Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1922. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 2494, 17 October 1922, Page 2

Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1922. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The inspector of awards visited Fox lon vesterdav.

During the nine months of this year 40 bankruptcies have taken place in Wanganui. There were 34 for the whole of 1921.

Mr J. Vigor Brown, M.P., has been announced as the Reform candidate for the Napier seat, states a Napier message.

The meeting of the local Athletic Club to have been held last night, was postponed until to-night. It is hoped that all interested will be in -attendance at to-night’s meeting. Mr McDonald, local stalionmaster, accompanied by Mrs McDonald, returned to Foxton last night. Mr McDonald will resume bis duties to-morrow.

Air Millwavd, manager of the Canterbury Shipping Co., accompanied by Captain Munro, will visit and inspect the local port on Thursda v.

The Kiwi Bacon Factory notify Hint they will truck pigs at Foxton on Monday next, October 23rd; Shannon, Tuesday next, October 24t h.

There was a. large attendance at the Royal last night to witness the famous picture, “The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.” During the screening the song “Rose of No Man’s Land” was acceptably sung George Ambrose Holland, aged 70 years, died suddenly at Christchurch on Friday last after complaining of .-toinach pains. Deceased was married on Wednesday. An inquest l.as been arranged.

A telegram from Chataldja "says the Allied advance • commenced on Sunday, the Italians going in the direction of Tchorlou, the French towards Adrianople and he British to Rodosto.

The Public Works Statement will probably be discussed in the House on Friday in conjunction with the Public Works Loan Bill authorising vhe borrowing of a further four millions sterling for public works. Keslmd Bey, who has left London for Angora, on being interviewed, said he had studied the situation in England and would report to Angora. He was in great hope of the inauguration of new friendly relations between Turkey and England.

A local business man informs us that bis windows and doors have been plastered with labels in reference to licensing propaganda. He states that he intends to take legal proceedings if the practice is repeated. Provision. is made in the Pubic Works statement for continuing hydro-electric works at the programme rate, involving liability for the current year of .one million sterljn.r a . large proportion of which is for generating plant and equipment. Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure, for Coughs and Colds, never fails.*

The population of the Dominion, excluding Maoris and residents of Cook Islands, is approximately 1,248,21(1, an increase of 29.303 since 1921.

The local Tennis Club’s courts were officially opened on Saturday by the president (Mr R. McAlurrny). The boisterous weather militated against a large attendance, but some enjoyable games were indulged in.

One of; the oldest identities of Lyttelton, Captain W. L. Whitby, passed away last week at the age of 84 years. The late Captain Whitby had a long and honourable career as a mariner. For some time he was master of the steamer Jane Douglas, a vessel well known on this coast many years ago.

“It is exceedingly difficult to convince some farmers of the value of education. When Johnny or Willie gets old enough to drive the milk cart, his father thinks he didn’t have a technical education and doesn’t see why the hoy needs one cither.” —Mr F. Ciilhinan (Bainesse) at the conference of teachers.

“The farmer is not allowed to overcrowd his cows or the poultry limner his liens but that docs not apply to floor space for children in schools,” said Air L. F. de Berry at the meeting of teachers on Saturday. He added that no school was officially overcrowded so long as the children could be squeezed in. The seriousness of the rabbit pest was brought under the notice of the Wanganui County Council last week by the Government stock inspector, Mr D. Alunro, who said that the rabbits were increasing rapidly all over the country. It was decided to call meetings in different parts of the country to discuss tin- formation of a rabbit board.

'flic following figures di.-elose the increase or decrease in the number of stuck in the Dominion nt January 31st last, iliuse of the previous year being given in parenthesis for the sake of comparison Total number of eat tie," 3,323,223 (3,139,223); dairy cows, 1,137,055 (T,004_,GG6); horses, 332,105 (337,259); pigs, 384,333 (349,872); sheep, 22,222,259 (23,285,031); sheep shorn, 21,100,500 (21,923,009); lambs docked 10,207,901 (9,014,548).

Owing to a fatal accident to a relative, the Rev. Frank McDonald was called away on Sunday evening and was unable to conduct the evening service at the Presbyterian Church. Air John Chrystall, at short notice, conducted the service and in an explanation of the minister’s absence expressed regret at the said occurrence and extended the sympathy of the congregation to the widow and little children left to mourn their loss.

