The Manawatu Herald. TUESDAY OCTOBER 5,1920 LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2185, 5 October 1920, Page 2

The Manawatu Herald. TUESDAY OCTOBER 5,1920 LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A sperm 1 meeting of the Borough Conned will be held in the Town Hall this evening, at 7.30 o’eluek.

The latest serial, “The Mystery of 33,” will commence at the Royal to-morrow night, “Halloa, Huia! Not entailing whitebait this morning'?” was asked of a local Native. “No bally fear, 1 too busy looking out for le motor lorry to lly over Foxton,” was the reply, Huia watched the High! of the aeroplane with mixed feelings.

A letter from the Secretary of the Horowhenua Rugby Union in connection with the disqualification of the Foxton Thirds owing to playing over-age players in the team, is crowded out of this issue.

• The Town Clerk requests that all members who are in possession of library books shall return, same to him when finished with. Pending other arrangements, he intends to arrange a system of exchange of the remaining library books as soon as same have been returned.

r fhe Lyric Costume Comedy Company, which appeared in Foxton about two months ago, are paying a return visit, and will give their bright entertainment in the Foxton Town Hall to-morrow night. It is safe to predict that all those who attended the last performance given by this talented company will 11gain be present, as the Company is undoubtedly the best of its kind that has vet* visited Foxton.

Book-lovers can have their wants supplied from G. H. Bennett and Co.'s , bookselling establishment, Broadway. Palmerston X. This establishment carries one of the larges) assorted stocks of books and magazines in the Dominion, and are. importers direct from the large publishing houses in England and the United States. All orders by post receive immediate attention, while the Foxton and district public are cordially invited to inspect the stocks when in Palmerston X. Elsewhere in this issue the linn publish a popular list and prices.

Some appear to be firmly of opinion that the high price of hind is the cause of the high price of butter. This is a strange transposition of cause and effect. Instead of highpriced land being the cause of highpriced butter, it is the ‘other way round.' High-priced butter and other products of the bind is the cause of high-priced laud. JO by any chance butter were to fall to sixpence per pound there would bo such a slum)) in the price of land as would bring about absolute ruination to thousands of people, and place New Zealand in peril of absolute bankruptcy,”—Eltbam Argus.

“It is not often that 1 agree with the member tor Christchurch East, Dr. Thacker, or lie with me,” said the Prime Minister, in the House of Representatives last week, “but I do heartily agree with the praise he lias given to the police force for the work' done at the time of the Prince's tour.” men did excellent work, and they also presented n splendid appearance. He considered the New Zealand Police Force, he would not say better, but just about as good as the London Police and the Royal Irish Constabulary, which were considered the best. in the world.

Treatment of seed potatoes with formalin is referred to in a circular letter issued by W'right,' Stevenson, and Co. The matter is considered of really urgent public importance. The seed is to be dipped in a solution of one pint of formalin to 30 gallons of water. It is claimed that this will control if it does not eradicate, powdery scab disease. The circular also outlines the use of culled, or N r o. 2 potatoes -for the manufacture of potato flour. In the United States 3,000,000 bushels of potatoes were made into flour, and the quantity was doubled in 1918, with beneficial results upon the eeonomieal use of the limited supply of wheat flour available.

tVhy bother making cakes when there is such a good assortment at Perreau’s?*

Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure, for Coughs and Colds, never fails, 1/9, 2/9, , .

At ins I Dibit’s School Committee meeting the head teacher reported that tooth-brush drill was in operation at the school. The ladies of St. Mary’s Guild will hold the last of the series of euchre and dance socials in the Town Hall on Tuesday, October 12th. Follow the adventures of the “Lone Wolf” in “The False Faces,” a real thriller, at the Town Hall, Saturday.* Several people expressed disappointment at not hearing the syren fire alarm on Sunday night. The. lire hell, although in order, was not rung. The Lyric Costume Comedy Company will favourably consider any ' requests for particular items, which should 1)0 left at the Town Hall before noon to-morrow. The headmaster of the State school wishes to acknowledge with thanks donations of specimens for the school museum from Mrs Griffin and Messrs Capt. Elford’and E. Huntley. The latest song to make its appearance in the New Zea-kmd music stores, “The Barefoot Trail,” will be sung by the Lyric Quartette tomorrow evening. The liev. Henry Wepiha Wainohu died at Wairoa on Friday, after a lengthy illness. He was chaplanmajor with the Maori Battalion, going away with the main body of Pioneers, and returning at the end of the war. Four of the crew of the steamer Matatua were sentenced at Timaru (o two months’ imprisonment without the option of a line for attempting to steal a 1 cwt. drum of white load from the ship’s stores. Three others were also fined £2 for disobedience of orders, and were ordered to forfeit two days’ pay for absence without, leave.

The Prime Minis!ei' has been asked by Mr Wilford (Hull) whether he does not think that: the time lias arrived to establish in this country a State-owned woollen and worsted' mill on the lines of the highly successful Commonwealth mill at Geelong, with a view to the manufacture of Host and Telegraph and military materials? At last; night’s meeting of the School Committee, Mr Stevenson asked whether something could be done to improve the ringing of the school bell, as its mournful tones gave one the mpression that a funeral toil was being rung. Mr Ross was deputed to alter the apparatus to improve matters in this connection. The Cardiff correspondent of the London Daily Express states that William Gordon Low, a nephew of Captain Low, who fought in the Maori War, is claiming a valuable estate in Wellington, through the High Commissioner. The estate was awarded for the uncle's war services in Xew Zealand, 'fin 1 . Government took it over when it was unable to trace Captain Low, who died in 1872. The Agent-General says he knows nothing of the claim. A locally owned donkey was recently sold to a circus company, but despite coaxing and other means of urging, refused to accompany the troupe, strenuous efforts were made to drag it along in the wake of the caravan,- but its stubborn spirit could not be subdued, and it was abandoned near the racecourse, yesterday it met a tragic apd fatal end. While grazing on the roadside along the railway line it collided with the train, and so ended its carthlv career.

AVhen a charge against a watersider of stealrhg 38 Albs. of coal from the railway wharf was dismissed at Wellington last week, Mr F. K. Hunt, SAL, said: “This is my tinal warning to everyone concerned. ’fins man will lose his work if I convict him, and he has a good record, but if a wharf worker steals so much ns a nob of coal in future, and ho comes before the Court, I will convict and line, or impose a term of imprisonment on him. ’This is the first and last ease of the kind I shall dismiss.”