Manawatu Herald SATURDAY, AUGUST 1st, 1925. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 2917, 1 August 1925, Page 2

Manawatu Herald SATURDAY, AUGUST Ist, 1925. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A local resident succeeded in no) I in" u pound and a-half of whitebait yesterday.

Alt'. Onmcrihi. Di-tric! Trnfm Manager, was In Foxtail on olliciai business Ihis work.

Next week tickets will ho on-sub: Tor ;m nrl. union, organised by Mrs W. Tinnier, to raise Tunds for lin installation al I in' Fire Station of a radio set Tor (lie entertainment of the men and funds to enalili* local representatives of the .'Brigade tn at (end a Eire Brigades’ conference to 1,0 held in Dunedin next year.

Any donhts as 1., the Railway Dojiart ment’s getting under way with tin l big iin|>rovcuu-nts programme at Palmerston N'orth have iiecn set at rest by news of an iiaportant property puridia.se as forecasted in our O-tte of July 1-1, in the vicinity of Boundary " roads (says the Al.B. Times). About forty railway workmen's cottages will he studding the landscape ere long, and others aie to Iw creeled at the northern end of the loop.

Some illuminating figures wen given recently by Air. .). H. Ricli-

ards, chairman of the Si ml ford Chamber of Commerce, concerning lllf! wonderful *1:1 i t'y product ioil ill Taranaki. Speaking ;ti :i social in that town ho said in 1913-1 I 1.319,17211). of fat were received, while Inst season I lie fat received had increased In 2,250,9771 b. Taking tlii> value in 1913-1 I at 1- per II)., Ike aninnnl represented was Cdd.floS. At Is (id per Ih. lasi season the amount realised was £109,272.

There is an increasing I cadency in overseas countries to lay down roads out of revenue, according to a .->tnlenient ma*l(* ai a ini-a! hodies’ eonferenee at Auckland, v, hen the chairman, Mr. F. \V. Furkert, of the Main Highways Hoard, was describing the system followed in California. Hundreds of miles of oon-i-rde roadway had been laid down out of loan money, the ratepayers having been appealed to, time find again, for fresh Joans. After several loans had been taken, the work still remaining unlinished, further loans were refused, and the scheme had to be completed mu *>J' revenue. That was t.lie position in California to-dav.

In view of the disastrous results of the. collapse of a verandah during a procession of men of the American fleet in Melbourne, the Chrisleliurcli City Council ami those responsible for the reception (d; the sailors on their arrival in Christchurch have decided to prepare against such an accident oecuring in that city. As yet the route to be taken by tint procession ill: sailors in the city has not been definitely decided, but when il lias been chosen the city engineer will inspect, the verandahs on either side of Ihe streets through which the men will march, and where necessary will have them sullieienlly strengthened to carry any weight which might he placed upon them.

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Tndica lions are for norlhcrly winds, strong to gale at times, and

backing- by north to west. The weailier appears likely to be unsettled. Rain probable. Barometer falling but rising after about 50 hoars. Seas rough; tides good.