LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2088, 10 February 1920, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A local dairy farmer had two pigs stolen from his farm a short time since.'' The latest additions jo the telephone list are: (i! F. Luciusky; 113 C, Peterson. Transfer': f)2 IV. Petrie lu C. V. Kramer; ‘Jb F. E. Jcnko to \v. Petrie.

Accounts amounting to £3,10 (is Id wore passed for payment at last night's meeting of the Borough Council.

Fish are reported to he very plentiful along the coast at .present. Some good hauls have been recorded by those lishiug over the bar and in the river.

Influenza ■■notifications decreased materially throughout, the Dominion last week. Two middle-aged men died in the Christchurch' Hospital during the week. A largo number of people from Feilding aitd Palmerston visited the local seaside oirSunday. They began to arrive in the early morning, per motor lorries and cars. The majority spent the day in the water. Avslioal of porpoises at the local beach on Sunday scared a number of surf bathers, who mistook them for sharks. Porpoises are very plentiful along this coast at this time of the year. Sunday was the hottest day experienced so far this summer. The heat in the open, and even in the shade, was terrific. About ii pan. a storm cloud made its appearance from the north-west, and rain fell, which cooled the atmosphere. ’' In conversation with Hr M’. O’Brien, district health officer, \vc were informed that most of the influenza cases were in the -suburban areas. He added that males between the a[>es of 25 and 45 years appeared to be susceptible to the disease. A difficulty has arisen through the postponement of the re-opening of secondary schools in connection with the return tickets held by hoarders at various schools. In reply to written requests, Mr H. McVilly, General Manager of Railways, lias agreed to allow (he tickets to be extended.until the schools re-open. Mr M.- O'Brien, district health officer, visited Fox ton yesterday. Bo far as the borough is concerned, Mr O’Brien says, except, for one or two cases, the borough is free of the epidemic. He inspected the Maori pah at Molniti, where several cases had been reported. The pah was in a fair sanitary condition. In one house occupied by Maoris, in which there had been infection, lie warned (lie inmates against visiting the pah.

“Yon don’l hear much now about unearned increment,” said an old settler. “Men and women who wont into the back blocks and hewed out homes and broke in the land, wore roared at about ‘unearned increment’ when they sold out at a fair margin which compensated them for the lack of soria! pleasure and other enjoyments of (own life. But.” he concluded, “what about the speculators who add nothing to the land in improvements but who are making thousands in. transfers and adding an inflated value to the land I What's become of the squeal?’’

“You newspaper men,” said a member of Parliament to a Master(on Age reporter, “should do your best to dissuade men brought np to professions from developing a craze to go on to the land. A professional man, whose income was over £SOO a year before.he enlisted recently approached me for advice as to the wisdom of applying for a section in a block that was being thrown open for ballot. My.advice to him was to again engage in Ids profession, if lie wished, to make money, and leave land alone, as the only farmer at present making money was the one with years of experience and .on land purchased at a low figure.”

A plan for saving sugar in jammaking Ims been suggested by Dr. Thacker, M.P., Mayor of Christchurch, and has proved to he very .successful (says (he Colonist), as many Nelson housekeepers have tested it. Dr. Thacker said: “If you first of all boil the fruit for twenty minutes it will only he necessary to put in half the ordinary quantity of sugar. Boiling destroys the mellusie acid in the fruit, and that acid absorbs a tremendous amount of sugar." Another suggestion from a different quarter with regard to the stewing of fruit, is to use a very little salt in the water in which the fruit is slowed, as it neutralises acid, and less sugar is required afterwards.

An incident of a sensational nature was reported to the Wellington police late on Saturday afternoon. Mrs Capper, who lives in the vicinity, and a friend, were sitting in the Lillee Street Reserve, when a man, whose face was partially covered by a handkerchief, is alleged in have presented a revolver at. them and demanded money. He saw Mrs dappers hag lying on the grass, ami hurriedly picked il up, speedily disappeared. The bag paly contained a small quantity of silver and some small trinkets. This is not by any means the first time that the Ellice Street Reserve Ims been the scent; of similar “hold-ups.’’ The police were notified as quickly as possible, and a thorough search of the vicinity was made, but so far no arrest has resulted. It has also been reported to the police that ou Friday afternoon a man who was making out a deposit slip in the Post Office Savings Bank had Ins attention distracted for a few moments, during which five £5 notes were taken from his bank book. — Post.

