Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 1925. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 2859, 17 March 1925, Page 2

Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 1925. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Almost every house within I lie reticulated area is connected with I lie "ns supply. On "Wednesday of next week it is anticipated a visit will lie made to box ton Club by both Shannon and Otaki bowlers.

Tf is stated on good authority in W ellinglon that a change is pend11'ft' in the leadership of the Lib-eral-Labour Party. '.Mr T. AT. AYiiford is to retire and his successor is said to he a prominent South Island Liberal.

It is staled Dial 1.000 people per week traverse the Napa r Wairoa road. Tn one day one,service company alone carried M l people.

“Yearly the whole of my neigliboiirs starlml as farm hibourers,'' s.-iid Sir James Wilson a! a meeting in Wellington, “and they're an intelligent and valuable class of seltlcr. And to my mind it i- one of I fir- best ways in which to train farmers.”

Miss Reard, who has resigne< from the local Slate school .-tali' !•; take up a position at Ruining; school, is to lie farewelled hv tin choir and congrer-a! ion of ihe hu-a Presbyterian Chimb in the school room mi Thursdav evening m-xl.

()n several occasions of late tin electrical supply has been tempor-

arily cut off without notice, which has caused the wheels of industry in several establishments to stop. I'. would save inconvenience and loss of time if the Hoard untitled those enneerned prior in temporrtjl'y shut-off.

The Auckland lelephone system was cut over to the automatic between midnight and one o'clock yesterday morning. S.IMK) instruments are affected and there are still TOO people wailing for telephones and 500 party lines, which will be cut mer in a few months. The change was effected without incident and the system is now in satisfactory working order.

“That shows the power of advertising,” said the chairman of the Ashburton Rower Hoard when reJcrringto the board’s loan 0f,(M00,000 (reports the Guardian). The applications for debentures were coming in very slowly, be said, ami the board decided to advertise* the loan. This was done on January ‘29 and on February 12 the loan was fully subscribed.

A Press message from Auckland states that Herr C- Busing, German Consul-General for Australia, Yew Zealand and the Islands, arrived by the Aornngi yesterday, on an oflieial visit. He comes to the Dominion seeking general informal ion. He said: “(Some people in Australia are friendly to us, some are not.’' it needs some Time to overcome sentiment. 7 -' Herr Busing leaves in a few days for Wellington, and later goes to the Islands.

The Sir James Clark Ross, the mother ship of the Norwegian whaling expedition, returned to Port Chalmers on Sunday, from the land of the midnight sun, bringing with her the result of her operations in the shape of 31.500 barrels of oil. Ail interesting feature of the expedition, disclosed in an interview with a rejxirter, was the fact that a small whale chaser, Starr 111., is Hie vessel that lias penetrated furthest south of any ship that has entered the Antarctic Circle. She was despatched on Koltruarv 20 in search of an inlet where the mother ship might shelter, and during this piece of exploration work, she

sailed for three days along the great ice barrier and penetrated further south than any oilier ship. The coldest snap experienced by the'whalers was when the thermometer touched 30 degrees below zero.

Air M. E. Perronu lias jnsl irn-porii-il ami in-.lulled an electrically diivcii dough mixer in connection with his bakery business. Before a large and represent alive gathering of dairymen at Palmerston Y. yesterday. Air \Y. Grounds (chairman of the Pair" Control Board) gave an able exposition of tbe case for absolute control. At the conclusion of the address Mr Grounds was closely (piestioned on vital points by leading dairymen, and a vole of confidence in Ihe Board was carried.

When discussing the.gas works at last night's special meeting of the Council, one Councillor stilled that a local resident had suggested Ilia! Ihe only way lo make the works pay lor itself was to turn ii into a municipal bakery. He was not so Hire of that, but thought it would be a very payable proposition if it was turned into a municipal brawny! (Laughter).

A story which had been described as a true one was (old bv the Hon. J. G. Coates (Minister for Railways) at a luncheon in Auckland, illustrating railways methods. A man went to the station at Invercargill, and Id- business was arrauged by a very polite young man, who wound up with" the remark: “We thank you very much for your custom.” The man, said Air Coates, immediately fainted. However, he hopes (hat would be the way in which customers would be received in future.

The -LOOO people who gathered at Athletic Park, Wellington, on Saturday, to witness the cycling match between W. Spencer and P. O’Shea were disappointed through an unfortunate mishap in the first event, a quarter mile, in which O’Shea, suffering from the effects of a fall at Christchurch, appeared in bandages. Hi rode well, however, when warmed up and soon had a lead on Spencer. This he increased as he entered the straight, looking certain of winning. Spencer fell at a bad turn at the straight entrance. O'Shea glanced round just afterwards and also crashed. O'Shea broke his collar bone. Spencer rode a eoupol of exhibition races w.th Yieholson (Auckland) whom lie defeated comfortable.

The Scotsman away on his annual vacation was head over heels in love with a certain young girl lie left behind him. At last lie could stand Ihe suspense no longer, and on going to ihe telegraph office, lie al once sent off a telegram asking her if.she would marry him. That happened in the morning', and he client Ihe oil!ire day in the office wailing for the reply. That night a call came through accepting him. “if I were you," said tbe operator, when lie was leaving, “1 should think iwice before I’d marry a girl who kept me wailing all day for an answer.” “Yu, lia." retorted tbe Scot. “The girl who waits for the reduced night rates i> the lass for

The North Auckland Times publishes the followin'*' significant pal.".graph: “Wo would like to draw allenlion to a habit which is growing up in this town of making tlm local paper Ibe milch cow for free advertising etc. Almost every day v. I have some one eonm along with a request I lull wo should pul a free local in our columns that such and -neb an institution is holding n ii'iirtion and would we mind announcing the fuel through the cole mils of our paper. We are always willing lojielp in every way to give due and proper publicity to any function Ilia! is coming along, lull desire to point out that wo make onr living by selling white space, .just like any ordinary tradesman does who sells bis gooils over the counter.”

In the opinion of the Hon. A. D. M-Lcod (Minister of Lands) the incHiciciiey of labour and the drift to the towns are depleting I lie country districts of the efficient labour which it requires. Speaking at Geraldine Mr M‘l,eod said that it was difficult to-day to employ labour and make it pay. Too often organised labour was stirred up into discontent by the union “bosses" and it was impossible lor the primary producers to get ou as they should do under such circumstances. The Reform Party represented genuine Labour, while Mr Holland represented extreme Labour. The Labour Party said that all tin* work on the farm should be done under some hourly system, the same as obtained in coal mining, and other industries, but lie ventured to sav that, if they attempted to work the farms on he same basis as many oilier industries a great many people would go hungry. (Hear, hear).

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