LOCAL AND GENERAL.
Friday next, at the Town Hall: “We Can’t Have Everything," a great story of tile's problem. A large number of local residents attended the races at I’almerston North yesterday.
Air and Airs A. C. Jenson, erstwhile residents »t (his district, arc at present visiting Foxton, and are staying with their daughter, Mrs D. Purcell.
[•'our Pox ion trained horses took part in the racing at Awapiini yesterday, but Aloutoa Ivanova was the only one to get into 'the prize money, finishing behind Client and Esperanee in the Cup. All the cottages at the local seaside are occupied, and a large number of people who intended spending their holidays there have bad to make other arrangements owing to being unable to get accommodation. The next best thing to actually seeing California is to bear Mr Witford’s address descriptive of bis trip through that country. Don’t miss it, at the Town-Hall on Thursday evening next.
A poll at Stratford last week or the question of raising a loan ol £129,500 for improving and extending I lie water works, drainage, aiu streets in Stratford, was carried b\ 378 votes to 89.
Local business people report that the Christmas trade this year was a record. During the whole of last week shopkeepers and their assistants were kept very busy, and on Friday they were going at high pressure from early morning until closing lime in order to cope with the business offering. Keen interest is being evinced locally in the Carnival Queen contest, to be run in connection with the Carnival in aid of the Beautifying Society's funds, to be held in February. Tickets for this competition will be available immediately after the holidays.
In the cricket match between the New South Wale* and the English team one of the fielding Englishmen came in for a good deal of chaff. Twice stooping in a most leisurely manner, he failed to stop a fast ground ball with one hand. The disgust of the crowd at the second failure was turned to a howl of laughter when a shrill voice advised him to lake off his stays.
A Japanese at Broome (A estern Australia), claiming racial equality, ran amok, armed with a stick and firearms. A general riot .followed, in which two Japanese were hilled and others wounded. Two white 1 people were injured. The Riot Act was read, and all white inhabitants sworn in as special constables. Returned soldiers and ritle club men, under A.I.F. officers, are patrolling the town and disarming Japanese.
Mr T. M. Wilford, M.P., has consented to deliver an address on his trip through California, in the Town Hall on Thursday next. The proceeds are in aid of the funds of the Beautifying Society. '
Already the margarine industry has been enormously stimulated by the price of butter. According to Weddell's Review, the supplies of margarine in Britain increased from 107,000 tons in 1914-15 to 300,000 tons in 1919-20.
Indications are for a very good oat crop in Hawke’s Bay this season, and there is every reason to believe that there will he a sub-stantial’drop-in the price of oats, chaff, and barley. Wheat, in all probability, it is slated, will remain at present prices.
Dr. Paschall, of Seattle, declares that he has discovered a sure cure for tuberculosis in a synthetic drug, which he calls mycoleum. It is wax injected into the muscles, and indireel action kills (he germs. He himself wns the first patient. He says the treatment was entirely successful.
The Westport Hews says;—Roughly, the whitebait season recently closed yielded only about £IOO to 1 Vest port, as compared with £2,000 to £2,500 in former seasons. .Such a-shortage as occurred this year is unknown previously amongst; those who have been in the habit of annually spending time on the waterfront with their muslin nets.
A plantation of 90 pinus ins ignis trees in Ailken’s Bush, Mountain Load, Taranaki, was recently sold for timber for I lie substantial sum of £225. Those trees were planted 55 years ago by Mr David Hay and In's father on what was then regarded as little more than a waste piece of land. In the course of time the trees became a land mark, but no one dreamed that by I Ids time their limber value would be greater than what the land originally cost.
Tiie Mayor of Christchurch and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle have a good deal in common, according to statements made by Dr. Thacker (Mayor) the other night. “I have had an education similar to his,’’ said Dr. Thacker. “His teachers were my teachers. This morning he talked over the big men we knew in Edinburgh. He is a scientific, educated gentleman. I told him that I did not care two straws for his spiritualism, as much as I wanted to shake hands with the man who wrote ‘Sherlock Holmes.’ . . . Sir Arthur is just a big human being. His is a sample of the specialised brain/’
A farmer in one of the up-river settlements informed a Wanganui Herald reporter that 11 years ago when he went in to take up land he arrived on the spot 15s in debt. At (he present lime he would not sell his farm for less than £5,000, irrespective of stock. He mentioned this as an instance to show how money can be made in the hack conn Iry if only the .-eftlevs have Ihe tenacity to hold on for a few years. Some, of course, became disheartened, and after doing a great deal of (he pioneering work, sold out just when the turn of the tide was nearly due, and had to make fresh starts in other localities.
