LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 2224, 8 January 1921, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

New pot a foes are now worth ahout £lO 10s per ton in Wanganui, v.-ilh a tendency of an easier market. With so njueii dry grass about, residents are warned against lighting fires in the open. The local shopkeepers have decided to close at 11 a.m. on .both race days, but on Saturday will reopen again from 0 to 9 p.m. “A fast and furious light takes place in “The Dead Line,” featuring George W alsh, to be screened at the Koval on Monday.®

At the Methodist Church on Sunday evening, Miss Burns, of Hawera, a talented vocalist of 12 summers, will sing “My Task" and “When I Survey the Wondrous Cross.'’

.At a meeting of tlie local Retailers’ Association the question of the statutory half-holiday was discussed, and it was decided to ask thd Borough Council to again fix 'Wednesday for .same.

Lust year Wairarapa put down 2,000 acres in wheat, as compared with 400 acres the previous season; The crops arc slated to be promising well, and a good harvest is ants cipateel.

tV ’biggest fire in Te Kuiti for over six years occurred at 2 a.m. yesterday, when a ten-roomed boardinghouse owned and occupied by Mr J. Cowper was burnt to the ground. The occupants escaped in their night attire, and nothing was saved.

To-day is"**llie fifth anniversary of the. Evacuation of Gallipoli, which took place on January Bth, 1910. The Gospel, will be preached at Park Street; Hall to-morrow evening, at 7.30 o’clock, by Mr Easton. Adi lire cordially invited.

At the Palmerston police court on Thursday a young man named A. E. C. McKenna was convicted for drunkenness and lined £5 for using obscene language on the railway station {fiatform.

As an authoress, Mary Roberts Rinehart has many successful novels |o her credit, not Ihe lea's) of which is “The Street of the Seven Stars,” to be screened at the Town Hall on Monday.*

A Government advertisement in London announcing the sale of surplus army stores, includes over 1,000,0001 b. of preserved meat, “unlit for food, but suitable for manure.”

During the Auckland Racing Club and the trotting meetings in Auckland,- concluded yesterday, £702,097 10s was put through the toialisntor, being. £92,922 10s in'excess of (lie 1919-20 carnival. The amount paid in dividends during the seven days was £027,381.

An unfortunate mistake on (he part of someone engaged on the totalisator staff caused a lot of discontent at the Goj;e Trotting Club’s meeting (says the Ensign). A dividend on a horse was posted on the machine at a certain figure, but this was quite obviously a mistake when judged by the totals on the machine. The error was discovered later, but in the meantime several backers on the second horse had been paid out .-.horl of the dividend they were entitled to, and many are now wondering where the unpaid dividend will

Specula ling on the marriage of I lie Prince of Wales, the Daily Chronicle says: The Prince of Males is 2(i, but it must lie remembered that- men and women even in Royal circles do no! marry so early as they once did. King Edward was only 21 when lie led Queen Alexandra to the altar. His son. King George, was 28 when he married. The Duke of Connaught remained a bachelor until lie was 29, and Prince 'Arthur was a year older before lie became a bridegroom. Our last Royal bride, Princess “Pat”, would by an earlier generation have been regarded as a confirmed “old maid,”, for she was 33.

M'licn Mr Arthur Perrin and party were “bobbing for eels” in a pool in Ihe lower reaehe> of I lie 1 iritea la.-l night they had a startling experience. Something down in the depths look a high-pressure grasp of the Imhs ami clung on with such determination that the hail was lorn to shreds. Eventually a stout hook wa- hailed and lowered, and present Iv a great cuiiiniolion indicated that the lure had laken. It look more than one pair of hands to land the catch, which proved to he ait eel four leci in length, and exactly 291 b. in weight. How many trout it had taken to sustain tlii> monster during it.- career is a mailer <»f painful conjee! lire. —Palmerston Times.

At oik period of (lie local Beautifying' Society’s Commiltee meeting on Thursday night, a stranger might' reasonably have substituted “Beatific” for “Beautifying" in connection with the discussion. The subject under review was the alteration of the date of the proposed gala, day in aid of the Society’s funds, which had boon fixed for the second Wednesday in February, -ft was suggested that the date did not allow of sufficient time to work up the queen carnival, and other a!-, tractions. A. later date in flic month was mentioned,' which would encroach on'the Lenten season. The Rev. Mr Walton said that a date during this season, which was observed by the Anglicaft and Catholic churches, would preclude many from taking an active part in the affair, as it was a season for self-denial and meditation. He suggested Easier Monday. It was pointed out this date would also encroach upon the 40 days, season in Hie way of queen carnival attractions. Finally it was decided to postpone the Gala Day to Wednesday, April oth.

A Danuevirke resident on a visit to 'Rosenealli, Wellington, had his

attention directed to a swimmer entering the sea at Baloona Bay and striking out with powerful strokes from the shore. At first the Danncvirke visitor thought it was a bather indulging in a refreshing' dip, hut as the swimmer continued out io sea, accompanied by a boat in close pro-

ximity, it Became evident an attempt was being made to swim across Evans’ Bay at its widest part —only once before accomplished. A glass had lo he obtained to follow the swimmer's course, as the sea was choppy, and the human figure moving through the waves could not he followed with the naked eye. The feat was successfully accomplished, and the plucky swimmer was seen to step ashore and then to almost immediately enter the accompanying boat, take an oar, ahd assist in rowing hack to the starting point. The Danuevirke visitor was so impressed with the endurance of the swimmer that lie felt impelled, to meet the boat on its return and offer his congratulations. Jn this he was joined* by other interested observers, who expected to greet it powerful masculine To their surprise the person that stepped out of the boat in bathing costume was a young girl, some eighteen years of age. This made the congratulations all the warmer. It appears that the young lady thought she was capable of the feat, and to test lier ability her father accompanied her in a boat. —News.

