LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 1931, 25 January 1919, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The roads in the County ore beginning to break up, and if there is a eontinuaneg of dry weather wilt become very rutty. The Beach road iy already in a bad state.

The wife of a Manaia resident has presented her husband with triplets. There are still a large number of visitors at the local seaside. Most of the houses have been taken up to Easter. A concert, under the auspices of the 1 u(-n! Methodist Church, will be hold sit. the Beach on Wednesday night next, for which a good programme has been arranged. ’ During the epidemic Mr Stevenson supplied free of cost soda water to patients. Will those* who have hollies in their possession please return them to Mr Stevenson's cordial factory. .1. M. Sloan, licensee of the Pic(on Federal Hotel, was fined €2 and costs for assaulting an old man named Michael Burke who refused to “shout” for the licensee, his wife and cook. The proprietors of Baker's Circus, which performed to a good and appreciative audience on Thursday night, desire to thank the local Borough Baud and bandmaster, and Mr I’oweil, lor services rendered. The death is reported of a wellknown resident of Te Horn, in the person of Mr.las. Best. Te deceased was a member of a well-known Ahariu Valley family, but latterly lie had been engaged in farming pin's ails at Te Horn. Mr George Lloyd, sent’., who came to New Yealand 74 years ago, died in Cambridge a few days since at (he age of SI. The late Mr Lloyd had the adventures and trials id - a pioneer in Auckland. Twenty years ago he look up laud in the Cambridge district. An Ashburton family had an unpleasant experience recently as a result of some daffodil hulhs getting into the dinner in mistake for onions. At the eml of the meal each member of the family was seized with sickness, but luckily no serious after-dieds- were left. The Wairarapa Age stales that the death of Mr William Judd, of Ma-icrton, brings back recollections of the days prior to the establishment of the frozen meal industry. Sheep were then at a discount', and thousands of them were boiled down for their tallow. Prime wethers were sold for (is and ,7s per head, and ewes for 3s ami 4s. Mr Judd was selling legs of mutton in Maslerton at from (id to Is apiece. Information from the Alotueka district is to the effect that raspberries and hops are very Jale this year, and, as regards the raspberries, the yield will be in pounds a.--compared with lons last year. All stone fruits, including' apricots and peaches, are reported to he very seam*. On the other band, the apple orchards, especially those in the Upper Moulere district, are nourishing, and the indications are (hat. there will he a plentiful yield. The purchase of 5(1,000 acres of native land near Tokanu. on tlri soul hern shores of Lake Taupo, for general sell lenient, is announced by the lion. W. it. Merries, The land is md first-class, but is capable of good use. The Government anliei pales further acquisitions, making a total of 120,000 acres in this district, titles to which were recently ascertained by the Native Land Court. The Government is also making purchases in the Uyewera Country. The Mercantile Gazelle reports the registration of a new company called the New Zealand Gil and Acid Extraction Co., Ltd., Palmerston North. Capital: £3,000, divided into GOO shares of £5 each. Subscribers: Palmerston North —William Walter Russell 5-1, Reginald Theodore Bell 3, .1. A. Nash 3, R. H. Spencer 0, Herbert Hepwoi'th 3, G. W. Naw 24, L, IT. CoJlinson 3. Objects; To extract from woods, trees, and sawdust, acetic acid, methyl, alcohol, oxalic add, acetone, tar, potash, charcoal, oils, and oilier products.

AFnrton and Bulls wore both originally known under oilier iiiiines. Marton was lirsl known as Tulaenni. but was subsequently .renamed ■Marlon, alter llie billhphiee of Captain Cook. Bulls was originally Hangitikei, but the postal aulhorilies objeeied, and asked the people to give it a more distinctive name. They Hally refused, Bunich a section of them wished to name it Clifton. The Government then named the post office Bulls, in honour of its founder, James Bull, who is still enjoying life in England at (lie age of ST. “A pig eanT swim; if he tries he’ll cut his throat’’ is quite an old lief, but it is not a Ijelief to be believed' in. Yesterday evening, says the Post, a fair-sized pig by some means or other fell into the harbour, and immediately set out to make a landing. However, landing places for pigs are not provided along the water-front, and for nearly half an hour the unfortunate animal searched wharves and walls for a. foothold. Onlookers say. that the pig obviously did not enjoy the exercise, but it never lost pace, and it was not till it became desperalo and endeavoured to elimb up a verti’eal pile that a rope was dropped over it, and it was hauled, squealing more shrilly than ever, on to. the wharf. BECAUSE There is an epidemic of influenza, there is no reason why you should he attacked. Keep a bottle of Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy handy, and take an occasional dose. If you do this you will ward off influenza, for Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy has such'a. tonic effect on the respiratory organs that it strengthens them to resist the influenza germ.. For sale everywhere.—Aclvt.

