LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 2848, 19 February 1925, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A violent gale visited this district on Tuesday night and did minor damage to property. Air G. F. Allen, one of Wanganui s low remaijiinjf pioneers, celebrated his 88th birthday on Sunday last.

At the recent examinations held in Palmerston N., IT Admore and P>. Chrystall, local pupils attending the Palmerston X. Roys’ High (School, gained senior free places. Air Roore Kangihcuea, secretary of the Pox to n Harbour and Eire Hoards, returned from a holiday trip to Wellington and Dunedin last night. Air J. Dash, late of Waitaki Boys’ High School, has been appointed to a G Grade position on the teaching staff of the Palmerston X. Boys’ High School. The Moutoa School Committee are having improvements made to the sclioolgrounds. Fancy concrete posts and gates are now being erected.

The contractor for the Harbour Board building hopes to have it completed in about two months time. Aiost of the heavy structural work has been completed. Petitions, to contest the Mayoralty of Shannon have been received by the sitting Mayor (Mr W. Murdock) and Air A. E. Hyde and both have acceded to the wish of petitioners.

Following arc particulars of the load connected throughout the Horowhemm Power Board's district to date: —industrial motors, 05; milking motors. 55; number of heating and ironing points, hi; ranges, 24; water heaters, lit); number of consumers connected, 1,188; total number of applications received to date 1,550; total connected load 1,827.205 K.W.

Seven Chinese wore arrested in a gaming house raid at Auckland, on Sunday night. Before the police court Cheony Oak pleaded guilty to keeping a. common gaming house and was lined £lO. Harry Wong, described as a professional gambler, was lined £5. Pines of £2 each wire imposed on two others. One man was convicted and one discharged.

At the Palmerston X. M agist rule’s Court on Monday morning, before AIT J. L. Stout, S.M., Smith Hinehi-liffe, (lax-worker, of Shannon, who was £l3l in arrears in respect, to a maintenance order made at Nth Irani-in-Longendale, England, in favour of his wife, was convicted and sentenced to six months’ imprisonment with hard labour, to he released on payment of the arrears. On .Friday last, says llio Shannon correspondent to the Levin Chronicle, a consignment of 115 goafs arrived at the local railway station to the order of A. and L. Seifert. Plaxdressing Co., Mirnnui. They are lo lie 'liberated in a seelion of the swam)), which is covered with blackberry, as a trial experiment wiiii a view to eradicating the pest. Should the experiment prove a success it is intended to obtain further consignments of goats.

'l’he Lord Mayor of Sydney, accorded a civic welcome to Misses Barry and Kearns, delegates of the Irish Relief Arission who arrived from Ireland to collect funds for the Irish Republicans lately released from prison hv the Free State Government. The delegates aim at collecting £IOO,OOO in Australia. The Lord Afayov, replying lo the toast of his health, declared the appeal was one that every lover of Ireland and free nationhood should cordially support. The loyal toast was omitted from the ceremonies.

A total of 1,023 passengers for New Zealand are on hoard the three steamers Hororata, Afakura, and Ulinijaroa, which are all due at Auckland this week. Seven hundred of these are immigrants, who are being brought out by the ITororata, of the New Zealand Shipping Co’s licet, under the Government immigration scheme. Seventy-live of this total are young children, and the remainder will he distributed as follows: Auckland 233, Gisborne and Napier 60, AVellington 181, South Island 150. The Hororata is not a regular passenger boat, hut she has been specially fitted up for this voyage, and her passenger list is the longest that any steamer has brought to Auckland for a long time.

A correspondent of the Wellington Evening Post, signing himself “The Latest Babel” expresses the view that the word “Yes” is already doomed and in seven years will ho obsolete, lie had noticed a few instances in the past year or two where “yep" and “yoh" took the place of “yes,” hut having occasion In 1 pav<*i . DVfl’ iMIlr hof the North i-hi ml recently, lie was astonished lo liml that nearly 50 per cent, of Ihi school children never say “yes.” The “vep" that he first noticed as a substitute has apparently already died out, but varying sounds- —all the way from yell to yeogh, with an occasional vas, are given in lieu of “yes." He noticed too, that the change was not. confined to the children. lor he found many men and women up to -It) years of age made ll.e same affirmative answer as lheir children. Some of them he knew, used to say yes distinctly a few years ago. For the past twenty years bees have inhabited some portion of the old school building at Alorriiisvillc (says the local correspondent to (lie “N.Z. lie raid”). Repealed al--1 1111 >Is lo remove (hem always proved unsuccessful, Ihe bees invariable returning lo their old haunt. Aboii! a, year ago the school commitlee became greatly concerned, as almost every day some child was slung. As a result of the publicity imvcii suggestions for the removal of |he. lines were received from people in different parts of New Zealand and Australia, and from the ; ii-parlmciil of Agriculture. Evenluiiiiy the rommiltoe, nil cm* other im*thuds had failed, got the ussista.iio.. of a bee expert. All traces ol the hives were removed, and (lie hoards were liberally covered with a soiuii, I, calculated lo prevent, the rc--1111 a of the bees. For several months they kept away, and the system adopted was thought to he a success. The bees, however, had not forgotten the school and are again buck ns lively as ever.

