Manawatu Herald SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1923. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 2547, 24 February 1923, Page 2

Manawatu Herald SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1923. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Tli Education Board has fixed April 1(3, as the date for the annual meetings of householders for the election of school Committees. Mrs Minifie, wife, of the Rev. Mr Minifie, underwent an operation in a private hospital at Palmerston N. yesterday and is progressing satisfaetorilv.

The Wanganui Education. Board has fixed the following dates for this year’s- holidays: Good Friday, Easter Monday and Tuesday; two weeks from May 7; two weeks from August 27. The editor of Dehreft, noting that a member of a family therein mentioned has given his child nine names, expresses the hope that “for the sake of brevity, and in view of the present high cost of printing, the practice will not spread further.” Says the Manaia Witness: —“The Noxious Weeds Act makes it unlawful to remove blackberries from one place to another, hut it was noticed at the Rahotu Hotel last week that the Inspector moved about freely after having partaken of blackberry pie. s Prince George has had a small toe on each foot removed. He suffered from hammer toes, which inconvenienced him in his naval duties, and also interfered with his social duties. The operation' was quite successful. As Mr W. Neylon was riding along the Levin road in the vicinity of Mr Wjm. Ross’ property on Sunday during the wind storm, the gale lifted the roof off a shed nearby and whirled it across the road, smashing the telegraph wires in its flight and landed just in front of horse and rider.

Counsel was examining a farmer witness at the Supreme Court, Christchurch, regarding a motorcycle collision. “You heard the motor-cycle coming?” asked counsel. “Yes,” replied witness. “What did it sound like?” “Like a motorcycle,” was the reply and counsel let it go at thafc.v Mr B. G. Gower brought us on Thursday for identification, a bird, in size a little larger than a thrush but with a wider spread of wings. Its plumage was a light grey with mottled under feathers, and a long, pointed beak. It was dead when picked up. We have forwarded it on to the curator of the Dominion Museum for identification.

It is considered likely in Wanganui grain circles that, the Government will not do anything in the matter of fixing prices of wheat this year, states the “Herald.” At the present time millers in the south are able to purchase large quantities of wheat at 4s fid on trucks at country stations. This should point to an early reduction in the price of flour. Interviewed at Wellington this week, the Hon. W. Nos worthy,* Minister of Agriculture, staled that in view of the fact that the Government was still holding fairly heavy stocks of wheat which it had purchased from farmers last season, it had decided not to remove the embargo on the importation of flour or wheal into New Zealand from Australia.

For being parlies to an illegal strike on the Wanaka in November six members of the crew were each fined £5 at the Christchurch Court yesterday. Mr Fielder, Inspector of Awards, said that when the vessel got out into the stream at Lyttelton on her way to Wellington the tiremen refused to go further. The Magistrate: It was very fortunate the vessel was not outside the threemile limit.

A Grecian lecturer with Chautauqua caused a good deal ol' amusement over his experiments in endeavouring to master the English language (states the Tirnaru “Herald.”) B-o-u-g-|h, he said, spelt “bow,” and it was hard to grasp that e-o-u-g-h did not spell “cow.” Then there was a word “chest,” said the speaker, patting t.lmt part of his anatomy, and a word “box,’ which was also sometimes called a chest. Ho could imagine any foreigner going up to a doctor and sayng that he had a cow n his box —“a cough in his chest!”

Owing to St. Patrick’s Day falling on a Saturday this year the annual ball under the auspices of St. Mary’s Church will he held on Friday, March 16th. Particulars will be advertised later.

A discharge in bankruptcy was granted William Thomas Sapsford by His Honour Sir John Salmond, in the Supreme Court at Palmerston North on Thursday.

Dr Newman, ex-M.P. of Wellington, collapsed suddenly on the Wanganui racecourse on Thursday afternoon, and 1 was taken to a private hospital. A Wanganui bird farmer has beefi successful in hatching out 66 young pheasants. The Acclimatisation Society supplied the eggs and will pay a subsidy on every bird reared.

The Education Board-is entering into an agreement with an Auckland firm for the supply of free exorcise hooks to pupils attending primary schools throughout the district. It is expected that, the scheme will he in operation in about three months’ time. Rev. Canon Alexander, in a speech in London referring to the Empire’s interest in the appeal for the restoration of St. Paul’s Cathedral, told a story of a 'little Australian girl who was dying. Almost her last wish, as expressed to her father, was that he should send 5s for her to help the work of repairing the cathedral.

Probate has been granted by His Honour Sir John Salmond in Chambers during the Palmerston North sessions in the estates of; —Elean Kenny, Woodville; Thos. Henderson, Foxton; Elizabeth Ann Nicholson, Dannovirke; Thomas Clifford, Waimarino; Carl Augustus Olsen, Norsevvood; Herbert Charles N. Sandilands, Colyton; James Morton, Mangatoro; William E. Tremewan, Palmerston North; Samuel William Tatham, Woodville. Mr Justice Roche, in opening the Durham Assizes, said half the list of cases afl'ose from unbalanced mentality. The medical faculty should consider most- seriously whether the practice obtaining in certain States of America of sterilising the unfit, should not he imitated in cases of persons committing unnatural and iiuleceiit offences.

