Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, APRIL 20, 1921. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 2268, 26 April 1921, Page 2

Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, APRIL 20, 1921. LOCAL AND GENERAL

"The Lost City" commences at tiie Royal on Saturday. —Advt. German coal is being freely offered at Swansea at 33- (id per ton, e.i.L, approximately half the priec of best Welsh eoal. On the completion of the count, the Council cleft ion results will be screened ;il the Town Hall Pictures to-morrow evening. The annual meeting' of the Foxton Patriotic Society will be held in the Borough Council. Chambers on Thursday evening next, at 7.30 p.m. During his life, Mr d. D. Rockefeller, of America, is said to have made £375,000,000, This would just about purchase the whole of New Zealand. . "Sooner or.Later,'’ to be screened at the Royal on Wednesday, and Thursday, will be the lirst of the Selznie masterpieces which will appear at the Royal.—Advt.

The Kennedy arrived at Fox toil from Wellington with a cargo of benzine and kerosene on Saturday, but stuck on the bar owing to the lack of wilier in the morning, and did not reach the wharf until the following tide. She returned to Wellington this morning with hemp, etc.

When sentencing a man in Christchurch to a month's imprisonment for creating a disturbance in Fuller’s Opera House, the Magistrate (Mr S. K. M'Carlliy) said: "When ii person goes to a place of amusement he has got to recollect that there are others present who may desire to hear what is going on. If he disturbs the peace he must expect to be penalised for it."

"Have we power to compel natives to clear noxious weeds on their properties?" asked a member of the Waipa County Council. The assistant engineer said he had made several attempts to induce Maoris to keep their sections clean, but they held that it was the pakeha’s duty to clear the weeds, as they introduced them into the country. (Laughter.) The C. M. Ross Coy.’s Sale, which starts on Friday at 9 o'clock, should interest every careful householder in Foxton, .and for miles around. Xoi only does the linn offer the whole of their stocks at Sale Prices, including all the new goods just opened, hut in addition have stocks purchased from Bryce and Bush’s tire in Wellington, on offer at lower prices than similar goods have been sold at for years.—Advt. The following incident goes to show that the C. M. Ross Coy.’s values are right: —A gentleman in Wellington, looking through the different advertisements for best values, decided on 1 he C. M. Ross Coy., Palmerston X., caught the morning express, purchased goods to the value of £45, and returned to Wellington by the next train, The Rale opening at the Foxton Branch on Friday morning brings these prices to your door. You have no occasion to travel 150 miles for the best values in the trade. —Advt,

To-morrow afternoon (Wednesday), at 3 o'clock, the ladies of the Presbyterian Church will hold a social afternoon, in the Masonic Hall. Afternoon tea will be provided free. Rale-, will be held in the cake, sweets, produce and jumble stalls. Come along and enjoy a pleamint afternoon. A series of competitions will also be provided, interspersed with vocal and instrumental items. Admission, silver coin. In replying to a deputation of the Hawke’s Bay Education Board, the Minister of Education said that the education vote had grown from £1,400,000 in 1914 to £3,300,000 this year. The teachers had gained! and were giving better service. Buildings and appliances had cost more. Most of the extra money had been well spent. It was no use building up a great development policy if there was not a well-de* veloped generation rising to take control. He would endeavour to retain the large expenditure on education.

A pretty wedding was celebrated in All Saints’ Church this morning, when Miss Vera Crowe was united to Mr T. East. A full report will appear in our next issue.