Manawatu Herald SATURDAY, SEPT. 17, 1927. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3692, 17 September 1927, Page 2

Manawatu Herald SATURDAY, SEPT. 17, 1927. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A song- service will be held at Die Methodist Church to -morrow evening.

An experiment on deaf and dumb persons showed that 110 ,out of 120 deaf mutes were able to hear wireless sounds bv means of a se-ven-valve set.

A Wliitanui flaxcutter, name* f alconer, had his leg badly cut, with a hook this morning. He was brought in to .Eoxton where his injuries were attended to bv Dr*AYyllie.

Mrs. J. Ross entertained inembers and friends of the P.L.S. Guild at her house on Wednesday afternoon. There was a good attendance, and an enjoyable time was spent. Competitions were won by Mrs. A. Ross and Mrs. Nicholas respectively. Of the sum of £I9BO 11s (id taken at the gates in the three recent Ranfurly Shield games in Palmerston North, £l9B Is 2d goes to the Manawatu A. and P. Association for rent of the grounds, £lls 10s to the Government as amusement tax, and the balance to the Manawhenua Union.

John Cameron Brown, alias lan Cameron, alias John Brown was committed for trial in the Auckland Police Court on a charge of bigamy, haying it is alleged married on July 27, 1921, Mabel Victoria Atkins and on July 18, 1924 having gone through a form of marriage with Winifred Dulcie Frigett. The Main Highways Board have convened a conference of local bodies, to be held at Levin on Tuesday next for the purpose of discussing the new routes between Shannon and the new Manawatu River .bridge. Delegates from the Foxton Borough Council have been invited to attend.

Some few years back a young Rongokokako settler took over a farm that was at the time becoming rapidly infested with blackberry. The worst of this was cut and basic: slag as top-dressing caused a profuse growth of grass and the young blackberry sboots were eaten off with it as they came up. — Express. A unique event in the annals of South African sport took place at Johannesburg when Miss Bennett, the champion woman sprinter, took part in a race with a whippet over a 100 yards course. On the assumption that Miss Bennett would cover the distance in 12 sec., and the dog in 6:j sec., the woman was given a handicap of 491 yards. Miss Bennett won by three yards in the' time of Oil see. ; The other day a Levin farmer sent dressed pigs to Wellington by motor lorry to the order of a local butcher, but on arrival only employees were at the shop and these refused to handle the animals (safs an exchange). The lorry driver, being dirty with benzine and dust* also declined to lift the pigs, and: a deadlock occurred, with the result that the pigs were carted all the way back to Levin and then back to Wellington the next day.

’Speaking in the House of Representatives on the Bummer Time Bill, ! Sir Maui Pomarc said that according to Maori legernj his ancestor Maui had in days gone by dasooed the sun and delayed it in its course, so making the days and nights longer. He was, then, the first daylight saver. The Maoris had been in New Zealand for hundreds of years since then, and henceforth they did not want any more daylight saving. They were satisfied with things as Maui left them.

A youth who refused to take the oath of allegiance required under the Defence Act came before the Magistrate at Gisborne yesterday morning. The defendant, Leslie Bug'den, refused to take the oath for religious reasons, but he admitted in court that no one had told him not to and that his father advised him to take it. Even when asked by the Magistrate to take the oath, Bugden still refused and he was fined the maximum penalty £5, Mr. Levvey, S.M., warning him that if he persisted and did-not pay the fine he would be sent to goal for 14 days.

Members of the local Fire Brigade journeyed to Feilding on evening to participate in the Feilding Brigade’s annual reunion. An enjoyable time was spent by all present.

A! tender for Oroua Downs Rural Service delivery has been accepted by the Postal Department. It is expected that this new service will be commenced sometime before Christmas.

The local police again made a raid on whitebait fishers in jthc drain at the beach on Thursday, as a result of which the number of who will appeal before the Magistrate next Court: -day has been swelled to ten.

The “Daily Mail’s” Berlin correspondent says the electrical workers in Leningrad struck, demanding an eight hours day, and an English Saturday. Military turned out, killing fifteen and wounding fifty. Work was. resumed. Recognising that radio is now a definite part of everyday life, the promoters of a housing scheme in Buckinghamshire, England, are fitting each of the houses erected in their estate with a. two-valve receiving Set and loud speaker. In each case the aerial, is run along inside the roof.

