Manawatu Herald SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1922. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 2499, 28 October 1922, Page 2

Manawatu Herald SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1922. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

We <ln acknowledge ;in invitation from the Makenia Drainage Bohrd i<> In' present ill the oflieiiil starling of' llie Board's Moating dredge hi .Mr C. 11. Speirs mill, Sliniiiuni. ai 11 :i,in. on Monday next. The funeral of the late Mr -John Hillary look plane yesterday morning and was attended by a nuuihei of friend' of I In l deceased. I lie service at the ehiireh and gvnveside was i-ondiieled hy the Rev. \\ . H. ! Walton. llavine' ~wallowed a stone, its la rye as a pigeon's egg. which he had pill into hi' inmllh to quench :hr-i, William I’arker collap~ed and died ai the Not t ingliil In Hospital, i while living operated mi for its re - iimva I. A ..jure ai Normatdiy was broken ini a and the nliiee 'life removed, file Ini rgln I- purloined a gig to eon- ■ \ ( \ the sale away and it was siihseijtieni !y found in a paddock, t lie : effort', made in open ii evidently prov ing flit ile. | A rhe,|th for cm,llllo.ol*ll was i written ieeeiii.lv, when the British (Jovi rnuieiil paid il~ instalment of . ini ei e--i t,i i lie I nited SI a 1 e~. ’I he eheipte was drawn on the British i ’freasiirv's account with the .1. P. Moig.-m Company, New York, and , will be preserved as an historic document aft it acceptance. The Kennedy, in attempting to m Lite the bar vi-slerday aflcrn,nui, grounded and -wniig ashore, eveiiluallv going ashore on the ■ on! h The *vi*sse|, however, is i< ; ini immediate danger and it L anticipated litat with the assistance i of a n Ire rope, she will eomo off I his a I ! e moon. Mr I. Met jr.-tlli and his wife, re,'em a rrivals from I tnnedin, were driving over the Selwyn street i-rns- • sing- at Clirisiehureh on Thursday night, when the A'hburton train ea light I lie ea r aml rolled it over sc\ - i ral lim ~ and l hrew ii elear past Ihe rat i le--top. The occupants cseaped Inn i lie ear wa~ completely i aim'd. 'flu- 'fawn Clerk notifies elsewhere 111 this issue that copies ot the Borough by-law’s are now obtainable nl the Council Chambers at ; - per eopy. Ratepayers would ! do well to provide themselves with copies, as the amended by-laws deal j with many matters of vital contern in conned ion with water and ; drainage connections, etc. ! An iiuptcsi touching the death of ihe late Mr -1. Hillary was held 1 ;i! die local court house yesterday | before Mr Eraser, coroner. Evidence was given by l*r. M.vllie. who eolldlieted a post mortem examination. ami who leslilied that death was dm* In-heart failure. A ! verdict in aei-oidanee with the i medical evidence wa- returned. We in-,- informed that the new bed ; ~f six ii ;oi-|s ,-ii die gasworks Inis i been charged up and i~ now in woi- ! king order, as indicated by die (in.~I works Manager in bis la-t monthly ! i-ept.l-l to the Borough Council. Some slight ineoiivenienee was oe-t-nsioned to i-erlain ga~ consumers during i tic i - 1 1 a nee-over, oil account of | lie varvii.g pressure at the time, ~.i die oilier hand, it is a matter for congratulation that the cliange- ! over was carried out -o nno-tcii I;. i iiMtsly. | A collie dog of extraordinary in- , lelligeiiee is owned by Mr -I. Ire- ; kind, of i tkehu. The dog has only I (o be told the name of any cow ! wanted in a herd of iweidy. and he I will go out into the paddocks and : bring t lie right .animal up to the ' sloekvard. Several lest' have been : niade for the beuelil of more or less incredulous visitors, but the siiga- : eiotis collie is never at fault. Reel ally Mr .1. Mel.. Blair and some i Members of tlie Wanganui Agricul--1 turnl Association saw the dog at ! work, and were greatly impressed.

Speaking with Mr Cico. Coley in reference to the passing id Mr -J. Hillary. Mr Coley said Mr (Hilary was the lirsi man he spoke to on his lii-st |rip along the coast about 40 vein's ago to l-'nxlon. He met the late Mr Hillary riding on horseback to M'ellinglon and asked him for directions as to the road. Subsequently be had many business dealings with the old ferryman. Mr Coley added that the ferrying business in those days was a very lucrative calling and he has known as much as .C4O being taken in- lulls in one day. The late Mr Hillary was verv reliable and no one begrudged the ferryman's toll.

For Children’s Hacking Cough, Peppermint Cure."

Ralibii trails of over-lint different types were sulTmitled for the prize offered In the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelly to Animals; of these only seven were said to be practicable. England’s new Prime Minister, Air Bonar Law, has issued an elec--I,on manifesto, setting "id the aims of |)L- Covernnienl. “The nation’s first need.’’ he says, .“is to get oil with its own work with a minimum of interference.” With the object of reviving British trade, the new (lovernmenl proposes to call an eeonomie conference to determine ),es; method of developing the Empire's resources. .Meanwhile Mr l.lovd George and his zealous lieitteuani, Lord Birkenhead, have replied that government can best be earned on by a Coalition. Parliament meet.' on November 20th, live da \-s a I ter l lie general elect ion. Speaking at All Saints’ Ladies Build bazaar in the Town Hall on Tlnr-dav evening, the Rev. \\ . H. a't'Ui referred to the absence of ihe president, Mrs A. S. Easton. He --a : d that this wn> the lir~t oc-.--illll over a period id lorly years Bait Mrs Easton had not been pre -eul in take an active pan in a Iniii-lion of this nature held under tin- auspices of All Saints- Church. They all knew the reason for her absence and hoped her heallli would Im- restored to enable her lo participate in next year's effort. Mrs Easton's enthusiasm in church work was an inspiration io all and I io* absence on thi- occasion was sincerely regret!ed.