Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1934. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Manawatu Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 4415, 8 November 1934, Page 2

Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1934. LOCAL AND GENERAL

The Poxton Silver Band will play in Seaview Park, -commencing at 2.30 o’clock on Sunday afternoon. The Royal Aeronautical Society has awarded Scott and Black its silver medal.

The Foxton Silver Band held :t very successful dance in aid of its funds in the Oroua Downs hall on Tuesday evening. A bus from Foxton conveyed a good number of voung people to the function. A fine of £.IOO was imposed on John Penberthy Bashford, aged 56, of Hornby, when he was charged in the Christchurch Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday with being in possession of an unlicensed still. A large still in full working order with nearly 200 gallons of wash and a quantity of spirit was seized in the Awarua district on Tuesday afternoon by the Collector of Customs and a party of police. Further developments are pending. A drunlla who was arrested outside the Riccartou racecourse on Monday was found to have- £IOO in notes in his possession. He was fined 20/- and costs in the 'Christchurch Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday for making a nuisance of himself.

Described as 5f inches round the waist and 71 inches long’, a huge hen’s egg weighing 0 ounces was exhibited in Invercargill this week. It was laid by a white leghorn hen who normally lays eggs of about two thirds of this size and about 4J ounces in weight, in short, something of a champion. The Masterton County Council decided unanimously at a meeting on Tuesday, to increase by 5 per cent, the rates of wages of all its permanent employees. The decision affects both the outside and inside staffs and the increase will be retrospective as from April 1. It is very seldom that the 1* oxton Volunteer Fire Brigade makes an appeal to the public in fact the order is reversed —the brigade is always ready and willing to assist the public. However, on December Ist the Brigade is holding a shop day and solicits patronage.There will be a great, variety offered for sale and value is guaranteed. Note the date and help the boys who are willing to help you. Information has been received from the solicitors acting for John Christie Spence, who was recently convicted in the Supreme Court in Dunedin, that an application has been forwarded to the Registrar of the Court of appeal against the sentence. Spence was convicted on a charge of rape on a girl of 17 years and was sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment, together with a dogging of fifteen strokes.

An example of the value of a dog as a retriever of golf balls was given at /fitirangi links on Saturday, when one of the American visitors, who was practising there, pulled a hall into high tea-tree. Within tAVO minutes a man emerged from the rough with two fox terriers, one of Avhich. had succeeded in finding the ball. He explained to the astonished American that the dog in question had a record of 2400 golf balls to' his credit, and that his companion, Avhich Avas still a puppy, had already found a substantial number.

A whale, said to be of large dimensions, has been seen ‘‘spouting" oil the Otaki beach this week. Extensive repairs, consequent upon earthquake damage, are being effected to the Royal theatre. The theatre is at present under lease to the Borough Council. It is estimated that between ten and fifteen thousand store cattle have been shifted from Tlav.ke s Bay during the last month, to meet the demand in the Wairarapa, Manawatu, and Taranaki districts. A reward of £lO is advertised, leading to the conviction of the person or persons having broken into and stolen benzine and fencing material from Mr F. S. Easton’s property. The Masterton County Council proposes to prosecute a planned tar-sealing programme with the idea of providing a network of sealed roads radiating from Masterton. About five miles of road will be sealed annually.

An agreement for a 44-liour week throughout Italy has been reached by the Fascist Confederation of Employers and Workers in an effort to offset the consequences of unemployment.” An attempt also will he made to employ men instead of young girls. A Mackenzie County Council employee, William George Shaw, a married man with ten children, was killed instantly at Faivlie on Monday when a motor-lorry on which he was riding ran downhill backward and capsized. Shaw received severe head injuries.

The Minister of Finance has stated that the rebate to County ratepayers will he taken from the £500,000 already appropriated to the Consolidated Fund from the Main Highways Fund, and will not involve further inroads upon the latter fund. A motor-cyclist who was in Grcytown last week stated that, in company with a mate, he had just completed a cycling tour of 1000 miles through the East and West Coasts of the North Island. The total cost of the tour, including benzine, oil, food, and camping fees, was 22s 4d apiece.

An indication of the Dominion’s annual requirements in the way of footwear is given in the latest monthly Abstract of Statistics, It is stated that last year 2,604,810 pairs of footwear were imported, 2,282,522 Avere produced in New Zealand factories, and 3312 exported, leaving a. balance of 4,884,020. The value of the stock is estimated at £1,354,838. Commencing next Wednesday, barbers in Wellington will charge 1/3 for cutting men’s hair, 9d for shaving and 1/6 for setting razors. Hitherto the charge for cutting hair has been 1/- in most saloons. The change lias been decided on by the Wellington District Retail Tobacconists’ and Hairdressers’ Association and affects over a hundred establishments in the city and suburbs.

On the ground that a batsman had exceeded the two minutes allowed in which to- go to the wickets, the United eleven claimed a cricket match from Old Boys in the Wairarapa competition last Saturday. Although this procedure is stated to lie within the bounds of the rules, it caused considerable surprise and no little comment. It is believed to he unprecedented in the history of. Wairarapa cricket. When United successfully claimed the game. Old Boys' had two wickets still to fall with over an hour to play.