* In the House yesterday Mr J. A. Nash asked the Minister of Public ■Works (Hon. K. S. Williams) whether the Kairanga-Bongotea Road could be declared a main highway as there was; a great deal of traffic on that road. The Minister replied that he had no direct authority to direct the Public Works Departm/Riit as to what roads should be declared main highways. The best course for Mr. Nash to follow would be to approach the local highwavs committee on the subject.

The vicar of a sporting parish drew consistently small congregations. One day, after service, an old gentleman asked the parson why it should be so. “All, well,” explained the preacher, “I only expect them to come ‘weather permitting’' you know.” “But,” objected the parishioner, “take to-day for example, Pm sure it is beautifully fine and clear.” “Just so,” said the clergyman sadly, “this is the sort of weather that doesn’t permit. It is so good for golfing.”

In the Supreme Court at Westport yesterday, before Mr. Justice Adams, John Patrick Leonard daimed £IOOO damages from Charles Hargreaves, Robert Brownlie, and Joseph Hopkinson, and the Grey and Duller Coal Mine Deputies’ Underwriters’ Industrial Union of Workers, in connection with the refusal of the Millcrton Deputies’ Union to allow Leonard to join their union. His Honour dismissed the claim against the union, whose agreement was not registered under the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, and refused a mandamus . He allowed, however, £250 damages and costs against the three above-nam-ed deputies.

In connection with the discussion on the question of the abolition of education boards the executive of the New Zealand Educational Institute has adopted the following resolution : “That in the event of the Government revising' the present methods of administration of education, the executive of the New Zealand Educational Institute desires to emphasise the opinion that no jform of administration w/illj ensure the maximum efficiency which does not recognise such a measure of local administration as will ensure the fullest /use of community interest! and at the same time provide an opportunity for co-ordinating the various phases ,of education.”

Full particulars will be found in our advertising eolunrs of the New Zealand Meat Producers Board’s scheme to deliver single carcases of Prime New Zealand Lamb to addresses in the United Kingdom. Now is the time to order lambs to be delivered for the Christmas Season. Up to the present, date over 10,000 lambs have been delivered under this arrangement, the lambs going to all parts of the Old Country and finding their way into' the tiniest villages and hamlets —-places where New Zealand Frozen Lamb has hitherto been unknown; thereby continually creating new customers for New Zealand produce. This is a splendid opportunity to help to advertise New Zealand Produce and at the same time to give friends at Home a really nice Christmas, present.

A Maori who. witnessed Wanganui’s recent attempt to wrest the Ranfurly Shield from Manawhenua at Palmerston North, told a “Wanganui Herald ” reporter how, according to an ancient Maori superstition, the defeat of Wanganui was determined from the start. “In the olden times,” he said, “when a Native tribe was preparing for war, the warriors paraded before their chieftain in their full regalia to perform their haka. If the men marched before their chief in unbroken file, those who were watching were confident of victory; but if, on the other hand, there were any signs of confusion, and the line was broken, this was a bad omen and defeat was almost certain.” The old Maori said that when the Wanganui and Manawhenua teams took the field at Palmerston North, he felt sure that Wanganui would not win the game because the men straggled on to the field, some walking, some running, while the opposing team marched on in unbroken file. “It’s a sure sign,” said he with a chuckle. So it will be seen that some of the Maoris still retain the old beliefs and that some of the old superstitions still survive.

Miss Stevenson’s orchestra, which played a number of acceptable selections (luring the evening at Thursday’s show was very favourably commented upon by the public.

A meeting of the shop assistants at. New Plymouth, convened by the district organiser for the purpose of forming a shop assistants’ union, rejected the proposition by 61 votes to 3 after a somewhat heated discussion.

Fears are entertained at Island Bay for the safety of two men who on Thursday morning set out in a small launch to collect bait for fishing and who have not returned, been heard of or seen. Search parties along the rugged shores have found no trace. One man is named Tyree (a married man); the other is a Russian who is called “Albert.”