Manawatu Herald SATURDAY, MARCH 25, 1922. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 2409, 25 March 1922, Page 2

Manawatu Herald SATURDAY, MARCH 25, 1922. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr Delaney, local postmaster, goes on annual leave to-day. During his absence Mr L. Bullard will officiate as acting-postmaster. We are asked to state that parents will he supplied with hot water and milk at the school picnic at Ashhurst on Wednesday next. The children will be supplied with plenty of food free of charge. At Palmerston North this week two lads under the "'age of 1G years pleaded guilty to a charge of having airguns in their possession, this being an offence under the Act which provides that persons under the age of Hi shall not possess such arms. The Magistrate admonished the offenders, and ordeYed that, the guns lie confiscated.

Special Harvest Festival services will he held at the local Methodist Church to-morrow, both morning and evening. Special Harvest hymns, music and .addresses at each service.' The morning service will he conducted jby a new preacher to Fox ton, Mr ■). M. Banks. The evening service by Rev. L. Minitie. The church is being tastefully de'eorated with the Harvest Festival gifts of produce, fruit, etc. All are cordially invited to the services.

At the recent { conference of sports (dubs with the Borough Council. one speaker said the Beautifying Society could acquire land for recreation purposes under the Public Works Act. We may point out that the Beautifying Society does not possess apy statutory powers. It is a voluntary body, and its operations in any work undertaken on reserves is subject to the consent of the Borough Council. Several Masterton housewives are lamenting their , confidence in an itinerant vendor of who assured them that if small pieces were placed in the rooms of a house they would kill every fly that came near them. After several days’ trial, when it was found that not only did the flies refuse to die after inspection of the soap, but actually preferred it as a resting place, the buyers made enquiries, and discovered that they had paid 2s fid for ri piece of coal-tar soap, and that for half the money they could buy a much larger cake.

The fortnightly meeting of' the Borough Council will be held on Monday evening, at 7.20 o’clock. Mr Edward Newman, M.P., has accepted the invitation of the Trustees of the Foxion Methodist Church to open their Fair, at 2.30 p.m. on Thursday, 30lhdnst.

Torrential rain has fallen throughout thisvdistrict during the past few days, and the weather generally indicates the near approach of winter.

The members of the Ministry yesterday presented a travelling rug to the Attorney-General (Sir Francis Bell), who is about to leave on a visit to Britain and Europe. The presentation was made at a meeting of Cabi'uel by the Prime Minister, who assured Sir Francis Bell that lie would carry with him the warm regard and hearty good wishes of his colleagues. The secretary of the Longburn School Committee has been advised by the Minister of Education that Cabinet has granted £2,248 for the erection of a new school. The work will he proceeded with immediately. We regret to state that the condition of Mrs Patterson is causing her husband and family grave anxiety. We are pleased to report a slight improvement in her condition this afternoon.

Referring to the appointment of a physical culture. teacher to the Girls' High School, the chairman of the Palmerston North High Schools’ Board of Governors remarked at a recent meeting: “I hope the new teacher will teach the girls- to walk —very few really walk. Some shuffle, some waddle, some walk from the shoulders instead of from the hips, and only a very few walk gracefully and easily.” The Cambridge Independent says: —The practice of electing a host of vice-presidents to various athletic clubs, in the hope that those appointed will make a liberal donation to the club’s funds, has become all too common in many parts of New Zealand. We wish ip compliment Mr L. C. Jennins on his protest, at the Cambridge Rugby Union meeting on - Saturday night, against continuing such a practice. Last year lie Rugby Union elected about fifty vice-presidents. As Mr Jennins stated, it is a very doubtful compliment to elect a man a vicepresident under such conditions j indeed, it‘is little better than an insult. Mr Jennins proposed that the number of vice-presidents be,limited to five. This was not carried, but the meeting agreed with the mover’s contention in the main, and decided that the vice-presidents do not exceed' ten.

Says the Manaia Witness: — “Foxton is not downhearted. We referred recently, in terms of sympathy, to the danger of that town being wiped-out by successive fires. The ‘Herald’ replies: ‘lie can assure our contemporary that. Phoe-nix-like, from the ashes of.the destroyed buildings new and modern structures have arisen which would reflect credit upon any metropolitan centre, beside which Manaia’s business area presents a sorry spectacle.” Grit is better than sand, after all. Manaia has few fires, but if the Phoenix wants a change of scene and occupation after dealing with the port, we should he glad to get aloan of her.”

get a loan of her.” Exception to the term sometimes applied to Pitcairn Islanders, “the beggars of the Pacific,” is taken by Sir Cecil Rodwell, Governor of Fiji, who is passing through Auckland by the Makura, on his way home to Suva. He states that where charity is concerned, they are self-respect-ing andteven sensitive, and consid--ering their limited means and the scarcity of cash, they themselves are generous contributors to charity. In recent, months, they have sent several small contributions to various causes, including the Chinese Famine Fund, and, during his visit to the island, had luVnded to him £ll for the “Save the Children Fund.” “Their chief ambition is to find opportunities of earning a little money with which to buy essential commodities,” states His Excellency, in a report upon (his visit, and the use of the term already referred to is quite unjust. How cheap hydro-electricity is for domestic use is indicated by a paragraph in the report prepared by Mr Goldsmith, secretary of the Horowhenua Power Board, of his investigations in the north, which lie presented to a meeting of the Board this wed;. Tn Cambridge, which is supplied from the flora ITora works, lie was shown the monthly hills for a house with nine lights! and a point for ironing. In November the ironing cost 2s fid, and the lighting ss. In January the account was presented for December as well, and (lie total for the two months was 12s fid. Tn February the total was Bs, and in March 9s 3d. The installation .had cost £2B. “Electric cooking apparatus appears to be very dear,” says Mr Goldsmith. £7O for a cooking range is a respectable figure, and vet one lady in Cambridge considers she will save the cost in 12 months.”

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.

Mr W. Adams, headmaster of the Mnngaweka -{School, and formerly in charge of the Foxton School, has resigned on superannuation.

A young woman named Eva Svines was admitted to the Wellington Hospital on Friday, and died there yesterday morning. The police are making investigations regarding certain circumstances that are alleged to have necessitated lier removal to the institution. It is stated that de-c-eased cam# 4o Wellington recently from Wnnguai, but that she belongs to Christchurch. The Public Service Commissioner has completed his inquiry concerning the breach of departmental regulations alleged to have been committed by Dr. Thomas McKibbin, health officer at Auckland. Dr. McKibbin is stated to have made some uncomplimodtary references to the Minister of Health in connection with the campaign against rats and the plague precautions, and to have suggested that the Minister had interfered unnecessarily in departmental work, and had treated his officers'unfairly. ; The charge brought against Dr. MeGibbon is held by the Public Service Commissioner to have been proved. The commissioner has [decided: (1) That Dr. McKibbin isj to - lie severely reprimanded; (2) that he is to be reduced from the position of medical officer of health,' Auckland, to medical officer of health, Dunedin; (3) that his salary is to be reduced; (4) that he is to defray all expenses in connection with his transfer from Auckland to Dunedin, and no allowances are to be paid; (.5) that, in addition, Dr. McKibbin is to forfeit salary during the period of his suspension.