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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 225, 29 December 1920, Page 4

The attendance at the Auckland Racing Club's meeting at Ellersli© on Monday wan a* record, those pre stent 'numbering over 40,000. '■ , . - The Age.says that several battlers have had a narrow escape from drowning in the Maslurton lake during tbo |a&t few day* through being attacked by the white swans which m«ke their home upon the water. Alfred Dickson, aged 36 a watchman, was sentenced to three months at Sydnev for theft of corsets from tho Niagara. When arrested he was searched in the Customs

Office, 'five pairs of corset* being found round hi* waist next to In'.- skin. 7LOJS fires in the Umutabroa (Dannevirkc) distnet on Clnistaaj Day swept several farms, destroying' several sheep and many acres of pastoral land. The settlers had aii anxious time protecting their houses,and outbuildings. Rain fortunately fell and prevented a deal of damage being done. Palmersion is well served in the matter of holidays-this week; to Boxing Day and New Year's Day, which are celebrated this week, the usual weekly halfholiday was observed by a large number of business establishment* ,to-<lay. TJIO cry throughout the country is for increased production. Very little will bo dono in that direction locally this week. When Falstaff fell while contesting the Tokomaru Hurdles on the opening day of tho, Mauawatu races, his rider, H. McSweeney, was thrown somewhat heavijy. Ho was removed to the hospital where an examination revealed a fractured collarbone. The injured bona was .set and McSwceney left tho institution yesterday. His accident will keep him out of the saddle for a while. Some uneasiness was caused at the Hokio beach on Monday when two children, nine and seven yeava of age, were lost for two hours. They were- seen paddling in the surf, and on returning to tho township evidently took tho wrong direction. Search parties were soon out. and tho missing children were eventually fc-und on the bead, opposite Ohau, some miles below Hokio.— Chronicle. •. , / Owing 1o the unpleasant climatic conditions which prevailed yesterday, and to the fact that the day wa» not a full Holiday, there was a falling-off in tho crowd at Awa. puni compared with Monday: Nevertheless, the numbers present made it a- fairly good second day's „ attendance. The- totalisator figiiares showed a shrinkage in.comparison with tho corresponding day last vear, being £55,874 and £56,562 respectively, "My experience is that New Zealand is • tho cheapest place in the world to-day to live in, and this can be borne out by people who liavo travelled through the

countries i nave visited (states Mr if lull Myers, of Wellington,' after making a world tour)., "If the peophi of this Dominion would only travel and find out more about what is'going on in other countries, they would be more than satisfied with New Zealand and the conditions obtaining here." Shortly after 8 o'clock on Sunday evening an Outbreak of fire occurred in a new and partially completed slaughter-house- at Mangatainoka. The fire was discovered by Mr Brabner and his two sons, who gave tho alarm, and by witling assistance helped to suppress tho outbreak before any serious damage was done. Tho cause of the outbreak (says the Fahiatua Herald] is u myhtory, for there have been no fires lighted on tho'premises. A stack of wood pitpd' against that part of tho building where the fire appeared to originate pointed to it being Jho work of an incendiary. 1 What he aaw of conditions in England saddened, Bishop Julius very much. *ff heiro Is a vastf number of unemployed,_ prices are high, and constantly on tho rise—or, at least, they were still rising when I left (said tho bishop to a Lliristchurch interviewer). This is combined with wild extravaganoc on the part of people to whom ' sudden wealth is a " .surprises-people with J. greatly increased wages, or with accumulated war profits. Strikes seem to bo fre-'" quent. At the same time, in regard, to alt these problems, including the Irish question, there is a welcome spirit of determination to get at,the root of things and to find a I way out of the difficulties without strife and I bloodshed.' With it all thore are tigns of a real spirit of brotherhood, which epcaks well for tho future of the Old Land,". - j

