Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1927. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3590, 25 January 1927, Page 2

Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1927. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

There were good congregations at I lie local Presbyterian Church on Sunday, when Mr Nicholas, the new pastor, conducted his first services. Fie asked for the prayers and co-operation of the congregation during his ministry.

The. catering at the local race meeting by Freeman’s, Palmerston North, was very favourably commented upon by the public. Apart from the luncheon, there was a plentiful supply of ice creams, pies and fruit and hot water for pienic-

The search parties scouring the bush for the lost settler,. F. J. Squire, of Manganui, Oteau, near Raetihi, have now given up the search as hopeless. Squire was first missed on January 5, and the general opinion is that he fell over a bluff while pig hunting.

The, Nelson Education Board has confirmed the principle of giving preference to single women as against married women teachers. The senior-indpeetoir’s recommendation that a married women, who had outstanding qualifications should be appointed was turned down.

The chaste silver cup presented to the winner of the Cup race by Mrs. Austin-Johnston at the local race meeting on Friday was greatly admired by the public and is a masterpiece of the silversmith’s art. The President (Mr. J. Whvte) when making the presentation, to the winner, specially eulogised the generosity of the donor. . Christchurch detectives raided several premises on Saturday, as a result, Alexander Duncan, is charged with being the occupier of premises used as a common gaining house; Lewis Horton, Arthur William R'osmuhd, Edward Bert Smith and Walter Hulston, charged with being found in a common gaining, house. All were demanded until January 28, bail being allowed. A. three-year-old boy, Robert Murray Boyd, died in the Prince Alfred Hospital Melbourne, from the effects of poison, Wihen • (he boy reached home he told Ills mother, who lives at Richmond, that an unknown man stopped him and asked him il‘ lie wanted a drinlc. The man then handed the boy a lemonade bottle. The boy became ill and was removed to the hospital. A postmortem examination revealed that the boy’s mouth and throat had been burned, possibly by spirits of salts.