Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1922. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 2523, 28 December 1922, Page 2

Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1922. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Special Christmas services were held in the local churches on Sunda v.

Mr McDonald, local st-ationinas-ter, who has been seriously ill for several weeks, although still in a very weak state, is progressing satisfactorily.

The road between Paraparaumu and Pueknkariki is very rutty for motoring. The Whirokino road has been greatly improved by the county roadmen. 'This portion of the road has been graded.

Among the interesting exhibits in Mr .1. Golder’s shop window is a sterling silver table spoon made in 1801, part of the family plate of a local resident. The display also includes a forged Cl note.

“If we are gong to condemn every good thing of the world because the devil is mixed up with it. I don’t know how far we shall go," said His Grace Archbishop -Julius in his Christmas morning sermon at tho Christchurch Cathedral.

Thousands of German children were the guests of the British and American armies in the occupied regions of Germany. The children, who were led by the school teachers, received packages containing clothing, food, toys, and candy, while the army band-, furnished music..

At the inquest into the, death of Mrs Mary Ann Narbey, which occurred as the result of a level crossing accident at Bench Bond, Levin, on Tuesday, December lb, the coroner returned a verdict that deceased was accidentally killed by an express train at a railway crossing.

AI a swimming carnival held at Gisborne on Tuesday evening, W. Harris, the Hawiian champion broke the New Zealand amateur record for 1(10 yards. doing the distance in 57 1-5 seconds, lowering the record by two and four-fifths seconds. Harris also swam 5(1 yards in 25 2-5 seconds.

A heavily-laden motor lorry was stuck in a creek on the Leviu-Otaki road yesterday. The bridge spanning the creek cannot take heavy loads and this fact enabled lighter !rathe to proceed. Several of the old wooden structures spanning the creeks on this road should he replant'd with concrete culverts.

“I do not think there will he another election," stated Mr 11. Almore, ALP., when entertained by his supporters at Nelson. According to the “Mail," he said he could not well imagine the eighty members of Parliament saying to the people: “We are so obsessed with the spirit ol party that we want you to spend lift v or sixty thousand pounds on another election."

A Sunday school anniversary service was held at Rangiotu on Sunday afternoon. The Rev. I*'. McDonald conducted the service and Ihe singing of the children who had been trained by Mrs Wilton, was a line feature ol the service. Ihe -er\iee of praise included live anthems by the children besides special Christmas hymns. Mrs Wilton presided at the organ, assisted by Mr Simpson ( violin 1.

A v*;rv tlifilliiiji' s}H*<*tac filar event was provided ;il the Lyt toll Oil vigattn on Boxing Day, when A. E. Ei\>l\voml made a triple parachute de-ccnl from an aeroplane piloted by Captain Euan Dickson. The mueline came over Lyttelton at a height ~r 4.000 ft. and after it had manoevred over the harbour the parachutist climbed out on the wing, from which he dropped. Each parachute opened promptly, and the. linal drop was made on to an open paddock, just behind Lyttelton,

The Court of Appeal has given judgment in a lawsuit relating to the ex-Kaiser's fortune. A Brussels broker commissioned an English bank to cash bond coupons amounting to several million francs. The British Government objected to the negotiation of the coupons, as it had received information that they belonged to the ex-Kaiser and the English bank brought an action to recover the amount. The Court in the first instance gave judgment in the bank's favour. The appeal Court confirmed the judgment and ordered the broker to refund the money to the oank. A Dutch bank, which was an intermediary in the case, was non-suited.

Constable Owen paid a tine compliment to the ordiliness of Fox ton during the recent holidays. There were no complaints and no arrests.

The nature of the. business dealt with at a meeting of seamen at Lyttelton yesterday, was not divulged, Imt it was stated unofficially that the seamen are hopeful of returning to their ships early in the New Year.

The Union Company has decided to man the stokehold and deck departments of the Niagara at Sydney with volunteer labour, as none of the old crew has applied for reengagement.

Captain Brown, of the Salvation Army Bethany Home, at- Napier, a daughter of Air P. W r . Brown, No. 1. Line, Foxton, has successfully passed the State midwifery examination.

By the death of Mr George Gerrie who passed away at C’astleelitf yesterday, at: the age of 83 years, Wanganui loses one of its oldest and best known residents. The deceased, who was a ship’s carpenter by trade, was foreman for the Wanganui Harbour Board for a grenl many years.

The foolishness of wearing valuable jewellery while bathing, says tlie “Taranaki Herald," was emphasised the other day when two gold bangles were lost. One of them was subsequently recovered by another bather, who felt, something on her foot, which turned out to be a bangle lost bv a bather some time before.

