LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2106, 23 March 1920, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Harvest thanksgiving services are to lie held in the local Presbyterian Church on Sunday next. Annual meetings of householders for the election of school committees have been fixed for April Dili. M* 1 Peter Bell, a Wanganui pioneer, is dead, aged <S(i years, lie arrived in the ship New Era in IHoo. “The.. Scarlet Road” —the story of a girl who entered Bohemia and came out a Puritan. To be shown at the Royal 10-nighi. Reports from Waipnknran stale that a local woman, who has had by no means an easy life, recently received word that an uncle of hers had died and had left her £o()(),000. A co-operative cheese factory is being established by the returned soldiers who have taken up sections on tlie Tiratu block, Daimevirke, a loan of £5,000 having been authorised by the Repalrialion Board for :his purpose.

A. homing pigeon was found on Stephens Island by (he crew of I lie Government steamer llinemoa during her recent call there. The bird was owned by a Wellington fancier, and had been liberated from Taumarunui for a flight to Wellington on February 28th. The weather then was' very squally, and the pigeon was apparently blown out of its homeward course, and look refuge mi the island. With the approach of the cold weather, and the Easter holidays, you 'will no doubt require a change in your .apparel. From past experience you know that for up-to-date goods and moderation in price we lead. We have just opened a beautiful range of Alodel Millinery at prices on a par with last season's. Delightful Blouses, in Ninon, Crepe-de-eliene, Georgette, and Silks, new Costumes and Skirts, two-lone Jerseys, and the new combination Scarf and Jersey, Furs, Necklets, and Motor Scarves. Saits are becoming p a very scarce line in the trade. We would a civile you to look us up at once if you want a suit. You will find onrs better made ami better finished Ilian suils showing elsewhere. —The C. M. Ross Co., Foxtou Branch. Misfortune is a great obliterator of political differences, and Mr Massey will, have the sympathy of all parties and classes in the illness that has laid him aside for a while. An outsider cannot know to what: extent, if any, the complaint is connected with the exceedingly strenuous life that Mr Massey has led for ] t yea,rs past, Imt at least it may la l said with certainly that a public man who has carried such a harden as he has, has taken considerable risk. Air Massey has a magnificent constitution and a great, capacity for work, Imt as a poet, has said, “Hearts are not oak, and oak is rent.'- There is a limit to what the strongest human frame can do, and Air Massey, after carrying.a great responsibility during four years .of war, has been working perilously close to that limit lately. His illness at this juncture throws into sharp relief the 1 amount of business he is conducting, and the weakness of his Cabinet support. As Prime Minister, Minister of Railways, and Minister of Labour, Air Massey has a great deal more to do than is good for any man. When he adds Finance he may be adding just that one straw which will break the back. Tlie late Mr Seddon practically killed himself with work which lie would not entrust to others. Is Air Alaysey going to follow in his footsteps ? Friends and opponents will hope not, and in. the meantime will join in wishing him a speedy recovery.

Tracey Pipe Nogle, aged 44, shot himself through the head wit It a revolver at Masterlon on Saturday. His condition is precarious. Early on Sunday morning the Commercial Hotel at Blenheim, a wooden building, was totally destroyed by tire. We acknowledge with thanks a cheque for £5 for the Fallon Soldiers’ Memorial from Messrs Pearson and Head. The Adjutant of No. (i Area. Croup Senior Cadets notifies that a compulsory parade of 4!) Company will he held in the Town Hall at 7 p.m. on Friday next. March 2(ilh. ■ "There is a tendency to.the development of the military aspect in education, and 1 believe it is a mistake,” said Professor Hunter, in Wellington, on Wednesday night. New York's social spiders try to entangle a girl of Puritan blood inthe unconventional social web of Bohemia. A bailie of strong hearts. “The Scarlet Road," to he shown at the Royal to-night. A storm of cyclonic violence visited Poxioti shortly before A o'clock last® evening. Tin* wind blew with hurricane force, and torrential rain fell. A good deal of damage was done of a minor nature. A- new kind of paper fabric, a composition of paper and silk, is*, now being produced in vast quantities in Japan. It looks like mercerised cotton at its he-t. is suitable for blouses, sheetings, and so forth, and it is estimated that it can he put ou the English market at (id per length. “1 would like to impre-s upon motor car owners the fact that they don’t rule the earth!" said Mr McCarthy, S.M., at Christchurch, in dismissing a charge against a man who was charged with refusing to give information to the police in respect of a breach of the motor ear regulations.

The aeroplane Voorhrokker Juts .arrived at Capetown with I lie pilots Colonel van Rynevehl and Major Brand. This is the first complete Hight. from England to the Cape, in which three machines were Used. The airmen were welcomed by the Governor-General and a large crowd.

A langi or dirge for (ho dead wain progress among a large number of Maoris at Olaki on Saturday. Fpon being questioned as to the subject -of their grief, a young student of the Olaki. Maori College’ said. ‘•()!i, a men’ stranger from the Wairoa district.” In the Maori philosophy, for friend or casual acquaintance, the occasion for copious weeping must not he missed.

dor (lie past moiidi die dishornc main scliool lias been opening at S a.m. and closing for (lie day at I p.m. This has been Ined in see if (ho ('lli I<l run would benefit by being' away fi'oin lessons during the heal of tin 1 day. The early hours have not proved sndsfactory as regards die oduealion of die children, and that, combined with die inconvenience caused to many parents through having io gel their children to school before S a.in., has led to a reversion to former school hours.

At Dm Gisborne Supreme Court, Dennis and Simeon O’Dwyer, on a charge of conspiracy to defraud an insurance company in respect of two motor cars destroyed by (Ire 1 , were eaeli sentenced to four months' imprisonment. Simeon O’Dwyer was sentenced t o four‘months’ on a charge of a false declaration in connection with the same matter. The evidence disclosed that accused bought 11 ear for £4O and effected an insurance of £4OO. Another ear was bought for £7o and insured for £3OO.

Mr John Munson, of Palmerston North, who bus just returned from America, and Canada, informed a' Palmerston reporter Unit on arrivul in Plonolulu he was obliged to Avail live Weeks before gelling a steamer to America.. When lie had completed his business, he had a long wait, at Sau Francisco, but eventually secured a return passage to Honolulu at the end of last year. He had been in Honolulu ever since, ami after great difficulty umuuged to get to New Zealand. Four Xew Zealand ladies had boon held up in Honolulu for many moons, and as each boat came, if an odd berth was available, they held a ballot among themselves. Sometimes il was Mrst-elass, sometimes it Avas steerage. The last of Hie ,<|uartctto came over on last week’s sf eanier. Mr David 4. Nathan, one of Wellington’s most prominent citizen.-, died Avith tragic suddenness on Saturday morning. His hen 11h hu.d not been too good id' late, and il was hoped that a trip to the Did Country and the consequent freedom from business would be of greet benefit. Early on Saturday morning, however, he developed signs of serious illness, and, was taken in haste to the IV,ven Street private hospital. It was apparent at: once lhal he was in a serious condition from hemorrhage, ami ho.passed away shortly after admission. The late Mr Nathan Ava.s the son of the late Mr Joseph Nathan, founder of the firm of Messrs Nathan and Co. He Avas born at Wellington M2 years ago, and completed his education at ’Wellington College. On leaving that institution lie entered the Mrm controlled by his father, and in the course of a few years, by dint of hard work and careful attention to detail, rose to Die position of managing director, which position he occupied at the time of his death. Mrs Nathan and Miss Nell Nathan are at present in Xew York. For Bronchial Coughs, take Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure.