LOCAL AND GENERAL

Feilding Star, Volume 2, Issue 317, 22 August 1924, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The day population of the Woolworth Building, New York’s 1 anions giant building, is 14,800.

the first lad to leave the Masterton Methodist Orphanage to earn his living in the world is named Winston Churchill. He has been apprenticed to the building trade. “The Nelson schools are mixed," said Mr James Mitchell in an address in the Oarnaru Opera House,' “and I have attended both the hoys'' and girls’ schools.” He wondered why the audience laughed. According to the Eirestone news service there are more than .3,000,000 workers connected directly or indirectly with the automotive industry. About 325,000 are employed by ear manufacturers. Argentine chilled beef, being in heavy supply in London last month, sold wholesale in Smithfiold at Id per ]b., a good deal having to he cleared at actually not more than Jd per Ih or so. What price the consumer paid for the beef is, not mentioned. Oyster men operating in Eoveaux Straits frequently take an octopus in their trawls, hut one winch was found 1 on tin* hack beach, Bluff, on Sunday last, was much larger than usual. The body was 7 feet lung and 4 feet across, while the tentacles had a' spread of fully 18 feet, the largest being nearly (i inches in diameter. Finality lias been reached with respect to the leasing of practically all Samoa Crown estates, with the exception of three large cocoa nut plantations. Radio advice has been received by Mr Massey from the Administrator of Samoa that a recommendation regarding them is coming forward by the incoming mail.

The Board of Trade Journal, London, advises exporters that importers ill New Zealand prefer that .wood-wool packing should be used in eases where such packing is suitable, rather than liay, straw, or chaff without a disinfectant certificate. This is in order to obviate the. trouble of having the packing material destroyed'.

“New Zealand, is hardly known over there,” remarked a .Hamilton restin' referring to a recent visit he. paid ito Australia. He went, on fit state •that New Zealand undoubtedly had great tourist advantages, but what was desired was a vigorous scheme of advertising on the part of the Government to make the sights known to the' rank and file of the people of Australia.

“You know, 3 believe a lot is the fault of you ministers,” An; elder indulged in some straight talk to the bf thei ChristohuVeh Presbytery, which took tlj'c criticism hi good part. The elder said that a' minister should go among the people amt so impress theiVL that they felt bound’ to go and hear him speak hV church. He should make; them realise that lie" was. a “jolly fine fellow.”

California boasts of having 300 centenarians.

A ton of artielipkas was railed from Waimate to a South Canterbury buyer one day last week.

One effect of the fine weather of this week' has been to consolidate the dangerous sections of the Manawntu Gorge road which is now open for light traffic in the daytime.

A meeting of the Baptist Church members in Palmerston decided to move the present building to the hack of the section at once, to prepare the way for .the proposed new building.

Worlc on the Derby street ferroconcrete bridge is progressing favourably. The old piers and decking have been removed and at present the work of filling in ihe concrete pier-heads is being earned out.

M. Boris Kostich, the eminent chess player,states that the two strongest chess players he has met in New Zealand were Mcsrs J. M. Dunlop, of Oarnaru, and A. O. Davies, of Dunedin.

Some of the end lines used in the fishing industry measure 70fi0 fathoms long, or about eight ordinary miles, having 4080 hooks, the whole costing, in some cases, £2OO or £3OO.

Mr H. E. Combs, secretary of the P. and T. Association, and also secretary of the Now Zealand Rugby Union, will visit Eeilding this week-end and will speak in the Square' and Oddfellows’ Hall, as advertised in another column.

Dunedin’s prohibitionists have made arrangements for the broadcasting hy wireless of the concert and temperance talks, of Messrs Adams and Todd and a choir. 'This will take place between the hours of 8 and 10 p.ro. The wave length wifi reach Australia comfortably.

At tin's week’s meeting of the Taihape Borough Council it was resolved that the hiring conditions ot the 'Town Hall he amended so as to provide that each councillor shall have two .scats free of charge at all entertainments, excepting those for charities. The Mayor said it was time that some privileges should he extended to councillors.

An interesting circumstance is narrated by Mr W. A. "Waters, chief engineer of the Mannwntu-Oroun Power Board. The hoard recently supplied a local industrial concern with an electric motor lo he used in place of a steam plant. The owner had since said that, with electric power, could do in six hours what formerly took 8-J hours, and he was saving from £5 to £lO per week.

A hoy named Newman, an escapee from Weraroa, has been arrested. It appears that in company with a lad named -Asher he escaped from the school, after which they are alleged to have broken into four or five dwellings between Shannon and Levin. At Buckley a settler caught them in the act of breaking into his residence -and gave chase, Newman being taught, and Asher-escap-ing and being still at large.

