MANAWATU NOTES

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 138, 6 March 1920, Page 8

MANAWATU NOTES

Mrs. P. Larcombe, of Palmerston North, has just returned from u fishing excursion at Lake Taupo in which sho > is said to have made a record tor a day & catcil in those waters. She landed trout, including one which turned the scale at occasion of his retirement from the Police Force, after 30 years service, Constable Lipscombo was presented with a walking-stink by his comrades nt Palmerston North. ,„ , . Tlio death took nlaco on Tuesday of Sir. Christian F. Hanneki, a very old resident of Palmcrston North, at the age of 8S years. Mr. llanneki in the early days was a well-known nurseryman in the Marion district. At the meeting of the lhlmerston North Borough Council on Tuesday u'.ght attention was drawn to the paucity of the attendance. and a suggestion was made that the number of councillors should be increased from 9 to 12 in tho liopo that this would increase the attendance. In reply to a request for moro police in Palmerston North, tho Commissioner of Police wrote to the Borough Council pointing out the difficulty of getting liousea for married men, and stating .that ho was sending a single constable to strengthen the force. He hoped to send one or two .mow shortly. But little use is being made of the Returned Soldiers' Club at Dannovirko, the building for which cost about X-1000. T'hero is a suggestion that it should be closed owing to the small measure of support accorded it. Arrangements aro being made to liavo the telephone office nt Norsewood kept open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. This should prove a lioon to settlers in that district. Dannovirko has decided to retain Wednesday as its weekly half-holiday. There was a very small attendance at tho meeting of the Farmers' Union at Pahiatua to consider tho resolution passed at tho meeting at Foilding urging tho Government to send a commission Homo to inquire into tho meat question. One member pointed out that the storage of the Imperial Government's meat was paying tho froozing companies so well that the.v were in no hurry to get rid of it. Tho Manawatu Centre's champion of champions rinks competition took place on tho Terrace End green on Wednesday. Tho green was in excellent order and. rather fast, but the bowling was much below tho average. The final result was that tho Manawatu Club secured tho championship with a rink composod of Jones, Fastief, Brackenridge, and Laurenson (skip), who played the final against Woodvillo, defeating them by 22 to 4. In the first round, Terrace End beat Paliiatim by 21 to 18. Manawatu beat Fox ton by 23 to 12, Feilding beat Pah morston North by 20 to 1(5. and Woodvine 'beat Shannon by 23 to 16. In the wicond round, Woodvillo beat Terrace End by 17 to 15, and Manawtltu bent Feilding l\v 23 to, 20. The country nlong tho line to Ilmiterville has n'ovor looked better than it does now. The amount of rain that has fallen has been eminently favourable to the down lands, and the greenness of tlnJ grass is most striking. The oat harvest is practically finished, and a start has already been made with cutting wheat, and from what can bo gathered the yields of\)th will be satisfactory. A good supply of winter feed is assured, while the crops of rape and turnips are looking extremely woll,