Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, MAY 31, 1928. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3799, 31 May 1928, Page 2

Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, MAY 31, 1928. LOCAL AND GENERAL

In our last issue we stated that a car driven by Mr. A. Calder collided with the steps of the Chinese laundry. \Yo were misinformed as to the name of the driver of the car who was not Mr. Calder as previously .stated.

At the inquest on Rose Ann Taylor, married, aged 57, who died suddenly in bed at [Dunedin, on Monday, a verdict was returned that death was due to heart failure following alcoholism and lack of proper care. Evidence was given that deceased had been on a drinking bout for six weeks.

Yesterday afternoon the new concrete bridge at Raugiotu which spans the main drain and combines a Hood gate constructed for the purpose of preventing Hood water backing up and flooding property, was officially opened by Mr. J. Linklater, M.P., in the presence of <i gathering of settlers and body representatives. The late Mr. F. Shaw left the Auckland Museum a legacy of £IOOO, which is to be applied to the library investment. “Is it not better to do this than erect a hideous tombstone, as some people do, and spend their money like that ?” asked the institute’s president, Mr. 11. E. Vaile, at the annual meeting (reports the “New Zealand Herald”). Two groups of figures, a memorial to the Maori race, he declared, were required for the new War Memorial Museum. One would' be descriptive of the Maori at home, and the other at war. It was estimated that each would cost £IOOO.

The funeral of Vida, the 6-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. K. •Barron, took place this morning. The room which contained the casket was like a bower of flowers, in the shape of beautiful wreaths of various designs. The Rev. W. H. Nicholas conducted the service in the home and at the graveside. The pall-bearers from the house were Messrs F. A. Mason, D. Christie, Patterson, Raikes, Hunter and R. N. Speirs, and at the graveside six Past Masters of the Masonic Lodge, viz., Messrs J. K. Ilornblow, M. E. Perreau, John Ross, A. Stevenson, R. Rangiheuea, and G. Alexander. There was a large and representative gathering in Ihe cortege and the floral tributes occupied the space in a separate car.

A point stressed by the Hon. Echvard Newman, in his address to the Levin Chamber of Commerce luncheon on Friday, was that the Flock House movement aimed to inculcate in the boys and girls from the cities of the Old Country a love of country life and rural pursuits. As evidence 4hat it was succeeding Mr. Newman quoted the following letter received by a member of the Ladies’ Committee of Management from a Flock House girl. He drew attention particularly to the writer’s altered views of town and country life: “Thank you so much for your letter, and also for your great kindness to me while 1 was at Flock House. I was extremely happy there, and was very sorry to leave; but of course if 1 stayed there all my life, my ambitions would never be fulfilled. Both M and I are tremendously happy here. We couldn’t possibly be treated better, or looked after more carefully than wc are. It has been quite easy for me to settle down, and feel quite at honfe as my sistcd is here. We are several miles away from any town, so we shall he able to save. I don’t think T could live in a town now. It is so much nicer in the country. I would far sooner have the pleasures of the country, than any entertainment in the town. I suppose E will soon he thinking about leaving Flock House, I wonder if she, or any of the others, wil Iconic down in this district. I do hope I shall see you again some day.”