LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2154, 24 July 1920, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Another cold snap was experienced hist night.

During Dr. Mundl’s temporary absence from Eoxton, Dr. Usher will act us locum tenons.

Tenders are invited for the erection (labour only) of 20 chains of fencing on Easton Park. Mr C. T. Flanagan, Grand President of the North Island District of Druids, was a visitor to Eoxton yesterday. While cranking a delivery van on Tuesday last, Mr H. Kjar, of Terrace End, sustained a broken wrist through the engine buck-liring.

Of 14 Chinese who' arrived in Auckland this week from Sydney, seven failed to pass the education test, and they will be sent buck to Sydney.

“Ginger Mick,” the sequel to “The Sentimental Bloke,” is booked for screening on Tuesday next, at the Royal. Those who saw “The Sentimental Bloke” will not miss seeing this.

A meeting of the Board of Management of the local Red Shield Club was held last night. It was decided to hold oyer matters in connection with the Club until Captain Goffin’s successor arrives.

The Prime Minister intimated in the House on Thursday, in reply to a. question by Mr George Hunter, that he would give immediate it/- & tractions to the police to check the great amount of furious driving now going on amongst motorists.

An Ashburton telegram says George Brown, sanitary contractor for the Hampstead Town Board, aged CO, was found dead yesterday morning at the dump, with severe injuries about/the head, It is presumed that a cart wheel passed over hip after tipping a loud during the night. The body was found tangled in the reins beside the cart.

At the Feilding S.M. Court on Thursday, Messrs Whitehead Bros., charged with selling underweight bread, were fined £5 and costs. “The Grey Seal” serial commences at the Town Hall on Monday night. Also the same night, Shirley Mason in “The Final Close-up.”

Mr 6.- P, Brown, formerly editor and manager of the Levin Daily Chronicle, has been appointed editor and manager of the Samoa 'Times.

Mr Poole, local manager of the Bank of New Zealand, is in possession of some fine mineral specimens obtained from the hinterland of the Nelson province.

Dr. Mandl left for the lAuckland province yesterday, where he intends to spend a few weeks’ wellearned holiday. Dr, Usher will attend to Dr. Mandl’s practice during the latter’s absence.

The anti-shouting regulations, which have been honoured chiefly in the breach, are among the War Regulations that are to disappear under the War Regulations Continuance Bill, introduced in the House on Tuesday.

•' At"'the Feilding Police Court on Thursday, Harold Bowler was fined £lO, H. B, Hodgson £5, and R. T. Hodgson £2, on charges of assaulting Reginald Hulena. The charges were the sequel to a disturbance in a billiard saloon between slaughtei’men. At the ’Wanganui Education Board meeting the expressed an opinion, concurred in by his colleagues, that the time was not Tar distant when the Board would have to go outside the district for teachers. Already it has been found impossible to Jill teaching vacancies in some of the country schools. An aeroplane carrying mails for towns in the north of Auckland left (he city shortly after 8 o’clock on Thursday morning. Dr. H. W. Cleary, Roman Catholic Bishop of Auckland, was a passenger. Calls were made at Hellensville, Pouto, Te Kopuru, Dargaville, and Omanoao. For the racing season just ending, Mr F. S. Easton occupies second position in the list of winning owners, with a total of £10,310. Mr W. R. Kenbal! heads the list with £lO,S!>s. Amythas occupies pride of position among the winning horses, with a total of £7,095, and First Line is eleventh on the list, with £2,570. *

On the ground of ill-licultli, Mr A. W. Hogg Jins resigned Jiis sent on Iho Wellingloh Educntiou Board. This body hns passed a resolution placing on record .Mr Hoggs services, and that it is of ilie opinion (hat Mr Hogg lias richly earned the lasting gratitude of the community

by his brio record of twenty-three years’ honorary service in the cause of education, and expressing' the hope that Mr Hogg may be restored to health.

