LOCAL AND GENERAL

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 2428, 13 May 1922, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Dr Truby King says the birth rate all over New Zealand is going, steadily down. It dropped from 2d per thousand in 19.17 to 21 per thousand in 1921.

The name of Miss Gladys Griffin was omitted from the list of accompanists who assisted at the Benefit Concert in the Royal on Tuesday night. Wo are informed that the Prime Minister, or failing him, the Minister for Public Works, will probably lie invited to deliver a politieal address in Foxlon at an carlv date. •

A female bankrupt is described in Ibis week's “Mercantile Gazette” as the wife of a “gentleman." The latter, it may lie mentioned, was also declared bankrupt some months ago.

Two Palmerston North hank officers recently (pimped near a clump of bush at Paekaknriki for a holiday jaunt. They report that between the wekns and the ’possums their larder suffered more than by their own whetted appetites.

The two deputations which recently waited upon the Minister for Education at Palmerston, concerning school matters in this electorate were introduced by Mr Ed. Newman M.P. and not Mr j. A. Nash ALP. aq previously reported. ) A member of tlie Wanganui “Herald" staff, who travelled on ihe same train as the Premier to Foilding, stales that Mr Massey was given a cordial welcome on his arrival. As soon as he stepped out of the carriage a middle-aged woman greeted him with, “Hey Bill, can you find us a job? A Hindu’s application for a hawker's license: —“To I lie Cit.v Council of Palmerston North, —Dear Sir—l have honour to request you for the hawker license for sell a fruit around by the horse earl, so you can give me or not. Reply as possible as you gel this letter that’s all. —I am yours faithfully servant.”

Notice is given by the Commissioner of Taxes that every person and company, - whether a taxpayer or not, having derived income within Ihe meaning of Ihe Land and Income Tax Act during the year ended March 31, 1922, must furnish a return of such income on or before June 1, next. Any person failing to supply the information required at the prescribed time is liable to a penalty up to £IOO. There passed away at Grey town mi Wednesday, Thomas McCracken, aged (59, editor and proprietor of the Wnirarnpa Standard. The late Mr MeCraken was born in Glasgow, Scotland, (59 years ago, ’and in bis early days was connected with a well-known Scottish banking house. After coming to New Zealand, he was engaged in the banking business and later was editor of the Cromwell Argus. Some' 16 years ago he went to Greytown, purchasing the Standard from Mr J. K. Hornblow. He leaves a wife, three sons and two daughters to mourn their loss.

At the trial of John Arbuckle at the Wellington Supreme Court on charge* of theft of the Coal Workers’ Federation’s funds, and with making false entry, the jury returned a. verdict of guilty on all counts, and asked His Honour to express their strong condemnation of those responsible for the laxity with which the accounts of the New Zealand Federation had been kept.

“We live by our exports,’’ said Mr Massey at Feijding, “and as long as our exports keep up we are doing very well.” Mr Massey said that New Zealand’s imports during the financial year ended March 31 last had a total value of £35,792,780. The exports ■ for the period represented a value of £43, 812,500. The figures showed that the excess of exports over imports amounted to more than £8,000,000. That could he regarded as a very satisfactory position.

The death is reported of Mr Ediward Kirby at Southampton, Eng-; land, at the age of 54 years, aftei* ;i brief illness. For some years bo was farming at Shannon, and later he resided at Petone. He returned to England in 1900. Deceased is survived by his widow, Mrs E. Kirby, and family (Mr Harold Kirby, Miss Kirby and Miss Ada Kirby). The eldest son (Leonni'd) died on active service. Mr James Kirby, of Wellington South, is a brother of deceased.

“At one time it was thought- that there would lie a tremendous amount of unemployment during the present winter,” said Mr Massey at Fell ding. “1 do not think there are many people who think so now. We seem to have got round the corner —the long faces have disappeared, and the people had begun to see that the bottom has not dropped nut of the country. They see that we can meet our engagements, and they are willing to face the remaining difficulties that are before us.”

A draft of immigrants numbering 305 is to arrive from Home by the lonic which is due at Wellington on Monday. The figures for the various parts of New Zealand are: —Auckland, 113: Gisborne, 2: Napier, 18: Wanganui, 4; New Plymouth, 10; Wellington, 57: Westport, 4; Greymouth, 3: Lyttelton and Christchurch, 36; Oaniaru, 2; Dunedin, 6; Bluff, 1. Nine are indefinite. There are also on hoard 40 domestics under the charge of Mrs Ilemmington.

