Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 1919. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 1933, 30 January 1919, Page 2

Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 1919. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Till' lease of the Target Reserve, containing jip j>roxiimit<*l y 2 in ihmts 4 will lie sold hy |HI hi i<- and ion :U 2 |i,m. mi Monday, Mareh 3rd.

Mr \V. Runnier Inis taken up ;i farm properly in I lie Buy <d I ’lndy district, und leaves i’<>^t<■ 11 next week. .Mr Uimmer's many U’unti>:i friends will wl'di liiiii rmd ids family good lurk in Ids new venture.

Another German mine was exploded on the Manawalu heaeh. ;i few miles south <d.' I lit* Heads, yesicnliiy ;i I'!<mmi<m>ll. The explosion startled tlie re-idcnls id’ llie seaside, who were iirmw.ire liuit another mine had heen washed up in I lie h>ealdy. This makes the' third mine llial lias heen washed ashore on ihis eoasl. The explosion was disliucliv heard in Buxton.

While the Maori was on her passage from Wellington on Tuesday night, a lad named Jaek Russell Burn disappeared overboard. Burn, who was a pupil at St. Andrew's College, Christchurch, had been on a visit to Wellington, and was eonvaieseing' after a severe attack of influenza. lie was a foster soil of Mrs Burn, 281 Hereford Street. Mrs Burn had lost two sons at the war, one on Gallipoli and ono in Mesopotamia. The third and only surviving son died a couple of months ago during the influenza epidemic.

A meeting of the No. 3 District Board of Drni<L was held at Palmerston North on Tuesday night. Bru. F. D. Whibley represented the local Lodge, and other Lodges represented were: —Oroua, Horowhcnua, Olaki, Shannon, .Makino, Huahine and .Lind. Bro. C. S. Hush (Palmerston N.) was elected chairman. and Bro. Holiday (Feilding) secretary. The main business of the meeting was to consider the remits, and proposed amendments that are to come before the Grand Lodge meeting at Wanganui in March. These were considered at length, and the Board's delegates at the meeting given instructions how to vote on the main questions to be submitted. On the minor questions the delegates were given a free hand. Bro. C. S. Hush (Palmerston N.) and Ella (Tokomarn) were elected as the Board's delegates to 'attend, the Grand Lodge meeting.

Mr F. T. Redman, J.P., of Masierloii, is a visitor to the local seaside.

Rase Records advises that returning draft 2JO, s.s. Wiltshire, will arrive in Wellington at noon on 31st inst.

The marriage of Princess Patricia and Commander Alexander Ramsay will take place at Westminster Ahhey on February 28th. * Prohibition orders were issued against four local residents this wee!.'. .Messrs Fraser and Rimmer, J’s.P., were the presiding justices.

During the year 1918 the total number of persons who arrived in the Dominion was 11.!)()(!, and the departures numbered 11,(1(10. The excess of arrivals over departures was 240.

The Uangitikei Advocate stales that-Mr J. Cameron, of Marion, who inis been a well known figure in fbe racing world for the past forty years, has been appointed judge for the Rangitikei Racing Club’s animal race meeting on March 2(iili and 27th, vice Mr -I. H. Pern'll, who has definitely decided to retire from Ins official capacity as judge.

A wonderful storm cloud effect was witnessed from the seaside yesterday afternoon. High above (he ranees towards Shannon there wa.s a big grey -norm cloud, and beneath hung a pall of dense black cloud, and below this was an electrically charge'.! atmosphere. Suddenly a huge water spout formed, swayed, and broke. Out to sea the sun was shining, which added a marked contrast to the storm cloud.

.Mi - F. Lawton, who has hoi'ii tin' local Harbour Board’s pilot since the reconstitution of I lie Board, reiimpuslus the position from tomorrow. We understand that Mr Lawton has heen olTcred a vesponsihlo position on (In' s.s, Queen of the South. Mi' Lawton will continue to act ;is pilot until his successor takes over the combined duties of harhouraf'istcr and pilot.

Out of 'it applicants, Mr John .Murray was on Tuesday night appointed rector of the Palmerston North High School. Mi - Murray saw seventeen years on (he High Sellout staff a> an assistant, before he enlisted for overseas sendee, and al one lime acted as rector (luring the late Mr Vernon's absence in Fuglaud. Mr Murray is expected to be back ia New Zealand shortly.

A pleasant and interesting Hi lie interlude in the French Mission s (rip through the-\\ailakcrc ranges on Saturday occurred at Waiatarua, where an arch of nikau, terns, and [lowers had been creeled across (he road. A large parts' id.' visitors were assembled on Ihc bank al the roadside, and as Heimrai Fans car approached al the head ol the procession, there was a spontaneous outburst id' cheering and erics of welcome. The members of the party all left their cars, the general insisting upon personally greeting and thaukin;;' those who had assembled to do him honour. Led by Major do Marlin, the' whole parly joined in the singing of “La Marseillaise" ami (he National Anthem. The general expressed himself as greatly pleased and touched by this impromptu welcome 111 the heart of the ranges.

The members of 1 Wanganui Bduealhui Board's ofliee slab' have lava busy preparing the teachers’ pay-li-l I'nr Ilia enrren! month. The 1 1 d:iI nl' salaries and aliowanees is TSJhStI, which is ciiiisjderalily higher than usual on aeemuil ol.’ iiie snhslanlial increases which are "Tallied under I be new scale. War bonus-* es-l'or ibe half year amount lo A'J,0(10, so ibal over ,til,ooo will lie paid on! on Saturday next. Bor some lime past I lie Hoard has had under consideration a scheme Cor

suppliyny teachers with free cheque forms. Teachers will be pleased to know that forms, in books of 12, are being distributed this month. School Committees' allowances for the past quarter and the special grant approved by Parliament will In 1 paid early next month. The total is in the vicinifv of JJ2,5()0.