Anli -lolmeeoilos are wont lo say hard things about smoking, but quite often they are untrue. Tobacco may have its faults, hut its virtues should not be overlooked. Smoking assists digestion; it is also a great preservative of the teeth and a destroyer of the harmful germs which infect sill people’s mouths, while its soothing and transquilising effects in times of mental stress, worry or exertion arc well known to all smokers. But the quality should be good. Brands lull of nicotine (like many of the imported varieties) are best avoided. Our own New Zealand grown tobaccos contain may consequently he smoked freely niiiv onsequently he smoked fieely without injurious Jesuits, while owing to the leaf being toasted in the process "if manufacture (quite a novel idea) they are remarkable for llavour and fragrance, lhe popular brands are “Riverliead Gold aromatic; “Navy Cut” (Bulldog), medium; and Cut Plug No. 10 (Bullshead) full strength. The demand for these goods is growing so rapidly that the New Zealand tobacco industry is assuredly destinlo become of the lirst importance.

Emllier names mentioned as like!v candidates for the Borough Council election are Afessrs Cowley, <'. Rand and Shaw. Harry WSUs, the. negro heavyweight, has filed a challenge match with the State Athletic Commission with Dempsey. In the event of Dempsey's non-acceptance within six Wills will claim the title. The death occurred at New Plymouth on Tuesday morning of Aliss Rose Perreau, daughter of the late Mr Robert Perreau, aged 19 years. Tlic cause of death was pneumonia. Deceased was a sister of Misj Kathleen and Mr J. Perreau, of Foxion, and niece of Air AT. E. Perreau. The death occurred at Olaki on Sunday of Mrs Byron* Brown, aged 55 years. Deceased was the youngest daughter of the late Air and Airs Fred Bright, well-known Otaki settlers. Deceased leaves a husband, a -mi (Air Winton Brown), a daughfci (Airs Burgess), a sister - (Mrs Daniel) lo mourn their loss. The men were engaged on Monday at the Manawatu river on the Slmnnon-Foxtoii road in shifting the engine and pump lo the other side of the river for I lie purpose of driving the piles to hold the wires to take the punt across, says the Shannon correspondent to the Levin Chronicle. It is estimated the punt will be ready for use in a week’s time. The punt will he capable of carrying the biggest motor lorry with full load.

At the last meeting of the Horowhenua. County Council the engineer reported that a confefence of local bodies interested in the Shannon bridge had been held in Shannon on January 27th., when it was decided that no repairs or additions he made to the present structure, but that the present bridge be shifted to a new site near the moil t. of the Tokoiharu River as recommended by the conference "1 engineers held in Shannon on August 15th, 1923.

At Tuesday’s meeting of the Horewlienua Power Board, the Treasurer (Air P. W. Goldsmith) reported that the cash received for the sale of electricity and meter rents to date was £1,793 19/7, including £ll4 for street lighting. The meters had been read in January, the total amount of the accounts sent out being £1,276 6/1, which did not include accounts payable by large consumers. The payments received on account of installation was £6,757 13/-.

• The escape of a bank clerk from prison in the North Island will bring back to the memory of old Oamaru residents an incident that occurred mans’ years ago at Lyttelton (states ail exchange). A hank clerk named Jonathan Roberts, sentenced to a 'lengthv term of imprisonment for horse-stealing, escaped from the -mul at Ripa Island and swam nsl'ore. The country was scoured high and Imv, Imf he eluded the police slid got away from the Dominion, years Inter, according to reports, Hunting to this country, becoming a very wealthy man. Explaining the “non-eonjsumcrs rate” nl Tuesday’s meeting of the Horowheimn Power Board, the chairman stated that the people liable for this rate were those where ibe transmission line came within ien chains of their boundaries and v, ho did not avail themselves ot lhe power. people situated oji ■ ide roads and other plaees where lhe nearest transmission line was outside this distance would not he re.-qioii'Mlile for Midi a. rate, lhe discussion was a general one.'there 1.-cing' no suggestion that the rate b: imposed ill this (list rid. A lire occurred at Pahiaiua on Tnexlav morning, by which the premises ami contents were destroyed o| George Oxley (jeweller), E. It. Xelwvn Dawc (diemist and optician) and McCormick and Pilkiuglon (cycle agents). The block was owned by Mr Oxley. The insurances were: Oxley, buildings £1,690 (London. Liverpool and Globe), stock i;2.250 (New Zealand); Dawe, £175 l Briiisli Traders) and £250 (New Zealand): McCormick and Pilking;,.n .t‘so(l (New Zealand). Thirteen molor cycles and side ears wore destroyed. The lire had a very strong- hold when discovered.