Manawatu Herald SATURDAY, JANUARY 19, 1924. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2685, 19 January 1924, Page 2

Manawatu Herald SATURDAY, JANUARY 19, 1924. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Jackaroo, Stream, Wlu;el. Henlhci |(* and Bonnie Friend will arrive to-night. A reminder is given that, a dance is lu he held in the Masonic Hall this evening' in aid of (lie Plunket Society's funds. Don’t forget to (urn u|> and help a deserving cause. Telegrams in England brought in €2,500,000 in the half-year ended September 30; in the same period t lie revenue from telephones was .17,100,000.

In the terms of an Ordor-in-Couneil, the Manawatn County Council has been created a Domain Board, having control of the Tangimoana Domain.

If is stated that a claim for 02,000 has been lodged against the Oamaru Borough Council on behalf .if the widow of Hutcheson. who was killed last week by a fall of earth in a cutting in Medway St.

During the Ding Nam’s voyage from South America to Wellington, a child was horn at sea. Tts mother was a Chinese. and it was christened Ling Nam. which in Chiue.se means “God Speed." The child thrived well and is now enjoying the best of health.

Mr Tex Rickard has announced that Dempsey and Gibbons have been matched to fight at New York during the first week in June. He stated that he hopes a match between Firpo and Wills will take place in mid-. July, the winner to meet Dempsey for the title contest in September.

The date of the sculling match for the Australasian championship between P. Hannan and W. AleDevil t. has been lixed for February 2. In a trial row on Thursday, AlcDeviti rowed strongly against a

good breeze averaging ill to the minute. Hannan is reported to he in good form. Two Worcester Cathedral choiristers were overheard at a service. In the middle of one of the Canticles a small surpliced imp chanted: “Who’s this coining up the aisle? She’s a regular snorr-ter!" To which the corresponding imp on the other side returned this response: “Hold your tongue, you son of a gun! It is the Bishop's dor-ter!"

At the Parnell swimming club’s carnival, Auckland, on Thursday, .). Eiiwright won the 220 yards provincial championship in 2.38. Miss Piri Page swam 75 yards in 50 3-5 seconds, breaking Miss Y. \Yalrond’s intermediate record of 51 seconds. L. Kronfeld covered the 100 yards handicap in 59 2-5 sec., two-fifths of a second better than his own previous record.

Walter Jenkins, aged 50, a married man, was found dead, hanging to a beam in the washhouse at his resilience at Papakura, Auckland yesterday. The discovery was made by his wife after her return from town, where she had spent the night. He had dug a four foot hole in the floor of the washhouse to ensure a drop. Winstanley and Son, grocers, Poxton, have anticipated the requirements of housewives during the jam-making season, and are offering Zetland and other makes of jars at most reasonable prices. Reference to their change of advertisement in this issue will detail the prices at which these goods ore ofIV red.

Is the eating of salt a peril to health? During the last few years the death rate in America from nephritis and kidney diseases has increased far more than that in England. and it is suggested that the explanation lies in the heavier consumption of salt in the United States. “There is no doubt at all," saitl a doctor, “that the average person cats far more salt than the system requires. Salt ages people. Jt is the enemy of good digestion, and it is t be prolific cause of stomach, kidney jiinl nerve impairments."

A monster hui lias been in progress at W'airoa the whole of this week and has been attended by Maoris from all parts of the North Island. On Wednesday the unveiling ceremony of a beautiful, large 1 monument to the late Chaplain Major Wepiha Wainolm, and returned Maori soldiers was held. Archdeacon Williams ;inil tlic Maori Augiicnn clergy, officiating. The. monumeiii was unveiled by Dr. Buck. Other speakers were Sir James Carroll, Chief Judge Jones, and the lion. T. Ngata. Pukehas and Alaoris were afterwards entertained at a big feast and a programme of hukns and poi dances.

Sir W. Beach Thomas, writing to the Daily Express from Utrecht says: One German and one Dutch professor are working within the precincts of a public slaughterhouse inoculating Eriesiuu cattle against foot and mouth disease. They believe they can save the Continent £50,000,009 annually by their discoveries. The former, Professor Pfeile, announced in 1921, to a small circle, that he had discovered the bacillus of the disease. His claim was uot altogether accepted, but he went on with research in co-operation with a Dutch velurinary expert. They now believe they can render slaughter uunc cessary, and cure the disease by subcutaneous injections of a special serum. A representative of the Dutch veterinary authorities will shortly confer on the subject with the British Ministry of Agriculture.

The s.s. Kennedy left for Wellington on Thursday evening and is expected back to-day. Mr Young, District Railway Traffic Manager, was a visitor to Fox ton yesterday. A soldiers’ monument, composed of shell-rock, is being erected at Wanganui. When completed it will he 120 feet high and command an excellent view of the entire district. R. Walker, an employee of the Public Works Department on the East (.'oast railway, was run over hv a truck yesterday morning and had one leg badly fractured. The accident, occurred near the scene uf the tunnel disaster. Walker is in hospital at Napier. Says the LeVi Chronicle: — An Otnki motorist, who went to Wanganui yesterday, considers the mads north of Poxton equal to any between the northern township and Wellington. He is not so enthusiastic about the Foxton roads where ruts arc almost three feet deep and ;. danger to the travelling pnblie. Edward Clonke was charged at the Police Court ye-terdny. ni Wellington. with unlawfully being in no.-se —ion of an aatoiiialie pisiol. The defendant was also charged with being in possession of unregistered firearms and in possession of ammunition. A line of £5 and costs was imposed oil the I list char- i go and on the other charges the defendant was convicted and dis- <■ ha rged. Messrs Hamilton Minium and Sons, of Wellington, are at present bolding a great piano sale in IVrreau's Buildings, Foxton. and have on exhibition a large range of instruments by world’s most renowned makers. The terms of pnrehnse offered by Messrs Nim- • iii. are the most accommodating of any linn in New Zealand, extending a- they do, over a period of three vear--, and a ten years guarantee with each instrument. All' Light, wlui is at present in Foxton eonduc(oig the sale, informs us that- his firm are agents for “The ALmai'ch” i,layer piano, which is a delightful bi-jruineni. eleg'ant in appearance, •md perfect in mechanical construction. The sale of these instruments has reached great numbers throughout New Zealand, which is a guarantee of their increasing ponularity. The public are invited to visit Messrs Nimuio and Sous rooms and inspect their stock.