LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2147, 3 July 1920, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Airs Louisa Barbara Slutw, wife of Air Thomas A. .Shaw, the wellknown horseman of Aokauterc, died on Wednesday, aged 30 years. Because of its fashion displays, Ethel Clayton’s "Alen, Women and Axouey" should appeal to all ladies. At the Town Hall to-night. This picture is included in the double feature programme screening, at usual prices. . ,

Do yon Relieve (hal a ahi Id of the gutter can feel the grip of deep emotion? See Viola Dana in “The Microbe,” one of the double feature items at the Town Hall to-night.

We recommend all parents to read an article on “Sugar and Dental Disease,” which we publish on page 1 of this issue, under the authority of the Education Department.

The services at All Saints’ Church to-morrow will he: —8 a.m. Holy Communion, 11 a.m. Matins, 7 p.m. Evensong. The Rev. 11. L. Fenn, of Palmerston North, will conduct the services.

The Horowhenua Horticultural and Industrial Society has decided to hold its Spring Show on Wednesday, November 17th, and its Autumn ■Show on Wednesday, March 2nd next.

The French Foreign Affairs Committee has reported that the Vatican has accepted the separation of Church and Slate in France as fait accompli. It declared ilia! it had not the slightest desire to interfere in French polities, and (lie way was therefore clear for (he resumption of diplomatic relations.

The good people of Olaki were recently perturbed by the advent of an unusual proportion of girl babies.- They may lake eOmforl in the fact that Nature cares for the adjustment of all such matters. At a nursing home in Palmerston North this month eleven babies were horn, of whom ten were hoys.—Palmerston Times.

C;ii>(itiii Allen, who is (o. oivo an elocutionary recital in Iho Town Ilnll on Friday ovoniny next. in aid of Dr. Darnardo’s Yonny Helpers’ League Fund, has a very extensive repertoire. Ilis seleelions run the whole yamnl of dor it 1 ionary effort, .from Kay to yrave, from lively lo severe, and he never tails to hold the attention of his hearers. The Captain will he assisted hy loeal talent.

The Wanyanni Herald says that the mystery of the disappearance some four months ayo of a roadman named Kenny was solved hist Thursday, when Mr Frank f.liompson, who was out shoot iny in (tnthrie's hush, Rnahine, came across remains which were afterwards identified as those of Kenny, in the hush. There was no evidence of violence, and it appeared as it the man had been overcome wiule takiny a short cut from his camp lour miles <a way throne'll, the hush to Ruahine. Kenny.was a single man, about 50,years of aye.

Replying to Mr J. A. Nash, M.F., in the House of Representatives, the Hon. Mr Farr said since he had taken over the portfolio of Fducation no (piestion had yiven him more concern than the reduction of the number of children in the classes in our schools. The. obvious remedy was more teachers, and the Department was about to make an appeal for more entrants into the profession, He thonyhl the yonnyer teachers were adequately paid. The trouble was that there were nut snfIndent attractions in the hmher evades of the profession.

Aii iinporliiiil. judgment was delivcml hy Mr IhnTon, S.M., ni Gisborne lhis week. A borough by-law sink’s dial 1110 1oris(s miisi sound tho hum .at all si reel intersections. Kecenlly Frank Wrey Kolaud, a well-known barrister, was dialled with a broach of the tiy-law. Defendant pleaded not guilty, but accepted the police evidence as to the tacts. The del.'ence was Ilia! the bylaw warn unreasonable, and therefore void and outside the authority of the Borough Council. The .Magistrate, in his judgment, slated that die by-law was unreasonable, and therefore invalid.

The .following somewhat remarkable noliliealion appears in the Wanganui. Chroniele: —“.May 1, through your columns, make it ijuile (dear that I am the newly-appointed viear of Arumoho.' Many people, .1 believe, are confusing me with my predecessor. Uis name is Ogden, and mine is Maxted. And he tell Araaudio some time before i arrived here from Fmgland. i have been here just over two months, So now, if people will realise that I am not my predecessor, but a dilferent person altogether, 1 shall be glad, i am, etc., Edward 0. Alaxted, viear of Arumoho,”

