LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 2350, 3 November 1921, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Tin* Rangilikoi Coiml.v Council Ims mu overdraft of .C 15,000, on whit-h il is paying interest nl the rule of £2O per week. Pocket-picking is reported In be in evidence in nil parts of I lie Dominion nl llie present time. It is said that light-fingered gentry from Australia are the chief operators.

Mr I’’. Roydhonse, inspector and instructor of physical education, visited the local Stale School today. To-morrow the Convent and Mouloa schools will he visited.

At the local police court this morning, before Mr Hornblow, .J.P., John Kinley, charged by the police with drunkenness, was convicted and fined 20s.

Two expeditions are starting for Central Africa shortly, led respectively by the naturalists, Lieutenaht Cherry Ivearlon and Carl Akley. in an attempt to discover “the missing link." Surely the naturalists could find some good specimens among civilised nations, without touching die hinterland of Africa.

The Chinaman who was discovered to' be suffering from leprosy at the Wellington Hospital last week, arrived at Lyttelton by the Wahine on Saturday, and was conveyed to the leper station at Quail Island by launch (says the Christchurch Press). The arrival of the new patient brings the number up to seven —four Europeans, two Maoris, and one Chinese. One of the patients is said ld\be making marked progress towards recovery.

The Postmaster-General announces .that;‘the Sunday attendance from 5 to 5.30 p.m. for telegraph purposes at all offices, except at those places where morning newspapers are published, and at Blenheim, Nelson, and Hamilton, is to be abolished. The service is unremunerative, and in view of the telephone facilities now provided between all important centres, is considered unnecessary. Commencing on Sunday, 6th inst., Sunday 5 to 5.30 p.m. attendance for telegraph purposes at this office will be abolished.

A social worker in. Dunedin, in conversation with a reporter, stated that there had been an increase in drinking on the part of women, especially young women, within recent years.' However, this was in the form of taking liquor at intervals during the day, much on the lines that a good many men adopt. The modern girl had also acquired the habit of taking a bottle with her when she went week-ending. This habit coincided with the increase in cigarette smoking amongst girls (and women.

The local butchers are observing a holiday to-day.

"Foxton will not observe a holiday to-morrow for People’s Day at the Palmerston Show.

The D.H. $ aeroplane made a successful trip from Auckland to Timaru on Monday. The flying time from Auckland to Timaru was 8 hours 15 minutes. The average altitude of the flight was between 3,000 and 1,000 feet. The Daily Express’ Geneva correspondent states: A strange case of sacrilege, followed by tragic nemesis, occurred at Waldshut, on the Swiss-German frontier. Groups of young workmen employed at an electric factory pulled down a wooden stutue of Christ from a Cross on the roadway, and replaced it head downwards, amid blasphemous shouts. Two days later, the ringleader fell into the machinery of the factory, head foremost, and was killed. His comrades, panic-strick-en, confessed the sacrilege, and were arrested.

A three-year-old boy named Jackie Wright had a very narrow escape from drowning at Mr Scott’s Papaki Road property on Wednesday, says the Taihape Times. If appears that Mrs Weight’s three small children wandered up to the sheep dip near the house, and while playing there, the youngest (Jackie) fell into the water. His brother, a little chap of only four years, immediately ran for assistance to Mrs Zinsli. The latter hurried to (he dip, about 100 yards away, and was just in time to rescue the little fellow in a semi-conscious state. The child soon recovered, and is now quite well, but Mrs Zinskt, who is troubled by heart weakness, is still suffering a little from shock. On Tuesday evening members of All Saints’ Choir journeyed to Oroun Downs to give a concert. The hall way packed bv an appreciative audience, which demanded frequent encores.- The following ladies and gentlemen made up the party in Mr Harold Osborne’s lorry: Messrs Head, Poole, Colder, Osborne, Lock, Wall, Mrs Freeman, Misses E. King, B. Rotter, I. Follas. The Rev. W. 11, Walton and Mrs Walton accompanied the party. Messrs Wilton, Smith and Burling, from Oroua Downs, also contributed items. The songs, glees and quartettes were thoroughly enjoyed. Mr R. T. Betty had charge of the programme, and is to be complimented on the success of the concert.

A local resident asked us this morning to protest against the begging of subscriptions, which he considers is being overdone in Foxfon. We also received a letter for publication on the same lines, and criticising certain statements made by a speaker at a recent meeting. It is, however, a simple matter to refuse such requests if considered unworthy of support. In reply to our correspondent, we may state that the Borough Council or police have not the power to withhold the right to canvass the public for subscriptions for any deserving cause.