Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, MAY 16, 1922. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 2429, 16 May 1922, Page 2

Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, MAY 16, 1922. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

At the local-police court this morning, before Mr Hornblow J.P., M. P. O’Keefe, arrested and charged with drunkenness, was convicted and had his bail (10s) estreated. “It’s a wife’s duty to grill her husband’s chop and bake his bread, instead of going away and living kvi 1 h her mother,” said Mr E. K. Hunt, S.M., at the Wellington Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

Whilst stepping off a moving motor car on the Hutt road early on Saturday evening, Walter Christopher Webb, aged,ss years, a married man residing at Nelson, .fell heavily and sustained injuries that resulted in his death.

Miss Rosina Buekman, the famous New Zealand soprano, who within the last ten years has made her name on the grand opera stage in England, was accorded a civic, reception ai the Town Hall, Wellington, yesierdav afternoon, shortly after her arrival by the steamer lonic.

The late Mr Edward Kirby, whose death we chronicled as having taken place at Southampton, England, in our last issue, married the eldest daughter (Elizabeth) of the late Mr and Mrs dames Saunders, of Moutoa. The ceremony was performed in Foxton by the late Rev. das. Duncan. While a resident in Shannon, the late Mr Kirby took a keen interest in the Methodist Church as a local prepeher and Sunday School teacher. The Greymouth writer says the unusual spectacle of a Reform member sitting in Parliament for a West Coast, cnostitueney is not the most unlikely surprise that the coming general election may bring about. In years past the constituency now lepfesentod by Mr T. Y. Seddon lias provided straight-out. tussles • between. Liberal and Labour, but it is rumoured that a resident of Waiho, a settlement in South Westland, is preparing to stand as an Independent Labour candidate.- This would have the effect of splitting the votes, says the correspondent, and it is thought by many people that if an outstanding candidate stood in the Reform interest he could win. “The Polynesians in older days were great navigators, great warriors and highly intelligent,” said Dr Guy Scholetield, of Masterton, in a lecture on “Problems of the Pacific” to Territorials at Wellington. “They ( : ame, we believe, from the East Indies, and seem to have settled in one of the central groups until they became too numerous for (lie resources of the country to maintain them. Then some of them embarked in lheir canoes, and sailed to other groups —Tahiti in the east, Hawaii in the north, and New Zealand in the south. Though this was hundreds of years ago, and they have never communicated since, they still speak the same general language, and can make themselves understood to and bv each other.”

The results of the election for .the New Zealand Workers' Union are as follows: —Dominion President, Mr C. E. Baldwin (Canterbury); Dominion organisers, Messrs C. E. Baldwin (Canterbury), W. Boone (Canterbury), P. Hansen (Canterbury), ,\. J. Middlemass (Southland), T. .T. Townsend (Wanganui), and 0. ,T. F. McKee (South Canterbury); organising secretary Auckland district, Mr Andy O’Neill: organising secretary Manawatu, Mr P. T. Robinson (Palmerston North); delegates to annual conference, Wellington: Messrs J. Townsend (Wanganui), J. Thom (Palmerston North), and Tutaki (Hawke's), Bay). Canterbury: Messrs A. Brown (Christchurch), J. Whyte (Christchurch) : West Coast': Mr J. Hanrahan (Arthur's Pass). Otago: Messrs S. %oreham (Dunedin) and A. J. Middlemass (Gore).

The followin'? taps are attached to the balance-sheet of the Westland County Council: (1) Loan moneys have unlawfully been used for purposes other than those for which they were raised. (2), Outstanding rates are still excessive, and the condition with regard to them is such as, in the opinion of the Audit Office, calls for immediate a t tent ion of ifche Council. The breath must not he held too long or the exercise repeated more than a dozen limes consecutively at first. Beginners sometimes feel a sensation of dizziness, but this will gradually pass as they become accustomed to using their lungs properly. Children and grown-ups should practice correct breathing. It purifies and enriches the blood consequently improving the complexion. The benefit in the general health is often remarkable. Says the Palmerston Times: —A couple of Palmerston North residents who visited Fox ton on Saturday were much impressed with the progress made in the coastal township in recent years. Many old buildings that: have been destroyed by fire have been replaced with handsome new brick structures. The main throroughfare has been asphalted, and presents a cleanly appearance. The old 'Maori Cemetery has boon converged into a well-kept domain anti a new park has been laid down in the oentre of the township. A high pressure waiter supply and drainage system are now being installed. The water is bhing supplied form several artesian wells, and is to be pumped into a tank on the top of a huge tower. The septic, tank, which is situated on the bank of the Manawatn River,- is vety nearly completed. Taking it on the whole, Fox ton has a bright and cheerful appearance, and there is-tin air of prosper!iv about the place that is most refreshing.