LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 2592, 12 June 1923, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

During the month 12 head of slock were impounded by the ranger and driving fees to the amount of 9/- were collected.

At last night’s Council meeting the Council endorsed the library committee's suggestion that the Council order 9(5 new books for the library at a cost of £3O.

At last night’s Council meeting one Councillor referred to Wellington as the “greatest plumbers’ town” he had ever come across in his career.

The Manawatu Hounds met at Messrs Robinson Bros, property this afternoon. To-morrow morning at 10.30 o’clock they will meet again on the same properly. There will he no meet in the afternoon as previously mentioned.

Ole Anmnsden, an elderly Norwegian who had been missing from Morrisville since June 0, was found drowned at Pigeon Bush, near Featherston, on Saturday. An inquest was held at Feafherston to determine the cause of death. The coroner’s finding was that deceased had been accidentally drowned.

A discussion arose at last night’s Council meeting over the height, of a boundary fence. One Councillor held that a legal fence was five feet high. Another, a propertyholder, said “the bigger the better.” He preferred a 20ft. high fence in Foxton and an iron one at that! From his experience wood was no good. Wood fences in his experience were regarded by some people as firewood. One tenant even went as far as to chop up the flooring of his cottage!

Now (lull (lit l difference which threatened flic welfare mid opera(ions of (lie local Beautifying Society lin-s lieen settled, the cumniiltee should lose no time in carryiu«4 - out some of the suggested works recommended at the annual meeting. Owing to the sandy nature of the soil in this district, planting- operations should not he delayed .beyond this month. The suggested works are tree planting in various streets, fencing and laying out waste land at the north entrance to the town and planting in Victoria Park.

Saturday was tlie seventeenth anniversary of the death of the Right Hon. Richard .John Seddon on hoard the Os west ary Orange when hound from Sydney to New Zealand. On Sunday morning, at Wellington, a number of people gathered in the grounds of Parliament Buildings to witness a short ceremony, when Sir Joseph Ward, on behalf of the West Coast Association, placed a wreath at the base of the statue erected to the honour of the deceased statesman. Among those present were members of the late Mr Seddon’s family, Lady Ward, and Mr J. J. McGrath, president of the West Coast Association. Sir Joseph Ward noted with satisfaction that among those present were men who, though they had frequently opposed Mr Seddon in polities, had come to pay tribute to his memory. After the ceremony, the chief movers in it were received by Mrs Seddon at her residence. Among tlie wreaths placed on the statue was one deposited by Mr T. M. Wilford on behalf of the Liberal Labour Party.

At last night’s Council meeting accounts amounting to £2,2G6 5s were passed for payment.

At last night’s Borough Council meeting the Mayor referred to a certain street as a “dead <end at both ends!” as an excuse for not providing it with a footpath. The residents of the street referred to will have to puzzle this conundrum out before the next Council meet-

Wiliat may be regarded as an unprecedented incident occurred at last night’s Council meeting when* the “father of the Council” “turned it on” in the form of a bag of lollies, which, after making the round of the table twice, disappeared. The Council is now wondering if it was “father’s” birthday!

Thousands of young men who had been horn and trained and educated and had served their apprenticeship in this country qfterwards went to other parts of the world, said the Prime Minister at Dunedin. We should he proud of the fact that they occupied good positions in other countries, but we should be able to offer these young men positions in New Zealand equal t<> those which they found elsewhere. We had not yet been able to do that. He looked to his hearers (members of the Association) to help the Legislature of this country to improve matters in this respect, and if they were able to manufacture the commodities that were required here and to see that it was not necessary for our young men to go abroad they would have done a great tiling for New Zealand.