Manawatu Herald SATURDAY, JANUARY 12, 1924. LOCAL AND GENERAL
Mr W. Fullam, an old resident of Foxton, now residing at Raupo, has taken a pleasure trip to Sydney, where he intends staying a few months. Mr .Tames Dykes arrived in b*wn yesterday to make arrangements for the Lyric Concert Parly, who are performing in the Town IT: 1 11 on the 21st- inst.
Miss' M. Barker, of Fox)on, has completed her period of probation at the Palmerston North hospital, and has been appointed to the permanent staff of the institution. We are informed that Mr William Spring has a cow that is mothering three young pigs, on his property. The pigs are allowed to suck the cow and are progressing famously.
Insulin (says the Post) has been in use in the Wellington Hospital for the past live months' and the records of the 40 cases treated prove beyond question Ilia I in the discovery of insulin modern science has, recording to medical authority, conferred another valuable benefit on s u I'feri ng humanity.
Building permits issued show that Palmerston North is steadily forging ahead. For the year 1923, the building permits issued totalled the respectable amount of £217,174 as compared with £159,022 for the previous year, and £107,972 in 1021. One hundred and thirty-nine houses were erected in Palmerston North during last year. >
Proposing the health of the bride and bridegroom at a wedding reception at Oovernmont House, tin-Gov-ernor-General, Lord Jeilicno. -ai* that Lady Jellieoc always advisci girls to marry naval men. "1 an not quite sure," said His Excellency "whether her reason is that liava men are so much away from home or that I am a naval man."
Mr .1. H. Roberts, late of Wigan, England, who gave the afternoon address at the Sunday school anniversary recently, will preach in the Methodist Church to-morrow morning. The Rev. .). Boothroyd will continue his special Now Year’s addresses to-morrow evening, his subject: being “An important fact for the New Year."
A young man named Olaf Nil Ison of Otaki, was admitted to the Palmerston North hospital on Thursday evening, suffering from a ha* fracture of the leg. The patient \va.~ riding a motor cycle in Otaki oi Thursday evening when he collide* with a dog in the township, and win thrown from his machine, fracturing his leg . His condition was satisfactory last night. Commending the Department’.hesitancy to instal petrol-electric trains, Mr E. Wood, engineer, at Ashburton said that he travelled it a. petrol-electric train 20 years ag* on the North-Eastern Railway fron which Mr Hilcy came. It was economically a failure. There was in more justification for carrying a
superfluous dynamo about the country on a petrol driven train than on a steam driven train when both could be connected direct.
A warning to settlers not to take up selections and then accuse the Government of putting- men on land unfit for settlement was given by the Hon. J. G. Coates at Kerikeri, Bay of Islands, on Saturday. “If - a poor man goes on poor land,” be said, “he is poor for the rest of his life. He dies poor and someone has to bury him." To this hard saying the group of small selectors from Kerikeri voiced the assent born of experience. 'l’lie Ohakune Times believes it is a fact that less beer and whisky was brought to Ohakune and Raelilii during the Christmas holidays than in any previous festive season. A good lump sum, amounting to thousands of pounds, was paid out in cheques at tin- sawmills, and the spending power of the employees was nut curtailed. It is not lot* much to say that many a roll of notes found their way 1•» the racecourses at Auckland and Palmerston N., and of course, into the t.olalisntor.
Mr A. Jenvey, who for some time past has been connected with the local staff of the Railway Department, has been transferred to Marlon, and left yesterday t<> lake up his new position. On Thursday evening Mr Jenvey wa- farewelled by members of the Koxfon branch, and made the recipient of a well-tilled wallet of notes on behalf of his Railway the carriers <>l Foxton, and several local tradesmen. Mr H. Hornhlow, in making the presentation, referred to Mr Jenvev’s excellent qualities both as a member of the Mali and a citizen and wished him success in his new position. Mr .Jenvey suitably responded.
The British Museum reading room has been closed for its annual cleaning, and disconsolate readers are to be seen wandering in the Bloomsbury neighbourhood passing the dreary hours until their beloved retreat is restored to them, writes a London correspondent. There are about 3,000,000 books in the library and as a considerable proportion of them are never asked for a good deal of dust accumulates in the course of the year. It was Go vontry Patmore who said at the end of his long term of service as assistant librarian that of the forty miles of shelves in the museum forty feet would contain all the real literature of the world. There are many more miles than forty now.
The ordinary monthly meeting of he L. i ugh Council will be held in lie Council Chambers at 7 o'clock ■ a Monday evening.