.Start the Now Year right with a gift in abason. Tho 0. M. Rosa Co., Ltd., are showing' an exclusive ; rango of practical giite at gift sale prices. See special New Yoar displays.—Advt. '*' ' , '. * Pulineraton North is the centre of groat commercial activity just now due in part to tike heavy demand for Golden Rv\o soap, "Nc. Rubbiog" foundry W]p, and tho "Kccp Smiling" boot polish.—Advt. ' , , A splendid "return gift'" is a. Sheaffer self-filling fountain pen, the finest pen value. Tho Sheaffer is beautifully finished, compact, non-loakable,- and fits a lady's handbag riicoly. Sheaffer pens fill uv stantly, simply lift and lower the filling •lever. Choose a, strong, Shoaffer pun aa a New Year gift; inspect at any stationers.— Advt. - . 'Knock out the flies before they knock' out,you; hang up bulldog fly papers, two for 3d; daisy fly killer* (poisonous) arc 1$ 3d each. Then the flics, appreciate a batb; treat thousands to orio for sixpence. Balloon fly traps aro Is 9d, FH-kecb at la n tin and Kcatinpx' powder for IW; icattrr ' Uiase. powdent' atiti watch the flies fly.—Cfo%*wi |o(t Son.—Advt, ■'*■ • ,: ' » : . *. -i, -• .'■'' " ~., ~:

Three first offtnd#r» for drunks.- , fjdi,fiacd W*. with th* usual ,[,,,, ' ' (sir, Mr hj, J, Graham, .1.P., m . h ,.' station tin* morning. ' ' '"' .'Tb»'W«lh'ofJto« correspondent of ii, • Zealand : iiereid Hates »*.it i„ ilt ;" circle* it ■ ;i»>; wrtic»pt tod tj,,,""."' JES.OWjOOC of tke'suc million \ mu ..", "* Jrilj ~ ' this will he ttgudea by Mr Ma*,.-, ; . . fscMry. '',' running <>f , , Matii, Ifurdlw at A war. mi y wtn ,j.,, Stewards m«t*jto consider thi- »l!,-..,,i venial of toM of Multh.? ai»i i) t ,\,l,' r ' the /irst and..saoond hor*«.», r.|„>i, H( , placed in-the ,: Tolfoman Uunll . firrfcj day. After partly hf-urirtg if,'.. ,' denoe, (he ttewArda d«ided that ti,. ,' dends should he jwiid on botli ho: », 1 |K»tj»r«; the hearing of the inquiiy ~' to-nydit. f Mr Joseph Graham, who portrays th.. of the family,solicitor-in th© "".\L„ //,'' Toronto" Jim* brt'iiff plated in (|,„ \!" minion), visited Citrate! u'rch forty % , agba, On the opening- night lie iriUscd 'ji itmn fronl Chnstchurch to Lvttelton ii" secured a horse and galitpcd to the U»* ,"t tho-hills. 'Undeterred by the p»i|„. r ; r '', darkness, be pressed t forward oW "' Scarcely discernible bridh path, and ani "i just tin time. The new« paper* of the ,|. made a feature of the elfort. There was one'ho«e" in the Mardi Gr , procession at"Nipter that'proved of mxx, \ mtereat to the Older "residents of ti towh (says the flerald). It was B uitbt.li horie, the only one in the procession ail l is now about 35 ycara old. At one'tim. it belonged to the late .Mr G. J. Swan <., Mayor of Napier, and was one of'ti,., faitest trotters of its ■ dny, Cater it ua, am ployed in livery #ta lie*, «nd ua» "«' popular horse with those fond of a Sunday drive into the country. , Bo for 1$ member* of the House of H v . presentatives have 'respindcd to the j r '. vitatioit to Accompany the proposed far liamentary tour, of tab ..East Coast hr . n February. They coropris): Mcusr* R y\ r Calhim (Waima), H. Pcland (Ohintrnun, Gea Witty (Riocartoii), Jaa. Horn (Wai: tipu), J. A, Young (Waikato), f (Hawkea Ba|), J. Vigor Brown (Napitr A. (WaitetnataJ, ■W. A, \eit<i,' (Walnganui), E. Kcllett (Dunedin North] A. 8. Malcolm (Clutba), W. D. Lysnar iGi' borne). K. 8. Williams tßayof Plenty, and tltt,Hon. A'. T. Nffita (Eastern Maori). to a correspondent who i-Lh how many stockades "wet? in eaistence iu the Wairarapa in the tally days, the \v„; rarupa Age "tales that r.j fiir as ran t<» ascertained, there was* only one.. This v.-,.. situated in a paddock" which i- now the Ma tcrt'on public park, and w:ts only demoliii.i-i u fpW years ago. It wis erected in ih« 'sixties, at a tfine *"hen it was thought tkt the'Haufiaus cotttemplaled a drscent u\m, the'Wairarapa. It consiitcd of a buildm; of /»it-wwu slab*,'»urro«Jided by The walls were hollow :u»d were filled witii stones and earth. The Hauhaus did not make their expected descent, and the sttx!;ade' v.as not long fn ate. The earalry n:A volunteers were drilling and raradingfor number of yean. The Triad'* oornmenit on Philip Xctrbur/, .-iniring in "The Baatitiidw" at Melboun, , which rcjulted in an action, for libel anrj . verdict for £SOO daniaiffla. wan as follows: - "But the heavy artillery of blame should Ureserved for Mr. Philip Newbury. His was 1 ".the -firat, wlo voice heard in 'lie. Beatitude* at the openinj of the prolo.ni". Herb" a del.ennincd und ,api«llijijr *und sudtfcnly broke upon the tffrighted.air with iho-worda 'Night brnodeJ then o'er :li'> land.'. The peculiar' turkey quality of his squaw); is somewhat difficult <-: analj■«s.' r -At time*.bii-throatyt.ppcars to pwe'i tho,real 'rigor mortis rigidity, and vet to be actively engaged in vcico pioduction of tin excruciating and 'porihtent nature.''