A. large an enthusiastic gathering met at lire Maunlund Theatre, Shannon, to say farewell to Air and Airs Kirkland, who have now taken up their residence in Foxton. Air Geo. Jfiekhard occupied (lie chair. Oaring the evening songs were contributed by Messrs if. Al.cOo.uald, W. Terry, T. Wells, J. Turau, Jtangi, W. Kirkland, .1. AIoJ let 1, 0. i’ickliard, J. Curran, ivewi Aioynihau, and K. Gardner. The toasts of “The King (the chairman), "The Empire’' (Hie Mayor), •‘Commercial Interests” (Air Murray), “Kew Zealand Heroes’’ (Air AleKegg), and “The Press'-’ (Air Murdoch) were honoured. The toatst, “The Guests of the Evening,” was proposed )>y the Alayor, who referred to the good uualiUes of Air and Airs Kirkland, and the regret of the people of Shannon in losing two such good citizens. Air Aiumty also spoke. The Alayor, on hcdtalf of a number of friends, made a presentation to Air and AMs Kirkland. The company rose and sung “1 or They are Jolly Good Fellows, ’ winding up with (■beers for Air anil Alls Kirkland. Air J. Curran treated the audience to a “yarn and a recitation. Air Thwaites also gave a recitation. The gathering, front a social point of view, was about the most enthusiastic that ever took place in Shannon.

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The fortnightly Foxton stork sole will bo held on Hominy. The monthly mooting of the loon! School Commit too will bo hold in the school at 7.30 p.m. on Hominy. The Comity rood men nve levelling the hill nonr the Rnngiofu school, which was n dangerous spot to vehicular and motor I radio.

A. special meeting of the Borough Council will be held on Monday evening, at 7.30 o’clock. Business: Water and Drainage, and general.

Owing to (he greatly increased cost of production, Mr A. Stevenson (Foxton Cordial Factory) nolilies thal the prices of all drinks have been raised.

All the classes in connection with the local Stale school are now accommodated in the new school building. The erection of blinds arc urgently required in some of the class rooms, and temporary heaters are being provided. (hi Wednesday afternoon the Te lloro hockey team defeated Olaki by foni I ,goals to i wo. R.S.A. forfeit(-d !o Shannon, and have now divided lo withdraw from the rompeiition on account of I lie dillieully of getting the team together. Robert M. Watson, for ‘JO years chief engineer at the Islington Freezing Works (Christchurch), dropped dead in ids ollicc at the works. lie leaves o widow, two sons and one daughter.

Mr J. X. Ridetj of Foxton, ol'lieialed as judge in the Yorkshire and Norwich Canaries section at the Wellington Poultry, Pigeon and Canary Society's annual show at Wellington this week.

We are requested to inform members of All Saints' Churcli that should the sendees of the new vicar. Rev. Mr Walton, he urgently required prior to taking up his permanent service's in Foxton, any lues-

--ages left with Mr G. Tver, vicar's churchwarden, will he immediately ;itU*mle<l io.

A complimentary concert to Captain Collin will he given on Tuesday next, (illi hist., in the Town Hall. It is hoped there will he a lull house. Tiekels o;iii lie had from members ol (he Salvation Army, Boy Scouts. Rev. Harding, or Rev. Halliday. Subscriptions lor the same purpose, can he sent to Rev. Halliday, Lady's Mile.

Air and Mrs George Hughes, ol’ No, 2 Line, arc leaving Foxton next week to lake up (heir residence at Paekakariki. They have resided in FoxPm jiist on forty-live years, Mr Hughes having been connected with the Railways when he. first arrived here, and afterwards look up the piece of land on No. 2 Line, which he has farmed ever since.

Messrs D. W. Malheson and Howard Andrew have been appointed to, represent I lie Levin Chamber of Commerce at the conference of delegates convened by the Foxton Chamber to consider the proposal by the Palmersion North Retailers’ Association to create a suburban train area around .Palmerston N. The conference is to he held at Fox lon on the 2.lst instant.

. The Chairman of the local School Committee visited. i\lr Burrie, headmaster of the local Slate School, who is ;in inmalc of a Palmerston private hospital, yesterday. r flie patient was doing line. A pleasing feat are in the room was a number of tloval tributes accompanied by eh eery messages, from the local school children. Me can assure the. little ones that Mr Burrie deeply appreciates their ‘thoughtfulness and ■ll oral gifts.

