LOCAL AND GENERAL

Feilding Star, Volume 7, Issue 2303, 4 September 1929, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The n'ew Vehicle Ad, of California prohibits Ibe operation of speed traps by 'the police.

plaintiff in. Court: T. nrn satisfied t lnil. Ibe mnn is willing: to pay if bo js forced to.

As was (lie case in August,- 1.028, no petitions in bankruptcy were filed at Ashburton last, month. There was one in August:, 1027.

The Southland footballers visited Feilding yesterday afternoon, and local enthusiasts had tea with them at the Reresford.

Magistrate; Do you complain that your husband ill-treats you? Wife: No, not exactly—hut the sight of him makes me ill.

An eel weighing over 24lbs and close on •Oft. long was caught in AVaipukiirau a few days ago. It did not carry any trout.

The Transport. Bill, in which considerable interest is being evinced, is expected to reach the House this week.

With the object of improving cricket the Melbourne, association Ims appointed honorary conches to tutor young players.

The Napier Borough Council's proportion of the petrol tax collected • for the period ended June JO last amounted to £461.

A full-blooded North American Indian was among the 72 Canadian Boy Scouts who took part in the great jamboree in England.

Motor cycles were used extensively during the French Army manoeuvres, .recently. Armoured sidecar outfits and others equipped with radio sets were features.

As an indication o the great interest taken in America in stock motor far. tests, 30,000 people attended a stock car race at the Atlantic City Speedway recently.

Premier Bruce deprecates feelings of pessimism, regarding Australia’s outlook. Pessimism was due to the fact that so few Australians knew their own country and its possibilities.

There are 38 different types of milking machines on the New Zealand market, 27 different makes being represented in Man awa til installations.

“This js the worst season for rain for 20 .years,’’ said a Wanganui farmer. The stock were in good condition, wt'iich was fortunate, hut the recent rains were not favorable to lambing, which was now jn full swing.

There wore 11 bankruptcies : in ike Auckland district during August, •compared with 14 in the corresponding period of 1928. Bankruptcies for the first ejghfc months of this year total 91, compared with 95 for the same period of 1928.

Considering there is a preponderance of South Island representation on the committee to select a New Zealand ladies’ hockey team to take part in the Empire tournament in South Africa next year, the Manawatu Ladies’ Hockey Association has forwarded a protest to the New Zealand Association.

Tn his report to the Hamilton Beautifying Society the foreman reported that a number of bulbs bad been stolen from Memorial Park. The footprints were, those of a lady, be said. Tn making the request that the press take special note of this, a. society member remarked: “Put .a question marie after the word ‘lady.’