Manawatu Herald SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1920. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2087, 7 February 1920, Page 2

Manawatu Herald SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1920. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A movement lias been inaugurated to form (be township of Raclihi into a borough. The beat during Hie past few days is (he hot lest yet experienced so far this summer. Owing to Hie sugar shortage, it is reported that there is a glut in the fruit market. An attempt is being made to revive the SI. Da I rick’s Day athletic sports in Foxton. Some good hauls of (blunders have been made recently at Hie local seaside by amateur Jisbermen. A bricklayer named William Smith was (tned £2O IMr bookmaking at Gbrislchurch this week. A gang of thieves has been operating at New Plymouth during race week, in one hotel on Thursday night the guests were relieved of aboul £10(1. At another hotel the previous night £6O was lost. Air D. Black, Borough Curator at Palmerston, has been invited by Hie Minister of .External Affairs, to accompany Hie Parliamentary party to Samoa to report to Hie Government on tropical gardening in Hie islands visited. ‘ The complete list of donors to the Soldiers’ Memorial Fund appears elsewhere in t his /issue. They have contributed the sum of £2Ol J7s lid, which is, very creditable. A meeting of the committee and subscribers will beheld in Hie Council Chamber next Wednesday evening, at S o’clock. A. married man,named Alfred Croxton Fitehell shot himself with a pea-ritle in Hie head while lying in bed at his residence at -10, Nairn Street, 'Wellington, on Thursday, just before midnight/' After being attended to by Dr. Robertson, Fiteliett was taken to the hospital, where-he died at 3.-i5 a.m. “When we’ve finished the commandeer of produce we do not know what the shipping .companies will charge in the way of freights,” said Mr Hebenton at the Farmers’ Union meeting at Eketahnmi on Saturday. “We put it to Mr Massey, who replied that the issue rested with the producer-, who could establish their own shipping contracts.” Air Ilobenlon forecasted that freights would Re stiff. If llie, producers followed Gisborne’s lead, and got about ten ships, he believed that they could control shipping rates.

, Captain Miller, harbourmaster, made a, trip ul in,s|>eeHuii up the river yesterday as far as the Shannon bridge. Children under 15 years of age are being prohibited from attending picture entertainments, owing to the epidemic. ‘'During my visit to the Fox ton seaside,” said a visitor, “I have witnessed some of the most glorious sunsets I have over seen." A well-known and popular resident of Toko, Taranaki, Alexander Frederick Reid, a returned soldier, aged 30, was drowned whilst bathing in the river on Sunday. A e are asked to thank Mr S. Hudson for a gift of fruit to the children of All Saints’ Home, -who attended the matinee on Wednesday afternoon. A coincidence in names! ■The Wairarapa Hospital Board li:is- now on its medical staff at Greytown, Dr. Doctor, and one of (lie applicants for a position is Nurse Nurse, Mr B. F. Gubb, a teacher in Hie Nelson Boys’ Central School, chairman of the Nelson Labour Daily, a prominent figure in the 'no-license movement, and ex-organiser of (lie Auckland Teachers’ Institute, has died from influenza. He lias left a widow and five children. If one desires to see what a hold goatsrne has taken on the fertile lands adjacent to the Manawalu River, a trip in one of the up-river boats would startle him. The beautiful heliotrope bloom of this land octopus can be seen for miles along the river hank, and well inland. Several* cars have been held np reeenly at: the sand drift in the cutting leading to the river foreshore at the Beach, while Hu; strain has been too much for some engines. ■ Another drift (hat mpiires attention is on the corner near Mr Langley’s, Steps, should he taken to have these obstructions removed. Attention is drawn to the animal Garden Daily organised by the ladies of All Saints’ Church, ni aid of the church funds, which will he field in the vicarage grounds. Avenue Road, on Wednesday next. A welcome is extended to the general public to a tend. Music will he provided by Mr Betty’s orchestra. - Tiie death occurred on Tuesday ■last of Mr John Hackman, who was well-known in (he Wellington and Taranaki districts, having for many years past been associated with hnsine,-.s enterprises in New Diymoulh. lie is survived by his widow and six daughters, one of whom is .Miss Busina Buckman, the wellknown vocalist.. The Mayor of Feilding’s proposalfor a conference of surrounding local bodies to consider a comprehensive reading scheme for the whole district was mentioned at a speeJal meeting of the Feilding Borough Council, when the Mayor was supported by the Council. It was decided to call I lie conference together for the 201 h inst„ at 3 p.m.

Information was received by the Wanganui Education Board on Thursday that one of its country schools, situated at Coal Creek, in Ihe Kimhoilon district, was-destrov-ed by lire on Thursday morning. No particulars have been received regarding the origin of the outbreak. The school was erected in l.!H)-i, and provided accommodation for about 20 children.

The Native people of New Zealand have expressed a wisli to give a special welcome to the Prince of Wales on helm If of the .Maoris, similar to the welcome given to Hie present King when he visited this' country many years ago, after the accession of King Edward. It has been decided that the welcome of the .Maoris shall he given at Rotorua, as- was the welcome to King George, and arrangements have been made to give notice to the Maori member.-, 'of Parliament to l ommnnieate with I heir people and to arrange with them as to what tribes are to be represented, and as to -Hie form of the demonstration, it is considered preferable from every point of view that the .Maoris should unite in giving a combined welcome to 1 lie. Prince at some central point such as Rolonia, rather Hum that there should be small Native demonstrations in different parts of the country.

