Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1926. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3578, 21 December 1926, Page 2

Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1926. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The whereabouts of the elderly man named George Baker, who has been missing' from his usual place of abode in Eeatherston St.. Palmerston X., since last Thursday, is si ill unknown.

The sum of one guinea was contributed to the Sports Committee by Messrs [fodder and Tolly, of Palmers'! oil North, towards the swimming baths fund. Public acknowledgment of same was inadvertently omitted from the list of cash donations previously published.

Miss .Mitchell {Britain) won easily the international typing championship, averaging ninety words 1 tor minute I'or twenty-live minutes, and defeating thirty-live men and women from all European countries. Afadamoiselle Vivian won the French championship, with seventy-two words per minute,

Some foolish person lias been tinkering with the stamp selling machine at the local post office, hv placing small pieces of card hoard in the aperture, thus blocking the mechanism to the annoyance of both public ami officials. A severe penally is provided for persons who interfere with the machine and an example will he made of anyone caught in the act.

A local mother noticed an alluring advertisement in a city paper concerning mechanical toys and sent a remittance for same. Upon receiving the parcel she was greatly disappointed with the value “and what is more,” she informed our representative. “they are of German make.” She returned them hut they were sent hack with freight added. She is now contemplating court proceedings for alleged misrepresentation.

At a committee meeting of lit Foxton Racing Club, held last night a motion of sympathy was passe* to the relatives of the late Air Gen C. Coley, a. very old member of tin Club. The chairman (MV W. E Barber) made reference to the man; years of service the late Air Cole; had rendered the (dub and made ett logistic reference to his activities The motion was carried in the usu al manner, the members standing it silence for a few moments.

The following are the latest additions to telephone exchange:—No. 51, W.ishart A. F., Park Street Foxton; 152 D, IViTOtii M. E. Store, Manawatu Heads; 103A1, Sutton 11. Motnili Road Foxton: 1 OSS. Bryant H., Abattoirs Fox ton; 1(17. ALaddon .). \\t grocer, Alain Street, Foxton; HiSI), Jewell W. T, Al'arotiri; 108 K, Boswell E., Al'arotiri; IGSAI, Xewth T. J, ALoutoa; 168 R, Smith \Y. H, Moutoa; HSSS, Tamplin M. J. Afouloa. There are 18 applicants still on the waiting list and good prospects of several others to come.

At the monthly meeting of Ihe Eoxton Harbour, held in Palmerston N. yesterday, a vote of condolence with the family, of the late Mi- IV. Signal, of Foxton, was passed. Tribute to the deceased, who, for a period was a member of ihe Board, was made by the chairman, AH J. Linklater, ALP., who staled that at the time of his death, Air Sig Mal was unselfishly doing relieving work for the Board. Voles oi sympathy were also passed to the relatives of the late Air G. Coley, of Foxton. and AH IT. Hunt, of Bongo tea, in the death of his wife.

The Oroua Downs Amateur Dramatic Society will present “Don't Tell Matilda," a screaming farce, in the Town Trail this evening. • The. falling of a branch of one of the trees in the plantation being cut down on the Ilimatagni road was responsible for the breaking of the telegraph wires and throwing the Palmerston N. line temporarily out of order yesterday. The appointment of I\lr Da Hard t(.s Controller-General of Prisons was recently the subject of an appeal by an officer of the Prisons Department. It. was announced at Wellington yesterday that the appeal had been dismissed by the Public Service Appeal Board. The appointment of Mr Dullard, therefore, is confirmed. A remarkable return in early lambs was instanced by a wellknown sheep breeder of the South Taranaki district in conversation with a Hawera “Star” reporter. The breeder stated that from 95ft breeding ewes oil a farm in the Hawera district, the first draft of lambs being 981, the average weight being 3GjMb. The season is regarded as unusual in many respects but (he drafting in the instance quoted is regarded as outstanding. Usually 75 per cent, of lambs, is viewed as a good number for the lii'sl draft but the figures mentioned show a percentage of 193. The fact that a large percentage of the prize-winners at the Auckland Girls’ Grammar School wore their hair long was commented upon by the Governor-General, Sir Charles Eergusson, in presenting the prizes on Wednesday. He said he bad always admired Samson in biblical history because he wore his 1 hair long. (Daughter). Samson’s success lasted so long as he woic his hair long. A large number of (he prize-winners that day had re- - lained their hair, and he suggested that if girls wanted to win prizes next year it would be a good tip to keep their hair long. (Loud laugh- ’ ter).