An unusual episode characterised the hearing of an action for damages which was opened before Air Justice Reed in the Supreme Court, Auckland. Twelve jurymen \yoro empanelled, hut after the luncheon adjournment it was intimated to Ins Honour that one juror had been seen talking to plaintiff and some of the witnesses. His Honour accordingly discharged the man, and the parties agreed to the case being continued with 11 jurors.

“It is not considered tliero will he sufficient opportunity during this session to deal fully with the matters referred to,” was the reply given by the Minister for Education as to whether ho proposed to introduce a hill this session on the lines of the Children’s Charter Acts, in operation in other countries, making provision for children’s courts, regulation of child labour, maintenance and welfare of children horn out of wedlock, assistance "for deserted and unmarried mothers, and all other matters dealing particularly with Hie well-being of the children of the Dominion?

Mr William Levin, son of Mr and Mrs P. L. Levin, of “Westella,” is the somewhat doubtful hero of a picture" in the London Daily Express of July 3 last. The picture, as the letterpress puts it, is a photograph of Mr Levin, “the New Zealand amateur jhronlc rider, coming down to hard facts in the arena of the stadium at Wembley. Mr Levin was a. gallant amateur, and held on for several thrilling seconds —but the In-onk was a professional.” The picture shows the bronlt doubled up, with Ins lrind feet where his forelegs ought to he, and vice versa. Mr Levin is in a horizontal position, fe6t just leaving the stirrup' irons, body well out from the bronk’s head, and arms out reaching for ..the “hard facts.” Tlfe lironlc certainly looks the part—and’ so does Mr Levin,

Much interest is being taken all through the district in the benefit match, Maori v. Pakeha, to ho played at Sandon to-morrow.

A member of the Wanganui Education Board at the meeting yesterday remarked that -live men were particularly scarce, in Wanganui. From a hydro-oleotric standpoint, the Manawatu. is looked upon as the finest rural area to he reticulated in tlid Dominion, say® Engineer Waters. Lovers of dancing are again reminded that the usual, weekly dance will he held in the Oddfellows’ Hall to-morrow night from 8 to 11.30 p.m. Good floor and good music to greet you. At a meeting of delegates from the Fire Brigades of Feiklihg, Palmerston, Fox ton and Levin-, it was.de-' aided to inaugurate a series of district, competitions. Levin lias undertaken, to provide a challenge shield valued at about £lO 10s. The Education Board yesterday, on account of the absence of the chairman and some members, decided to hold over discussion regarding the dismissal of two lady teachers who went to Auckland to play hockey without the permission of the Board. In extending a welcome to the delegates attending the annual meeting of the New Zealand Institute of Surveyors, the Mayor (Mr IV. Lock) stated that last month there was only one sunless day in Nelson, while on each of lo days of the month there were over eight hours of sunshine. -

The schoolboy “howler” will he a joy for ever. The latest to come under notice was perpetrated hy an Invercargill High -School boy the other day. When correcting his papers, the history master was amazed to discover that “during the French Revolution the. pheasants rose up m revolt.” Also that “the younger Pitt endeavoured to raise the standard of mortality in England!”

A record for a ’tend sale of\ such magnitude was established at Palmerston North (Otago) recently when a, subdivision of the remaining OOIK) acres of the famous Mount Royal estate was sold under the hammer in less than half an hour. Bidding was brisk amongst the large attendance of genuine .seekers of proved tussock country and every lot except the small wdolshed block of 25 acres was sold. Ten lots were disposed of at an average price of a faction over £7" per acre.

An observant resident informs the pressman that a small Hock of wild, geese llew over Manchester Square, going in a northerly direction, about 7.30 o’clock one evening this week. A member of the Acclimatisation Society, on hying asked, could not account for the unusual occurrence, as he knew of no wild geese in the North Island,' the nearest flock being at Ellersmore, but he added that that would he the time the geese would he Hying.

'l'he Eeilding Eire Brigade are leaving no stone unturned in regard to making their annual hall, which is to bo' held in the Drill Hall next Tuesday night, a marked success. Larkin’s orchestra, which provided the music for the viee-Regal hall in Wellington, have been engaged. Therefore, nothing better could he wished for in that line. Supper of the very best will he in the hands of a. capable Indies’ committee. The floor should lie perfect, a© the hrigadesmen have ‘-been hard at it for the past fortnight, and the hall is being tastefully decorated for the occasion, so patrons can he assured of a good evening’® enjoyment.