The Masterton A. and P. Association ram fair was characterised by keen bidding for Romneys. The Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., obtained the record price of 34<)gns. for a stud Romney shearling, bred by Mr P. Southey, of Masterton. The purchasers were Messrs Perry Bros., of Masterton, who gave the previous record of 290gns. for a Lincoln ram before the war.

Dr Tillvard, of the Cnwthorn Institute, Nelson, says: When ironbark poles are -imported into New Zealand for telegraph or telephones, every piece of hark hanging on them should he destroyed by fire. No group of trees are subject to more pests .than the' eucalyptus. You have two bad eucalyptus pests now and you can’t risk having any more. If you must have eucalyptus poles see that they are treated completely in Australia.

A very fine quinnat salmon was caught in the Waitaki River this week. The fish turned the scales at 2511). and is 40A inches in length. In the sea adjacent to the mouth of the Waitaki quinnat are now plentiful, and fishermen anticipate that the up-river run will start within the next fortnight. Qinnat salmon are now commencing to show up at the Rangitata River. On Monday some beautiful quinnat were grassed there —fish weighing 17, 18, and up to 20 pounds. Over 200 photographs have been received by tha advertising committee for publication in the “Marvellous Manawatu” booklet shortly to be issued. The collection includes too many hush scenes and too few farming and industrial pictures of real value in advertising the fertility and possibilities of the district, hut, nevertheless, the lot is very creditable. Hundreds of solgans were also received and the whole is now receiving the committee’s careful consideration.

At the inquest on the 15-year-old boy, Norman Hodson, who committed suicide at Aramoho, the evidence showed that about 8.45 n.m. bis mother remonstrated with deceased for hitting one of the younger children, ,and he said that lie would get his hike and go down I own. About 9.30 she had occasion to go to the bathroom, and found it locked in the inside. She tried to force' it open, hut could not, and sent for tier husband, who arrived about 10 a.m. On forcing the door he found deceased suspended from a rafter, and dead. The lad had appeared quite normal, and his action was regarded as inexplicable.

The use of the term “Australasia” in newspapers, public documents and commenrcial papers in deprecated in a resolution passed by the Drapers’ Federation conference at Wellington on Thursday. The meeting considered that the word took away from New Zealand its identity as a separate country, and was therefore detrimental to the country. It was decided to urge the Government, Chambers of Commerce, and industrial and trade associations to take every opportunity of discouraging its use. The Government is to he asked to notify all other Governments and the High Commissioner for New Zealand, to take steps to give publicity to the views expressed by (tie conference. The meeting supported the resolutions of the New Zealand Associated Chambers of Commerce in connection with the term “Australasia.”

Another electrical .storm was experienced in this district last night and this morning. Rain fell in torrents.

There is under one hundred feet left to complete the piercing of the No. 1 Tunnel at the Mangahao works.

A special meeting of the Borough Council will be held on Monday next at 7 p.m. Business: Council Chambers.

The weather has not dampened the enthusiasm of the local school staff in their effort to miake the shop day a success. Gifts of all descriptions are on sale and 'business is good. At 7 p.m. all unsold goods will he auctioned.

The death has occurred of King Klin inn, at the age of 95 year's, one of the most famous chiefs in the history of South Africa. He embraced Christianity 60 years ago, and became paramount chief in Bechuanaland ten years later. He had a long and honourable record of loyalty to the British Crown. Last Friday week Mr R. H. Fogden met with a painful and serious accident to his right eye which necessitated special treatment at the Palmerston Hospital. While engaged in his work at Mr Speirs’ planing mills, a splinter of wood entered the eye, fortunately just missing the pupil. It is not anticipated that the sight will he pernnnently affected.

Although full publicity was given to members of the local Bowling Club that a special generahmeeting was to be held on Thursday evening to discuss the proposed amalgamation scheme with the tennis club, only eight members put in an appearance. A quorum ltot. being precut the meeting had to be abandoned. A further meeting will probably lie called for next week.

Our representative was, yesterday, shown over Mr Chas. Eimmons’ local bicycle factory and was surprised to know that bicycles were being manufactured throughout and to order on the premises. The frames are cut and bent to shape, joints brazed, put through the enamelling process, assembled and line painted on the premises by Mr Barratt, the firm’s expert, and the finished article is equal in every respect to the best imported machine and what is more carries a five years’ guarantee. Mr Simmons’ is to be congratulated upon Inis enterprise and Mr Barratt upon Ids first-class workmanship. A! the Taikorea sports on Wednesday a feature of the day was the presentation of a silver cup, valued at 25 guineas to Mr A. D. Scott, who secured the open hunters’ competition for the third time and who lias consequently won this very handsome trophy outright. The presentation was made by Mr •J. Linklater, M.P., who, in the course of a brief speech congratulated the winner on his success. He also congratulated the committee for the very tine manner in which they had carried out the sports. In addition Mr Linklater presented the silver cup to the winner of the pony leaping competition (Mr W. J. Nevlon). The recipients were heartily cheered.