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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 2013, 9 August 1919, Page 2

We are informed that a whf crane (kotuku) has been seen in tl swamp land at Matakarapa, opp' site <Uie wharf. The induction of the. Rev. J. 1 Bredin into the parish of Mara kakuho'took place on Wednesch afternoon, and was earried*throu{ by a Commission of the Hawkj Bay Presbytery, consisting of ti Revs. J, A, Asher and A. H. Non (elders). Wednesday last was the four anniversary of the formation of tl National Ministry in New Zealan The Massey Administration toi office on July 10th, 1912. Sir Jo oph Ward’s first Cabinet, which w; formed shortly after the death ■ the late Mr R. J. Seddon, was swo in 13 years ago last Wednesday.

“It has to be admitted that the grants made by the Education Department to the Auckland district during the last year have been liberal and just, being allotted according to their urgency,” said Mr H. S. W. King, at a mooting of the Auckland Board of Governors of the Technical College. .

Robert Armstrong, aged 30, was found on the road at Hamilton on Thursday, with a deep cut .in his throat, and several cuts on his chest, evidently self-inflicted.- He was suffering from the of a drinking bout, and was unable to give a coherent account of what had happened.

The date of the termination of the war. is provided for by the War Legislation Act,'which sets out that the date shall he fixed by Government proclamation, and Sir JaHtts Allen has stated that no such proclamation would’be issued in New Zealand until the Imperial Government had issued one in the United Kingdom.

The First Lord of the Admiralty (Mr W. 11. Long) slated in the House of, Commons that no attempt would be made to salve the majority of the German ships which were sunk at Scapa Flow. The authorities were only raising the vessels which had been beached in shallow water, the cost of which was not large. The following , candidates Palmerston North High School were successful in gaining senior free places in the Public Service Entrance examination: Edith Maida Baker', Marjory Catherine Bancke, William Roy Bullard, Arnold Garry, Alfred W. A. McEwen, Arthur M. McLeavey, Ivy Sylvja Noedl, James 11. Cutaway, Parewai Wehipeihana, and Arthur 0, Wimsett. The Red Shield Club has a membership of CO, and this week the average evening attendance we" 35. Last, night members were serv»4 ed with coffee and biscuits at cost price, and the innovation was appreciated. A chess club has been formed, under the supervision of Mr Tyer. On Tuesday evening next, a concert programme will be submitted, when each member will have the privilege of bringing a friend.

An “at home” is to be held in the Club on Wednesday afternoon.

In the opinion of Mr W. A. Banks, chairman of the Canterbury Education Board, the time is coming when children will be taught in open-air schools (says the Christchurch Sun). Speaking at the opening of the lately completed section of the Sydenham School on Saturday last, Mr Banks said that a doctor had told him that he had rejected as many as 50 per cent, of volunteers for active sexwice whom he had examined, and probably half of this number could have been raised to the A standard if they had been looked after in their school days. q

At a recent' meeting of the local Borough Council a motion was passed urging the Kailway Department to remove the wooden obstruction on culverts on the Himutangi-Fox-ton road, and it was further decided to ask the Manawatu County Council to co-operate in this matter. At Tuesday’s meeting of the County Council it was decided, on the motion of Cr, Barber, seconded by Cr. Hammond, that,"the Railway Department be asked if they can see their way to lower the top of the wooden culvert on the north side ofMotuiti station, as it is abutting pn to the road, and is dangerous.” The cables inform us that the British Government is introducing a drastic Bill providing for a maximum of six months imprisonment for profiteers. Sir Auckland Geddes (President of the Board of Trade), in giving evidence before the Profiteering Committee, said that new tribunals would he set up similar to the Military Service tribunals. They will lie ♦empowered to inflict fines of £2O, or refer the casr es to a court of summary jurisdiction, which will be empowered to inflict penalties of £2OO, or six months imprisonment. Appeal tribunals will be established for the protection of traders. The Government is considering whether it is posisbie to make profiteers disgorge the unfair profits already accumulated.