Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, JULY 27, 1922. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 2459, 27 July 1922, Page 2

Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, JULY 27, 1922. LOCAL AND GENERAL

The tennis club held a most enjoyable dance in the Masonic Hall last night. Thirty thousand bales of wool were shipped from Napier last month. At Tuesday night’s meeting of the Fife Brigade is was resolved that a smoke concert be held at an early date. Mr John Mason, solicitor, has announced his candidature for the Napier seat as a supporter ot\the present Government. The feezing workers have decided to go to work at Whakatu (Hastings) to finish the season and operations commenced this morning. While, at prayer in a church in Mitcham, England, Mrs BeckleWilson died suddenly. She was well known as the founder of the famous canteen in Paris named “A Corner of Blighty.” A fine of £SO was imposed at the Auckland Police Court this week on Thomas Barnard Brickland, aged 2-1 years, a new arrival in the Dominion, for sending indecent documents through the post to women. “An inch of rain,” said Mr D. C. Bates at the Agricultural Confe’rem ce, “amounts to 22,635 gallons of water falling on an acre of land.” He urged the farmers to take more practical interest in meteorology. Mr and Mrs L. R. Freeman tendered Mr Collin Green a dinner at their residence last evening in honour of his 21st birthday. The guests and friends spent a most enjoyable time and were right royally entertained by the host and hostess. The Mayor recently invited donations for the Russian Famine Relief Fund and headed the list with four guineas. So far this amount has not been supplemented. Those wishing to contribute may leave donations at the Town Clerk’s otfiee or office of this paper.

The total increase in the production of dairy produce in Taranaki last, season amounted to 23.2 per cent, in the ease of butter and 27.99 per cent, of cheese, said the president of the Taranaki Chamber of Commerce at the last annual meeting- last week. • At a meeting of the Fire Brigade held last Tuesday night votes of thanks were passed to Mrs Pearson and her lady helpers for their untiring efforts in connection with the recent Fire Brigade Ball: to the donors to the Brigade, and to Mr Perreau for the use of his rooms for meeting purposes.

Fourteen unionist slaughtermen freezers at Burnside works were fined £5 each at the Court at Dunedin on Tuesday. T( was stated by the inspector that the men were mislead by an orator who had since left the country.

The order-paper of the House of Representatives contains merely a few private members’ Bills, but Ministers have given notice of several Bills, including the Local Rodies’ Loans Amendment Bill, the Administration of Justice Bill, and lhe Insurance Companies Deposits Amendment Bill.*

A public meeting will be held in the Town Hull supper-room tonight (Thursday) a I 7.30 o’clock to protest against the action of the Management Committee of the florowhenun Rugby Union in refusing to allow the representative match, Wairarupa v. Horowhenua to be played at Foxton. A cordial invitation to be present is extended to all. The meetings of the Chamber of Commerce and Amateur Athletic Club will be held at the conclusion ■if ihi' public meeting. The report of the Licensing Committee will be presented to the House this week. The debate in the ordinary course of events would require to he' 1 completed in an afternoon, but it is anticipated that in view of the.importance of the subject the Prime Minister will be prepered to allow extended time. The report, which is understood to contain some far-reaching proposals, represents the opinion of the majority of the members of the committee.

The Rev. Frank McDonald, of Paeroa, will be inducted to the

charge of the local Presbyterian Church on Thursday, August 3rd. The induction will take place in the clinch at 7.30 p.m. and will be conducted by the Revs. J. Miller (interim moderator of the charge) and McTvor, of Marten. After the service. a. welcome social will be extended to the minister. Under the will of the late Mrs .Jane Tutton, of Papanui, the Presbyterian Orphanages in Christchurch and St. Saviours (Anglican) Orphanage becomes residuary legatees of her estate. The governing bodies of the orphanages have been informed that that the residue of the estate will be approximately £II,BOO which will be divided by the residuary legatees. Rear-Admiral Dumaresq, whose death occurred at Manila a few days ago, entered the Royal Navy in 1885, when aged twelve years, and served for two years on the training ship Britannia. He was posted as lieutenant in 1894, commander 1904, captain 1910, commodore 1919, and rear-admiral in 1921. His war service was excellent. At the battle of Jutland, Roar-Admiral Dumaresq commanded H.M.S. Repulse. In 1917 he became associated with the Australian Fleet when lie assumed command of 11.M.A.5. Sydney, and he was in command of the fleet from 1919 until April last.