Manawatu Herald. SATURDAY, JANUARY 28, 1922. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 2385, 28 January 1922, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. SATURDAY, JANUARY 28, 1922. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The primary schools in the Wanganui disirici will re-«»|>en <>n Wednesday next, February Is!.

A rat was caught in a trap at Christchurch on Monday in which a carnation was used as (lie hail.

A systematic rat campaign has been carried on by Redding' business people during- the last 'few days.

The Kangitikei Advocate is informed on good authority that in "view"of the improvement in the butler market, offers of Is (id per lb. for butlerfat are being refused.

The Chronicle states that some of lhe messages sent out by the H.B. Sterling were picked up by amateur wireless installations in Wanganui. The Minister of Education has consented to the postponement for a week of the Magisterial .inquiry into the ease of Miss Jean Park, i he Carterton teagher, to permit of the validity of the Minister’s action being tested in the Supreme Court.

A rise of from fis to 8s per ewt for N.Z. first "Tilde butter in the English niiirket is reported. Tin's will be good news to the dairy farmers.

Mr Currie, who has been spending a holiday at a Wellington seaside resort, returned to Foxton on Thursday. The rest and change has re-“.-tored him to his wonted health.

Mu eh rain has fallen in Hawke’s Bay this month, the total to date being (U inches, a most unusual occurrence for that district. Steady rain fell on Thursday, and the rivers are rising rapidly.

The condition of the notes issued by local banks seems to be going from bad to worse, states the Christchurch Sun. That paper goes on to suggest that the notes, after being cancelled, might be used as rat poison.

At Uannevirke yesterday, Mr J. L. Stout, S.M., inflicted a fine of £5 on Wm. Bates, grocer, for selling short-weight bread, stating that the onus was on the vendor. Fred. C. Stubbs, who sold milk deficient in fats, was fined £5 and costs.

The New Plymouth down express for the first time in several weeks arrived in Palmerston North up to schedule time on Thursday afternoon. The Whenuakura bridge has not yet, however, been fully repaired, and the trains cannot run across it.

The first meeting of the Manawatu County Council was held on January 4th, 1877, when the following were present: —Messrs E. S. Tliynne (in the chair), J. W. Cower, A. F. Haleombe, J. W. Liddell, H. McNeill, 11. Macdonald, D. 11. Macarlliur, G. W. Snelson and Henry Sanson.

It is truly said: “Advertising is the education of the public as to who you are, what you are, and what you have to offer in the way of skill, talent or commodity. Ihe onlv man who should not advertise

is the one who'has nothing to offer in the way of service, or who cannot make good.”

The ex-Mayor of Whakatane (Mr Frank Amoore) was lined £B3 3s and costs on nine charges of having committed breaches of the Municipal Corporations Act whilst occupying the office of Mayor of the borough. The cases were in respect df two illegal contracts (says, the Auckland Star).

“Our credit is very good abroad,” said the Prime Minister, in the House of Representatives yesterday. “1 have had communications from different parts of the world, v.ho are willing to lend New Zealand money.” He was sometimes asked why he did not borrow. They had to remember that for every million they borrowed they had to pay more interest.

Several lenders have be*n accepted by the Public Works Department for work in.connection with the hydro-electric power plant at Manga had, including three of £40,997, £39,705 and £14,000 respectively for three sections of the pipe line, one (*£23,795 for water wheel accessories, one at £54,908 10s for genera--1 ors, one at £10,574 for transformers, and one at £7,745 L3s 4d for lighting arresters. A Masterton exchange says that a Tear is current that fireblight has broken out in Greytown, but nothing is definitely known at present. The tree under suspicion is a young apple tree, a branch from which is being examined at the Government laboratory in Wellington. In the meantime Mr. Whelan (Government Inspector) is visiting the whole district, and so far cannot find a trace of the dreaded fircblight, other than the tree referred to.

Mr Huggins, district health officer, was in Foxton yesterday, and-- in company with the local inspector of nuisances, made an inspection of portions of the borough. Ilis report will be presented tit the next meeting of the Council. Tn conversation with a “Herald" reporter, the health officer said although there was a marked improvement in the sanitary condition of the borough, there was still room for improvement, and legal proceedings would lie instituted against those residents who had neglected previous warnings.

Regret was expressed at a meeting of the Wanganui Education Board on W ednesday at the resignation of Mr L, .T, Fume, head teacher of the Foxton .school, and formerly of the Victoria Avenue school, and Mr T. D. McKenzie, first assistant teacher at the Victoria Avenue school. Both had very successful careers as teachers, and look a prominent part in advancing school sports and games. Both these teachers are accepting positions from other Education Boards, Mr Furric lias been appointed bead teacher of the Stratford School, and will take up bis duties there on March Ist, The Board is inviting

applications for the position of head master of the local school. Mr Furrie will take charge of the school during next month.

A correspondent writes to the Manawatu Times: “So the Government are about to take action with, goatsrue and with rabbits. Why was not effective action taken with these things when they were within easy control, say ten years ago? Now the ratepayers are the goats who rue, and the big staffs fairly represent Brer Rabbit who lay low while weeds and rabbits and their continuous employment become well established. Twelve years ago the only piece of goatsrue in New Zealand was .a quarter acre alongside the Upper Manawatu bridge, on the Main Road. Now a million from the German reparation could not eradicate it”

The main issue at the election of a new Pope will be the Roman question. Whoever is selected will be expected either to re-enter official relations with the Government or break off the semi-official relations now existing. There is considerable diversity of opinion among the cardinals, and it is improbable that a foreigner will be chosen.

One of the seamen of the Helen B. Sterling, Mr L. Olsen, has been rather unfortunate, having also been wrecked on his last voyage. He was in an American barque which was wrecked on the Solomon Islands. He was taken to Sydney in one of the Burns, Philip steamers, and had been working ashore until joining the Sterling.

