LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 2430, 18 May 1922, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Official advice has been received in Wellington that the price of Taupiri coal at the mines were reduced as follows from Monday:—Household coal, 1/- per ton; kitchen and steam coal, 2/0 per lon. At, the local Police Court this morning, before Mr M. E. Perreau, •T.P., Thomas Murphy, who had been arrested for drunkenness ' the previous evening, was convicted and lined the amount: of his bail, 10/-. Upon examining his experimental half-acre of artichokes, a Damievirke fanner finds that they are hearing a crop about double the .weight of the same area in potatoes. They are much more easily gx-own, and are not subject to blight. The pigs will be turned in on them to fatten next month. The Maoi’is who attended and took part in the concert at Glen Oroua on Tuesday night were greatly interested in Mr Chas. Simmons’ one-stringed fiddle and his clever manipulation of (he instrument. One dusky maiden .ventured (ho opinion that Air Simmons had “tc gramapone in te inshide right-enuf.” The Glen Oroua Public Hall was filled to its utmost capacity on Tuesday night at a concert held under the auspices of the Presbyterian Church and to hid farewell to (he Rev. and Mrs Haliiday. A long and varied programme of musical items was presented hv local talent assisted by contributors from Rnngotea, Rangiotu and Foxton.

At the Royal Theatre this evening a picture entertainment will be held under the auspices 'of the local Branch of the Labour Party, to augment the Manawatu Labour eleefion fund. The star attraction will feature ihe popular actor, Buck Jones, in “Riding with Death.” Buek Jones is well-known, to local audiences, and under the direction of William Eox, has produced a picture well worth seeing. The prices of admission will be Is fid and Is.