Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 1921. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 2229, 20 January 1921, Page 2

Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 1921. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

There will he no jmhlicjition of “The Hern Id” on Saturday (Anniversary .Day).

Meet Bill, Jones, Black Dog, Pew, Long John Silver and his one leg, all in “Treasure Island,” at the Town Ilall Saturday.®

The Manawatu County .Council notify that 10 per cent, additional will be charged on all rates not paid on or before the 24th inst.

< The New Zenlynd Shipping Company’s liner Ruahine,' which arrived at Wellington yesterday from London and Southampton, via Panama, brought a large number ofepassengers, including 504 immigrants. The marriage took place at St. John’s Church, Wanganui, on December 11th hist, of Esmee, second daughter of the late William Drummond Bennett. “Otahim,” Masterton, to John Francis, youngest son of the late R. B. Nolan, Kangitikei. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Worsley Thompson. Mr R. N. Spcirs, who recently returned from a trip up the Main Trunk line, says the recent rain saved another disastrous forest tire in the timber area. The fire was making rapid progress when lie arrived there, and at night presented a magnificent spectacle.

Wo hit informed lho l all in tour fishermen .have been committing a breach of the law at the local seaside in not. throwing undersized flounders .hack in their native element after being caught in the drag nets. A conviction carries a heavy penalty,

Mr Frank La wry, ’ member for Parnell from 1890 to 1910, died at Auckland yesterday, aged 77. He leaves a widow and one daughter. A country storekeeper in the Gisborne district was fined £3O for giving a keg of beer at Christmas to Maoris. «%"

Airs Aitken, wife of the Rev. G. K. Aitken, of Featheri-ton, is spending a short holiday in Fox ton, and is till guest of Miss Duncan. The public is reminded that the Methodist Sunday School picnic will take place in Victoria Park on Saturday. A good time is promised all who attend. Two settlers, Trafford and Hunt, were fined £3 at Gisborne for a breach of the railway regulations by taking blasting-powder on a train, resulting in a recent explosion. If you and the one you •loved were facing a slow death by starvation in •a lonely cabin, would you do as did the young lovers in “'The Devil’s Riddle,” the powerful William Fox drama, playing at the Royal on Monday next .

Mi’ and Mrs 11. 11. Daniel! have returned from a holiday trip, to the Wuirarapa and Christchurch. Dur - ing their stay in Christchurch, Air

and Mrs Danicll look an aerial flight, over the city, which was much enjoyed.

Two local students were successful in the recent university examinations, viz., J. S. and R. Hornblow. The former passed Ihe preliminary science examination for proficiency in dental surgery, and the latter a p.p in matriculation.

Buck Jones, the new sensation of the screen, who comes to the Royal Theatre next Monday, in his latest. AYilHnni Fox production* “Forbidden Trails,” it- a real oowpuncher, and a veteran of three wars —including the world conflict, in which he served ;it lhe .-tuft of a French general. and as an aviator.*

Sir John Coekbut’ii (a well-known scientist), lecturing before’flu; Women’s Reform League, declared that the choice of mates should belong

to women. The female always selected the mate except in the ease of man. It was absolute nonsense

lo say that man was more courageous than woman. Girls were horn in favourable seasons, and hoys in limes of war, famine and adversity. Thus wealthy families had a plethora of heirc—e-, and frequently no heirs, with the result that families were dving out.

The Governor-Genera! held an investiture at Wellington on Tuesday, at which the’i'oltoving military decorations were pre.-enied: D.S.O. and Par, Lieut.-(’ol. J. 11. Whyte, Palmer-ton North: Military (To.-.-, Mr.- i. Crawford, of Pahialua, as i)c\i of kin (widow) of the late Lieut. A. G. R. Crawford: Second LiciU. (temporary Captain) D. W. Durham, Ftiku; Captain C. J. H. David.-sm, Wellington; Lieutenants E. B. Edwards, Roiaruke, Raurimu; If. A. Outward, Nelson; It. N. Grey,Wellington; A. AlacDonnld, Blenheim: A. H. Miller. Tologa Bay; O. R. 11.-cii. Gisborne; L. Parkin-on, Blenheim; Second-Lieut. F. J. Sinclair. Stratford.