The tablet in memory of the late Father Dore for erection in the Roman Catholic Church at Foxton, his old parish, and presented by the Auckland branch of (he Returned Soldiers’ Association, has been received at the Foxton Presbytery and will shortly be unveiled. Father Dore is affectionately remembered as the padre who was attached to the Auckland Regiment of the AlountecKßrigade of the Alain Body. He served on Gallipoli with the regiment and was wounded in August, 1915, being subsequently invalided back to New Zealand, where his death followed as the result of his war injuries.—Auckland Herald.

Mr W. H. Field (Otaki) asked in the House of Representatives whether the Government proposed to introduce legislation permitting the publication of totalisator dividends. He said that the present law pressed hardly on the country districts. In the cities, which were close to the principal racecourses, information concerning the amount of the dividends declared by the totalisator was quickly circulated. The Prime Minister said as far.as he knew it would not be possible this session to introduce an amendment to the Gaming Act. It would be for the new Parliament to give effect to the suggestion made by the member if lie felt- inclined to do so. “There is no more cruel animal in nature than the public schoolboy,” said Mr Justice Herdman at the annual dinner of the Auckland branch of the Otago High School Old Boys’ Society (states the Herald). Of the many forms of cruelty practised by the “young barbarians,” none was more wounding than the liicknaiges always found for the hoy with some peculiarity of habit, manner, or body. Thus the new boy with red hair immediately became “carrots,” the lame boy was rechristened “hoppy,” and the boy who did not wash was given an appellation which very soon forced him to take a much greater interest in personal hygiene. Referring to the recently-publish-ed statement that Ratana has decided to play a part in the coming general election, the Auckland Church Gazette states: —Mr Reweti T. Koliere has all along refused to accept the claims of Ratana, and has given warnings of the dangers ahead. He knows what happened to similar movements in the past. In a letter published in the New Zealand Churchman last February he referred to previous Maori faithhealers who went up like rockets and came down like sticks. “Ihese men,” said Mr Koliere, “make a great stir and play upon the superstition and credulity of the ignoiaut and simple-minded, but- before long are found out, and then get oft the stage to make room for another.This fate awaits Ratana, unless he decides to lead a political movement. After bis tour of the Dominion and his big hui on Christmas Day he will be just about played out.” - 1

On crossing; outwards on last J night's tide the Kennedy stuck on l he bar for about 20 minutes.

A burglary occurred in Otaki one evening lasi week, when Mr L. Hanshy's hairdressing- saloon, at Otaki railway station was entered and several articles, chiefly tobacco and cigarettes, were stolen; hv Mr A. Reid.

To-night, in the Town Hall sup-per-room, the third of the series of euchre parties and community singing will he held under the auspices of' St. Mary’s Church. An enjoyable social time is promised all who attend.

Statistics show that there are 50 farms in the Dominion of over 50,000 acres, compared with (10 in 1021. During 1022 the number of holdings of farms containing 1,000 io 50,000 acres increased, except in one instance, as follows (the figux-es for 1021 being given in parenthesis) —O4l to 1,000 acres, 4,230 (4,180); 1,001 to 5,000 acres 5,844 (5,793); 5,001 to 10,000 acres, 505 (531); 10,001 to 20,000 acres, 301 (311); 20,001 to 50,000 acres 108 (103). At the end of March last 19,105,321 acres of and in the Dominion were held under Crown leases or licenses compared with 19,534,752 in 1921. There were 19,934,522 acres freehold as against 19,071,255 acres. Leases from private individual- and public bodies increased from 2,589,599 acres to 2,660,005 acres, and leases from Maoris decreased from 1,750,805 acres to 1.787,820 acres.

The RijViio Corporation of America ha- announced a new step in the development of radio-telephone communication. Messages between the Lnited States and England were -ncces-fully -erit by electron tubes which have replaced the bulky apparatu- and alternator- regularly n-cd. While the latter filled the big radio hoti-e. the nine tubes -which i.ipplahted them could be stored in a trunk.

The Defence Department is arranging to create an Air Forc-e reserve by posting to it till ex-R.A.h. officer- desirous of .joining and by giving special opportunities to take icf’re-her course- to be carried out bv arrangement with New Zealand Aviation Companies. The course include- six hours flying for which the company will he paid £9O for a -enplane and £75 for an aeroplane pilot. It i- anticipated that only ten seaplanes and 24 aeroplane pilots will be dealt with this financial year, making a payment of £9OO for each company.