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Then; wore present al last night’s meeting of the Borough Council: The Mayor (Mr J. ChryHall) ami Crs. Bryant, Parkin, Hunt, Kami, MeMurray, Coley, :uul Thompson. A meeting of Committee ami subscribers in connection with the Fallen Soldiers’ Memorial Avill be held in the Council Chamber to-morrow (Wednesday) night, at 8 o’clock. Those who have promised subscriptions to the Fallen Soldiers’ Memorial Fund are respectfully requested to hand in same by 8 p.m. to-morrow (Wednesday). An exchange states that at Pahiatua a sack containing 1401 b, of sugar realised £4 4s, under keen competition. The cost per lb. was a little over 7d. ■ A child named Charles Douglas Coles, aged 2J years-, whose parents reside at Mount Albert (Auckland), while having a. bath was accidentally scalded about the feet. The child subsequently died. One or two Parliamentarians who had intended making the Samoan trip have now decided that, in view of (he conditions prevailing in the Dominion, it will he better for ther own peace of mind if they remain ah home. The Valuer-General is to ho asked to revalue the borough, of Shannon, as soon as possible. The present valuation, approximately £117,000, is well below what it should he. The Council is of the opinion that the value should be at least doubled. A large and appreciative • audience witnessed the picturisation of “Daddy Long Legs” at -the Koval last night. Mary Pickford as “Judy” was an immense success, and brought this, charming story vividly before the audience. The Council hits decided on iron entrance gates for Easton Park, the side gates being each four feet wide, with two six feet gates in the ' centre, the estimated cost of same being £44, and the fencing- along Main Street will he of similar material, costing 7s (id per foot, "

The iirst ease arising o.ut of the Secret Commissions Act, passed in will-.come before the Magistrate’s Court at Wellington on Friday next. The persons concerned are two employees of a' big engineering establishment in the city, and a person employed in the Public Trust Oflice.

An official of the Bank of New Zealand at Pahialna last week delected amongst the cash paid in at ihe counter a forged £1 note on the National Bank. This note was one of (he 1,000 unsigned note forms stolen about (wo years ago, and the signatures on it were a forgery. During a discussion at the meeting of the Wanganui Harbour Board on the coal shortage, particularly as it affects the dredge Kaione, .Mr W. Poison said if the Prime Minister’s optimism in regard to coal was like his optimism in regard to meat ii was not. worth much. The Board instructed (he engineer to try to arrange for 100 tons of coal as a stand-by.

Says the Dunedin Star: In several of the mines just before the holidays a few of the miners “opened their shoulders,” and in one ease a Scotch collier and his son in an Otago colliery made together for eleven days the pallry wages of .(M2! That.is not a eapil a list’s propaganda tale; if is a proven fact. The miners are not discontented over their wages at all. They want to control the industry on their own terms. '

Margaret Pinsent, aged 10 years, was drowned whilst ha thing in the Turn kina river on Sunday. The deceased was bathing with some companions, and got beyond her depth. An elder sister tried to effect a rescue, hat without avail. The body was 1 afterwards recovered by dragging. The deceased's .mother, who resides in Wanganui, went to Tura-kin.-i on Sunday, where her daughters were spending a holiday, to hrilig them home.

