Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1926 LOCAL AND GENERAL

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3558, 4 November 1926, Page 2

Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1926 LOCAL AND GENERAL

A large number of local and district residents visited the Manawatu A. and P. Association’s spring show in Palmerston N. yesterday.

A bequest of from £2,000 In £3,000 lias been made to the Methodist Orphanage at Auckland under the will of the late Mrs N. ,J. Serro.

■ The monthly meeting ofi the Foxton Chamber of Commerce will lie held in Ross’s Rooms at 7 o’clock this evening. Members are requested to attend punctually.

Guy Fawke’s Day will be celebrated to-morrow by the juvenile section of the community. Already preliminary discharges of fireworks are heard in different parts of the town.

A poll of ratepayers at Te Awamntu yesterday approved of the constitution of a Fire. Board, by a majority of 248 votes. Rating on the unimproved Value was also adopted by a majority of 180 votes.

Elsewhere in this issue is published the programme of the unique Maori entertainment to be given in the Royal Theatre on Thursday of next week. This concert should fill the theatre to overflowing. In an application made in Chambers at Dunedin yesterday, under the Law Practitioners’ Act, Judge Sim made a rule nisi against John Munro Gillies, to show cause why he should not be struck off the roll of solicitors.

.John William Keand, a young man, charged with breaking and entering the house of Chinese gardeners at Riecarton, Christchurch, and stealing £1 7/fi in money, was committed to the Supreme Court for trial on Tuesday.

A Christchurch Magistrate has given a decision that a competition to find hidden words, the letters of which had been jumbled up, is not an illegal game. An entry of fid wa.-, charged for the competition andprizes awarded to several winners.

A cricket bat used in the la si test match and signed by the members of the English and Australian teams, was auctioned at the dinner of the Eoval Trades Benevolent Society at which the Prince of Wales was present. It realised 105 guineas. Immediately after Saturday's naval manoeuvres, the Renown steamed into Portsmouth dock-yard, where she began fitting out for the Duke of York’s cruise to Australia and New Zealand. Very little structural alterations, will be needed. The suites built for the Prince of Wales have been retained.

At yesterday’s W.C.T.U. Convention in Invercargill, a letter was read from the lady editor of the “White Ribbon,” tiic official W.C. T.U. organ, as follows: —“We often bean the frivilous and pleasure-lov-ing spirit of our girlhood deplored. Is the blame wholly theirs? Must we not shoulder our share of it? What kind of atmosphere is created by the daily papers that come into our homes? Is it elevating? Take the beauty competitions. Every woman entering for them has to send her photograph taken in bathing suit, so that her physical perfections may be discussed by judges, most of whom are males. Take the photographs of film stars, of divorces, of athletes. These are good in their way, but are not of the best. Is it not natural that a girl reared in the atmosphere created by these papers, and reading nothing to act as an antidote, should think that all women of to-day are exhibiting their physical perfections either before the eamera or on the stage Can we wonder at the scantily clad figures to be seen in our streets and in our places of amusement ”

The County workmen are repairing the damage done to the Ilimatangi road as a result of storm water wash-outs.

The tender of Messrs F. Jackson and Son has been accepted by the local Masonic Lodge for alterations and additions to the hall in Liddell St. The additions will include ladies and gents dressing rooms and conveniences and kitchen and a covered in stairway to the lodge-room.

The value of the exhibits in the motor display at the Manawatu and West Coast Spring Show, which concludes to-day, aggregates £43,7fi3. There are seme very fine cars in the exhibition which yesterday proved most attractive to the public.

Patrons at the Royal Theatre on Saturday night will be afforded the opportunity of again seeing Miss D. Morgan, who has appeared liefore the Foxton public before in very pleasing dancing numbers. On this occasion Miss Morgan will contribute a Dutch dance, while Misses Nankwell and CheetweH will appear in a Military dance.

At the invitation of the Palmerston N. Lunch Club, Mr J. Iv. Ilornblow, of Foxton, delivered an address to members and guests in Messrs Collinson and Cunningham’s tea rooms on Tuesday. At. the conclusion, the speaker was accorded the usual compliment and was warmly congratulated upon the subject matter. Among the guests present was Mr M. (Mayor of Foxton).

The local representative on the Education Board reported at last meeting that the document transferring the site from the native owners to the Department was practically complete. The signatures have now been obtained which will enable the Board to proceed with the construction of the building for the secondary department of the local District High School. The site referred to adjoins Ihakara Garden and the school grounds.

At the meeting of the -Manawatu County Council on Monday. C’r Barber stated that recently some unauthorised person had used the Shannon punt and had left it well up the bank with the result that when the river dropped the punt was stranded. It took over half a day to again put it in commission. It was resolved that the engineer make enquiries with a view to taking action against the offender.

Mr .T. Duke,- who lives alone in a small cottage at North Brighton, was admitted to the Christchurch Hospital early yesterday morning, suffering from severe burns. The next-door neighbour was aroused by Mr Duke, who has only one leg, and found that the unfortunate man ha* been burned from neck to hips. It was discovered that the bed on which the man had been sleeping had caught fire. No damage was done to the building.

In the presence of the diplomatic body accredited to the Vatican the Pope personally solemnised the marriage of his niece, Marie Ratti, with Ihe Marquis Edoardo Ugolini, at Rome this week. During Ins address lho Pope emphasised the sanctity of the marriage vows. He warned ihe couple against the temptations of the world, specially deprecating immodest dress. The bride wore a full-length skirt and sleeves and a high neck dress. The Pope’s gift was two silver caskets with a ring of jewels and a string of pearls.

A congress of two hundred professional dancers at- Paris strongly condemned the Charleston, and decided -it must be toned down. It was declared that women who danced the Charleston might: never be able to become mothers, and medical experts were quoted in support of this view. Doctor Variot, a wellknown Paris specialist, also agreed that women should be careful how they danced modern steps. It would be better for future generations if young girls avoided altogether dances with sudden violent movements.

The Rev. .James Ait ken, M.A., of Gisborne, has been nominated as Moderator o ft he Presbyterian General Assembly for 1027 by the Presbyteries of Dunedin, Westland, Bay of Plenty, Christehureh, Wellington, and Oamaru. The Rev. Robert Maekie, of Matnura, has been nominated; by the Presbyteries of Malaura and Clutha. The Rev. Thomas Stinson, 8.A., of Timaru, has been nominated by the Presbytery of Wanganui. The Rev. W. Shirer, of Wellington, has been nominated by the Presbytery of Ashburton. The Rev. A. D. Todd, of Wellington, has been nominated by the Presbytery of Central Otago.

Sinee the caneellation of the running of the Napier express on the Manawatu line, owing to the slip in the Manawatu Gorge, numerous enquiries have been received as to whether any alternative service was to be provided by the Department on this coast in lieu of the Napier. Though no official statement has been made by the Railway Departmen! regarding the matter, we learn (says the Levin Chronicle) that the New Plymouth express has been stopping both up and down, to set down and take up passengers, but there is no guarantee that she will pick up intending passengers. It is felt both in Levin and Shannon, that there should be something definite as to whether this train will pick up passengers or not. The general feeling is that the New Plymouth express should fill the breach as the Gorge will be blocked for a much longer period than was first expected.