Manawatu Herald. THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 1922. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 246, 1 June 1922, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 1922. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Palmer-ton North is about to in - si a I a destructor to deal with its daily out put of eight tons of refuse.

Mr IT. Erankland was unanimously elected secretary of the local Horticultural Society at last night’s annual meeting.

It is stated that, the Reform Party's candidate for Halt against the sitting me lift mr Mr T. M. Wilfurd, will be Mr Stratid; -Mayor of Lower Hutt. 1

Senator Borah, of the United Stale.-, says that the recognition of Russia as a member of the family of nations would have a most pacifying and bcnefirial effect on Europe and the whole world. “Burglars are badly paid,” said one of them.' Herbert West, when sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment at the Middlesex Sessions. “I took to crime, got in with a gang, ami stole about' £SOO worth of properly. My share was £15.” Mr E. Claridge, 'the referee who was injured in p football fracas at Shannon has been discharged from the Palmerston North Hospital, where he was sent for treatment. He proceeded to his home at Levin on Saturday.

For destroying soft weed- on lawns, such as daisies and similar plants, the Agricultural Journal gives the following recipe: 1A lb. of sulphate of iron to one gallon of water. Apply with a watering can with a tine hose or spray pump. For weed-killers on paths approved proprietary preparations are recommended.

It is seldom that the position of president of any institution goes begging. This happened at last night’s annual meeting of the local Horticultural Society. One after another of the gentlemen present and nominated for the place of honour, refused. Finally an abset member was nominated subject to his consent.

Speaking at the opening of the Winter Show at Dunedin on Tuesday, the Prime Minister said that in some countries there were agricultural banks, and il was his intention to allow Parliament to freely discuss the question with a view of ascertaining if anything was likely to come out of such a scheme for the benefit of the country.

The following cases of infectious diseases were notified in Palmerston North districts last week: — Scarlet fever .1, diphtheria 2, enteric fever L. tuberculosis 2, puerperal septicaemia 2, varicella (chicken-pox) i. pneumonia 1, pneumonic influenza 1, erysipelas 1.

During •the visit of the steamer Woodarra to Timaru in 1920 the crew ran riot and by means of pots of white paint and brushes “renamed” many of the principal thoroughfares. The Woodarra has lately paid another visit to Timaru, and the captain apologised to the town for his crew's previous misbehaviour.

At the Supreme Court at Wanganui the jury awarded £521 damages in the case in which Andrew l)oig proceeded against (). T. Harford, of Fcilding, lor damages arising'oat of a collision between plaintiff's son and del'cndnnl’s motorcar. Doig,jjar., was riding a bicycle when the collision occurred, as a result of which bis thigh was broken .and bis leg is now nil inch short cr.

Out yonder! is ever the rover's goal. O’er pi'aire mid stream and sand, (till yonder across I lie lulls iitl awn y Seems always the belter Land. There’s never a home w here the Ishmaels roam, “(lod’s open" is ever the hire: And their only need is “the fragrant weed” And Woods’ (Real Peppermint Cure. —Advt 9

The Herald will iml lie published ni! Saturday next, Kind’s Birthday.

A slight earthquake was felt locally at about 9.15 a.m. yesterday.

Business premises will observe late night to-morrowuight instead of Saturday.

A story of Fate’s grim irony is told in a Sydney paper. George Humbling, a returned soldier of Elibath,; North Coast line, inherited £30,000 and a few days later was fatally injured in a trarnear accident.

“Basket-ball is the lines! game girls can play to develop themselves physically,” remarked Mr Longworth, chief inspector of physical training to the Education Department in a lecture to school teachers at Hamilton.

Four young men from Dunedin who were pig-shooting in the country back of Roxborough, returned one day to their camp to find that ii had been burned down. One of them lost £2O that had been left in a pocket of a suit. In the recent dental examinations, held under the auspices of the University of New Zealand. Air J. S. Hornblow, of Fox ton, passed the tirst professional examination for the certificate of proficiency in dental surgery in anatomy and physiology.

The shortest-lived substances, -aid Sir Ernest Rutherford at the Royal Institution, has been found to he Actinium A, which has a halflife period of one-tive-lnindredlh Dart of a second. The parent substance of radium —uranium —on the other hand, only loses half its strength in five thousand million years. Three bankruptcies have been filed with the Deputy Official Assignee for the Palmerston North district during May. A motor mechanic, a married woman, and a taxi proprietor were the persons concerned. Two bankruptcies were tiled in May last year. Since the beginning of 1922 there have been I I schedules filed, a- against eight for Hie similar period of last year.

