LOCAL AND GENERAL

Horowhenua Chronicle, 1 December 1934, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

For many months workmen have been employed driving the piles for the new bridge over the Manawatu river at the foot of Fitzherbert avenue, and Thursday saw the last of the 251 piles, which comprise the foundations for the bridge, driven home. In addition to driving the last of the piles, the workmen also completed the concreting of the span from the abutment on the town side of the river to the ,first pier. The bridge, when finished, will be one of eleven spans and will form an impressive entrance to the city from the south. 'The committee that is arranging the school demonstration for the occasion of the Duke of .Gloucester's visit to Christchurch has followed, doubtless unknowingly, Maori tradition. When a guest of great honour visited a pa it was considered unfitting that he should use the ordinary gateway, so that a part o'f the pa's wall would be knocked down and a special entrance made. At a meeting of the committee, the opinion was expressed that the D'uke of Gloucester and his party should not be expected to enter Lancaster Park by either of the four foot gates, and so it was decided that if possible, a wider gateway be made available. During the 14 days of the inquiry into the fire on the premises of Davidson and 'Company, iChristchurch, Mr A. Fyfe, clerk at the Magistrate's Court, gave an exhibition of endurance typing. He took down all the evidence himself and when the hearing concluded he had typed 386 foolscap sides, all of which had several carbon copies. The inquiry eclipsed , the machinery portion of the Euawaro murder trial, for in the ten days and two nights occupied by the Magistrate's Court charge against William Bayly, 245 pages of depositions were typed. Mr Fyfe passed the Bayly total after the inquiry had lasted 11 days. At the conclusion of evidence the Coroner (Mr E. D. iMosley) made special mention of Mr Fife's performance. Mr Mosley said he wanted to congratulate Mr Fyfe, Clerk of the Court, on the excellent and expeditious manner in which the inordinately !o2g depositions had been taken down. Had it not been for Mr Fyfe's good work he felt certain the hearing would have taken many days longer th •.!• 14.

A Press message from Wellington to-day states that the Dairy Board announces thai; the F. 0.8. minimum for butter and cheese is unaltered till further notice. A meeting of creditors in the bankrupt estate of Harold Henry Palmer, of Levin, called for yesterday 'by the Deputy Official Assignee (Mr 0. E. Dempsy) lapsed for want of a quorum. In order' that member of the congregation may have an opportunity of hearing Dr. Moffatt, Evensong will be sung at St. Mary's at 0 p.m. next- .Sunday, instead of the usual hour o.f 7 p.m. Local anglers roporl- bad fiHhiug of late though sonm h/ive Ihml hotter luck than others. Apparently thoro has been plenty of food in the rivcrK for the h'sh, with Mio result Hint they are not over 'eager to bile. A tennis match whs eond ui.-.ted on the Levin C'lijil»'h court-; this morning between two tennis representing the secondary (second grade) and primary departments of the L.1U1.8., "High 'School" 'proving the stronger, to win by 18 IgamcH to .14. A statement that on his rneent visit to Australia he had found the cost of living to be 25 to 35 per cent, higher than in New Zealand was made by the Hon. Eliot R. Davis, M.L.C, speaking at a luncheon of the Auckland Travel Olu'b. Dr. D. S. Milne, an able exponent of 'British Israel, thought, will deliver a lecture in the Century Hall on Tuesday evening next, his subject being "The Economic 'System of Scripture." A collection will be made to defray expenses. The Levin .MethocUst Church, will hold the usual morning service in the Century Hall to-morrow. This will conclude with the monthly Communion service. In place of the usual evening service it has 'been decided to unite with the other congregations in the combined service at the Regent Theatre. Eddie Tolan, who has been described as "the fastest huinan living," arrived at Auckland yesterday by the Monterey bound for 'Melbourne to compete in the Centenary world's professional sprint championship in March. Tolan, who is a negro, was the outstanding sprinter at the 'Olympic Games in 193)2. He turned professional a few weeks ago. A passenger from Suva by the Monterey, which reached Auckland yesterday, Mr« A. '6. Adamson, was lost overboard ou Wednesday night. The wife of /Rev. A. iS. Adamson, principal of the • Methodist Mission training institutions in Fiji, she was going to MelIfourne to recover after an operation. Her caibin door was locked and had to be burst open,, whereupon a stool was found ibeneath a porthole which was open. The "Chronicle" has received from the Levin Postmaster, Mr E. E. Hirst, a sample of the new telegram form and envelope, which is being introduced to the public for the first time to-day. The form is of hig hquality white paper with blue printing, while the envelope, with a similar style and colour of type, is salmon pink. The envelope represents a reversion to a former practice, displacing the folded gummed forms which have lately been in use. "We are told that 115,000,000 people in the United States attend the movie theatres every week. In this" way they spend as much money in three "weeks as the entire population spends on'books in a year," stated Mr J. A. Nash, M.P., when officially opening the new science block at the Palmerstoh Boys' High School on Thursday afternoon. "The national 'bill for candy is 27 times ..as large as the national bill for books, for the movies 2i2 times, and for wireless 12 £ times. These figures indicate that the quests for pleasure which are so great are only a passing phase and soon forgotten, while books give us knowledge and we carry it with us through life." The Rev. Dr. James Moffatt will be the special preacher in St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church to-morrow morn ing. Arrangements have been made to relay the service to the Sunday School Hall for the benefit of those unable to find room in the Church. In the evening he will preach in the Regent Theatre. At this service the combined choirs will lead the sing : mg, and the offertory will be in aid of Missions. Dr. Moffatt is a 'Glasgowegiau by birth who has had a very distinguish si career. He was educated at the Glis'gow Academy and Glasgow University and occupied a country charge as minister for many years. He subsequently became /Professor of Church History in Mansfield College, Oxford, later in Glasgow University, and finally in Union Theological Seminary, New York. His name is undoubtedly one of the foremost in the world of theo- . logical scholarship, and it is a great , privilege that he should have consented to preach in Levin. It is with considerable interest that his services are awaited.

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