LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2168, 26 August 1920, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

“You can only control prices,” said his Honour Justice Stringer, the other day, “by economy in spending less.” The Manager of the Royal announces that he has Secured the “Miracle Man” for screening next month. Also the “Rainbow Trail” will he here shortlv. •

A man who sought to divorce his wife in the 'New Plymouth Supreme Court on account of her desertion of him, told the judge*he supposed his wife was tired of being poor. Petitioner had four children,. and was a railway servant eafiiing 9s a day when his wife whs Giving with him.

Mr il. Gifford Moore, (lie Palmers (on North Jersey breeder, now en route to Ameriea, has been appoinlcd representative by the ■ Mannwatu A. and P. Association to the World’s Fair, to be held at Chicago. “It is shocking to find some persons making specific charges against another without knowing anything of the facts, but it is amazing what some persons will sign,” remarked Sir Bassett Edwards, in (he Wellington Supreme Court.

“Did you kick your husband?” asked counsel of a woman yesterday in Hie Magistrate’s Court, when a separation ease was being heard. “\es, of course 1 did,” said the woman vehemently, “because bis mother never kicked him enough when he was young.”—N.Z, Times.

Straying stock on tlie arterial roads at night time are-a menace to motorists. The lights dazzle and confuse animals, and it requires the utmost (-are on tin. part of drivers to avoid collision. Owners of straying stock are liable for accidents.

.A plea was made by the member for Otaki (Mr W. 11. Held) in the House of Ucpresonlati,v*s this, week for vhc acquisition by the Government of the Muller property at \Vera roa. This, lie said, was an area of great historic interest, apart from its natural beautv and value.

Wo have pleasure in announcing l ;iu event of great to the iadies of Foxton. The C. M. i?oss Coy., Lid, have jus I received (heir first shipment of Spring Millinery, and all ladies-who like really up-to-date Millinery should make a point of calling 1 at once. The prices are •very moderate, and the styles charming. Special showing on Friday and Saturday of this week.*

The Ohutu correspondent of flie Taihape Times writes: The stock alouml this district is looking exceptionally well for this lime of the year, and quite a number of Jambs are to be seen in some of the paddocks already. .1 think a little less i'rosf and a few shower’s would do them no liana, for we ha ye had a fair share of frosts daring the last Iwo months.

The possibility of red-ha-ired people being “a separate race” was mentioned at a meeting of the Royal Anthropological Institute in London, when Professor F. G. Parsons gave a lecture on “Distribution of Hair and Lye Colour in the British Isles.’’ The average number of redhaired people was, roughly, four in each hundred, and it was quite an aristocratic colour, in London 5.1 per cent, of the upper classes had red hair, as compared with 1.3 in the lower classes. Tin*re was an altnormal amount of red hair among the beauties of the south-west of Ireland.

The manner in which (he dairying industry lias been developed iu Xew Zealand, and the enormous production from small areas, has greatly impressed Mr F. T. Nicholson, of Pretoria, who is vi-dung Auckland. Dairying in Africa is now rapidly expanding, he said this week. Before the war a great deal of butter and practically all (he ehee.se consumed in that country was imported. South Africa now supplied all its own needs, and exported considerable pnanlilies of butter and cheese to Britain. Hams and bacon were also being exporled in large, quantities, whereas prior to the Avar these commodities were being imported.

The number of patients in the mental hospitals of the Dominion at the beginning of last year was 2,G03 males and 1,9-13 females, and at the ■mid of Hie year 2,GG7 males and 1980 females —an increase for the twelve months of G 4 males and 37 females. The ratio of patients in proportion to population, exclusive of Maoris, was 39.3!) per 10,000, or one patient in 294. Among the year’s admissions were 13 immigrants who had been here less than a year; and 5!) New'Zealanders who had returned from abroad, 58 being soldiers. The percentage of recover ie.- on admissions was 38.17. The dealbs number 342. The expenditure ou farms connected with the menial institutions totalled £24,171, and Hie receipts wore £36,878.

Tim death occurred at Palmerston North of Mr H. E. Waldegrave, an old resident of the Manawatn district. Mr Waldegrave, who was horn in Sydney in 1851, settled in the district with his father, the late Mr John James Waldegrave, in .1872. He had been engaged in farming pursuits for many years, and owned oije of the finest properties in Hie Manawatn. In 1881 he married a .daughter of the late Major Budd The late Mr Waldegrave leaves two daughters (Mrs 0. C. Keer, London, and Miss D. WaldegHive, Palmerston North),.and four sons (.Messrs J. F., G. N., W. E., and G. F. Waldegrave). He is also survived by two brothers —Messrs Frank Waldegrave (late Under-Secretary of Justice), and 11. R. Waldegrave (Palmerston North).

