Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, NOVEMB. 22, 192l. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 2358, 22 November 1921, Page 2

Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, NOVEMB. 22, 1921. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Standard is authoritatively informed l!i;il the rot nil price of meal in Palmerston is lower Ilian obtains in life larger centres. Recent reductions in some eases had been as much as 2id per lb. In (lie Supreme Court at Auckland, James Elliott was sentenced to two years’ reformative treatment, and John Gilbert Gregory and Erie. Onion to one year each, for thefts of postal packets at 'Taumarunui. All the lads are Hi years of age.

Good soaking rains during the .past few days have brought forward a phenomenal growth of grass throughout the district, and an increase in the milk supplied to the* various factories —not that the water, however, has found its way directly into the milk! A Press telegram from Wanganui states'that the libel action between the editor of the Herald and the Herald Company against the Chronicle, claiming £I,OOO each, have been settled, the latter having made a complete ivithdrawal and apology in each ease, and the payment of £IOO.

.The local Chamber of Commerce will tender a farewell smoke concert in Perreau’s rooms to-night, to two highly esteemed local citizens, in the persons of Dr. Hand! (expresident of the Chamber) and Mr Hawke (local postmaster). The function will commence at 8 p.rn., and a general invitation is extended to the public to be present.

His Excellency the Governoi’General Viscount Jellicoe will spend next week-end at Waikanae, and on Monday will motor through Levin and Foxton 1° Alarton, unveiling a war memorial at Rongot6a en route. At Marton his Excellency will board the Main Trunk train for Auckland, and will later proceed to Dargaville to open the Trouson Memorial Park. He will return to Wellington on December 3rd.

At the annual meeting of the Palmerston North Chamber of Com-

merce held last night, the following resolution, moved by Mr E. H. Crabb, was carried unanimously: “That this Chamber expresses its pleasure at the successful inauguration of a direct Foxfon-Lyttelton service, and recommends its mem} bers to take every advantage 'of the same, so ag to ensure continuance of same.”

There are always folks who are ready to put the worst construction upon business acumen, forethought, and courage in anticipating a revision of tariffs. “I am informed,” said Mr G. Mitchell, in the House, “that one firm alone saved itself over £30,000 by clearing from bond before the new tariff was announced.” “Backing a certainty I” was .someone’s comment.

A large Avro machine came down while crossing Cook Strait on Sunday morning, but just managed to reach within a few yards off the Red Rocks, several miles from Island Bay. The pilot, William Edwin Park, was uninjured, but the machine was totally wrecked, only (lie engine being saved. The Avro was on ils way from Timaru to Lyall Ba v.

A witness was Risked by counsel at the Feilding Magistrate's Court if she had permanent boarders, to which she replied: “They would have been if they had stayed.”

Asked if one of the men was not now a permanent boarder in His Majesty’s prison, witness admitted that one gentleman had gone there, but she did not count him amongst 1 lie eight boarders she used to have in the house.

A company of some fourteen Natives will leave Fox ton at an early date, and go on tour for the purpose of giving entertainments in various places. They will visit, among other places, Rotorua and Hamilton, then return via Napier to Wairarapa, thence to Wellington, probably to the South Island, and home again. The company is a talented one, and should meet with a run of success. It will be under the guidance of Mr Sutherland, who has had a deal of experience with concert companies.—Exchange.

One of the best ways of recuperating jaded nerves is to walk barefooted over a long stretch of sand. The nerves of the feet are slightly irritated by the sand grains, and the blood, being thus stimulated, circulates more freely. Doctors say that, apart- from the physical effects, the mental powers are greatly invigorated by the exorcise, the explanation is that the long stretches of send, together with the absence of noise, nnd other distractions, have a soothing effect on the mind, wjiicli.ipiiekly responds to the treatment.

In n confidential little chat to a group of medical students, a wellknown surgeon talked about the fees which might be charged. “The hesl rewards,” he said, “come, of course, to the established specialist. I charge £f> for a call at a patient s private residence, £2 10s if they consult nu* at my office in office hours, and £1 Is for a telephone consultation.” There was an appreciative and envious silence, nnd I hen a voice from t lie* back of the inquired: “I say, what do you charge a fellow for passing you in (he street?"

Some consternation was caused ,-il Saturday’s meeting of the subprovincial executive of Ibo Fanners’ Union' nl Palmerston, when Air Dnvey, of Wlmkarongn, handed in his resignation as a member thereof. Pressed for reasons, he remarked: “Tbaf branch of mine refuse to toe the mark. They not only refuse to pay their subscriptions, but they won’f'nltend the meetings. This is therefore my last attendance here. I have called five meetings of the branch. The first the chairman and myself attended; the second two returned soldiers and myself; and at (he other three meetings only (he chairman and myself were present.”

