LOCAL AND GENERAL

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 2281, 26 May 1921, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The loi'iil Fire do desires in acknowledge .Cl from Mr F. Rout. The priee of certain brands ol .-o.'ip was reduced in Wanganui its j from yesterday. The Lubowski Family of nmsicians gave their third and final concert in the Town Hall last night, to ji fair and keenly appreciative audience. An Apiii resident who lias been •. prospecting for "old about 12 miles from Apiii, somewhere near the Oroua Gorge, in the ranee-, lias evidently been satisfied with hi- discovery. ITe has taken out a miner’s right. As Apiti folks have heard the cry of "old being found more than once, they are not yet excited, but are awaiting' further developments. —Fei filing Star, .John A. Bevan and Michael Angelo Bovan and Gordon Bevan, recent arrivals in New Zealand, were lined in the Auckland Police Court , £5 for possessing an unregistered printing press. Detectives paid a domiciliary visit to defendants' house in Mill Road, where they . found two power-driven printing presses set up, as well as type and other incidentals to a small printing | business. Sir Maurice Hankey, in a paper I published in the March “Round I Table," relates some interesting war i incident- which are not generally < known. Referring to the death of i Lord Kitchener, Sir Maurice says: —“Mr Lloyd George was to have r accompanied Lord Kitchener, but j was prevented by affairs in Ireland, r where, after the Dublin outbreak, ( he had been asked to effect a settlement." 1 “The Dragon's - Net," a serial r enacted in five countries—America, China, Japan, Philippines, and In- j dia —will ojten at the Town Hall on Saturday. —Advt. j

The chairman of the Board of Trade stated at Auckland a day or two ago that a reduction in the price of sugar would probably take place about November.

Mr Reid, the borough drainage works foreman, has a splendid gang of men employed on the sewerage excavations, and good progress is being made. It would be a great pity, and result in a loss, .if anything interferes to suspend operations. The men are well up to their work, and are in good fettle. The break-ing-in of a new gang'means loss of time and consequent loss to the ratepayers. At the weekly auction sale to be held at the Mart, Avenue Road, by the Foxton Auctioneering Company, on Saturday, the goods to be submitted include a line of boots and shoes. These may lie inspected at the mart to-morrow and Saturday. They will not be sold privately, but are to be disposed of under the hammer. The sale starts at 2 p.m. sharp.

The prices of sheep vary in different districts. At Hawke s Bay a line of sheep was sold at 5s Gd per head, At Feilding one man who last year paid 2Gs per head for a line of good two-tooth wethers, last, week bought a fairly large pen in the. same district for 9s. At Pahiatua sale fat wethers averaged about 14s Gd; in Taranaki 12s; and nearer Wellington IGs. Sudden wealth won in a lottery bus brought sorrow for Mmc. Hofer, a woman employed as a servant in a Paris bar, who in 1905 drew the winning ticket, worth £40,000, in the French Press Lottery. She became for a time a character of national note, bought a house and a carriage, employed ten servants, and lent money right and left to friends and other applicants. In six months she had only £B,OOO of her fortune. This she has lost in speculations, in .connection with which she lias brought an action against her iawver.

Kairanga dairy factory have decided for the next two months, and probably August also, to supply milk to the Wellington municipality (states the Levin Chronicle). The municipality pays 2s per gallon for the milk. This represents a return to the farmer of about 4s per II). of butter-rat, without having to submit his milk to the test. T’ho return is so much more profitable to the* farmer that- some are considering bringing their cows in during the winter months. It is understood that the Bnincsse, Rangiotu, and Oroua Downs factories have also been approached by the municipality.

At half-past 12 o'clock on Tuesday morning premises in Alain Street, Ashhursl, owned by Air R. Smart and occupied by him as a dwelling and shop —together with an office occupied by Air T. A, Tlardie, were destroyed by fire. Nothing was saved, and AH* Smart, who is a returned soldier, will be a heavy loser, Mr and Mrs Smart and their infant child had to leave the premises in a hurry, as the fire had a good hold when discovered. Afr Smart’s building was insured for £709, his stock and fittings for £7OO, and his furniture for £250. Air llardie had a policy for £BO on the contents of his-office.