Mr Eric Healey, son of Mr and Mrs E. Healey, of Foxton, left yesterday foi Auckland, where he will take up a position with the Central Electric Construction Coy., of that i-i tv.
The friends of Mr Cave Rand will iegret to learn that he is at present indisposed as a result of contracting ptomaine poisoning on Thursday. Mr Hand was taken seriously ill in the afternoon and medical advice sought. However we, lire pleased to state that Mr Rand is now out of danger, ami on the way in recovery.
The ten must popular Englishmen according t<> a lest carried out by the London Daily Sket.h. which promoted the competition for the benefit of the Empire Caneer Research Fund, and realised £4,000, ere as follows: —Lloyd George, Mr Baldwin, Mr Steve Donoghue, the Earl of Balfour, Air Bonar Law, Mr Ramsay AieDonald, Air .lack Hobbs, Mr Jiminv Wilde, Air Cecil Parkin.
A business man (says a soul hern paper) has forwarded for publication, the following “classic" request which was received by a storekeeper in Marlborough from a customer in ibe Sounds. “Wild you plese let he ’nv a emtv box 'bout a art' fill uv
straw ter make a dog kenol fer a pig." The recipient of the letter subsequently ascertained that his customer wanted a box and some -4raw as be desired to send a pig to the Blenheim show.
An amusing instance .if a ALiori's idea of values was provided during Ihe week (relates the Poverty Bay Herald), when a buggy, in which there was n Alaori, was leaving one of the stables. It appears that the horse had not been properly harnessed and the Alaori lost control of it. The horse made straight for a large plate-glass window, and would, undoubtedly. have gone through but for a bystander who lushed forward and stopped it. “By gurry," said the Maori, “very nearly half a crown gone.”
“You would say that nothin*; could compete with the railway it the carriage of live stock.” sab the lion. .j. G. Coates, in replying to ;i. North Auckland deputation “but ibis year in the Wairarapa, 2I motor-lorries have been kept constantly engaged picking up fat stock at the sale-yards, and taking them straight to the freezing works That is the competition we are facing, and that is why I do not want to build a yard of railway when road transport can do the job, oi where it will not be justified by tin t radio."
Some real clergymen have bail exciting experiences during race weeks, though perhaps not ns bad as that which Dean Pigeon used to tell of an Essex rector, who chanced to he in Doncaster on Leger day. Realising that lie was likely to lose his train home unless he hurried, the rector began to run. Unfortunately about the same time someone missed a purse, and police and crowd gave chase and caught the rector. In vain he protested his innocence and mentioned his identity. "You pickpockets are all vicars and rectors this week," was the policeman’s answer, and the captive was marched off to the police station, where it took a long time to persuade the inspector to accept the evidence of his card case and send for someone to identify him.
An interesting episode in the. unwritten history of the war was divulged during the Prince of Wales' visit to Dundee. At the luncheon in his honour by Ilio city, the Prince recognised John Reid, who was in charge of 'the staff of servants. His Roval Highness called Reid over to him and said: “J think l have seen you before in France." Reid, it appears, was serving in the Royal Engineers in 1915 and was near Bailiottl when the Prince came along on a stall car which broke down. Reid lixeil the car and the Prince was able to proceed. The Prince recalled the whole incident at the luncheon. and* he told Reid that some time alter I lie incident of the car breaking down he had just left it and was ,in!v "29 yards away when a shell hill.-|| the driver and smashed the machine. "It was a narrow shave lhat time." His Royal Highness remarked. He shook Reid by the hand wn i ml V.
If a man went into a butcher’s simp and ashed for a leg of mutton or a pound of chops, steak, or sausages and was not prepared to pay, lie Mould not be served. The same tiling would happen in a baker’s shop under the same conditions. The butcher and the baker made a living by selling their goods, not giving them away. The public know this and therefore they do not ask for meat or bread without payment. As the linker sells his bread to gain n living, so the newspaper proprietor hopes to make a living by selling space in his newspaper. It is just as unreasonable to request the newspaper proprietor to give away his space, as it would be to ask the butcher or.baker to give away their goods. As a matter of fact, people don’t ask for such goods without payment, but they arc continually asking for free paragraphs in their local newspaper. This, we will charitably assume, is the outcome of thoughtlessness. If people would only recognise that the producing of a newspaper is an expensive undertaking they would recognise the unfairness of asking for paragraphs of a class that are simply gratuitious advertising. \ 7 erb sap. Those whom the cap tits may wear it.— Exchange.
Owing to dissatisfaction, Coivn■illors Cockrell, Kilsby, and Kilininster have resigned from the )laki Borough Council.
