Manawatu Herald SATURDAY. JULY 30, 1921. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 2309, 30 July 1921, Page 2

Manawatu Herald SATURDAY. JULY 30, 1921. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

It is reported.thnl Murmoiiisiu lms not the hold among Wairarapa natives that it had some yeiirs ago. The sect, however, still appears to maintain its hold in Hawke’s Bav.

A parasite known as Aphelions, introduced.''by Dr. J. Tilyard, of the Cawthorn Institute, Nelson, is stated to be having a good effect in eradicating the woolly aphis from fruit trees in the Nelson district. At Tatiiiiarunui a man Ims been lined £lO and costs for giving an order for whisky to a Putlmerston North linn, and failing' to give the person to whom the order was sent a statement in writing of his name and address.

ATi- Orr-lValker. at present stipendiary Magistrate at New Plymouth, has been appointed Chief .Justice of Samoa, and will leave for that place next month. Mr A. M. Mowleni, S.M., formerly of Palmerston North, who is now in Otago, will be stationed in Taranaki.

A widow, Edith Lucy Tye, aged til, of Devouport, was found dead at her residence on Thursday evening. When her daughter returned she found the house locked, and the mother lying on the kitchen Itoor. The room was full of ga-, and one pipe was turned on with a tube attached near deceased's month.

Since Christ nm.s, Katana, the Maori faith-healer, lias received 40,000 letters from all parts of Australasia, and even from Europe and America, whither his fame Ims evidently travelled. One letter from Italy contained a substantial sum of money, which Katana, who never accepts payment, promptly returned to the sender. The Farmers’ Union Conference at Wellington passed the following resolution: “That owing to the main primary products of the Dominion being at present practically worthless. the Government be a-ked to extend (lie moratorium for ,-uch further period as it may consider necessary after December 31st, 1021, more especially with regard to fixed mor* gages.”

The Springboks play 1 Canterbu ;P Christchurch to-day.

Messrs Petrie Bros.; of AYaverley, intend commencing milling operations at an early date. There is no Irish drama sweeter than “Kathleen Mavourneen,” at the Royal on Monday.—Advt.

It’s a barrel of fun, even leaking out of the bunghole—Constance Talmadge as “The Love Expert,” .11 the Royal to-night.—Advt.

Members of the St. Helen’s Hospital Committee will address a pub lie meeting at Foxton next week.

A Standard representative was informed yesterday by Mr J. Goring Johnston, who recently returned from a visit to England, that he is retiring from racing. All his horses now in training will go under the -hammer, and the Highden stud will be sold later in the season.

The question of the union of the Christian churches is one of growing importance. On Sunday evening, at the Methodist Church, the Rev. L. Minilie, in an address, will suggest a very broad basis for such unity. The address is an appeal to the “narrow sectarian” to give a wider outlook by granting liberty in the right of interpretation of doctrine and ceremonial.

Amongst those who met Lord Jellicoe at the unveiling of a soldiers’ memorial this week at Sawyer’s Bay, Dunedin, were the chief and the second engineers of the Avenger, which was torpedoed while ou war service in the North Sea, also the second arid chief engineer of the AYahinc, which .returned to New Zealand after lengthy war service in European waters, laying mines and chasing submarines. The annual meeting of the Mana-t’,-a tu School Committees’ Association was held in (he Palmerston North Borough Council Chambers last evening. Mr ,J. A. Nash, M.P., presided. Officers for the ensuing year were elected a.s under:—President, Mr G. H. Stiles; vice-presi-dents, Messrs A. Lancaster, J. K. Hornblow, and R. \Y. Guy; secretary and treasurer, Mr H. C. Le' Grange; committee, Messrs C. J.

Gill, AY. P. Field, A. J. Yortr, and 1 T. Robinson.

“If ever there was a place for a toll-gate il is Ihe Mannwatu gorge,” said Mr J. A. Nash, M.P., when presiding at the last meeting of the Gorge Road Board of Control. He stated that the public would not control if a toll-gate were erected — lather they would welcome a gate if they realised that a. better and safer road would result. Mr Nash though I tlie Government would pa-.-, the necessary legislation next session, and that a toll-gate would be established immedialelv.

Nine point* along the Manawali Borgo road arc to he widened, am Mr JickolJ reports that he hopes t< have this woi'k completed befe: - '

next year, twelve men being at present employed. The bridge at the \Yoodville end, built in 1874 by Mr Hugh McNeil,, is also under repair. Passing of time lias resulted in the decay of portions of Hie wooden buttresses and transoms, and considerable strengthening work is necessary to make the slnn/lure safe for heavy I rathe. When the road is completely remodelled ii will have a minimum width of 21 feel, and will he asphalted from end to end.

Mrs Mori, writing to Mrs Tozer, mot her of Dr. Tozer, from the State reformatory at Sydney, wherein she s incarcerated for killing Dr. Tozer.

ays that since being there she ha

realised many things. One of them s the awj'ul wrong she has done to Dr. Tozer. and she wants to say that lever once did lie take advantage of ter, and all the things of which he vas accused were absolutely unrue. It is a continual horror to her o know that she has.left a different

■n press ion on the public mind. No

me could have been more cliivnl•ous. Mrs Mori adds ; “J. am writing

o try and make some atonement for he wrong I have done t lie memory if a tine man.” At the Farmers' Union executive neeting at Marlon, Mr K. AV. Da I - ymp!e reported having witnessed lie tree-planting operations on the and dunes. If was unfortunate bat the men employed did not appear to know much about this class d.' work, and in a lot of eases were

not physically tit for the job, especially under the weather conditions existing during the past few days. It was quite a common thing for a

.nan to stay about two days only, and give it up. This made it hard Cor the mau in charge, who was very enthusiastic, and was anxious to make a success of the tree-planting. The Forestry League was giving every assistance possible to the Government.