Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, DECEMB. 13, 1921. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 2367, 13 December 1921, Page 2

Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, DECEMB. 13, 1921. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

At lasi night’s Council meeting accounts amounting to £9OB 10s 4c were passed for payment.

There are 217'*name.s on the rol of the Palmerston North Boys’ ITigli School, and 143 on the roll of the Girls’ High School.

At last night’s Council meeting the borough ranger reported that he had impounded six cows during the month of November.

Good butler was on sale in Wellington shops yesterday at Is fid per lb. —the lowest price for sixyears, says the Dominion. The Emigration Committee is despatching 500 emigrants to New Zealand in December, 1,309 in January, 700 in February, and 900 in March.

At last night’s Council meeting the Borough Poundkeeper reported as follows;—During the month of November six head of stock were impounded, and driving fees to the amount of 3s have been collected.

Mr Norman Hyde will continue Gospel Mission services in the Town Hall supper-room each evening this week (except Saturday) at 7.30 o’clock. All welcome, no collection.

The Palmerston N, Municipal Band will give a concert at the local seaside on Sunday afternoon next, and in the local Town Hall on Sunday evening. Special taxi service to convey the public to the seaside on Snndav afternoon.

Local business people anticipate a busy Christmas trade, and are now displaying goods suitable for the festive season. Several of our advertisers inform us that Saturday was one of the busiest days experienced this year. D. McMurray and T. Procter, two local boys attending the Palmerston N. High School, are among Iho prize-winners this year. Both are in Form 111. C, and in the aggregate D. McMurray gained first palce, and T. Procter second,

Those present at last night’s Council meeting were: —TTis Worship the Mayor (John Chrystall, Esq.), and Councillors Bryant, Whibley, Smith, Rand, Coley, Martin, Ross, Thompson, and Walker. Mr Murray, borough engineer, was also in attendance.

This time last, year vegetation was dying for want of moisture. At present there is a luxurious growth owing to the heavy rainfalls experienced. Last night torrential rain fell, and as a result house tanks were filled to overflowing, thus ensuring a plentiful supply of water for domestic purposes during the festive season.

The death occurred at Tawa Flat on Saturday of Mrs Taylor, widow of the late Captain James Taylor, aged 95 years. The lale Mrs Taylor arrived with her parents by the ship Coromandel in 1840, and up to the time of her death was one of the oldest pioneers in the Dominion. Mrs W. E. Barber; of Foxton, is a grand-daughter of the late Mrs Tavlor.

Mr William Reid, the oldest resident of Wanganui, passed away last night, aged 99 years. The deceased was a well-known farmer, but had resided in town for a number of years. He was in good health till very recently. He was a keen supporter of the Y.M.C.A., having made a gift of the site of a building. He could remember distinctly the bonfires being lighted on the Scottish hills to announce Queen Victoria’s accession.

The weather changed from muggy heat last week to a cold southerly to-day.

Applications are invited elsewhere in this issue for cutting of hay in the cemetery.

Messrs G. H. Bennett and Co., booksellers, Palmerston North, insert a replace advertisement in this issue, in which they set forth toys and various fancy lines as suitable articles for Christmas presents. A sitting of the Arbitration Court will be held in Palmerston North today. Four disputes will be beard — the Hotel Workers’, Private Hotel Workers’, Tea-room Workers’, and Dairy Faetorv Workers’.

Ensign McKinnon lias been appointed to succeed Captain Tong in charge of the local Salvation Army Corps, and will take charge this week. Captain and Mrs Tong leftfor Westport yesterday. In the Supreme Court at Hamilton, in the case in which Peter Mora, clerk of the Wailomo County Council, sued John Edward Hamill, proprietor of the “King Country Chronicle,” for £4,000 for alleged libel, (be jury was out for over three hours without coming to an agreement, and the parties agreed to accept a majority verdict of twothirds. This was to the effect that the statements were defamatory, and £SO damages were awarded.

The death took place at Otorolmnga on Sunday last, after a brief illness, of Mrs Albert W. Dudson, aged 3(5 years. The late Mrs Dudson was well-known in Foxton, being the daughter of Mr and Mrs B. Withers, Union Street. A family of two sons and four daughters, the eldest of whom is 16 and the youngest two weeks, are left to mourn their loss. Mr Dudson will have the heartfelt sympathy of friends in bis snd bereavement.

A large number of people visited the Avro aeroplane at Messrs Robinson Bros.' property, Lady’s Milo, on Sunday. Mi Mercer informed our representative that he was not gelling the full power from the engine. and decided to instal a new one, which arrived yesterday. Tn any case, the weather on Sunday was not suitable for Hying. It is proposed shortly to inaugurate a weekly air passenger service between Auckland and Wellington, a trip which can be made comfortably in four hours, and later a landing ground will in all probability be established in Palmerston North. Aerodromes have already been built ill Invercargill, Dunedin, Timaru and Wellington (Lynll Bay).

'l’be Prince of Wales is returning to Lucknow, having finished bis visits to llu 1 native princes, which have been a round of competition in hospitably, gorgeous and spectacular displays and sport, and more of n personal than of a political character. The conditions in India do not permit the Empire’s greatest ambassador to come into the same close contact with the people as in Australia and New Zealand, but: the Prince nevertheless hopes to have seen and been seen widely enough to achieve bis mission, namely the seeming of a better understanding between India and her rulers.

A shop day will lie held in Main Street on Saturday next, 17th insl., in aid of the building fund at the local seaside for a holiday residence for children of All Saints’ Home, ft is hoped that the building will be opened for the little ones free of debt. A committee of sympathisers have been at work for some time, and have given and collected almost sufficient to build and equip (be home. Tlic shop day on Saturday will afford an opportunity to those who desire to help the fund by giving in kind or making purchases. Gifts may be left at Mr Healey’s -.bop, or at the shop on Saturday.

“Some people have far too many meals,” said Dr. MeCredy, medical officer lor schools in Otago, in an address before tho Otago Education Institute. “In some bouses they have six meals a day. I bad six meals myself in one day in n doctor’s house in this city." Speaking of the necessity of cleaning the teeth daily, Dr. MeCredy said be was not dogmatic on tlmj point, and told I lie children they could do it either with an apple or with a toothbrush. “1 prefer the apple,”, he said, “and so do the children, but the price of apples is so excessive that you cannot always get them. We are preaching a lot of ideals,” he admitted, “that it is almost impossible for those with small incomes to put into practice.”

At yesterday’s meeting of the Palmerston North Chamber of Commerce a letter was read from Messrs Manson and Barr, notifying that it did not pay the firm to use the Wellington-Fox-ton steamer service, and giving various letters from their agents in which the service was condemned as compared with transit of goods by rail. —The chairman said a company had been formed some time ago to get a boat to run in the Foxton trade. Had it not been for the financial stringency, the boat would probably have been in commission on the WellingtonFoxton trade. —Mr J. A. Nash, M.P., said that efforts were still being made by the company to obtain a suitable boat from England. If the Minister of Marine carried out what he thought he could in connection with assisting them, the boat to Foxton would be in commission before very long.—lt was decided to write to Messrs Manson and Barr, thanking them for their information and informing them of the operations of tiie company.

Tor Bronchial Coughs, take Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure.*