In conversation with a well-known breeder of purebred pigs .recently & Wanganui Herald reporter was informed tb.it ner bload in piits was needed in the Dominicm. Very few Importations *cf purebreds luil been made during the last few years, and with the-.New Zealand breeders sending their ttoclj all over both Wands, thete was now a danger, of too near rclaiionthip in tie yrogeny.'';. Either breeder would have t<> import on their own account or ask tiie Government to send a representative IJjm? ; to make tin* n«!p*a?r r chafer, Vm if-,. penonce had shown that it wan uw.:sfactory in many cases to trust to the hp&t-"" of breeders in other lands to send satisfied stock when ordered by mail. Recently i farmer on this.coast ordered K>me |wr> breds from ApHratfa, anil on arrival the'J proved to be of a, very W'Srior-type. t "Planting "operations in both the Xor.i and, the South Iskhds arc being carried &", and' we are seeking the co-operation of \\& various nurserymen atii nurserymen'* associations in tho work of Hinialating tl" private planting At" eucalypts and conif-M by farmer*, bom. for timber plantations and for, windbreaks," said the Director of Forestry (Captain Macintosh Ellis), in div cuswng the operation* of the Department of Forestry. "As settlement itabilises, we will .fimj, I behVvo, that the farmers will p*r more attention lo the ae it he :t:< value ft wind-breaks and also to tie economic advantages of planting out plantations of conifers, etc. Remarkable results, I may mention, are being obtained from the plantm; »011$. of pinus insignia in the Canterbury district; and recently hj nun was interviewing inc. as to planting-the*e well-tried a; |,J commercial exotica on a large scale in i':.a Xortli JsliandL Companies have also been fotimed in the Nebon district to carrj on planting operations on a largo scaJc. Orw coippany is planting 1000 acres of P" I ,"' insignia, for tnaJqng fruit-caies; so that tno growing of limber by prhate people i-,* practical and economical industry in li .' J Dominion, file Department is not only wiling but anxious to gireall tho advice an J information in it* power to those undertaking such work.'?

