Manawatu Herald. SATURDAY, AUGUST 13, 1932. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Manawatu Herald, Volume LII, Issue 4795, 13 August 1932, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. SATURDAY, AUGUST 13, 1932. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Whitebait have made their appearance in some of the streams in the Otaki district. Several very fine frostfish have been found on the Otaki beach during the past few days. The present winter is the driest on record for many years according to local and district farmers.

The Woodville Bowling Club has reduced the annual subscription from £2 10s to £2.

The Shannon Co-operative Dairy Cov., Ltd., invite tenders for picking up cream at Foxton for delivery to Marotiri depot,

There are 70 children at the Otaki Health camp. There arc also two teachers and a school will soon he in full swing.

The cost of the New Zealand delegation to Ottawa, says the Hon. R, Masters, was likely to be in (be neighbourhood of £4OOO, An increase of lOs a ton in the price of sugar, effective from yesterday, is announced by the Colonial Sugar Refining Company, Limited.

Two gangs of 15 men each have gone under the small farm scheme to work in the Otaki Gorge, one lot on Messrs Grant and Corrigan's property, and the other on Messrs Avery and Arens’ land.

The estimates pajssel by the Levin Borough (Council provide for receipts to the amount of £20,000 and expenditure of ,£10,513, for the current year, leaving a credit balance of £573 at March 31 next. The recent severe cold spell has played havoc with citrus fruit trees in and around Foxton. In many eases these trees have been killed. The cold has been so intense that it has also had an effect on native trees and shrubs.

Quite a number of frost fish have been found washed up on the beach at: Manawatu Heads during the recent cold spell. One frosty morning a beach resident picked up eight between Manawatu Heads and Tangimoana. After considerable discussion, members of the Waitotara 'Comity Council decided that farmers should be granted a reduction in license fees on lorries when those lorries were used exclusively by the farmers in their work.

That the wreckage, which includes part of a deckhouse 13ft. by 6ft., washed up near Black Head earlier this week, does . not belong to the missing launch Advance is the opinion held by the officer of the Marine Department at Napier,' who has knowledge of the, Advance, and was sent to endeavour to identify the wreckage, r Both bankruptcies and assignments show a marked falling off in New Zealand so far this year. Bankruptcies were shown in the first six months to be 359, a decrease of 77 compared with the first half of last year. In the North Island alone there were 5(1 fewer bankruptcies. Assignments fell from 154 to 137. The m.v. Foxton, which was to have sailed with a cargo of fat stock for Lyttelton on Thursday afternoon was prevented sr«jn doing so by insufficient water in the river. The scow Hnanui, which arrived off the bar from Westport with a cargo of coal during • the afternoon, (became stuck near the double beacon when an attempt was made to reach the wharf. Those concerned with waterside affairs state, that the lack of water at this time of the year is not unusual.

A freak sparrow, tin l lower part of its beak being about 2Ain. in length! and curved similar to a parrot’s beak, lives in the vicinity of' Coyle Street, Sandringham, where it has been observed for about two years and is fed with crumbs by local residents. The bird is fairly tame and can be approached to permit a clear observation of its beak, the upper part of which is normal. The deformed beak is somewhat of a handicap to the bird when it is feeding because it cannot peck at food like the other sparrows.

The injuries sustained 'by Charles Beaver, a 23-year-old farm hand, when, a.t Koputaroa last Saturday, he fejl under the wheel of a dray, had a fatal termination last evening, the injured man succumbing in the Palmerston North Hospital, where lie had been an inmate since Saturday evening. While cutting a string tied round a bundle of newspapers, a schoolboy, R. Slattery, of 82 Wheturangi Road, Auckland, received a painful injury to one eye. Tie was. leaning over the bundle, and when the string suddenly gave way the point of the knife entered his eye. He was removed to the Auckland Hospital. The bankruptcies and assignments show a marked falling off in New Zealand so far this year. Bankruptcies were down in the first six month to 359, a decrease of 77 compared with the iirst half of last year. In the North Island alone there were 50 fewer bankruptcies . Assignments fell from 154 to 137.

A considerable amount of building is going on near Shannon at present, largely owing to land having been improved sufficiently for dairying purposes (says the News). Arrangements are now in full swing for a united campaign of Christian witness to be conducted bv the Protestant Churches of Auckland for a week beginning on August 28. With the object of meeting Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith a hundred miles out to sea on bis forthcoming flight from Sydney to New Plymouth in September two Taranaki residents, it is understood, are endeavouring to make arrangements for the hiring of a Moth aeroplane. One. of the men concerned is a. qualified pilot, and the other is a. country resident who is anxious to make the venture and is prepared to give the financial (backing. The date telegraphed from 'Wellington for the attempt was August 14th, but it now appears that September 1-1 tli is the time previously chosen. A remarkably close balance between the number of males and females in the South Island is shown in the estimates of population as at June 30, published in last week’s Gazette. The South Island population is- shown as 540,644, of which 270,406 are males and 270,238 females, a difference of only 168 between the sexes. Excluding Maoris, the margin is even narrower. Males total 268,807 and females 268,786, a difference of 21. The estimated population of the North Island is 984,277 (males 507,426, females 470,851), and of the Dominion, excluding dependencies, 1,455,02 S (males 741,465, females 713,563). The majority of failures in treating borer are due to not getting sufficient of the kerosene, or whatever is used into these boles. These holes extend a long way into the wood, and a surprising amount of liquid is needed to reach the larvae. A Forestry Department expert advises a mixture of one part or kerosene to ten parts of turpentine, though kerosene alone should be effective if properly applied. Each hole, must he filled with the mixture under pressure.’ An oil can with a household instrument for the purfine nozzle is probably the best pose. Make sure that each hole receives a thorough filling and soaking, and that none is not untreated. Then, to make a good job of vour furniture plug the holes with a mixture of paraffin wax and bees’ wax, and restain or paint the entire piece. You should have no further trouble.

Thousands of people saw one incident in the Rugby League Test match at Carla w Park, Auckland, between England and New Zealand, but few know the sequel, says the Star. Sullivan, the English 'captain, kicked the halt hard, and'unnecessarily to send, it sailing into the Auckland Domain. Perhaps he felt a bit annoyed at the time 1 , part? ly for the reason that he had missed a couple of goal shots, and did not like the shape of the ball. With another ball the game was continued. The ball that sailed high into the Domain ibush was not seen again by its owners, and it might be that some small Auckland boy appropriated it as a souvenir of the occasion. Sullivan’s kick caused the English team a loss of Cl, the value’ of the hall. The amount has been debited by the New Zealand Rugby League to the English team’s account.