“People who drive motor cars are, apparently not familiar wi|h their responsibilities,” said his Honour, Mr Justice Herdman, addressing the Grand Jury, at the Supreme Court in Christchurch. “It is notorious (hat motor cars and motor bicycles are driven in a most reckless manner about the streets.” The case under notice was one in which a man whs charged with manslaughter as Hie result of a fatal motor smash. “Cases of this kind are becoming quite * common,” continued Ids Honour, “Some of the drivers of motor ears don’t recognise that they have a duty to the public, and that if they commit a breach of that duty they render themselves liable to criminal as well as civil proceedings.'’

Heavy and continuous rain fell throughout this district last night.

Dr. Mandl has returned to Foxtail after a few weeks' holiday in the Auckland province. Since the publication of a paragraph in last issue ro an anonymous letter writer, we arc informed that several local residcnpjjiave received scurrilous and personal effusions. We sincerely hope that an example will yet be made, of the culprit. In one case it is alleged that no expense will he spared'in "an endeavour to bring the author to hook.

The death occurred at Palmerston mi Tuesday of Mr Alex. MeFarlane, a well-known Pahialna settler. The late Mr MeFarlane wa.s keenly interested in the dairying industry, and was on the directorate of a number of factories, and was a valuable 'member of the National Dairy Association, and one time chairman. He was a Iso* a Wairampa representative on (he -Wellington Harbour Board.

When a deputation from Hawkes Bay wailed on the Prime Minister and Minister for Agriculture recently in connection with the utilisation of the bequest of the late .Joseph Howard, a promise was made that, the whole matter would he reconsidered by the Government Cabinet has since carefully gone into the position, and has decided to adhere to its former decision, viz., to establish an • agricultural collage at Weraroa, Levin.

Judge Parry told a <rood story at (lie Lambeth County Court. In asking the registrar to (nice an account, he said he remembered an occasion when the judges in (he Court op Appeal, including Lord -James of Hereford, were hopelessly at. sea over a small account. Lord -fames ashed the Court stall: to work - out the sum. They passed it on to counsel, who promptly handed it to their solicitors, and (hey in turn passed it on to the office hoy, who worked-out the sum correctly.

Several members of the local Masonic Lodge mutored-to A shinies I last night and attended an installation ceremony there. Lodges were represented from all parts of the district, and as far south as Eketahnna. 1L Wor. Pro. Perrett, Prov, G.M., conducted the ceremony of installing Pro. W. T. Shore as -W.M. T 1 c visitors were subsequently entertained at a banquet, when the usual loyal and fraternal toasts were honoured.

At the Supreme Court at Wellington on Tuesday, Hubert Charles Dick, ranger and assistant road inspector for the Unit County Council, was awarded £2OO damages against 1.4 defendants for _ alleged libel. Plaintiff alleged that det'endants, with (he object of securing his dismissal, had petitioned the Council, stating that during thy hours when plaintiff was supposed to he doing the Council's work he was engaged in canvassing for “Wed Fed" and disloyal organisations’ candidates in the Ofaki and Halt electorates.

Tin. 1 Palmerston Borough Pounei! received a lei lev from Pie Fit ham Borough Council, asking for support’of a resolution in which the atlention of (he Government: is drawn to the fact that (lie hanks have raised (lie interest on advances to local •bodies to six per cent., and asking that legislation he passed enabling all funds being placed to the credit of local bodies’ District Fund Account. The object of (he resolution is that a local body should only have to pay interest on the actual amount owing, and not to have to pay on the full amount of an overdraft when its other accounts at the hank are in credit. On the Mayor’s motion it was decided to support the proposal.

Mr Fritz Holland, who is opening a boxing class in (lie Town Hall supper-room next Monday evening, is particularly well-known in (he boxing world, having held the middle- and welter-weight championship of Australia. He came to Australia from America about six years ago, and before leaving held the middle and welter championships d' the Pacific coast, ;md took paid in -■evenly tights there. In Australia Mr Holland has had 53 lights, nnd among those were two wins against Les Darcy, and he also heat Jack Lester, who came to Australia with Tommy Burns, in 10 rounds. He is a scientific boxer, and particularly well suited as a teacher of this branch of sport. At present Mr Holland is conducting classes in Podding, Palmerston North and Taihape, and is also opening clashes next week in Levin ami Shannon.

