LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2194, 26 October 1920, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

At Iho local police court yesterday morning, before Mr A If. .Fraser, J.P., 'John Kinley, on a charge of drunkenness, was convicted and lined 10s.

Mr W. A. Low, the well-known theatrical agent, was in Foxlou on Saturday, making arrangements for the screening of the sensational sporting picture, “The Great Game,”

The case of alleged perjury in connection with a civil ease concerning a racehorse deal, beard at the local Court lasi month, will come on for hearing at the Magistrate’s Court, Palmerston North, to-mor-row afternoon.

Mi' Thomas W. Fisher, late Un-der-Secretary for Native Aftairs, died suddenly at Te Kind on Sunday. He arrived on Friday on a visit to Mr W. Galsby, and appeared to be in his usual health. On Sunday also he seemed very well, but while having tea had a sudden attack. His breathing became difficult, and a doctor was summoned, but Mr Fisher expired shortly after. Captain A. L. Napper, an Englishman, is proposing to start on a one-man voyage round the world in a motor boat. This will be a unique achievement so far ns this new kind of craft is concerned, but similar long distance voyages in ordinary small and fragile boats have-frequ-ently been accomplished quite successfully. Twenty-live years ago, for instance, Captain Joshua Slocum sailed a tiny cockle shell of a craft measuring less than 37 feet in length right round the globe. Sailing, however, arid drifting he trav-elled-more than forty-six thousand miles in three years, two months, two days, thirteen hours. Many times, too, the Atlantic has been crossed in small boats; and some years ago a -foolhardy individual tried to cross cooped up in a barrel weighted with lead to make it stand upright, and iitted with a sliding man-hole and a collapsible mast. He was drowned. In 1886, again, three men navigated a small boat called the Homeward Bound from Port Natal, in South Africa, lo Dover, while some few years back four members of the crew of the British ship Manila; torpedoed by a Hun raider in the Pacific, voyaged in the ship’s small lifeboat to Pago Pago, 1,200 miles distant.

A fair idea of how some of the materials - used- in- the manufacture

of cordials have risen in price may be gathered from' the .following comparisons, the pre-war price hi each instance'being given in parentheses: —Sugar (£ls), £18; soda, (£5), £2O; tartaric (£B7), £448; citric (£140), £672, per (on;*lemon juice (Is 9d), 7s 6d per gallon. The following towns and boroughs in Canterbury, Otago and Southland derive their generating power from water: —Mat a lira, Gore# Oamaru, Lyttelton, Dunedin, Christchurch, Kaiapoi, Sumner, Die-car-ton, Heathcote, Woolston, and Spreydon. Some of these towns have an alternative oil plant, but in' the main the current is water-gon-erated.

The exports from New Zealand during the quarter ended September 30th were valued at £12,360,695, as compared with £11,005,619 in the corresponding quarter of last year. Of the amount exported during (lie past quarter, the share of the United Kingdom was £8,602,838, Canada £195,722, Australia £555,372, South Africa £862, and the United States £2,764,599. In the corresponding quarter of last year the value of the goods exported to the United States was £1,089,508.-

When asked to give examples of the reaggregation which he said was proceeding, Mr G. Mitchell, M,P., ((noted a ease of which he had information in a sworn declaration. An estate* near Shannon had been purchased by a man who already owned two other properties. Returned soldiers had intended buying the properly, on which three of thcm woyld have settled. They were too laic, and when one of (hem approached the purchaser and offered him £2,000 on his purchase lie’refused it. He wanted £4,000,

Two railway guards, d. (!. Murray and C. A. Travis, were arrested at Ashburton on Thursday on charges of thefts of goods. An express load of goods wore taken from each of the residences of the accused, including drapery,, matches, butter, Ciindles, sugar, groceries, and an eiderdown quilt. Murray has been in the service of the Railway Department for about fifteen years, and Trails for about fourteen years. Both have been attached to (he, Ashburton staff for some considerable time.

There are eight new sawmills being constructed injhe Hokitika district,' and one hardly knows where they are going lo get all the-men needed to work (hem (writes the Hokitika correspondent of I lie Grey River Argus). Some of the present mills are working shorthanded as it is, and-il is nol everybody that cares about mill work. At the present time there is far too much hoy labour in the mills. Some of the boys would do far better if they stuck lo school a little longer, as they will he broken down before they are 40 years of age. Of course, one knows that the high cost of living is pressing hard upon families, and somebody must see to (lie bread-winning, but it is a pity the-burden falls niton shoulders so young.

A big British scheme fn run a cooperative fishing tied, which will be worked only by ex-service men, is now Inking delinilo shape. About 200 np-to-dale steam trawlers are ho be acquired from the (loverumeut, the vessels (previously on Admiralty sendee) having been reconditioned and titled .for fishing in accordance with the latest practicesof the industry. It is intended that the Heel will lie entirely self-snp-uorling, and will be owned and worked on co-operative lines from (he coaling of the vessels to the selling of the catches. Its operations wiil be extended to the principal trawling ports of the United Kingdom.

