Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1922. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 2467, 15 August 1922, Page 2

Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1922. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Colds are very prevalent in Foxton at present. Mr W. D. Bauckham is confined to his home with a severe cold.

A social gathering and concert will be held in the Salvation Army Hall this evening.

The tender of Mr John Walls for catering at the banquet to Mr Ed Newman, M.P., has been accepted. A tap which will not leak has been designed and patented by a New Plymouth resident.

The main electoral roll for this constituency is expected to be completed within the next fortnight. The condition of Mrs A. S. Easton, who has been confined to her home for the past four months, remains about the same. There were 106 accidents in the Dominion in connection with scaffolding during the year, three of which were fatal, states the annual report of the Labour Department. Martha Tuinui, a Maori woman, 48 years old, who appeared at the Napier Police Court last week, has spent most of her life in gaol since 1893. To have been convicted 28 times and declared an habitual criminal five times is the record of a woman who was arrested in Napier last week upon a charge of being idle and disorderly. A special meeting of the local State school committee was held on Saturday afternoon for the purpose of dealing with applications for the position of school janitor. There were present: Messrs Ilornblow (chairman), Coley, Cowley, Pearson, Whibley, Rangiheuea, Ross and the headmaster (Mr Banks). Mr Bvne, who has acted as temporary caretaker, was appointed to the position. One of the recently imported high-powered railway engines was employed on the New Plymouth mail train for the first time, taking the train as far as Hawera. It is understood by the New Zealand Times that from next week two of these engines will be employed on the mail trains between New Plymouth and Palmerston North with a view to seeing how much the journey can be speeded up.

Bargain prices at a drapery sale were insufficient inducement to a married woman, Jane Isabel Walker, t 0 buy, and instead she stole various articles valued at one guinea, from a Dannevirke establishment. She admitted the offence when interrogated by the police and was fined £5 or one month’s imprisonment by the Justices.

Lord Northclift'e is dead. The Mayor expressed satisfaction at last, night’s Council meeting with the progress being made with the water and drainage works-. A Councillor coined a new woi'd at last night’s Council meeting when describing the fruit of a certain vine. He said it was “delecacious.” The total number of registered unemployed in Great Britain on May 29, was 1, 471, 600, a decrease of 42,657 on the week.

The Mayor (Mi' John Chrystall) will extend a welcome to the Ministerial Party on their arrival at Foxton next Monday. We are informed that the Premier and Ministers will arrive by motor car. Several householders have already made satisfactory arrangements with Mr J. McColl for connecting their premises with the water and drainage system. Mr McColl has had wide experience in ‘this class of work and is making provision to cope with orders on a large scale.

The poll is being taken to-day on the Horowhenua Hydro-Electric Board’s loan proposal. The polling booth is situated at the Town Hall Supper room. Up to noon very few ratepayers had recorded their votes. There is practically no opposition to the proposal, but that, is no reason why ratepayers should not exercise their rights . Polling closes at 6 p.m.