Manawatu Herald. TUESDAY, MAY 29, 1923. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 2586, 29 May 1923, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. TUESDAY, MAY 29, 1923. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

We are informed that some fair catches of whitebait were made in (he Manawatn river at Montoa about a month ago.

Mr Wm. Drinkwaler, a wellknown resident of Dannevirke, who was very prominent in football and bowling circles, died suddenly, following a seizure yesterday. The united church service will be held in All Saints’ church this evening at. 7.30 o’clock. The address will'be given by the Rev. L. Minifie.

The members of the Foxton Presbyterian Bible Class invite all young people to a social evening in the Sunday School hall on Friday evening next. Admission free.

During a severe thunderstorm at Flat Creek, in the Rni YRillev, Nelson, on Friday, two balls of fire played up and down the road for some seconds. Buildings rocked and trees were shattered. Mr Kellor, the local blacksmith, was shoeing a horse when he was struck by lightning and had both legs numbed. Two dogs in the road were rendered senseless.

Mrs Ernshaw, the organiser for the Women’s Christian Temperance Union, will pay a visit to Foxton tomorrow afternoon when she will speak at the Home League at the Salvation Army hall. All ladies interested in the good work for God, home and humanity are invited to attend. Afternoon tea will be provided and a collection taken up to defray expenses. Meeting at 2.39.

The vitality of some dogs is remarkable.. A wire-haired terrier, owned by Mr J. Wyeth, was run over by a heavy motor car yesterday afternoon. Its back appeared to have been broken and it was unable to stand. Its owner put it in a quiet spot and left it. Upon returning after a lapse of half-an-hour the canine barked a welcome and to all appearances was none the worse for the. accident.

A business jmiu resident in Taranaki and who also has been over 00 years in New Zealand, has a family of 10 children and 24 grandchildren. All are living and in good health. His age is 84 years, his wife is 82, and they will celebrate their diamond wedding anniversary in July. He went to the Crimean War in a merchant ship when a boy of 14 years, later fought in the Indian Mutiny, and then in the Maori wars of this island.

“11. G. Wells is writing a lot of piffle against the Boy Scout movement lately,” said Mr P. B. Fitzherbert, at the South African veterans’ dinner at New Plymouth. “We in New Zealand arc quite opposed to his view, for we know that it is one of the finest movements in tin' world.” A plea for the formation of a Sea Scout troop in New Plymouth, as advocated by BrigadierGeneral Andrew, was made by Ser-geant-Major Mahoney (Hawera), who quoted the old naval saying, “catch ’em young” in support of his contention. These boys could later lake their places in the navy and

.Judge Bevan does not believe that accused persons should be treated like caged animals. He said so at Goullnirn sessions recently, declares the Sydney Daily Telegraph. There is need for reform,” he declared, “so far as the docks of our Courts are concerned. We lock the accused in the dock, with rails and iron bars all round him. It is difficult for the Judge and the gentlemen of the jury to see the accused’s face. He glares at us through the bars like a wild beast shut up in a cage. The whole of the front should be adjustable, so that it could be replaced if necessary. We assume that a man is innocent till he is found guilty, but putting him into the dock is not consistent with this maxim.”

Lincolnshire is the flattest and Westmorland the most hilly of English counties.

A motor car in first-class order, was sold at the Awaliou Auctioneering Co.’s rooms on Saturday afternoon for £55.

While walking .along the Avenue last Thursday, Mrs J. Reeve slipped on a banana skin and fell, breaking the small bone of her arm. It is reported that the Marist Fathers have purchased the Highden residence and 200 acres of land at Awahuri.

Daniel Cooper, who is under sentence of death told a gaoler recently that he was confident the Lord would reveal the missing children before his execution. A child of fifteen months was knocked down bv a gander at Maryport, Cumberland, recently: the vicious bird had seized its victim by the throat and was dragging him towards the pond when help arrived.

James Whitton, medical practitioner, was fined £75 at Christchurch for attempting to evade duty on furniture and wearing apparel brought back from a visit to England.

At the recent University of New Zealand Dental examination, at the Otago University, J. S. Hornblow, of Foxton, passed the second section of the first professional examination for the certificate of Proficiency in Dentistry, by passing in materia mediea and dental metallurgy. Eleven persons were charged in the Police Court at Auckland last week under the Local Elections and Polls Act, with having influenced electors, and with having interfered with electors on their way to the polling booth-at the recent election of the Auckland City Council and Mount Eden Borough Council. The Magistrate reserved his decision.

Some time since a local resident had a domesticated sea gull, likewise a brood of chickens. The chickens mysteriously disappeared and cats were blamed. It was noticed that the gull was fond of dozing near the chicken coop, but no one suspected any cannibalistic tendency on the part of the bird, until one day the occupants of the house saw the feet of a chicken disappearing down the throat of the gull!