The past two months has been the worst period for tourist traffic experienced at Rotorua for some yeas (says an exchange). During the election week the town was practically empty. The “post few days have seen a slight improvement. A feature is that more people are arriving by motor car than bv rail.

A local working man who is out of a job was heard to sav, “1 wish to heaven the wntersiders would go out on strike. There are hundreds of men in the country towns who would gladly tackle their jobs: we did it before, and would do it again." Well, the opportunity may come, for the watersiders are balloting as to whether or not they shall accept the Arbitration Court’s Award. Ellham Argus.

The result of the Horouto speeia licensing poll taken under the Ac of last session, to give the EaC'oast Maoris an opportunity of reviewing their decision in 1011 t< voluntarily prohbit themselves fron obtaining liquor on licensed pro mises is now announced. The vote? were 1272 for restoration and 22 against.

An expert rabbiter told the Ashburton County Council last week that the best method of poisoning rabbits was by the use of phosphorus. There was a great danger in using strychnine as this poison penetrated not only to the llesh of the rabbit hut also to the hones, and even if the animal’s hones lay for 12 months, they would kill any dog that picked them up.

Lord Lonsdale made a startling revelation when speaking at a luncheon in connection with the International Circus, Olympia. He said that when a lad of seventeen he ran away from home and performed in a Swiss circus for eighteen months. He was an expert rider, and could think of no other means of earning a livelihood. He did acrobatic* tricks on and off horseback, and travelled up and down Switzerland on tour. He thoroughly enjoyed the experience, and never lost his interest in the circus profession- He added that he had himself got a pony which would sit up and beg. Nobody taught it the trick. The ponycopied it from a dog. That was the wav animal* should be trained.

“ITit me, hit my dog,” is an old saying veritied by many a sanguinary encounter. Sometimes an inaniiiiate object attracts the affection of its owner. For instance the other evening a joyous individual struck a, match on a motor car to the annoyance of the owner, whose protest was answered by an insolent threat to repeat the performance. In a few seconds the owner *proud the man with socialistic leanings on mother earth. A companion who sought interference was treated to a left jab which caused the stars to ilauce before his eyes. Both young gentlemen were taught a lesson on the foolishness of interfering with other people’s property. •

School teachers are people with active minds who must always be reading to refresh their brains. I bis, or something like it, was a i mark made by a representative ol the Taranaki Herald to the librarian of Hie New Plymouth public library. The librarian dissented and after a rapid calculation, decided that of all the teachers in the secondary and primary schools id the town and districts, only four men and three women spent JO/- a year in subscribing to the library. It is a. severe retied cm on lb? teaching profession '.hat its members should be so illiterate for the liorary is the only place where people of moderate means can secure access to books they cannot aft'on. to buy. laranafci Herald. DYSPEPSIA. If troubled with Dyspepsia which gives its vetims no rest daj and night, and causes pains in the stomach and bowels, headache, dizziness, loss of appttite, constipation, etc., take a course of Chambei’lain’s Tablets. They will stimulate the liver and' bowels to perform their work naturally and gently, and strengthen the digestive organs, For sale everywhere. —Advt

Mr John Graham several years M.P. for Nelson and one of the first white children horn there has taken up his residence in Wilding.

Mr "Fred.” Gabities, son Mr and Mrs Gabities of Foxton, underwent a critical operation in the Wanganui Hospital on Saturday. He is progressing as satisfactorily as possible.

The late Mrs .Johnston, widow of the late Hon. Walter W. Johnston, Minister of Public Works in the Atkinson Ministry of 1887-90, and ALP. for Manawatu for several Parliaments, who died at Wellington on Friday a_t the age of 77 years, was the second daughter of the late Mr Forster Goring, for years Clerk of the Executive Council and Mrs Sydney Goring, and was bom in Tipperary, Ireland. She came to New Zealand with her parents at the age of 16 and was married in 1868, her husband dying in 1907. They lived on the estate of “Highden” near Awahuri which was acquired some 25 years ago, one of the most fertile in the North Island, which was cut up for settlement a few years ago. Airs Johnston left lour daughters—Mrs P. E. Baldwin (Palmerston North), Mrs \\. H. Turnbull (Wellington), Mrs Henry Holmes (Matahiwi, Masterton), and Mrs Godfrey Pharazyn (“Eastella,” Hastings), and three sons, Messrs Goring (Palmerston North), Walter (Wellington) and Oswald Johnston (Hutt), twenty grandchildren and two great-grandehidren. Amongst her benefactions was the gift of a brick primary school to the Roman Catholic parish at Feilding, fitted up in the most modern method. The funeral service was held on Sunday lasi at the Basilica, Hill street, and afterwards at the cemetery, tlie Rev. Father Smyth officiating.