Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 1924. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2768, 7 August 1924, Page 2

Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 1924. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The takings at I lie Chinese-Wan-genui Soccer match on Saturday afternoon amounted to £321.

In a recent enteriainmeut at Napier it is stated one man had eight children performing. Surely, exclaims the “llauke's Bay Herald,’’ this is a record in family talent.

Bandsmen are reminded thatthey will take pari at the Rongotea Carnival Concert to-night, and will leave by Mr Stevenson’s lorry at 0 pan.

While witiusc-ing tile game between Weilinglim uml St. Patrick’s College, one of the Wellington College hoys on (he hunk, K. H. Clark, dropped dead from heart failure. Of all the earthquakes on record the most disastrous occurred in 1550 in China, when 230,000 people v/cre killed. One of the worst rceent disasters was in Messina, in 1.008 which had 72,283 victims.

Excavations for the electric mains in Hie vicinity of the Town Hall, Sydney, disclosed a number of coliins and a quantity of human remains. The Town Hull site was formerly a cemetery, which was dosed in 1810, when it was supposed that all the coliins were removed to Kookwood. The present discoveries will he left undisturbed;

The wedding was celebrated at St. Mary’s Church, Fox ton, yesterday morning of Mr .lames Senior and Miss Skellen, eldest daughter of Mr and Airs i*. Skellen, of Foxton. The Rev. Falher McDermott ollieiated.

Record prices were realised for Earl Asorthesk’s Maori collection at Christie's. A greenstone adze, 17£ inches long, brought 1125. A tiki with, an extra long tongue reached £72, and another tiki, (hi inches, £7O. Meres brought from £23 to £25. —Exchange.

The announcement that local howlers intend holding a dance in the Town Hail on the 12th inst., has called forth expressions of approval from many quarters. Generally speaking, a bowling club is looked upon somewhat as a conservative institution whose greatest delight is in the contortions of its members while trying to “kiss kitty,” but that idea should have beeu long dispelled, as the younger men have come to see the delights of the howling green. The true sporting spirit that pervades a green will be in marked evidence at the dance on Tuesday night, where the enjoyment of “the other fellow” will be closely attended to. Despite the low* prices of admission the dance is planned on a substantial scale.

Preparations are being made for a prompt start with the additions to the Gisborne post office. A contract has been let for £10,891 to Mr. A. E. Kirk. When the Oswestry reservoir at Pengwely was emptied, the body of John Morris, 38 years of age, who served with the New Zealand Forces in the war, was found.

Three more countries have adopted penny postage. Letters can now he sent from New Zealand to Ronmania, Madagascar, and the Ivory Coast for one penny per ounce, instead of the previous fee, 2Jd. The Pnten-Wjaitntara Rabbit Board has decided to strike a rate of l]d a head on cattle, and Id on sheep, with a minimum rate of 5/The rates struck will bring in about £OOO, which amount will receive an equal Slate subsidy.

At flu' Palmerston N. silting of the Supreme Court yesterday, Joseph Sutherland Mnnro. a bankrupt auctioneer, charged with failing to keep hooks of accounts, was declared not guilty and was discharged.

An accident which shows the folly of “double-banking'’ on bicycles occurred at Dunedin. Two hoys were riding on a bicycle—one sitting on the handle bars —when the forks on the front wheel broke, and both were thrown heavily to the ground. The hoys were carried to a chemist’s shop, one being in a semi-conscious state, while both were badly bruised and cut. One of them was conveyed to his home in a motor car, and the other was sent home from work later in the day.

At All Saints’ Church, Dunedin, on a recent Sunday, the dean stated that early in (lie month he received

i i offer of £IOOO as a contribution to the parish endowment fund, on condition that ilie parishioners contributed an equal amount. In prompt response (reports the •Star') there were live subscriptions of £IOO each, one of £250 one of £SO, two of £25, two of £2O, other subscriptions £3O, total £926, leaving £74 yet to come. The donor of £IOOO, a parishioner of the early lime, had been for some years non-resident.

“A good joke was told against me the other day,” said the Waitomo Power Board’s engineer, to a ‘King Country Chronicle’ reporter. “I’ve been going round the streets you know, examining the electric transmission poles, sometimes digging my knife into them or cutting a little slip off them to see whether they wore totara or ironbark, and how much sap wood there was. Well, someone saw me at it, and went to the town clerk and said: “I’ve just seen a chap going round the streets cutting bits off the poles. Do von think lie’s all there?’

In our report of Monday evening s performance we inadvertently omit - ted to mention “The Fairy Goodwill,” which part was very capably handled by Miss Doris Morgan, whose charming voice lent greatly to the success of the production. Hector Perreau engineered “Gertie” the golden goose, and laid golden eggs with considerable skill, to the

vast enjoyment of the audience. Another pleasing item was the singing of “Twiddle my Thumbs,” hv Joyce Shaw and Joyce Marlin, - assisted by the children.

In conversation with Miss Tlit*lmn Shaw, Mr Bernard Page, ihe Wellington City organist, remarked that it' the Levin choir had won by ten points from Foxtail in the recen choir contest, they must have ]>ut good work into the (‘ontest as Mr Don (the judge) was one of the severest critics in the Dominion, both in choir and band contests. Mr Don, in his comments on the anthem “Send Out Thy Light.” pointed out that whereas the sopranos of the local choir got out of time, the Fox ton choir did not keep time, a point which the general public probably would not take into consideration. It would be on points like these that a competent authority would make his decision and he would be more correct than the superticial .judgment of the audience could he.

The old Melbourne gaol is now eiuptv. Prison officials, 115 prisoners and all the gaol equipment were recently moved in one day to new quarters at Pent ridge. The new establishment is to be known as the Coburg gaol.