LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2196, 30 October 1920, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Fox ton friends of Mr W. Jupp will regret to learn t&at his wife passed away at Hastings last week, after a lingering illness, '

Sylvia Punk hurst was senkniHaf at London this wool- to six months' imprisonment in the second division.

The oilicia! opening of the loeaj Tennis Courts will take place on Wednesday afternoon next, at o o'clock.

The Hood waters from the Manawalu on the Foxton-Levin road came down to within half a mile of the borough boundary.

The Horowhenua County is losing no time in making the approach to (he Shannon bridge safe for traffic. Steps will also be taken to divert the water from making further erosion to the south approach.

Several cases of 'influenza have occurred at Waibi during the past few days. In two instances where pneumonia followed death resulted. The victims in both cases wore wellknoivn adult residents.

Bombardier Wells, England’s favourite boxer, plays the leading male character in “The Great Game/' the Nat Gould sporting special, to be screened at the Town Hall on Tuesday next.

Tlie flood waters in Die Manawatu brought down thousands of eels and (rout, which found (heir way into the shallow waters, and were easily captured. Numbers of hares were captured while imprisoned oir miniature islands. The Maoris made big hauls of eels.

“The defendant is in Ins seventies, and they have been married eighteen months, but they don’t seem to be able to mould themselves to each other’s habits as young people do,” said .counsel for one of the parties in an application for a separation order at Die Napier Police Court.

A danse in .the F.ducaiion Amendment Act, now before Parliament, provides (bat nominations of candidates for deal ion to school committee's where Die average attendance is not less than .121), close seven days before the night of election. This danse will prevent confusion, and enable householders to select (he most suitable candidates before Die night of election.

A Whangarei resident was lined ,C2O and 7s fusts in I ho, Wlmngam Mag isl rate's Court lids wool: .for being a bookinalvor. Twonly-two lo-<-al residents, whoso names and inilia Is wove found in a book, pleaded pa illy I<> belt in", and were convicted under (lie now amendments to the On min" Aol. They wore lined 13 and ousts (s.eaeh. The magistrate, MT F. ft. Levien, said il was the evident intention of the .Legislature to suppress the bookmaker and alt his aiders and abettors, and if subsequent oases came before him he would indict Ihe heavier penalties (he Act provided. A Business Talk with Business Aten. —‘-'There is a vast difference between wishing and winning. Many a good man has failed because he had Ids wishbone where his backbone ought to have been.’’ Are you wishing for more business, but lack the winning.’ 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 constant, and increasing all the time. The open season for hunting business lasts all the year round, hut just now the game is particularly well worth going after. The best ammunition is an auvertisement in “The Mauawatu Herald.”*

In , conversation with a settler whose hind at M'ouroa was inundated with flood waters this, week, lie stated that in his opinion slop hanks would not keep the Manawatu within hounds during heavy floods. “"Nothing but a cut will be effective to get the water away,’’ and lie added, “when the hankng is completed at Makorua the Hood waters will over-run the present hanks at Moutoa and spread over land now high and dry. In, fact, don't he surprised to 'see Foxtnn Hooded out.” He wont on to say that he had cxperieneed it number of Hoods over his properly in one season, and it was n jj new experience for him, hut lie expressed sympathy with newcomers who had settled in I lie locality and had just passed through a very trying time.

The Huddersfield- (Yorkshire) Examiner, of September 4th, conta-ins-an interesting obituary notice of Hr Geo. Tunnicliffe, grandfather of Mr C. Tunnicliffe, of Eoxton, at the agd of S 3. The deceased was one of the leading men in the Skelmauthorpe district, and was the pioneer of the Mohair industry in that locality. At an early age lie carried off the Prince Consort's prize for art studies. The Examiner says: It may well be claimed that the industry with which his name is still associated owes almost its foundation to his inventive ability. Not 'only did he design hut he patented various devices connected with the manufacture of mohair rugs, table covers, etc., and he led the way in the^introduction of figure weaving in this somewhat heavy and difficult material. In addition, much of his best work went; to the building up of the mohair industry in the place of his longest residence — Skehuanthorpm It was characteristic of the man that inventors amongst- the workmen of Ins district found him willing to aid and elaborate their ideas with that complete' unselfishness which ever marked Him in till his dealings as a Christian gentleman first and a business man afterwards. It would he impossible to close this brief jiotc of ■his business career without recognising the high courage with which in his (13 rd year he took so prominent a part in the launching of the firm of Messrs Sykes and Tunnicliffe, of Almondbury.

The s.s. Kennedy, with general cargo, will arrive from Wellington to-morrow.

Numbers of people have been out to see the Hood at Whirokino and Moiuoa. Wo are informed that a stormy meeting of members of the Borough Band was held last aught.

The Hood waters at (he seaside covered the river foreshore right up to the dwellings. No damage was done, however. Mr Waimvright, late of Eoxton, has gone nto partnership in a carrying business between Rdngotea and Palmerston.

The loug-looked-for “Rainbow Trail” (sequel to “Riders of The Purple Jsage”), will be screened at the Royal on Wednesday next, a new copy in place of the one that, was burnt having arrived from America.

A farmer was the father of twelve children, all of whom had been rocked in the same cradle. Ho was rocking the newest arrival one night when his „wij'e remarked: “John, that cradle is nearly worn out; it’s so rickety that I’m afraid it will fall to pieces.” “It’s about" used up,” replied the husband. Then, handing her £2, he added, “The next time yon go to town get a new one, a good one, one that will last.”

The Auckland leu dealers are making a further reduel ion of; (id per pouii'd in flu* prices of all grades of tea. A dealer said that (he drop was purely a local mailer,-and was.the result of; the exhaust ion of stocks acquired by merchants at the higher rates existing some months ago. .The position in Ceylon liad not'changed, though (ho value of (he rupee was steadily coming down.

What a misplaced line makes us sulVdr at (he. hands of (he “funny” man of (lie Auckland Slur; —From a recent issue of the Wairnrapa Daily Times. The Rev. D. C. Hales’ report for the twenty-four hours (rum 9 a.m. this day is as follows: Freshening' norlhcrly wind, strong to gale. .Mild and hazy conditions, with increasing haze and cloudiness for an Unfavourable change in Ihe weal her of heliotrope georgette over pale blue.” The Government Meteorologist is to he congralMated on imparting a little more colour to his prediction-.. There is quite a lot lo be learnt from the woman's column. If Mr Wragge would, follow suit, how interesting weather forecasting might become. For ex-

ample: “The low pressure disturbance known as Xmplsspeess'/ is approaching Now Zealand, and will shortly arrive in a costume of purple charmense over black crepe-.de-ohene, with orange sash and hat to match.”

Says the Waimate Witness: — “We si ill believe that 'beyond the price, of butter, soldier settlement, ■etc., the greatest cause of Hie rise in the price of land is the gambling spirit, and the only tray to prevent lids is to limit the right of transfer similar lo Crown lands and soldier .-etHemenfs, and thus ensure that a .man buying land intends to farm it. A continually moving farming population is had for the farms, mid had from every point of view. Our >ympatides are entirely with Hie ‘cow-eoeky’- who is' producing, hut not with the man who is living on the (oil of the producer and collecting interest on a del it ions value of land. Were a slump to come, or .were prices to drop even a- lew pence, in many instances Hie actual producer would lose his income and any capital he may have invested as well.”