The whole of the interior of the school building will be com-' plete by the end of the month. , In fact, except for a coal: of varnish., Hie big wing is now ready for occupation. Delay on the part of the Hoard in forwarding the furnishings will prevent, the occupation of the building for a. few weeks. A striking feature of the interior is the space taken up by the wide corridors and cloak apartments, which could have been utilised as a 'Central hall. Of course, the central hall was nut included iu the plan submitted to the Department, for Hie reason thjti the Departnleiil bad refused to sanction the idea. At the same time it has cost just as much for the corridors. The windows for lighting and ventilation purposes are excellent, but they will have,to be protected by wire netting screens, otherwise the cost of replacing glass will be a heavy tax on Hie Committee’s funds. Ho far no grant has been made for septic tanks, so that the pan system will continue. A considerable amount of work will

have to be done by the incoming Committee in reference to the layout of the.grounds and approach; The most important point, however, is to get the children housed in the school, and we hope -the Board will lose no time in sending along the lutings .for this purpose, as the children have been batulieajVpcd iu their studies quite long enough.

Amy Bock is now a farmer's wife and lives somewhere in the North Island/ r lieahh-liispeelor O’Brien, will visit the M’otuiti pah on Monday ■pext, with a view to reporting upon its sanitary condition. The Chief Justice (Sir .Robert Stout ) ami Mr Justice Chapman wi.il hear (he Stratford doc lion petition, some time in ’March. Renata llemera, a well-known Native, died at Motuiti this morning. The cause of death was pneumonia. Deceased was aged about GO years. . Occasion will be taken at All Saints’ Garden Parly on Wednesday afternoon next to make a presentation to Airs .leaks', who-has been a 'faithful member of All Saints’ Guild for many years pas!:. District headquarters have been notified that the holding of the Manawalu group rifit; meeting has been approved, and advise that arrangements for the meeting are now well in hand. The Manawatn County Council is widening a narrow portion of the road at Bainesse. which runs parallel with (he railway by removing portion of I lie sand haul;, which will he much appreciated by motorists. “I know a. man., who bought an area id’ land in a certain pari of Canterbury for €3O an acre," said a speaker at (he Christchurch meeting of the R.S.A., when referring to the exorbitant prices ’charged for land to soldiers, “Yesterday 1 m,et him and asked him how much he would take for the land, and he said €(>o per acre. Yet that man lost no Ijjyod, nor, as far as I know, sent either kith or kin lo the front, nor, I believe, did he give a single pound to any patriotic fund." Colonel Melnnes, Chief Secretary of the Salvation Army for New Zealand, will conduct.special services in connection with I’he Salvation Army this week-emk At 11 a.m. to-mor-row there will he a scout and guards parade, preceded by a march from the Post Office. At 3 pan. the Colonel will give hi- celebrated recital, “Rosie Bannister.'’ iw the -upperroom of tin l Town Hall Old- is one of the most . thrilling -lories one could wish to hear), and at 7 o'clock) in the .-upper-room of lho Town Hall a special evangelic;:! service will he held. A charge of abducting a child was heard at the Cliri-telmivli Magistrate’s Conn on Thursday, against Annie Jane Bean. Complainant was George Vincent Bean, who obtained a divorce in 101 (i. The child was a girl under 14 years of age, who had been kepi in a convent school. Gomplainant stated defendant look the child from the convent and went to Sydney, where she was arrested and brought hard; to New Zealand. The defence was that defendant telephoned the convent authorities informing them that she was Inking (he child away. Hut admitted she did not say she was taking her to Sydney. The Magistrate said (Iml defendant was ill-advised to take the child out of New Zealand, but no jury would convict her on the evidence. The ease was dismissed.

In connection with the Mangalmo hydro-electric scheme, we notice that the Palmerston North Borough Council and the Kairanga County Council are forming together for the purpose of supplying eleetricily to consumers in their own territory, and also that the, Manawaln County Council has again written to the Public Works Departmen( in reference to an application made some months ago for a license to supply power. These three local bodies are making arrangements so that as soon as the power is available (hey will lie. in a position In immediately supply consumers. Sn far as we know the local Borough Council has not made any move in this connection, and unless something is done very shortly there is a 'danger of d'dixCm not getting connected as early as the neighbouring local bodies. Fox (on should immediately make’ application for a license, or on the Other hand should approach the Manawaln County Council with a view to joining in with that body in this matter. The February issue of the New Zealand 'School Journal for classes 1. and 11., 111. and IV., and V. and .VI,, is a most interesting and informative one. There are charming poems, nature, bird, animal,' and other studies for childish minds, and fairy tales as well to delight and amuse. For the intermediate mind (here arc lessons on insect life, pdetry, ami a highly informa live article drawing :t likeness and a confrasl between the Celt and the Maori. A.-step further is gained in the senior section of the ' serie.-, which is devoted to matters of appeal In mentality that it is ever seeking to improve and widen. The meaning and use <W! fairy (ales is defined im an article on folk lore and myth.-, in which there is much of scientific interest in nature and piscatorial relations. Summer rambles; the races of Europe( with partilav reference to the Slavs, and described by map and explanatory notes); the early history of England’s struggle for Empire, with men of the time who helped in" the campaign with Spain; and the expedition in Natal against the Zulus: all these and many more matters of an ambitious and enlightening nature comprise an admirable number. “Forewarned is forearmed.” Your best weqrjon against a bad cold is NAZOL. It will quickly and easily rout the enemy. Sold everywhere, I/O a bottle. For Bronchial Coughs, take Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure.;