LOCAL AND GENERAL

Feilding Star, Volume 4, Issue 957, 23 November 1926, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Two wireless sets have been given to the Blind Institute in Auckland. These had given great joy to the inmates. Nothing has brought so much pleasure to the blind as the invention of wireless. / Labour avill make a bold bid fo>* honours at the next Municipal elections in the ciites. The Wellington Labour Representation Committee has decided to contest all the seats on the City Council, the Wellington Hospital Board, and the Wellington Harbour Board. There will also be « candidate for the Mayoralty. A man named Adams, charged at the Wairoa. Police Court with vagrancy, gave himself away very neatly. The sergeant was telling the bench of the questionable methods of livelihood adopted b.y the accused, amongst those being the supplying of liquor to Maoris and prohibited persons. “I’m not the only one, anyway!" retorted the accused. Maori weaving may be taught ; n the primary schools of Taranaki. An effort is being made to obtain the services of a native instructor for the teachers’ refresher course to be held in New Plymouth in February. The present tendency is for the Dominion to look to other countries for a lead in this connection, but if the proposal materialises, a distinct type of work will be developed. Already 232 teachers have signefied their intention to be presen t. !

Mr TC. H. Fitzherbert, foremin plumber for the Tourist Dep’lGYMldit, had a. narrow escape from''' T.drig drowned in the Arnuilia Rapids. With otliers, he was engaged in putting up a hand-railing, when Iris foot slipped, and lie fell into the rushing waters. Clad in oilskin and gumboots, it was some seconds hefpyej.’o came to the surface again, mid his case looked desperate. However, i.n rose close to the bank, where his companions were just able to reach him and drag him ashore, little the. worse for bis immersion. , “I have great faith in human nature,” remarked a woman against whom a claim for £oB lent a. month or two ago was made in the Alngifcirnte’s Court in Wellington. It transpired that the defendant had borrow-* ed the money on the understanding that it should not he repaid for two years, hut that it had not been stipulated in the agreement what time should be allowed for repayment. Mr Riddell: Well, of course, it is a good thug to have faith sometimes, but you can have too much faith. Defendant: I have borrowed money' before, sir, and I can get it now without interest. Mr Riddell: You can? Well, you are pretty lucky.

There are about oO men now engaged on the work of installing the automatic telephone at Napier. On the five Sundays on which the excursion trains have been run to Otira, an aggregate of approximately 3000 people have made the trip. The Department of Education has decided to pay its agricultural instructors a. travelling allowance not exceeding 13s a day. Previously only actual travelling expenses were grant, ed. The Lake County A. and P. Association offered a prize for the largestnumber of birds’ eggs in the 1925-> season. A youth named Morrison won it with a collection of 3864 eggs. With birds’ eggs selling at 2d per, dozen, the boy’s bird-nesting expeditions realised £2 13s Bd.

The Aussie’s Christmas issue is now in Feilding’s bookshops, and it is proving a very popular article. This is as it should be, for it is a particularly good number. The New Zealand section has been well filled by artists and writers, whilst the Australian contributors have done their frit cleverly towards making it the best yet. Master Graham Miller, of the Lvtton street school the 13-year-old son of the Rev. T. and Airs Miller, has , been awarded a prize of five guineas given by the Wanganui branch of the | Victoria League for the l best essay on | “My Privileges as a Member of the British Empire.” The competition | was open to all primary schools under the Wanganui Education Board.