Manawatu Herald TUESDAY. AUGUST 16, 1927. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3678, 16 August 1927, Page 2

Manawatu Herald TUESDAY. AUGUST 16, 1927. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. S. Barnet, of Avenue Road, passed away on Friday and was buried yesterday, the local Salvation Army Offijcers officiating at the graveside. At Hawera on Saturday the Manawatu soccer representative eleven met defeat at the hands of Taranaki by two goals to one, in the first interprovincial match this season.

Numbers of whitebait netters were to be seen along the river foreshore during the week end, but, very little success was met with. One patient (fisherman spent the whole day on the river bank and his total catch numbered eight!

The romantic career which attaches to Beau Cavalier has fascinated thousands on and off the racecourse (says the Auckland Herald). The horse was bought by Mr. Quartley in the show ring for £55 and has brought him the handsome sum of £4270 in stakes.

In connection with the report of the Girl Guides concert, 'which appeared in last issue, mention was inadvertently omitted of the names of Miss F. Robinson who played the accompaniments for the guides song and Mr. H. Reid, who arranged the setting and lighting effects for the camp fire scene.

Just as the mourners at a burial were dispersing the undertaker quarrelled with the grave digger about a money matter in Paris. In a fit of frenzy the undertaker struck the other man on the head with a spade. The grave-digger fell dead across the open grave.

The Foxton Tennis Club held a successful shop day off Saturday. Winners of competitions were as follows; —Groceries, Mr. E. Parkin; cigarettes, Mr. A. Stevenson; handbag, Miss Gower; dinner, ,Mr. Grady; men’s socks, G. Coley; iced fruit cake, Mr. E. Parkin; toilet articles, C. Procter. Frank Nathan, aged 20, was nearly electrocuted when working on the Wait omo'Power Board’s lines near Otorohanga on Thursday. While standing on a ladder he touched a wire and was knocked unconscious. He fell across the wires and then to the ground, 20ft. below, but was not seriously injured except for bruises. When walking along a road at Martinborough on Saturday evening, David Alexander, aged 67, suddenly collapsed and fell. A ear driven by Mr. W. King, which was approaching the spot in the dark, went over the deceased, who was not noticed on the roadway. Deceased had been in ill-health for some time past. Yesterday afternoon an unusual , visitor, in the form of a deer (doe) made its appearance in Cook St. It hopped the nearby fences and entered a culvert alongside Easton Park. Coming out it got caught in the wire fence and the sturdy and humane road overseer, in attempting to liberate it, was upended on the turf. The startled animal then made its way to the roar of the Post Office Hotel, where it was captured. The animal was badly injured and was put out of its misery.

The Minister of Railways has declined to change the name of Frankton Junction to Frankton and Frankton to Frankton Central. 1 The Minister considered the proposed change would result in considerable confusion. He recalled that when Hamilton and Claudelands stations were called Hamilton West and Hamilton East respectively, an alteration had to be made owing to the similarity of names. Admittedly some confusion existed under the present nomenclature, but the department did not consider the change suggested would remedy matters.

At the Christchurch S.M. Court yesterday. E. Philip Henry Jones, for being in a state of intoxication while in charge of a car, was fined £lO, his motor driver’s license was cancelled, and he was prohibited from obtaining another license for twelve months from April 1, 1928. Default of payment was fixed at a month’s imprisonment with hard labour.

They were two very small men of nine summers, twins and out patients of the Christchurch Hospital (remarks the Sun). Each with his left arm in a sling, they strolled from the hospital along the river bank on a recent morning. One had his arm poisoned, and the other a severe cut, that was the only difference. Otherwise -they ;were still twins even to the slings.

A fatal shooting accident occurred on Sunday at Rotorangi (Hamilton), when a farm-hand, named Robert Henry Smith, aged 25, was accidentally shot by a sporting gun, when out duck-shooting with his cousin. Smith was climbing a bank, when the gun discharged. The injured man was taken to the hospital in a critical condition, and died the same evening. He arrived from Ireland last year.

Except for a small' vent in the centre, the crater lake on the summit of Ruapehu has been frozen over of late, an unusual occurrence, as, despite the - high altitude and surrounding snowfields, the lake is unusually warm, and occasionally boiling in places. It, is not generally known that ice-skating is at times possible in the North Island. At a lower level in the -National Park is Tama Lake, where in very cold weather the surface freezes, and ice 22 inches in thickness has been known. On the other hand, Tama Lake is at all times cold water, without any trace of thermal connections.

“One hundred school children of Dunedin, New Zealand, collapsed through want of food and strenuous exercise during the celebrations in honour of the Duke of York.” This cable appeared in the New York papers, and does not do the city justice, says the Dunedin Star. In forwarding the paper to a brother, an ex-Dunedin man, now resident in New York, writes: “I know you are loyal in Dunedin, but why starve the children?” The children who collapsed during the Logan Park celebrations were suffering from exhaustion and heat, and not from want of food or too severe exercises.

