LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2156, 29 July 1920, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Transport Workers’ Advisory Board has lifted the embargo on racehorses. Mr Lloyd George slates that Dr. Mannix will not be allowed to land in Britain, owing to his recent utterances in America. The,names of Mesdames Harding and Konnerloy were inadvertently omitted from the list of those who assisted at the recent Methodist tea meeting. The ferry steamer Duchess collided with the Ruahine in Wellington Harbour on Tuesday, during a ■fog, and caused damage to the Ruahine estimated at £5,000. “During my residence in Foxton,” said a resident of over 20 years standing, “1 have never been out. of vegetables, and have never , bought any. My garden has supplied all my requirements.” The tilth race for the America Cup was won hy the defender Resolute, which has Avon three races to the Shamrock’s (;avo, and thus retains the title to the Cup for the United States. The annual debating contest - between the Napier and Palmerston High Schools took place last night, at Palmerston. Palmerston won hy 2GO points to Napier’s 245. Mr Freeth judged the debate. Tuesday night’s frost was as severe as any of its eleven predecessors, but the bright sunshine compensates for the cold nights. The frosts are, hoAvever, retarding the growth of the young grass. This morning’s frost Avas comparatively mild. Mrs Henry Gardes, Avho has been living in Palmerston N. since 1879, practically the Avhole time in Fitzherbert Street, left for the Auckland district on Monday, Avith her sou Frederick, late of Foxton, avlio has recently acquired an hotel at Pukekohe. An early settler in the person of Mr George Shotter died on Saturday evening, at Wellington, He avuh 90 years of age, and came from England in the ship Gertrude, landing at Petone in 1841, A few years after his arrival in Nbav Zealand he settled at Makara, A\liere he remained engaged in fanning pursuits. He is survived by a large number of descendants, OAA-ing to the closing doAvn of a number of mills, the Toavu Halt management have ■ decided to give the public the benefit of Saturday’s double feature programme at usual prices, viz., Gd and Is Id. The favourite, Marguerite Clark, in “Let’s Elope,” - aml the Metro comedian, Hale Hamilton, in “Full of Pep,” are the features.

Palmerston High School juniors defeated Napier High School juniors at Palmerston yesterday, in the inter-schools Rugby match, by 1!) to 13; and the Palmerston seniors defeated Napier seniors this morning by 8 points to 5. : Jack Piekford is a great success in the finely-drawn drama character study of American life in the feudridden regions of Kentucky, featured in “Bill Apperson’s Boy,” a First National production of unusual distinction, to he screened at the Royal to-morrow night.

In reference to granting school holidays by Committees, referred to at last Board meeting, the Chairman of the local Committee states that during the past ten years the local Committee has not exceeded more than two out of the throe days holidays allowed per year. The Education Board has granted Mr L.'J. Furrie, head teacher of the local State school, leave of absence from 21st June to August 16th,' owing to illness. Although Mr Furrie is making good progress after his recent operation, it wall be. at: least two months before he is fully convalescent.

The iiead teacher, assistant head teacher, and Chairman of Committee have collaborated in reference to a scheme for beautifying the front of the. school, which wall be submitted to the Committee at its hext meeting for approval. It is thus hoped to get a start made with the. work immediately. The death occurred on Saturday, the 24th inst., of Mr John James, one of "Wanganui’s best known and most respected citizens. Deceased was a native of Cornwall, England, and was 65 years of age. Ho spent most of his life in New Zealand, and -was a member of the Wanganui Volunteer Fire Brigade for over 38 years. A Government engineer informed the Palmerston Times that practically no part of the line between Foxton and Palmerston, Himatangi and Sanson, or Greatford and Rata, could, or would, be used in the suggested Levin-Greatford line. If to be made with the avowed object of shortening the through journey, this deviation should be from Levin to Rata, thus cutting out Feilding, Marlon and Palmerston North, and entailing the construction of 40 miles of new line costing over £lO,000 per mile, in addition to the bridges, buildings and yards.

Commenting on the increased postal and telegraph ratc ( s, the Feilding Star says; —"It means, naturally, that instead of maintaining our position-as the greatest letter-writ-ing nation on earth, we will drop hack into a careless and casual people, neglecting correspondence and dropping such little amenities in life as letting relatives and others know that all is well with us. That the increases in pay demanded by the workers in the public services had to be met by extra taxation was a foregone conclusion,- but it was never anticipated that the Postmas-ter-General would have been given such a free hand to fleece the masses of the people and the business.enterprises of (ho Dominion as is shown in the exorbitant demands made upon the public at the point of the pistol, and with only a week’s notice. . . . Sir Joseph Ward

(Ted aml that (lie greatest advance in civilisation was made when Penny Post and Sixpenny Telegrams were instituted. There will now he loud yells for Sir Joseph to come hade to the Postal Department.”

In the House on Tuesday afternoon, the Prime Minister announced I hat he had concluded anSarrangement with the imperial Government, by which all wool and sheepskins, not including the wool of the 192021 clip, and not including the freezing works slips and freezing works sheepskins, submitted to appraisement at the brokers’ stores before 30tk September, 1920, will be purchased on behalf of the Imperial Government. At that date the valuation of the wool and sheepskins in the Dominion will definitely cease. To avoid subsequent dislocation of the market, the wool and sheepskin brokers have undertaken not to hold auction sales of sheepskins for six weeks following 80th September, by which date it is anticipated that all the avool scouring and fcllmongcring on behalf of the Imperial Government will he concluded, and the Avorks 'available for the purchase and treatment of privately-oAvned avool and skins. To assist in obtaining this end, farmers holding avool and sheepskins should deliver them to the brokers’ stores as early as possible.