Manawatu Herald. TUESDAY, JUNE 5, 1923. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 2589, 5 June 1923, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. TUESDAY, JUNE 5, 1923. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Snow fell on Ihe low spurs of the Tararuns yesterday.

Sir Joseph Ward has been presented by the electors of Awarua with an illuminated address in recognition of his valuable services to Southland and the Dominion.

'l’lie united church service will be held at 7.30 o’clock this evening in the Presbyterian Church. The service will be led by the Rev. F. McDonald and the address will be given by Captain Huston.

'fhe weather throughout the province for yesterday’s holiday was bitterly cold. A number of local sports attended the Otaki races. Foxton presented a very deserted appearance.

The Minister of Public Works, the Hon. J. G. Coates, stated on Saturday that Cabinet had approved of the personnel of the new Highways Board. He had communicated with the gentlemen appointed and as soon as he was informed whether or not they were prepared to act he would make an announcement. A meeting to consider the inauguration of a local branch of the W.C.T.U. will be held on Friday. See advertisement. A cordial invitation is extended to all women interested to be present. Miss Ernshaw, organiser of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union, will address the meeting. The death of Mr George Court, founder of the drapery firm of that name, Auckland, is reported. His health had been fairly good of late, but last week he suffered two paralytic strokes. Mrs Court survives him and there is a family of nine, all the members of which reside in Auckland.

“Military training is for the benefit of employers as well as employees,” said Mr A. M. Mowlem, S.M., at the Eltham Court, explaining that he disagreed with the principle of exempting young men from military service. He pointed out that had it not been for the men who served at the front, employers in the country would not have been in the position they are to-day. The latest wireless invention is a listening-in set contained in a match box, and has a ten mile wave length. A complete set that can be carried in the vest pocket is sold for '2s. To connect the apparatus it is only necessary to attach a piece of flexible wire which when trailed across the room serves as an aerial. An earth connection is obtained by connecting a piece of picture wire to the nearest gas or water pipe. The Levin-Foxton mail ear, with thirteen passengers aboard, met with a series of tyre troubles on Saturday night. Instead of reaching Foxion shortly before 0 p.m. it did not arrive until about 1 a.m. on Sunday. Several of the passengers, including a young lady, walked in from Whirokino. Owing to the bad state of the road no less than four blow-outs were experienced, the repairing of which caused the delay. A sequel to (he shipping dispute at the beginning of the year was the endeavour to form a new union composed of free labourers, who accepted work in the ships while the members of the Federated Seamen’s and Firemen’s Union were ashore. Recently an application was made for registration of the new union, but (he old union opposed the, application on the ground that a registered organisation already existed to which all seamen and firemen could conveniently belong. Registration has been refused. The promoters may appeal to the Arbitration Court.

The first night of a play entitled “The Outsider,” at St. James’ Theatre, London, had a more dramatic ending than jlie play itself. “The Outsider” is an unqualified bone-setter, who cures a famous surgeon’s crippled daughter in spite of the father’s opposition. The crippled girl’s passionate outcry against her fate is the feature of the play. When calls were made for the author, Dorothy Brandon walked on to the stage with the aid of a stick, displaying the same limp as the hei'oine. She is a life-long ciipple herself, and had put her heart and soul into the play.

The Association football match, Foxton v. Wellington South, had to bo abandoned at Wellington yesterday owing to the weather and ended in a draw.

A Washington cable states that the British Ambassador, Sir Auckland Geddes, is threatened with blindness of one eye, as the result of an affliction which has troubled him for some time. He has been ordered to remain in a darkened room.

In the Supreme Court on Saturday John Henry Johnson, a hawker, was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment for indecently assaulting a manned woman at Petone. He had been previously convicted for a sexual offence. The Crown Prosecutor characterised the assault as a dastardly one.

The Governor-General, Lord Jellieoe, has dispatched the following telegram for communication to the King on the occasion of His Majesty’s birthday:—“On behalf of the Government and people of New Zealand I beg to tender to Your Majesty the most respectful congratulations and good wishes on the occasion of your birthday and renewed assurance of the unwavering loyalty and devotion of Your Majesty’s New Zealand subjects to Throne and Empire.”