Not all the Bolsheviks are in Rns--sia, according to the Mayor of Christchurch (Dr. 11. T. J. Thacker, AI.P.). This contention was borne out by Dr. Thacker telling of an incident which actually occurred in Christchurch recently. . A certain woman had been confined to her bed at lh‘o birth of her child. A sympathetic neighbour bail sent over a few eggs, but the woman's husband, who was out of work for about throe months, took those eggs for himself. When remonstrated with, the man merely said, "She's in bed. I need them’more than,, she does.” That, contended Hr. Thacker at the civic reception of Miss Thorp, the Russian relief worker, was as bad ns the worst Bolshevik in Russia. Christchurch bad “animals” like that in its own inidst .•

Clin!ling with a “Standard’’ representative Dr. C. J. Reakes, Director General of Agriculture who has been a visitor to the Hamillon Show, said iliat he was greatly impressed with the state of the pnslui s I hi'.nu’iiont The Waikato. The tiisiriel !iad had a wonderful season tor dairying and the butterfal pi .In*-:ion. which was phenomena 1!\ high, hyd been maintained for an abnormal period, lie was also s!ri!ck,...wifh the good condition of dairy herds after a heavy milking sc ■■ -on. Everything: pointed to the fact that the cows would winter well and thus materially benefit next, season's production." The season bad indeed been an excellent, one for the Waikato and the district bad been favoured with just the right quantity of min.

An interesting: table appears in 1 lie latest issue of the “Abstract of Statistics dealing' with the number of industrial disturbances in the Dominion for the twelve months ended 31st December, 1921. According' to the information given, there wore 77 disturbances, the number of workers affected being 19,433, and the total loss in wages i'90,477. In the coal mining industry there were 37 stoppages, the 10.~-> iii wages to 4,972 workers being .€40,332. .Men engaged in connection with shipping and cargo working' wej'o responsible for 23 disturbances, and 4,704 workers lost £41i.32J in wages. In nil other industries there were .17 disputes, the number of workers being 757, and the loss in wages £3,824.

In professing his ignorance of art at the opening of the Auckland Art Gallery Exhibition His Excellency Lord Jellicoc said that he fully recognised that very great: importance and value attached to art; in a new and rising country, because of its line and uplifting' effect oil the minds of people. Tie appreciated thoroughly the beneficial effect it was bound to have in Mew Zealand, adding' both to the enjoyment of the people and to their education. The Maoris were a very artistic people, continued His Excellency. One had only to look upon the carvings outside any of their meeting houses to. realise that. Viewed the right way the bounties of (he human longue lor instance, were* revealed in quite unexpected manner, showing that the Maoris had an appreciation of ait. even superior, in some respects !o t hut of (heir white neighbours.

fhe l.cague of Malions Conference in Wellington on Tuesday appointed a committee representative of all parts of the Dominion. A resolution, asking the Mew Zealand Government to make a declaration, in co-operation with the Imperial Government, to make the Dengue of Nations the keystone of the foreign policy of the British Empire, was carried.

Mr G. P. Walker inserts a thanks notice elsewhere in this issue. The local tennis c-lub held an enjoyable dance in the Masonic Hall last evening.

Rain fell locally on eight days last month. The total rainfall for the month was 1.81 inches. It is understood that Mr J. R. Corrigan, of Ilawera, has definitely decided to accept nomination for bhc Pa tea electorate in the Liberal Interests.

At last night’s annual meeting of the local Horticultural Society a vote of sympathy was passed to Mr Patterson and family in their bereavement.

The following are the vital stalistics for Foxton for May, with the figure for May of last year in parenthesis: —Births, 6 (9); deaths, nil (ij; marriages nil (2). “If there is anything we stand for, it is loyalty to the Throne, the Empire, and the Dominion,” said Wlr P. Thomson nt the annual meeting of the Taranaki Provincial Scottish Society. The second of the series of dances under the auspices of the local Labour Party will be held in the Masonic Hall to-morrow night.

In many directions woman is challenging man’s supremacy in the industrial and professional fields of life. The latest band of workers to receive a feminine onslaught are the municipal street sweepers of Melbourne. At a meeting recently of the City Council the public works committee received an application for the position of street sweeper from a married woman living at Moreland. The letter proceeds:— “With a decent uniform and a nice strong pair of water-tight boots they would be an acquisition to the township. Besides, women ever have a good influence. People won! would be cleaner.” After claiming that sheet sweeping is essentially woman's- work, the writer says she does not desire to turn the men out of their .jobs, but thinks there are many things that men could do better than sweeping, which they do very badly. “Many a time,” she states, “I have longed to get a broom in my hand and give the road a good spring cleaning.” The inevitable woman's postscript contained the information that the applicant was an advertising manager in an extensive city business, but preferred outdoor work. The committee, composed entirely of men merely received the communication. Therefore (says the Age), the of-' fieial street cleaners may puisne their calling without fear of sex competition.