Manawatu Herald SATURDAY, APRIL 29, 1922. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 2422, 29 April 1922, Page 2

Manawatu Herald SATURDAY, APRIL 29, 1922. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

We are/pleased to report that Mrs Delaney, who underwent, a serious operation in a Palmerston X. private hospital yesterday, is progressing as satisfactorily as can be expected under the circumstances.

At, the local Police Court this morning, lief ore Messrs Hornblow and Perreau, .J's.P., Charlie .Johnson, alias George- Henry Harper, arrested for drunkenness last night, was convicted and lined 10s, or 48 hours'.

'Lite name off Mr Moses Ayorton, ati executive member of the X T . Z. Labour Party,, is mentioned as a likely candidate in the Party s interest for the Manawatu seat at the forthcoming general election. Mr Averton unsuccessfully contested the Palmerston North seat tit last election. He is a' capable speaker and a keen student, of politics.

The Footballers' Ball, held in the Town liall last night, was a huge success, and reflected credit upon .Mrs arid her hand of volunwho carried out the arrangenicnjjs. Mr Whihlov welcomed the visitors. Twenty-two sets occupied the (loor, and there was a good .attendance <il onlookers. Mr I’.. \ . Brvant carried out the duties of M.C., and the music was supplied by Larkin’s Orchestra.. The decoratL ons were very artistic,•and gave a pleasing effect to the interior. The ball was voted the best, yet held in !• oxi on.

Some !t(i per cent ol tile Maoris in New Zealand are living in the North Bland. Of the total, one-lifLh of them reside in the Auckland Peninsula, one-sixth in the Bay of Plenty district, and one fifth in the Poverty Bav and Hawke's Ray districts. In i lie counties of Ilokianga (North Auckland), Matnkaon and Waiapu, llie Maori inhabitants considerably outnumber the Europeans. Included in the totals off the Maoris are nine representatives of the almost extinct race of Morioris, all resident in (he Chatham Islands.

Three photographs of tragic, significance are now being circulated by the French .Minister of War. They are those of three French soldiers who were sent back to France from German hospitals after the armistice suffering from wounds in i hi* head and spinal cord which deprived them of their memories. There were originally eight of such cases, but. live men were identified and claimed by their families. These three nameless, friendless men with a veil hiding the whole of their prewar life from their own minds are left, and despite all researches no one has been found to claim them as relatives. 1

Tin* Education Board, at its last meeting, made a grant ol -CIS 18s to I lie Fox ton -school to enable the head teacher to give instruction with ihe aid of a limelight lantern. —The Board expressed cordial approval of the headmaster's enterprise.

Douglas Fairbanks, the famous film star, cycles on an average about twelve miles per day, from his home to the studio in the morning,

and hack at night. He cycles, he states, in order to keep fit. Cycling at the present day is recognised to be not only the cheapest: and most economical form of transit, hut the most healthy. Hence even though you can afford to motor, or fly, the cycle should keep its place, and cycling he indulged in as often as possible. Whether you cycle for pleasure, or for business purposes, the Foxton Cycle and Motor Co. (C. Simmons) is out to give service and, satisfaction. New cycle show-rooms will lie open on Ist May, in the preinisos recently occupied by Mr Hughes, and the large stocks of new cvoles and accessories arc at bedruck town prices.*