Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 1922. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 2465, 10 August 1922, Page 2

Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 1922. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The local retail price of butter is 1/11 per lb.

The Levin-Foxton road is in a very bad state of repair. Yesterday’s heavy rainfall replenished the household tank supplies.

Primary Schools under the Wangami i Education Board will break up for the term holidays on August

The person who removed a kauri boat from Messrs Robinson Bros. Xo. 2 lake is requested to return same.

The Foxton public is requested to read the startling announcement by the C. M. Ross Co. Ltd., which appears on page 4 of this issue. Mr Moses Ayrton has been appointed organiser for the New Zealand Alliance of Labour on the West Coast.

By the kind permission of Mr Desmond, sweets can he obtained in the hall at the concert to-night, from the children performers, organised by Mrs Hall. The new wireless station at Saint Assise (near Melien) France, which will be by far the most powerful in the world, and the mesages from which will be heard all over the world, lias been formally opened. The station has already communicated with Argentina and China, and will he capable of sending out one million wor-ds daily.

The A. and L. Seifert Flaxdressing Company is planting a large area of its property at Miranui with maeroearpas and Oregon pine at the present, time. The land being utilised are the steep faces and terraces that are practically useless for other purposes, but will be quite suitable i’fir tree planting. The selection of these trees is for the future requirements of the company, and in course of time must prove a very valuable asset.

The Miranui ftaxmill, famous for its output of fibre, is likely to achieve fame in another direction (says the Levin Chronicle). A small piece of ground treated with the decayed refuse from the mill as manure was used for growing pumpkins last summer, and the results were astonishing. The pumpkins were of tremendous size, one of the pumpkin enthusiasts at the mill yesterday stating that the largest had to he hoisted on to a trolley by special gear and brought- in that way! Some pumpkin, surely.

There “was a good attendance at the Town Hall on Tuesday evening when Mr .1. Banks, headmaster of the local State school, exhibited his photographic slides illustrative of a trip round the world and the British Empire. The views were very interesting and instructive and were much appreciated by the audience. The object of the entertainment was to raise funds for school games and equipment and resulted in about £ls being netted. During- l lie evening "Home Sweet Home” was sung by ;. number of pupils and a song in Maori by three little native boys (Willie and .Jerry Hirini and Walter A mires oil) concluding with a hakn, i ailed forth tumultuous applause. At the conclusion Mr Hornblow (chairman of Committee) briefly thanked the headmaster, Town Clerk and hall staff for assistance and the Borough Council for the free use of the hall.

There ere 548 awards and industrial agreements in force in New Zealand. During (lie year ended 3Wt March last, the number of new awards and agreements were smaller than usual. “This,” says the animal report of the Labour Department, “is accounted for by the fact that on the workers’ side there was little to expect in the way of increased wages, and on the employers’ side Ihe Court's stabilisation scheme rendered it useless for employers to apply for a reduction. The Conciliation Commissioners dealt with 147 disputes and 112 ea>e> (70.2 per cent.) were settled or -übslantially settled without recourse to the Arbitration Court. Owing io the existing circumstances, one ,jde or the other has preferred to a •-j-eater extent than in normal times !o refer the matters in dispute to ;he Arbitration Court.

Mr Percy Jack met with a painful accident at his workshop on Tuesday, havng portion of the top of his thumb taken oil' through coming into contact with the circular saw. The Borough workmen have completed the sewerage mains in the Lady’s Mile and a start has been made on the western section of the borough. The work is progressing satisfactorily. Master George Woods, son of Mr and Mrs F. Woods, of Motuiti, was operated upon at the Palmerston hospital on Tuesday for apendicitis and another complication. We are pleased to report that the little fellow is progressing as satisfactorily as possible in the circumstances. There was a large gathering of the members of the Presbyterian Ladies’ Social Guild at the home of Mrs Parkes, Thynue Street, yesterday and a most enjoyable afternoon was spent. The Rev. and Mrs McDonald: were present and received a hearty welcome. Mrs McDonald was elected President. Mrs (Colonel) Porter, of the British and Foreign Bible Society was also in attendance and gave a brief address which was 1 listened to with great interest. The Rev. McDonald, also spoke on the good work done bv the society.