Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, APRIL 27, 1920. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2120, 27 April 1920, Page 2

Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, APRIL 27, 1920. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The skating season will be continued at the Town Hall this evening.

Correspondence and other reading matter is unavoidably crowded out of this issue.

The Maori words for “God bless the Prince’' are “E te At an Mauakitia lie Piranha.”

Members, subscribers, and (lie public generally, are invited to attend a meeting of the Workers' Educational Association af the Council Chambers on Saturday, at 3 pan.

Says the Free Lance; The real trouble about the Jockeys’ Association is that, they want their daily ration increased by another carrov.ay seed. , This demand lias our entire sympathy.

The Rev. J. M. Thompson, Presbyterian minister af Island Bay, and one-time stationed at Foxton, underwent a serious operation at Thorndon private hospital on Tuesday last, and is reported to he progressing favourably.

A special meeting of the Council of the Chamber of Commerce will be held to-morrow night, for the purpose of meeting Mr E. Newman, M.P., and discussing with him matters of interest to the district. All members of the Chamber are invited to be present.

It is with sincere regret we record the death which took place on Saturday, at Ashhtirsl, of the six-weeks-old child of Mr and Mrs D. Miami. The little sufferer developed pneumonia, and passed away as above slated. The funeral took place at the Foxton cemetery yesterday afternoon.

A. silting of the Juvenile Court was held locally before Mr J. L. Si on I, S.M., on Friday, when two schoolboys were charged with breaking telegraph insulators. Both boys ]ileaded guilty. They were severely reprimanded, and ordered to pay for the damage done and court costs.

Following the beer strike at Port Piric, which lias now lasted a, fortnight, the workers who boycotted beer, owing' to the price, have passed a motion inviting Prohibition speakers to come to the town with a view to considering flic ndvisabloness of initiating a campaign for a referendum on Prohibition, and in the meantime declaring the town dry.

A banner is being made for the Foxton School, which will be in readiness for use when the children assemble to meet H.R.11. the Prince of Wales, at Palmerston next Monday. The banner will be in the school colours, and will bear the school mottoes surmounted by the Prince of Wales Feathers. It will subsequently be utilised at school ns a class attendance honour. Auckland was cn fete on Saturday last in honour of the arrival of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. All 1 lie ceremonies went off without a hitch, and amidst the acclamations of thousands. The l city was beautifnlly decorated, and the weather in keeping’ with (he. event. On Sunday the Prince a I tended Divine service in St. Mary's Cathedral, and in l]ie afternoon attended 4he Anzac memorial service in the Town Hull.

The shipping companies announce a pending increase in fares and freight rates. The increased rate on coastal general cargo will be 4s per ton, and that on coastal produce 3s per ton. The new rales will operate from Ist May. The increase in the passenger faros will be brought about: by a discontinuance of the issue of return tickets. Single tickets only will lie issued at the present single rales. The single tare to Lyttelton will thus be: Saloon 21s, steerage 12s (id.

A novel mode of “making the punishment lit the (‘rime” was announced'at the Dargaville ' Police Court last week by Mr .F K. Hunt, S.M., in connection with the illegal appropriation and u,se of a motor car and bicycles. The Magistrate, in dealing with a Maori who had taken a “joy ride,” said that in future lie would inflict imprisonment upon such offenders, the term to be calculated cn the basis of one day per mile ridden, up to three months imprisonment. In that way he hoped to put a stop to the practice, which was far too common, of unauthorised persons using motor cars and other vehicles.

A well-attended mooting of the Foxton Retailers’ Association was held this morning, Mr W. D. Bauckliam presiding. It was decided that all business premises observe - a dose holiday on Monday next, on the occasion of the Royal visit to Palmerston North, and that the Wednesday half holiday in the same week be observed as usual. The matter of the move by the Palmerston North retailers to have a suburban train'area'established around Palmerston North was discussed, and it was decided that if a conference of delegates from the towns concerned is arranged the Retailers’ Association will send representatives.

For Bronchial Coughs take Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure, 1/9, 2/9.

How can a poor man protect himself against rich men who are attracted by his wife’s beauty, and who offer her all the luxuries she craves, none of which the husband can supply ’ See how a woman is tempted in “Why I Would Not Marry,” a William Fox morality production, coming to the Royal shortly.

The Rev. Thos. Holliday conducted an induction service in the Glen Oroua Presbyterian Church on Sunday afternoon, when Messrs Gimbiel,llancox and Johnson were inducted to the eldership. There was a large congregation, and the service was most impressively carried out.