"I wish I could go hack ten years and star! Aver again,” remarked a farmer when discussing fanning methods at Maimia lasi week. He expre-sed his eon vie! ion that farmer- had made a huge mistake in'going in for .-oft turnips instead ,of lucerne. Several farmers were present, and all agreed that if a-good milk supply was to he obtained it could only he done with plenty of green feed, and lucerne provided this, even in the driest season. The situation is getting serious with dairy farmers at present, and unless rain comes soon there will he a I'envy drop in milk production. It is in seasons like the present ilia! lucerne is so valuable.

An elderly man named William Maker, farmer, of Rongolea, pleaded guilty in the Palmerston Magistrate’- Court yesterday to a charge of having attempted to commit suicide by drinking poison on January 12th, 1921. The only reason atfrihytahle for the man’s act was thal his wife and family had suffered from the influenza epidemic, and that his wife had not properly recovered. There had also been other -iekness in ihe family. The Magistrate, Mr J. L. Stout, S.AI., impressed uimn accused the foolishness of his action, and convicted him and ordered him to come up for sentence when called upon, explaining that if accused conducted himself properly during the next 12 months nothing more would he heard of the offence.

A Contributor *to the Rangitikei Advocate says:—“The start of the cow really began at Campbellfuwn (now Rongotea). There a very large nuinber of foreigners, mainly Germans, Danes and Swedes, came in, and they, hv their industrious habits, really -tailed the great dairy business of Rangitikei. From there they spread slowly but surely towards Palmers'! on North and Feilding, and northwards to Freeklingron’s line. The tentacles of the industry kept spreading from the day- that small foreign settlers

were regarded as madmen in paying £3O an acre for land in the Oroua district. AA’lial are they paying for an acre in that district at the present day ? Tam doutbful jf an acre can be purchased from I lie old holders, for they know the worth of that rich, if concentrated dis-

irict. Even Carnarvon, with its sandy ironstone soil, has dropped into line, and where one had to travel large distances to find a house, now one has not to walk many minutes between each homestead,

The Otaki Dairy Company is making 120 to 130 boxes of butter daily, while £IO,BOO was distributed among suppliers last month. In bowls the unexpected is looked for. A Palmerston player mentions the ease of one team with six wins and no losses being badly beaten by a team with six losses and no wins, at the recent tournament in Wellington.

Arrangements have ' been made whereby the Beach Orphans will witness the Special Matinee performance of “Treasure Island,” at the Town Hall on Friday afternoon. Children’s admission to this great Stevenson adventure storv will be 3d.

It. is finite a common sight to see mirages in the form of lakes inland along the northern seaside at the local beach on bright days. Real-istic-looking lakelets are also mirrored on the surface of the old river hod. Recently a visitor" was positive that a mirage was the real tiling, hut a long walk satisfied him that it was an illusion.

Win. Richards, aged 40 years, a married man with live children, col-lap-ed. in the Invercargill howling pavilion on Tuesday evening. He entered the pavilion to get his bowls, and live minute- later a club mate noticed him lying dead across a form. He had suffered from heart trouble for some years. At Palmerston R.M. Court yesterday, a labouring man named AYilliam Snow appeared in answer to a charge of having indecently assaulted a female child of nine years in ’ the Esplanade gardens on December 30th. Accused pleaded not guilty at the conclusion of the evidence, and was committed to the Supreme Court for trial. No application was made for-bail.

Fines of £lO were imposed on three Auckland bakers by Mr J. AY. Poynton, S.M., in the Police Court this week - ,' on charges of selling lightweight bread. The magistrate, in fining the defendants, said a nominal penalty would not meet the ease. He considered the • short--weight could have been prevented. If an extra 4 oz. was not sufficient to ensure the correct weight, soz. should he added. Costs were fixed at 9s in each ease..

A lengthy letter was read at the Levin Borough .Council meeting op Monday, in regard to the LevihMnrton deviation, from Mr AY. 11. Field, AI.P., who asked if the Council was willing to co-operate in getting an independent engineering opinion on the two deviations —that of Lovin-Marioii and the Palmerston North proposal- —and suggested that the local bodies favourable to ;lie yropo.--.al should call another conference and go further into the matter. The Al’ayor (Mr I). AY. Mat lie-mi) -aid the ipie-lion was too imporlaul to he allowed to drop, and the Council should co-operate in the proposal suggested. It was decided to thank Air Field for his Idler, and to assure him of the Council’s willingness lo co-operate.