LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 2380, 17 January 1922, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Ilorowlienua County Council, intends paving its roadmen 12s Cd per day from next month. All ihe local hotel aeeonnnodation has been booked up for the weekend by visitors to the local racemeeting.

Mr J. Colder, of Foxton, hoS keen engaged by t he Marton Band to play with that organisation at the forthcoming band contest.

Owing to the races on Saturday, the Foxton Auctioneering Company's weekly mart sale will be held c.n Friday afternoon, commencing at 2 o’clock.

The monthly meeting of the local Chamber of Commerce will be hold in All Saints’ schoolroom on Friday evening next, at 7.30.0’c10ck. Business important.

On Saturday night patrons in the dress circle of the Royal Theatre much appreciated (lie installation of an electric fan. The manager informs ns that lie intends installing heating apparatus for the winter.

The liev. J. Walker, M.A., vicar of St. Matthew's Church, Musterton, and formerly of Eketahuna, Island Buy and Arnirmlio, lms forwarded his resignation to the Bishop of Wellington.

There was an attack on the Pub--1 ii• Service Commissioner in I lie House of Representatives on Friday night. Mr R. A. Wright said men bad been singled out for dismissal because of their religious belief's. The Hon. W. Downie Stewart made a spirited defence, and Ihe Prime Minister promised an investigation.

The prices to be paid out on January 20th by factories affiliated in the South Auckland Dairy Association for buHer-fal supplied during December are as follows: — Super line butler-fat 9d per lb.: first grade l , Sid: dried skim milk lOd; cheese 1 This represents a drop of 3d exeepi for cheese, which is ! lie >ame a-- last month.

Wo are informed thnt slock is being allowed lo wander through the "Round Bush” sccnie reserve, and destroy the young trees. If this .-tatemont is correct, steps should be immediately taken to prevent such vandalism. This bush represents an asset of incalculable value to the district and State, and the Government should appoint an honorary ranger to keep an eye on it.

A peeuiar case was heard at the Wellington S. M. Court yesterday, when a young man named Lacy F.nslon Bruce Wallace was fined £4 and costs for causing one Gladys Snow to procure a letter addressed i ) his wife. The Magistrate said iha! had the accused secured the Idler himself he might have exer,.;,.cd his jiower under the Protection Ad. ImJ he could not overlook the fact tlial he had procured an agent.

Some people are lucky, says the North Auckland Times. On Sunday la.-u while a young lady was coming into Dargaville from the Coast she lost a gold wristlet watch. The other afternoon she had to go out ;o the Coast again, and she sat town on the same spot where she !>ad rested coming to Dargaville. She looked down on the ground and mw her watch, which was none the worse for it> throe days out in the open.

The opinion is expressed by Mr Alfred Warbriek, tho well-known Tourist’ Department guide, that the pink and white terraces wore not destroyed in the Tnrnwere eruption of JSSfi. He holds that the terraces were submerged ai considerable depth by the How of water into Rol email an a Lake at the time of the eruption, and that by the lowering of the level of the lake, which is an easilv practicable work, l he terraces would be revealed again.

Mercantile Gazetie of this week sums up the position as follows: —The finances of the country will soon be approaching a critical position; taxation lias passed its limit some time since, revenue isj. falling I" :| ii alarming extent, and on real effort is being made by the Government to meet the trouble. There is apparently an intention to Id things drift, "a wail and see" poliov, which, however sat islaetorx il may be to Mr Massey, meets with the unanimous disapproval of I lie mercani ile ..community.

\Ye sometimes have to go away from home to hear news. We clip the following from Saturday's Palmerston Standard :— f ‘As an instance of the .acute state ol the housing shortage in Foxton, a Palmerston North resident told a Standard reporter to-day that an intimate friend had recently died i here, and within 12 hours of the friend’s passing away, no fewer than If) applications were made for tin' bouse. In normal times, said our reporter's informant, people would have bad some reticence regarding an inquiry of this nullire before the late owner was buried, but necessity drove the majority to any ends, and sentiment bad to be [ml aside." c “Timely acts save the day.”— Ragge. Whenever you get the first symptoms of a cold or chill, act quickly and at once. Call Baxter’s Lung Preserver to your immediate aid. A dose in time is an invaluable preventive of spring and summer complaints. Baxter’s is a rich, soothing specific, pleasant to the taste, and a firm favourite with the kiddies, as well as with all grown-ups. ’Tis also a grand building-up tonic that keeps you fit and well always. A large bottle of “Baxter’s” costs only 2s fid. At all grocers and chemists. — Advt. 4

It is expected that the price of bread in New Zealand will be rc-

flueocl by Id to lAd per two-pound loaf from March Ist.

