Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, JULY 28, 1927. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3671, 28 July 1927, Page 2

Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, JULY 28, 1927. LOCAL AND GENERAL

There was quite a fresh in the Manawatu River yesterday.

The usual monthly meeting of the Foxton Chamber of Commerce, to .have been held this evening has been postponed. The Cinema Art Films. Ltd., The Australian Exhibitors . Alliance, Films of New Zealand, and the Universal Filins Association, announce the completion of a merger of their interests for the Australian and New Zealand markets. The new organisation will be known as the Cinema Art Films of Australia and New Zealand Ltd. The general feeling throughout Wellington in connection with the Ranfurly Shield matches, said Mr. J. Fisher, who returned to Cambridge last week is that certain provinces and districts are. rapidly drifting to professionalism, and that if i't is going to continue, then in the. best interests of the Rugby game it would be better were the shield destroyed.—Independent.

A prisoner at Mount Eden Prison, Joseph William McLeod, aged 44, who was awaiting trial at the next session of the Supreme Court at Hamilton, on a charge of indecent assault, was found dead in his cell at about 1 p.ni. on Tuesday. A warder who opened the cell immediately after the luncheon adjournment made the discovery. McLeod was found hanging, and life was extinct.

Joseph Reynolds, George Plunkett, Frank Kerlin, William Rowe, Michael Fitzpatrick, Owen Donnelly, Brendan O’Carroll, Kevin o‘Carroll, Aubrey Hunt, and Henry Hunt, the ten men who were arrested on, a charge of conspiracy in connection with the murder of Mr. Kevin O'Tliggins, Vice-President. dhd.i'Ministcr of Justice in the . Irish Free State, were discharged, no evidence being offered. The orov'd cheered the decision, '

Another tragic level crossing accident occurred on Tuesday afternoon, when a motor-car containing Messrs Frank Walsh and Thomas Power, both of Takapau, collided with the Napier-bound express at the Ruataniwha crossing, on the Wellington side of Waipukurau. Mr. sWalsh was killed outright, and Mr. Power is suffering from severe injuries and shock. The car, which was thrown on to the cattle stops, was badly smashed.

For some time now there have been cases of girls being insulted at night in suburban streets of Christchurch by a man partially clothed, who rides a bicycle. Complaints are now being made concerning the behaviour of an individual in Hagley Park, who has been grossly insulting women during daylight. It is likely that he is the man who has been committing the other oft'enees, as the man who ha been insulting women in the park also rides a bicycle, and loses no time in making his escape after accosting a girl.

The latest addition to the telephone list is Mr A. W. 0. Stevenson, carrier, No. 151.

A concert is to be held at an early date in aid of the funds of the local Girl Guides’ movement.

New potatoes have made their appearance at, the Auckland auction marts. The best have brought to 5d per lb. and inferior 3d.

Arthur James Goodwin, aged 62, a farmer, of Okato, Taranaki, was found dead yesterday with a shotgun near the body tied to a tree by a piece of string. Deceased is the father of Goodwin, who is at present with the Taranaki team in Hawke’s Bay.

“I am unable to accede to the request,” stated Mr. S. L. P. Free, S.M., at the Magistrate’s Court, at Palmerston on an application being made to him for the suppression of a name. “Publication of a name,” he added, “is the greatest part of the punishment, and publicity is the greatest deterrent to crime we have.”

A professional boxing cont est between Johniny Decide /((Dunedin), 8.134 and Mark Carroll (Wanganui 9.44 took place at Duhcdin on Tuesday night. The fight was scheduled for fifteen rounds for a purse of .CiOO, but in the eleventh round, in which Carroll was down three times rising at the count of 9 each time, the referee stopped the. contest, 30 seconds before the end of the round.

“In my opinion,” said Mr. Coates, when addressing the annual conference of the New Zealand Farmers’ Union at jWellingtin on Tuesday, “wo have turned the corner and are improving our position every day. The outlook is infinitely better than it has been for the past two years. “We. can look to the future with confidence,” added Mr. Coates, “and 1 think we can expect much better prices for our primary products. We must do everything possible to place ourselves in the position of being able to compete successfully with all countries with which we are in competition.” The late David Paul, who met his death through the capsizing of a dray of flax on the Himitangi run on Monday was a member of the Awahou Football Club Junior team and was a promising player. It is a strange co-incidence that he should have met his death as a result of a dray accident in view of the fact that he had been involved, in several similar mishaps. On one occasion, when working for Mr. Renata a horse backed a dray he was in charge of over the bank and into the Manawatu River. On that occasion, however, Paul escaped uninjured.

A ploughing match held at Wellacetown, near Invercargill, last week, aroused great enthusiasm among Southland farmers, who, heedless of a piercing wind and dismal meteorological outlook, were sufficiently interested to travel from a wide radius to view the prowess of expert ploughmen. The fact that a charge for admission was being made for the first tme did not affect. the attendance, and, as a result the association’s funds will benefit to the extent of over £SO. The importance which ploughmen attach to the fixture was reflected in the substantially increased entries, one competitor travelling over 300 miles to participate in the contest.

Referring to the Gaming Bill at the annual meeting of the Pahiatua Racing Club, the president, Mr. J. MeC a reliefs aid that ityvouldjfcerve to make the lot of the bookmaker much harder. Looking at it from a sporting point of view the suppressing of the bookmaker was an excellent thing. In all the small, towns there were men who would bet on credit or any other way so long as they got hold of the money. He did not suggest that all bookmakers were dishonourable, but the system lent itself to a good deal of undesirable betting. All hough bookmaking was a punishable offence, it was a very hard one to stop. In the speaker’s opinion racing information should be made public and above board. As things were at present one had to go up a back alley whispering tolled out-from a bookmaker or his clerk what won the last race. It was very desirable that the Bill should get through.

City authorities are inflicted with many strange missives and many eccentric enquiries, but surely the strangest and most eccentric is one received by the Wanganui City Council, in common with other civic bodies, the other day. Coming from Valparaiso it is addressed to “The Mayor and Town Council, and All Relations,” and comes, according to a statement in the envelope “In the Name of God Almighty.” Inside the envelope is a religious tract headed “The Infinite Merit of the Shed Blood,” over the name of the Apostolic Faith Mission, Portland, Oregon, U.S.A. Included in many similar statements is one declaration that “The reign of terror of the dreaded Anti-Christ, the dreadful and final battle of Armageddon, with its inauguration of ‘the lake of fire and brimstone, and the capture and imprisonment of the Devil and Satan for a thousand years, will very shortly wind up this corrupt Christian age of dead churches with total destruction. These actual troubles in the East and West will .finish up with the total destruction of the kinds of the earth on the battlefield of Armageddon, and that by the hand of God Almighty. Nothing can avert this.”