The (ire which (listroved a motor car on the* Beach Road last Wed- x nesday sperad to the swamp, and destroyed (he vegetation on hofii sides of the road. A llawent motor garage is employing a female mechanic, and a Star reporter was informed that slut was giving entire satisfaction to her employers. , G. Wahiren. a puhiican at Chalmers was tim'd £lO on Thursday for Sunday trading on the occasion of (in* arrival of the Tahiti's returned soldiers. The quest ion of the endorsement of the license was held over till Monday. it is disclosed that the Governnienl has made investigations at Invercargill for a site for an aerodrome, and (hat an area has been selected comprising over 100 acres suitable for an aero-mail station. Mr Hall, a visiting airman from Christehureli, is to he selected to inspect it. Mr 0. if. McClure. Commissioner of Crown Lands, and Mr -J. 1). Richie, chairman of the Land I’urchase Board, have been inspecting properties in (lu* Wnngatmi and Kairanga districts which are under offer to the (iovernmenl in connection with the repatriation of returni (1 soldiers. The Bllbam School Committees Association discussed a resolution passed by the Teachers’ Institute, suggesting the abolition of school committees. It was agreed that the attack was quite unjustified and the terms used of an insulting nature, and it was decided to set up a subcommittee to draw up a resolution v of protest. The capital of the Farmers’ Cooperative Auctioneering Company, Hamilton, d to be increased from ,€300,000 to €750,000. 'flu’s step is being taken in order to provide for further extension of the business, and tin* proposals were endorsed at; an extraordinary general meeting' of shareholders* The. additional £450,000 capital will be provided by the creation of 50,000 €5 ordinary shares and 200,000 €1 preference shares.

A rather interesting steer was yarded at I lie New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co.’s yards at Kohuratahi recently (says I lie Stratford I’ost). This animal as a young' steer was evidently belled by a wire around its neck —a usual practice by tanners in the bush district —but as thc stcer grew the wire worked into its neck, and eventually cut through the windpipe. When mustered the wire and bell were removed, and the animal appears to thrive ail right, although it makes a noise it moved about at a last Pace. 4 There is an acute shortage of bricklayers, carpenters, and plasl--erers in Wellington, and as a j many contractors are ths behind the time specified in engagements entered into by them. The works principally a Heeled are the Scots College at Miramar, and v the new .Fire Brigade Station. Fu-.-killed la hoar is ottering much more freely lima was the case six months ago, but there Ims been no improvement in respect to skilled tradesmen. Dillicully is also being experienced in retaining the labour v-i those employed, us there m a grow-" big tendency among employees lu temporarily desert their trade in order to work for meat export companies at Ngahauranga and Felomp where higher wages are ottering. The Wairarapa Ilydro-Ivleelrie investigation Committee has completed its task, says the Wairarapa Age. Comprehensive reports on the various sources of supply have been submitted to and approved by Mr Furry, the Government engineer. “It is estimated that the most of the Wairarapa scheme, on present prices of labour and material, would be no mure than £175,000. The interest on this amount, at six per cent., allowing for a sinking fund, would be about £10,500 per year. This would be a charge against the pro-perties-included iti the hydro-elec-tric [lower district. But, after Uk» lirst year, the consumption of electricity would, it j.-, (hough!, more than pay the interest, so lhat the collection of a rate would he unnecessary. in order (bat the rating shall be equitable, at the outset, it would seem desirable lhat a revaluation of the counties and boroughs alleeted should he made at the earl-, test possible date.’-’ While (he members of the French Mission were in Wellington they were waited upon by Fattier Nicholas, a visiting Syrian priesv, and a deputation representative of tho ■Syrian community of Wellington. Keferenee was made to the traditional Jinks of sympathy between France and Syria, ami to proofs of friendship Syria hud given to France during the war. Un behalf of the delegation Father Nicholas presented General Fan with a handsome Maori-carved pipe, fog which the illustrious soldier returned his deep thanks. In addition, Father Nicholas has received tho following letter from General Pan;—“.Dear f alher Nicholas, —J desire to thank you very much, and to ask you to convey to your *Syriun friends my most cordial thanks, for (he visit you paid me this afternoon and f the - line present which you left me. As 1 told you, the ties of sympathy which Jink France and Syria " are traditional. 1 know they have continued during the great war; and I sincerely trust thajt they will do so in the future. On behalf of the french Mission, and of my country, I thank you, and I want to express to you all my best wishes for thq happiness of Syria and the Syriaas.” ; ,

The French Mission was accorded a civic reception yesterday at the Auckland Town Hall Concert Chamber, Mayor Ounson presiding. General Pan, in his speech of acknowledgment, said that his health wjis quite restored. He remarked that the League of Nations must be a league of* those who had common interests and ideals, and who had fought together for right and justice. There were some who were not qualified to belong to it. A well-known settler in this disIrict (says the Inglewood Record) made arrangements with throe Maoris, living in his neighbourhood for shearing his sheep, but before they could carry out their undertaking “flu” attacked them, two of the three with fatal results. Later the third turned up and shore the sheep. When asked how he was able to survive when his fellows died, he said he was very had and very hot, so lie plunged into a deep hole in the Waitara river near his dwelling three times, “all the same John the Baptist,” and that cured him. Enquiries showed that this statement was true. A case of kill or cure, surely.