After experiments extending over two years, it is claimed Hurt a patented process of manufacturing Hour from the flesh of sheep and cattle has been perfected. Analysis has demonstrated that the (lour has about 81 per cent, of proteins, against between 50 and 00 per cent, in the commercial meat extracts. The advantages claimed are that, owing to the line stale of subdivision, it is quickly cooked and readily digested, and tiurt it will keep for lengthy periods even when not played in air-tight containers. A company is in course of formal ion in the Waimarino district to erect the first meat Hour works. —Exchange.
At the 'Magistralu’s Court at Opotiki last week a dairy farmer was charged with assaulting an employee, a lad aged 15 years. The latter gave evidence that he had to gel ni> at 4 a.m. and worked till 10 a.m., when tic had about 20 minutes for breakfast. Thereafter he worked lilt 1.30 p.m., had dinner, then worked on with a brief interval at 0 o’clock for tea and a few biscuits, till 8 or 9 p.m., when be had supper. His statement was confirmed by a fellow-worker. The Opotiki Herald, commenting on. the ease, holds (hat if an employer is unable to make bis business pay except by keeping lads working unreasonably long hours for a wage of 25s a week, be should gel out of it and try some other vocation. Most people will coincide with this opinion.
Professor B. E. Murphy, at a breaking-up school ceremony, said (rather Irishlvj that the boy who slouches along with his eyes on his boots and his hand's in Ids pockets, slouches through life with his hands in other people’s pockets. It is obvious the learned Prof, is not a Professor of Anatomy, and that the desire to say smart things leads eminent* to fracture the actualities. A little chap named Napoleon always slouched, and as he hadn’t any pockets when he was a hoy he stuck 'em in his coat tails or his waistband, or hung ’em together behind him. Abraham Lincoln never did anything but slouch with his hands in his pockets. At Eton and other schools a hoy abroad is rarely seen without his hands in his pockets. One knows Supreme Court judges (three of ’em) who always slouch, and one of them has taken to carrying a stick to break his habit of putting his hands in his (own) pockets. About five men out of six slouch. The boy is father of the man. —N.Z. Observer.
A shareholder of a Wanganui freezing company informed a reporter that jjeitty thieving has been reduced to a fine art in his district. For some time past the electric light bulbs had gradually been missed from the works ,and it has now been found necessary to solder them on, in order to minimise the chances of the bulbs accidentally "or otherwise doing the disappearing (rick.
Very little interest was taken at Tauranga by. borough, ratepayers in the poll on the proposal to raise a loan of £5,800 for the purpose of improving roads, opening .up the metal quarry, crushing plant, .etc. Only 34 votes were cast for the proposal, and the same number against it. Under sections 10 of the. Local Elections and Polls Act lots were drawn, and the draw went against the loan, which was defeated. Since the Armistice, Belgium appears to be the only European country in which labour and'capital arc working harmoniously, and production is being stimulated in the endeavour to regain the industrial prosperity destroyed in (he war. As a consequence of this co-operation, many orders are going lo Belgium which British manufacturers are unable lo fill. Even large contracts for reconditioning merchant ships arc being diverted to Belgian yards owing to the unsatisfactory 'labour conditions in Great Britain.
' During the hearing of a case in the Magistrate's Court, at Napier, a point.- of general interest was argued. It appeared that a Wellington newspaper wrongly inserted an advertisement making the advertised salary appear to he £2 10s, instead of £2. The mistake was not discovered until the employee had worked six months. Both counsel stated that they were unable to'find a similar case recorded, and argued at length whether the newspaper agent or its advertisers was liable. The Magistrate remarked that it was a “nice” point, and reserved judgment.
In combating the suggestion that I lie higher education of girls involves too much physical strain upon them, and tends lo undermine their health, (he Hon. G. M. Thomas drew alien!ion to a remarkable fact at the hrcakiiig-up ceremony of the Dunedin Girls’ High School on Friday (slates Ihe Otago Daily Times). They would find, he said, in their report the names of fifty-three, duxes since ihe foundation of the school, and of these only four had passed away. That was a wonderful testimony to their physical vigour, and was one of the best answers to the critics who accused the schools oi; undermining girls’ health. That argument, he remarked, was quite convincing, apart from Iho remarkably healthy, happy faces they saw before them. “I do not think any of you,” he said, “have been killed with work this year,” and the girls seemed very ready lo agree with him.
