Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 1926. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3023, 15 April 1926, Page 2

Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 1926. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mrs McNaughten, of Waiuku, has been on a visit to her sister Mrs John Ross, of Thynne Street.

Mi'. Ivennerly, one time manager of the local gas works and now of Carterton, is on a visit to Foxton friends.

Mr. and Mrs A. 0. Stevenson, Mr. Geo. Rough and Wj Ross, returned from a visit to the Dunedin Exhibition last week.

A deputation of Otaki residents will wait on the Minister for Public Health at Wellington to-day to urge the retention of the Otaki hospital.

The Hamilton Power Board has voted its engineer, Mr. J. R. Ellis, a bonus of £IOO for his invention of the device in use in the Board’s area, which automatically cuts off power when the line falls or breaks.

The Peninsular steamer Barrabool, from London, arrived at Adelaide with four cases of smallpox aboard. The steamer, with over twelve hmundred passengers and crew, has been quarantined.

The friends of Mrs A. Speirs senr., will be pleased to learn that her health shows an improvement. Mrs Speirs returned to her home last week after undergoing treatment in the Palmerston hospital.

Mr. \V. E. Crow, son-in-law, of Mr. John Ross, of Foxton, has been promoted from the Dunedin branch f the Commercial Bank, to the managership of Wellesley St. branch at Auckland.

Mr. and Mrs Chas. Collins, of Waikato, paid a visit to old Foxton friends yesterday. Mr. Collins is dairy-farming at Matamata and speaks well of the dairying prospects of that district. The “Tauanui” Estate, Lower Valley, comprising 211(5 acres, is lo be offered at public auction in May in areas from 45 to 542 acres. Other estates in the South Wairarapa are also being sub-divided for placing on the market. We regret to state that Mrs Pcrreau (mayoress) who took ill on Saturday last entered the Palmerston Hospital on Tuesday, and underwent an operation to-day. We are pleased to report that she is progressing satisfactorily. While in Shannon last‘week, Mr. J. Linklater M.P., was interviewed by representatives of the Chamber of Commerce in reference to an improved postal delivery and the necessity for a dry dock at the railway station. Mr. Linklater promised to interview the authorities on the subject with a view to having the requests given effect to.

The Taranaki Oilfields’ latest report states the Tarata well has been drilled to 4720 feet in sandy shale. The 0;}-ineh easing appears to have shut off the water at 4505 feet. The Moturoa well is being drilled and the 12-inch easing withdrawn. 4'or the East Coast No. 1 well, good progress has been made erecting the rig. Arthur Blackburn was fined £ls at Christchurch yesterday for stealing an aeroplane magneto, the property of the Government, The ease arose out of the souvenir hunting after the fatal aeroplane smash on March 12. Counsel said that if all the souvenir hunters had been brought to the Court there would be a crowd of liftv or sixty.

Napier’s newly-constructed roads have been put to various uses, from tyre-hoop runnig to juvenile tri-cycling but the palm for adaptability must go to Napier South, where a happy party, although minus a net, were seen to be enjoying themselves recently at a vigorous game of tennis, the newly-for-med road surface making an admirable hard court.—“ Telegraph.” Mr. Coughtrey, who has just returned from a motor trip through the Hawke’s Bay Province, reports the roads to be in excellent condition at present. Many of the bad corners on the main road have been straightened and work in this connection is still being carried out. The country, he reports, is very parched and everything is dried up. Mr. and Mrs Coughtrey and family left Foxtmi on Saturday night for Napier and arrived back on Tuesday afternoon.

From practical tests if may be concluded that the average man is unconsciously affected by latent superstition. During the Easter bowling tournament at Palmerston North a close examination of forty score boards showed that many rinks having reached the score of 13 at once failed in their play, and from that point were left behind. One experienced skip is so certain that the play of his team is affected by it'that rather than allow it to reach that number he deliberately throws away his last bowl.

Seventy golfers, including members from the Shannon, Foxton and Wellington Clubs, gathered on Saturday afternoon at the Levin Golfhouse to participate in the various matches arranged, Saturday being the first official playing day of the season. Mr. K. E. Adams, Club President, dealt briefly in his opening remarks, with the club’s past progress and its future prospects, and he welcomed the large gathering of visitors from outside clubs. A Canadian foursome was arranged, in which Mr. Ilosie and Mrs Park proved the winners, with a score of 54, whilst Mr. Challics and Mrs J. D. Adams tied with Mr. W. Bull and Mrs W. M. Clark who netted a score of 57 each. Twentyone pairs took part. —Chronicle

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