LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 2067, 13 December 1919, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Liquor never helped Labour. Vote it right out.*

The returned soldiers desire to thank Mr Powell for the. free use of the supper-room for Tuesday night's meeting. It is interesting to note that in .February next (here will be live Sundays. This occurs only throe times in a century.

Good soaking rains are falling throughout this district, and will do much good to garden and field crops. The continuous winds had taken all the moisture from the ground locallv.

Two men were lined £3 and £2 respectively, and costs, at Wellington S.M, Court yesterday, for disturbing Mr Pirani's meetings. During the hearing, Air O'Leary, who appeared for the accused, asked Mr Pirani what the interjections consisted of. Air Pirani: “Oh, bunkum, I suppose.” Air O’Leary : “Like the candidate’s remarks, eh? And you ought to know about obstruction.”

Captain L. Isilt flow from the Canterbury Aviation School's aerodrome at Sockburn to Ashburton and back on Tuesday afternoon. He left about 2.15 p.m., apd after flying over the town, reached the aerodrome again about 2.15 p.m., the journey having taken almost exactly an hour, it was an'even Might without a hitch, at an average height of 5,000 feet. Mr d. E. .Moore was a passenger in the machine. Leonard Hadfield, milk vendor, was (hied £75 at Christchurch for selling milk below standard. The milk was 53.85 per cent, short in cream as calculated from the standard of milk fat. Defendant: had been twice previously convicted. Mr McCarthy, SAL, said that deliberate adulteration of: milk was nothing short of murder. The offence, evidently, had been wilfully committed, and skim milk sold *as pure milk. Defendant and his wife denied this, hut the Magistrate declined to alter his decision.

A. discovery which should bo of considerable importance to this district was made on the property of Mr Fulton, Lee’s Line, near Kitchener Park, on the Awahuri-Feilding road, last week, where a seam of brown coal has been found. The outcrop, which is at the foot of the hill, shows a face of 5 feel, and the seam has so far been traced over 500 feet, showing that Ihe deposit is of some magnitude. A test was made of the coal for blacksinilhing purposes this week, in the presence of a number of business men of Palmerston north, in Mr McDougall’s .smithy, in Rangitikei Street.

A pair of horse shoes were forged in 71 minutes, the forging being ready for the anvil in 2i minutes.

At Tuesday’s meeting jif returned soldiers it was stated that the men in need of assistance did not like the idea of approaching the Patriotic Society in this connection, and some would go without rather than ask for it. It was pointed out that returned soldiers had two representatives on the Patriotic Society Executive, and applications for assistance could be made through them. It was said that a lot of the men did not know this, nor did they know who their representatives on the Executive were, and it was decided to ask the Patriotic Society to have :a uotilieatiou advertised pointing out how applications should be made, and the names of the returned soldiers’ representatives on the Executive,

We ackfuvwledge Avilh thanks the Salvation Army Almanac fur 1920.

A meeting of the Fox ton Harbour. Board will bo, held at Palmerston North on Tuesday next, at 1.30 p.m. There are at present 30 inmates in the Old People’s Home—22 males and eight females.

Liquor men have built up fortunes out of rained lives and blasted homes. Allsop’s shares have jumped from £2 to £S(i since 1915. Vote out the liquor monopoly by striking out the two top lines.* Karori ratepayers on Wednesday gave a very emphatic vote in favour of the amalgamation of the borough with the City of Wellington. The proposal was carried by a majority of 515 out of a total of 729 votes recorded.

There is no doubt the accommodation at the I’oyal will be fully taxed on Monday night, when the great picture, “Mickey,” will be screened. Already a very large number of seats have been booked, and Unending pajrons would be wise to make sure of a seat.

The reflection of a largo lire to the north of Paxton last night was responsible for all kinds of rumours, one of which was that half of Wanganui avus ablaze. The real cause was the burning of some scrub on Messrs Dalrymple and Wilson’s property at Himatangi, the fire spreading to an adjacent sAvamp, Avhich burned fiercely for several hours.

The Wanganui Education Board lias made (lie following transfers and appointments: —Awahou South, sole teacher, Miss Al. J. Bahner; Rongoiti, so]e teacher, -Mr C. AY. Cotton: Karewarewa, sole teacher, Mr T. H. A. Martin; Poll angina, sole teacher, Mrs A.' TTorneman; Bainesse, head teacher, Mr .1. E. Callenan; Tntaenni, head teacher, Mr R G. Gahiles.

There appears to lie some donht in the minds of electors concerning the effect of the voting at (he forthcoming licensing poll. To carry any of the three issues at the poll, a hare majority of the total valid votes cast- is necessary, i.e., either ■Continuance, Prohibition, or Stale Control must receive more than 50 per cent, to he carried. If neither Prohibition nor Stale Control is carried, Continuance' gains the day. If State Control wins, in three years’ there will be a poll between Prohibition and State Control. If Continuance wins (more than 50 per cent.), in three years' time there will be another three-issue vole. If Prohibition wins (here will be no further poll.

The Public Health. Inspector (Air AL O’Brien) reported to the Hospital Board that the following cases of infectious disease were notified during the month of November: — Palmerston North, scarlet fever 1, diphtheria 3, pneumonia 4, influenza 3, measles 1, erysipelas 1, pthisis 1; Bedding, diphtheria I; Levin, diphtheria 2, puerperal fever 1; Foxton, diphtheria 2. acute pneumonia 2, puerperal faver 1, influenza 1; Shannon, pthisis 1; Rongotea T. 8., diphtheria 2; Oroua, pneumonia 3; Kairanga, pneumonia 2; Manawatu, diphtheria 3; Kiwitea, diphtheria 1; Jlorowhenua, diphtheria 3, pneumonic influenza 2, lethargic encephalitis I—a1 —a total of 42 cases. There were two deaths from lethargic encephalitis. Disinfections were carried out and general sanitary matters received attention.