Manawatu Herald SATURDAY, JAN. 6, 1923. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 2526, 6 January 1923, Page 2

Manawatu Herald SATURDAY, JAN. 6, 1923. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The monthly meeting of the Borough Council will be held at 7 p.m. on Monday.

Air .McDonald, local stationmasfer, who has been seriously ill for some weeks, was removed to the Palmerston Hospital on Wednesday.

A councillor caused much laughter at a meeting of the Wellington City Council by informing a colleague that be was “mentally deficient iii the eye-sight.”

A mate]) for the Dixon Cup and Tucker Badges is to he played today when a rink from Levin will play the'holders (Manawatu) on the latter’s green. A handsome gold-mounted whip to lie presented to the winning joekey in the Fox ton Cup race, the gift of Mrs Kirkland, is on view in Air C. Simmons’ shop wind'ow.

The death is reported from Mastcrton of Air Hugh Beetham, one of the oldest and best-known of settlers of the Wairarapa. He was the owner of the Braneepelh station of 30,000 acres.

Plenty of able-bodied and 'capable men are offering their services to the shipping companies as free labourers to man the steamers with the result that all coastal services are being efficiently maintained.

The friends of Airs Chas. Robinson, Lady's Mile, will regret to learn that she has been seriously ill. We are pleased to report a slight improvement in her conditions this morning.

The Victorian State Cabinet has declined (o sanction the City Council’s proposal to authorise the playing of games in the public parks on Sundays. The reasons for the decision, which was quite unexpected, have not been disclosed.

During last year 73 petitions in bankruptcy were tied in the office of the Deputy Official Assignee at Palmerston North, compared with 30 in the previous year. Twenty<ne of the failures last year were those of farmers.

In connection with the special Young People’s Year movement, importanl intercession services will ho held at the Methodist, Church tomorrow. Every Methodist member and adherent is urged to lie present at these important services. Henry William Pullen, a Christchurch tobacconist, pleaded guilty to keeping a common gaming house, the charge being, laid in respect to ‘•silver betting” transactions. He was lined £SO. Frank Thomas Luce for being on the premises, was fined £5.

The statement of assets and liabilities of David Edmund- Porter, garage proprietor, of Shannon, who filed his petition in bankruptcy recently, shows the assets to be £l,070 and the liabilities £1153, 9s .10d, leaving a surplus of assets of £4lO 10s 2d.

There are ice creams and ice creams. But the ice creams manufactured and served at Walls' Marble Bar are noted for their fullflavoured richness and purity. During the hot weather there is nothing more appetising and refreshing than Walls' ice cream, or iced drinks in flavours to suit all tastes. Drop in and try them.*

“I have been watching the men engaged in laying the water mains in one of your streets,” said a visitor to our representative, “and I must say they are splendid workmen —nothing of the go-slow or shovel resters among them.” This is not the first time that a similar compliment lias been- paid to Air Reid's team,

There is a prolific growth of grass on some of the local back streets.

Mrs and Miss McAlurray of the local Tennis Club, competed in the recent tennis tournament at Hastings. They were successful in several games but did not get into the finals. A motorist not anticipating the raised road at the entrance to Main Street, caused by tbe laying of the water mains, did a flying leap, which compelled a slackening of speed and a narrow escape of broken springs.

The Rev. A. and Mrs Doull, of Palmerston North, have returned from a trip to Dunedin, where the former consulted a specialist, who informed him that he has every hope of regaining perfect health within a few months.

Air Christie, local manager of the C. Al. Ross Co. showed us a spurious half-crown, which was tendered to the firm yesterday. It is a splendid imitation except that the colour has a duller appearance' and lacks the ring 1 of the genuine.

