. The cow then charged two girls 011 a bicycle, who liiannged to get through a gate. So close was the cow that there was not sufficient time to close tho gate. The animal trod-on the bicycle and brushed the arm of the girl, who finally hid in the hedge. The cow jtlien look charge of the house, ,lawn, and llower and vegetable gardens with disastrous results. , At the quarterly summoned meeting ol the Orient Lodge. 1.0.0. F., at Palmerston. P.O. Bro. Buck was appointed a delegates to confer with delegates from other friendly societies regarding tho hospital scheme for lodge members. . At rtTneeting of the Board of Education this week plans for the proposed school building at Campbell Street were approved. Messrs. F. Pirani and A. Fraser were appointed to visit Ashhurst and report 011 a new site for the school. The Marlon School' Committee forwarded .£IOO towards the erection of an additional class room." Permission was granted for the Marton School to bo

used lo billet Boy Scouts duuing (lie Christmas holidays. All 1 . Dtvey was temporarily promoted fust assistant teacher nt Feilding District High School until the return of Captain \\\ if. M'Leun, and Air. Warner, a returned soldier, was appointed an additional for nexli month. The Kducation Department untitled that a grant of. had been made for the erection of latrines at Terrace Kud, but as tlie aicliitcct's estimate was oCaOt). it was decided to make application for the aildit'.onal money. It; was reported that tho purchase of a Fielding secondary school site had been completed. It was dccided that the proposed work at Hongotea School be held over, After being unsettled for 6ome time pa.st the weather is now assuming a spring-like Feed m now becom-ing-fairly plentiful and the stock is looking well. Lambing has buen very good and -fair percentages are reported. Ewes and lambs in fair demand at the sales, but hoggets, which were keenly sought after a few weeks ago, have eased off considerably. .There is a strong demand for dairy cows coming into profit, more especially for better classcs. Plonghjiig is proceeding vigorously, and it i.s evident that much more land will be broken up-in this district than has ever been tho case before.