LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 3740, 12 January 1907, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS

Mr J. Stevens, member for the district, is in Foxton to-day. It is probable that Mr Erankland will be a candidate for the next Mayoral election We acknowledge with thanks some luscious mammoth gooseberries, grown by Mr Kruse, of the Avenue.

Mr H. J. H. Blow, Undersecretary of the Public Works, in a conversation with our representative this morning stated that the main trunk line would be completed by the end cf next year. At present 3000 men are engaged on the works and if the weather continues favourable up to April the grp between the rail-heads north and south should only be thirty miles apart.

The heat was almost unbearable yesterday, registering no in the sun and 90 in the shade. Complaints have come in from all parts of the district by reason of the feed being dried up. The milk supply has been considerably diminished. It is one of the longest periods of drought experienced in the district for many years. Last night and this morning several showers fell which was greedily absorbed by the parched earth. There is every indication of more rain. A Woodville boy had a somewhat unpleaseut experience of camping out last week. He suddenly developed most dreadful earache, being nearly driven mad, and on returning to his home his mother had to take prompt measures to relieve him. Hot oil was poured in the ear, and then it was probed to see if there was any obstruction. The surprise of both the mother and the boy can be ■imagined when a live worm was taken out of the ear. The boy thought he had got water in his ear while bathing.—Examiner. Seventy babies in one house should be sufficient to satisfy the average paterfamilias. There was one house in Christchurch the other day that contained seventy infants of all degrees, dark and fair, thick and thin. They belonged to various sets of parents, and were left in the creche at the Exhibition . while the mothers did the round of the fair. According to a report in the “Lyttelton Times,” the babies resembled a flock of poultry, in a way. When one cried, the others constituted themselves a chorus, and made a pretty uproar. The attendants, however, found _ a remedy. When one of the child ren began to exercise its lungs, it was removed to a] side-room, and the others, deprived of the leader of the orchestra, soon relasped into silence.

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