On Saturday the C. M. Ross Co. had on view the whole of the Foxton entries in the big knitting competition. Although Foxton did not succeed in winning the first prize, Mrs R. Cochrane secured a special prize of one guinea for her exhibit. This exhibition attracted a great deal of attention during the day. The fii’st prize went" to Mrs Gibson, of Levin.

Cr. Coley, a member of the Borough Reserves Committee, informs us that in view of the acts of vandalism taking place in Easton Park, he is of opinion that the reserve would bo better cared for if used for tennis and croquet purposes and that football matches should be transferred to the race-couse —one of the best playing fields in New Zealand for the purpose. In his opinion the reserve is too small for football and a beautifying scheme. He is also of the opinion that the boxthorn hedges should be replaced by ake ake shrubs.

A wife who stated that she had opened certain of her husband’s correspondence while he was separated from her was told very plainly by Mr Bundle, S.M., at Dunedin, that she had exceeded her rights. A letter had come a week before from the Pensions Department, and the husband knew nothing of it. “You had no right to open letters not addressed to you,” said His Worship. “I was told I could open his pension papers, and I always have,” replied the woman (reports the Star). “It does not matter who told you. You have not the right to do so. Just understand that in future,” His Worship warned her.

An accident at the Bowen road, about six miles south of Eketahuna, last week resulted in a motor car owned by Mr Prank Bunny, of Greytown, plunging 30ft. down a bank. The machine, driven by Mr W. Wenden, was travelling to Masterton and had on board Mrs Bey, Mrs Bunny and her son, and a stranger. While negotiating a sharp bend, another ear appeared and, to avoid a collision, the driver swerved on one side. The car left the road, however, but fortunately all the occupants wore thrown clear and escaped unhurt. The machine tinished its downward flight, wheels upward, at the bottom of a gully.

Further consideration was given by the Board of Agriculture last week to drifting sand dunes on the West Coast of the North Island. It was decided to again urge the vigorous continuation and extension of the work of the reclamation and planting of sand dune areas by the Departments interested. The Board also expressed the view that iu those cases where drifting sand on Government land is threatened or injuring privately owned laud, some assistance should be given by way of subsidies or grants to the owners for work performed by them on Crown lands, with the approval of the Departments concerned.

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We regret to record the death of the wife of Mr E. C. Stuart, aged 23 years, which took place at the Palmerston Hospital yesterday. Deceased was the daughter of Mr Jacobsen, of Union Street, Foxton. The funeral will take place to-mor-row, leaving the Lutheran Church at Palmerston North, at 2 p.m. for the Palmerston North cemetery.

The St. Patrick Cathedral authorities at New York have announced that owing to the old parish rule permitting the display only of the American flag in the Cathedral, the Union Jack will not be permitted to be carried by British veterans, who must not be in uniform during the American memorial day celebrations in the Cathedral on Sunday. It is understood Irish agitators threatened a serious riot if the Union Jack was displayed in the Cathedral.

When utiwai —the vegetable pest perhaps better known as “biddy biddy”— was under discussion at the Farmers’ Union conference at Palmerston North last week, one member said that in wool kept for two years, he found that utiwai crumbled to dust. Some of the other delegates were not so sanguine, reports an exchange. One delegate said lie had found “biddy biddy” in a pair of underpants lie bought from the Defence Department.

The practice of making use of the highways for establishing motor speed records between various towns of New Zealand will probably be definitely checked by the proposed Motor Bill. Writing to the New Plymouth Borough Council recently the Under Secretary of the Department of Internal Affairs stated that provision was made in he Motor Bill, prepared some time ago, enabling the Governor-General to make regulations fixing, among other things maximum speed of motor vehicles and, in the event of the Bill being proceeded with during the coming session, the protests of local bodies against the practice would be dealt with.

Mr George Stnnnwnv, of Dargaville had an unnerving experience at Hoanga North Wharf last Saturday night. He was landed on the wharf from a river steamer, and after the steamer left he slipped and fell into the river, striking his leg, back, and head. He managed to cling to a willow branch alongside the wharf, and commenced to call for help. Knowing his son was due to arrive from another settlement on a boat some time later, Air Stanaway resolved to bold on until be came. His son arrived in a rowboat, and, hearing bis father’s cries for help, managed with difficulty to hoist the latter into the boat, and went for assistance (states the “New Zealand Herald”). With great difficulty the injured man was removed to his home, when it was found that his thigh was broken and he had suffered other injuries. Firstaid was rendered and Mr Stanawav was taken to the hospital in a neighbour’s launch. When rescued Mr Stanaway had been in the water over two hours.