At the Wanganui Magistrate’s Court yesterday, Anthony Moghan was charged with the murder of Gordon John Gemmell, at Taihape on January 3rd. and was remanded to appear at Taihape next Friday.
A fatal accident occurred at the Kauri Timber Company's lmsli at Kauaeranga, Thames, yesterday. Malcolm Austin, 30, was jacking a log which rolled over, crushing bis head against another log. The body was brought 12 miles by train. An inquest was held the same evening. It is believed deceased’s relatives are in Whangarei.
At Christchurch on Wednesday ilio lion. Brinley Blanket, son of ;t late Governor uf New Zealand, was charged at the Magistrate’s Court with breaking an electrio lamp, the property of the Municipal Department, the damage being done with a stone. It was stated in court that defendant undertook for a wager to hii the post but mis--id. He was lined ten shillings.
lu reference to a paragraph in Thursday’s issue of the Herald, staling that, owing to tin* dry spell, Beach residents are experiencing a -boring** of wafer, Air IT. F. Preston, of the Post Office Hotel, asks us to intimate that he will allow Beach residents the use of his bath - room gratis for the purpose of enjoying hot baths should they wish to do so.
Ask a boy who discovered the Dominion and you’ll get him thinking! Ask him who won the. Wairarnpa. Cup and he’ll probably know! Two youngsters wore conversing near the grandstand at the Tanherenikau races on Wednesday of last week when one said to the other, "Who'll win this moo?" “Well, dad -a vs we had a Aferry Day yesterday and if lie wins to-day we'll have a Merry Day.” The bystander thought it good enough for a tip, and <nnie away afterwards with a nine lit tie wad ! —Exchange.
Ensign and Mrs Huston, who have been in charge of the Foxton Corps id' Ihe Salvation Army for some time past, have been transferred to Notional Headquarters, and leave Foxton about the middle of next week. Captain Deeprose, who has niso been attached to the Foxton Corps, lias been transferred to Te Aro, Captains Lillington and Stevenson have been appointed to t-lie charge of the local Salvation Army. Farewell services will be bold at i lie Army Hall to-morrow by the departing officers.
The business people of Foxton in lfie urea adjacent to Whyte Street corner, were somewhat startled on Thursday by the resounding thud of something heavy falling oil the tar macadam and a general exit v as made to discover the cause of the breach in Foxton’s calm sereniiv. Visions of what might have been rose before their disturbed minds as they perceived two largo metal cylinders lying upon the roadway, and a somewhat pale driver returning with his lorry to retrieve his lost freight. It appears that the cylinders, containing a form of carbon gas under high pressure, on their way from the railway station to the cordial factory, had rolled from the lorry as the vehicle rounded the corner.
Yesterday Foxton experienced something in the nature of a heat wave, the therometer at noon registering 83 degree- in the shade and 107 degrees in the full rays of the sun. Bui for the prevalence of a lighi breeze from 1 lit* sea, conditions would have been much more uncomfortable. To-day, although lit** sky i- more or less overcast and light min i.- falling at intervals, the heat i- oppressive, and the thermometer at noon registered SO degrees in the hade, although there was a pereepiilde stir in the atuiosphere m the open air. The hot weather -cem- fairly general throughout the province, us indicated b\ a message from Alaslerlon under yesterday's dale, which stated that the hottest day so far this summer was being experienced, I lit* -hade temperature being 88 degrees. At Christchurch, the Iliermonieler reached 92 in the -hade yesterday, and in the Ashburton district the intense beat is having a very detrimental effect on j nislures and crops.
Air A. TT. Light, representing Messrs Hamilton Nimmo and Sons, T.ld., the well-known piano and player-piano importers, of Wellington, is at preseni in Foxton, arranging a display of the world's best instruments in Perreau's Buildings. Afr Light informs us that Nimmo and Sons offer the easiest terms of purchase in New Zealand, and their stocks include such renowned makes as .!. Brim-mead and Sons, Broadwood White and Co.. Olias IT. Challeu and Son, J. Si roll monger and Son, B. Squire and Son, John Spencer and Co.. J. Humphrey and Co., and the London Piano Company. Messrs Nimmo and Rons are showing a special exhibit in player pian os. "The Monarch,” by tile Baldwin Piano Company of Cincinnati, UnL ted States, which is a really tine in--Irument, both in tone and mechanical operation. Mr Light informs ns that he is endeavouring to make arrangements for an exhibition of “The Monarch’s” qualities at the Town Hall this evening during the interval, when the public wall be afforded an opportunity of gauging the fine tone and ease of manipulation of this instrument. The display of pianos in Pcrreau’s Buildings will be open to the public to-day and succeeding days.
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