A Business Talk with Business Men.—“ Then; is a vast difference between wishing and winning. Many a good man lias failed because he had his wishbone where his backbone ought to have been.” Are you wishing for more business, but lack the winning 1 ; Advertising is a sure enough winner, but. it needs backbone in the man directing it. Advertising doesn’t bring results with a jerk. The beginning is slight, but the pressure is.jptastant, and increasing all the time. The open season for hunting business lasts all the year round, but .just now the game is particularly well worth going after. The best ammunition is an anvertisemcnt in “The Manawatu Herald.”*

The .tire syren disturbed the stilly night air on Thursday evening. Captain Parkin arranged to give the brigade a surprise alarm. One member of the brigade was let into the secret, and ordered to set off the alarm at a certain hour. Similarly, Captain Parkin set lire to some gorse in Francis Street. The brigade reached the scene of the cohllagralion in six minutes. People Avho heard the syren rushed out, and made inwards the contlagration, which was lirst thought to he at the rope works. When informed that it was only‘a surprise alarm, they expressed keen, disappointment. There is no pleasing some people. However, the “turn-out” proved that die hrigadesmen were up to their work, aud practically every member in town was accounted for.

At the Police Court at Wellington on Wednesday, two youths— Alfred Charles Love and John Olsen —were charged that (1) on June 29th they broke and entered the dwelling of William G. Caldwell, farmer, Waikanae, and stole goods to the value of £5 14s Gd, (2) between June 22nd and 25th, at Waikeuue, they broke and entered the premises of Thomas Stewart, and stole goods to the value of £IG 10s, the property of Thomas Stewart and Morgi Kopata, (3) on July Gth, at Karori, they stole from the house of Alice Wickraan, money and tobacco value IGs, the property of John Olliver, (4) on July 14th, they broke and entered the premises of Arthur John Peard, Ohiro Road, and stole a coat and a cheque-book, value 255, the property of A. J. Peard. The two lads absconded from the Weraroa Training Farm, and walked down to'Wellington. They committed thefts en* route, and on arrival in the city committed the thefts at Karori and Ohiro Road. They pleaded guilty to all charges, and were committed to the Supreme Court for sentence.

Penetrating, powerful, prompt, pleasant and proved is NAZOL. Ko cold is Nazol-proof.

Sir John Payne, former Labour member for Grey Lynn, has been ap-

pointed private secretary to Mr J. Dooley, Colonial Secretary in tho New South Wales Government.

,A writ Ims been served on the manager and publisher of the Westport Times, citing him "to appear at the Christchurch Supreme Court on the 4th August, 1920, to answer alleged contempt of Court by publication of articles advocating the abolition of compulsory military training. A rather exciting accident occurred on the Rangilumau (Masterton) road on Tuesday evening, says the Age. Mr Ross iter, in Ids motor car, was driving round a corner, when a motor cycle, with two riders, crashed into the front of the car. The motor cycle was cut completely in halves, and (he riders had a jnivaculous escape. The motor car was also damaged. There were two occupants of the car, both of whom were thrown out, hut neither sustained serious injury.

Air W. A. Grenfell, of Welling!on, writes to a contemporary: —In your locals of to-day you say it is claimed by Mr C. A. K. Bradley, of Westport, that he drew the highest gratuity of any members of the New Zealand Expeditionary Forces, Is (id off tho possible. I am able to say my ’brother, Captain A. F. Grenfell, of Invercargill, can just heat him, as he drew the maximum allowance. He joined the forces on April 14th, 1914, and returned to Now Zealand by I he Alhcnic in March last.

A few days ago it was reported that the hotel proprietors of Hastings, with one exception, had decided to increase the price of spirits from Gd to 9d. The decision was put into operation, but while those who had joined what was termed “the whisky ring” starved for want of a customer, the “exception” was ununable to cope with his business, and it is reported had no fewer than nine barmen attending to the wants of his patrons. Realising (hat even “half a loaf is better than no bread,” the members of the “ring,” still with one or two exceptions, have now decided to revert to the' old price. It is expended that the remaining two exceptions will soon follow suit. — Napier Telegraph.

