NEWS AND NOTES.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 2377, 10 January 1922, Page 4

NEWS AND NOTES.

Australia’s debts —Federal, State, and municipal—total 828 millions, or £152 12s 2d per head of the population.

Charlie Chaplin, on arrival at New York from his brief visit to England, said that during the week in England he received nearly 63,000 letters, besides 15,000 books for autograph.

“If I win the toss I’ll lose the championship,” said Dick Arnst to a Chronicle reporter some time ago, when discussing the.relative merits of the inside and outside courses on the river. He added lhat every time he had lost the toss he had won. This statement, made jokingly, proved prophetic on Thursday, for Arnst won the toss and lost the championship. Thus the Feilding Star: —Who would have dreamt twelve months ago that butter would become a glut on the market in Feilding? Yet that is the position to-day. Yesterday a small dairy farmer who makes separator butter for sale to local retailers, found there were no buyers. He took his butter home again, saying he would have to feed it to his fowls, as there was nothing else he could do with it. A’ collision occurred at the railway crossing in Longburn on Thursday afternoon, the south-bound Napier mail train crashing into a two-horse lorry. The vehicle, which was the property of Messrs Russell and Taylor of the Longburn Fellmongery, was being driven by Mr Val Coulon, who, apparently, was unaware of the approach of the train when he turned on to the crossing. One of the two horses was killed instantly. Mr Coulon, and another man named Fairbrother, who was also on the lorry, were thrown clear, and escaped injury. The damage to the lorry amounted to a smashed pole. Rome advice to New Zealanders was given by Air William McMaster, president of a large manufacturing concern in Montreal, when speaking to a Christchurch Press reporter. He, with Mr J. Davidson, who is president of an enamelware manufacturing company in Montreal, are spending a month’s pleasure trip in New Zealand, and it was obvious from their remarks that they are also keenly noting how this Dominion is faring politically, economically and industrially.' Mr McMaster remarked: “As far as I can see, you have a wonderful country, but with the great prosperity you have enjoyed you seem Ip have become extravagant in work and in other ways of life. You cannot expect to live cheaply if you have high pay and short working hours. When your factories are closed down from December 24th to January 4th, that is an awful waste of time. In Canada the manufacturers are not against unionism, but they will not have the ‘closed shop,’ and every worker anxious to get on is allowed every opportunity to do so.” The following letter was recently received by the postmaster of one of our island possessions in reply to a query as to whether a temporary exchange attendant liked his work and intended remaining in the service: “Sir. —In replying to your favourable letter that I received with gladness from you. Sir, I beg to inform. The matter is now happen setanly are very difficult for me to investigate for (hat. lam trying all my best to attending my duty. Therefore I humbly apply for staying until the end of the month hoping that my requested will be meet with your favourable consideration.” This was the senior attendant’s report on the writer of the above: “Sir. —I humbly forward my evadenee before your honour. The Cadet was appointed by you is quite suitable for (he job and simbly (wices good as in faithful also the language. Sir, I beg to inform you that I have nothing to dcsidet to your own disgusted. Hopping that my evadenee will meet with your approval.”