The Manaia Witness republishes the following paragraph from an issue of January, 1902, twenty years ago:—“A farmer near Manaia has made £2 10s from two cows for a month. Another supplier to a local factory received £lO 13s for last month's supply from 12 cows, which works but at £1 7s Od per cow. He believes that when he culls his herd he will easily improve his returns.”

A meeting of the local Patriotic Committee was held on Thursday night, presided over by Mr W. E. Barber. There were also present Mrs F. Robinson, Miss Sewell and Messrs Thomson, McMurray, and the secretary (Mr Trueman). Several applications for relief were dealt with. An audit fee of seven guineas was passed for payment to Mr A 1 f. Fraser for auditing the books since the Society’s inception.

To trace the history of the word tipping, we arc obliged to go back to the days when ehophouses flourished in England. The practice of tipping waiters was unknown then, but boxes began to be packed in ehophouses and other restaurants with a sign on them which read, “To insure promptness.” Guests were expected to drop a donation into tiiese boxes, and the proceeds were divided among the waiters at the end of the week. In. time, the legend on the cards was shortened to “T. I. P.”

The case of the Poroulawhao district and the lack of a school there was put emphatically to the Wellington Education Board by Mr C. I. Ilarkness qt Thursday’s meeting. Mr Ilarkness said they had been battling for a school for three years, and in the meantime children had been sent away to convents and outside schools. “This sort of thing means breaking up the district if it continues,” said Mr Ilarkness. The Department announced that accommodation would receive consideration with other urgent work.

A petition signed by retail shopkeepers of Mnsterton was presented to the House of Representatives on Wednesday by Mr G. R. Sykes (Mnsterton). Petitioners express the opinion that the present method of selecting the weekly half-holiday bears hardly and unjusly upon their businesses. They ask. Parliament to alter the Act so that a majority of the retail shopkeepers shall decide what the half-holiday shall be, or so that the poll on the question shall be taken in the electoral district instead of in the borough or town district.

Who would have dreamed (says a London contemporary) even ten years ago, that a film might be considered suitable entertainment for convicts in prison? The experiment was tried at Pentonville recently, with excellent results, and will iii all probability be further extended. After all, why not ? Because a man is a* prisoner he does not cease to lie a human being. Anything that tends to remind him of that •essential fuel is to he encouraged. The conception of prison merely a_s a place where vengeance is taken for wrong-doing is a thing of the past. The modern way is by every possible means to encourage the criminal to realise the- futility of crime; to sound a note of hope, not of despair. It is the better wav.

“Go on the land” has no longer that entrancing appeal of past years. A Makuri settler, who sent a consignment of wool Home, for which he received an advance of 3d per lb, from bis banker, had subsequently, when (be returns of the sale came to band, to refund the hank the sum of'l6s. A Makomako settler conjured up visions of getting a little revenue from a quantity of skins about the farm. He sent them to Wellington, and the statement of charges and commission left him a very trifling credit balance. A few years ago another settler who had disposed of his property, tendered a welcome social to the incoming man and family. The scene is changed. There came the fall in the price of produce and stock, and the property reverts to the original owner. —Pa hia tua Herald.

In the Public Works Statement, presented to the House of Representatives last night, the Minister of Public Works said: —During the war period the purchase of bridge material, rails, and sleepers was restricted as much as possible, and our stocks became depleted. Heavy expenditure has therefore been neeessaryfor large quantities of material during the year; in fact, the total public works expenditure for the 12 months has been greater than at any other period in the history of New Zealand. On railways it exceeded the record of the past forty years, while on liydro-ele_etrie development it was two and a-half times greater than in any previous year. The present financial circumstances demand that expenditure must be reduced; work can be undertaken only according to the money available.

Lord Atholstan, proprietor of the Montreal Star, has offered a reward of 100,000 dollars to the graduate or student of any recognised University who, within five years, is first to discover medicinal treatment for the effective cure of cancer. The decision will be made by the Royal College of Physicians, London. The offer may be renewed after a lapse of a five-year period.

A Dunedin message says: —The dismal prophesying its to New Zealand business in 1022 are certainly not justified in Dunedin so far. The people here are quite hopeful. One good sign is the buoyancy of the property market. Buyers are enquiring about residences in a wide range of values, and an eager demand exists for running businesses, especially in the confectionery, restaurant, and soft drinks lines. Agents do not expect a boom, but they do look forward to a season of activity. Three or four important transactions have been already put tln’ough since the holidays. “There is only one thing wrong with your Auckland climate,” remarked Sir Robert Stout, at the Rotary Club outing on the Waitakere ranges, adding after an expectant pause, “It is too good. Six weeks’ snowfall in winter time would be a great improvement. It doesn’t do for a climate to be too equable and mild. This view is supported by an eminent American professor, who has put forward the theory that the most vigorous races are those belonging to countries where the average temperature is from 50 to 55 degrees. In Auckland I believe it is about 60, almost the temperature for a sick room, so you could well do with an occasional snowfall to bring- the average down a little and enable you to do your .work under less trying conditions.” A set of false teeth was the main exhibit in a civil case heard in the Wellington Magistrate’s Court yesterday, when George Pudney, dentist, proceeded against Mrs M. L. Evans, of Paeroa, to recover the sum of £l2 6s, being the balance of an account for dental work. The defendant, it was stated, had a difficult mouth to fit. Expert evidence as to the nature of the work supplied by the plaintiff was called by both sides, and the Magistrate (Mr W. G. Riddell) said that the teeth as supplied were not as satisfactory as the plaintiff had led the defendant to believe. Under the circumstances, he would allow the defendant the cost of A new set of teeth, £5 ss, and give judgment for plaintiff for the balance.