Manawatu Herald. SATURDAY, JULY 28, 1923. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 2612, 28 July 1923, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. SATURDAY, JULY 28, 1923. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

There was a very heavy fall of snow on the ranges yesterday. Owing to influenza among the coal miners, there is a shortage of coal at Dnnedin and Christchurch.

Owing to the severe weather colds are very prevalent .throughout the district. Red Rose Butter, at BauokhainV*

The Legislative Council by 17 votes to 7 rejected the proposal to appoint women as Justices op tlie Peace.

Mr Simmons, local relieving station master left Pox ton yesterday for Wanganui. Mr 11. 11. Hornblow resumed his duties as stationmaster vcsterdav.

Red Rose Butter, at Bnuckham’s* At the Wellington Supreme Court on Thursday James Leslie Mackay a railway official al Foxton, was sentenced to twelve months probation for theft.

At New Plymouth on Thursday, fifty-five waterside workers were fined £3 eneli for failing to respond to the call to work the steamer Opawa on May Bth. Good progress .is being made with the erection of the main district electric power transmission line from Levin to Shannon which was commenced last Friday. The Mannwatu County roadmen are spreading metal and filling ruts on the Foxton-Palmerston North road, which in places had got into a had condition, owing to surface water lying on the surface. Mrs Moore, the late energetic secretary of the Beautifying Society, has consented to act as secretary of the local Horticultural Society, a position rendered vacant by the retirement and removal from tlie district of Mr H. Frankland. The death occurred at Palmerston North at an early hour this morning of Frederick Roves, one of Palmerston North’s earliest set ■ tiers. He had been resident in this district for close on 50 years. Ho is survived by his widow, two daughters and two sons.

The parishioners of All Saints’ Church held a social in the schoolroom on Thursday evening. Matters in connection with the forthcoming bazaar were discussed. Musical items were contributed by Mr Aitken and Mesdames Hull and Davey. Supper was provided by the ladies of the congregation.

Fines of £8 and £1 respectively were imposed on two Hamilton residents in the Hamilton Magistrate's Court for allowing noxious weeds to grow on the footpaths fronting their properties. Another resident who had cleared his frontage, subsequent to proceedings lining taken, was ordered to pay costs 7s.

Farmers in the district who are troubled with the rabbit pest will be interested to learn of a new exterminate) r per medium of gas balls which has made its appearance on the market. It is claimed that this exterminator is most effective and will register fully 00 per cent, of kills. The gas balls are put in burrows after lighting, and the fumes do the rest. The cost of these is about 23/6 per 100.

The second reading of the Registration of Aliens Suspension Bill was agreed to by the House on Thursday. The Hon. AY. Bollard stated it was not now necessary to keep a record of aliens, which was introduced as a- war measure. The Hon. AY. D. Stewart stated that the Police and Defence Departments said that there was no need to keep the Aliens Registration Act going, but it would be useful to retain in suspension the power it contained. Red Rose Butter, at Bauckliam’s*

There passed away at Wellington on Thursday the widow of the late Mr Henry Barber, aged 75 years. At Auckland on Thursday, Mr JW. Boynton, S.M., expressed his intention to impose imprisonment on anyone convicted of taking another person’s motor ear. Yesterday the commereial travellers of Dnnedin made a gigantic bag day appeal to assist the unemployed and the Salvation Army. The effort was most successful, 31,500 hags at a shilling being sold.

At All Saint:. Church to-morrow evening the vicar. Rev. IV. H. Walton, will speak on llie subject: “God and Disease." Mr Walton is speaking on a series of subjects in connection with the faith healing mis-

While shunting at Hamilton last night, Kenneth Morrison, aged 3G, fell off' a truck and was run over hy the engine. Roth legs were fractured and almost severed. The victim was sent to hospital where he lies in a serious condition.

The prisoner, Frank Bullur, who made a during escape from Mount Eden Gaol. Auckland, last Saturday morning, when he swarmed down a pair of knotted blankets, hanging from the side of a 50ft. disused watch-tower and disappeared in a fog is still at large (says the “Star”).

As another instance of how the motor is competing with the railwavs, the Hawke's Bay Rugby Union found il cheaper by £lO to send its team to Wiairarapa hy ear than by train (says (he Age). The team returned bv car on Sunday morning. When the saving in hotel expenses, through not having to wait the difference in the cost of the tour is a substantial one.

The combined Anglican and Presbyterian congregations at Rangiotu held a successful sale of work and concert in the hall last night. The object of the effort was to erect a vestry at the church. There was a large attendance and the stalls did good business. Community singing songs, competitions, etc., were indulged in. Mr Hornblow apologised for the unavoidable absence of the Revs. McDonald and Train. The amount realised <will he sufficient to make the necessary addition to the church building.

Mr Massey hopes to sail for England to aat tend the Imperial Conference on August ‘2Bth. Speaking in the House Mr Massey said he was quite perpnred to stay in Yew Zealand, Imt on this occasion he thought it necessary that New Zealand should lie represented at the Conference. He could not say that all business would he cleared up before he left, but important matters should be disposed of before lie sailed. If there was obstruction on the part of members, then it would be their responsibility if lie did not get away. While there is considerable sympathy with the houseowner who has the papers torn off the walls of his rented houses arid the windows broken and the paintwork scratched by the children of the tenants, it is daubtful if the system adopted by a certain landlord in Hamilton East of charging 2/0 extra on the ordinary rent for each child which the tenant possesses will meet tile position (says the “Times”). The remedy, it is thought, lies rather in parents exercising a better supervision over their children, whose unruliness can cause a landlord far more expense than the rent which he draws from his house.

Reference to the scale that is attacking and killing bluegums in the surrounding districts was made by Mr J. W. Whelan, Government orchard inspector, at Palmerston N. “My attention,” he said, “was first drawn to the matter in May 1922, when it was reported to me that tire blight had attacked the bluegums at Waiata, near Colytou. Most of the settlers Relieved that lire blight had broken out, as the trees had the appearance of having gone through a lire. 1 obtained specimens of the barks of the trees and sent them to the Government Biologist, at Wellington, who reported that the destruction was caused by llie bluegum scale, technically known as ericoceus coriaceous.” He stated Unit the scale might be controlled by the use of the ladybird beetle, rhizobius ventralis. Continuing, Mr Whelan stated that the scale bad been quite common in Canterbury until it was fairly successfully controlled by (lie introduction of the beetle, which was a natural parasite of the scale, lie had been told by Podding nurserymen that some ladybirds had been liberated in Mart on plantations and had spread down as far as Peilding, doing useful work iu combating the scale. That was the remedy in the cases where the scale had obtained a lirm hold. Owners should write direct to the Government Biologist for information as to where a supply of the beetles could lie obtained.