LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 2543, 15 February 1923, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Tlie Rev. Fallier Doolnghty, who succeeds Father Forrestali as [lavish priest at Foxlon will lake up his duties next Sunday.

Haring last week one ease each of diphtheria and ophthalmia nenonatorum and two eases of enteric fever were notified in the l J almerslon N. health district.

The s.s. Kennedy arrived from Wellington this morning' will) a general cargo. She leaves again this evening for Lyl tell on via Wellington.

The present season, says the Pahiatua Herald, has been a heartbreaking' one for Ihe horticulturist and cottage gardener. Rain, snails, and gale, frosts, rust and blight have all had a good innings. The erection of I lie main trails-/ mission line for the Horowhenua Power Board’s scheme of reticulation of this- district is proceeding, and.,lias reached Thakarn on the mute from (Shannon. A swim from Ward Island to Muritai was made on Sunday hy Miss Veda Brodie, who was a year ago a competitor in the Kellerman. Cup harhoiir race. The distance of Sunday’s swim was about one and a-half miles, and the time recorded was one hour.

At Monday’s meeting of the Lytlon Street (Eeilding) school committee, it was decided to send Mi' IT. F. Gabilcs a letter expressing their appreciation of his efforts as acting' headmaster, also asking him in accept their lies! thanks for the excellent breaking-up concert he had organised, the same thanks to he conveyed to the members of the teaching staff. For many years Mr Gabites was lirst-assistant at the local Stale school.

A meritorious cduealional aeliievemenl on the pari of Terrace End school was reported at Monday's meeting of its committee. IT was staled that out of three Candida les presented by Ibe school for Ibe junior national scholarship one had been successful and two had secured free places. The successful candidate, Kenneth Fraser, was the i iilv primary school student in the Wanganui Education Board’s district to secure this honour. The opening roll of the school was 722.

.Sometimes there is more than appears on Ihe surface in congratulations uttered in the House by Mr D. MlLeod (Wairnrapn). He congratulated the Lender of the Opposition on his return with an increased following: “I hope,” he said, “that the Leader of the Opposition will long lie spared to occupy the high position lie now holds.” The House saw the humour of this remark when applied to a man who aspires to the post of Prime Minister.

Charlotte Jervois, aged about 25 years, and a recent arrival from England, who was employed as a kitchen-maid at a Christchurch club, was discovered dead on Monday night in a bathroom on the club’s premises. She had entered the employ of the club only on Thursday last. She was missed by her room mate who, on investigating found Ihe bathroom door locked and she could get no response to her calls. The door was forced open and the deceased was found dead on the door. She had had a bath and apparently was dressing when she collapsed.

Mr P. G. Jackson, late headmaster of the Fox ton school and now headmaster of the Manchester St. school, Eeilding (grade 7, roll number 030, average for the opening week 475), was highly complimented at Monday’s committee meeting for the improved environment of the school since lie took over. An acre of ground has been added to the playing area and a new piano purchased for the school for the payment of which the headmaster, stall and pupils took an active part and according to the Star, Mr Jackson has promised to organise an effort later on to liquidate the balance of the debt.

An unusual request was made to Mr Justice Stringer in the Auckland Supreme Court when a man accused of assault and theft, who was not represen led by counsel, asked bis Honour to watch the case on bis behalf. His Honour assured the man (hal lie would see (hat nothing improper was done, and would give accused all the assistance be could, stales the “New Zealand Herald.” At a letcr stage accused was proceeding to cross-examine a witness when the Judge interjected, “Take my advice and leave the witness alone. He has not proved anything against you. If you question him you may elicit something not to your benefit.”

•T see,” says the Old Identity, “that the Labour Party in England and New Zealand are kicking up a dust about housing accommodation. I wonder what they would have thought about the condition of things when my old man arrived here in Eeilding. 1 was only a kid then, but I remember it well. All bush from Bunnytliorpe to Halconrbe. Well, there were ten of us in Dad’s family when we arrived here —and we had to live in a 10 by 8 shack. Fact, I give you my word! And these chaps Ramsay MacDonald and Henry Holland are squealing about houses everybody has to live in nowadays! They ought td go hush* whacking, for the good of their souls and their education. What’s the. matter with me for an early settler and the denizen of a shack!” And as a matter of fact, there isn’t anything the matter with him but abounding health. —Eeilding Star.

The local sitting of the S.M, Court will be held to-morrow.

