LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2102, 13 March 1920, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wives! Don’t change your husband until you have seen De MilleM .super-attraction at the Town Hal! on Monday night.* During Constable Woods’ absence on holiday, Constable O’Donoghue will he in . charge of the Foxton police district.

The Westport Coal Company and the Westport-Stockton Company have increased the price of coal in all grades by 2s (id'per lon. At present no such increase has been made by the Northern colliery companies.

A Dunedin visitor to Foxton yesterday saw a suit outside a local drapery establishment marked up at nearly one pound below what ho paid for a .-nil of the identical material Hi Dunedin.

Two constables paid a surprise visit to the Lake Ferry Motel, in the Wairarapa, last Saturday night, and as a result the licensee was fined £lO for selling liquor after hours, and seven men found on the premises were third £2 each and costs.

At Thursday's meeting of tint District Hospital Board, Sir dames Wilson, Dr. Whitaker and Mr J. K. Ilornblow were appointed to.represent the Board at the conferenee of Hospital Boards of New Zealand, to Pc held on .May 111 h.

The management of the Royal informs ns that-“ The While Heather" has been secured, and will be screened before (he end of the month. The marvellous scene taken actually on the lloor of the Atlantic Ocean is beyond descripl ion.

We are asked to i;emind those who wore nimble to be present at 'last, Sunday’s thank-offering services in the Presbyterian Clmreb, that an opportunity will be afforded them'of coniributing at to-morrow’s, services. The 211). loaf is being sold in several bakers’ shops in Auckland at 51-d over the counter and (id delivered, says the Herald. Most of the bakers avlio raised their-prices one penny when a charge of £1!) per ton' was predicted for Hoar reduced them by. a halfpenny when ( he* price, of lionr proved to he only £l7 10s.

A serious accident occurred at Paraeroa sawmill on Thursday morning. A young man named Tocker laid both hands cut off at Ihe mill. He was aliended lo by Dr. Griffm, and taken to Taihape Hospital. TV 1 mill is situated at Manga turoa, on the Pipiriki road, about three miles from Raetihi.

Mir C. Whitehead, of Palmerston, Ims on exhibition at his otlice two line heads of'Sandier deer, says the Standard. ..One of the heads is. the property of Mr Sexton, of Himitangi, and the other is owned by Air Whitehead. The latter exhibit was obtained on Mr Akers’ property, and is of splendid shape, having six points. It is considered by experts to he the tines! head of its class in the Dominion.

At a well attended meeting of cricketers and supporters of the game l in Wanganui, a resolution was passed demanding the. resignation of the executive of the Wanganui Cricket Association. The trouble has arisen over the failure of (he executive to lake any action regarding an-incident that occurred at the conclusion of a recent match, when a player is alleged to have struck one of the umpires.

The Hreyinoul h Argus otlice, a large two-storey wooden building, was gutted by lire on Thursday morning. The lire originated in the MotWoom, and had a good hold when the brigade arrived. The building; was saved from total (lest met ion. Paper, books, and movable parts of the machinery were

saved. There was great damage by (ire and water. The Argus was recently purchased by the Labour Partv.

Wo understand that quantities of telegraph forms have been removed from I lie local Post Office recently. These forms are provided for use as telegrams ynly,. and a severe penalty is provided in the Amendment A,cl of last session if persons are convicted of using them for any other purpose. The clause reads as follows: —“Every person is liable on. summary conviction to a line not exceeding lift ,\ r pounds who uses any telegraph-forms or oilier .forms provided for (be use of the public in connection with the business of the Department for any purpose other Bum Ihe purpose for which such forms have been so provided.”

The District Health Inspector (Mr M. O'Brien) reported to Thursdays meeting of the Palmerston Hospital Board that the following cases of infectious diseases hud been notiiieqi within the health district Palmerston North: Scarlet faver 1. diphtheria, 3, influenza 33; Feilding: Tnduenza Hi; FoXton; Influenza 1; Levin: Inliuenza !); Olaki: Influenza. 7; Rongotea: Influenza 3. Kaijanga; Scarlet fever 1, enteric I, inliuenza 1 13: Manawatu: 'luherculosis 1, influenza 13; Ilorowhenua; Diphtheria 1, tuberculosis I, influenza 4; Orotta; Tuberculosis 1, influenza 13; Pohangina: Diphtheria 1, influenza 2. The totals of. all ('uses w;ts 155. The district was now worked with the addition of Mr Huggins, and inspections and visits, together with disinfections, had been carried out. Sanitary improvements had also been effected in many quarters as the needs required.

The motion picture extraordinary: “Don’t Change Your Husband. ’ Town Hall, Monday, Is 7d and Is Id.* ■"

There are always means of curing him. “Don’t Change Your Husband."* > 1 *

Why is ii: that a man who will lake no ehanees wiih his business will take every chalice witli his wife? See “Don’t Change Your Husband.”*

- Departures from (he Dominion during February, 10120, exceeded arrivals by 151. In the corresponding month of 1010 there was an excess of arrivals of 501.

The Chairman and Bandmaster of the Borough Band ask for a special meeting of bandsmen at the practiceroom to-morrow afternoon, at 1 o’clock - .

The Netherlands Government, replying to the Allied Note concerning the disposal of Hie ex-Kaiser, adheres to its decision expressed in •January, refusing lo surrender him from his asylum in Holland.

At a meeting at Wanganui on Wednesday, largely attended by representative farmers, financiers, and business men. it wa> unanimously resolved (o form a woollen mill

company in Wanganui with a nominal capital of £200,000 in-IT shares of an initial subscription of £IOO.000. Severyl prosper!ive applications for large blocks of shares were reported, and (here was a unanimous consensus of opinion ihal early flotation is assured. A strong hoard of provisional directors was appointed.