Manawatu Herald. TUESDAY, JULY 17, 1922. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 2607, 17 July 1923, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. TUESDAY, JULY 17, 1922. LOCAL AND GENERAL

At howls the New Zealanders, wilh 17G points, defeated Toowoomba (Australia), 142.

The New Zealand bowlers defeated Warwick by 151 to 125, says a Brisbane cable.

A member of the Grcytown Borough Council has resigned his seat because his fellow Councillors refused to support his policy of eeonom v.

A severe earthquake was felt locally at about 7.20 on Saturday night. It is officially announced that the Prince of Wales has become president of the British Empire Exhibition.

In the year 1922 New Zealand exported £.13,728,040 worth of butter and cheese and £11,882,553 worth of wool. The screws made in watch factories are the smallest in the world; 100,000 of them could be placed in an ordinary thimble.

The Corinthie, bound for New Zealand, carries 42 families, whose members number 210. Thirty-four domestics, half of whom are Scottish, arc also aboard.

The main road from Foxton to Feilding is in splendid order for motoring as is the main road to Wanganui. The Palmerston-Fox-ton road both in the Manawatu and Kairanga Counties, needs repair-

A Stradivarius violin, dated 1700 with the original label, the property of Mrs Watkins, of Onslow Gardens, London, was sold at auction for £2,400.

Demonstrations of fruit-tree pruning will be given, weather permitting, on Friday next, by Mr J. W. Whelan, Government orchard instructor, as follows: —Moutoa, Mr A. J. Thompson’s, at 10 a.m.; Foxton, at Mr R. J. Thompson’s, at 2 p.m.

The engineer of the Hobson County Council (Mr S. L. Spanhake) is bringing an action for libel against the Mayor of Dargavillo (Mr R. E. Hornblow). The action will be heard on August sth and according to a Press message, is expected to supply interesting facts. At a meeting of the South Otago Hospital Board recently, Mr J. W. Fenton (Ivaitangata) moved: “That the Government be requested to take control of the whole hospitals in the Dominion.” He contended that the time was not far distant when the State would control medical services. Discussion was held over till next meeting. Last Saturday’s temperature in London was 93 degrees, the hottest in London for 12 years. An extraordinary feature has been the hot nights. The heat wave has lasted continuously for 10 days and between 20 and 30 deaths have occurred, directly due to the heat. A large West End soda fountain establishment which remained open all night was crowded.

The extent to which motor traffic is competing with and defeating Hie railways was instanced in the Magistrate’s Court, at New Plymouth when the question of arriving at the expenses of a witness who had been brought from Napier was being discussed. “What is the railway fare?” asked counsel in the ease, and the witness replied: “I don’t know; I motored over; I never travel by rail.” Appreciation of the quality of Nelson apples is contained in a letter to Mr A. Gilbert, of Stoke, from Mr W. Humphries, bank manager, of Capetown, stating that a shipment of Jonathans, Delicious and Stunners Mr Gilbert sent him arrived in good condition. “I am very pleased with them,” he wrote, “and so are my friends Avho participated. I think they are a great credit to your country and to you as grower.”

It was decided at a meeting of the Hawke’s Bay County Council to support a proposal that all denominational schools should pay ra I es.

The Government meteorologist, at Syd'ney, has issued a warning to shipping that a cyclonic disturbance is operating in the Pacific between Australia and northern New Zealand.

Absent members of the Foxton Racing Club will have the right to vote for the election of stewards by applying for ballot papers within seven days of the annual meeting. This rule was sanctioned at last annual meeting. Mr E. B. Stohr has taken over I In' chemist business of Mr 11. C. Patterson. Now stocks of drugs, toilet requirements, patent and proprietary medicines arc stocked. Prescriptions accurately dispensed at all hours. Telephone No. 59. Night bell at 1 rout door. At the Palmerston North police cour! yesterday Edward Elijah Pnrdoe was charged that on or about July 7, at Palmerston North, l,e did break and enter the shop of James Walker and did commit theft of goods to the value of £l4 2s (id. On the application of Senior-Ser-geant Fraser, the accused was remanded until Thursday next. Bail was fixed in self £IOO and one surely of £IOO, or two in £SO.

The Wanganui Boxing Association has had a disastrous year. The bal-ance-sheet shows that debts amount to £3(17. The loss was principally incurred in connection with professional bouts, six contests resulting in the direct loss of £270. Several members expressed the view that if good amateur bouts were arranged the tourneys would be well patronised. The public were tired of paying to see two professionals in the ring making no attempt to box, but simply “cuddling mid kissing each other.”

