LOCAL AND GENERAL

Manawatu Herald, Volume L, Issue 3996, 12 September 1929, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Within the last week or two a certain amount of petty thieving has been taking place in the vicinity of Kingston Road (says the Shannon News). One settler reports having lost in one night -seven calves which he was rearing for himself, another had a pig stolen out of its stye, while at the Miranui Mill twenty-seven sacks of potatoes disappeared. The police have the matter in hand.

Nearly a million and three-quar-ters is the tally to the end of August of the brown trout stripping operation by the officers of the Otago Acclimatisation Society this season. Most of the eggs are from the Leith, the Waiwera River, and one of the tributaries of Lake Wanaka. The stripping of the rainbow trout has been commenced. Lake Hawea is the main source of supply of that breed. When the eggs reach the fry stage they will be .distributed, many being used to augment the stock in local streams. William Clement Allen, aged 21, died apparently of exhaustion on Mount Egmont late on Sunday afternoon. He collapsed near Humphries Castle on his return to North Egmont from a tiramp. A companion, W. Giroombridge, descended to the house for help. When the rescuers arrived Allen was found to have moved and slipped from the track. His dead body was lying head down on a hill. Heavy rain and a,difficult track made the journey in the dark to the house an arduous one, taking till 10.30. 'That it is dangerous to use aluminium paint on a stove in which the fire is burning received confirmation in Eketahuna recently (says the Express). Betty Nation was coating the kitchen range, when the tin of aluminium paint overturned and the contents caught alight, setting Hire to her dress. Most fortunately for the little girl a visitor arrived at the door at that moment and assisted the child’s young brother to roll her into a rug. The prompt measures saved serious results, a burnt leg being all -the injury sustained. Quarantine has been imposed on the 150 Asiatic quail which arrived by the Narbada on Wednesday for liberation by the Auckland Acclimatisation Society (states the New kealand Herald). The Department of Internal Affairs found that certain formalities were required in connection with the importation of this species, and delivery to the Acclimatisation -Society was held up. It seemed at the moment -that custody of the,'birds would, present a problem, but the City Council came to the rescue and the consignment has been caged in the Zoological Park. The new courthouse was used for the first time this morning for the monthly sitting of the Court. The building is a very fine structure and contains some excellent workmanship. It is well ventilated while a hot water heating system provides ample warmth throughout the building during the cold weather. The building comprises portico, with witnesses room, public office and Magistrate’s room on the south side and the courtroom and publicgallery on the. north. The furniture of the courtroom comprises a raised bench for the Magistrate with desk in front for use of the prosecuting police officer while on either side arc witness boxes. A long table is located in the centre of the room for the use of the solicitors. The portion of the room for the use of the public is railed off from the rest of the room.

The necessity for the exercising of care' in submitting a tender was brought before the Foxton Borough Council at its last meeting when through a small oversight a tenderer was unsuccessful in an application for the lease of a section despite the fact that a higher offer was made than that of the successful tenderer. The specifications for tenderers provided that each tender had to he accompanied by a deposit equal to the first year’s rent for the section. The unsuccessful tenderer put in a tender £2 in excess of that of the successful one but failed to enclose the deposit although the covering letter stated that the money had been enclosed. The Council had no other option hut to accept the lower tender and lose £2 as the other was informal.