Manawatu Herald. THURSDAY, 27th AUGUST, 1925. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 2928, 27 August 1925, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. THURSDAY, 27th AUGUST, 1925. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Air Larkin. I Ire Railway Auilit Inspect ll r is mi ; in nliieinl visit |u Fox I on.

Mr. .MeEaron of the Knilwnx sinlf. i.-. nti leave mill i> being relieved I»y Air. ll.it'iH'i of Welling ton.

Tliv l>isliO|i <.i Wellington will be iii l''o.vioii i oiuoiTow. A roiifirmn lion service will In* 1 u*l < I in AI! Nninls <• )iut <-li when 25 ea ndida Ii s l‘or roiilirma! ion will In* presented by |ho vionr. The service will enmiin not* nt 7.**>() 11. in.

A hoy on horseback on n country ron 1 1 m*:ir Stratford hold a stick in front oh ;i inotor-cyolisi with the rosnll that the Inter was thrown oil' his machine. The Post reports that tlie matter was reporter! to the schoolmaster, and he took steps to impress on the Imys the I'aot that such amusement should not he indulg'd in.

A .Xew Zealander in conversation with an officer of the American Fleet in Auckland made a remark to the effect that ‘‘Xew Zealand is only a little place, you know." “Don’t say that," replied tin* A merman, “you have got the greatest little country on (bid’s earth, and you should not bo afraid to advertise the fact."

A Maori hoy named Thomas Tania li, aged nine years, of Rangicjlji, was admitted to the Palmer-ton North hospital on Tuesday suffering from fractured thighs. 'Flu*

childl'ell from n lorry near I lie Orona bridge and The* vehicle passod over him. Although lie is seriously injured, his condition does Hoi .-{ill for jiny ginve uiiiely.

The Mayor of Christchurch (Mr. •J. K. Archer) lolls ihis good story against himself. “1 was walking t limugli one.of Ihe railway carriages conveying f)(hl American sailors on an excursion to Timarn. One American sailor was holding a ginger-beer hollle, and lie invited me to drink wit h him. I refused at firs I, hut as I he man looked so disconsolate 1 relented and said, "All rigid, I'll have a drink with you." I pul the bottle to my lips, when, lo and behold it was whisky!" .Mr. Archer added that he had not lasted whisky for .'to years.

Captain Amundsen's schooner Maud returned to Nome (Alaska) on Monday after more than ilv.roo years imprisonment in the northern ice packs. She ventured into the Arctic, hoping to reach tin* North Pole by drifting' with the ice, hut cross-currents carried the vessel north-west instead of north, thwarting the aim of the .seven members of' the expedition. One assistant engineer, Sylvester, died in Ifrom a. complication of discuses from hardship. His body was wrapped in a Norwegian Hag and lowered into the water through a four-feet hole in the ice.

Swapping lies is <|iiite a habit in Ashburton, according to the (luardjtin. A lady was heard boasting the other day of a hen. which, like all self-respecting liens, lays eggs, I>iit. possesses the'added accomplishment of being able to crow. A murmur of interest and amazement followed the making of this statement. But her companion could go one better. She, too. is the possessor of a fowl that crows. This one does not lay, however, Imt so far forgets lice iliicnity os to spend her evenings mi the pig stye. It seems as though the remarks made concerning goiters and anglers will have to he extended to poultrykeepers also.

The “non bona-fide" bandsmen

held a successful practice under Ihe eoiidimtor.ship of Air. IT. Osixii i,e. in the handromn last night.

Afr. (' ('). ChrisioJfer.-en, late as sisinni oi the Beach School has re eeiveil word that he has been appointed to the charge of the Pari whnkho school, in Nelson district.

In the course of Ids address to Ihe Rotary Club at Wanganui on Tuesday (say- the Chronicle), Sir Roberi Stout, the Chief: Justice, staled that statistics had been compiled in the Ifa wire's Bay distiie! in i-ospeer to what were termed defectives, and his hearers wotdd hr* amazed at the number to lie found in that apparently healthy district. He added that when he was dealing with prisoners who came before the l>i isotis Board lie found ihai al least one-third of them were approaching the condition of mental or moral del eelives. 1 hose things could- milv he remedied by the gradual process of educating the public up to what he had advocated in regard to the breeding of pure stock.