Recently reference was made in I lie Wanganui Herald lu the wife of a loc-sil resident having been served with smoked shark in-1 lie form of iillels at a local fish shop, and payin”: a price far in excess of the value of this particular class of lish, which most people offer great objection to eating. Yesterday morning an irate resident - called at the Herald office (says our contemporary) with several exhibits of shark’s skin taken from fillets of smoked lish bought in Wanganui the previous afternoon. According to the resident’s story, when ■ he reached home last evening his olfactory nerve* detected a pungent smell emanating from 1 lie culinary department. Closer investigation led him to the f rying-pan, where his wife was preparing the evening meal, and it did not take him very long to discover that he had narrowly escaped being served with a meal of smoked shark. He lost no time in saving some exhibits, which he intends to forward to the Board of Trade, and the remainder of the fillets he tossed out of the window for the benefit of any stray cats in the neighbourhood.

Win. S. Hart, in "The Breed of Men,” will form the chief attractiom at the Town Hall on Saturday even-" ‘ng. Usual [trices, (id and Is Id will, he changed.

A weding was celebrated at the local Presbyterian Church this afternoon by the liev. Tints. Halliday, | when Mr Bolter! Heid, son of Mr and Mrs A. Heid, of Fox ton, was united to Miss L. innes.

“If anyone comes to leli you Hint you can thrive without working and saving, hang him; lie is a public noisonen'.” This response was made nearly a century and a-ha!f ago by Benjamin Franklin to a committee of French patriots who wanted u word of counsel for their new' republic. If Benjamin Franklin's advice could be acted upon in this Dominnion there would be quite a considerable number of people who would go ■ perilously near to the hangman's rope; and some would even suffer its tight embrace. —Fill) ain Argus. One of the old settlors of Wellington who had a vivid recollection •)f the great seismic disturbance of L 855 was Mr Charles William Brown, whose death occurred this week, says-the Post. The earthquake threw down all the chimneys in Wellington, and raised the foreshore of the harbour so that the wharves known as Brown’s and Baron Alzdorf's, which before could be approached at low tide by topsail schooners, were left high and dry 50 feel away from the water. Soon after the'earthquake his father built a wharf 350 feet Jong, and ii; remained until the reclamation " was made where the .Government Printing Office now stands.

The advice of the Borough Curator at Palmerston (Hr P. Black) is ;o often sought hy outside bodies that after consideration the Preserves Committee recommended to the Borough Council that in future outside local bodies or others desiring •he advice of Mr Black bo informed that the i-nralor’s services will he at their disposal provided they agree to pay a fee of £5 5s per day and I ravelling'expenses; such charge lo lie made hy the Council and half of the fees received io he remitted to Mr Black, The applications from Eeilding and Hawera for the curator's services to he granted under the foregoing conditions. Cr. Ci’abh, in reporting' to the Council, said the committee had been surprised to find that only one of all the bodies to whom Mr Black had given his services had even offered to pay his exponses. 'M

The lady members of the Fox lon Croquet Club held a euchre parly and dance in the Town Hail on Tuesday evening last, in aid of the Beautifying Society's funds. There was a good attendance, and the function was a decided success, both socially and financially. Mrs A. Wishart and .Mr -1. Evans were the winners of the lady’s and gent’s, prizes respectively. At the conclusion of the euchre an adjournment-was made to Ihe sup-per-room, where a plentiful supply of refreshments, were provided, in tael, so liberal were the gifts in this connection that the surplus was disposed of by sale. Dancing was indulged in hy a large number of people after the supper adjournment, and a thoroughly enjoyable lime was spent. Excellent music was supplied by Mr East, assisted by Mr 11. Graham on the violin. Messrs M. Perreau and J. itidcr officiated as M’s.C. Those responsible for the effort, 'and particularly Mesdamcs Perreaifi and C. A. Pearson, are lo bo congratulated upon the success attained. It is anticipated that the beautifying funds will benefit to the extent of £2O.

An Invercargill resident wlio has just returned from a lengthy holiday in the North Island told a Southland Times reporter that he had been greatly impressed by the wax' tilings were booming in I lie North. He was particularly struck by the high wages being paid, and by the quickness with which those in Intsinc.-s are accumulating fortunes. “Having made their money easily, Ihe rich are spending it freely," lie remarked, "and the more solid Southerner cannot but stand in Lambton Quay and meditatively’ impure: ’Where are these people heading ?’ ■’

All (hose interested in boxing will lie pleased to learn that Mr i'l'itz Holland, the well-known boxer, is aliening a class in Foxton, which will he held- in the Town Hall sup-per-room every Monday evening, commencing next week. Already eighteen have joined the class, which promises to he a most successful one. Mr Holland Ims been approached by several parents desirous of having their boys taught the noble art, with the request that a juvenile class should lie formed, to Vie held during the afternoon, and provided sufficient support is accorded same a juvenile class will lie formed. All those interested should get in touch, with the secretary (Mr E. MeEwan), /

or with Mr Holland Foxlon next Monday,