It is worthy of note (states the annual report of the Otago Educational Board) that the young people entering fhe teaching profession in the Otago district have distinctly higher educational qualifications than formerly. Eighty per cent, of these admitted last year had matriculation or partial matriculation status. For 1920 and 1921 the percentages were 44 and 55 respectively.

An investiture was held at Government House, Auckland, last night, the recipients with their relatives, friends, and other guests, being subsequently entertained by their Excellencies at a reception. The recipients were: —Knight Bachelor: Sir George Elliott, 0.8. E., Auckland, 0.8. E. (Civil Division); Mr P. E." Suttle, Papatoetoe, Albert Medal: Mr Charles Chapman, Rotorua. Colonial Auxiliary Forces’ Decoration: Lieut.-Colonel J. Hardie Neil, D. 5.0., Auckland: Captain E. E. Willoughby, Auckland.

“I do not understand plumbing in New Zealand,” said an immigrant, who had obtained the Glasgow Technical College certificate for that trade, in the Supreme Court at New Plymouth. “Here you embrace three trades under the one heading, tinsmithing, sheet-iron work, and plumbing,” he added. - .“Rather interesting to hear of so many trades under one heading,” Mr Justice Reed observed. You have to get three or four tradesmen for the one job.”

The small .steamer Opawa had an unenviable experience in Cook Strait over the week end. Shortly after clearing the Wairau Bar at 2 p.m. on Saturday the vessel broke her crank-shaft, and for fifteen hours was drifting while temporary repairs were effected, which enabled the steamer to put into Pieton late on Sunday night. The vessel continued her voyage from Pieton on Tuesday and arrived at Wellington on Wednesday. During the time the Opawa was drifting she was labouring in a haw sea, but fortunately sustained no additional damage.

A request was made to the Railway Department in Wellington last week by a deputation interested in the big stop-bank scheme at Makerua that the department should bear the expense of raising the permanent. way where the stop-bank crosses the railway line. Messrs J. A. Nash and J. Linklater, M.’sP., and Messrs R. T. Bell, H. Akers, and J. Liggins comprised the deputation. It was pointed out that it would be necessary to raise the railway line at the point of intersection with the stop-bank and considerable expense would be incurred The deputation argued, however, that the work being done was of great benefit to the district and also to the railway. They considered, therefore, that the department should bear the expense of raising -the line. After listening to the arguments put forward the deputation was assured they would be carefully considered.

Boyish exuberance run riot led to the appearance of five young lads at the Juvenile Court, Hamilton, on charges of causing a nuisance by beating kerosene cans on the occasion of a marriage feast at Hamilton East. Three of the lads were further charged with wilfully damaging the gate and letter-box on the property of the bride’s parents, it being stated that they had lifted the gate off its hinges and amused themselves by jumping on it and also on the letter-box. The Truant Officer said that although wanton damage to the gate and letter-box was not to be tolerated, he did not take a very serious view of “tinkettling.” For beating the tins each boy was admonished and discharged, and on the charges of mischief the three culprits were admonished and their parents ordered to pay the amount of the damage, 255. When two are willing with none else near, When hot-h are thrilling and know no fear, When youth and beauty are in their prime, Any old season is "Kissing Time! Where Cupid’s torch is a glowing (lame Winter and summer seem much the same. When kissing couples have colds to endure Is time for Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure. 10.

In a statement on British migration issued yesterday by Mr S. W. B. McGregor, Senior British Trade Commissioner in Australia, the total number of people who migrated from Great Britain during 1922 was set down at 174,096, compared with 199,477 in 1921 ami 389,394 in 1913. These imigrants were distributed over the various countries in the following proportions : —Canada: 45,818; Australia, 39,099; New Zealand, 12,259; British South Africa, 8,772; India, 7,054: other parts of Europe, 5,408, United States 49,902; other foreign countries, 5,784. Groat Britain gained 68,026 new residents from other countries last year, so that her total loss through excess of migration over immigration amounted to 106,070 people. The number of British immigrants which was sent back to Great Britain in 1922 by the authorities in the United States, Canada, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand was 1,001.