When cornered on the roof of a Queen St. theatre, at Auckland, Colin William Glass attempted to shoot Detective Whitehead with a revolver. On Tuesday Mr Justice Herdman sentenced him to five years’ imprisonment with hard labour. The judge said that if the trigger had not misfired or descended on to an empty chamber the prisoner might have been standing his trial -on a much more serious charge. Nothing could be said in his favour except that there was some evidence that he was eccentric. He must be put where he could harm nobody.

A denial that the Government intended to bring pressure upon the legal profession to reduce its scale of conveyancing charges has been given by the Prime Minister (Rt. Hon. G. W. Forbes) in answer to an inquiry by Mr J. P. Cavanagh, editor of the New Zealand Law Journal. An intimation that the Government proposed to take action requiring solicitors to reduce their conveyancing charges appeared early last month in an Auckland newsypaper. It was also suggested that the Government contemplated establishing its own State Conveyancing Office.

“Don’t you smoke?” queried the affable stranger (who was smoking like a factory chimney himself) of the young fellow alongside as the Rotorua express sped on its way. “Wish I could!” came the reply, “but,” with a laugh, “it always turns me up!” “It’s easy enough to learn,” said the affable one, “get a tin of Riverhead Gold and roll your own. That won’t turn you up! Been trying to learn with a pipe haven’t yon?” The other nodded. “That’s no good, my dear chap! You take my tip and you’ll soon be a smoker!” Three months later they met again—in Queen St., Auckland. The young fellow pointed with pride to liis pipe. “Took your tip,” he said, “it worked like a charm! I’m smoking Navy Out No. 3 now. It’s glorious!” “Nothing like toasted, my boy! Next to no nicotine in it. I know its equal.” The genuine toasted has no equal. It is matchless! Only five brands, remember —Cut Plug No. 10 (Bullshead),. Navy Cut No. 3 (Bulldog), Cavendish, Riverhead Gold and Desert G01d.50

All announcement that the Unemployment Board had decided to embark on a policy of endeavouring to place unemployed workers with private employers was made yesterday by the Acting-Minister of Employment, Hon. J. A. Young. ITe said the scheme would he tri(“d out at first in one or two of the main centres, and if it were a success it would he extended. Several runholders from the Mackenzie country in South Canterbury reported last week that sheep were showing the effect of recent wet weather. Ewes in particular were, in comparison with other years, weak in condition. In some instances there had been a heavy lamb mortality. It was generally agreed that a few weeks of fine weather would make a great difference in the condition of stock. At the Wanganui Supreme Court yesterday William Garforth, aged 31, who was found guilty of robbery with violence was sentenced to three years’ hard labour, his Honour remarking that prisoner was addicted to fighting. It was an exceedingly serious tiling when a respectable citizen was assaulted and robbed. Rang! Martin, a Maori who stole two horses, was sentenced to two years’ hard labour. When the train conveying the Duke of Gloucester through Eketahuna stops to supply the locomotive with.water, the Chamber of Commerce considers that a short delay should be occasioned t-o enable residents and school children to greet the Dulke instead of having to proceed to Masterton. The request has been turned down by the Minister of Internal Affairs. One member says that such action is autocracy gone mad. Although the operations of builders upon the premises of his company left a residue of nails in the neighbouring right-of-way, threatening destruction to the tyres of passing motor-cars, an Invercargill business man did not accept the position passively. Seized with an idea, he affixed a piece of string to a powerful magnet and caused members of his staff to draw the magnet up and down the right-of-way. His ingenuity and their labours resulted in the collection of sufficient nails to fill a small tin.

A bad case of sheep worrying by dogs has been reported by a farmer at Hokio in the Levin district. Recently on his farm twenty lambs Were either killed or so badly injured that they had to lie destroyed. Many others were wounded, but it is possible that their lives may be saved. All the fatal wounds were in the throat. During the lambing season considerable trouble is experienced with wandering dogs who are too wily to come within range of firearms. The dogs also cause havoc with lambing ewes, .v

This week’s N.Z. Free Lance has a wide range of interesting reading matter including an. article on aviation projects in New Zealand, another of Don France’s interesting tennis pages, a review by I*'. T. Badcock, of the fast leg theory, or “body line” controversy, and a review of the brilliant performances bv Christchurch secondary school boys at their annual meet. A glimpse behind the scenes in Soviet Russia is given in an interview with Mr Paul Falla. Racing news of the day deals with the Metropolitan trots at Addington and the Whangarei races. Pictorial features are new photographs of the Governor- Generalelect with the induction of the new Bishop of Nelson, the New Zealand Cup, views of the English tennis plavei-s at Auckland and the Palmerston N. and Gisborne A. and P. Shows.

Freedom of speech is one of the subjects to be reported on to the Presbyterian General Assembly meeting in Dunedin this week. The Public Questions Committee reports that it “gave consideration to the present world tendency, of which there is some evidence in our own country, to limit the right of freedom of speech. Tt commended to Presbyteries that they approach local municipalities with a view to their making available a reserve or some other suitable place for those who may desire, to express their views, provided that in doing so they do not incite to violence or anarchy. Presbyteries generally took action in this direction, and in some cases municipal action has followed in conformity with the resolution. A plea for the maintenance of the rights of freedom of speech was also addressed to the Prime Minister and the Minister of Justice.”