A recent visitor from America., who has an intimate knowledge of the dairy business equalled by few, -ays that a few weeks ago he was talking to the largest manufacturer of dried milk in the States, who said lie had recently closed up all the plants after spending some £40,000 sterling in advertising' to try and induce housewives to use dried milk, but so far without much effect. This prove- what we have contended till along, namely, that as the public did not buy it, the demand would soon he overtaken, and we expect in the next year or two the price to fall to two or three pence per pound. At present it is being used as an ingredient for fowl feed and for calf and pig meals. —N.Z. Dairyman. “There is a difference of about 3s between the price per bushel of wheat paid to the farmer and that charged to the consumer," said Mr D. Smith (Masterton) at the Farm--sers' Conference at Masterton this week. “That sort of thing does not. help to reduce the cost of living,” He moved: “That the Government be requested to amend the regulations governing the distribution of wheat, as at present there arc too many handlings of the wheat before it reaches the consumer. Each handling means freight and commission, and the public tire not benefiting to the extent they should by the purchase of wheat by the Government at the price paid to the farmer. Air A. Buchanan thought that control sholld be abolished altogether. Many speakers condemned the present system, of control, and still more soundly condemned the regulations. In order to put the position more clearly, the motion finally carried read: “That the Government amend the regulations as to the sale of wheat, and endeavour tc prevent the middleman’s profits and the millers making large profits on the re-sale of wheat they do not mill." By advertisement, XV. Apirima notifies that any person found trespassing on Matakarapa with dog or gun will be prosecuted.

The Norwich and London Accident Insurance Association advertised for a district agent for Foxton.. How to win a million a year! See Earl Williams in “The Fortune Hunter,” at the Royal on Saturday. Bristling with humour, palpitating with drama. —Advt.

Joseph Newton, a waggoner, of Glenroy station, Gisborne, was found dead on the road near Tatapouri. Deceased’s horse and buggy were near by.

Mr G. A. Monk was re-elected chairman of the Ilorowhenua County Council yesterday. Cr. Linklatei was re-elected chairman of the Kairanga County Council.. The public ]X>und at Whakatane was broken into on Saturday night and ten impounded horses released. The thieves cut a tive-wire.fence to get at the horses, which so far have not been traced.

The Otago Education Board issued instructions to headmasters of schools hist week that the Union Jack must be saluted and the National Anthem sung by the children at least one day in the week. The Public Works Department,, is providing work for forty unemployed on ' the Sumner-Lyttelton road deviation. Married men and single men with dependants are being paid 12s per day, and single men 10s.

The evidence tendered before the Royal Commission at Wellington in connection with the ThompsonHotop case was concluded yesterday. The. time for presenting the report has been extended to June 8 th.

It is not expected that the report of the Racing Commission will be available for publication for about a month, as the time originally fixed has not proven sufficient for all the iiKpiiries and the consideration which the commission found necessary to give the subject.

Many years ago a bridge spanned the Awahou drain, near the windmill site in the Avenue. While excavating for the sewerage works yesterday some of the totara planking was unearthed. Although it had been buried for upwards of 50 years the timber was cpiitc sound.

The weather during the past week has been particularly mild, more like spring weather than late autumn. Rain, however, is badly needed, both by townspeople and dairy farmers. ■

A complaint came before the Auckland Education Board at its last meeting in regard to the school committee election in a small country centre. It was stated that the school teacher had acted as chairman of the householders’ meeting, and had given'his casting vole when a tic occurred. The regulations lay down that a school teacher must refrain from taking an active part at a committee election, and the board therefore ordered that a new election he held. For other reasons new elections wore ordered in two other cases.

During the epidemic year the Napier Borough Council increased the honorarium of its Mayor from £250 to £3OO. The Auditor-General has “tagged” the balance-sheet, stating that an increase in honorarium cannot he made during the term of office of any Mayor, and asking councillors to show cause why action should not be taken against them for the recovery of the amount. The council intends showing cause as emphatically as possible.

