Manawatu Herald. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1925 LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 2973, 10 December 1925, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1925 LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The local Masonic brethren are holding a social function in the Masonic. Hall to-morrow evening.

The annual concert in connection with St. Mary's Convent School takes place in the Town Hall tomorrow night.

The local lire brigade held a wet practice on Thursday evening which was of special benefit to lhakara garden.

The bar \va> sounded \osicida.V by the pilot (Cap!. C. T.arson) and Mr. W. Signal. There was a good depth of water in the channel. We are pleased lo icpuri lhal Mr. T. \Y. Winstaniev is about again after undergoing an operation in the Palmerston North Hospital.

The adjourned district sitting of the Supreme Court commenced at Palmerston this morning before Ill’s Honour. Mr. .lir iicc Ostler.

The prize-giving in connection with the Presbyterian Sabbath School takes place this evening in the school hall.

Included in a big catch of lisli by a Lyttelton fisherman was a groper that weighed (>2lb. when cleaned. The price paid by a Christchurch dealer for this; lisli was .Cl Ills 3d.

A correspondent in a Northern exchange writes: —“I hold a ticket of the “K” series in the Sports Art Union, Wanganui, and notice that not one of the winning numbers goes below “Ct.” This looks so curious that the ollicials might explain how the drawing was conducted. The promotion of Superintendent Mellveney to commissioner leaves the position of superintendent in Wellington vacant. So far an appointment. has not been announced, but it is understood that Inspector Wtohlinan, of Hamilton, is the senior officer below the vacancy.

Woolly aphis is especially prevalent in Waipuknrau, and has attacked trees of all varieties (states the Napier ‘Telegraph.’) It lias been noted that chaffinches have done excellent work in combating the pest, and many trees have been saved from the ravages of the aphis through the activity of the chaffinches.

During a speech at the opening of the new Post Office at New Brighton Sir James Parr stated that it had been decided by way of trial, to provide from January 1 a cheap postage rate for the exchange of books between libraries and their subseribers and between recognised book clubs and their subscribers.

Shearing along the coast of Hawke’s Bay is practically completed. The clip generally is not up to the standard of last year as regards either weight or condition. At 1.15 o’clock this morning a sharp shock of earthquake was fell in Foxton, the vibration lasting several seconds.

Mr. and Mrs A. 15. Tongs and party who met with an accident while motoring to Wellington on Tuesday returned to Foxton yesterday. Mervyn, the three-year-old son of Mr and Mrs Tongs, who was badly cut about the seal]) and face as the result of the collision, is making satisfactory progress and is out of hospital. At the Fairlie (South Canterbury) Public Hospital the other day a swarm of hoes entered one of the chimneys. Choked by the smoke from the lire, they fell into the grate in such numbers as to extinguish the lire and lill the room with smoke. The bees were present I in countless numbers inside as well as outside the hospital, and efforts to dislodge them took varied forms, eventually successful. When the New Zealanders were lighting alongside the Australians in Kgypt and Palestine, Ibe New Zealand military authorities supplied the Australians with a good deal of ammunition and the Dominion is churning a substantial sum of money for repayment. Next week the Commonwealth Minister of Defence (Sir Neville Bowse, Y.C.), will arrive in New Zealand to dis cuss the outstanding claims concerning ammunition and military supplies with Sir Heaton Rhodes (Defence Minister).

A reminder is given that the proprietor of the “Merry-go-Round,” at present in Foxton, are devoting the takings for to-night to the local Silver Band

At the annual swimming sports at the Palmerston North Boys’ High School held on Tuesday, two local pupils succeeded in annexing prizes. In the 25 yards, 14 to 15, Ball was placed second, and in the 25 yards, under 10, annexed first pirze. In the 25 yards open back stroke, Larsen came third.

A Greymouth young lady is lamenting the loss of love and fortune. A young Adonis from the North Island paid a visit, and stole her heart from a whirlwind friendship. Then he pleaded hard luck, and obtained from her bank notes on (rust. Since then, she has neither seen nor heard of him. “They say that the Government has too solid a majority,” said Mr. W. 11. Field, M.P., speaking at a banquet tendered in his honour at Upper Halt “Imt I am satisfied that while it is large and what some people might call unmanagable, Mr. Coates knows how to manage it—at all events I’m not going to give any trouble. (Laughter). Under Mr. Coates the people knew that they were going to get sound, sane and progressive legislation. (Applause). During the past twenty-five or thirty years the north of the Manawatu river has been shifting to the south in keeping with the southern rip of the tide. The north of the river in the days of Pilot. Sea bury was about two miles to the north of (lie present outlet. A rockbound coast would, naturally, offset the rip and keep the river outlet in a fixed position, but as the coast is sand, the variation is in keeping with a natural flow with the channel always to the north of the sand barrim. The construction of retaining walls is possibly Ihe only menus of a fixed outlet for the river.

A curious malformation was discovered on the head of a sheep reared by a farmer in the Levin district (says (lie Chronicle.) While earmarking was in progress a short while ago il was discovered that one slice]) had two mouths, one in Ihe usual position and the other formed just below the ear-lobe. This extra mouth lucked (lie large cavil v of the mouth proper, but there was a full formation of tips and teeth, but' without ii tongue. The animal itself is perfectly heal thy and minimi in every oilier respect. but it is remarkable that this freak bad not been discovered until six months alter birth.

Something in the nature of a trade war seems to he immenent in ihe Wairarapa. Every shop in Mas--1(11011 has neat placards posted in conspicuous positions with tlie Idlers in a deep red “8.1. M.” (Buy in Mnslmloii) states the Carterton paper. Carterton should reply with a series of similar cards “C.1.C."

(Cheaper in Carterton).( A campaign to maintain business and progress is us essential (o carterton as sand is to the Sahara. The Greytown correspondent ot the Carterton News says: “It is no good to. Greytown the way Musterton is entering for our patronage We must lake u pull and see if our traders are prepared to contest the matter, and so not only stop the How (o Masterton, but induce Mnstertoniams to trade here.”