It was (says the Otago Daily Times) under the one dim light ofa long railway carriage—not a dim religions light, il may be added — that they gathered to “spin them.” A race train had scarcely moved out from the Vfingatui station at the end of the day’s racing for its run to Dunedin when the rattle of u collide of pennies acted as a magic lure Id a large number of (he male passengers. Almost at once the man with the kip disappeared from sight in the crush which moved in from both ends of the ear. One powerfully-built man who was slow to move towards the lodcstone vain- v ]y tried lo hand his “dollar” over the heads of those in front of him, but at last he got a lucky opeiflng, to use a sporting phrase, behind the hacks of those seated, though he temporaraly parted company with his hat as he bored his way through. “Are you all set?” at last came a voice from the middle of the press, and then a fleeting glance was obla-

hied of a couple oi' pennies turning in the air, though there was no sign of the spinner. The game went on till Dunedin was reached. The incident is but a phase of present-day life. The impromptu players in the two-up school had just finished a day’s horse racing, yet at the first opportunity eagerly started another game. To cheek the spirit of gambling it would appear that the reformers must indubitably change human nature. It is not fair, however, to say that the love of gambling amongst some, classes of the people is peculiar to the present age. In fact, it would be correct to state that the shrewdness of the gambler, if so it can be termed, has increased from the days when a man would stake his all and face life-long ruin on a foolhardy gambling chance. But railway carriages are not convenient or desirable places in which to play two-up. Plenty of people travel in the trains who do not play two-up.

Messrs E. ‘Walker and 11. J. Os--holdstone, late of Foxlon, have purchased anauctioneering business in/---. Ohakunc. • ’

Owing Jo the ■inclement weather conditions, the combined .prayer meeting to have been hold in the Methodist Church this everting will not be held.

' The only time anyone regrets not going to. the dogs is when - they miss seeing Flaneur and his canine wonders, who are appearing at the Town Hall to-morrow evening.

The last of Ihe series of dances under the auspices of (he local Ditle Club will be held in the Town Hall on Thursday evening. It will be a “long night/’ dancing to be continued until 2 a.m.

Recent visitors to the Mangahao Electric Power Works state that the work is being pushed on, and that there is evidence of considerable progress having been made.

Mr .1. M. Aikman, of Dunedin, who has been appointed by the Foxinn Harbour Board as engineer to assemble,, erect- and .work the Bohrd’s suction dredge, will arrive in Foxlon next Tuesday, and will take up his duties immediately.

As the rough weather will prevent a great many people from attending the Dutch hair being held in the Town Hall this afternoon and evening, it has been decided to continue same to-morrow from 11 a.m. to 5.30 p.m.

Mr Olimie, the Borough Couneil’s engineer in connection with the water and drainage scheme, will he in Foxlon on Thursday, and a special 'meeting of the Council will he held the same evening to discuss details with him, and make arrangements for the commencement of the work.

The Dutch Fair, being held under the auspices of AH Saints’ Guild, was opened in the Town Hall this afternoon, and will be continued this evening and to-morrow from 11 a.in. lo 5.30 p.m. All the stalls arc well stocked with goods at reasonable prices. The cllort should result in a good sum being raised. Admission is free.

A local farmer reports that he wrote to Mr Clement Wraggo a few days ago asking his prediction as lo weather conditions for the next lew months. Mr Wraggo lias replied that there will he one frost hot ween* now and the middle of Xovemher, and light rains during the same period. After that there will be a drought for the •summer, hut 'there will he a good autumn. —"Waikato Independent.

Owjng to the uncertainty regarding the coal supplies, it has been deluded by the Keilding Borough Council to experiment with wood for - the product ion of gas by suction gas plant. Heavy woods, with the least possible moisture content will he necessary for (he experiment. Black mairc. amt manuka arc* considered to lie the best. Before being pul in the producer chamber, the wood will need to ho cut up lo small pieces the size of tlic small coal which is now used. It is not expected the resulting gas will he quite as good as the coal gas,' hut it may prove a satisfactory stand-by. In this connection the Mayor is making inquiries along (lie Alain Trunk line for firewood.

“We have now arrived at the Mage where the fortunate Crown tenants are enabled to buy in a year 102,104 acres of land for £3;J5,f)17, or something under 35s an acre during a period in which the Slate, bought 205,040 acres for £4,92!),435, -or £l2 11s per acre. We are living in a time when landowners are encouraged to sell their land to the Crown at two or three times the value set upon it by the Crown for taxation purposes, and when the purposes of land settlement as understood by John McKenzie and John Ballanco are made subsidiary to the interests of t lie-profiteer and (he speculator.” —Lyttelton Times.

