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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 1705, 19 December 1919, Page 4

• A notification from a .mercantile hrm in Wellington was received at Inst night s meet. ink of the Borough Council to the effect that twenty-five casks of tallow shipped for the Courfcil to London per the Ebamo had realised £llOO per ton.

Speaking at Grey Lynn, the Hon. G. Fowldß said that the election this week was the cleanest that, had been fought in that elcctorato during he past 14 years. H« complimented his opponents, one of whom was a lady, on the manner in winch they had conducted the campaign.

In +.ho report of the Reserve Committee placed before the meeting of tho Borough Council last night it was recommended that the Education Department be supplied with the values of tho land concerning the latest proposed exchange, and that they be informed that either of the Borough reserves is considered .equal in value to the education reserve, and that no reason can be seen whereby the offer already made by tho Council should bo modified. ; The Council decided that it would bo unwise to part' with any land in Fitzhorberfc street, but would propose tho offer of a section behind tho new Girls', High School. Tho Wellington Hospital Board yesterday received notice that'tho lato Dr. Edith Huntley had left the whole of her estate (oxcept logacies of personal effects and a sum of £IOO and an annunity of £IOO. in favour of her sister) for tho creation, maintenance and endowment of an institution or institutions for the care and treatment of' expectant mothers,; for tho promotion of research into the moans of lessening the pain and peril of childbirth, the use and 'development of modern alleviations, and for the teaching and training of pupils in midwifery.

That owing to the cost of the construction of the Esplunade. Drive being over and above, the sum sanctioned by the ratepayers, the Council be asked to subsidise the loaii account when the money has been raised, was the tenor of a recommendation submitted by the Reserves Committee to the lk>rough Council at last night's meeting. The engineer explained the-grading of the road was verv flat and that the water would not run off. "The expense entailed would be in the vicinity of £4OO. By tarring, tin; road the trouble would be obviated. Opinions were expressed by councillors that it was desirable to make the place a beauty spot and that there should bo no suggestion of patchworks The recommondatiow was agreed to accordingly.

Great satisfaction is expressed by the Norwegian papers at the decision of tin* Inter-Allied High Council to place Spitsbergen under the sovereignty of Norway.

No matter where you go for holidays, you'll bo proud qf ■ your outfit if purchased hero. Travelling bags, suit cases, all leather goods.—The C. M. Ross Co., Ltd.; closed as usual »t 1 p.m. to-morrow. — Advt.

Dear housewives, to wash clothes clean without rubbing or injury to hands or fabvics, always use."No Rubbing" laundry help, in conjunction with the pure "Golden Rule" sou)). Watson Bros., Ltd. —Advt.

Give Braby's aluminum cooking utensils to your frineds for their Xmas. present. Vsraby'.i aluminum saucepans and stewpans wjll stand the severest kind of usage and last for. voars 5 saucepans 6s lid, 7s lid, to 23s 6d; stewpans 8s 6d<to 21s 6d.—C'ollinson and Son's, 11 Broadway and King Btrcet, Palmereton North'.— Advt.

A point for good housewives. Always use SharinndV hairing powder. Costs lea6t; goo* farthest; givos bettor re&ults.—Adrt.

An Auckland telegram states that the Government lias purchased the Law Court Buildings in High street for £23,000 to relievo the congostion of the'departments in the old Law Courts. At' Mastcrton yesterday polls were taken on proposals to borrow £78,003 for improvements in the borough, but the only proposal carried was that for the loan for extending tho gasworks. M A Eliott and Co., agents for the Shaw. SaviU artd Albion Company, liave received telegraphic advice that-owing-to an improvement in the coal situation/ in America, the s.s. Ar'awa is now ordered to proceed to London via Panama, not Durban as previously advised. In connection with the military chapel to be built in iho new Wellington Cathedral, the Archbishop of Canterbury and Mr Lloyd iGeorgo have donated, cheques to further tho proposed cbapcl. Karl Haig has given two very interesting maps made by himself, showing the position of the enemy at tho time of the armistice. A request from Mrs L. A. Abraham that the Borough Council should remit the fee charged for the use of the Opera House on the occasion of tho Mayor's Christmas appeal concert was reviewed at last nights mooting. On the motion of Or. Crabb it was resolved that th.e amount should be remitted as a donation from tho Council. A fatal accident occurrod in Cuba street, Wellington, yesterday afternoon. An Army Service Corps motor lorry was proceeding down the stroot, when a little girl, aged 13, whoso father is Mr A. W. Luwton, of tho Agricultural Department's staff, stepped off the footpath to cross the road. She had almost passed in front of the lorry, which was travelling at alxnit four to five miles an hour, when she stepped buck and was knocked down and killed.

On Suntlav morning at All Samts Chur:h a memorial tablet to the late Captain Harry Palmer will be unveiled at the eleven o'clock service. As the deceased officer bad. been a Borough Councillor for three years prior to his enlistment, an invitation has bobu extended from Major Ashworth to tho Mayor and councillors to attend the service. The Mavor mentioned the matter at last riight'a meeting of tho Borough Council. The opinion was expressed at last night's meeting of the Borough Council that tho request was somewhat premature when a letter was received from the Section Tramways Committee advising that a conference of local bodies concerned in tho formation of a Tramways Association would be held in April next, and asking the Council to send representatives. It was decided to take no action for tho present. - .

Mr E...C 'Shdftt, returning officer for the Palm":-ton electorate, is at present engaged in scrutinising the rolls. With this ho 'will be engaged until Monday when tho official recount will be commenced. On the termination of the recount about 300 abeenteo votes remain to be 6orted and it is iiot anticipated that the total results will be issued until about the end of next week. . The Mangahao Hydro-Electric League have forwarded a report on the progress of the Mangahao hydro-electric works to tho Pttlmerston North Borough Council, stating that the road formation to tho head works Ins been completed and the metalling of same will be undertaken as soon as tho weather is favourable. A sawmill has been bought and the work of cutting timber for housing workmen will shortly be in hand. The letter was received at last night's meeting of the Council. Tho tea kiosk at the Esplanade has failed to attract respondents to-applications for tenders for its use. according to a report of tho Reserves Committee submitted to the Borough Council at last night's meeting. Cr. Crabb suggested that, as. it was desirable that: the place should be'in use during the holidays, offers should bo made of the plant and the premises to be loaned to anyone desirous of taking it for a month, free of charge. Tho Council expressed their assent.

Moved to experiment by. noticing tjiat a drop of oi! made paper, transparent,", l it'. Jules 11. Stean, a French scientist,, has.dis- . covered a fluid which similarly renders (ho human body transparent, and is -likely'.to , supersede the' X-rays. Indeed,; the inventor,, claims that his fluid is superior to X-rays, in that'lt allows the pathologist " grciitor liberty in handling, and at the- samriftUno shows' not onlv the bone structure, also , the fiiier muscular and nervous systerns."" The degree of transparency produced by'thfo action of the fluid can bG regulated at the will of the operator. It is said that a board can be made as clear as glass, # so that a nowspapcr can bo read through it. The felicitations of the Borough Council on his successful candidature for renewed, Parliamentary honours were -extended to. the Mayor. (Mr J. A. Nash, M.P.) at last night's meeting of the Borough Council by. Cr. Crabb, a.s senior councillor. ' He felt sure, he said, that Mr Nash would continue to serve the best interests of the- _ town. Mr Nash thanked the Council for * its expressions of approval and expressed his" gratification at being associated with Mr Massey who had been returned at the head of a party with a, largo working majority. They looked forward to a new era in regard to reconstruction and t tho. mcmb'rs elected would take the matter in hand and do their duty by -the pooplo.