GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 2347, 27 October 1921, Page 4

GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

Says the Waimate Witness: — “Most of our towns have some kind of association designed to watch and protect the interests of their own localities. Such associations are not in all cases unmixed blessings. They often degenerate into purely selfish combinations, with whom the building up and expansion of district trade is of less account than prices “and profits. Int all cases where the broad idea of general local prosperity is kept to the front, they are always a blessing.”

Mr J. V. Brown, M.P., is asking the Government whether they will insert a clause in the Moratorium Act exempting returned solders who have money on deposit at call from the provisions of' the Act. He says he knows one ease of hardship where the soldier has money deposited with a Hawke’s Bay firm and cannot get it released.

The death occurred on Friday last of one of Wellington’s early settlers, Mr M. Segriof. Deceased, who reached the age of 8S years, was horn in Skerriex, Co. Dublin, Ireland. In 1861 he came out to the Victorian goldfields, which he left shortly afterwards for the Otago diggings, whence he went to Wellington in 1864. The late Mr Segrief, who was predeceased by his wife and two children, Mrs F. Gormle.v and Miss E. Rogri of, leaves to mourn him six children —Sister M. Barbara (Sisters of Mercy, KilbiriVie), Rev. Father T. B. Segrief, S.M., of St. Patrick’s College, a padre known to thousands of New Zealand soldiers, Mrs J. Gamble, Mrs E, Leydon (Palmerston N.), Mrs R. Spgrief-Grant, and .Mrs L. Logan. The death occurred at Taihapc hospital last week of Mr Harry' Graham, of Mangawekn, aged 34 years. Deceased ran a splinter in his thumb, and began to’get severe pains in the back and chest. On going to a doctor it was found that lockjaw had set in, and efforts to save his life were not successful. He leaves a young wife and an infant about four months old.

An inspection of the homes of the Maoris of Koputaroa was recently made by the health officials, and everything was found in satisfactory condition. In the face of this, however, the Native children were not allowed to attend school as a result of the recent outbreak of typhoid at Muhunoa tawhao, and the parents were naturally incensed at this action on the

part of the Health \ authorities. However, the embargo; was removed on Friday.—Levin Chronicle.

’ A girl, 17 years of age, had a fjfeautiful head of hair ruined whilst leaving a picture theatre the other evening jfsays the Lyttelton Times), by someone cutting halfway through the plait, apparently with a pair of scissors. The girl visited, the theatre in company with two friends, and at half time they left to go home. On her way out the girl felt a tug at the plait, but she did not pay much attention to the incident. However, bn arriving home she found a cut half-way through the plait at about a level with her shoulders.