The Daily Express’ Riga correspondent recounts a romantic story of an engineer, known as “Englishman Dick,” one of the most interesting figures of the Revolution. He went to Russia as a mining expert. When the Revolution commenced, (he bourgeoise lied, but “Dick" was chosen ns “Dictator” by the workers. He began to organise food production, showed the miners how to cultivate vegetables and grain, and constructed a short railway to the peat beds when coal supplies were cut off by the paralysis of the railways. He next constructed ovens to make peat into coke for his furnaces, and finally brought the production of his mines above pre-war level. To-day his district saves the whole Russian metal industry from a eomnlete breakdown.

Professor Murphy, speaking at a meeting he addressed under the auspices of the Dannevirke Chamber of Commerce, warmly defended the loyalty of Victoria College staff of students. Victoria College, lie said, was not a hotbed of sedition, as had been alleged. “Every male student who was physically .fit volunteered for the war, and went. The college was as loyal as any institution in the country, and he did not want a wrong impression to be circulated about it.” Prof. Murphy misses the obvious point at issue. It is not the students of the past who have the stigma of disloyalty against them. They did their bit almost to a man. It is the youths and young men of the latter generation of students who have the doubt east upon all of them because of the taint of a few.

Rabbits are rapidly increasing in the sand-dunes along the Wanganui coast. A rabbit board As being formed to control them.

“The Herald” staff desire to acknowledge wedding favours from Mr and Mrs Horace Reid, and if th.e staff's good wishes go for anything, then their future happiness is as» sured. The Dannevirke News says:— Some weeks back a dealer purchased a line of two-tooth hoggets at 10s (id. They were shorn and offered to a butcher, whose highest bid for them —and they were in good condition —was 7s (id, for sheep turning the scales at between 00 and 70 llis. dressed.

A tire at Winton early on Sunday morning destroyed Messrs "MeWilliam Brothers' oil store, Mr Frederick Cole’s saddlery store, Mr Kennedy’s joinery workshop, Mr A. E. Pitiendrigh’s bulk store, and Mr Hamilton’s stables, in which it originated. The damage is estimated at £1,500, and the insurances £OOO.

The Fox ton Auctioneering Coy. reports a very successful clearing sale of household furniture and effects on account of Dr. Mandl on Saturday afternoon. Altogether over 200 lots were submitted, and every article was disposed of. Entries for next Saturday’s mart sale are invited.

A general invitation is extended by the Mayor, in this issue, to all citizens to attend a civic reception to be tendered to His Excellency the Governor-General and Viscountess Jellicoe, at the Triangle, on Monday next, 28th inst., at 11.45 a.m. Citizens are asked to display Hags and bunting where possible, and shop owners are requested to decorate their premises to commemorate the occasion.

The Kairanga County Council has removed the narrow wooden culverts from the main road between Rangiotu and Tiakitahuna, and replaced them with concrete pipes, and widened the crossings. These little wooden structures were a source of danger. The awkward bend leading on to (he “half-crown” road has also been improved and widened. A considerable sum of money has been expended by the County on road improvements in this, ward, for which the travelling public are deeply grateful. The use to which the psychoanalytic study of dreams may be put was instanced by Professor Shelly in his lecture on “Probing the. Unconscious Mind,” delivered in connection with the College House refresher course of lectures at Christchurch last week. lie gave as an example the case of a. man who had dreamed that a rat was gnawing at his throat. Examination showed that the throat contained a growth hitherto unsuspected. lie characterised dreams as “the fulfilment of unfulfilled desires,” and their material as the experience of the immediate past. In dreams, the unconscious—the suppressed inhibited experience stored up in the lower strata of the individual’s mind —had a chance of free expression.

Aii unforfunnle accident occurred to Mr N. I. W. Brown, of the firm of Brown and Rassmussen, the wellknown Palmerston North well sinker--, a lew days ago. Mr Brown was on a lour of inspection of the four plants dial are al present engaged in lairing operations. He was inspecting a pla.nl on a farm al Bainesse, when the wind caught his coal from behind, and blew it into the cog wheels. His arm was drawn round the winch, and fractured in two places. His coat was wrenched completely off his hack, and it was only by this means I hat he was released from his perilous position. Mr Brown sustained injuries to the head, its well as the fracture of his arm. He was brought info town, and his injuries were dressed by Dr. Putnam. This is the fourth occasion upon which Mr Brrtwn has sustained a fracture of a limb during the last ten years. On two occasions, strangely to relate, the injuries have been caused under precisely similar circum-stances.-—Times.