Manawatu Herald SATURDAY, NOV. 18, 1922. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 2507, 18 November 1922, Page 2

Manawatu Herald SATURDAY, NOV. 18, 1922. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr .!. I.inkbi lor. Reform «-;tmlilate t'i»l- .M;i iiiUVii 111. :i clilrcsses I lit* fieri i>rs in the Town !I; 1 11 on Munhiy evening next nl S o'clock. The death Inis taken place at Barrow of William Bradshaw, aped SK, who had been a member of the Oddfellows' Society for Til years. The Kennedy will leave Wellington at -4 p.m. on Monday for Foxton and will return to Wellington on Tuesday. The Methodi'l Church at Shannon held a most successful Festal Fair on Thursday and Friday, the proceeds going towards the new circuit car. The returns from the fair ran into three figures. There is on exhibit about 50 maguiliccnl rose blooms ill the ('. ,\|. Ross Co.’s window. The public ate invited to record their votes for the champion bloom not later than 7.a1l o’clock to-night. At the local police court yesterday, Mary Hofmann, for allowin'’’ cows to wander on the street, was lined 5 - and 7 - costs and Wilfred Frank McDonald for allowing two horses to wander was lined Ids a ltd costs 7s. A euchre tournament will be held in the Town Hall supper-room on Tuesday evening next. under the auspices of the Foxton Athletic Club. Hood prizes are offered and supper will be provided. The tournament will conclude with a dance. Owing to indisposition. Mr •!. 1,. S|out, S.M., was unable to preside h\it i lie monthly sitting of the local K.M. Court. yesterday. Several eases were taken by local justices and a number adjourned until the I teeembf r 'it I ilig. Some time during Thursday night nr eariv ye~lerday morning some poison or persons entered Mr Mcknight's vegetable garden in Duncan Street, all area of about till i.ighih of an ai-re. and practically destroyed it. Potatoes and cabbages were slashed down and other vegetables uprooted and destroyed. The police are investigating the ma 11 or. Renin's liist pronouncement since his illness i~ contained in a letter lo the All-Russia Congress ol Prado Fnions. Renin states that “the refusal of capitalist countries to grant credit' to Russia impedes the revival of industry. Russia cannot assent to a restoration of private property. The long and arduous process of revival will reipiire enormous expenditure of energy, but the thought that Capitalism will be overthrown will lend strength to the working classes.”