Constable Ede, of Eketalnma, received word on Tuesday morning that a well-known figure in the district, Mr Dai Darlington, residing at Newman, was found dead on his |,ed; He-was discovered by a neighbour's son, who called at the house. A negro .who was refused a vole in the Presidential election becauseho had not paid his poll tax, opened fire on some white men with a gun, killing two and wounding several others, at Orlando, Florida. He was seized by the mob, who hanged him on a tree and riddled his body with bullets.

A Palmerston resident sa.vs*Unit a cold south wind is blowing or Katana, the Maori miracle man, and that an exodus of his followers set in. The trouble is said to be that one of his patients has died on his hands and spoiled the sequence. *The superstitious Maori wants all hits and no misses. The Hon. C. J. Parr' will visit, Wanganui on February Ist and 2nd, in his capacity as Minister for Fnlucation and Minister in Charge of Hospitals and Public Health. He will' open the Queen's Park School at 3.30 p.m. on the Ist, and later that day will meet the Hospital Board and discuss mutters relative to the administration of (he hospital. Mr \V. F. Massey, as Minister oil Railways, has written informing Mr Yeitcli, M.P., that the necessity for providing housing .accommodation for railway employees at Wanganui, in common with other places, is recognised, and it is intended to ereef a number of houses in that town. The building programme is being proceeded with as quickly as possible, and the Wanganui allotment will he provided in due course. The Maknra, which arrived at Auckland from Vancouver on Wednesday, was to have sailed for Sydney on Thursday, but the wateraiders, however, refused to lift the mails from the hold, which they syid had cement dust on the floor, without extra payment as “dirt money.” The departure of the vessel was consequently postponed until veslerday. The watorsiders started to work at about one o'clock on Thursday, and stopped shortly after. The owner of a fishing-boat at Wanganui states that the industry has not been a very profitable one during the last few months, owing to scarcity of fish, hut shows signs of improvement. A few days ago, when fishing a few miles out, the party seemed to he favoured with a visit from an abnormal number of sharks, some of them 9ft.‘long, and these interfered considerably with operations. In some cases when a. shark would take the bait and gelt hauled lo the .surface several others would Billow lo 'tlie top of the water. An inquest was held at M’aipukurau on Wednesday retyping to the death of Patrick Frederick Dalton, who had died suddenly. Deceased w.-i.i a farmer, aged 31, a visitor from Rongoloa. At about' 2 a.m. on Wednesday he complained of feeling, unwell, and was given a clip of tea. When visited again at: 4 o’clock lie was found dead. The post mortem revealed an enlarged heart, and congestion of the brain, and a verdict to the effect that death was due to a state of affairs accelerated by alcoholic drinking was returned. Evidence was forthcoming to show that deceased was usually a temperate man. Mrs Muni ell, of> Foxloii, recently received a letter from her sister, of' Inveraray, in the Highlands of •Scotland, under date November 4th, in which she gives details of the cost of living there. The writer says: “I saw a loiter in one of our newspapers tolling people not to think of going to New Zealand ju-4 now, as living was so. high, and work scarce. Well, if you knew the prices in our country they would stagger you. A £ is just worth about ss; eggs, when obtainable, 5s (id per dozen, fid for a small loaf, butter ss, and the rationed butler 3s 4d per lb., ham 3s 3d and 4s-(id per lb., and not very good at that, sugar is more plentiful now, and is down to Is per lb.” During lho past few days (says the Wanganui Herald) the local police have been inundated with visits from owners of firearms, who are anxious to comply with the Arms Act and register. However, the necessary registration {tapers have not come to hand, and the- police can only receive their visitors with a smile. A month is given to complete the registration, and a ’week has practically, elapsed without the .job having been commenced. Something similar happened a few years ago, when the Government decided that it would he advisable for alleged politicians to know how many walnut (roes, etc., a man lmd growing in his hack yard. In many towns in New Zealand people worried Government officials for w?eks in search of the necessary forms, which had not (ume to lmiuj. The candid opinion of many local sporting enthusiasts is that the Government might well have left shot guns out of the registration as their inclusion serves no useful purpose. CAUSE OF CHRONIC CONSTI-

RATION

Conslipation is due to weakness of the bowels. This is probably caused by indigestion, and in the beginning is only temporary. Drastic physics weaken the bowels until they will not act without assistance, and chronic constipation results. No ease of chronic constipation has ever resulted from the use of Chamberlain’s . Tablets. Chamberlain’s Tablets do not do the work of the bowels. They stimulate 1116111# to perform their own functions voluntarily. For sale everywhere Advt,

Mr 0. J<\ Rodman, well-known in journalist if circles, is on a visit to Eoxton. Mr Redman, owing- .to health reasons,, had to, 'givfe up an important, literary position on thj' Melbourne Herald. It is. probable that Mr Redman will again take up his profession in New Zealand at an early date.

•In conversation with a representative* of a local firm, a Wanganui Herald representative was informed that the,’oaf market was very unsettled at present,- and locally, merchants were not buying. Reports front down the line indicated that the yield would be much, heavier than last year, ap'd in addition a' greater area would lie sown. The early crops were inclined" to bo light, but tlie later had tilled out well. On the Hawke's Bay side rhe grain crops; were making a great showing. Collectively the North Island would show a substantial grain .surplus over previous years. Australian oats had been offered at 2s (id, c.i.f., Wellington, and from all accounts there would be a very substantial surplus on the other side. Neither the oat or chaff market looked very, prijjuising at present, hut one could not predict what the demand locally would be within the next three niontiis, as ibis would depend on the season.