Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 1928. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3761, 1 March 1928, Page 2

Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 1928. LOCAL AND GENERAL

A reminder is given of the Libohr Sofia) Club’s weekly euelr/e tburiiiinisht to .be Held hi Ihe Town Hall Supper-room to-night;

. At; ri special meeting of the local D. H. School Cpinmittee, held on Tuesday evening, Mr. intone was appointed janitor. 'i The Minister of Education, Hon. R. A. Wright, has consented to perform the opening cerenioiijy. of the new secondary department of the local District High Srhool -pn Wednesday, March 2.Bth, at 2.30 p.m. The Postal Department has made a new departure in regard to slot telephones in Wellington, installing two in private shops. It is probable that the number will be increased.

The number of unemployed registered in Palmerston for the week ending February 25 werS 41 married-men with 124 dependants, and 24 single men, a total of 65.

A touch of winter was experienced in this district, on Monday, when‘sfeady rain set in'accompanied by a cold southerly wind. The rain replenished house tanks and gave a good soaking to the parched earth, which had experienced a lengthly drought. There was a fall of snow on the ranges and yesterday morning a frost was experienced! The weather is' again settled with a drop in temperature.;

At Monday’s meeting of the local Chamber of Commerce, when the subject of diverting through motor traffic to the centre* of the town instead of via Russell and Johnston -Streets, was under discussion, a member suggested that (lie diversion could be effected by erecting ‘notice boards at . the entrance of the latter streets with “Stock Route” painted on them..

“In the ‘Local Authorities Handbook’ for 1927, the total mileage of formed roads and streets of at least dray road width is given 46,829, of which 30,169 miles (or 64 per cent.) are surfaced. Compare this with the United States of America, where the mileage of roads is given as over 3,000,000, of which, 1 45,000 miles (or 15 per cent.) are surfaced, and it will be seen that New Zealand is not, as some people believe, lagging in her road improvement programme,” stated Mr. C. ;J. McKenzie, at the Civil Engineers’ Conference. ' i;

At the Stratford S.M. Court on Monday Mr. Tate, S.M., gave judgment in a case in which a claim was made for alleged loss arising from the purchase of a cow which was guaranteed sound, and which turned out on calving to be unsound. The Magistrate nonsuited the plaintiff. An auctioneer gave a warranty m the form of a letter, “G. 5.,” meaning “Guaranteed sound.” For the plaintiff it was held that this meant guaranteed sound at calving, but the Magistrate held that it meant only guaranteed at the time of the sale. He said that if farmers desired a warranty of soundness at calving they must demand the guarantee in specific terms to that effect.

Three de luxe sleeping cars are now being built by the Railway Department, and in about two or three months’ time one will be added to each of the Limited express trains. Discussing the question, Mr. E. M. iC'asey, divisional superintendent, said the demand for sleeper accommodation was continually growing. As it further increased, more cars would be added from time to time. The day was approaching when the Limited expresses would be mado up wholly of sleeping cars. Asked if the fares would be arranged to meet all purses when eventually that programme was adopted, Mr. Casey said lie could not give any indication of that at present, as the Department’s policy was not definitely defined.

It has been suggested that a British -Rugby team should visit New Zealand in 1930.

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At the local Police Court on Tuesday, before Mr M. E. Pcrreau, J.P., a first-offending inebriate was convicted and fined ss.

As Sidey time for this summer ends at 2 o’clock on Sunday morning next, service in the Presbyterian Church will be resumed at the usual time of 7 o’clock in the evening, commencing next Sunday.

During the voyage of the Ulimaron from Auckland to Sydney, a passenger, F. N. MeColl, died. It is believed that death was due to heart failure. J

During the hearing of a maintenance case in Auckland, Mr. J. F. AY. Dickson, who appeared for the wife, called a law clerk from another office to give evidence of certain moneys paid to the husband out of his mother’s estate. The clerk was not anxious to disclose what had been paid to the husband, who was in arrears with maintenance, stating, that the business between solicitor and-client was confidential. “Oh, no; it is not now,” replied Mr. Hunt. AAlitness then gave the required information.

At ‘ a meeting of euchre players and promoters of tourneys, at Christchurch on Tuesday, a deputation was appointed to wait on the Premier to protest against the suppression of euchre parties. One speaker said, “AVe want to impress on the Prime- Minister that we are indignant at this prosecution of euchre pprty promoters, which really amounts to police dictatorship. They are setting themselves up as moralists and endeavouring to regulate the morals of the community.” With reference to the press announcement of a resolution passed by a gathering of returned soldiers at Denniston during the recent visit of the Governor-Genera', his Excellency desires it to be understood that when the proposal to despatch a telegram to Major-General Sir Geo. Richardson was made, his Excellency expressly stated that, as the. situation in Samoa was the subject of political controversy, he could not associate himself with the matter in any form.

