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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 1704, 18 December 1919, Page 4

A Napier telegram states tint the harbour board loan of £166,000 has been fully subscribed., ,■- , ,

A New York cable says that tlie churches were crowded ia 'some' American cities yesterday in consequence' of Professor Porta’s prediction that the end of the world would come--then. •" •:■ ■

At Sydhey : :telbgram states that Dr. Fox, who was jfrdsecuted for pot _ wearing a mris]c , ' ddring‘- '{he''influenza 'epidemic, was uWM'ded;'£lso ; damagos against, the' Govern-, inept for 'y’i-piigful 'impnsdnment. . . ; A; considerable number of letters paid for ami) posted at tlio G.P.0., Wellington, were fonpd in the waters of the harbour. The envelopes ;containild'. prohibition propaganda. It;' is surmised that instead of being delivered to the addresses tlio pamphlets were, thrown c:into ' the • harbour. s The - postal authorities' ha/vo placed tho‘matter in the liaufls of the police. Daniel'Keane, on a charge of drunkennfs.{,,,appeared before Mr A. J. Graham, in the. Magistrate’s Court this morning. I Senior-Sergeant Fraser, who appeared for, the police, stated that accused had a long list of convictions for drunkenness, and had just returned from a period of detention at Rotoroa. Keane "was fined 40s, in default three days’ imprisonment.

Australian files to hand contain particulars of the sensational accident which happened at Windsor (Now South Wales) to Lieut. Montgomery, who was trying out an aeroplane 1 for a rubber company. When about 200 feet in tlio air the engine choked with, oil and misfired. ■ The plane appeared to side-slip, and, nose-dived. It struck the ground with terrific force, and was completely wrecked. Lieut. Montgomery escaped witfi; a few nasty .gashes on the face, abrasions ,to the. body, and. a severe _ shock. Ho yofusod to- be taken tp the hospital.

A journalist: at Hull has come, across two inch who are launching out on an ambitious undertaking. Both-are aeroplane pilots—oiio on Englishman, and the other a New Zealander. The latter is described as being a clover engineer and business man, who had the organisation of an important fleet of lorries during the railway strike, and was much impressed by the amount of work done on tho roads. “These two men,” says the writer,-'“have determined to use their knowledge and experience in organising a road transport'service in New Zealand, and are now engaged in buying lorries from (ho Disposal Board for tho purpose.” “ The Government was not doing tho beet it could for the settlement of the returned soldier on the land,” was a statement made byi General Sir Andrew Russell at a_ civic reception given to him at Wanganui yesterday, .The General went on to say that if a soldier with insufficient experience were nlaced on the land, that expericnco should bo' supplied to him by. means of trained supervision. Tho speaker had himself visited a number- of soldier settlements and was sure that a certain portion of the men would lose money, and. some might even go under because they Jacked expert advice. He considered that such men should receive training for two Or thpeo years on their farms and that the people should insist upon the Government training these men even if the cost should amount to £40,000 or £50,000,, If carried out,properly, the settlement of returned men would bc a grand .thing for the country. The following is from Monday’s issue of the Lyttelton Times: The- assertion that the promotion of Colonel T. W. McDonald, in command of tho Otago district (formerly in command of tho Wellington military district), is being blocked as a consequence of evidence which ho gave before he Royal Commission authorised to enquire into the administration of the Defence Department, was brought under the notice of Sir James Allen by a representative on Saturday. It is said that Colonel McDonald gave evidence of a kind Iw no moans agreeable to the official heads of the Department, and that he is being passed by in favour of .juniors jn a manner which amounts to victimisation, “The allegation is absolutely unfounded,” said Sir James Allen. “If ho_ has got any grievance the right course is to representit to. the proper quarter',: and ho should do so. It is not usual.for an officer to feck the assistance, pf the Press.” Members of the Manawatu Patriotic So-ripty-are reminded of tho ordinary meeting to be held at 4,30 p.m. to-morrow, at the Borough Chambers. e In connection with the Christmas and Now Year holidays!' relief'mail trains are announced by tho Railway Department. The sale at^PMmmtbrt’s'fashion centre is the bip millinery sale event of the year. Our entire stock of high grade ladies’ and children’s millinery is atVyour disposal at bargain prices.—Tho C, M. Ross Co., Ltd. — Advt. : ,7’ “No Rubbing” laundry, help has qaetured:the women’s vdto'j also ours, J|alrand and Abraham, .Ltd;,wholesale agents. —Advt. 1:.”.'..' v Give Braby’s aluminum cooking utensils to your frineds for their -Xmas, present. Braby’s aluminum saucepans and stewpans will stand the severest kind of usage and last for years; saucepans fis-lld, 7s lid, to 23s 6d ; stewpansjs 6d t-cy <?ls 6d.— Colliuson and Son’s, 11 Broadway.,and King street, Palmerston North.—Advt. ,1 j A point for good housewives. Always use Shetland's baiting powday.i, Costs least; goes farthest j gives better results.—Advt. .» •••* •• 'u m

• y 1 . i i " ; ■ ■*■ ■, ■ f Two Wys caught an eel the other day weighing 23| : lbs, : It had a ■IUI similar in' W '«nd expression to that of a small bull pup (relates • the Eltham Argus)! , ’ “The ‘go slow* policy is simp y killing the cool Sale, *’■ remarked a Wellington coal 3er to a Dominion reporter yesterday. “I have not an ounce of coal and don t know when I shall get any. People aro Sing cLI to do their Christmas cook.ng but I don’t know how tbejr are going to ge. on. It’s ready very hard.