NEWS AND NOTES.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 2471, 24 August 1922, Page 1

NEWS AND NOTES.

The construction of memorial gates in stone, at the main entrance to Lancaster Park, Christchurch, is to be'started soon. General Townshend has arrived at Marseilles (states a Paris cablegram), lie declares that what he has to report regarding Asia Minor is too serious and important to reveal except to the British and Fronch Governments. “Ihe hotel thief deserves no mercy,” declared Mr J. S. Barton, S.M., at GisBorne, in sentencing to 14 days’ hard labour a young man named Herbert Alfred Groin, on a charge of stealing from the Motu hotel the sum of 14s 6d. The Feilding Star is informed that within the past fhroo months a dealer in Feilding has sent away as many as 30,000 rabbit skins. There now appears every likelihood of D’Arcy Hadfield’s committee depositing £IOO on behalf of Hadfiekl, for another race with James Paddon for the world’s sculling championship (states a correspondent of the Christchurch Sun). According to a statement made in tho Magistrate’s Court at Christchurch, Ivan M. Illing,. a youth of 19 years, has confessed to having broken and entered 49 homes in Christchurch and suburbs. - The Dairy Farmers’ Union, which has been well established in the Wellington Province, is so much alarmed about the bacon industry that a large meeting between dairy farmers and bacon companies will take place next Thursday at ston North. It is expected the meeting will be largely attended as it is felt that the lime has come to discuss the position regarding an export trado and a fair return from the local market. With reference to the s.s. Tittanekai dispute. the Minister of Marine (lion. G. J. .Anderson) state-, that a special payment of £7 a. month extra was formerly granted seamen and boatmen for special duties such as shore landing woik. The department had made no proposal to pay lower wages than in the coastal award as a whole, but the crav. refused to sign on when the new articles were made out. It., had been decided to L’ngage a permanent crow, who would leeeive superannuation. Prices for beef at the Westfield (Auckland) fat stock sales on Wednesday were equal to last week’s rates. Extra choice ox realised £1 4s per 1001 b. other grades bringing from 13s to £1 3s, according to quality. There was a further improvement in mutton values, sheep showing an increase of 2s to 3.s a head, compared with last week’s rates. Wethers brought from 19s to £1 14s 9d, ewes 18s to £1 6s, hoggets 15s to £1 6s 90. There was a large yarding of pigs, prices for which were about equal to last week’s quotations Choppers and bacon pigs realised from £2 to £4 18s. Signor Xotariello, the well-known Italian singer, will commence another tour of New Zealand at the end of this month, and will be supported by a talented company. This accomplished artist has only- recently concluded a. lengthy season in Australia, during which all tho important towns, were visited. In looking forward to his tour of the Dominion with pleasure, Signor Xotariello well remembers Palmerston North and the reception accorded him when he visited hero in June of last year. He hopes to renew his acquaintance with music lovers of the town.

According to an exchange, it is generally believed that a- British meat firm, which has for sotno time been operating actively in the Wairarapa in the purchase of both bullock ttnd cow beef, is tilling a considerable navy or army contract. Though the prices given are not high, the purchases have relieved farmers of a considerable number of animals which they can well do without. Bullocks are said to have been fetching I7s 6d per lOOlbs and upwards to about £l, arid cows somewhere in the vicinity of 15s per 1001 b. » The Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve entertained Sir Janies Allen at dinner (states a cablegram fiom London). In responding to the toast of his health, Sir James referred to the New Zealand sheepowners’ gift for the relief of distressed dependants of the Navy arid mercantile marine. Lie said only £30,000 was yet available for distribution The sheepowners had realised that their profits were possible because the seas were kept open tor them. The recent wireless telephony broadcast-

ing of the proceedings ol the Otago University Musical Society concert was (says an exchange) probably the first, experiment of the 'kind in Australia or New Zealand. It was carried out by Dr. Jack, and every note of a song, and even a murmur, was heard by those possessing a receiving apparatus. it may boot interest to local residents who are interested in the maintenance of roads to know what tho Highway Magazine thinks of wheelbarrow trallic. It says:

“The general use of the wheelbarrow as a vehicle for transportation of men and goods in China is by some looked upon as a menace to road surfaces. This vehicle, being single wheeled, can, however, be used to advantage where there are no roads. But where roads have been improved, the wheelbarrow, which is usually greatly overioiyied, proves very injurious to the surface of the highway, investigation in the Shanghai district showed that 75 per cent of the wheelbarrows in operation had loads of over 700 pounds per inch width or tire, while some had loads of 1,100 per inch width of tire, the wheels in all cases being 3 feet in diameter. It was concluded that 50 per cent of these vehicles subjected the roads to a greater pressure than any form of macadam surface could be reasonably expected to withstand. As the tire on the average wheelbarrow is not in full boaring, except on. rare occasions, when tho vertical axle ol the wheel is normal to the road surface, an added opportunity for damage to the road exists. The loaded wheelbarrow can be turned without the wheel gloving alrout tho axle. As tho permissible load pur unit width of tire should vary in a certain definite mathematical degree with the diameter of the wheel, it is possible to prepare a diagram showing 1 the loading for all wheels up to live leet in diameter. Such a diagram has been prepared by the city of Shanghai and the scale of loading has been in force whore special transport permits are required.”