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NEWS AND NOTES

A Maori legend bearing on, Gisborne harbour was related by an authority on native matters now on a visit to the East Coast. According to this legend, a sacred rock stood at the mouth of the Waikanao creek. Its name was Toki-a-Taiau, and underneath it lived a "taniwh'a.” In the course of harbour improvements this rock was blown up, and according to the old Maori sages this sacriligious act so annoyed the "gods” that they prophesied that no good luck would follow the inner harbour scheme. The rock was the southern boundary of the Ngatiporou tribe, being named after one of their famous ancestors.

It is the intention of the Education Board at an early date to establish a model country school in one of the large classrooms at Queen’s Park new school. The model school will embrace all the classes from the infants upwards, and there will be about two pupils in each class. The details have not yet been finally arranged, but the. school should be valuable in training teachers who will later on take up positions in the outposts of the district.

A claim for £5,000 damages in respect of alleged wrongful arrest by Miss Bridget Partridge (formerly Sister Ligouri) from Bishop Dwyer, of Wagga, will, in all probability, be heard before a Supreme Court •Judge and a jury of four at the March civil sittings in Sydney. The pleadings have been liled, and Mr \Y. 11. PI. Hill, who is instructing Mr Sliand, K.C., and Mr F. S. Boyce, on behalf of Miss Partridge, is busily engaged in (he preparation of evidence. At least 12 witnesses will be subpoenaed in support of the case for Miss Partridge. It is expected (says the Sydney Sun) that the hearing will last the better part of a week. Miss Partridge, it is likely, will lie in the box at least two days. She will be subjected to the cross-examination of Mr J. L. Campbell, K. and Mr George Flannery, K.C., who has been retained on behalf of Bishop Dwyer by Messrs Purcell and McCarthy.

An interesting document, of no little historical significance, has been found among the papers of the late Mrs G. Elliot Elliot. The deceased lady’s first husband, the late Mr Joseph Levien, was at one time resident in America, and the document referred to is a parchment certificate' recording his membership, in the year 1851. of the Vigilance Committee of the City of San Francisco. In those days ’Frisco was "back of beyond,” and her lawabiding citizens were compelled to organise to protect themselves and their property against the “scum of the earth,” who sought refuge and adventure in settlements beyond the reach of the ordinary forces of law and order, Mr Lloyd Jones, inwhose possession (he certificate now is, purposes sending it to the relatives of the late Mrs Levien in Nelson, with a suggestion that it he deposited in the local museum. Mr Levien was at one time Mayor of Nelson.

At Wanganui Magistrate's Court a case of interest to dairy farmers was heard, iu which W. A. Kendrick sued W. Shields under a guarantee that a cow sold by the latter was sound. The cow was sold in July lor £ls, calved in August, and came iu sound in all her quarters, but in October symptoms of tuberculosis appeared, and in November she was condemned by the Stock Inspector and killed. The receipt given lo the

purchaser bore the words "guaranteed sound.” and it was intended that this meant not only sound in her quarters, but free from disease. The Slock Inspector, in his evidence, stated that in his opinion, from an examination of the cow after death, she was infected with tuberculosis at the time of the sale in July, and consequently was not a sound cow. Mr Shields contended that the words “guaranteed sound” meant only sound in the quarters, and brought evidence to prove that these words had that meaning when used in a guarantee in reference to dairy cows. The Magistrate upheld defendant’s contention, and gave judgment for defendant. Why bother making cakes when there is such a good assortment at Perreau’s?*

Get rid of that stubborn cold. Take NAZOL,” the penetrating, prompt and pure remedy. 1/6 buys 60 doses. For Children’s Hacking Cough, Woods Great Peppermint Cure.

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Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi

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Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 2233, 1 February 1921, Page 1

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Tapeke kupu
722

NEWS AND NOTES Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 2233, 1 February 1921, Page 1

NEWS AND NOTES Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 2233, 1 February 1921, Page 1

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