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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 1709, 27 December 1919, Page 4

P. and 0. shares are now quoted at £560 and" £sßo.—London cable. A Loudon cable states that a Royal proclamation announces the establishment ol a Chamber of Indian Princes.

Tho Mayor acknowledges with thanks the sum of £1 Is from Mr C. Louisson for tho Christmas appeal fund. A London cable states that a Government committee has decided to recommend the adoption of Die twenty-four hour clock. The matron of the Hospital desires to acknowledge the sum of £3 from Miss Mcilurdy and £1 Is from Mr 1. T. Korslake towards the Christinas entertainment of patients. Tho imperial Board of Trade have advised the Prime Minister (Mr W. hj. Massey) that during the present export season, space wiil iri outward vessels bo found for 60,000 cases of apples and 4000 tons of frozen rabbits.

According to a London cable the Marchionesses of Crewe and Londonderry, Mrs Llovd George and others have been appointed Justices of the Peace. They will act us an advisory committee to recommend further appointments. A Rome cable states that the Pope, in a speech, said; Society has turned against God, a spirit of indiscipline pervades the world and there is a danger that a spirit of vengeance and blind hatred will turn into civil war. Nothing should be done that will destroy the lives of defeated nations. Tin; Minister of Defence (Sir Jilmea Allen) has informed Mr 0. E. Stadium, M.I ~ that owing to the amount of work involved in having all accounts audited before payment of soldiers’ gratuity, it does not appear possible to complete the issue ol gratuities before the middle of February.

An extensive fire occurred on • Christmas Day and night at the thermal Kuirau Reserve,' on the western side of the town of Rotorua. As it apparently had been started in two places, it is supposed to have been wilfully caused. About fifteen acres of scrub were burned. In connection with a Police Court cose in Auckland. recently it was stated that a returned soldier named Thomas Holt had received a gratuity of £6O, mid, with £49 in his possession, went for a “ joy” ride in a, taxi, to Ellorslie and back via a long list of hotels. When lie woke up ho only had a few shillings left. A charge brought against Annie Craddock of having stolon £ls from ydt was dismissed*-

The Executive Couijcfl t p{ the Auckland Returned Soldiers’ A ssociatlorp" has; 'carried a motion unanimously protesting agiiihst the granting of telephone facilities to Dr. Endletsborgcr, of Auckland, in preference to. returned soldiers ; calling a public meeting of all returned soldiers and citirons of Auckland to deal with the question of Germans in New Zealand; and approyiug.of a deputation waiting ui>on the PoetmasmterGeneral, the Hon. J. G. Coatca. Between 400 and 500 acres of flax between Lake Mangapo and the Waikato river in the Rangiriri district were destroyed by fire last week/ The flax was owned by Mr J Dean, of Pokeno, who fought the fire, with the assistance of twelve Maoris, for six days and six nights, before a fortunate change in the direction of the Wind enabled them to check the further spread of the flames. The flax destroyed would, it was estimated, have produced between 1600 and 2000 tons of hemp.

'll,O festivities of Boxing Day resulted in a number of offenders for drunkenness appearing at the Police Court to-day, tv-hen Messrs A. J Graham and H. J.‘ Canton, j’s.P., were on the bench. John McKenzie was fined £1 and four first offenders were dealt with in the usual way. Christopher Smith was fined 5s for having been drunk and for having obtained a meal at a cafe while in that condition, and for refusing to pay for it, was convicted and ordered to pa‘y tho cost of the meal, namely 2s.

A high wind which was prevailing was responsible for a mishap at the Sale street railway crossing in Napier which very narrowly missed having disastrous consequences. Dr. T. C. Moore was approaching the crossing from Napier South just before 6 p.m., and owing to tie strong wind did not hear tho warning bells indicating the approach of the Ha stingo train, which was running a , few minutes late. The doctor observed his danger just in time to swerve his car into tho cattle stop. It did not clear tho train, however, which struck the car, forcing it over the oattle-stop and several yards into the railway yard. Three little children who had been out for a birthday drive with the doctor were thrown out, and ono (a little daughter of Mr A, Hobson) was severely bruised about tho face, while tho others marvellously escaped. Dr. Moore was rather badly bruised about one ahm and shoulder. Tho car was smashed, and several of the catflo-stop beams were broken, indicating the violence with which the* car was forced over by the impact of the train.—Herald.

An ardent local supporter of Mr Massey wired him her congratulations on his victory at the elections, in Biblical phrase, Concluding her message: “Thus saith the Lord, Behold my servant whom I _ uphold. mine elect in whom my soul delighted ! I have put my spirit upon him and he shall bring forth judgment to the people. Tic shall not fail nor be discouraged till he halli put judgment in the land and these Isles shall wait for his law.’’ To this Mr Massey replied: “And I will bring the blind by a way that’they knew not, I will load them in paths that they have not known. I will make darkness light before them, and the crooked things straight. These tilings will I do with them and not forsake them;” A further telegram was thereupon sent to the Premier as follows: “ And tlio people answered him: Fain all that thou commanded us we will do. and whither soever thou sendest us wo will go. According as wo harkened unto Moses in all things so will we harken unto thee. Whosoever ho he that dost rebel against thy tommandments and will not harken unto thy words in all that thou oommandest him, ho shall be put to death. Only be, strong, •.rid of a good courage." Mr Massey further replied: “ Many thanks for kind telegram, which I warmly appreciate.”