The use of a hot brick in bed as a foot-warmer nearly had serious results in a residence at Berhampore early on Tuesday morning, a young girl, 151 years of age, having an escape from burning, says the Post. The previous evening a heated brick wrapped in a piece of linen was placed in the girl’s bed. At about 1.30 a.m. the girl awakened, and catling to her mother, stated that she thought the bed-clothes were scorching. Examination proved this to be correct, the brick haviiug burnt through the top sheet, two blankets, a rug, as well as scorching a .white quilt, vvliile a kapoc mattress had also been burnt almost to the wire springs. Apart from shock, the girl suffered a slight burn on one of her legs.

Nine-informations alleging breaches oi' the anti-profiteering section of the Board of Trade Act of 191!) have been laid against two Christchurch linns, a Lyttelton firm, and a, Christchurch chemist, by the secretary of the local Price Investigation Tribunal. Six of the nine informations have been laid against a, firm of tobacco importers and fancy goods merchants, and all relate to the alleged unreasonably high price charged for Clarence cigarettes. Another firm of merchants is being proceeded against on a similar charge in respect of the same brand of cigarettes. A local chemist is being proceeded against for having, it is alleged, charged an unreasonably high price for a “Winchester” (half a gallon) of gorol. This is a proprietary line used as a mouth-wash and disinfectant. A Lyttelton firm is to be called upon to answer a charge of selling rabbit (raps at a price alleged to be unreasonably high.

A pleasant I idle ceremony took place in the pavilion at the local bowling green on Thursday afternoon, when the members of the Club met together to make a presentation to Mr Percy Lumsdeu, who has been a member of the Club since its inception, and who is shortly leaving Foxton to take up Ids residence in Wellington. There was a good attendance of members, and apologies were received from a number who were unavoidably absent. Dr. Mandl, president of the Club, referred to Mr Lumsden’s long connection with the Club, and also to the very keen interest he had always taken in its welfare. For several years he had served on the Committee, and also occupied the position of one of the Club’s vice-presidents, and bad at all times done his best to further the interests of bowling in this locality. The whole of the members regretted that Mr Lumsden was leaving Foxton, and he assured him that he would carry away with him their best wishes for the future. He asked Mr Lumsden to accept a gold fountain pen as a small token of the esteem in which he was held by the members of the Club. Mr Lumsden, in thanking the President for his kindly references, and members for their token of goodwill, said that in the past he had not been able to take as active part in the game of bowls as he would have liked to, but in the future he intended to become a fairly constant player. He did not intend severing his connection with the Foxton Club at present, but would continue as a member next year, and hoped to be able to occasionally play on thc.green here. After the presentation the ladies dispensed afternoon tea.

A special meeting of the Borough Council was held last night, when details in connection with v the rangements with The engineer f ive to the proposed water and drainage scheme for the borough were discussed. Everything is now in readiness to place before a public meeting'of ratepayers, and a meeting for that purpose is to be conven- . od at an early date.

At the animal general meeting of the New Zealand Flaxmillers’ Association, held at Palmerston North on Thursday, the following officers were elected for the ensuing year:—• President, Mr R. T. Bell; vice-pre-sident, Mr R. Gardner; treasurer, Mr 11. Akers; committee, Messrs A. Seifert, H. Seifert, IT. Berry, W. Ross, F. D. Whibley, J. H. Stevens, R. Me Murray, S. Liggins, and A. Ross.

Captain and Mrs Godin will conduct farewell services in the local S.A. Hall at 11 a.m, and 7 p.m. tomorrow. It is anticipalcd that there will he a large attendance of the public at the evening service, as Captain and Airs Gotti a have made many friends outside (he Army conned ion, and have always been ready to assist in local deserving functions. On Monday evening, Captain Godin will speak’ at Ihe meeting iu the Mbtlnulist Church. Captain and Mrs Elford have been appointed to the command of the local corps, and have been specially selected because of their knowledge of Scout and Guard organisation work, and musical talents.