LOCAL AND GENERAL

Manawatu Herald, Volume L, Issue 3937, 2 May 1929, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The Colonial Sugar Company an - nounces that the price of all grades of raw and refined sugars, with the exception of tablet and icing sugars, have been reduced by ten shillings a ton from yesterday. The annual ca)mp of the Gth. (Mart awatu) Mounted Rifles will be held on the Levin showgrounds and racecourse this year, commencing on Wednesday next and lasting until Saturday, May 11th.

A ten-year-old Maori girl, Lily Otene of Puha, was on Tuesday presented by the Mayor of Gisborne, Mr. 'Coleman, with the Royal Humane Society’s certificate for bravery. In December last the girl displayed great presence of mind in endeavouring to save the life of her young brother whose clothing caught alight, extinguishing the flames by wrapping a rug around him. She then returned to the house, which was also afire, and extinguished the flames, probably saving the life, of her sister.

“Is it a fact that cals were once used in New Zealand for hunting rabbits"?” asks a correspondent of a Wellington newspaper, which supplies an answer. Many years ago a Wellington firm, advertised for cats, for which a reasonable price was offered. A consignment of several hundred was purchased, and despatched to the Wairarapa to eliminate the rabbit pest. As.the experiment was not repeated, and rabbits continued to thrive on the Wairarapa Plains, it is assumed that the venture was not a successful one.

Two well-known brands of English chocolate, Cadbury’s and Fry’s, are to be manufactured in New Zealand. Experts will arrive in the Dominion shortly and a modern plant is to be erected at solme centre which has yet to be chosen. The reason for the new development is the high tariff imposed on imported chocolate by the New Zealand Government. Cadbury’s and Fry’s chocolates cost twice as much in the Dominion as they do in England. New Zealand will lose revenue from this commodity, but will get the benefit of manufacture here. In reply torn question on the matter, the Minister-of Industries and Commerce (the Hon. J, G. Co'bbe) stated on Tuesday that the report upon the cash order trading system, upon which he heard'evidence in the main centres recently, has been completed but that it has not yet been considered by Cabinet. The report will not be available for publication until the Minister has presented his conclusions to his colleagues.

Three petitions in bankruptcy were reported at the office of the D.0.A., in Palmerston North last month. The same number of bankruptcies occurred during March. Tamaroa’s passengers from London included 00 assisted immigrants cohiprising 17 men, 22 women, 21 children and 20 boys coming out under the Church of England scheme. The last-named are described as an exceptionally fine lot, states an Auckland message.

The vital statistics for Eoxton for the month of April are as follows, the figures for the corresponding period of last year being given in parenthesis:—Births 2 (4), deaths 3 (1), marriages 4 (3). There were two Maori deaths last April as against nil for the previous year.

During the month of April locally there were five wet days, a total of 1.08 inches falling. The wettest day was on the 15th when .81 of an inch was recorded. The coldest day was the 22nd when the thermometer registered 45 degrees and the warmest day was the 13th with G 8 degrees. A claimant to the Mansfield fortune (recently discovered in Tasmania), amounting to over £1,000,000, is Mrs. E. Spall, of Te Matai Road, Palmerston North. Although Mrs. Spall is only one of twenty grandchildren in one branch of the ’ fabiilv, should her claim be recognised she will receive about £20,000.

“I feel that there is no man in the Dominion who has worked harder for ,any hospital than Sir James Wilson has for the Palmerston N. Hospital,” said Mr. G. A. Monk, in concluding his address on hospital matters in Levin on Friday. . Sir James, he said, had been connected with the institution since its inception and had been chairman of (he Board for a quarter of a century. He had reached a ripe old age and had not sought re-election. It Was some years since he was in Parliament, but they had to recognise that he had been one of the Dominion’s notable public men. He had given time, ability and money freely in the interests of the Palmerston Hospital, and that institution stands and would stand as a monument to his labours for his afflicted fellow men. (Applause).

The car family.—Mr. Morris Cowlev met Lizzie Ford at Albion. He had been a Rover, and had travelled a good deal Overland. He played a good game of Rugby, and represented Australia in International games. He asked Lizzie to meet him that night, hut she said it was Wiillys-Knight, and she would Dodge him if she could. They met pnder the Moon, and she called him her Star. They married, and their wedding was .announced in the Standard. Their honeymoon was spent in 'Cleveland, and in due course a Baby Austin arrived, which they called their Sunbeam. They frequently have to speak to it Crossley and Whippet.