Three, members of the crew of the steamer Telcoa pleaded guilty to pillaging cargo in the Auckland Police Court this week. The stolen goods valued at £l7O, were found concealed in the forehold. The accused, Edmond Lewis Harvey, Erie Evans Earle and Michael Joseph Cunniiighamo were each sentenced to a month’s imprisonment. A young Maori woman,Maka Kaimoka, who was arrested on Thursday at Wellington after escaping from Point Halswell prison by using implements which .she had secured, had a long list of convictions and the .Magistrate sentenced her to three years’ reformative treatment, two years whereof are to be concurrent with the present sentence.

, There is one word in the English language which can appear six times consecutively in a sentence and make correct English. A boy wrote on tlie blackboard, “The man that lies does wrong.” The teacher objected to the word “that,” so the word “who” was substituted. And yet it must be evident to the reader for all that, that that “that” that that teacher objected to was right after all.

Early one morning recently a gentleman had the misfortune to drop a valuable watch into the water at Port Ahuriri. says a Napier exchange. Some young hoys who were near at the time dived into about six feet of water in an unsuccessful attempt to recover it. Wlhen all hope had been given up another boy came on the scene, and stripping, dived into the water. He was down for quite a while, hut when he rose to the surface he had the watch in his hand.

Within a few days nominations will be called for the position of employers’ and workers’ assessors and deputy assessors on the Arbitration Court. Among the names mentioned for workers’ representatives are Alessrs T. Bloodwortli (Auckland), F. Evans (Dunedin), C. Wren (Christchurch), 11. Hunter (Christchurch), and M. J. Reardon (Wellington). Alessrs E. Kennedy, F. Cornwall and A. Parlane (Wellington) are mentioned as possible for Deputy Assessor. The nominees said that Mr Reardon, if re-nomin-ated, will be strongly opposed as a result of not protesting against the recent wages reduction.

One of the strangest incidents ever recorded on a rifle range occurred at the 600 yards in the championship finals at Wanganui. While Cater (Petone) was aiming, a sparrow alighted on the barrel of his rifle. After a lot of “shooing” it flew off, and flying along the mound decided to pay R. J. King (Opaki), a visit, so it sat on his barrel also. Meanwhile. Carter had fired his interrupted shot and registered a magpie, commonly known among riflemen as a “bird.” After King had removed the visitor he also fired and got a "bird.” The incident and also the result of the two shots created the most amusing diversion of the meeting.

A new Alaori “healer” is said to be making good headway as a rival to Katana. His name is Wi Keepa Halciaha, and lie was formerly a resident of Whakatane, but has latterly been residing at Wanganui. During the holidays (says the Star) he came on tour of coastal towns to Whakatane will about fifty, followers. A great gathering of Alaoris was held at Poroporo to welcome Hakialuij who claims to have the power of healing the sick and suffering, and the Maoris appeared to have great faith in him. He is described as a stoutly-built native with a quiet manner, and claims to be a believer in the religion of Te Kooti, the Church of England, and the Church of Rome. When Mr Massey was driving to Auckland from Papatoetoe on Saturday be brought m with him several Presbyterian ministers who had taken part at the ceremony of laying the foundation stone of the new Presbyterian Church. As the heavily laden car passed the well cultivated, prosperous looking- farms and homesteads the Premier became reminiscent, and explained how for nearly thirty years he had helped at the harvesting at most of the places, and how during that long period he had one foreman with him who was alu%ys his trusted friend, the two of them being more like brothers than master and man. Those were the days when the Premier formed liis habit of early rising, which he practises to this day. It is the hour of going to bed which he has altered. Wlhen farming no task was too great for Air Alassey to take on,

The Rev. W. Raine, oPMartinborougli atul late of Foxton, left the Masterton Hospital on Thursday but it will be some time yet before he will be able to resume his duties. Mr YV. 11. Brown’s boot establishment in Rangitikei Street, Palmerston North, was burglarised last night and about £4O worth of goods removed.

As a local resident was driving across the Patea Bridge to the railway station (says the “Press”), a starling flying overhead dropped an egg which fell on the shirt front of the driver, covering it and his waistcoat with the yolk, etc. The surprise of the resident at the unexpected occurrence can be imagined. .

