LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 2542, 13 February 1923, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

At last night’s Council meeting accounts amounting to £9,190 18s Id were passed for payment. At last night’s Council meeting Mr Harris’ offer to paint strips of kerbing to locate tire plugs where needed at 1/3 each \yas accepted, the purchase of pickets was hold over for further prices and also re cost of plate. In connection with the recent “two-up” raid at the old ShannonFoxton road, Raymond Holley was charged before Mr J. L. Stout, S.M., at the Magistrate’s Court, Palmerston North, yesterday, with having on November 20, 1922, wagered with coins in the game of chance known as “two-up.” After the evidence of Constables Shannon and McGregor had been taken, accused was convicted and fined £5 and costs.

During last week’s gale an albatross was blown inland on Mr Boswell’s farm al Moluiti wherp it was captured on Saturday. The huge bird’s temper did not improve in its strange environment and away from its natural element and it snapped viciously at its captors. The albatross is noted for its prolonged flights hut it is impossible for the bird to rise from terra firma.

Bruce, the little son of Mr and Mrs R. MeMurray, of Foxton, who has been for the past six months and is still an inmate of the Palmerston Hospital, is making slow hut satisfactory progress. The little fellow has undergone several operations to his leg from above the ankle to the hip and it is now hoped that further operations will not he necessary.

Speaking to a Wanganui “Chronicle” reporter, a farmer of long standing expressed the opinion that prices of sheep would shortly recede. He said a heavy demand hail set in for stock as the outcome oi abundance of feed, and the fact that a great many farms had been short stocked. The danger was overstocking, and when feed fell off, it would mean a lot of sheep being put hack on the market.

A little mild excitement was caused at the intersection of Main Street and Avenue Road on Saturday afternoon, when a collision look place between two cars coming in opposite directions. Fortunately they were both travelling at a moderate rate of speed. The front portion of both cars were more or less damaged by the impact but the occupants were not injured. It is alleged that one of the ears was on its wrong side, hence the collision.

The Rev. Win. Murray, who is still reported missing on Mount Egmont, was one of the founders of the Highland milk industry. That he was a man of wiry physique is known from the fact that recently lie cycled from Normanby to Marton and returned a day or two later, and on his 60th birthday, rode around Mount Egmont, 110 miles in one day. He was regarded as a faddist in the matter of dieting, but had tested his theories fairly well, says the Manaia Witness.

A special meeting of the local school committee was held on Saturday night, to deal with tenders for catering in connection with the school picnic to be held on the Ashhurst Domain on Wednesday, 21st inst. Presenl: Messrs llornhlow (chairman), Koore (secretary), G. Golev, Cowley, duo. Ross and Pearson. The tender of Mr Perreau was accepted and Air Coley was authorised to purchase fruit up to a sum of £(». The chairman was authorised to confer with the Board secretary re water and drainage connection, etc.

A returned soldiers’ deputation waited upon the Minister of Lands and Labour at Wellington on Saturday and pleaded for special treatment for a number of partially disabled returned men, having 15 particular cases in mind as needing light employment, being 75 per cent, disabled. The Ministers gave a sympathetic. reply and asked for full particulars of the cases, after receiving which they will place the matter before Cabinet with a request for suitable provision.

Five people in one family, four in another and a woman in a third, all residents of Baker Street, off Cook Street, Auckland, are suffering from a mysterious and acute form of poisoning, alleged to have had its origin in ice cream. Within a few hours the partakers, or the majority of them, were suffering great agony. The victims are George W. Burgess, waterside worker and his sons, Douglas, aged 3 years of age; Norman, aged 9 years; Alfred, 11 years of age; and Edward, aged 17 years; Mark Ward, his wife and their children, Walter, aged 5 years; and Hilda, aged 9 years; and Airs Seafout, all of Baker Street. ■ ,

The recent heavy rains along this coast has scoured the fine surface off the roads between here and Wanganui. The roads, however, are in good order for motoring. Mr S. Davey notifies by advertisement that he conveys passengers to the seaside at 1/- per head or 2/retum. Parties also entered for at the above rate.

At last night’s Borough Council meeting the Mayor issued a jocular challenge to the effect that the erection of the new municipal chambers would be erected ahead of the Fire Station. '■

John Lewis, miner, at Gympie, after an altercation with his wife, fatally battered her about the head with an axe then committed suicide by blowing his head off with a detonator.

Those present at last night’s ■Council meeting were His Worship the Mayor (Mr J. Chrystall) and Crs: Bryant, Ross, Smith, Rand, Thompson, Coley. ARssrs Neville, Climie and Reid were also in attendance.

At last night’s Borough Council meeting, the Mayor said the treasurer’s report for the month of January constituted a record and disclosed a very satisfactory financial position which lie . hoped would ho maintained, ’flic gas receipts were particularly good. Alary Elizabeth Wood, aged 31, (lie wife of a well-known resident of Waipukurnu, dropped dead there at 6 p.m. on Saturday. At the inquest a verdict was returned of death from heart failure.

The Foxton Racing Club has decided to apply for a permit for an extra two days’ racing during (he winter. The Foxton course is eminently suitable for winter racing as (he track is of a sandy nature and does not become dangerous after excessive rain.

The Foil ding Star in referring 1o the agitation by the Palmerston N. Chamber of Commerce to substitute “Afanawntu” for “Palmerston N.” says:—But will not the people of Manawatu he up against the alteration and will not confusion be worse confounded? "Why not change the name to Naslitown or Nashville?”