Away back in the hills in a triangle between Huntlv and Ngaruawabia. a large settlement lias sprung up with whirling dynamos, smoking chimneys and a large number of concrete and wooden buildings and a railway line (states an exchange). This is Glanafton, the new village where the New Zealand Co-opera-tive Dairy Company has opened its coal mine. Last week the first coal in bulk was removed from the mine. The output is estimated to exceed 200 tons, which, it is expected, will be increased to 750 tons per week before long.

A number of people in the Nelson district are turning their attention to tobacco growing. In the early days small patches of tobacco were grown at Nelson for home use, and in other parts of New Zealand (he early settlers grew their own supplies. -In those times the Maoris also grew their own tobacco and a story is told bow a Yankee captain was paid to bring them a supply of seed on his next trip. He, however, merely gathered a quantity of dock seed, dried it, and handed the same over to the Maoris, whose cultivations were soon overrun with that pest.

The weekly Card evening was held by the Foxton Crib Club in Perrcau’s Rooms on Thursday evening last, when a good attendance was present. “Labour” met and defeated “Liberal," the scores being “Labour” 85, “Liberal” 32. The games throughout were very interesting. Mr J. Lyons won the first prize with nine games and Mr H. McGregor the second after a plav-off with Mr J. Thompson and Mr J. Simpson, who each won eight games. The “booby” prize went to Mr Sam McGregor. Mr Perreau catered in his usual good style and a most, enjoyable evening was .spent.

A generous donor has authorised the Rev. F. G. Gumming, agent of the Patients and Pensioners’ Aid Society at Dunedin, to distribute, on his behalf, 200 tons of coal and 100 pairs of blankets. These contributions will enable Mr Gumming to provide a measure of comfort to the needy and (o those by whom a little extra firing and some bedclothes will be welcomed. In order to give satisfaction in (lie distribution of this munificent gift which is accompanied by tin* promise of further supplies, Mr Gumming has asked the Rev. C. E. Morcton to he associated with him.

Papuans Imvo u<-li exaggerated ideas of politeness that they are even eonrteous when committing murder. This characteristic was emphasised in a paper read by the Uieiilenanl -Governor of Papua, Mr .1. H. P. Murray, at a meeting: of the Koval Colonial Institute, ‘die wanted me to carry him across the water,” said the prisoner who was charged with murdering another native whom he had done to death on the hank of a river, “hut he looked so very heavy. Of course 1 could not he so rude as to refuse to cany him, so 1 thought the host way out of the difficulty was to kill him.” Mr Massey and the Bible: ”1 believe in the IJihle from cover to cover," declared Mr Massey to a church deputation, at Wellington some da vs ago, and he added: “I allow no one to interpret it for me, because I am able to interpret it myself.” Dr. Gibb: “You might be better for a little instruction.” Mr Massey: “I should like to have a Bible class myself as teacher and Dr. Gibb as pupil.” Dr. Gibb: “And before the week was out Dr. Gibb would be teacher and Mr Massey the pupil.” Mr Massey: “I believe I understand the Bible just as well as Dr. Gibb, and perhaps a little better.” Dr, Gibb: “Mr Massey is not a Scotsman, but some Irishmen seem to have a good conceit of themselves.” Mr Massey: “I am an improved Scotsman.”

A 161 b. eel caught in Eketahuna had five good sized trout inside. At a meeting of the Masterton branch of the R.S.A., a number of anonymous letters in connection with the employment of the Poppy Day scheme were ordered to be burnt without being read to the meeting.

The queen carnival inaugurated by the Pahiatua A. and P. Association for the raising of funds for acquiring the freehold of the show grounds and also for erecting a grandstand on the property, was a great financial success, the sum of £1,200 being obtained.

Its own reileetion seen in the plate-glass- window of the Thames Valley Power Board’s, premises in Morrinsville so excited a calf that it charged into the window, smashing the glass. The animal spent fully a minute in the contemplation of its own image before making a rush.

Auckland tea merchants have decided to reduce the price of tea by -Id a pound. This follows upon the reduction of 3d a pound in duty announced in the Budget (says an exchange). No indication is given as to bow long the lower prices will operate owing to the fact that the tea markets in the producing countries are still rising.

