Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, MAY 6, 1930. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Manawatu Herald, Volume LI, Issue 4448, 6 May 1930, Page 2

Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, MAY 6, 1930. LOCAL AND GENERAL

11 is nr> unusual thing these days lor Hawke’s Hay fanners 1" sell fa I rattle at, prices well below wlis.t they paid for them last year in forward condition, states the Napier Telegraph. The timber export,ed from the West iCoast for the year muled March 31, 1930, was 70.111,0110 superficial feet, which const it,tiles a West Coast, record, healing the record of 1920 by 2,Oat) lent, says a (Weymouth message. A.s a result of the Taranaki Trotting Club's annual rare meeting the Government receives Luxation amounting to t.'LO97, made up as follows: Tolalisator duty £359, dividend duty £O4O, slakes duly £SS, .amusement lax £32.

‘T’oxlou will never br a purl E was l.lie welcome remark accorded Ihe Palmerston N. members of the Poxton Unrhonr Board a.s they entered the Board room yesterday by Mr R. Bryant. '‘Rot!" was Mr R. Edwards’ retort. ‘•l’ve never heard such a lot of rot talked for \ oaj'S,” lie concluded. Palmerston North’s missing girls, Norma Jean Taviov and Agnes Marshall, returned to their homes on Saturday morning by the Am-k land express. They were found in Auckland by relatives of ,one of the girls. Conimnuieation which look place between one of lhe missing girls and a Palmerston North linn led to their location and return.

Funds are still being collected for the Imi which will be built at de la Baelie corner a.s a memorial to those who lost their lives in the Tasman (.'lacier disaster in January last. The total amount required is £5(10, and it is hoped that the work will be commenced shortly. The new Malts Bran hut, which is now being constructed of wood and iron, will accommodate about 3o people. The road to the Ball but, at present under construction, will go right to the entrance of the Iml, and tourists will be able to travel as far as the edge of the gla.-ier by car.