Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1922. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 2521, 21 December 1922, Page 2

Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1922. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Daring lasl month the Shannon Co-operative l Dairy Co. manufaot n reel 71 tons 5c wt. of butter and paid out 1/5 per lb. for butter fat. The publie is reminded of the benefit picture entertainment to be held in the Royal,*'Theatre this evening, in aid of the funds of the local Athletic Club.

A fire at Otaki on Monday evening destroyed a shop occupied by .Messrs Lang and Co., drapers, and damaged Messrs Truelight’s and Dunn’s and an empty one adjacent.

In connection with the licensing poll, the official totals for 40 electorates are: Continuance 175,000, State Control 24,845, Prohibition, 150,508, 'fhe smallest man in the world, Mr .lack Lambert, of Crowborougli (Sussex) has just celebrated his 24th birthday. Standing but 2ft. 10ins., lie turns the scale at 2st. 31b. A reduction in steamer freights per s.s. Kennedy from Lyttelton to Fox ton is notified elsewhere in this issue. 'General cargo has heed reduced by 2/0 per ton, all produce 2d per sack and wool 6d per bale. At the Palmerston North Police Court yesterday, Jessie McLeod, a married woman, was committed for trial oil a charge of making a false declaration touching flic destruction by lire of goods at her residence. The Labour Party has cabled to the South African Government a protest against the executions of working men involved in the recent Rand troubles. The cable was signed on behalf of both the Parliamentary party and the National Executive.

Tlio Ashburton licensing official figures are: Prohibition 3.025, State Control 430, Continuance 3,550. The local option poll resulted: Restore - tion 3,857, No License 3,12.1. On the Ihree-fifths majority basis the restoration was 824 short, of being carried. A Wanganui business man in the undertaking line received an application the other day from a person in quest of employment, indicating in his letter that he had been in that particular line of business some years ago, in 'Wjanganui, and had made many friend's, and if he could “dig’* some of them up it would be to the mutual advantage of the applicant and his prospective employer. The death occurred at Ashhurst yesterday of Mr A. M. Banckham sear., aged 72 years. The late Mr Banckham arrived in New Zealand per sailing ship “Waimate” in 1877. He was fanning in the Fcilding district for a time and later removed to, Ashhurst, where lie resided for many years. Deceased was a boat builder by trade and built several boats for service locally and was well-known locally. He leaves a wife and one daughter, Airs Walter Baines of Ashhurst. Mr W. D. Banckham, of Paxton, is a nephew of deceased. The funeral takes place at Ashhurst to-morrow afternoon.