Special train arrangements are announced by the Railway Department, in comioction with- the New Year holidays. Dainty holiday millinery, including children’s, at sale prices; our entire stock of high grade millinery to be cleared; big reductions throughout. —The C. M, Ross Co., Ltd.—Advt., “No Rubbing” laundry help has captured the women’s vote; also ours. Barraud and Abraham, Ltd., wholesale agents. —Advt. Give Braby’s aluminum cooking utensils to your friends for their present. Braby’s aluminum" saucepans and stewpans will stand the severest kind of usage and last for years; saucepans 6s lid, 7s lid,' to 23s 6d; stewpans 8s 6d to 21a 6d.—Collinson and Son’s, 11 Broadway and King street, Palmerston North. —Advt,

Some property in Queen street, Auckland, has been sold this week at a prion that works oTht at £1045 Ss per foot frontage. ■■■' y * Despite the inclement condition of Dio weather last evening, there was a wr attendance at the Oddfellows Hall, when the customary “old time dance”. was hclf},, .« Mr A, E. Ward made an efficient M.L/. ~,r . Shearing as far as the Woodyille dis-; • fcricfc is concerned is practically oyer. On , ...: ~ account of climatic conditions (says the , ft Examiner) the year has not been up,to.,, expectations, though better than 1918, 1 stock as a whole has been on the poor ,r side, and the wool secured has sufferedthereby. t ■ v While riding through his this >voek Mr Claude A. Palmer, a sottlei m' <« the Whangamata Valley, Auckland, Came across tho carcases of 12 sheep. P?. c . .. inspection, Mr Palmer found that m each; . , instance the sheep had - been killed by bUK; lets evidcnly discharged from a 'rule, in. most cases tbp sheep had been shot in the back of tho head, while m others the toihw:,... lets had hit tho body in some vital spot. ~ loiter Mr Palmer discovered four sneep... suffering more or less from wounds inflicted;-.» by rifle shots. The matter is being invests .-.v gated by tho police. ptfT > The following communication has been ■ received by a leading Dunedin house from a Now York firm:—‘LYour letter ot - v August 7, directed to our Now York ofuco,’ reached us pp September, 12,- and .wo oould .A not place Dunedin in any country that i» knew of, unfortunately, not having an atlas, that would indicate citipa. without refoynpgr to the countries. We consequently assumed that it was Scotland, and sent > your to our English agents for their attention* / They have just returned it to iis, with - the information that they have callPd up yoiin London office and wore informed tuftt? Dunedin .is in Now Zealand, ; This, Thpro- .ni fore, aocciuits for our delay in replying to,;

your letter." ■ <:}, The Auckland Grammar School, after .11 ’ holding tho Hcnthcoto-WilUams Shield for four years (says the Auckland Herald),; - >v have lost it to the Palmerston North High School. The Grammar School team did.vfjpj not display its true, form in tho first - in ings, and the visitors 'obtained, such a Tead,,..';. that it was impossible' to overtake thom.-c -JJ The-local team made a great effort in the.; second innings, and the display of battingby Postles was one of the best othat has c boon seen in school cricket. The Pol-/ „ / rnerston North High School contains some ./;, good batsmen, while the bowlers „. more than average quality. The team only played throe representative matches . this season, and has won all of them two-j,. being over an innings victory. j>nt t:n. An inquest was held at Ruetihi, on Sat-, y; urday, on the body of a Maori boy Rangiholopia. After tho evidence of ide.nf V/; , fication was taken the inquest was journed. The affair is most roystenpps,.. From what can bo gathered, the boy spent part of the day at the pah adjoining where, he Jived. Late in tho afternoon the, mother sent tho boy home to light a hr(“,, Tho father, o.u arriving home, found the, - bodv of the boy,, lying face downwards on ... tho fWr, doad. It was not until a doctor examined the bodv that it was known that the boy had been shot through the heart. No one had been seen in the vicinity all day. A revolver was found in a box alongside the body; with one empty cartridge. The police are investigating the occurence.;

The shooting of the rabbit which, hftd , been doing considerable damage to a Mount •Eden resident’s garden led to a man being prosecuted in the Police, Court at ‘Auckland.,; Inst week, for having discharged a firearm y . without reasonable cause and to the'danger . of passers-bv. The defendant said he had shot the rabbit in “self protection,” and complained (hat ho could'not use poison for fear of killing his neighbour’s dogs,, . and that if ho failed to destroy rabbits ho , - would bo liable to a fine of £SO. . at fivo o’clock one morning to kill the' rabbit, and had been shooting for 45 Voors. without accident. Sub-Inspector Wohlmann stated that the, prosecution had been made as the bullet had ricocheted.and penetrated the bedclothes of a neighbour who had slept on a verandah. The Magistrate, Mr J. E. Wilson. S.M., said it was not a trivial charge, and imposed a fine of £1 with 9s costs.