LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 2408, 23 March 1922, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Bishop Liston’s recent disloyal utterances will gladden the heart of Howard Elliott in one respect, for it will cause .thousands of people to link up with the P.P.A. Dunedin bakers are “competing” keenly just now in the bread line, and the 41b loaf is being sold as low as lOid in some shops, although the Board of Trade price in the city is one shilling.

The Manawatu Gorge Board of Control has decided to erect a substantial handrail at the ‘©evil’s Elbow” in the Manawatu Gorge. This spot is the most dangerous one in the gorge.

Through a masthead riding-light falling on the deck of a large launch at Thames, the vessel caught lire and was destroyed.*.

On being accused that his club catered for “class distinction,” at a local meeting of sports representatives recently, the representative of the club referred to said that his club catered for all, “from a flaxcutter to a clerk.”

The North Canterbury Hospital Board passed a resolution inviting hospital boards in New Zealand to urge the Government to appoint a Commission to inquire into the prevalence of venereal disease m New Zealand, and to suggest the best means of combating the disease.

A good deal of thieving is reported locally. A dairy farmer on the outskirts of the town intended killing a. bacon pig on the morrow, but some one lifted the animal during the night. A resident’s hothouse was forcibly entered, and a large quantity of grapes stolen. Several other petty thefts are also reported.

People passing along the road at Motuiti are not impressed with the quality of the land. Behind the sand ridges, however, are flats of fertile soil. On the dairy farm of Mr E. Woods maize can he seen growing to a height of from 9ft. to 12ft. ,and vegetables that delight the eyes of a Celestial. A fine pasture of clover is also noticeable.

Yellow-leaf, the flax disease that lias given millers considerable anxiety in the past, is apparently disappearing, said a well-known flaxmiller to a Manawatu Daily Times reporter. This happy, state of affairs has not been the result of the application of any remedy to the root or soil, but by natural conditions. Either the natural enemy of the blight has been able to assert itself, or the plant, by inoculation, has become impervious to its attacks, or the climatic conditions have assisted the healthy plant and been less pleasant for Die diseased ones.

Some days ago (relates the Marlborough Express), the engine at a Blenheim dairy factory broke down, and the engineer, by way of a joke, asked a curious onlooker if he would mind going over to the timber mill and asking for the loan of a bucket of revolutions! The messenger departed cheerfully on his errand, hut rerturned regretfully to announce that the timber yard people had run right out of revolutions, having lent their last bucketful.to the abattoirs!

On Friday, Saturday, and following days, the residents of Foxton and surrounding districts will have the opportunity of viewing the finest drapery display yet held in the town, when the C. M. Ross Coy. open their autumn and winter sdason. Not for years have such lovely goods been available, and the prices are most moderate. The management extend a cordial welcome to all. Full particulars of the firm’s brilliant display will appear in next issue.

The incident of the.public expulsion of a girl nine years of age from the Elmwood School- for thieving and lying, came before the Canterbury Education Board recently. The appointments committee reported that the headmaster acted within "the powers conferred upon him bv the Education Act, but the committee suggested that in the interests of a child’s future public expulsion in such cases was to lie deprecated. The report was adopted. A letter from the Trades and Labour Council, asking that the headmaster should he dismissed, was merely received.

A meeting of the local Volunteer Fire Brigade was held on Tuesday evening. Superintendent H. Hamer presided over a good attendance. Routine business was dealt with. After some discussion, it was decided not to take steps 're site and erection of station until the poll of ratepayers had consented to the constitution of a fire district, and lie Minister’s-'assent had been obtained to same, The Mayor said that £7OO had been sanctioned for the erection of a fire station in the water and drainage loan proposals, and he did not think there would he any difficulty in obtaining the money a! 0 per cent.

At Napier recently Mr Justice Reed .admitted to probation a farmer who, while in a drunken condition, knocked down a child with his motor car, and caused its death. At Gisborne the same Judge fined a farmer, who had been found guilty of manslaughter under somewhat similar circumstances, a sum of £IOO and costs. There was no evidence that the Gisborne man was drunk, but there were extenuating circumstances that were not apparent in the Napier case. The heavy fine imposed upon the Gisborne farmer seems to strengthen the protest that has been made against the exceptional leniency displayed in respect to the Napier offence. It is questionable, however, whether even a substantial fine is sufficient to safeguard the public aga-inst the reckless drivers of motor cars. —Manawatu Times. SPRAINED ANKLE, STIFF NECK, NO OPIATES. .

There is no opiate of any description in Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy, and that is one of the reasons why it has become so popular all over the world. Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy soothes and heals, strengthens the lungs, and removes the cause of the cough or cold. We condemn no honest medicine, but when the safety of your life or that of your child is at stake, take no chance for poison. For sale everywhere. —Advt.

The postmaster of Wairoa informed a reporter that over a period of eight days a careful examination of 220 postal packets was made, and in 201 of them letters were endorsed. In all such casea the packets are surcharged. So, common is this practice that a special check is now being kept all over the Dominion.

At the Supreme Court at Gisborne Vernon Winfield Higgins Linkhora, for bigamy, was sentenced to six months’ ii«p*lsonment. The case was deferred twelve months ago to give accused the opportunity of contracting a legal marriage with the woman he had bigamously married, but the woman refused to marry him, and his Honour said he thought she was right. '