Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, JUNE 2, 1925. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 2891, 2 June 1925, Page 2

Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, JUNE 2, 1925. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mi' J. Newton ol'iicialiy took over the position as post m.-isG r I rom Mr Delany on Saturday. It is reported that a local lisherinan succeeded in not tin" hall a pound of whitebait on Sunday. The tola! rainfall id: last month was (i.tiS indies. Pain I’eli oil 12 da vs, the maximum tail bemg 1.1inches. on the 22m1. A complimentary sociu'l will be tendered Mr V. .1. Delany. I lie retiring' postmaster, in ihe Masonic Hall this evening by tin foxton ( hainber of Coniineri e, and Retailers Association. All interested in those bodies are asked to all end. A girl riding a bicycle lmd a narrow escape troni serious injury in Main Street last night-. She failed to notice or hear a motor-car round ill" Civile Street corner until she was right in front of it. H "'as onlv hv presence o! mind in tbion in" h else If off the bike and clinging to the radiator of the car that an accident was averted. Ihe cycle was slightly damaged.

A verv ]>leasant I unction took place at the Post Office on Friday (•veiling when Mr. L. Billiard, on bchalf of the Post Ollice stall, presented .Mr Delany with a tortoise shell cigarette ladder and gold mounted tobacco pouch, prior to his leaving the service on superannuation. In doing so he made eillog istic reference to Mr Dclany’s work in the service' and wished him every reference to Mr Delany s work m the service and wished linn every success for the lat tire. Mr Clark also spoke on behalf ot the linemen. .Mr Delany suitably responded and thanked the stall lor then gifts, which he said would help to remind him of the pleasant associations he had had while stationed at. Foxton.