LOCAL AND GENERAL

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 2264, 16 April 1921, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Prime mutton is being sold in liawera at 3d per lb., in cuts to suit the customers.

Gastric influenza is at present prevalent in Southland, especially in Invercargill, many people being seized suddenly with the complaint.

A return of New Zealand civil aviation for the year ended March 31st has been compiled. Tt shows a total of 2,(511 hours flown, and a machine mileage of 158,757 miles. The number of passengers carried was 354.

It is confidently expected that Darcy Iladfield, of Auckland, will issue a challenge to the winner of the Arnst-Hannan race for the world’s sculling championship. Alost of Hadfield’s backers will lie found in the Wanganui district, and lie will probably do most of his training on flie Wanganui River.

Though it might reasonably have been expected that the totalizator figures for the first day of tlie Alariawatu Racing Club's fixture on Wednesday would show a shrinkage on those for the initial day of the corresponding meeting in 1920, such was not the case. Mr H. G. Bagnali and his associates handled £42,097 against £41.699 last year, an increase of £398. These figures, in a time of financial stringency, must reflect a very good attendance of racing patrons,

A child named Moun.se,y, while attempting to climb the monument in the Triangle yesterday, fell and suffered a severe cut on the forehead. Would you give up' your wife if you discovered she loved another man? It has been,doije. See “White Lies/' at the Royal on Monday.— Advt. A special meeting of the Borough Council will be held on Wednesday, the 20th inst., at 7.30 p.m. Business: Consideration of estimates, 1921-1922, and general. The Rev. A. Minifie, the newlyappointed minister for ""The Foxton Methodist 'circuit, will conduct his first, local services at the local Methodist Church to-morrow, at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. An 18-months-okl son of Mr and Mrs J. Death met with a painful accident yesterday. While playing with a young brother, the latter accidentally let a chopper fall on the baby’s left hand, severing several of the lingers. The child was taken to the hospital, where the injured hand received attention.

The election of Mr Dixon for Patea in the recent by-election recalls a distressing tragedy -which occurred at the local seaside some years ago, when Mr Dixon’s mother lost, her way and died among the sandhills. After a lengthy search the body was subsequently recovered.

There is a bread famine iu Northern Wairoa, owing to Hour supplies completely running out. The bakers state they have not a hundredweight of flour among them. The stores have no flour, and people will not he able to fall hack upon the usual substitutes for bread.

Nominations for two members of the Wellington Harbour Board to lepresent the Boroughs of Palmerston North. Peilding, Foxton, Levin, Shannon and Otaki, and the Counties of Manawntu, Oroua. Ilorowliemia, Polnmgina, Kairanga and Kiwitca, resulted in the return unopposed of John G. Cobbe, of Feilding, and Maurice Cohen, of. Palmerston North, the sitting members.

A very pleasing ceremony took place in the manager’s office at Messrs Levin and Co.’s local branch this morning, when Mr Moir (local manager), on behalf of the office staff and employees, presented Mr Claris with'a ease of pipes. Tn doing so lie touched on the recipient’s many good qualities and faithful manner in which ho had discharged his duties to the firm. He hoped his transfer would mean promotion. Other members of the staff also spoke, and Mr Claris suitably replied.

The Chief Justice, Sir Robert Stout, and Lady Stout, had a narrow escape from a serious injury on Saturday while motoring in the neighbourhood of Karori. W hen going down hill the car got out of control, and dashed down at the rate of forty miles an hour. The driver displayed great presence of mind, and instead of attempting to take the corner at the bottom at the speed they were going, he turned the ear into a fence. The car was badly damaged, hut the occupants were very fortunate,-and escaped with minor bruises. The Chief Justice was lame as the result of injuries to his knee, and Lady Stout was slightly cut about (lie face.

An amusing incident Avas witnessed during a raging gale in the centre of a borough thoroughfare on Wednesday afternoon. Two well-knoAvn local residents, whose combined ages totalled up to about 140 summer-’. Avore seen gazing upon the ground and making peculiar diagrams on the roadway with their feet, and changing positions. A passer-by, whose <ox and identity must not bo a(wealed, became interested in the mysterious movements of the couple. Were they Avatelling the movements of some creeping thing? Had they discovered the outcrop of a gold-bearing reef, or some ancient relic, or avlhto they water-divining? Again they changed round and measured short paces on the roadway, intently absorbed and obliA-jous to all else. The interested spectator broke the spell, and amidst an outburst of laughter avus informed that a recent “head” avus being re-constructed and discussed concerning a game of bowls just completed on the green.

The action of the Dominion butter producers in holding a conference behind closed doors at Palmerston North recently, to determine the prices of dairy produce, was strongly criticised by Mr G. Mitchell, M.P., Avliile speaking at XeAvtoAvn, Wellington, on Wednesday evening, and a parallel avms drawn between that action and that of the shipowners and watersiders on more than one occasion of late. The public had a right to know wlmt Avas going on at that conference. Criticism avus likewise levelled at the producers in demanding the Avorld's parity prices while those prices soared, and demanding prices above the world’s parity Avhen the level fell. Certainly a fall in prices Avoud spell disaster to some —to those Avlto had gone on to land at ficiitiou> and ridiculous prices, for which the curse of speculation was so largely responsible, but to those protection should not be given. For his part, he would see the end of subsidies, and see again open markets and world prices. Those who had come back from the Avar had looked forward to a happier time of co-operation and mutual help, but they saw instead that a great section of the public extended one hand only—the. hand that took all and gave nothing. For Children’s Hacking Cough, Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure,*

The names of Miss Scadden and Mr Bangs, who contributed a muchappreciated duet, were inadvertently omitted from the list of those who rendered items at the farewell social to theTfev. A. and Mrs. Harding on Wednesday night. At the close of the School Committee meeting last night, the Chairman, on behalf of the Comuuulp* presented the secretary, Mr Claris, with a Swan fountain pen as a mark of esteem from his fellow committeemeu. In doing so, Mr Ilornblow referred to the excellent servicerrendered To the Committee by Mr Claris, and regretted his departure, and wished him success in Wellington. Messrs Perreau, Coley, Robinson. and the head master endorsed the Chairman’s remarks, and Mr Claris suitably responded. Mr D. Telford, of Run Roa, Dantievirke, has received advice of the death of his great-aunt, Mrs Adam Dinsmore, who passed away at West Luther, Canada, at the age of 103 years. She had an eventful life in Canada in the early pioneering days, and remained mentally and physically active until the end. Mr Telford’s grandfather, the brother of Mrs Dinsmore, lived until he was 102 years without illness, while another sister, Mrs Campbell, passed away a short time ago at the age of 103. The Telfords are natives of County Antrim, Ireland. The three deceased saw six monarehs on (he British throne.