Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, MARCH 12, 1929. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Manawatu Herald, Volume L, Issue 3917, 12 March 1929, Page 2

Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, MARCH 12, 1929. LOCAL AND GENERAL

'The Prime Minister announced yesterday that Cabinet had approved of a grant of £9500 for the provision of a refectory at Massey. Col-, lege. ; CV. Rand recommended at last night’s Borough Council meeting that the chips which had been swept off Johnston Street during the top dressing process be gathered up ..and put to s'olme use. The matter: ..will be referred to the road foreman. Those present at last night’s Borough Council meeting were the Mayor (Mr. M. E. Perreau), Crs. R. J. Thomson, Spring, John Ross, S. E. Cowley, R. Rangiheuea, P. C. Lucinsky, C. Rand, E. Parkin, M. H. Walker and the Town Clerk (Mr. Win. Trueman) . At last night’s Borough Council meeting the Mayor (Mr. M. E. Perreau) said that he had been congratulated by several people on (he Council’s policy in regard to i lie laying down of the new silent policemen, which it was considered, would be the means of preventing many accidents. John Valentine Lerke, aged 18, a clerk, died in Hamilton Hospital yesterday ,aftern'oon, having been thrown frdm a bicycle in the forenoon, sustaining a fractured skull. Deceased attended a church service and then rode dawn hill towards the river and fell in attempting to turn. He was taken to his home and the seriousness of his injury was unknown till the afternoon.

A protest against Sunday excursions was uttered by Dean Barnett at Hamilton on Sunday night. He said that there was a gradual slipping back of the moral standards. There was no excuse for these .excursions, as people had time for .recreation during the week.He protested against a Government Department’s desperate endeavour to pay its way by means of. such excursions.

In answering a deputation at Wellington yesterday with regard to euchre parties, Hon. T. M. Wilford said: “I cannot give anyone the right to break the law. What you can do is to work for its repeal, and I believe there are very few members of Parliament to-day who would vote against an amendment to the Act to give you what you want.” The deputation represented school comlmittees, lodges and others. When the parking of cars in Main Street was under discussion at last night’s Borough Council 'meeting, Cr. Cowley .said that green paint was now being used to mark off the parking places instead of ■white, which jiad the habit' of turning into a dirty brown colour in a very short time. It had been found that green paint retained its ,colour on asphalt and could be seen quite easily at night time. The Council decided to mark off areas in Main Street for the .parking of cars. At last night’s Borough Council meeting Cr. Cowley drew the Council’s attention to the dangerous state of the Purcell Street road which required immediate attention. "File Mayor, said that it was the intention of the Public Works Committee to inspect Purcell Street prior to the next meeting with a view to seeing what could be done to make the .corner leading into Johnston Street safer and the matter raised by Cr. Cowley could then be .considered also.

Mr. H. Nixon had a narrow escape frolm injury when an eight inch by 12ft. concrete wall collapsed yesterday morning. Together with Mr. A. E. Tiollison, Mr. Nixon was removing the battens from a newly erected Concrete wall on the north side of Mr. 11. Osborne’s residence, in Main Street, when without any warning the structure collapsed, narrowly missing Mr. Nixon. The earthquake which occurred on Saturday evening possibly had something to do with the collapse of the wall which was only erected la3t week.

The earthquake which did so much damage at Arthur’s Pass on Saturday evening, was felt with considerable severity locally, M*. H. S. lleyes, manager of the local gasworks, happened to be in tha works at the time and was startled by water being thrown out of both gas holders. The rumbling and shake were .very ominous and he entertained fears that something was amiss with the plant and it was .not until Monday morning that his •fears in this connection were alloyed. The water in the swimming bath ran in w ! aves from end to end of the bath during the shake. No damage was done locally but the tremour was one ,of the severest that lias been experienced for some time.

The monthly meeting of the Lunch 'Club will be held in Hind’s Restaurant on Thursday next. On Saturday the Sports Committee held a shop day in Main Street. Various competitions were held, the winners being as follows: —Lamb, Miss D. Griffin; pig, Mr. J. Martin; chocolates, Willie Noekles; dinner, Mr. G. Jones; shirt, Mr. George Edwards.

The chairman of the local D. H. School Committee has received a telegram from the Hon. H. Atmore, Minister for Education, confirming a verbal invitation to visit the school. “Will be glad to came later on, giving you ample notice,” concludes the Minister.

The Sandon Sports Club will hold their annual sports on the Recreation Grounds, Sanson, on Saturday 10th March, 1929, when running, cycling, piping, dancing and novelty events will be indulged in. The sports will commence at 11 a.m. with the School Shield race. Catering on the grounds, hot water being provided free. A shop day was held on Saturday by the local Maoris to raise funds for the forthcoming visit of the Bishop of Aotea Roa at Easter. Prize-winners were as follows: —F. Robinson, cushion and chocolates; Mrs. H. McGregor, chocolate boxes; A. Mathers, family dinner; H. Epraima, pillow sham; J. M-c Gregor, married couple’s dinner. In the evening a dance was held in the Royal Theatre which was well patronised.

Referring to the Municipal Conference held in Wanganui last week, the Mayor (Mr. M. E. Perreau) stated at last night’s Borough Council meeting that such conferences were very valuable and should receive the support of all boroughs. It was a great education to attend such a conference. “At no fcilme did we feel that they were out of it,” said Mr. Perreau, “and we found that we were well abreast of the times.” “Poxton,” he said, “ican hold its head up with any town of its size and is far ahead of some even larger than ourselves.”