“From what I can see in Gisborne, as soon as a man puts in machinery, the people think he is doing a man out of employment, and they will not patronise him,” was the remark of a bankrupt bootmaker at his meeting of creditors last week. He mentioned that he had installed special plant, but after that trade dwindled away. He also cited a well-known local firm which had installed elaborate machinery, which had later to be almost given away on account of there being no use for it.

In the Supreme Court, at Invercargill this week, John H. Kerr, aged 14 years, was awarded £ll2O damages against David Baird, contractor, for injuries sustained through being knocked down by a motor lorry, which passed over his leg. The medical evidence showed that the boy had undergone four operations, and that his foot might require amputation. The question at issue was whether the defendant, in passing, had. allowed the boy, who was cycling, sufficient loom, Mr. Justice Sim said that as the road was wide enough there was no need for the defendant to be so far over on his left side when passing. No driver was entitled to sail so close to the wind. The defendant should have provided a proper margin of safety.

As illustrating' the engineering difficulties in connection with our railways, Mr. C. J. McKenzie (Assistant Engineer-in-Chief of the Public Works Department) stated that New Zealand possesses the longest railway tunnel in the British Empire, that is, the Arthur’s Pass tunnel on the Midland railway, which is 5 miles 25 chains in length. Many large bridges have been built; but still bigger bridges are to come, he added. On the NapierGisborne railway, for instance, two very large viaducts with a central span of 250 feet in each are under construction, and one proposed over the Mohaka river will exceed in magnitude | anything yet constructed in this country. It is 913 feet in length, and will be about 315 feet above the water level of the river.

The procedure for changing over from Sidey time to ordinary time is thus outlined in a statement issued by Dr. C. E. Adams, Government Astronomer and Seismologist: —“I have to report that in accordance with the Summer Time Act the period of summer time will end at 2 a.m. New Zealand standard time on the morning of Sunday, March 4th. This time is equivalent to 3 a.m. Summer Time. It will then be necessary for all clocks to be put back one hour. In the case of striking clocks great care will be necessary to see that the striking mechanism is not put out of order. The simplest and safest method for putting the clock back one hour is to move it forward eleven hours, care being taken to see that the clock strikes the full chimes and hours as it is moved forward. In the case of public clocks it would be desirable to muffle the sound of the striking while this is being done. I have t<i recommend that this information be placed before the controlling authorities of all public clocks in New Zealand.”

Two petitions in bankruptcy were tiled in Palmerston N. during February, as against 3 in February, 1027, and six in February, 192 G.

S. Mattar advertises to-day special prices in ladies’ fashionable footwear and children’s shoes. Two cars collided at Oroua Downs on Saturday evening. No one was injured, but extensive damage was done to one ear. One and a-half million herrings were landed at Plymouth on one day in January—a record for the season. .

At the Gisborne Police Court, a Maori named Whare Carroll was sentenced to one month’s imprisonment for being intoxicated while in charge of a motor car. His license was cancelled and the accused was declared unlit to hold a license for three years. Awakened from sleep last night to find the room in flames, William Stevens, aged 89 years, had his hands and left foot severely scorched before he could get out of range of the outbreak, says a Christchurch telegram. He was admitted to hospital and his condition is now serious. Stevens was on a visit from Timaru. The flames were confined to.one room. It is not only in band music that Wanganui can gain Dominion honours, as was proved on the Trentham rifle range yesterday, when Rifleman E. S. King, of Wanganui, emerged victorious in the contest for the coveted King’s Prize, , a trophy for which all the leading marksmen in New Zealand, as well as some from Australia competed.

The tramp steamer Highate from Los Angeles berthed at Wellington yesterday to commence the discharge of the largest cargo of bitumen ever despatched in a single ship from the port of Los Angeles. The 2,200 tons of bitumen which constitutes the greater portion of the Highgate’s cargo, not only secures a tonnage record, but a portion of it is also the largest deck cargo that has ever been carried from an American port. The bitumen, which is consigned to the Wellington City Council, arrived in excellent condition.

Some alarm was caused among women bathers at Corsair Bay one afternoon last week, when it was reported that a man in bathing costume had been seen entering one of the women’s dressing sheds (says the Christchurch Press). The custodian of the Bay was informed, and at first there was some doubt as to whether he or his wife should go and investigate. Eventually the custodian took up a position outside the shed to waylay the intruder when In; emerged, while quite a crowd gathered to await events. They had not long to wait, for presently a well-dressed young girl, of rather masculine build, with closecropped hair, stepped from the dressing-shed. Her, general appearance and the fact that she ear ried a man’s bathing castume which she had been using, explained the mistake.

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