LOCAL AND GENERAL.
Probate in the estate of the late Mr Henry Wollerman, of Palmerston, has been sworn at approximately £30,000. .
All the residences at the local seaside have been booked up for the holidays, and a number of visitors are camping out in sheltered nooks. Cracknel], an Auckland solicitor, for systematically defrauding clients, has been sentenced to three years’ imprisonment. Tn the recent N.Z. University examinations, Mr 4. B. Moir, of Fox--1 on, passed (he linal stage of the commercial accountancy examination.
Mr P. Robinson asks us to slate llmt he will he pleased to convey any gifts free of charge to All Saints’ Children’s Home at the seaside.
Discussing advertising at last night’s Council meeting, one councillor remarked that a copy of the “Manawatu Herald” had been picked up at the foot of the Pyramids in Egypt. “Flounders were very plentiful on the West Coast between Waikanae and Foxlon,” states the annual report of the Marine Department. “The quantity of fish taken from the fishing grounds near Kapili Island has been well maintained.” The Minister of Education has decided to go further into the question of Miss Park’s loyally by holding a public inquiry. Miss Park was a teacher at the Carterton Slate School. Mr A. D. Thomson, ex-Stipendiary Magistrate, and assistant Public Service Commissioner, will conduct the enquiry. Mr C. F. Rockei, who has been a member of the teaching staff <>l I lie Levin District High School for some years, and has accepted a position at the Ward School, Blenheim, was presented by the stall with a tennis racquet and electroplated shaving glass.
Large numbers of Maoris continue to pass through Wanganui eu route to Palana’s great Christmas camp at Katana. When the Wel-lington-New-Plymoulli express arrived yesterday afternoon, the station platform was crowded with Maoris of all ages.
The contest for the Mayoralty id Lower Hull resulted in W. T. Strand (councillor) defeating by 337 vote> E. K. Kishworth (mayor), both of whom resigned their seats to contest the election. The point, of difference between the candidates was that the Mayor supported the erection of gasworks which the ratepayers by a poll sanctioned. Councillor Strand and the ratepayers’ association opposed it. The Feilding Star-slates that a farmer in the district, who some time ago sold one of his farms, coming to the conclusion the other.day that the present burden was too heavy for the purchaser to hear successfully, has now voluntarily reduced his former price by the substantial amount of £lO per acre, and also, as an apt Christmas box, returned to them the year’s interest, which they had already paid.
The King, in giving an audience to the Japanese commercial mission, recalled the happy recollections of his visit to Japan forty years ago, and expressed his delight that his son was about to visit their great country, which was endeared to us by many ties of friendship and alliance. He hoped the Mission would be successful in their mutual endeavours to hasten the transition to normal trading conditions so much desired by all nations.
A deputation, introduced by Mr J. A. Nash, M.P., and consisting of Messrs R. T. Bell (chairman) and A. H. Grant (clerk) of the newlyconstituted Manawaiu-Oroua River Board, waited upon the Minister for Internal Affairs (the Hon. AY. Downie Stewart), on Thursday, to present a petition, signed by the majority of the landowners of the district, praying that the River Board be established over an extent of thirty miles from Longburn approaching towards Foxton. The Minister promised to have the matter looked into immediately; and stated that, if everything was found in order, and he was satisfied about it, he would take the necessary steps to comply with the prayer of the petitioners.
There is every indication of fine weather for the holidays.
All business premises will be closed from tonight till Thursday morning.
Messrs Reid and Son have spec-, iallv decorated the front of the Town Hall.
President Eamon de Valera, the Sinn Fein leader, was horn in New York in 1889. His father was Spanish, and his mother Irish. The House of Representatives ha* adjourned until January lltli, and the Legislative Council until January 10th. ”
The proposals for water and drainage for Olaki were carried at Wednesday’s poll by an overwhelming majority.
Two racecourse “guessers” were sentenced to a month’s imprisonment at Christchurch on Wednesday. One of them was a disqualified jockey.
The best brands of butter are being retailed locally at Is 7d per lb. Good, fresh dairy butter is being retailed in Palmerston N, at Is 5d per pound.
In the Police Court at Auckland on Thursday several persons were lined £1 each for breaches of the by-laws dealing with health precant ions.
Mr Arthur Hawke has been appointed registrar of electors and returning officer fdr the electoral district of Ofatki. Mr Janies I. Bishop is similarly appointed for Masterton, and Mr Vincent J. Delaney for Manawatu.
Wo acknowledge with thanks handy office calenders from Messrs Levin and Co. (agents for Shaw, Savill and Albion Co.), N.Z. Shipping Co., and Messrs Collinson and Cnnninghame, Ltd.
Prior to the breaking up of the local Slate School, the pupils of St. VI. presented the head teacher, Mr Broad, with a thermos flask as a token of esteem. Mr Broad feelingly acknowledged the kind thoughts which prompted the gift. When would the hydro-electric power from Mangahao he available for use in Wellington 1 ? asked Mr IJ. \. Wrifht, M.P., in the House of Kepresentalives on Wednesday afternoon. ’l’lie lion. J. G. Coates*replied that he was quite safe in saying that iqi to date the work had been carried out to programme; and unless anything unforseen happened in the way of financial difficulties or otherwise, he believed that I lie power would he available up !o schedule lime, that was to say, towards the end of 1923.
It is not anticipated that the -learner Kennedy, which is at present on the Slip, will he relaunched before 10-inorrow night or Saturday morning. The vessel, which is lit lie the worse for her recent -Ilanding at .Foxlon, will resume running in the Foxton-V ellington service on Wednesday next. The circumstances of the stranding at Foxlon were, rather remarkable. The Kennedy negotiated the bar successfully, and was proceeding up the river when sin* was caught by the strong southerly wind prevailing at the time and driven right across the northern spit.—Wellington Post. At the Fire Brigade social held at Levin on Wednesday evening, Air Smith, member of the Foxton Borough Council and Fire Brigade, complimented Levin on the possession of an up-to-date brigade and lire station, and said he was deeply interested in what the Fire Board had accomplished for the town. Tie I egret led to say that Foxlon was a long way in arrears, and did not have the advantage of a Fire Board, and he therefore appreciated Superintendent Shaw's offer of assistance or advice in helping matters aloiig in Foxlon. lie was graletul for that offer, and would arrange for members of the Foxton brigade to come over to inspeet (he methods of the Kevin brigade, also hear an address on lire board matters if it could he arranged. —Chronicle. An ancient Chinese custom which made school teaching an uncertain occupation was mentioned by Air F. A. Tyrer, the retiring headmaster of tin 1 Stratford District High School, at tlie farewell which was tendered to him. The Chinese were strong believers in mottoes, one of which is. “The child is horn good.” This is u pleasing saying, appealing to all better thoughts, but nevertheless it must have been anathema to the teaching profession of those limes. When a crime was committed by a person who had not reached adult years, the good old practice of cutting off the offender’s head was followed, hut a novel feature was the cutting off of the school teacher’s head also, on the ground that the child being horn good, someone was responsible for the lapse, and who would that someone he- hut the teacher?
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