NEWS AND NOTES.
A Vienna newspaper states that ten thousand cylingers - containing extremely poisonous gas were discovered at Blumau by the InterAllied Military Control Commission, which demanded the punishment of the owner and drew the attention of the Government to the matter. It also addressed a note lo the Government on the subject. Two thousand carbines and other war malarial were found near Vienna.
■Just how much trouble a drunken man in a mischievous mood can cause, was illustrated, at Christchurch, lain on Saturday night when an inebriated individual, a member of the crew of one of the Home liners in port, wandered a.round I he railway yards in Lyttelton, releasing sheep from trucks. The few railwayman on duty at that hour had a strenuous time until well into the morning hours in lecapturing the animals. It is admitted that the Aoraugi’s funnels are really -superfluous, in that, being a motor ship, they fullil no practical purpose. This being so, why funnels? This question, when pul to one of the officers of the vessel at Wellington, elicited the information lliat the ship was provided with funnels in deference to old traditions and public sentiment, “kibe could do without them/-' he said, “but they give her a better appearance, and then, again, you know what people are; they would look askance at a ship without them —it is all a matter of education.’’ A fracas of rather a serious nature is reported to have taken place at Apiti on Tuesday night, when the local ranger is alleged to have been violently assaulted. The duty of keeping the highways and. by-ways clear of wandering stock is undertaken by an elderly man, whose task is not an enviable one. It is understood that on Tuesday night he impounded some stock belonging to a -settler whose displeasure at the action culminated in the ranger receiving a very rough handling. Viscount Knollys, second Baron of Caversham, who succeeded to the title on the death of his father
last year, arrived at Auckland from Sydney by the Maheno mV Tuesday. Before visiting Australia, he spent some time in South Africa. He will leave to-day for Rotorua and will visit Wellington before leaving Auckland next Tuesday for Vancouver. Viscount Knollys is a friend of the Prince of Wales, and a former page of honour lo King Edward and King George.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 2858, 14 March 1925, Page 4
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393NEWS AND NOTES. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 2858, 14 March 1925, Page 4
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