Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, JULY 30th, 1925. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 2916, 30 July 1925, Page 2

Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, JULY 30th, 1925. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Now potatoes from the Auckland district hav c made their appearance on the Wellington market.

It is rumoured about town ilia! a monster art union will la l held shortly to raise fund- for work on Easton l’ark.

Sleepers, rails ami malarial are staekeil ready at lie 1 side of ihe Harbour Hoard’s new shed, for the eominetieemeal of work on the Board’s railway siding.

The Covernmoul ha> pin tiled 'Mil poliutukuwa ami nIMI lapatn trees

on i ln> hillside sarroumliim the pin I eau of the tomb of the late Mr Massey at Port lfnl-well.

Your atlcnlion wauled to Ihe f'. M. lxoss change adyertisemenl in to-days issue of |his paper. As the sale days di*ereuse si do the priei s To-day’s list should interest yeui.

The Aueklaml Returned Soldim.-’ Association is adopting something like the Moml system of relieving unemployment, siaix-s an exchange. It itnnounees that it is prepared to subsidise employers of disabled soldiers able lo do light work to'the extent of £.l for AI.

An early spring is predicted in ilie Wanganui district where fruit

trees are beginning jo Mower pi'oiilielv and willow tree- are showing young leaves already. One farmer even goes as far as lo state that he is of the opinion that no more frosts will he experienced this winter.

The friends of Mr. John Robinson, of Lady’s -Mile, will regret to learn that she is at present an inmate of a Wellington Hospital, where she underwent an operation last Wednesday week. We tire pletl-ed to report, however, that Mrs. Robinson is making satisfactory progress.

“The physique of the young people of this country is not satisfactory,” said Dr. Bevan-Brown, when addressing the Canterhnry School Committees’ Association cm the advantages of the open-air school. “'And,'” lie continued, “one of (lie reasons for this is that !)<• per cent, of the people persist in shutting the sunlight out of their homes and keeping the windows closed.”

A Palmerston North railwayman of a mechanical I urn of mind has solved the bicycle lighting problem

in a novel manner (states an exchange). (Mil of scrap material Inconstructed a generator which <le-

rives its motive puwei from the rear wheel of the cycle. The magnet is (he only j»;tft no! eons!meted ;il home ami Ihe lamiliaieil segments of the armature were cut out of kerosene tins. When the eyele i* in motion (lie eurrenl generated is sufficient to light an ordinary torch lamp.

One of the local body clerks was in trouble at an Auckland district council meeting recently (says the “Star"). lie recommended the. council to adopt a report “in loin" in'lieu of reading a rather lengthy document through. “There is too much of this ‘ere hototo," declared a councillor, jailer on, objection was taken to the clerk addressing a, lady in correspondence, as Mile, “i think it is sheer familiarity to call the lady AM illy," announced the councillor.

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