Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1922. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 2501, 2 November 1922, Page 2

Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1922. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Tin" total rainfall for Foxton l'i October was 2.f)!t inclio-: 1.1 (i ii (•lies oi‘ rain fell on the 12th. Efforts to refloat the s.s. Kei nedy, which grounded on the son! spit while crossing inwards las Friday have so far been unsuccess fill. The Herald -stair desire to ai knowledge wedding favours fro Mr and Mrs 1,. Goldsworthy (pi Mrs Walls) tuid take the opportm ity of wishing them health and pro? parity. A reminder is given of the dam to be held in the Masonic Hall tli evening under the ausplees of 8 Monica’s Girls Guild. i Mr I.iuklalcr. Reform candidal for Manawatu, opened his (•an paign at Kairanga last night. II -peaks at Arakura on Batnrda night. A portion of llic country -we| by the ,-crtib tires near Rotorua at forded shelter to a eonsiderabi nuinlier of pheasants, who foun protection in the thick lirder-grow tli. It i- lea red that the bird: which were in their breeding sea son have been exterminated. At the inquest concerning tli death of the late Mr A. 8, Jonsoi held ;it Ilunlerville. a verdict wa returned to the effect that doeeas ed’s death was from heart failin' caused by aneurism of the aorl whilst riding a motor cycle on 111 road from Ifunterville to Vinega Hill. V'csterday morning Mr T’errea captured a young albatross on tli river foreshore a! the sea,side. Tli bird measures fi feet from tip to ti of the wings. Air Perronu brougli it to Foxion and it seems to hav -cltied down to it- inland environ meiil. It lias a keen appetite fo meal and li-lt. During the screening of “Tlr Sliiek" at the Town Hall on Tups day night, the song bearing the till . f the film was sung acceptably b; Miss Reiter. Bpecial orchestra music id' Oriental airs, accompaniei the picture which gave it the righ atmosphere. The musicians wer Mr- Dunn (piano). Messrs Bim ji.dns (violin) and Walls (cornet). Mr W, K. Dullard, of the Avenili Road, has imported it “Utilitator’ for gardening purposes. The Uti lilator is a compact little tractor It is propelled by a petrol driven engine of a h.p. and can be usct to plough, cultivate, etc., smal areas and is easily manipulatei round the orchard trees. When no in Use for gardening purposes tin power can be used for out ting wood and performing other usefti jobs. A little scene look place at the Police Court, Wejngnnui, when a young Maori woman made an appeal to the local justice of the peaet for more clothes. “The police took me away before I had finished dressing." she remarked and then hurst into tears. The kind-hearted J.P., who is a bachelor, could not he expected to decide whether a woman was suflicicnl 1 v clad to appear in court or remain in custody till Monday next, so he elected to entrust this matter of detail to the care of the police. Mrs Ralph Heald. of Feilding, is a visitor to Foxion, the guest of Air iirnl Airs Cowley. It was in December; 1870, that Mrs Heald, in company with her late husband, bis brother William. Messrs Tims. Runnier, ('raven, and the Wilkinson family, first arrived at Foxton in the little coastal steamer “Blormbird" ea route to other parts of the district. They transhipped direct from tbe ship “Arcllitisa" on arrival at Wellington from England to the ‘ Stormbird" and their first walk nftci a long sea voyage was in Fx<>lon. This is the lirsl visit Mrs Heald has made to Foxton since that time.

The Levin Chamber of Commerce ascertained from Levin business people the probable quantity of goods required’ for distribution in Levin per month that could be shipped per Foxton. Ten linns gave this information, hut poultry farmers. builders and private importers of benzine were not approached. The enquiry revealed that 126 tons

of merchandise could be accounted for, the principal items being kerosene and benzine I'll tons, sugar 8 tons, flour 22 tons, pollard 16 tons and wheat 221- tons. When other requirements are taken into consideration it is probable that Levin’s quota of goods would be well over :!<)<) tons a month. Similar information has been compiled in every other town-in the district served by the port of Foxton.

General Tonoff, a prominent C'zarist soldier, who joined the White army after the revolution and fought on the German and Turkish fronts, has arrived at Sydney with his wife and two daughters en route to New Zealand where they intend to settle. He tells a vivid story of Russia's condition and the sufferings of the people under Bolshevik rule. .Just one little claim that alcohol might be a “stimulant" on the heart was mentioned by Dr. A. B. O’Brien in a lecture at Palmerston North last night. “The only way it might he a ‘stimulant’" said the doctor, “is when a man says ‘conic and have a drink.’" That was inclined to make sonic men'- hearts beat “a little faster." (Laughter). The death lias occurred of the Rev. Father Bernard Vaughan, aged 7f> years. Father Vaughan was born in 1547 and was a professed Father of the Society of Jesus. He took an active part in the religious and civic life of Afanehester for more than IS years. He went io London in IDO 1 where he worked aniongst the poor at Westminister and the East End. His sermons on the “Bins of Society" iii 11)0(5 drew large audiences. He toured America in 11)10 as well as other parts of the world. He was well known a,- an orator, but better still as a writer of works on religions and sociological subjects. Speaking at the ceremony in connection with the starting of the pontoon dredge bv the AFakerun Drainage Board at Shannon on Monday, Mr Joseph Linklater, on behalf of Ihe adjoining local bodies, thanked the Board for the invitation to be present to witness the opening demonstration by the new dredge. “It is said." the speaker continued, “that the man who grows two blades of gras- where one grew before is doing a good service lo the community. The Board bad done mor>. for in these swamps where ell- were once the only product it was hoped to convert into prosperous farms." Air Linklater hoped the Board’s undertakings would lie quite successful. ITo commented on the construction of 16 miles of banking along the river, and said the use uf' similar machines for drainage work on the Hauraki Plains was a great success. With the Afakerua made more productive —and what we want is more production —ip would become one of the best districts in the whole of New Zealand. He congratulated the Board on it- enterprise, and wished it- scheme every success.