Lengthy Court List.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 47, 24 January 1938, Page 6

Lengthy Court List.

Seventy-four eases, involving an manner of alleged breaches, were set down for hearing when the ordinary sittings of the Magistrate’s Court were resumed at Palmerston North to-day after the legal vacation, ft' was the largest list of its nature for some yems hut some of the fixtures were adjourned. Tossed By Cow.

As a result of her being tossed by a maddened cow into a drain in King Street, Te ICuiti. Mrs 6. E. Elliott, was admitted to the Te Kuiti Hospital suffering from a broken thigh abrasions and shock. She was pinned under the animal in the drain after it had charged her. Homestead To Be Rebuilt.

The Longbeaeh homestead, one of the best-known residences in the Dominion, which was destroyed by fire on Novemlier 15, will be rebuilt at an early date. Situated about 16 miles from Ashburton, the building comprised 33 rooms and was an imposing structure in brick, with stone facings, built in the style of many of the old English homes. Rescue By Young Swimmer.

The value of being able to swim was demonstrated on Friday afternoon, when a lOj-year-old Masterton girl, Nanette Broom, rescued a woman from possible drowning in the Buamahanga River. The woman, who was not a strong swimmer, got into difficulties in deep water, and the child, noticing her danger, pluckily wont to her assistance, and succeeded in bringing her into shallow water. The rescuer learnt to swim only a year ago.

Explosion In Bakery. A severe explosion occurred shortly after six o’clock.on Friday morning in a firebox of one of the two ovens in Mr E. V. Heffemail’s bakery in Hazard Street, W'aihi. The oven was wrecked, bricks being blown in all directions and the iron front of the oven, weighing more than three tons, was shifted nearly sin from its foundation. The cause is not known, but an official of the School of Mines was of the opinion that the only feasible explanation was the presence of water gases.

Road Improvements. Considerable improvements are being effected to the road known as Hayward’s between Pahautanni and the Hutt Valley, and quite a large sum ot money is being spent by the Government on this route out of AVellington. Bad bends have been eliminated, the road shortened in many places, and in several other directions made much safer for traffic. When completed it will be a popular road for motorists from'the north en route to the Hutt Valley. In places the scenery is quite impressive. ! . ,

Ordeal for Drivers. Huge mobs of sheep are on the coast road near Opotiki, and after the long dry spell motorists have found driving through them a very tedious and dusty undertaking, even in closed cars. The dust nuisance is the worst for years and the absence of wind leaves the roads covered with a heavy pall of dust.

Aurora Australis Display. An extraordinarily vivid display of the Aurora Australis was seen at Napier and along the East Coast shortly after 10 o’clock on Friday night. The display lasted nearly half an hour, following a very hot day during which the temperature.was over 84 degrees; the night also was very warm, cloudless and windless.

Hawke’s Bay Fruit. Notwithstanding the long spell of dry weather experienced in Hawke’s Bay, fruit crops generally are looking well and the absence of moisture has apparently not affected the development of the fruit. This is particularly the case in orchards on the flat lands. On the slopes, however, there are some signs of “pinching” due to the absence of rain and orchardists on the higher lands are carrying out a second thinning to give the fruit a better chance to develop. Busy Milk Bars.

Figures showing the large recent increase in the sales of milk by Auckland milk bars were mentioned to the Metropolitan Milk Council by its chairman, Mr J. J. Goldstine. He said that during a period of a month from a date in November to a date in December, the sale of milk from four licensed milks bars in Queen Street reached a total of 6300 gallons, apart from the cream sold. That was over 200 galolns a day, and was indicative of the way in which sales of milk had been increasing. Matriculation Passes.

In spite of a delay of several months in the commencement of school last year because of the epidemic of infantile paralysis, the results in the University entrance or matriculation examination show that the enforced closure of schools did not have the adverse effect on students that was anticipated. When questioned about the success of their students, the 'principals of several of Wellington’s leading colleges expressed the view that the percentage of passes was quite as high as could have been expected, and in some ‘cases exceeded expectations. Public Works Employees.