There is a family of eight up at Manga tara, near Dargaville, of which none of 1 lie children have ever been to school. So said Mr R. C. Smith at the Auckland Education Board's meeting, when a letter was read from local residents offering to materially assist, in the erection of a school building. Mr E. C. Purdie, st cretary of the Board, said that the Manga tara people offered to supply limiter, cart it to file and do the work of building. The Board decided to bring this matter urgently before the Education Department and see if the. enterprise of the Manga tara people could not be fittingly supplemented. Thai enthusiastic footballers can get in l o .danger unthinkingly was borne out at the Waipawa Court. Four young men were , proceeded against for being on licensed premises after hours. They,pleaded that (hey had gone there to attend a football meeting of which he licensee was chairman. They were his guests, and no litpior was consumed. The police .-fated that they did not doubt the truth of the statement, hut desired Mr R. W. Dyer, S.M., to .•flute whether such meetings at such a time and place were proper. In discharging the men, the magistrate said that it was an undesirable tiling and should not be repeated.— Napier “Telegraph.”

The value of tooth-brush drill is indicated by the result of a report from Dr Elizabeth Gunn on a large Taranaki school, which was brought before the notice of the Taranaki Education Board by the- senior inspector. The report stales: “This school was the first in Taranaki to start tooth-brush drill. Every child docs it and the results are most satisfactory. There are no septic months, and what to my mind is most extraordinary is that there tire no enlarged glands or enlarged tonsils. Children noted last year as having two or three decayed teeth show no more caries at the end of twelve months. This was demonstrated in many cases and proves, T consider, that the use of the “fruit acid wash” (hat is used in the schools daily, not only cleanses the teeth but also prevents decav.

Mr J. W. Poynton, one of the Stipendiary Magistrates at Auckland, is a man of many parts, must unassuming and brimful of human kindness. He showed himself up in a new role the other day. While a Dannevirke resident and his son were going over Grafton bridge one morning the youngster was apprehensive of,the magistrate’s fat fox terripr, and drew away from it. Mr Poynton saw the child shrink and in order to remove his fears and give him confidence he called upon his canine companion to demonstrate its nlfeetiopj for children by going through a whole host of antics on this busy thorough-fare, quite oblivious to the inquisitive stare of the crowd: and solely intent upon impressing upon the country .juvenile that the dog is the friend of man, if treated properly. Action of this kind is not expected in a busy city, which made it all the more appreciated by the parent, to whom his Worship’s identity was well-known, though the magistrate was unaware of this fact. —Dannevirke News.

For Influenza, take Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure.*

The Shannon Co-operative Dairy Company paid out 1§ 5d per 11). for Imtterfat for last month. Mr H. C. Patterson returned to Foxtou yesterday from a visit to the Marlborough district. He was accompanied by his daughter, Miss I. Patterson. The total receipts in co section with the recent benefit entertainment on behalf of a local deserving case, organised by the proprietors of the Royal Theatre, amounted to £27 2s fid.

The Shannon Co-operative Dairy Company has paid out £31,000 less to suppliers for the past tan months, than for the corresponding ten months of last year, despite the fact that there was an excess of 38 tons of butter manufactured than for the previous ten months.

The “Mercantile Gazette” of this week says:—“lt is our heavy taxation which materially to keep up prices, to contract business and which has produced the canny policy under which traders are now preferring to wait, until the paralysing effect >of undue taxation shall have passed away. Reporting a recent concert in Levin, the Chronicle makes the following reference to Foxton performers :—“The supporting items were supplied by a party from Foxton, who introduced new entertainers to Ideal notiee, and all acquitted Jheiriselves so well as to receive repented recalls. The full tones of Mrs L. Freeman's voice were heard to great advantage in “An Old-Fas-hioned Town” and “I Passed by Your Window,” and she had to submit to encores on both occasions. Mr J. D. Aitken, of Moutoa, sang “The Cobbler’s Song” and “Salaam” acceptably, and Mr Steve Head’s contribution of the “Trumpeter” and a not Iter item in the second part were equally appreciated. Miss Upton, also of" Moutoa, was encored for her singing of “For the Green” and “Morning.” She scored heavily in “The Mistletoe,” Miss Belle Pearson’s humorous recitations greatly pleased the' audience. A very acceptable item was Mr Charles Simmons’ playing of the one-string fiddle, from which he extracted a surprising volume of melody.”