LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2200, 9 November 1920, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

There will be vaudeville and pictures at the Town Hall on Wednesday. *

The Town Clerk notifies that 10 per cent, will be added to all rates unpaid after the 25th iust. The popular actor, Warren Kerrigan, will appear” at the Royal on Friday, in “The End of the Game.”*

Mrs Griffin, Avenue Road, notifies by advertisement that she has commenced dressmaking. Children's clothes a speciality.

Accounts amounting to £584 IDs Gd were passed for payment at last night’s meeting of the Borough Council.

A very enjoyable social afternoon was spent by the members of the local Presbyterian Ladies’ Social Guild at the residence of Mrs S. Easton on Wednesday.

Mr B. R. Gardener, (own clerk of Levin, was seized with a sudden illness aflei a meeting on Friday night, and now lies in a serious condition. His condition to-day is reported to have slightly improved.

The animal Mower Services in connection with the local Methodist Church will lie held next Sunday, at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m., and will be conducted by the Rev. T. R. Richards, of Napier.

It is estimated that 20,000 people wore in attendance at the Palmerston Show on Ui'iday last. The showground presented a memorable sight, and considerable enthusiasm was apparent when Messrs Walsh Bros.’ aeroplane, with Captain Russell as pilot, carried out a number of “stunts’’ up above the ring. '

There were present at the monthly meeting of the Borough Council held last night: —The Mayor (Mr •). Chryslall) and Crs. Parkin, Hunt, Pearson, Thompson, Rand, Bryant, MeMurray and Walker. An apology for absence was received front Cr. Coley.

The gate receipts at the Manawalu spring show for the three days of the exhibition amounted to £.1,015 fits 7d. On the first and second day the takings were slightly below those of the previous year, but on “People’s Day” they constituted a record, being an increase of £-156 15s 2d.

The Hooded areas in the swamp lands below Palmerston are now rapidly drying up, and flax cutting, which has been suspended for a couple of weeks, will soon be resumed. in some places heavy deposits of silt have taken place. The losses of cattle have been considerable. It is anticipated that Hie Hoods will have proved very benclicial in some respects, notably in destroying the insect pests Avliich have been ravaging'the (lax areas in recent vears.

Cr Parkin mentioned at las', night's Council meeting that a complaint bad been made to him by a resident about the ranger impounding stock during the recent Hood, when the whole of the resident's land Avas under water. if it was not possible to alloAv some latitude in cases of the kind. The Mayor said that if Hie resident would put bis complaint in writing be Avas sure the Council would give the matter favourable considera--tion.

Last infill a depuiat ion f’i‘<nu Hie Chamber of Commerce, consisting ol‘ Messrs Barr, Perrean and A. N. Smith, waited on Hie Borough Council and asked ■thorn to reconsider their decision in connection with the proposal P> have, a garbage carl for Hie borough, which proposal had been turned, down by the Council. The deputation pointed out the necessity for such a service in the interests of cleanliness and public health. —A Her consideration it was decided to get prices from the local carriers' for removing rubbish from Hie business premises and dwellings in the brick area, and to go fully into the question at the next meeting of the Council.

“It has always surprised me that there is not a single specimen of (he whan in any of our parks,” said Air J, W. Poyriion, S.AL, who is a keen botanist, and is specially interested in native flora (slates the Auckland Star). Mr Poynlon was discussing with a reporter the advisability of planting more native trees and shrubs iu public places, and he commented on Hie fact that while children were quite familiar with many exotics they were quite ignorant of many of the beautiful trees of the New Zealand hush. It was then that he referred specially to the whan, about which there are several peculiarities. It is the only tree of its genus, is peculiarly restricted in its habitat, and must at one time have boon subject to some enemy, as the seeds are contained in a prickly protective covering very much like a chestnut. The whan is found only in the northern part of the Auckland province, parts of the East Coast, at Paraparanmu (Wellington), mill H only one spot in Hie South Island —at Collingwood. Perhaps it would he advisable to use 1 he' past tense, as it is rapidly disappearing before the ravages of live stock. The whan is Hie lightest wood know-n, and is only about halt as heavy as cork. It was used by Hie Maori before the adveni of Hie pakelia for making boats for his fishing nets. It is a handsome shrub or tree, and can be quite easily grown with ordinary protection. Specimens do very well in Auckland. The tree is remarkable for its large light green leaves, something like a vine leaf, which sometimes measures nearly a foot each way. In the spring the tree looks its best, with its quantities of creamy white flowers. NEEDS ASSISTANCE.