The Beckett-. Smith fight has been further postponed for at least a month owing to the former’s damagedjiand. A horse ridden by a local lad put its foot in one of the drain fillings in connection with the water and drainage mains in Park Street the other evening. As a result the horse received such injury that will probably render it useless. “I don’t have anything to do with Ihe police —I’m not used to being caught at all,” said a witness in the Magistrate’s Court in Wanganui when questioned as to the effect of the arrival of the police at a hotel raid.

The Palmerston North Borough Council has received a letter from Mr J. W. Poynton, S.M., of Auckland, in which ho suggests that the name of the town might be changed lo “Manawa,” the meaning of which is “heart.” Mr Poynton states that “m” means “post” or “prop.”

The mutilated bodies of rabbits on Ihe Foxton-Sandon road in the vicinity of Oroua Downs, indicates Ihe increase of bunny in that district. Numbers of rabbits arc killed nightly by motor cars, the beadlights of which dazzle the rabbits and they arc run over.

What isfiielieved to lie a New Zealand record for six animals of two years of age has just been achieved by six two-year-old Jerseys belonging to 11. IT. Sutton and Co. (Longlnish). For the complete year they

averaged 513.391 b. butterfat, This is a striking example of the value of herd testing.

We are asked to remind all who have promised donations to the Sir Arthur Pearson fund for the New Zealand blind, that the Foxton list closes on Saturday. The canvassers have met with encouraging success and if is hoped that the quota representing 1/- per head ot the population will lie realised.

The Thames Valley Power Board has resolved to charge farmers with a 1 h.p. motor installed, for 3-cow plants, £lO 10s for 3,5001 b. of butterfat, increasing pro rata, to £2l for 7,0001 b. of butterfat. These rates will apply to installation of lh.p. motors only. This reduction has been made with Ihe object of assisting the fanners with small herds.

A daring burglary occurred in a residence in Kingsland terrace, Auckland, at about 8.15 p.m. on Saturday, when £S was stolen. The members of the. family were in the kitchen at the time. One of the women went into a bedroom, where she surprised the intruder. The Hi 11 or is reported to have seized her by the throat, pushed her into a corner, and made his escape hy way of the window.

Obliged to postpone his marriage as he was unable to find an apartment, Josef Franz, aged 28, of Vienna, decided to asphyxiate with coal gas Ihe inmates of his stepmother’s apartment, including his sister, fiancee, and himself. The attempt failed. Not to be baulked, he armed himself with a razor and murdered his stepmother and sweetheart, and mortally wounded his sister. He then hanged himself to a doorpost.

. Advices from Darwin state that a message has been received from Miss Matthews, a missionary, who is the only white persoff on Goullmrn Island, asking for assistance, as she is theatened by hostile natives. The message which took five days in transit, was received last Thursday but the authorities refused to send any help until they were authorised from Melbourne. Yesterday a launch with an armed party, was dispatched. It will take four days to reach the island. W. 11. Field, M.P., gave notice in the House yesterday to ask the Minister of Railways whether having at last improved the railway service on the Manawatu line by affording residents beyond Paekakariki a chance of doing a. day’s business in Wellington lie will give the Manawatu line a still further opportunity of developing and also add to ihe railway revenue by extending the suburban service area to Paekakariki and give favourable consideration to other requests /of Ihe suburban service on this line.

A meeting of the New Zealand Rugby Union at Wellington last night! fixed the date of the annual meeting as April 20. The English Union wrote, stating that the International Board in March, Igst discussed alterations to the rules, and a proposal had been made to limit | he number of forwards in the front row of the serum to three, and a resolution passed that each county ask its clubs to play under this rule in the 1922-23 season to gain experience regarding the wisdom of making the rule permanent. The letter added that certain other proposed alterations to the rules regarding the right to putting the ball into the scrum would be considered by the Board next month.

Concerning the three skeletons found on Mount Egmont, Mr J. Haldane, the well-known guide at. the mountain, informed Mr A. C. Upson, who made the discovery, that he had on several occasions heard a report that, a good many years ago a party of three men, believed to have been surveyors, were lost on the mountain and their remains were never found. The party was supposed to have comprised four men, who left Hawem'for the summit, which they gained, one man leaving his cap there as a ! mark. Only one man of the party returned to Hawera. Search parties were sent out, and the cap on the mountain was found, but no trace was found of the missing men.