LOCAL AND GENERAL

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 2384, 26 January 1922, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Welcome rain fell throughout this district last night and this morning. Princess Mary’s wedding will take place in the Abbey on Tuesday, Febraury 28th.

The Town Clerk hits been notified Iha t the new gas manager will take up his duties on February Ist. The monthly meeting of the Council of the Chamber of Commerce takes place this evening.

Under the Animals Protection and Game Amendment Bill, live pigeon shooting from traps is prohibited.

Mr W. Adams, of Mangaweka, is on a brief holiday visit to Foxton, and is staying with his daughter, Mrs Percy Easton.

'fhe street lamp at the intersection of Russell and .leaks Streets was broken, apparently through a collision, last night.

A widow's pension paper and £5 note in connection with same is advertised for. Reward on returning same to this office.

A man who suffered from hallucinations, and who was lodged in the look-up at Thames, asked a reporter who visited him in the cell for a cheque for £2,000.

A few days ago it was reported that hams were selling in Auckland at 30d per lb. A Wanganui shop is retailing at lOfd for sides and hams.

“Rats breed prolificallv,” observed Dr. W. F. Findlay, when speaking on the subject of plague tit, Wellington. Dr. Findlay said that rats began to breed at two and a-half months, and in nine months a pair of rodents would produce 880 offspring. Messrs Fry and Treloar, of Wanganui, the contractors for window lit tings and doors at the C. M. Ross Coy.’s new buildings, are now engaged on the work, which they hope to complete within a fortnight from date. The shop entrance, when complete, will he very ornate.

Speaking of the cost of living on Tuesday, in the House of Representatives, the Crime Minister said he was satisfied that not only had food prices fallen, but be was also convinced that there had been an important drop in the price of clothing. Several members said that they had purchased suits from £<> to £4 10s.

The latest compiled dentists’ register shows that there are some 700 dentists in New Zealand. The number of registered men should be greatly added to, as there are very many operators employed who. will shortly undergo examinations to be placed on the register under the provisions of the amended Act.

A remark by the Prime Minister in the House of Representatives indicates that a fall in the price of bread may be expected. Mr Massey had quoted food prices to support his contention that there had lately been a decrease. Mr E. Ivellelt (Dunedin North) reminded him that he had said nothing of bread, whereupon Mr Massey replied that bread would decrease in price next month. A reduction, he said, could not be made until the harvest was in. Mr Kelletl said bread was still Is 2d in Dunedin, but Mr Massey assured him it would not be Is 2d n March.

In seven years a North Canterlm rv man »nve his wife the magnificent sum of £4 with which to pay household expenses. In the Rnngiora Magistrate’s Court last week the wife’s application to have a prohibition order issued against her-hus-band was granted. The applicant stated that she had been married seven years, and during that time her husband bad-given her £4. All his earnings—when he worked — went in drink. If it had not been for her father and brother keeping her two children she would have starved. Defendant had been prohibited previously, and convicted for a breach of his order.

At the local police court yesterday morning, a licensed-out inmate of the Weraroa Boys’ Training Farm was charged.with the theft of a bicycle, the property of Melville Francis. Accused pleaded guilty. Constable Owen, who arrested accused, stated that the bicycle had been taken from the local seaside early this month, and a few days ago accused was seen riding it in Main Street, and'was detained and subsequently arrested. He was licensed to a farmer at Marotiri. He had hidden the machine at a spot away from the farm where he was employed. Mr Lacey, probation officer, said the boy had conducted himself fairly well, and asked that he be re-committed to the Farm. The accused, after being given some good advice from the Bench, was convicted and re-committed to the institution, and the bicycle ordered to be returned to the owner. Messrs Hornblow and Pcrreau were the presiding justices.

Two American youths, James Jerome Jnvis and John Frank Ivonuer, were sentenced at the Palmerston Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday to seven days’ imprisonment for being idle and disorderly, and were remanded to Wellington for sentence on three charges —evading payment of their fares on the Government railway, failing to register as aliens, and landing in the Dominion without passports. Accused were arrested on 18th January. It is said that they stowed away on the West Hislop on 12th November at San Francisco, and were put ashore at Honolulu. There they stowed away on the Makura, and, on arrival at Auckland, evaded the police and Customs, and got ashore. Later they walked to Otahuhu, and then rode on freight trains to Frankton, Te Awamutu, Te Kuiti, and Taumarunui in vain search for work. From Taumarunui they came to Palmerston North. Several cases of fruit, in the wagon used by the accused were not touched,

It pays to advertise. Recently advertisements for the recovery of a horse, dog and two watches were inserted in the “Herald,” and as a result were returned to their owners.

The An/.ac Day Amendment Bill, providing for 25th April being observed as a Sunday each year, was passed by the House of Representatives on Monday.

It is regrettable that no local players took part in the. croquet championship tournament which concluded at Palmerston to-day, as Foxton possesses some good players, who would benefit by exchanging shots with the Dominion’s best players.

A lire at Ballanee on Monday afternoon destroyed Mr B. R. Goad’s shed containing a milking plant, two engines, and a large quantity of hay. The building was covered by insurance, but there was no policy on the contents, so the loss to the owner is a very heavy one. A motor car, harness and implements were saved. At the time of the outbreak the family were in a paddock. Tins of bully beef, which were deposited on Fury Beach, in the Arctic, by Captain .Jarry’s expedition, which have been recovered and have passed into the possession of the Hull Philosophical Society, have now been opened. The beef is in excellent. colour and condition. Though it is one hundred years old, it proved sweet and good when eaten. A tin of pea soup has also been found good. The condition of the food is attributed to the use of a thick coat of paint on the tins.