In reply to a toast at Thames, the Minister of Public Works (Hon. It. Semple) said that his department had 2120 jobs on hand. With 20,000 men on Public Works alone, they were getting order out of the chaos. They had adopted the most modern methods in the world for the progress of the country. Mr J. Wood, chairman of the Main Highways Board, stated later that the increase in Public Works men had been from 13,000 to 20,000, but the Public Works officials had only increased 25 per cent, and had to work hard to cope with the work set them. Big Gorse Fire. As the result of a gorse fire on Saturday afternoon about a quarter of a mile of the Manawatu-Oroua Power Board’s 11,000-volt power lines were brought down on Penny’s Line. The outbreak started on native lease reserve land farmed by Mr T. Puki, of llangiotu. Fanned by a strong wind, the flames quickly spread and a numof farmers motered to the scene to take steps to check the outbreak. The flames were over 20 feet high in places and burnt off all the cross-arms on the power poles for over 400 yards. Temporary repairs were carried out by members of the board’s staff on Saturday evening. Railcar Strikes Cow.

Although the vehicle was not derailed, the front set of bogey wheels of a railcar were lifted from the line when a collision occurred with a cow at Mangamaire, about six miles south of Pahiatua at 7.45 a.m. yesterday. The animal was killed, but no damage was done to the rail car, and the six passengers on board were not injured. Members of the Railway Department’s staif returned the front of the car to the rails and the vehicle was taken back to Woodville for examination, a relief car being sent from Masterton for the passengers. The passengers for Palmerston North were brought from Mangamaire by road motor-bus, arriving here about two hours late.

Inglewood's Name. Taranaki people normally are satisfied to take .place names in the province for granted, but difficulty in tracing the origin of the name Inglewood led a New Plymouth resident, Mr G. W. Kirk, into a fascinating search which finally ended in the town of Carlisle, Cumberland, England, and revealed that the name had historically important associations. Inglewood is the name given to the great Royal Forest which stretched from Carlisle to Penrith (15 miles) in a north and south direction, and was bounded on the east bv the River Eden. In original historical documents the earliest reference is in 1150. when the name is given as Engleswoda. Other spellings in later days a Englewude and Eglewode. ■

Fire Brigade Costs. Additional costs totalling £80,340 would have to be met by fire fighting organisations in New Zealnnd as a result of Government legislation, said Mr P. S. N. McCartney, at the quarterly meeting of the New Plymouth Fire Brigade. Mr McCartney mentioned the pending industrial award that would have far-reaching effects, especially on the volunteer system. The increased cost last year, compared with the previous year as a result of Government legislation, was £32,340, said Mr McCartney, and the estimated boards with local bodies was a further increase of £28,000. If the demands of the Wellington Fire Brigades Union came into force throughout New Zealand they would cost fit least £20,000 more, bringing tho total additional cost for the coming year to £BO.OOO for ratepayers and insurance . companies in New Zealand. Difficult Traffic Problem. < '

Handling the large volume of traffic leaving the Trentham racecourse on Anniversary Day is always a somewhat difficult problem for the officials employed by the Wellington Racing Club. It was made' more or so on Saturday when the attendance was considerably larger than usual. A Palmerston North resident who attended the meeting informed a “Standard” reporter that twenty minutes elapsed from the tune of entering his car until it was abie to move ‘slowly ahead, only to be stopped every few feet. There were several lanes of traffic and generally nine or ten cars in each were allowed to leave in succession. “Unfortunately for us,” the Palmer—tonian observed, “only two cars in our lane wore allowed out on two or three occasions as against the higher number in the others, must to the annoyance of some .visitors. There was at times quite a prolonged tooting of the mechancal warning devices on the cars to speed up the exit, but the officials imperturbably carried on. It did seem, however, that a better system is badly needed.’