Manawatu Herald SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 1936. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Manawatu Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 4601, 25 January 1936, Page 2

Manawatu Herald SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 1936. LOCAL AND GENERAL

nvfr. Leo Simrn’s Lecture on Russia, to hare been delivered on Wednesday evening was postponed until next Wednesday. A small Dutch boy who, in the course of his nine years of life, has already crossed the equator 30 times and has enjoyed all the experiences of.' a hardened globe trotter, arrived at Auckland by the Niagara. Tie is Jacob Grool, son of Captain Grool. Sheep farmers throughout the Manawatu have found that the blow fly has been bad this season. This is attributed to the wet weather experienced during the hot season bringing on a flush of feed with consequent scalding of feet among the sheep which has left them a prey to the fly. Quite a number of farmers in the Manawatu district have been caught by the wet weather while in the middle of their hay-making operations this year. In some eases the tops of almost-completed stacks have had to be removed and dried before topping out could be completed, owing to the sudden visitation of heavy rain.

An ambitious glider Might to Dunedin from some point in Canterbury yet to be decided upon is contemplated by Mr Frank Rutherford, of Sheffield, 40 miles from Christchurch, and plans are now being laid for the event. Mi* Rutherford proposes to use a glider built some time ago in Christchurch by Mr B. Owen.

The Commissioner of Taxes draws attention of taxpayers to the notification appearing in to-day’s issue that the due date of payment of Income-tax is on Monday, the 10th day of February, *1936. Additional tax will accrue if the tax is not paid on or before 2nd March, 1936. The demands will be posted from the office of the Commissioner of Taxes on or about Ist February, 1936. Demands must be presented with all payments, and if a demand has not been received the Commissioner should be communicated with.

A farmer who travelled to Taranaki from the Waikato by ear last week said, a considerable number of haymakers all along the route had been caught by the rain during haymaking operations. In some cases stacks that were being built had received a soaking, necessitating several feet of the top being removed and spread for drying. Before it could be replaced on the stack further rain had fallen. He considered some hay would be completely spoiled, which would be a serious loss to the farmers, who, in view of the shortness of feed experienced last spring, were keen to conserve all surplus pasture for use during the coming winter. On the other hand the wet weather had had its compensations, for the pastures had come away remarkably well, and the country generally was looking very green, in madked contrast to the same time last year. Quite a number of Manawatu farmers were also caught with the wet weather.

The secretary of the Manawatu Cricket Association has received advice from the New Zealand Cricket Association Council that approval had been given of the arrangement for the M.C.iC. team to play at Palmerston North on February 4 and 5. Mr 11. J. Doherty, aged 53, architect, of Eketahuna,'died suddenly in the surgery of Dr. E. B. Wiatson, of Pahiatua, yesterday. He had been a sufferer with heart trouble for many years, and had visited the doctor for a consultation. An inquest will be unnecessary. 'The Hon. Doivnie Stewart, freed from the cares of a politician’s life, is writing a book on the life of William Rolleston, a superintendent of the province of Canterbury and one of New Zealand’s leading figures in the early days of the colony. Mr Stewart is staying in Canterbury and gathering much valuable data.

At a meeting of Wellington industrial district dairy factory workers, held in Palmerston North on Tuesday, the following • resolution was carried: —“That this meeting -of Wellington dairy factory employees earnestly request the Government, not to pay the dairy farmers any bonus, subsidy or guaranteed price for butterfat wntil such time as the workers in dairy factories are given a six-day week.” (Specimen sets of New Zealand coins, including New Zealand’s first crown piece, dated 1935, have arrived in the Dominion and are being distributed to collectors and others. The design of the crown commemorates the Treaty of Waitangi and shows a Maori Chief shaking hands Avith Governor ‘Hobson under a Royal Crown, symbolising the joining together under the Crown of the Maori and British races. The Maori is holding a taiaha in his left hand and Governor Hobson is in full naval uniform. The Maori word Waitangi appears in the exergue, where the date usually appears. The date is 1935, Jubilee year.

A poll was taken this Aveek by the ratepayers in the No. 4 separate area of the Manawatu-Oroua Riyer Board on the loan proposal of £BOO, to be applied'to the completion of the banking at Hamilton’s bend and the erection of 27 chains of banking at Rangiotu. The proposal was carried by 42 votes to 32, which represented only approximately 33 1-3 per cent of the total voting poAver. Many of the ratepayers have found it inconvenient to makt. a halt in their seasonal activities to register their vote, Avhile possibly the holidays had taken others afield. Although uoav 'authorised by the ratepayer’s, the loan.Avill have to be placed before the Local Bodies Loans Board for the necessary authority to proceed. There are two explanations for an letter 1 addressed to Cabinet by a Wellington bootmaker (states the Christchurch StarSun). The first, and most likely, is that he is blessed Avith a delightful sense of humour. The second is that-he is deficient of humour- altogether. Rev. A. H. Nordmeyer, M.P. for Oamaru, told the story the, other morning Avhen he passed through Christchurch on his way south. The bootmaker addressed a letter to Cabinet folloiving on Mr R. Semple’s remark anent providing running shoes for the many boards which have been administering services in Ncav Zealand, The bootmaker modestly informed Cabinet that he Avas acknoAvledged- to be the best maker of running shoes in Ncav Zealand, and he Avas ready to place himself unreservedly in the hands of Cabinet for the purpose of furthering Mr. Semple’s plans. He Avould be pleased to hear from Cabinet regarding the .matter of those shoes.