The rat nuisance in the Feilding Borough Council’s dump is to be tackled right away. Clean rubbish was originally dumped in the locality in order to fill a hole, but other matter began to collect with the result that rates began to gather. According to reports the rodents have been having a rollicking time to the danger of the community. Advice Ims been received in Wanganui that the Fisheries Department intends to make an immediate start with the stocking of the Wanganui River with Atlantic salmon. A quarter of a million ova have been procured at Lake Te Anna and these are to he conveyed to the hatchery on the upper reaches of the Wanganui river. It is considered that the experiment should Tie a success, as the Wanganui r*iver has the necessary qualifications of being snow fed and with no obstruction for the run of the silver horde to and from the sea.

Mr Delany, the local postmaster, l as completed arrangements for the “plugging in” of the undermentioned residences for night fire alarms between the hours of 11 p.m. and 7 a .in. Mi* Hoffmann, Union Street; N.Z. Shipping Co., Harbour Street; W. Trueman, Robinson Street; Anglican Vicarage, Avenue Road. The system is now in operation and those connected will realise that a ring on the ’phone after hours, unless for a lire alarm, will arouse each household and the station. The Fire Board and public is indebted to Mr Delany for his efforts in arranging the system and to those subscribers who have placed their ’phones at the disposal of the Fire Board.

A strange story of a fishing vessel which encountered a huge wave off the coast of Chile in March last, was brought to Sydney by the Changsha recently. The captain of the Martha, which had been engaged in a fishing expedition to the uninhabited islands of San Ambrosia arid San Felix, which lie in the Southern Pacific, about 300 miles west of the Chilian coast, encountered the wave, which rose from a calm sea. The steamer was then bound for San Felix and on arrival it was found that the island was very much smaller than previously. On the vessel anchoring it was noticed that the water was tepid, and that the rock bottom had changed to sand. Heavy sulphur gases pervaded the air. and on the shore sea fowl were found dead in their nests and thousands of dead fish were lying cm the island.

A pathetic story is told of two maiden ladies who, fa 11 in a* on evil times, reluctantly decided to sell a couple of pictures which had been cherished by their family for a very long time. They knew nothing about art, but had heard a lot about “artfinds” and thought it hist possible that t' a pictures might bring in £lO. The auctioneers, realising the value of the paintings on sight readily agreed to sell, and suggested that a reserve figure be stated. But this the old ladies resolutely refused to do. The pictures were to be sold for what they would fetch —“for,” they said, “if the reserve price were not reached we should have to take them back and pay the auctioneers as well, and that we cannot afford to d<>.” Both the pictures were Gainsborough’s. One -sold for £7,UOO and the other for £4,500.

Live pigeon shooting was condemned at a meeting of the Society for the prevention of Cruelty to Animals, the other day, following on a report by Inspector Webster on the recent meeting of the Ellerslie Gun Club. The inspector stated that no fewer than 2,000 birds were shot down at this meeting. Men and boys were posted at various points to bring in and destroy wounded birds, but lie noticed several birds fell behind a hedge, and no one was sent to look after them until he pro-' tested. Such a practice was gross cruelty. “Pigeon shooting,” said the inspector “is not a nice thing to watch. It is not a sport, for the birds are merely liberated from traps, and they only rise a few yards before they are shattered by a ‘good shot.’ ” After the chairman and others had spoken, the chairman observing that the pigeons never get a chance, it was decided to bring the matter under the attention of Parliament during the present session. For Influenza, take Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure '

Mr Fenton Maepherson, formerly foreign editor of tlie London Daily Mail, paid high tribute to the New Zealand Press when speaking befoi’e business men at Wellington recently. “Well informed, admirably edited, wonderfully put together,” he called it, and said that he had studied it with great interest and profit. Like Lord Northcliffe he was struck by the great number of newspapers which he had seen m the Dominion.

“If these girls get increased wages, the extra money will probably go into Tatt’s tickets.” said an assessor for the employers at a Conciliation Council sitting in Christchurch, when the claims of the paperbag, carton and box-makers for a now award were being discussed. Mr C. Renn, one of the Union's assessors. said that he did not think it was any concern of the employ ers as to how their employees spent their money. “I think if we started to inquire how employers spent their money some of them, would get hot under the collar,” Mr Renn added. Some little time ago the glass bottle industry was established at Auckland, and it is now intended to give the industry protection by imposing a duty on imported bottles and jars. In announcing this fact to the House of Representatives the Minister of Customs (the Hon. W. Downie Stewart) stated that the industry was very much alive and employed sixty-four men. When the works were going fully the number of employees would, be was informed, be 200, witli a corresponding increase in the wages bill, which at present amounted to £17,000 per annum.