People who have read about the dreaded goatsrne, but who have not seen it, may satisfy their curiosity by viewing the noxious weed in full and beautiful bloom along the right-of-way leading' off Clyde Street.

Tlie Prime Minister stated on Saturday that from .yesterday 7 wool freights were to be reduced by one farthing per lb. He had been advised, too, from London that the rates on cold storage were being reduced.

A man named William Todd, a farmer at Pukcroro, near Cambridge, shot himself dead on Saturday. Deceased was a single, mid-dle-aged man. It is reported that he had not been in good health. He had only been in the district a few months.

“The biggest fool in town is the man who joins the fire brigade,” said a speaker half-humorously at the annual meeting of ihe Kketahunu Fire Brigade. “He is on the call at all hours, has to go out and possibly gels as wet as a shag, ruins his clothes and then gets criticised right and left —not that he minds I bill providing the criticism is fair.”

it certainly is remarkable what mischief the unbalanced mind of the hoodlum will turn to. On Sunday evening some irrcsponsiblos smashed (iff all the hooks ami nails used to support goods on the front portion of a shop in Main Street. The books were not withdrawn, but smashed in the wood, necessitating the making of fresh holes.

While the election of stewards was in progress at the Waimarino A. and P. meeting, one member of (lie Association refused to act in a certain capacity’, and was accused by another that he was shirking bis duty to the show. The one accused resented this, and asked, “What would you sooner do, milk 28 cows or come in here and help with the show ?"

Mr V. A. Christensen has been selected to contest the Palmerston North seal at the.next general election in the interests of Ihe Labour Party. Mr Christensen, who has been a resident of the Palmerston district for some years, is a shearer, and is an active member of the Parly. It is understood that ihe Liberal Party is seeking a suitable candidate for the electorate.

A Wanganui butcher, speaking to a Herald' reporter on Saturday, slated that since the meat prices bad been reduced" he had noticed a considerable difference in the quantities purchased by the local public. For instance, when they came in for a roast they were not now so particular as to the weight, and where they were accustomed to ask for a half-leg of mutton they now purchased the full leg.

A contributor writes to Ihe New Plymouth Herald: —"I picked up an old book to-day and read how on January 3rd, 1822, a meeting of farmer’s was held at Hastings, Sussex, to consider how to avert the ruin that threatened the agricultural interests from the great, and continued decline of all kinds of produce. Wheat had been worth up to 13s or 14s per bushel during the war, and had fallen to 3s. History does sometimes repeat itself. The meeting could not hit upon any remedy.”

Interviewed in Wellington re the cut in salaries and economies in the Public Service, the. Premier admitted that legislation was to he introduced this week for reductions which would he pretty wide iu their effect. They would apply practically right throughout the civil service, with certain exceptions. Asked if there was any truth in the suggest inn that some of the reductions would amount to about 33 1-3 per cent, on the bonus, Mr Massey replied, “Yes, that's about right.” The proposals, he added, would he laid before Parliament this week.

A successful method of dealing with aphis on apple trees was mentioned to a Chronicle representative by Mr 11. Taylor, of Beach Road, Levin. He slated that during Ihe winter season lie spread lime round I lie base of the a fleeted trees to a thickness of about six inches, and extending for a foot or more out. from tin l trees. The lime gradually 7 dissolved into the ground, with apparently beneficial effects, for the aphis failed to re-appear during the following summer. The reporter was shown trees which were badly 7 attacked last year, hut ai’e now perfectly (dean after being treated with lime during the past winter.

