Manawatu Herald. TUESDAY, JULY 10, 1923. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 2604, 10 July 1923, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. TUESDAY, JULY 10, 1923. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A slight earthquake was felt locally at 8.40 on Sunday evening. At last night’s Council meeting accounts amountinsr to £7070 10s lid were passed for payment. At the local police court yesterday morning, before Mr Hornblow, J.P., a first-offending inebriate was convicted and fined 5/-. During the month of June 20 head of stock were impounded by the ranger and driving fees to the amount of £1 7s were collected. Mr F. Aisher, relieving officer of the Palmerston Hospital Board, was in Foxton yesterday in connection with Board business.

A Chinese laundryman, named John Kewing, aged 70 years, was found dead in bed at Palmerston N. on Saturday morning, having apparently passed away during sleep. Included in the Levin Borough Council’s estimates approved at the last meeting of the Council are the following items: Gardens and Reserves £350, Fire Board £390.

The premises of Mr James Walker, general storekeeper, of Palmerston North, were liurglarously entered between Friday night and Saturday morning, but practically nothing of value was taken. While undergoing an operation at Christchurch Hospital, Rov Kitchener Cosgrove, aged 01 years, collapsed' under the anaesthetic. Restorative measures were applied, but without success.

A married woman named Annie Emmerson, aged 53 years, who lias been living with Mrs Turner, of Te Maif-ni, for Hie last thirteen years, was found dead in her bed on Saturday evening. Martin Matthew Holland, a postal official pleaded guilty at Christchurch to the thel’l of 700 letters, telegrams and postal packages, over a period of five years. Accused was committed to the Supreme Court for sentence. The Prime Minister informed a deputation at Wellington last week that ho would not oppose the introduction of a private measure enabling Billie lessons to lie given in State schools.

The proposal of the Taranaki Power Board to borrow £350,000 for the development of hydro-elec-tric power up to 2,0001i.p., to start with, was carried by (510 votes to 191 states a New Plymouth message.

lii (lie Auckland Police Court, Ernest Harold McLean, ;i carpenter, was committed for sentence, lie having admitted flmt lie went through a form of marriage at Unrgaville in Jannnrv, 1922, while his wife, whom he married in 1019. was still living with their three- children at Grey Lynn. When the question of replacing a gate used by the night-soil contractor to gain access to a property on which the depot is situated was under consideration at last night’s Council meeting, the Mayor remarked that the owner of the property was well remunerated by the enrichment of the soil.

The death took place at the Palmerston North Hospital on Sunday of Mr G. A. Simpson, who was an old resident of Foxton, though more recently of Palmerston North. The late Mr Simpson, who was G 7 years of age, came to New Zealand from England 48 years ago. He settled in Foxton where he remained until l(j years ago, and was at one time Mayor. He engaged in the flaxmilling industry. He is survived by a widow and eight daughters : Mrs J. Hunter (Murton), Mrs McLaggan (Tokomam), Mrs R. .J. Hicksou (Auckland), Mrs Y. J. Anderson (Tokomaru), Mrs C. Nilsen (Kaikoura), Mrs R. Jenkins (Auckland), Mrs F. Sievert (Palmerston North), Miss M. Simpson (Palmerston N.), and three sons: George (Te Ariki), Gordon (Tokomam) and Lewis (Te Kuiti).

Bowlers are reminded that a “working bee” will be held at the green to-morrow afternoon. The main trunk line at Ongarue, the scene of the recent disaster, has now been repaired, and throughtraffic is resumed.

Louis Hill, an employee in the railway workshops at Newmarket, dropped dead, on Sunday, while assisting to clear away the debris at the scone of the disaster.

A meeting of the local branch of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union will be held in the Presbyterian schoolroom on Thursday afternoon next at 2.30 o’clock.

Those present at last night’s Council meeting were: His Worship the Mayor (Mr John Chrystall), and Crs. Bryant. Smith, Thorpe. McMurray, Adams, Walker, Ross, and Parkin. An apology was received from Cr. Coley.

The Department of Internal Affairs has advised the Levin Borough Council that the new by-laws have been confirmed and gazetted. TTo poiuied out that such confirmation was no! absolute as the Bylaws A el. 1910, provided that, notwithstanding confirmation, a bylaw should be invalid if its provisions were repugnant to the laws of New Zealand or unreasonable or ultra vires of the local authority by which it was made.