Manawatu Herald SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1924. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2820, 6 December 1924, Page 2

Manawatu Herald SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1924. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Torrential rain fell throughout this district last night.

There is a luxurious growth of grass on the by-roads throughout the borough.

The local Stale School Concert will take place in the Town Hall on Thursday, 18th insi. A capital programme will he submitted.

The Carnival imittee desire to thank the C. M. Ross Co. and others for the loan of decorations at the recent carnival ceremony and hose who in any way assisted.

A Beach resident desires us to call attention to the danger to traffic at night on the Bench road by straying cattle. He a.-ks I hat the county or borough ranger take steps to abate this nuisance.

A new coalfield has been opened up in Ulster, a good bituminous seam having been developed at Coal Island, Lough Neagh. In the first completed pit there are over 4,000,- ()()() tons of coal available.

The French Government’s removal of the export duly on snails will be welcomed' by the rest a nranf-keepers of Soho, London, for every edible snail in London comes from I* ranee, where the demand creates the supply, and snail farms yield a handsome profit.

The Otago Labour Council has nominated Messrs C. M. Moss, J. Gilchrist, J. E- MaeManus and J. \Y. Mu tiro, M.P., its candidates for the next general election. It has also nominated candidates for the City Council, Hospital Board and Harbour Board.

The recently-formed choral society will give its initial entertainment in the Town Hall next Friday evening and we hope that the public will mark their appreciation of its endeavour to encourage a love for the works of our great masters, by a liberal patronage.

A musical hearse, used by an English undertaker, hits had to go hack to its maker, because it started a non-stop performance as a result of a collision with it tramcar. It was equipped with an apparatus which played hymns on the way to the grave. The collision dislocated the machinery and it was impossible to stop the music. It is anticipated that there will he a record number of people at the losal; seaside during the summer months. All the residences are hooked up and number* nf applicants for accommodation are disappointed. The County Council has put the main road in order and the Harbour Board has done much to improve the bv-ronds.

In an interview with a pressman at Sydney, Viscount Jellieoe said he had had a thoroughly enjoyable stay in New Zealand and hoped to visit the Dominion again soon. He had not taken an option over any land with the view to his permanent settlement; he did not believe in absentee landlords. A Governor's duties were very wearing. Viscount Jellieoe said he was feeling the effect of the strain and the doctors had ordered him to take a complete rest, llis plans for the future were vague: he would probably retire into private life on bis return to England,