An exhibition of busbcraft by a

one-armed axeman was given at Auckland on Wednesday afternoon, before a number of professional axemen sind a representative 1 lie Discharged" Soldiers’ I.and Department. The Star says that a onearmed bnshman, Mr Duncan Mackenzie, hewed through a 12-inch block in quick time and workmanlike style. Using the axe with Hie left hand, he balanced it with the .stump of the right arm while on-the left cut, and, changing over, he brought the stump under the top end of the axe handle to give'force to the stroke. He cut through the log with us clean a scarf as could be made by guiy good two-handed bushmun. The obpeet of the demonstration is to interest the Repatriation Department by proving that one-handed axemanship is an effective proposition for re-instating as wage-earn-ers many of the ex-bushmen among our returned soldiers.

COMMON COLDS. Do you know that by neglecting a common cold you lay yourself open to pneumonia ,dud other lung troubles. If you have chronic catarrh, chronic bronchitis, or other throat and lung-troubles, they are aggravated by each fresh cold you catch. Do not take chances when you have a cold, even though you do call it a common cold. If taken in time, Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy will relieve the cold before any of these chronic complaints can be affected. Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy contains no harmful drugs, and can be token Avith perfect safety by the oldest and youngest. For sale everywhere. —Advt.

No more grinding of teeth with WADE’S WORM FIGS.

The rainfall locally for the 24 lii'.uis ended at ft o'clock this morning totalled 1.98 inches, For the previous 24 hours 2(i points was registered. making a total of one point less than 2.1 inches in the -18 hours. From !i a.in. to-day until 2.40 p.m. the rainfall was .75 im-h.

A. X. Smith, draper and clothier, announces that he has just opened a consignment of the latest models in millinery, including ladies’ readyto wears and children's straws and panamas. The ladies of Foxlon are extended a cordial invitation to view these choice samples of millinery, and should remember that inspection carries no obligation.

At a meeting of members ot the Wellington Provincial Executive of the New Zealand Farmers’ Union held on Saturday, Air Robinson, of AVanganni,■ brought up the question of the spread of goalsrne in the Halconibe district. It was decided to leave the matter in the hands of the Foilding branch to urge Ihe Comity Council to place the weed in the first schedule of the Noxious Weeds Act,

Woven into the highly thrilling drama, “Tho Five Million Dollar Counterfeiting Plot,” is (lie exquisite romance of the daughter of one of (lie counterfeiters, who fell in love with a Burns detective. Her renunciation of his love, and the final reconciliation when her father has broken down and confessed, gives a beautiful touch of sentiment to the gripping scenes. At the Royal tomorrow night.

The fancy-dress football match played on Gaston Park ground on Saturday afternoon caused a great deal of amusement. About a dozen of the players turned out in fancy costumes, ladies’ attire being the most popular, and some of the make-ups were really first-class. The players assembled at the north end of Main Street, and, headed by some members of the local Bftnd, under Mr J. Golder, marched to (he ground. There was u fairly good attendance of (he public, and as a icsult of same the building fund for Easton Park will be increased by between £(> and £7.

Tho loeaily-ownod ehampion fonr-yoar-(dd, Amyl has, had no diflieully in accounting for the opposition in Iho Champion Vlalo al Wellington yesterday, Karo being second, and the imported horse Arrowsmitb third. IJovien, owned and li'ained lo-t-ally, won (he open six furlongs event, and also finished third in the chief sprinl rare on the lirst day, being only a head the winner. At the Waverley meeting al Wanganui, another Coxian horse, Diamond -Nap, got into lh| place money, running second in (lit? hurdles. A party of local sports returning from the Waverley races at Wanganui last evening had a rather unpleasant experience. Tin 1 heavy rains had resulted in the road a little on the Fox ton side of Sanson being Hooded, and the ear was in deep water before the driver eoiiid pull np. Jt was impossible to get Ihrough it, ami the passengers had lo make their way hack to Sanson and pul in (lie night there, arriving home between eight and nine o'em-k this morning. The engineers who attended the animal meeting of (he Wellington Forth branch of the N.Z. Society of Civil Engineers at Palmerston N'. were invited to inspect the reclaiming of .Makerua. The work will take about 21 years to complete, and cost about .Cloo,ooo. The acreage of swamp land to be treated is 22,000 acres, extending from Linton to Shannon, which will be eonverlcd into lirst-class agricultural land. The party passed a pari of the embankment already built by .\fr Hugh Akers and then mime upon (he seem; where , the steam shovel was at work. It is not intended to construct the hanks in one section, hut at parts of the rivers most snseept-ible-to Hood they will he built first, and the gaps will be taken in band as lime permits. The iron shovel which lifts II cubic yards of earth each time, is worked upon the same principle as the crane dredges seen between (lie wharves in Wellington. That is, the shovel is swung out at the end of a crane, and is dropped at the minimi spot; it is then hoisted up again, swung round in a circle, and the load is deposited upon the embankments. The visitors were much interested at what they saw.