A resident of Timaru who has JList returned from a visit to the West Coast states that he had been struck by the waste of good skins which is at present permitted through no use being made of the deer that are shot for culling purposes. The hides, he says, could be tanned and made into very good leather. When on the West Coast he had been shown one which had been so treated, and the owner of it had told him that he intended to upholster his motor-car with it. It had occurred to him 'that the Government might profitably utilise these skins for upholstering railway carriages.

What was the most unique function ever held in Glenham, ■ Southland (says the Wyndham Farmer), was staged in the local hall on Wednesday last, in the form of an Old Timers’ Ball. Included in the programme thereof were such dances as the “Caledonians,” “Parisians,” “Circassian Circle,” “Scotch Reel,” and “Mazurka.” In all, there were 24 dances, which were put through by the early hour of 4 a.m. Everything except the dresses, was reminiscent of the “good old days” of the latter part of last century; jazzing and all the latest styles of dancing being entirely disregard-ed—-in fact, strictly prohibited. Over one hundred couples were present.

It is not often that a girl stows away in a sailing vessel, but such an instance cropped up when the fourmasted French schooner Normandy reach Suva. The captain reported that a Japanese woman, aged about 20, had been found in the forepeak after his vessel had been nine days out from Vancouver. At the Police 'Court later, Mary Ohama, a Japanese, was charged with being a stowaway. In answer to the magistrate, she said she wished to stay in Fiji and work. One of the boys in the .shijD said the schooner was going to Tahiti, and that he would marry her when that port was reached. She had only a few dollars and wanted to reach Tahiti, so she secreted herself on board. She was sentenced to four weeks’ imprisonment and will be deported on the expiry of the sentence.

In order to be present at the now historic Ranfurly Shield match between Hawke’s Bay and Wairarapa, a prominent Napier citizen visited Masterton recently. For twenty or thirty years past, says an exchange, he has been paying rates on a sec-

tion of land in Villa Street, and, he took the opportunity to look at his asset while in Masterton. After visits to Villa Street, he failed to locate his section, but after making full inquiry from the local borough authorities he ascertained that the “asset” is now covered by the Waipoua River. The section was near

the intersection of Villa and Hope Streets, and the river has graduallyeaten away the land until the site is now practically all under the stream. The Napier man took his loss all in good part, but thinks he should not pay any further rates on his “land,” which is the third or 'fourth section that has disappeared in the locality through the Waipoua altering its course.

Last Thursday evening the Pal-mcrston-Foxton train struck a wandering horse near Motuiti station with fatal results to the animal. Unsuccessful inquiries were made as to the ownership of the animal, which the railway authorities buried.

“The Government looks upon the petrol tax as a fertile source of revenue, and if the motorists do not seize it for road improvement work it will be credited to the Consolidated Fund,” said Dr .Porritt at last evening’s meeting of the executive of the Wanganui Automobile Association.

As the Manuka was leaving Lyttelton on Saturday night a sensation was caused when a woman, who was waving to friends on the steamer, fell over the wharf into the water. But for the smart action of the master of the steamer in stopping the propellor a tragedy might have occurred. The woman was rescued by her husband and a seaman.

Several city business firms have big weekly wages bills, but not many pay out £3OO every Friday (says the Auckland Sun). Yet that is almost the amount distributed by the Auckland Racing Club for its year ending June 30. In the 12 months the club distributed in wages £14,564 9s, so that racing alone has played no small part in reducing unemployment. With the Avondale and Takapuna Jockey Clubs, Franklin Club, Pakuranga Hunt Club, and the Auckland and Otahuhu Trotting Clubs, racing authorities in the city alone must be paying approximately £IOOO weekly in wages. Charged with having assaulted his, 17-year-old daughter at his residence on the evening of August 3, William Henry Featherston was convicted and admitted to probation for two years, with costs 21s at the Hamilton S.M. Court last week. The case presented some exceptional features. Accused was very strict about allowing his daughter to have young men in the home, and the fact that his daughter was found with a young man in the home was the cause of the assault. Accused, it was alleged, beat and kicked the girl. The magistrate told accused that bringing up his children in the fear of God was good in principle, but boys and girls wanted something else besides Biblercading every evening of their lives.

Has there even been a coincidence in all the long history of card-play-ing like that which occurred at the Levin Druids’ euchre tournament a few bights ago (says the Levin Chronicle). Three ladies tied for the uncoveted booby prize. This in itself was nothing singular, but when the cards were cut by each lady in turn, so that the lowest card might decide the contest, the lrst candidate showed the ace of diamonds, the second the ace of clubs, and the third the ace of spades. Wonders had not ceased, however. Another cut was decided on, a gentleman shuffling the pack beforehand. Again the ladies picked up their cards, and, as before, they drew the same three cards in the same order—the first lady cutting the ace of diamonds, the next the ace of clubs, and the third the ace of spades.