GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 2568, 17 April 1923, Page 4

GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

The Arbitration Court, sitting at Auckland, awarded £286 to Mrs Jane Elizabeth Peek, widow and sole partial dependent of her son, the second mate of the barque Manurewa, who was drowned when the vessel was lost in April, 1922. Some of the ancient Maori carvings in tho Wanganui Museum, made out of heart of totara, have been attacked by the borer. This fact, says the Wanganui Chronicle, should be of interest to the local timber experts of long expel ienee who have set up the claim that totara is immune from borer. A merchant in London, remembering that a former confidential clerk of his was now living near Vienna, decided to send him a small monetary gift as a Christmas present. In due time he received an acknowledgment of its safe receipt, with words to this effect: “Thanks for your great kindness in sending me the English pound note. Its value here at present is about £2OO, and so with it I have been able to buy the little house in which T live!” “The poor are always with us” quoted Six’ Robert Stout at the English-Speaking Union meeting at Wellington the other night, and developed the idea that the poor spoken of meant those poor in morals as well as poor in goods. lie deprecated poor ideals in any country or nation, and spoke of some wonderfully beautiful poetry conceived and written in America, copies of which never reached New Zealand, and said that the best that could be done was to spread abroad the finest literature and thoughts from each country to the benefit and better understanding of all concerned. At the meeting of the Feildiug Borough Council on Thursday, an opinion from Mr T. F. Martin was read as to the legal position of the Council in borrowing money for the purpose of building a rest-room. The opinion was entirely favourable. The reception given by the. Council to this important proposal was unanimously in its favour, and it was left for the incoming Council to deal with, special mention being made of this in the Mayors resume on future operations of the Council, and there seems no doubt that Feilding will 'shortly be able to boast of an up-to-date room for the comfort and convenience of the women and children who visit the town.