Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1934. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 4418, 13 November 1934, Page 2

Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1934. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hewett arid Kay have been delayed in their Tasman flight. They hope to leave Australia to-morrow morning.

The Foxton Silver Band was in attendance at Seaview Park on Sunday afternoon and dispensed a much-appreciated programme of music.

At last night’s Borough Council meeting Or. Wrn. Nye commented on -the fact that unaccounted for gas was steadily being kept at a reasonable figure. The Council expressed its pleasure at the fact. Appropriate services were held in all the local churches on Sunday (Armistice Day) and prayers of~ fered for peace and goodwill among the Nations. At the Presbyterian evening service, the choir rendered the anthem “What are These?” and the preacher, Rev. A. Fotheringham (who was a participant in the Great War) voiced an eloquent indictment against war. In connection with the return of Squadron-Leader McGregor to New Zealand yesterday, “Only a Woman” contributes the following to the Wellington Post: “I have distinct recollections of receiving letters from my brother when on leave in London, in, I think, the latter part of 1916, telling us of the gratitude of the troops for the splendid work being done by the pilots of the R.A.F. in regaining the mastery of the air for the Allies, and mentioning how proud they all were of the splendid work being done bv that truly great New Zealand airman, “Mad McGregor,” then with, I think, the famous Dickey Mannoelk’s Squadron.”

Seaview Park at present presents a very line sight and is well worth a visit.

At-last night’s Borough Council meeting accounts amounting to £lO7l 7/8 were passed for payment.

The local cricket match Druids v. Y.M.P., to have been held last Saturday, did not take place owing to the Druids’ team defaulting.

At last night’s Borough Council meeting the ranger reported that five head of stock had been impounded during October and 4/driving fees collected, one cow being released on the road on payment of 1/- driving fee.

“Television across the Atlantic is now not merely possible; it is a certainty,” declared the Marchese Marconi when interviewed on his arrival in London. He added that television had now z-eaehed the stage when there was only one link in the chain required to make it suitable for everyday public entertainments. The forging of that link is not- far away. Those present at last night’s Borough Council meeting were the Mayor (Mr M. E. Perreau) and Councillors Win. Nye, F. Robinson, J. L. Christie, D. R. Barron, R. Rangiheuea and the Clerk (Mr Wm. Trueman-). Apologies for absence were received from Councillors S. E. Cowley, R. J. Thompson, and .Jno. Ross.

Tn addition to a reward of £SOO as offered for the arrest and conviction of the murderers of the woman whose chaired body was found at Alburv, Australia, the Australian Government is offering a reward of £2OO to anyone who can establish the dead woman’s identity. Probably no greater campaign has ever been conducted by the police of Australia to establish a dead -person’s identity. The amendment to the Unemployment Act affecting the payment of wages tax by persons under the age of 20 years came into effect yesterday. This will mean that all persons under the age of 20 will be exempt from the payment of wages tax on any remuneration earned on or after November 12. The concessions to ederly persons with small incomes and the increased exemption to women, made under the same amendments to the Act, do not operate until May of next year.

The cheerful statement about the national finances that Mr Coates made the other day contained, among other miscellaneous information, the statement that stamp and death duties in the first half of this year were some £310,000 higher than in the same part of the year before, says Mercutio, in the N.Z. Herald. Not quite so cheerful an item this, but it repays examination. If you turn to those delightful tables of revenue and expenditure and the like which the Treasury supplies so liberally—a pure delight to a few, a headache to most of us — you will find the various items which combine to form the total ,of stamp and death duty revenue. Aimong them is one which astounds—lottery duty. Lottery—what lottery? Lotteries are illegal in this Country. The pure citizens of New Zealand are not even supposed to invest in lotteries abroad. They are liable to have their letters stopped if they arc detected trying. Art unions are allowed with some discretion, it is true, but lotteries never. At least, with one exception. But the foe you have to pay the registrar when you take out a marriage license is not very heavy and there can scarcely have been enough marriages in 1933-34 to produce £15,000, which is the amount of lottery duty collected that-year.