Manawatu Herald. TUESDAY, AUGUST 25th 1925. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 2927, 25 August 1925, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. TUESDAY, AUGUST 25th 1925. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The searchlight display from the American warship anchored at Wellington was quite discernablc at Foxton on Saturday night.

Mrs Elcox, teacher of Pianoforte Organ and Theory, notifies that she has changed her address to 15 Liddell Street

Up to the time of going to press, the poliee engaged in dragging the Orona River for the bodies of the victims of Sunday week's ml or fatality had met with no success.

On the recommendation of the consulting engineer, the ITorowhenua Power Board has adopted the following rate for small pumping motors, replacing windmills and the like. Motors up to and including | h.p., and .I*3 IDs per annum; over \ h.p., and including A h.p., £4 IDs. per annum, payment to he made on the actual size of motor only.

“You’ll never see cheap beef again," was a statement made by Mr. F. Price at Wallaeetowu (reports an exchange). "We can’t expect to lind beef plentiful when we are killing calves by the thousands every y<spr and slaughtering and speying so many cows. There must lie a limit, and it seems as I hough we have just about reached if.”

Attention is drawn to the C. M. lln.ss Co.’s change advertisement in this issup. A~. lime goes on this progressive and up to date linn are always forging ahead and it's only by giving the best value for your money that this can he accomplished. Our hosiery values are wellknown so when we announce the arrival of new seasons hosiery you can with confidence make your purchases, f

A local boy had a narrow escape from a serious accident on Saturday evening. He was a member of a party returning home by car from the football nial.-h at Palmerston North, and as they were passing the train at Bainesse he leaned out and was waving to some friends on the train. The first intimation the driver of the ear had that something was amiss was a cry from the train to him to pull up. He immediately did so and found his young passenger had overbalenced and fallen out. lie immediately backed the car, but found that, beyond a god shaking; the lad was quite all right. The driver considers the hoy had a miraculous escape as at the time of passing the train lie was doing 3D miles an hour.

,\ start has been mad,' in preparing the place in the Square at Palmerston, where the railway deviation will be made to permit ol the work of erection of the Soldiers’ war memorial being proceeded with. The shubbrry on tlie eastern side of the line through the Square has been removed, while the rail fence is also in process of being dismantled. This deviation will cost the eM mo rial Committee £3:>(). 1. he idea is to place the memorial in the plumb centre of the Spun re so that it can be seen from four arterial streets radiating from that centre. The memorial is a replica in marble and granite of timi at I'Ydkstono, England, and lias been done by the same sculptor. It will bo one of the finest memorials in the Dominion when completed.

Although not engaged in a PA"' logical survey, sonic of the fishcrnicn who have worked the coast oil Wanganui for years have picked up a lot of information about the strait, particularly from a submarine asiiect, and all of it is not recorded on tin 1 Admiral!.' charts (relates an exchange). They state that from off Kai Iwi to a point 15 miles south of the bottom of the strait, out to 30-fathom line, is hard sand. Beyond both these points, and well out, well-delined reefs or rock have been located, and these are the best fishing grounds for liapuku. During the past six months something in the nature of an unofficial marine sur-

vey has been made, the object being to ascertain if the strait on the Wanganui side is suitable for deepsea trawling.