LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2213, 9 December 1920, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A Press message from Dunedin ■dates that all brands of soap have been reduced, some by 3s Gd per .asc, and another line by £3 per' ton, Nonna Talmadgc, who is fast ivertakiug Alary Pickford in the popularity vote, is to appear at the loyal on Saturday night in “The sic of Conquest.”*

The great Fox racing picture, “Vagabond Luck,” is to be screened at the Royal on Monday next. Also “Thieves,” featuring Gladys Brockwell.*

Sir A. Conan Doyle delivered his firstly lecture in New Zealand on Spiritualism at the Auckland Town Hull on Tuesday night, when the building was crowded. The lecturer, who dealt at length with the results of his personal investigations, held the audience interested throughout the evening.

**lhink It Over” is the big feature at (he Town Ha.ll Pictures on Saturday’ at usual prices/ 9 ' According to the Mercantile Gaxetto Iho eapital of lloss ami Glendimfing, Ltd., is being increased to 11,250,000 by the creation of fifty thousand new shares of £lO each.

A woman at Willesden : She swore at me, and 1 own 1 called her a Sinn Feiner. The magistrate: Is she one? The woman: 1 don’t know that, but I don’t swear myself, so 1 have to say something to protect myself) *

On the motion of the Chairman, the Manawatu County Council on Tuesday placed on recor/1 I lie appreciation of the ratepayers for the services rendered by Mr \V, Phillips as councillor for Sandon riding for rite past nine years.

The thirsty American now becomes, inevitably, the turning point of anecdote. One such, visiting England, had just bought and pocketed n bottle of whisky when he was knocked down by a lorry. As he picked himself up he felt something trickling down his leg. “Gee!” he said, “I hope it's blood.”

In connection with (he Presbyterian Sunday School Anniversary, to be hold in the Sunday school tomorrow night, there will ‘be lea for the children at (i o’clock, and the concert programme will commence at 7.30. A collection will be taken up in aid of the Sunday school funds.

“The labour problem is heartbreaking,” said a Wairarapa farmer during the bearing of a charge against him of failing to keep down Ihe rabbit pest. “I have been paying men 15s a day for rabbit poisoning, but it is now so bal'd to obtain labour that I’ve had a Hindu, now working for a neighbour, booked up seven weeks ahead.”

Mr {‘lias, Redman, well-known in New Xealand journalistic circles, nephew of Mr Hornblow, of Foxton, and now on the editorial staff of the Melbourne Herald, has been in bad health for some time past, (he after effects of his- Irving experiences in France during the war. Mr Redman intends to return to Now Zealand for a short period in order to recuperate,

Sir Conan Doyle, who is now in Auckland, intends to write an account of his visit to Australia and New Zealand, and will call it “The Wanderings of a Spiritualist.” No matter what subject is broached, he gels back to flic one uppermost in his mind —Spiritualism. Sir Conan (says (he Star) is a big man with a very broad head, and is not unlike Lord Kitchener in appearance,

Mr T. Martin called at. the Paltncrslon Standard office, and slated, in connection with the hearing of the charges against him on Monday, that whal he wanted the Court to understand wa - that he was asking Mr T. Be van whal chance Beloved had in the next race, when scon by Detective Cnlloty in conversation with Mr Bcvau at the Horowhcnua races, The publi.-hcd reports, ho said, conveyed a wrong idea of what occurred during the interview.

The' engineer .who is completing the levels for the borough water and drainage scheme was warned off the premises of a local resident recently, Hi rough whose property (he tine is proposed (o be taken. He was informed that if any pegs wove put in they would be pulled up. Argument and the provisions of the Act were useless, and (he matter will be submitted lo the Council for adjustment.

A communication received by the Minister iVr Lands (Hun. D. 11, Guthrie) indicates that William Gordon Low, the Scotsman who claims to own Wellington land lo (he value of £1,000.000 on account of a grant made to his grandfather, is not the sole claimant. An English lady has written to the Minister, asking him to sec that the estate is not made over to Mr Low, since, she alleges, he is not the rightful heir al all. She herself, she adds, is the real owner of the £4,000,000 properly. The rival claim-, ants may be relieved when they find Hurt they have really nolhirtg to qua rr o 1 ab on (. —Dominion,

New Zealand is to be (be scene of a moving picture play. A party of nine film artists arrived in Auckland from Sydney by the Mabcnu on Sunday, says the Herald, and will travel to Rotorua. Mr Beaumont Smith, to whose company the artists belong, said the first and last reels of a film called “’Neath Southern Skies” would be .photographed in Rotorua, in Auckland, and on the return trip to Australia, and the remainder in Australia. “The idea is,” he said, “that the leading girl is a quarter-caste Maori, who is adopted by a party of tourists and is taken to Sydney,- where she becomes the rage of society.”

At Patea on 'Monday, as tho goods train from tlie north drew into (he station, a passenger, carrying a swag, alighted*-somewhat unsteadily I‘roiu a second-class carriage, and staggered on to (he rails, just as the express dashed into the station. The man seemed muddled, and, though many persons yelled to warn him of his imminent peril, lie stood right in the way of the ourushing express. With great presence of mind, the guard of the goods train, Mr Dan Myers, raced from the guards’ van and, amidst flic tensest excitement, succeeded in reaching the man and snatching him from what- appeared certain destruction. The ..driver of the express applied the brakes with till promptitude as soon ns he saw the man on the line, but even wifji this, had it not been for the prompt manner in which Guard Myers acted, nothing could have averted a tragedy,

Constable O’Donoghuc is lit present in the Auckland district on holiday leave.

Mr d. Linklater, chairman of the Foxton Harbour Board, was in Foxton to-day, and was present at the launching of the Board’s dredge pontoon.

Have you ever thought to yourself “What is the greatest thing in life?” Come along to the Town Hall tomorrow evening and see the picture, and help the “Save the Children’’ Fund;*

The Fox ton Harbour Board’s pontoon built to carry Iho suction dredge machinery, was launched tin’s morning. Everything is now in readiness to install the and this work will he commenced at once, and it is now only a matter of a short period before the dredge will he at work in (lie river.

We have just opened a tine consignment of Christmas Novell ics, in Trinket Boxes. Bags, Purses, Antimony Wear, Handkerchiefs, Handkerchief Sachets, Perfumes, Soaps, Photo. Frames. Fancy Leather Calenders, Autograph and Snap Albums, Mirrors, Gloves, and a hundred and one lines. We invite you to sec these goods, more especially when Vou can buy them a< Sale Prices. —C. M. Boss Co.—Advl.

There was a large attendance at I lie vaudeville and picture programme at the Town Hall last evening. Mr Frank Gold proved himself a really fine entertainer, and met with a flattering reception. His act moves with a swing, and is full of variety, his work at the piano being bigby entertaining, besides introducing some finished comedy touches. Singing, monologues, and an acrobalic step-dance are also items in Mr Gold’s repertoire, • Such finished nets its these should encourage Mr Reid to bring more vaudeville to Foxton, as it adds a welcome touch of variety to local amusements.

The use' of obscene language in public streets, trains, and trams is looked upon by Mr Poynlon, S.M., as a serious offence, and one that must be (irmly dealt with. He mentioned his feelings on the subject at Auckland this week, when a man from the King Country, named Duncan Kennedy (54), admitted havingbeen drunk in (lie Wellington express on .Sunday morning, and having used obscene language. Accused was lined £2O, in default two mouths' -imprisonment. Another man, John Grouchy (52), who admi ted having umhl obscene language in Customs Sired when be was drunk, was fined’£lo, in default one month's imprisonment,