Two Mangaweka State School boys (Wm. E. Adams 571 and Wliitiora Byrne 5(15 marks), each 13 years of ago, have the honour of heading the list of primary school candidates of the Wanganui Education Board’s district, in the late Junior National Scholarship examinations, which success entitles eacltof them to three years’ free tuition at a secondary school, together with £4O per annum. Mungaweka, for a small country school of 80 “pupils, has for years been singularly successful both in the proficiency 7 and national scholarship examinations. Four years ago Geoffrey Montalk, another pupil of this school, put up a Dominion record in the same examination . His 71(5 marks out of a possible 800 has not been nearly approached in New Zealand. Mr Wm. Adams, the head teacher, who at one time was in charge of the local State School, is to be heartily congratulated upon the success of his pupils.

For Influenza, take Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure.*

It is stated on good authority that Mr G. V. Pearce, late member tor Patea, will again contest the scat at the next election against Mr Dixon, the sitting member. At the Palmerston Police .yesterday, before justices, Yin was fined £IOO under the Customs Act for having in his possession uncustomed opium. Counsel’s application under a provision of the Customs Set for a reduction to one quarter of the fine, because the Oriental had resided in New Zealand for 40 years and this was his first offence of any kind, was refused.

A meeting of power-users in the Horowhenua County, Count.v C _, 'y eillors and others was held mmevin on Saturday, with the object of selecting suitable candidates for the County’s three seats on the Horowhenua Power Board. Several gentlemen were sug.,tsted. as suitable for the position, and they are to be approached. Some present were proposed and declined, while others said they would consider the matter.

The prices being paid out in the V Maim wain district for supplied in December show a corirf.: sidorahle drop on the payments of; ' three months ago. The companies _ making butter are paying 9d to 1“ •>. per pound, while those manufactij ing cheese are paying-front 9d to among companies that are consigning, and Is 3d to Is fid in the case ’ of those who sold the whole season’s output.

Seventy-six years ago last Wed-. V nesday, the British, assisted by the friendly Natives, took possession of Ruapekapeka pa, which practically ended the war with Ilone Heke. Co-'it lonel Despard, in command of the ' expedition, previously had the pa assaulted by frontal attack, against the advice, of the Ngapuhi chiefs. The result was a failure, with the loss of 21<> men, the 58th regiment suffering severely. Subsequently the pa was occupied by the British on Sunday, while the Maoris were attending church service outside. In 1000 the colours of the 58th Regiment were hung in a glass case in the vestibule of the Auckland Public Library. The Inspector of Noxious Weeds (Mr W. Ross) has requested the Palliatua County Council to clear the goatsrne from the road reserve in the Manawatu Gorge, commencing at the road traffic bridge down stream to the lower boundary. During the past two seasons the clenring of the goatsrne was done and paid for by the Crown Lands Commissioner. The State Forest Department has taken over the forest, and they hsrve discovered that the strip of land in question is a road reserve, and not included in-the forest reserve.

Before leaving South Africa the members of the athletic team, which arrived in Wellington on Sunday, had heard a great deal of the hospitality extended to their footballers when touring New Zealand. “What a happy knack you have of making a visiting team feel at home,” remarked Mr I. G. Emery 7 , manager of the athletic team, to a press representative. “Here we. are only a few hours off the boat, and we can’t turn round but we meet fresh expressions of welcome. The Springbok footballers have done nothing else since thev returned but talk of New Zealand and the wonderful treatment y 7 ou gave them.”

For success in rat-catching, poisoned baits and traps are not always effective. No rat in the trap does not mean no rats on the premises. It often means too much waste food about. A trace of aniseed oil is an added attraction to a trap bait, hut the best attraction is compulsion (says the Health De-' partment). Be sure there is no dainty morsel or greasy scrap of food to spoil an appetite for poisoned or trap bait. Get a good garbage tin with a tight lid. Poison is supplied free by the Borough Council.

’Tis said a special Providence presides over the destinies of little children and inebriates .(remarks the Christchurch Sun). A case in’ point was offered on a by-street off Woodham Street (Mile Road) on a recent evening. A well-known motorist happened on a dark something lying on the roadside. He pulled up and found the “something” was a man in the blissful coma that alco-. hoi brings to some men. By the headlights of his car the motorist noticed with concern the well-defin-ed, dusty impression of a tire across the man’s stomach. Scenting a fatality 7 , the motorist shook the pro- ■ si rate one, who, when helped to his feet, muttered that he was all right, and wandered off down the road on unstable legs. A light car, presum- - ahlv, had passed over him.