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Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, SEPT. 27, 1928. LOCAL AND GENERAL

The estimate for Foxton’s new courthouse is £ISOO. ' '• The opening of the Dannevirke Bowling .Club which was to'.have taken place yesterday, has Tibeen postponed till October 3. A freak calf was recently born in the Eketahuna district. It had a head at each end, six legs and three tails. >j According to a statement ’made by Flight-Lieutenant Ulm at Christchurch yesterday, Squadron-Leader Ivihgsford Smith and himself,! after their return to Australia, will investigate the possibilities .. of a traus-Tasman flying boat Service. Their investigations will involve an extended visit to Europe and America in order to study the many, (types of aircraft: /O/A:/'.;

It was announced at a citizens’ meeting at Wellington on Tuesday night that £74,000 of the £IOO,OOO to be raised for the National Art Gallery and Dominion Museum Fund had already been promised from about 100 subscribers. 'The £IOO,OOO will carry a £ for £ subsidy from the Government.

What had the appearance of an eviction could be seen at a residence on the outskirts of the borough yesterday morning. Furniture and household effects were removed to the roadside and nearby Avas a constable presumably on duty to see that a breach of the peace Avas not committed.

Owing to the drought in the summer, the Mangahao hydro-electric undertaking had to purchase £11.1,745 Avortli of current from other plants. The total revenue :Avas £155,857 and the operating expenses £145,659, leaving a balance of £10,198. This balance Avas sufficient to pay only .49 (or less than 10/-) per cent. toAvards the interest charges on capital. A very enjoyable dance Avas held in the Masonic Hall on Tuesday evening under the auspices of St. Mary’s Church. Despite the boisterous Aveather there Avas a good attendance. Mr. Perreau officiated as M.C., and the music Avas supplied by Mr. NcAvton’s ore lies tfd/. During the evening Miss N. Pritchard contributed a vocal item. A ladies committee supervised the supper arrangements. The Palmerston North Hospital, Board'is to be commended on the establishment of a clinic Avhere persons Avho suspect they are suffering from tuberculosis may go and gel examined or where patients Avho have been in sanitoria may call and so keep themselves under medical supervision. This clinic- has been established at the Social Welfare offices on the corner of Cuba and Rangitikei Streets, Palmerston N., and is open every Monday afternoon from 2 till 4 o’clock. Medical advice is given free. A boy aged three and a half is already nearly four feet high; can pick up his mother and carry her round the house; shaves every morning; and smokes cigars! says an exchange. Six months ago Clarence Kehr, of Toledo, Ohio, Avas an ordinary baby, scarcely able to, walk or speak. Then something happened to his glands, Avhich suddenly became abnormally active and made his brain and body develop at an amazing rate. At three and a half he has become a man, with a man’s strength and powers of speech. His biceps measure nine inches, Avhile he refers scornfully to his old playmates as “these kids.”

Details of the new automatic gears for motor cars show that they are controlled from the steering wheel, on which there is a quadrant marked “reverse,” “neutral,” “low,” “medium,” “normal,” and “high” to which the lever is moved, then depressing a new pedal 'to make each change. The device is at present limited to the Armstrong Siddeley 30 and 20 horsepower models, costing respectively £SO and £35 additional.

In an attempt on Monday to save the furniture from his burning ve j sidence at Wairio (Invercargill), Michael Egan, aged 82 Avas apparently overcome by the heat and smoke and collapsed before he could regain safe ground. His charred remains Avere later found among the ruins. He had been aAvakened by his son and Avas seen outside the house. In the confussion his absence Avas not noticed until too late.

Mr. T. A. Helms’ Foxtou-Shan-non service car and one of the Shannon Dairy Co’s, cream lorries came into collision at the corner near the railway crossing at Shannon on Tuesday -afternoon. The Aveather Avas particularly bad Avith rain and strong Avind and neither dfiver heard or saAV the approach of the. other vehicle. Mr. Osborne snr., father of Mr. 11. Osborne, of Foxton, who was a passenger in the front seat, received abrasions to both knees, but otherwise Avas unhurt. The driver escaped injury. The car was considerably damaged.

A painful experience befell Mr. R. McLeod, a Morrinsville farmer, says a Press Association message. He felt a sharp sting behind his ear, and quickly brushed off a spider. A feAv moments later he Avas attacked with faintness, and staggered to a seat in a store. His face became hot and sAVollen, a numb sensation travelled doAvn his right arm, and he avos unable to see. He Avas removed to Morrinsville Hospital, where he recovered sufficiently to return home. The bite had been inflicted by an ordinary variety of house spider, frequently found on windows. Medical men sfrate that it is Avell knoAvn that in rare cases persons are susceptible to the bite of the ordinary spider.

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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3850, 27 September 1928, Page 2

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Tapeke kupu
858

Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, SEPT. 27, 1928. LOCAL AND GENERAL Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3850, 27 September 1928, Page 2

Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, SEPT. 27, 1928. LOCAL AND GENERAL Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3850, 27 September 1928, Page 2

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