In another effort to unearth primitive Imniiin remains that will establish (he link between man find the ape, an expedition will shortly leave the United Slates for Central Asia, where seienlists believe man as distinct from the monkey species originated. Aeroplanes, motor ears, camels, mules, and all means of locomotion found suitable will be used by the anthropologists, arehaealagists, and other scientists, who will start on the quest under the leadership of Mr Roy Chapman Andrews, of (he American Museum of Natural History. The ‘'missing link’’ expedition will he financed by a fund of £50,000 contributed by the museum, the American Asiatic Association, and a few wealthy New York residents. It will explore hitherto impenetrated parts of Thibet, Turkestan, and the Mongolian desert, as well as other regions.
There is in London (,me man whom any city in the world would be glad to claim as a citizen. There arc many others, of course, lull this particular individual has one trait or hobby which makes him especially desirable. He is an old man’, of about 75, dressed with extreme shabbiness, and one day in October be stupefied the secretaries of a number of charitable institutions by walking into their offices, handing I hem a £SOO Bank of England note from a bundle carried in an old canvas bag, and rushing out without waiting for either thanks or receipt. His campaign of practical philanthropy opened at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, where,, having first ascertained that the, institution was in debt, he handed over a £SOO note, and asked that it should he used for the benefit of the patients, and not for building. Remarking that he was an old man and had not much use for his money, he repeated this welcome performance at the Middlesex Hospital for Cancer, and then left a similar amount, which ho referred to casually as a “small donation,” at the Deaf and Dumb Institution. Another £SOO note found its way to the Shipwrecked (Mariners’ and Fishermen’s Society offices, and at least two other institutions benefited by his’generosity. No one knew him or where he came from, or had ever seen him before, but those who met him are quite willing to make his further acquaintance. He certainly chose a novel and pleasant way of spending an afternoon, and it is a pity that there are not more with similar tastes.
A BAD TASTE IN THE MOUTH.
- When yon wake up with a had taste in your mouth you may know that you need a dose of Chamberlain’s Tablets. They will cleanse your stomach, improve your appetite, and, make you feel like a new man. Chamberlain’s Tablets are pleasant to take. For sale everywhere. —Advt, - • ;;l —"V ■ t 'v • r. ' •.-!■■■■■ -:Kh''j : ■ :-Kii|ii,:vi--v-‘--k
Two cases of infantile paralysis are reported at Ohakune, and there is a suspected case af Taihape, besides a case which has been remov-, ed lo Wellington for treatment.
A caller at a house in Wanganui in quest of rooms was greeted by (he woman in charge with, ‘'You ’aven’t got any d kids, ’avc yer !"
Ou Friday afternoon a distribution to the children of toys and sweets was made in Main Street, the funds for the purchase of the presents being donated by the Retailers’ Association ami citizens, There was a very large number of children present, and they were lined up in Main Street, where Father Christmas paraded and presented each child with a parcel.
Two Christchurch women were so intent on Christmas shopping that they had failed lo note the passing of the moments, and when they reluctantly tore themselves away from a ease of treasures in a secluded corner, found that the shop was empty, the door locked, and the premises closed for the night. They eventually located the telephone, rang the police, and implored deliverance. John Hop set out on his search, but found the proprietor had left for Kaiapoi. After several hours, however, lie discovered an assistant with a key, and two very scared women were ultimately released.
The following letter from a Celestial, on behalf of a brother Chinese, was read at last meeting of the Grey Hospital and Charitable Aid Board (reports a Greymouth exchange) ;
—“Chairman and members of the Charitable Aid Bear’d, I beg to apply to you for financial assistance for an old and poor countryman of mine—he has been on the West Coast 3(i years, and is very poor and unable to work.” The Board decoded to come to the rescue with 30s per mouth, on the motion of Mr Greaney, seconded by Mr Parlitt. In reply to a question from the secretary as to when the payments should commence, Mr Parlitt said: “Oh, give him some for Christmas.”
Some Wanganui residents left town in a motor car at 3 o’clock on Friday morning, intent on doing a little shooting in the country. On passing Mr Wyley’s farm, at Kauangaroa at 4 o'clock they saw a number of turkeys, and visions of a rare- old feast; tor Christmas loomed large. Guns were produced, and a slaughter of the feathered giants commenced. Attracted by this unexpected demonstration in explosives so near his dwelling, Mr Wyley came upon the scene, and a chase ensued. Two of the men succeeded in reaching the motor car, but the third wits speedily run to earth. Mr Wyley then set out in a motor car to capture the other fugitives, which task he accomplished after a 12 mile run. The matter has now been placed in the hands of the police, and (ho sequel will he heard at the termination of Ihe Christmas law vacation. —Herald.
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