When the Stale cast on the local bodies the task of maintaining the Alauawatu Gorge road, it shirked its responsibilities, and it is high lime it again assumed them, says the Uangitikei Advocate. The road should not only be maintained by the State, but it is the duty of the Slate to sec that it is made less dangerous for traffic. The increase of motor traffic has made it more dangerous than ever, especially as the warning notes of the born before rounding a sharp turn are lost in (lie eelioes. It is marvellous that there have been so few serious collisions, for there have been many very narrow escapes. The demand liiat .the Stale shall resume charge of'the road, and improve it, should' be made by the local bodies unitedly, not by tiie Board of Control, which may possibly he disinclined to take action that would involve its own 1 extinction. Air W. G. Bond, of Aokautere, who has been a prominent exhibitor and prize-winner at the local Horticultural Shows, writes as follows to the Secretary of the Society;— “It lias come to my notice that I am regarded (in some quarters) as a professional bulb grower, and I would like to take this opportunity of contradicting the same, as 1 have only keen growing daffodils for about four years, and I regard myself more as a novice than a professional. 1 would also like to state ihaf I am in no way connected with the trade, as 1 have never sold a bulb in my life. '(Should any member of your Society be passing my hou-e on Pahiatua Track (about seven miles from Palmcr.-ton ). 1 would be very plea-ed to Imv bun call in, and 1 think 1 could s.iti-fy him that the above is correct/''

Members of Lodge Kangiiikei will visit (lie local Masonic Lodge at to-night’s juceting. At (lie .Magistrate's Court at Napier yesterday,'Kobert Anderson was lined .Cl'DO- for not .'destroying* the rabbits on his property. The Borough Band has been asked to assist at; the Levin Mardi Gras to-morrow It is probable., that the request will be acceded to. Messrs F. Penn,' of Otaki, and Ifornblow, of Foxton, have been appointed to judge the decorated motor cars, bicycles, etc,, at the Levin Mardi Gras t-j-morrdw. On Tuesday next the N.Z. Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., will hold a charing sale of contractor’s plant on behalf of Dir Geo. Coiey. The plant includes horses, portable engine, drays,' threshing mil!, ploughs, etc., etc., full details of which are advertised. William J. Plunkel, 47, a wellknown fari|ioi.’, was drowned in tin; Orolai river on Sunday while bathing. A companion endeavoured to rescue him, but wa- dragged under the water.. When (ho body was recovered life was extinct. A. month ago a child of the deceased’s was drowned in a sheep 'dip.

To-morrow afternoon, commencing at 1 o’clock, a clearing sale of superioriiousehold furniture and effects oh behalf of Mrs Jonks, Clyde Street. The list includes an upright grand piano, by Kaymoud, Loudon, almost new. For full particulars see advertisement elsewhere in this issue. The Harbour Board is not at all satisfiedwith the working of its new dredge, the Kaione, and recently passed a- resolution asking the Lyttelton Harbour Board to allow its superintendent engineer of the dredge “Canterbury” to visit Wanganui and work (he dredge for a week so as to make a thorough examination into its capabilities.

During Ihe course of (lie Garden Party whieb is being-held, at All. Saints’ Vicarage to-morrow, the opportunity will be taken of saying farewell to Mrs -leaks, who is leaving Foxton this week. For many years Mrs .leaks lias been a faithful member of All Saints’ Ladies’ Guild, and her absence will be greatly fell. It is hoiied all her friends will take'the opportunity presented of joining in. ihis farewell.

Colonel Me Junes, Chief Secretary of the Salvation Army, conducted special services last- week-end in (onneetion with (he. local corps. Good attendances were secured, especially in the afternoon, when the recital, “Rosie .Bannister,” was given, and enjoyed by those present. The Scouts and Guards attended divine service in the morning, marching from the post office headed by the Trumpet Band. Colonel Melnnes gave an appropriate address, which was listened to with much attention.

The local Life-Saving Scouts aiul Guards held a social and reunion last Wednesday night, and a large number were present. Captain Goflin expressed I lie Itope that now the holidays, 'with accompanying dis-

organising tendencies, were passed, the troop would settle down to hard work. The Dev. T. Halliday delivered an inspiring address • to those present, and , was accorded rousing cheers. The Guards met last evening'', and had a splendid gathering, and the Scouts will meet to-night, at 0 o’clock, when Captain Goflin will be pleased to meet applicants for enrolment.