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The weekly combined religious service will be held in the Salvation Army Hall, and will he conducted by Captain Elford.

Being without doubt a, band in himself, Ei’cd Holland, the musical .-tar, should be especially welcome in Foxton, whore band troubles are so prevalent. He is (he master of twenty-six instruments, and appears at the Town Hal! on Wednesday evening.* Several cases of infantile paralysis have been reported in Gisborne during the past week or two, two deaths having occurred recently. A Gisborne medical man, in conversation with a reporter, said that (he infantile paralysis seemed to come in waves, at intervals estimated about six years. The last one to come to New Zealand was a severe one, and there were over 80 cases in Gisborne alone.

Nieholls’ new brick motor garage at Taihape became enveloped in (lames rather suddenly at noon on Saturday. The brigade soon had the lire under control, but not before the building was completely gulled, and the whole roof destroyed. There were ten cars not rescued, all having the appearance of being a total loss. The insurances on these arc not obtainable. The insurance on the building is £1,700, slock £I,OOO, plalcglass window, £4O; all in the Commercial Union.

Mr V. I[. Hotter (Koskill) is reported ;is having slated in the House of Represent a lives on Thursday night in (ho debate on the Marriage Amendment: Bill that a Homan Cathode woman, married by a registrar lo a Protestant, had given birth lo a ehild. She had been visited afterwards by Archbishop O’Shea, wlio had said, “To me it is a pity yon were not struck dead instead of giving birth to a child.” Archbishop O’Shea telegraphs from Otald that the statement is “absolutely untrue,” and gives it an emphatic and iiiKjualitied denial. Mr Potter, in the’ House yesterday, in a personal explanation, said that he had based his statement on the written evidence of (he Avoman concerned, signed in the presence <>f witnesses, and he was prepared to believe that statement in dcliance of (he reply by Archbishop O'Shea.

At last night's Council meeting a, petition was read from eleven residents in Putter, Hillary and Cook Streets, asking that steps be taken to improve (he drainage in that locality. . They stated that the culverts in a drain that, carried Hie water from this locality into Awahon drain were too small, Avilh the result that during the reeent heavy rains many sections Avere under water for several days.—-It was decided (hat notice he served on property owners adjoining the drain running across Fuller and Hillary Streets to have the respective portions of the drain cleaned out.

Palmerston was really beginning to get a bit anxious concerning the progress of the movement to sidetrack what she considers to he the, hub of I lie .Mauawalu by means of deviating the railway from Levin to Greatford. There was another deviation which Palmerston demanded, by means of which the line was to be diverted around instead of through the big town. It was a ease of deviation v. deviation. Who would win—J. A. Nash, ALP,’, or Hie landowners along the sandy coast via Fox ton Victory belongeth to Palmerston, for its very own deviation has been authorised by Parliament. Now (here will be weeping and wailing and gNashiug of teeth along the Levin to Creatford unshod track. —Fe ild in g Star.

The trial of William Arthur Wehh on a charge of manslaughter wasconcluded at the Wellington Supreme Court on Saturday, (he jury, after deliberating for two hours and a half, returning a verdict of guilty, and adding that, in their opinion, the prisoner did not see the deceased until it was too late to avoid the collision, his attention being given to a man with a handcart. They strongly recommended leniency. The ease arose out of Hie.death of Alfred Talbot Made, who, on September 29th, was knocked down in Courtenay Place, Wellington, by a taxi motor ear driven by Webb. Accused was sentenced to three months’ imprisonment.

It is now over a fortnight since the erosion caused by the (loud rendered the Shannon bridge unsafe for traffic, and the Horuwhenna County Council, the controlling body, lias done nothing to put the bridge in order for tiafiie, beyond placing a. notice at cither end warning those Using Hie bridge that it is unsafe for traflie. and that, those crossing it do so at their own risk - . In order to get [he cream from Alandiri and Moutoa to the factory at Shannon, the Shannon Dairy Company made

some temporary repairs consisting of a number of planks placed across the dangerous portion, but at the most this was only a very temporary arrangement to do service until

some permanent repairs .were undertaken by the Ilorowhenua County Council. Yesterday, whilst the cream cart was crossing the bridge, the planks shifted, and the front wheels of the vehicle went through, with the result that some of the springs of the waggon were broken. In its present state the bridge is not safe, and it is time that the Ilorowhenua County Council recognised their responsibility in this matter. Perhaps the other contributing bodies, Manawatu County Council and Foxton-Borough Council, will lake some aefion in the matter, and thus strengthen the hands of the settlers in the locality, who are urging that the necessary repairs be carried out immediately.