Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, MAY 2nd, 1922. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 2423, 2 May 1922, Page 2

Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, MAY 2nd, 1922. LOCAL AND GENERAL

The ordinary fortnightly meeting oT the Fox lon Borough Council will he held on Monday the Bth, May at 7.30 pan. Mrs Freeman, Miss Belle Pearson, Messrs Head, C. Simmons and Jas. Aitken are taking part in a big concert at Levin on Tuesday evening next.

The following are the vital statistics for Foxton for the past month, (the figures in parenthesis represent April, 1921) Births 4 (5); deaths nil (3); marriages, 1 (5).

The first of May was yesterday. In England it is a gala day. Boys and girls, young and aged, cut loose from the humdrum things, and romp around a gaily heribboncd Maypole, decked with May of the hawthorn.

At the recent Footballers Ball, Miss Meg Cimino, of Wellington, delighted those present with a gracefully executed dance. Extra dance music was olayed by Mrs Davey and Miss McDonnell.

The fire at Shannon last Thursday morning was responsible for the loss, among other things, of the Thompson-Payne Cup, which was won in the last seven-a-side football tournament in Palmerston North by the Shannon senior team.

“In all my life in New Zealand I can romeber nothing like this outA burst of crime in New Zealand,” said the Chief .Justice, Sir Robert Stout, while sentencing a prisoner at the Supreme Court on Saturday. ‘‘lt must he stopped in some way.”

TIIC Shannon Diliry Company produced 30 tons more'butter iu nine months of this season than it did lor the whole of last season —and last season was a record. The company is contemplating building a large concrete building to keep pace with the growth of the dairying industry in Shannon. ,

A meeting of the local Chamber of Commerce, to which all employers of labour are invited, will be held in the Town Hall supper-room at 7.30 o’clock this evening to disA cuss with the officer commanding the district a proposal to confine military .training for senior cadets and territorials to a specified period instead of weekly parades.

Saturday last was the 41st anniversary of the wreck of the steamer Tararna, on a reef off. Maipapn Point, Eoveaux Strait, while on her way from Dunedin to the Bluff. 'Phis disaster, which is (he most memorable wreck that, has taken place on the coast *)f the South Island, was attended by the loss of‘l3o lives, 1.10 passengers 'and 20 members of the crew being drowned. Only 20 lives were saved.

Our representative inspected yesterday a motor car which had been re-painted by Messrs Harris and Son, who have commenced business ‘in this line in Foxton. The work was splendidly done throughout and guaranteed against weather conditions. Mr Harris is a skilful artist and should merit the support of all who need their cars re-painted. A year's guarantee is given with each job.

At last night's meeting of householders, Mr Hornblow referred to Mr Geo. Coley's service as a committeeman extending over a. period of 2f> years. Not only had Mr Coley given his services freely but he had been a generous giver—none more so. Speaking for himself he said he had served on the committee for the past fifteen years, with only one break of one year as chairman. While lie would continue to take an interest in the school and educational matters generally, this was to be his last year in office. These remarks were received with applause and dissent. /

No plan yet devised and put into operation by legislation lias come, anywhere near to attaining the object sought to be gained, namely, the adjustment of disputes between' employers and workers on a basis of mutual understanding and concession. One reason for this —and possibly the most troublesome one is—lhe fact that socialists, communists, anarchists, and null-eon tents of all kinds who hale work in any form and are evfer scheming to avoid it, and yet live comfortably, early dis-' covered that the most fertile field for their propaganda and personal profit was provided by organised labour, and they have by persistent scheming over a number of years practically obtained control of nearly all Labour Unions.—Carterton •‘News.”

Rays iln' Palmerston Times: — "The completion of the water tower at Foxron marks a new era of comparative safety from lire. \The sandy soil must have given some anxiety as to the security of the foundations. When nearly four hundred tons of water is added to the weight of the structure these require to be substantial. At Hawera, in volcanic soil, the engineer found that the first influx of water caused a cant of several inches:.but wisely, he kept this a secret, until it was again made upright by skilful undermining and letting down the other side.” There is no fear of a similar fault in the Foxton tower.