Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1922. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 2377, 10 January 1922, Page 2

Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1922. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

At last night’s Council meeting, accounts amounting to £045 2s 8d were passed for payment. Mr Coles, pianoforte tuner, will he in Fox ton until Friday next. Orders for tuning left at this office will lie promptly attended to.

Several' hefty-looking men called at this office last week, enquiring for labouring work of any descriplion. They slated I hat work was unobi a ilia hie in other parts of the district.

The Borough Council used a double-edged form of retrenchment at last night’s meeting by adopting the Finance Committee’s recommendation to dispense with the post office letter box at a rental of 30s per year. At last night’s Council meeting of l lie Borough Council a vote of sympathy was passed to Mr E. Withers, Mr and Mrs John Ross, and Mr and Mrs Ilenskie, in their recent bereavements. 'Flie motion was carried in Ihe usunl manner. Those present at last night’s Council meeting were: Ilis Worship the Mayor (John Chryslall, Esq), and Councillors Bryant, Whiblcy, Smith, Rand, Martin, Thompson, Walker, Coley and Ross. At last night’s Council meeting the Borough Poundkeeper reported that during the past month 26 head of stock were impounded by the Ranger, and driving fees to the amount of 15s had been collected.

After the local races on Monday (telegraphs the Ivaikoura correspondent of the Press), two Christchurch “welsliers” got away from Kaikoura with about '£3oo, after an exciting chase across country. They travelled throughout the night, and eventually got away to Christchurch by car.

At lasi night’s Council meeting an auctioneer’s license was granted to the Foxton Auctioneering Coy.

The boxing match between Carpentier and Joseph Cook takes place to-morrow.

A batch of 118 immigrants is to arrive in Wellington by the Ai'awa to-day.

The conference to consider the meat pool proposals is to be held in Wellington to-day. Mrs Owen, who was seriously assaulted by her husband on a farm near Eltham, died on Friday night. Miss M. I. Robertson, 8.5., of Napier, has been appointed to t ho staff of' the Palmerston North High School.

Nominal ions for the Southern Maori by-election close to-morrow. The election will be held on January 25th.

A Dunedin telegram states that Avn Ruth Patterson, aged fifteen, a daughter of a Public Works employee, has been drowned at Beaumont.

The launch Naomi will convey passengers every Sunday to the seaside, halving the wharf at 10 a.ni. and 2 p.m. Return fare.2s fid, children half-price.

The exports of the Dominion during the twelve months ended November 30th last were valued at £44,104,720. The value of the exports for (lie twelve months ended on tho previous November 30lh was £15,065,475.

Edmund Trcheinc was committed for trial at Dunedin for discharging a revolver ill George Wilson, with inlenf to murder. The parties were neighbouring farmers at Cannibal Bay, near Owaka. Several shots were discharged. At last nightV Council meeting the Borough Ranger reported that during the month 14 cows and 13 horses were amslwl, and 6 cows and 6 horses released to (heir owners. Driving fees to the amount of 7s was collected.

There seems to lie a division developing between town and country people in New Zealand, said Mr W. A. Veilcli, M.P., a! the meeting of farmers at Wanganui. “It is n great pity lhnt it should be so,” he added, “for their interests are identical, and both farmer and townsman should do (heir best to remove the misunderstanding—for misunderstanding it is. They cannot afford to quarrel and work ngainsl cat'll other.”

Nothing definite has yet been sellled in regard to the next race for the sculling championship of the world, which both Hannan and Paddiin dechire they intend to insist upon having. It is a peculiar position. Tladliold is prepared to row whoever is entitled to race, hut that is the point in dispute. The champion intends leaving for Nelson for a few days, and will then visit Auckland, returning to Wanganui to resume training at an early date.

Thieves entered the railway refreshment room at Paekakariki during Saturday evening, and removed a safe weighing about scwt., containing about £2OO in cash, and some bonds and deeds. It is surmised that the safe was taken sicross the railway line and placed in a motor vehicle. The thieves gained entrance to the refreshment room through a window, which they forced open with a crowbar taken from a guard’s van in the vicinity. The lessee of the rooms was absent in Hawera at the time of the robbery.

When motoring home from Wanganui on Thursday evening, Mr and Airs .J. IT. Raymond, of the-Rangi-rikei Hotel, Bulls, and a friend, Miss Cameron, of New Plymouth) narrowly escaped serious injury as the result of iheir ear overturning. In negotiating a bend in the road, about a mile beyond Bulls, one of the front wheels came off. The car skidded for about thirty yards and overturned, throwing the occupants clear. Miss Cameron sustained a few abrasions, and had her face cut a little. Mr and Mrs Raymond escaped with severe shakings. The car was extensively damaged.

Asked by a Times representative, upon his arrival at Wellington Irani Home, how New Zealand stands in 1 lie eyes of the people at Home. Sir Robert Sioni suited that from the Curt liesi north to the furthest south of the United Kingdom he found that New Zealand stood highest of all in the opinion of the public. “They looked upon our soldiers, for eharaeler and conduct, as second lo none,” lie slated. “They admitted the great courage and initiative of the Australians. 1 heard nothing said against the Australians: hut, when you mentioned New Zealand, they seemed to ihink that we had got here i lie highest type of humanity. and 1 thought that that said a great deal for our secular system of education, in -pile of all the talk i here has been here about our New Zealand youths lacking character. Ii showed that the product of our New Zealand schools stands the highest in the world.”

“Timely acts save the day.”— Ragge.

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