Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1922. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 2498, 26 October 1922, Page 2

Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1922. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Pox (on Co-operative Store advertise the retail price of -ugar ai 21/- per not 24/- as previously set out in their adverti-c----nienl.

The Awahou Auctioneering Coy. held ti most successful sale yesterday on behalf of the pubic Trustee, in the deceased estate of the late Hr IV. Bock, ai his laic residence, Lady’- .Mile.

Extensive tires occurred in the scrub country in the neighbourhood of Rotorua, fanned by a strong -oil' -wester. Tin- houses at Wairoa and on Lake Tnrawera were mueli endangered but (lie residents -aved them. The Fore-try Deparlnient's plantation- at M'li.aka rewa row a were seriously imperilled, but were -aved by the working staff.

A disastrous lire broke mil a: Carlerlon on Tuesday night mu! destroyed (lie premises owned by Air Tl. Jackson. hairdresser; IT. Barlow, billiard saloon keeper, and C. E. Stevens, restaurant keeper. The brigade saved lln> adjoining building- though that of W. C. Ling, a Chinese fruiterer, was badly damaged by lire, smoke and water. Air Jackson had .C 1.990 insurance on his building- and nothing- on his

-lock, and is a considerable loser. Air Slovens, who had Cl 7a insuran-

ce on his lilting- and furnilnre, was also a heavy loser. Mr Barlow was insured for £SOO and Ling had £2,SOO oil his building and eontenis.

'The Minister of Public Works read in the House on Tuesday, in response to a suggestion from I lie member for Alasiertoii. a report from the District Engineer of Public Works, -who visited the scene of the recent-motor fatality on Bowen Road, near Ekelalmna. The report which wa- accompanied by a plan, staled dial the portion of the road concerned was 12 feet wide, with water (aide two feet wide. The road surface was very good. Tt was evident from the wheel marks, that the car had travelled 40 yards along- the water (aide, which i- 12 inches deep. Ti e driver had apparently managed t i steer both wheels mil of the water table, bill before be could straighten the car. if had gone over' tin l opposite hank. In (lie opinion of the engineer, the accident was in no wav due to the condition of (lie road. ’

In connection with die Horticultural Society's slimmer show to be held mi' November 23rd and 24th, Mr B. (i. dower inm kindly donated the slim of two guineas, for a collection of blackbirds’ thrushes’ and sparrows’ eggs. .Must be collected within a radius of ,4 miles of Foxton Pos| OHice: eggs lo be paid for at so much per dozen, pro rata, to the cxicm of die above sum. Now then, boys, get busy.

The daily make of butter at die Levin factory lias now reached four tons. The amount of milk handled to produce” this amount is 20,000 gallons, the product of approximated 7,000 cows. The number of supplier- is 3SO, whose herd- vary in size from die modest single unit to a herd of over 100. The vahie of the industry, says the Chronicle, to dll 1 (list riel call be judged by die fact dial die daily make at the preseal market realises in die vicinity of csoo.

At the local police court yesterday, before die Mayor (Mr John Clirystall, and Mr Tlornhlow, J.P., a youth was charged with an alleged a-sault on a little girl. . Mr Bergin appeared for the accused who pleaded not guilty. Detectivo-Ser-"■eaat (juirke conducted the proseeuiion. Evidence was given by (he child and her mother and Const a hies Owen and O'Donoghue for I lie prosecution and by die accused, his father and brother I'm- the defence. 'flic prosecution alleged dull the child had had its clothing removed by the licensed, but otherwise there had imj been any inlerferenee. Kor the defence il was alleged ilia/ the child had been seen crying by the accused and was taken inside the house and hud its face and hands washed and a denial that its clothes had been removed. The licensed was committed for trial at the next sitting of the Supreme Court, at Bnlmerstmi, hail being allowed in the sum of £SO.

For Children’s Hacking: Cougfh, Peppermint Cure.*

Edward Bailey, employed as a cook al 1 110 sawmill camp, ATn.ngahnn, who was reported missing from Ibe camp on Sunday, was discovered mi Tuesday near Arapeli op nip in a very exhausted condition. Bailey, with two other men, had gone into the busli to repair a hauler and bad returned before bis companions to prepare ten. Nothing was heard of him until 7 o'clock on Tuesday morning, when he was picked up. in response to his cries, under a precipice, completely done up. He was removed to Shannon, where he described bis experiences as a

wry trying one. Tie worked liim--clf ipi the river bank near ilio camp several times but was forced back on each occasion. The banks of the river at this particular spot are very steep. Bailey is a single man, about 38 years of ago. and a native of London. Since his return from the war tie wa- suffering acutely from -hell shock and from his wounds in the head.