A curious contretemps arose at Hamilton mi Saturday (says the Waikato Times), when a certain residence, newly erected, was let to separate tenants by two differen! agents. Both accepted a fortnight's rent in advance, only one. however, having posse—non <>t the key. An argument naturally en.-tted, and i! was deidded |o appeal lo the owner a- to whom he would aooepl as the most de-irable ’tenant. The confusion wtis only intensified, however, when it was found that the owner had just sold the place, and had accepted a deposit. There was a good attendance of the fair sex at the social afternoon given by Mrs F. Robinson in the Town Hall supper-room yesterday afternoon, in aid of St. Mary’s Orphanage fund. The silhouetteguessing competition created a good deal of interest and amusement, and the shadow profiles of some of our local citizens were remarkable in more ways than one, and it was extremely difficult, except, in one or two eases to identify the silhouettes. Mrs Fume completed the li.-t, and was awarded the prize. .Miss A. Neylon won the advertisement competition. Miss Ray did good business in the fortune-telling department. Afternoon tea was served by a bevy of young ladies, end altogether a very enjoyable time was spent.

In the recently-issued annual report, for 1920, of the Paten Harbour Board, it is pointed out that the excess of revenue over expenditure is proof of a satisfactory year's results, the bar and channel in a very satisfactory state, and the work- at the Heads completed. Dredging is still proceeding, although the cost of running the dredge has risen considerably. The secretary reports that the excess of revenue shows a balance of £931 18s 3d, exports totalling £16,301 tons, and imports 13,862 tons. In the financial statement the principal sources of revenue arc wharfages £2,483 7s 3d, tonnage dues £720 11s, and rents £976 7s 4d, while the main items of expenditure are interest on loans, £1,575, bank interest and charges £441 19,s 3d, office expenses £589 5s Id, and pilotage expenses £361 6s 4d,

Following on the capture of Donovan at Marlon on Tuesday evening, the police, .as a result of.infW*mation, concentrated their search in the-direction of Hunterville. Allen was sighted yesterday, but made into a patch of scrub, which is now surrounded by a police cordom. His early capture is expected. ™

“I wish to make a very emphatic statement,’’ said Mr J. A. Frostick before the Canterbury Chamber of Commerce. “I make it after very careful consideration of the.question from every pond of view from which I can regard it. lam strongly in favour of national control prices. It is coming the world over, as sure as we are alive.”

At the Supreme Court in Wanganui yesterday, His Honour Sir John Salmond imposed the following sentences:- —M. V. Wallace, who pleaded guilty to the theft of a motor car, IS months; H. Evans, who was convicted of the theft of a cheque, three years; R. 11. Parmenter, who pleaded guilty to theft and forgery at Hunterville, 18 months: A. Gibson, who pleaded guilty to indecent assault, one year.

A number of people, mostly young men, assembled in Main Street on Tuesday night to listen to an openair address delivered by a patriar-ehial-looking man with flowing silver locks and heard, who was accompanied by a companion with raven locks. The couple are members of the sect known as “the British House of Israel.” Their long hair gives them a somewhat feminine appearance. The speaker spoke earnestly, and received a fair hearing, save for a few interjections and offering's of ripe fruit anotfjf tomatoes, which splashed about bisfeet. In explaining the reason for the uncut hair and heard, one of the audience could not pass over the incongruity of tan boots with which I he speaker was shod, and he asked why he wore fashionable footwear. The answer was not forthcoming. It was announced that the “younger brother” would speak, and although he was invited to state his case by one of the audience, lie did not respond. Til offering some literature for sale, the crowd was afforded a closer inspection of his hair, which one auditor could not resist fondling. Another wag accepted a booklet, but apologised because he had left his spectacles at home, and forthwith pocketed the pamphlet without payment. It was, however, handed hack after a little persuasion. The audience expressed regret at the departure of the couple, and informed them that they were just beginning to like jliem.