The local Salvation Army Band and. the Maori. Choir journeyed to Bedding on Thursday evening last, where a very successful concert was held on behalf of the Bedding Corps. The Drill Thill, in which the i om-ert was held, was tilled, and the enthusiasm with which the various items were received evidenced the pleasure of those present. The playing of the iltiiul was most favourably commented on, and the cormd solo by Master iron. Ebbelt was specially well received. Captain Coffin desires to thank Mr Ellers and members of the Maori Choir for their kindness in accompanying the Band.

At a largely attended meeting nt Levin on Thursday night, a Chamber of Commerce was formed, of which .Mr J. A. Haswcll wa> elected president. The other officers are; Vice-presidents, Messrs C. 11. Martin and K. Ait ken; hon. treasurer, .Mr C. IS. Keedwcll; auditor, Mr C. H. Pyke. The scale of subscription., was li.ved as follows: —Honorary ■members, ss; country members, st) acres and under IDs (id, between t)0 and 101) acres £l, Is, over 100 aeres £l. 10s; business houses, two employees and under fl Is, live employees and over two 311 s, over live employees £_!; private residents, 10s (id. The Chamber decided to invite applications for the position of secretary at a salary of £SO per annum. The depredations of small birds in. the spring on rows of young peas or early lettuce have always been difficult to counteract. A sovereign remedy against these attacks (says the Ashbifrton Guardian) is employed by the gardener at the County Hospital. About twice a week he sprays the plants subject to the voracious attentions of the sparrows with a weak solution of Jeyes’ iiuid, about one table.-,poonful to a kerosene tin, which make.-, the green teal: unpalatable to the birds without affecting the plants for human conmunption. He stales, further, that the same remedy frequently applied to young cabbages and other members of the brassiea family, keeps the ily off; although, once established, it is not sufficient to affect them.

A, really humorous thing about; a man who uses a six-shooter tor his defence is the fact; that a good smash mi the jaw from a brawnyHsi hurls him more than would a bullet. This is shown effectively' in a new Fox photoplay, “The Coming of the Law.” At the Royal on Mon-

Representatives of no less than three generations of one family were in the air at Gisborne one day recently in the de Haviland aeroplane belonging to I bo New Zealand Flying School. The passengers in question comprised Mrs Tucker, sen., a lady of 70 years of age; her daughter. Mrs Tucker, widow of the late Captain Tucker, and her sou, Master Tucker. The lasi-named made his third (light in the machine.

As evidence that the world supply of foodstuffs has fallen greatly below the demand, it may be cited that whereas before [lie war I".ranee produced about one million tons of

sugar annually in Job heel laetories, .-lie is now expected lo produce less than 150,000 tons in (be 1.00 factories which remain after the invasion of her territory. In Germany the area under sugar-beet cultivation has declined nearly JO per cent.

The Daily Fx press, London, Ims the following; —“New Zealand, now welcoming the Prince of Wales, has jour capitals, as (lie. visitor who would keep the peace does well to remember. There is 1 lie old original capital, Auckland, the new political one, Wellington, the Scottish commercial one, Dunedin, and the Knglisli ecclesiastical one, Christchurch, and the rivalry between (lie four sometimes liuds vent in scornful recriminations. Some lime ago an Auckland paper referred to Christchurch as the ‘‘crankiest, faddiest, ami most mentally unbalanced city in this Dominion,’ and a Christchurch journal retorted by summing up Auckland as ‘the dirtiest, smelliest, and plagnevisl city in the Soul hern Hemisphere.’ ”

It will he recalled that on the day the Prince of Males lei.t Palmerston .Will Tor Napier Mr Henry Collinson was driving his motor car towards Ashliurst when his Royal Highness’ sporting spirit threw out a challenge to .Mr Colhnson to race him to Woodville. This was accepled, and at its conclusion Mr Collinson was congratulated by (he Prince on healing (he Royal train. A. very much exaggerated account

of the episode appears in an issue of the London Daily Mirror for .May sth, and is accredited to Reuters Agency. Headed, “Prince’s Train Chased” and “Colonel’s 70 Mile .Motor Dash, to Shake Hands Willi 11.11.1 L, v the paragraph says: —ln order to gel to I lie town of Woodville, and shake hands with ihe Prince of "Wales, a New Zealand territorial colonel yesterday accomplished a remarkable motoring' foal, h-avs Reuter. With two women in Ills ear he kept pace with the lastrunning Royal train for 70 miles, traversing winding paths, a gorge, ever mountain roads and skirting precipitous ( (dills. Covered with dust, he shook hands with the Prince at Woodville.”