NEWS AND NOTES.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2768, 7 August 1924, Page 4

NEWS AND NOTES.

New motor-cars were registered in Wanganui at the rate of one per day for July. In all there were 2S new cars and four trucks registered while there were also four motorcycles. Re-regist rat ions totalled 36.

A duck Ilia! laid three eggs in mie day last week is proudly owned by AL T.- Burn, of Ilarewood, Christ - cliurcb. In the morning she laid a small egg, about the size uf a pigeon's, and in (he afternoon a big. -oft-shelled one. This one was broken, and inside il was a small, but perfectly formed egg. Air Burns believes that the duck's record is uniqiie in the annals of poultry farm ing. Existing egg-laving Records would not stand long against a pen of ducks like this one. • The shooting tragedy at the Wai-

kino School, in October, last year is recalled by a petition presented to Parliament on behalf of the parents of the two boys who were shot. The parents of the children, the petition stales, were involved in considerable unavoidable funeral and other expenses, and in addition both mothers were prostrated in health for several months, and undoubtedly would . never fully recover from the dreadful shock and loss. The petitioners appeal to Parliament to deal eompassionatciv with others.

Al Paris this week, Flight-Serg-eant Kupin, having told liis parents lie would llv over their house in the afternoon, they and the neighbours assembled on the doorstep watching the evolutions, when the machine dropped like a stone. The mechanic and two women were killed and the remainder of (he party seriously injured. Rapin was taken to hospital in the same stretcher as his mother. The house was partly demolished. "The Public Debt of this country stands at £550,000,000, carried by a population of I.} million people,” said the Minister of Education in the House of Representatives in the course of the Financial Debate. Mr Parr said he thought local bodies should be more careful in their borrowing, and coniine their loans prin-

cipally to sanitary works, water supply, and perhaps tramway extensions.

There is, stated Air. Downey, inspector of gold mines, jo the West - port News, a dearth of goldminers in New Zealand at the present time. Reef ton could absorb a great many more than are available. Miner’s sons have not taken on the occupation of their fathers, and consequently the mines have had to depend for developement on imported labour, a great deal of which was not accustomed to goldmining conditions in New Zealand. What was wanted was one good attractive proposition to give an impetus again to gold-mining as an occupation. Air Downey thought something of the kind was in view.

What may be described as a “record” rush was made by a young lady, well known in Napier, who, alighted from a ear in Hastings St. the other night at about 5.30 o'clock, made a dive for a music shop, just ns that store was closing, in order to purchase some gramaphone records (says the Telegraph), li: her hurry she failed to notice the closed shop door, which is composed of plate glass, and walked thro ugh it, to the accompaniment of tinkling glass and exclamations from the store manager. Luckily the hurried customer sustained no serious injury and the glass plate was fully insured. A dairy farmer in the Waikato Ims placed an order for 10(10 duckling.-. with a breeder in tlmt district. 11l doing si, lie -tales that ducks ill bis opinion, pay better than pigs. We understand (says the Pahialua Herald) that a local company bus been formed for the purpose of acquiring the old established proprietary gasworks in Paliiatna. The negotiations have been so successful that the new owners expect to assume control of the works shortly. Evidently the company is not afraid of the competition of electrii it v.

Three girls, whose ages ranged between 12 and 14 .years, were before the Alagisfrate (Mr G. Uruieksli.uik, S.AL), at Invercargill, charged with opening a letter at a country post office. Sergeant llowitt said that the girls saw a young lady post it letter, and they secured it from the post office, which was in charge of their father. They opened the letter, read it. and then re-post-ed it in. another envelope. The Magistrate said that if there was one thing regarded'as sacred it was other people’s correspondence, and to open a letter like they had done was a most dreadful, nasty, horrible thing. llis Worship admonished and discharged two of the girls and the ease against the other, who resides in Invercargill, was adjourned foi three months.