LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 10 June 1925, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Patea Hospital Board yesterday decided to co-operate with the Wanganui Hospital Board in procuring a supply of radium and apparatus for the treatment of radium.

Percy Keene, the jockey who was thrown at "Wingatuj on Thursday last, when Captain Sarto fel| in the Otago Hurdle Handicap, died in the Dunedin hospital .yesterday. He was 19 years of age and was employed by R. Alexander, of Sockburn, with whom he served his apprenticeship. The inquest was formally opened in the afternoon and adjourned. There have been only two nominations. for the by-election in Franklin, Mr. E. D. McLennan (Reform) and Mr. ,1. S. Montgomerie (Labour). Considerable interest has been aroused in the electorate - "!}} - the definite announcement that the Hon. J. G. Coates, Prime Minister, lias decided to < ?ter the lists on behalf of the Reform candidate. There will now he the two candidates, each supported by the leader of his party. At the Supreme Court at Blenheim yestorday Henry Henderson, a young man, was found guilty of , a serious offence against a girl under 16 years of age. Evidence showed that the girl was of a loose moral character, and Mr. Justice Alpers, taking al) the circumstances into consideration, said the ends of justice would be met by putting accused on probation for two years. He was also ordered to pay the costs of the prosecution. Alfred Janies Desmond Mitchell, on a similar charge in respect to the same girl, was found not gui'-ty.—Piess Assn. Every trace of rheumatism removed by Rheumo; 4/6. —Advt.

A coid'oreii'ce of 'the Motliodiisb ministers of the Taranaki district wag held at Elth'ann to-day. Mr. J. S. Ban ton, S.M., intimated, when the Magistrate’s Court opened at Haweia this morning, that he wouid nob be sitting here on Friday. “1 will 'be 'at Patea where I have not ibeenj ablle to 'attend for three months,” sard Mr. Barton.

The new Catholic Church at Opunake, which is now near completion, will he officially opened next inomn by His Grace Archbishop O’Shea. The building will, it is said, be the most imposing structure on the coast, and one of the best church buildings in Taranaki.

Mr. W. 0. C.ark, of Dunedin, has definitely agreed to proceed to Germany to give evidence in the trial against the German named Swaboda, accused of murdering Dance-Corporal Cromar Otago Regiment,'at ?*lulhehn, in February, 1919. Mr. Clark will embark on the Corinthic, due to sail from Wellington to-morrow.. . Mr. J. E. Broadfoot, who retired on Monday from the position of chief postmaster at Christchurch after a service of 37 years in the Department, was met by a large gathering of the staff at Christchurch to bid him farewell. Sincere wishes for the future health, happiness, and success of Mr. Broadfoot and bis wife and family were expressed by the speakers. The parting gift of the staff was a handsome set of binoculars in a leather ease. Mr. Broadfoot spent some 18 months in Eltham as postmaster, leaving there in 1918 to take up a similar position in Feilding. A conference on the question of wireless installations on coastal .steamers between representatives of tbe Auckland shipping interests and the officers of the two departments of the Government service concerned in the matter was opened at Ancle" an cl yesterday. The whole of the day was taken up with a- discussion of various aspects of the matter. The members of the committee will inspect some of the Northern Company’s vessels in port to see for themselves the ’difficulties as to the equipment of which the company complains. A tragic affair occurred at, Wanganui last night, says a Press Association message, when Murdoch McKenzie, aged about thirty, a. farm labourer of Dannevirke, fatally cut his throat at an hotel where he was staying. Deceased and a friend named Love had been holiday-making for ten days. Last night Love and he visited the pictures, but came away before the finish and went to lied. An hour later Love was awakened to discover that McKenzie had taken a razor from his bag and cut his throat. Deceased had been a resident of New Zealand for about fifteen years. The annual ball held by the Eltham Tennis Club on Monday evening was a successful function m every way. Visitors were present from Hawera, Stratford, Kaponga and other centres. During an interval at the function a presentation was made to Mr F. Primmer, the retiring secretary, who is leaving for Auckland, he .being made the recipient of a solid leather travelling case as an appreciation of his services during the past three years.

The Auckland Zoo sustained a serious loss last week by the death of the valuable giraffe which was recently brought from South Africa by the curator, Mr. L. T. Griffen. This beautiful animal, which, was a- male of the species, was young and an especially fine specimen. It had appeared to take kindly to its new surroundings, and was to all appearance in the best of condition. It was noticed on Tuesday evening that it was showing signs of distress, and on Wednesday morning it was found dead in its enclosure.

On Monday evening the local lodge of the Manchester Unity Order of Oddfellows held„a social and dance in its hall, when an enjoyable evening was spent by members and their friends. Songs were contributed by Mrs W. Bigham, Messrs Y. Thomas, M. R. Jones and H. Briggs. Good music for the dances was supplied by McDonald’s Orchestra, and extras by Mr and Mrs M. R. Jones. Messrs G. Collins and M. R. Jones were M’s.C. “I don’t think the council should have to take up this sort of thing,” said the chairman of the Patea County Council (Or. James Gibbs') yesterday when a request by the South Taranaki Automobile Association, that the council should erect on bridges, signs supplied by the association, denoting the name of the river spanned by the bridge, came before that local body. After some consideration, however, the council agreed that the erection of sign g on bridges would not do any harm, and it was decided to reply stating that the council had' no objection to the association doing the whole of the work itself.

By a strange coincidence two priests have just died while at prayer (says a London press message). * The Lev. Alexander Campbell Yorke. while conducting an early service at- Fowlmere, died on the floor of the chancel in the arms of the only other worshipper, who ran for help when Mr Yorke collapsed during the prayer. Mr Yorke was for many years in Australia and New Zealand. On the same day a telegram from Pome announced that Monsignor Kurialacherry. Bishop of Malabar, who was making a pilgrimage to Borne, expressed a wish to .die before the tomb of St. Peter. He was apparently in the best of health on arrival. The Pope gave him an audience, and Monsignor Kurialaeherry then went to St. Peter’s. He never rose from his knees, but died while praying.