The recent drowning fatalities should revive the agitation for the erection of public swimming baths locally. An ideal location for the baths is the corner section at the rear of the school and adjoining Ihakara Gardens. Its location is central and the initial cost of the baths could be met by public effort. The section is already transferred by the Maori owners to the Council and we do not think the title would .be disturbed. The school commit-' tee made overtures for the acquisition of the site from the Maori owners who were quite willing to transfer it but owing to a mistake it was transferred to the Council instead of the old cemetery site.

The Railway authorities have lately been experimenting with a new style of warning signal for level crossings which goes under the name of “wig-wag.” The “wigwag” resumbles a pendulum, and it is intended to fit on either side of the crossings, to he set in motion at the approach, of a train. This signal will he of such a nature that it will be very difficult for motorists or pedestrians to disregard its warning swing. At least, railway people are quite satisfied with the re- - shits of the experiments, and it, appears that the “wig-wag” will shortly lie seen at many of the level crossings in New Zealand.

Peas are plentiful just now and an Australian recipe for bottling them will probably be welcome. Il is as follows: Use full grown peas. Shell and place in a pan of cold water with half a teaspoonful of salt: a pine'h of bicarbonate of soda and a spray of mint to each pound of peas and quart of water. Boil for (wo minutes. Remove and put the peas' in cold water. Pour enough boiling water to fill all the bottles you intend to use on to a tea-spoou--I‘ul of powdered borax, and a quartet teaspoonful of'salt, a pinch of sugar and a sprig of mint to each pint of water. Siir in while cooling. Pack the bottles with fhe cooled peas and fill in with the prepared and cooled water. Put on the rubber rings and caps of the bottles, and place them in a pan and bring gradually to 200 degrees and keep at that temperature for one and ahalf hours. Take out the bottles (.lie by one, wipe and fasten down. It you have not a thermometer you must judge the heat by the moderate bubbling of the water —at 180 degrees two or three bubies should show occasionally; at boiling point the water hubbies all over; so you must obtain a medium state of bubbling.

The complaint of t'he Chinese Consul that he finds in New Zealand in company with many admirable things and conditions, a grave lack of courtesy iowards liis countrymen, and in its place a habit of insult and abuse is one that should bring the blush of shame to many cheeks, says the Post. There are many people who do not approve of the Chinese as residents in this country; but none of them can seriously deny that they in many ways inconspicuously and quietly fulfil, if generally humble, places in the community. The old Jewish instruction that food which was forbidden to the.nation should be given “to the stranger who is within thy gates” is not to be misread to include brickbats, material or verbal, within the term food. Politically the Chinese are a friendly nation; personally and individually they are friendly people. Only thoughtlessness is to iilaiue for the bad manners of which the Consul complains; and it is the kind of thoughtlessness which is reprehensible, and in some circumstances might be really dangerous. Thursday was the fifty-fourth anniversary of the commencement of the assault that ended in the capture of the Ngatapa pa, in the Poverty Bay district, the mountain stronghold of Te Kooti. After the siege had been in progress for several days, Major-General (then Colonel) G. S. Whitmore, decided to make an immediate attack on 4tli .January, 1869. The necessary preparations were nearly completed at dawn next morning, when it was learnt that the enemy were escaping. The fortification was immediately entered and it. was found that Tc. Kooti had made off, lowering his men and some of the women down the steepest, and therefore least guarded, paid of the cliff. A large portion of the Native force was at once in eager pursuit, and by sundown the number of killed, either in the pa or in the pursuit, had reached 120'. By the evening of the following day most of the pursuers had returned. Of Te Kooti’,s followers 136 were killed. Major Ropata, X.Z.C., chief of the Ngatiporou tribe, and Colonel T. W. Porter, C.B. were in charge of the friendly Natives. Mr Walter Delane j, of Wbangarei, who was only 12 or 13 years old at the time, was bugler to the Native division.

For Children’s Hacking Cough, Peppermint Cure.*