Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1922. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 2492, 12 October 1922, Page 2

Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1922. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Tile Rita bine, which arrived a l Auckland on Tuesday, brought 225 assisted immigrants. Mr Robert Law, one of the oldest residents of Wanganui, passed nway there on Monday, aged S 4 years. The executive of tlurßeform League at Wanganui this week unanimously and enthusiastically endorsed the candidature of Mr John Coull for the 'Wanganui sent. During the last week two eases of diphtheria, one of scarlet fever, and three of pneumonia were notified in the Palmerston North health district.

The Foxton Harbour Board is taking steps to stop trafficking and speculating in Beach sections and has decided as a first step to increase the cost of transfers to £2 2s

At Monday's night’s meeting of the Council, (he Mayor (Mr John Chrystall) speaking on general finance said, strange as it may seem people with money to invest preferred local body debentures to investments on broad acres.

A fall of nearly half-a-crown in the pound in the household bill for fuel and light in the past six months is the most striking feature in the movement of prices which led to the Arbitration Court’s pronouncement regarding the wage rate. A two-roomed cottage in To Aroint,' occupied by Edward Power, an old ago pensioner, was destroyed by fire last Saturday evening. Subsequently the charred remains of a human body, believed to be that of Power, were found among the debris.

Mr \V. IT. Gunning (Shannon) made reference to deficiencies in the past in the Foxton steamer service, but lie added that, with a good service and proper supervision, the proposal to more fully utilise the port of Foxton would find support. The larger ports in the South Island, such as Dunedin, should be included in (he service.

The Hon. Xoswortliv announced in Parliament that a reduction in the pree of bread would take place in the South Island on October 30 and in the North Island on November (i. The reduction would amount to a half-penny on the two-pound loaf and a penny on the four-pound loaf. To enable this to be done, flour would be reduced to £ls 10s per ton.

A number of local Masons, accompanied by their wives, motored to Bulls yesterday on the occasion of the installation ceremony in connection with Lodge Rangitikei. The lady visitors attended the opening of the tennis season in the afternoon and in the evening spent a most enjoyable time at the Masonic social.

A visit of inspection to the Oroun sand dunes has been paid by CapCam Mackintosh Ellis, Mr M. A. Goodie and Mr MeEarlane. of the State Forestry Department. A “Standard” reporter was informed that the officers found everyhing satisfactory, including the departments’ experimental reclamation work at the mouth of the Rangitikei river.

The latest available figures in the possession of the Government Statistician, for ret ail prices of food, compared with July, 1914, show the following percentage increases: South Africa 18, United States and Canada 38, Holland 40, New Zealand 41, Australia 48, India fib. United Kingdom 75. Sweden 79, Denmark 9i, Norway 133, Trance 197, Belgium 281, Italy 354, Germany (>,730.

We are in formed that the Borough Council’s endeavour to have the witter and drainage connection.-, made to premises on the block system, is meeting with general approval. The proposal is to call for tenders on this system instead of having the work carried out piecemeal. The contractor will submit a price for the street or block connections and cadi property will be separately priced. If the owners are not in a position to pay for the work on completion, the local body will advance same on request, repayment to be made by instillments bearing interest at the lowest possible rate. In any ease connections will be compulsory after three months from completion of the sewerage and water mains and the Council's scheme is in the nature of removing any hardship. Of course there is nothing compulsory in the Council'.' offer of assistance and property owners can make their own private arrangements to comply with the by-laws,

A meeting of Reform supporters will be held in the Masonic Hall tomorrow night at 7.30 o’clock. Despite the Versailles Treaty’s restrictions Germany is making important progress in aeronautics. She is building the world’s largest seaplane with a span of 197 feet, capable of carrying GO passengers with a maximum range of 1,000 miles.

Looking the picture of fitness, Glohining, who has proved himself the greatest racehorse of his time in this part of the world, returned by the Ulimaroa from Australia yesterday. Gloaming was sent out to Trentham to-day and is to take his place in the field for the Champion Plate at the Wellington meeting and after that ho will go on to Riccarton, where he will race at the November fixture. Gloaming has now been eleven times across the Tasman Sea to meet the best Australia could put against him. He has contested 5] races and ha-; won 44. His stake earning' total £31.714. The following executive committee was set up at Monday's conference In reference to increased shipping at the port of Foxton to go into the question of furthering the project : .Messrs Hornblow, Smith,and Christie (Foxton Chamber of Commerce), Linklater, Chrystall, and Signall (Foxton Harbour Board), Gunning (Shannon), Matheson and Rimmer (Levin Chamber of Commerce). IT. L. Young, X. IT. Sinclair, E. H. Crabb (Palmerston North Chamber of Commerce), R-. T. Bell, A. Seifert, 11. Akers and the president and two members from the Feilding, Morton and Woodville Chambers of Commerce.

Several Foxton residents motored to Levin on Tuesday night to hear the Rev. Father George Zurcher speak on the prohibition question. The rev. gentleman is the president of the Catholic Clergy Prohibition League of America, one of the factors in putting the States dry. The speaker was accompanied by Mr Charles Todd, of Dunedin, who also -.poke as a Catholic prohibitionist. Body speakers were accorded a splendid hearing by an audience that filled the building. There are no fireworks about Father Zurcher, whose kindly manner and earnest appeal made a great impression on the audience and he was accorded a splendid ovation at (he conclusion of his address.

Prominence is given to the Near Eastern Crisis in the current issue of Stead’s, which contains various articles from the pen of the Editor, and Near Eastern correspondent on Ihe present position. There is the first of a series of articles by Mrs Stan. Harding, on her imprisonment by the Bolsheviks. “Political Corruption" is the title of a leading article on tiie sale of till s in Britain, and the prostitution of the Press. The last of a series of articles on Ireland from the pen of Professor Harris' a Moore, Limitation of Aria. s. ;>Uo a sketch of Einstein, the Seeker, in the Men of Mark section, help to make up a varied and interesting number. Mr E. H. Crabb (Palmerston X.) speaking at Monday’s Palmerston conference doubted the advisability of running a special steamer service to Invercargill, but. said that by taking other ports into consideration a. new service would prove desirable. He alluded to the great amount of coal trade that could be done provided that the Foxton service was regular. Of course, he pointed out, in a coal service from the West Coast return freights could not always be secured. Other places beside Palmerston North could possibly be served through Foxton, and he advocated the running of a boat of about 400 tons, as being more economical than a vessel of about 180 tons.

Cheques to the extent of hundreds of pounds were floating round Foxton fhe.other day. Children were handling “promises to pay” for huge sums in the streets and groups of people were shinning the genuine signatures of well-known residents to the cheques, drawn on the Bunk of Australasia. These documents were liberated from some portion of tile Red Shield Club building, now being demolished, and oiice the busy premises of the Bank of Australasia, which ceased operations in Foxton many years ago. The cheques were dated in the year 1891 and were all stamped as paid. This peep into the business transnet ions of many old residents indicated a thriving community. Among those whose signatures to the pavment of large sums exposed to the public gaze was that of Mr George Coley.