LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 1950, 11 March 1919, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

At last night's Council meeting the pound keeper reported I,'i head o'f cattle impounded by the ranger for February, driving fee.-. 7s,

The Gazette announces that section Mo. i>B4 in the Fox’ton survey district, containing 87.2 perches, has been permanently reserved as a site for a post office.

Samuel Turner, a well-known mountaineer, on Thursday made a successful attempt to reach the summit of Mount Cook alone. This is the first success of the kind by an amateur. lie tried on Tuesday, but only reached the middle of the Summit rocks. This was Mr Turner’s fourteenth attempt (o climb Mount Cook alone.

Several properties in the Bangitikei district have changed hands recently. Mr A, Stuart lias purchased’Mr If. B. Gaisford’s property at Bunnythorpe of dtif) acres. Mr Horace Wilson has secured Mr E. C. Gaisford's property, “Westward Ho,” on the Bnlls-Turakino Bead, of 1,100 acres, and Mr /, Meads has become the owner of Mr 0. Jefferson’s property at South Makinlmi, IJO acres. —Advocate.

An ini crest in**' liiul of human hones wns made at Whangarei a J'ew days ago while excavations were being made in Water Street. Close to the surf ace of I lie ground the segments of. two skulls and some leg bones were discovered with more fragments in sight. JUr W. Fraser, C.i'i., stales that the bones are those of a .Maori..woman and girl. Thai they were of some rank is shown by the tact that the bones were painted with the emperishable red ochre which the natives used to preserve the remains of persons of importance. The interment evidently dates back manv vears.

The fact that many great reform movements at the outset rest under a cloud of suspicion was mentioned by Professor Hunter in his remark's on Thursday evening, when explaining (he founding of the Workers' Educational Association in England some sixteen years ago. In this instance, .said the speaker, the W.E.A. movement rested under a double cloud of suspicion, in that the employers of labour believed it to be a new method of instilling revolutionary methods into the Labour ranks, and Labour believed it to be a fresh scheme by the employing (dass to further enchain (he toiler. However, the Association immediately received the sympathy and assistance of the Fni versifies, and it is now estimated that over 50,000 men and women are under its educational inllttence.

The following statement was stibmilled at lasi night’s meeting of the Borough Council in connection witii llie gas works Tor the month ending February 28th: —(Ins in holder on Ist .Fehnmry, 15,0(10 e. t'l,; manufactured, 400,100 e. 11.; loin!, 415,100 e. ft. (Ins eonsnmed : lighting .171,000 11., cooking and heating 157,700 It., power 54,000 ft., street lamps 14,000 ft., nsed at works and manager’s house 17,500 11. in holder on Mareh .Ist 10.000 11. (las uncounted for, 425,100 e. 11.; unaccounted for, 20,000 e. 11.. equalling 12-4 per emit. Coal carbonised, 48 lons, yielding 1,142 e. 11. per ton. Expendilnre: coal £(iß 2s Od, salaries and wages £47 7s Id, lit lings (seciion) .CO Ids Oil, freight 10s. Jn(erOsl and sinking fund £54 ,I.ls Bd, total .Clßs 8s (id. Earnings: Sales, lighting £BB 12s fid, power £OO os, coke £l2 5s Od, far £27 17s 2d, titlings £lO 4s Id, labour £5 .4s 2d, Idlings £1 10s, cask 2s (id, total £224 4s 7d.

Speaking at the Melhodisl Conference. Mr C. E. Daniel, Chairman of the Wellington Harbour Board,, and a big employer of labour, said he had presided over a month's conference between the workers and their employers in Wellington lately, and he had come from that conference with an increased respect for Labour, (he manly bearing of the workers, (heir insistence on what fhey believed to be right; their determination for a fair deal had impressed him. Tie asked (he Conference to realise that the aggressive Labour leader was (he only friend of (he quiet worker. The quiet worker was let alone by tin* employer. Personally, he liked to think' of every worker in the country as a fellow-citizen, Tfe thought (hat many labour troubles were the result of overseas capital employing Xew Zealand labour. The AVellington Harbour Board constitution was an experiment in practical Socialism, yet as a community it was dragged at the heels of foreign capital. He advised the people of the country to put more backbone into their national life, and the members of the Conference to get out and rub shoulders with the Labour men. He could tell them many things about (he courtesy and manliness of the men who worked on the wharf among the coal, and he would like to see the word “Labour’’ dropped, and “citizens” substituted in its place. (Applause). ATHLETES’ FAVOURITE.

The Arbitration Court has awarded t’bOO and funeral expenses to the widow of the late Frank Walker, who met with an aeeidenl, which caused his dealh, while in the employ of (he Olaki Mail proprietary, Mr (•;. Parry, the Chief Electrician of the New Zealand (lovcrnmenl, says "he is perfectly convinced that the increased clhcicncy brought about by prohibition would pay for (he electrification of the North Island and South h-land in three year-.’’ The Chairman of the local School Committee has received (he following Idler from the Secretary of the Wanganui Education Board; —‘‘I have to inform you that the Hoard has accepted (he lender of Mr J. W. Alderton, of Wanganui, for the brick and concrete work in connection will) (be new school to be creeled ill Foxton. A commencement will be made with the work at sin early dale." Prior to Lite re-opening of the local school after (he holidays, Mr Pirani was-written lo and asked to deliver a lecture on his trip abroad lo the school children, but no reply was received. Air Pirani. in conversation with Mr Hornhlow this morning, explained that owing to his absence in Wellington the reply was overlooked. The D.S.O. has been awarded lo Xcw Zealanders as follows; —Major .1. If, lleiTold (Auckland Monnteds), Major A. S. Wilder (Wellington Monnteds), Captain J. >D. Holmes (Tunnellers). Haro to the Military Cross have been awarded lo Captains A. C. Finlayson (Auckland Monnteds), F. E. Creenish (Rille Brigade), 11. Johnston (First Can(vrlmry Moiui(eds), A. R. (-nilis (Machine-gunners), and W. E. McMinn (Rifle Brigade).

It is officially announced that the Pioneer Battalion, N’ew Zealand Division, -which was made up almost wholly of members of the Maori Contingent, and which did such excellent work in France and Flanders, left the United Kingdom by the Westmoreland on 28th February. The ship’s complement comprises 50 officers, 3 women, and 978 other ranks. The Westmoreland is expected to reach New Zealand about the second week in April.

The outcome of a collection taken up at a recent missionary meeting in Christchurch resulted in a seven 1 shock to a deaconess and a young Methodist clergyman. The lady, who was in charge of the collection, put (he money in a handbag, but on leaving (he meeting in a hurry look the wrong bag. On opening - his handbag at home at bedtime, the young minister was astounded to find a sum of money and a pound of butler, but the lady must have been still more astounded to find in her handbag a pair of pyjamas, says the Christchurch Press.

The New Zea I; i nd Times says that one of (he legacies left, to people who were smitten by Ihe reeenl epidemic is fulling' Ituif. iliiiiiy residenls of Wellington have found their huir steadily fulling ottl during Ihe pusl monlh or I wo, und in ;t few cnses premature lutldness has been tho result. By the Indies particulurly fulling hair is being viewed with alarm. To stimulate’ failing growth some have resorted to the expedient of having the head shaved hare. Many Wellington ladies have put up with this temporary interference with their charms rather than he permanently bereft of their (lowing locks.

Pa tea as a fishing centre is one of the latest ideas occupying the attention of the leaders of that community. The matter was discussed at the last meeting of the Pa tea Borough Gonucil. when the Mayor pointed out (hat one of the (inest tishing grounds in the Dominion was oft' the i’atea coast. He fell satislied that with a little encouragemuet a fishing indu.-try once established would he capable of being expanded into a large undertaking, lie hoped tin* Harbour Board and the Chamber of Commerce would take the matter up and report to the Industries Commission (hat was a! present sitting in the Dominion. A tishing industry in the town woidd supply a long felt want. The Council concluded its deliberations on the subject by deciding to ask the Chamber of Commerce to collect data with regard to the industry and place it before the Industries Commission.

Bein'’’ dissatisfied with flie apathy displayed by the local authorities in regard to (lie return of the contingent on the ii , ans])ort'lTororata, live hundred girls employed in Government departments in Wellington held a meeting' on Friday afternoon. They have decided to turn out and serenade the soldiers while (heir boat is in quarantine, and to distribute £37 worth of cigarettes amongst them as they land on the wharf. (Th girls have subscribed (his out of their pin money.) It was decided by the meeting that all should wear while dresses, and carry Hags; also that all should wear a badge of a distinguishing colour. Fpon a motion being called for. somebody from the body of the hall suggested "red tape/' and this was carried amid laughter and applause. The Defence Department has undertaken to grant 500 wharf passes on condition that they are used only by the girls themselves. Circumstances permitting, the girls will march from the Town Hall to the wharf accompanied by the band, and they are now rehearsing appropriate songs and choruses.