A feat which onaKgencrally witnesses on in motion picture serials and the like v Eerfoimcd at Now Brighton on Chrism* >ay, when a vaudeville ar.ist, v.ho i= -i pcaring ttt a Cbristchurcii theatre, jun-I* off) the pier heavily handcuffed and chainand. successfully freed himself There wa> voijy largo crowd to witness the c\cnt. •<' m«u appeared in a bathing suit, and I*; iron? were locked around hii legs. A tim was bojtcd round his neck, »4»d tiii- «a : tached to his hands, which were faMcnbehind his back with a pair of police hyculls. After being; examined to the satisf'- - - tiop of a committee present, the arte' landing erect, jumped into the sea fret" hofght of'3o feet For abou:; half a mm"' there was a dead silence, thtn the cry "'' up, "There he is," as he ippoared a.tho water, freed from all nxstraint. Af< tying a rope around the manacle?, to m they could be tested by the committee, e r*wimom«d to swim for the shore, I m n«' knowing the state of the andertow. being in ' a fmi-exhausied condition. . was soon .in difficulties, Fortunately, tubers of the Brighton Surf Club were in - ; tendance, and but for their timely ; ; things might hate assumed a serious .i-P'"' After being buffeted against the pile-. '■ " .man was brought ashore, ami beyrml a t\ cuts on the arms and legs, ho was little •.! worse for his experience

The Salvation Army Band from Auckl will visit PaJmcrston North and p"e i gramme* of masks on dates adverti*"' to/day'a issue. Among tftc places <-•• visited is tho Esplanade hard rotund outlay afternoon at 2.50. while on £?'■■' evening after Church hours, coromem.ii--8 odocfc the band will render it» f»»| • seryice of aong, "The Wreck of the f* 1 ' B !**- \ AV°gr«mmoof music «"l " v"? «t the nipnic at Aslil'"New Year's Day. *Eo build up flesh, nerve tissues, m u and brainy there kno better hod tl'» n r gcti. .It contain* the proteids and !■ phaM.tluit the ibody needs for !' r ' health, «nd will restore the weakened • tcm in a wonderful maimer. Iu cence, when the mtcm is lun-down. • nursing mother*,* for growing children bram-workent, Ctercgen is a perfect : rood. It-rebuilds natural fcrcee ai;<i : I»aeca the daily expenditure of :•• energy. Ceregen is recommended hj medical profession. In four aires, -; 4s 6d, ?» 6d «id 13s 64 at chemist*.- A ' PJ^n 1 . lace-makers of Chin* - ;: sponsible for giving us wonderful! 1 .- ' valdes in handmade luces, a siriU-' wnpl'j beh% shown to-day bv f'ollms r. Unnninghame, Ud China hand ma.ie >i m i? rtJ «« to match for 1:. Id L nelt. . Theae 3in'laces and in»ertt>'>"worth cightcftnpenee, my the inrice < low.*—Advt, In' Rharl*mf» fluid majrne«i.n v<hi ■ «*% lugheat -.strength, puiwtt «iu*tn.l*» .Ttltt9.*Adf| k .

\t thr of'the K*. r .*««»» will bo 3 o<lw4 »ncl'««HiK Mio .following f ro / .Mana«'atu:--Tl»nt provision for gtaffi lllH> l s should bo made for the in f ~Mnm«-nt'jf largo schools; that tL« n> improved both hi regard to otCn i [-,,. ,„,(] quality of matter. lu . qUun -

'i| U . amount invested on tin. *„* islt „t the flrit day of th, iVcV "''i £,,,„ Club's ;meeting was S'i^ ~„: amount for the first day last *? Tin' investment* on each race on fi! ' tlnV «„ro 08 followss-Slie-rtland P „ t "' iJ.-K.V24j Oniat Nor hern Foal staff i*lt*.:Ws3 10*; Robiuwn HnS * { f,fi« 10h, Auckland L'fe fi: Grafton Jp jS-J" IDs: Itu.Uvn;/ Hondieap £2:t.ir jo in' Smscry £15,089 in,.'

Although the French population A* ( „ : ,«1 »«£ 2,000,000 5K 33JA t l„. war, the .lireetors of tho French Government'H tobacco luunufacture re |)o ,t that there has. been an unnrw.. jilted incrciise in the use of dm,,' ~««, lh-spite even the presence of American cigarettes on tho French mar kct. it w HiipoMiblo'to satis'fy tba Muckers' demands, and fifty now ma t-hiues are to bejflistulled.in tho'State's .igarctto factories,, with-it view to rolijui- at least 500 • million inoro 'cigar ~ttcs overv. year. According to the French officials, the'cigarette habit has n„t been m!opted by French women 0 „v more thin iu .Countries, tho incicased demand ebniing from returned soldiers, who, during four years of trench warfare developed a peculiar nervousness wluch only the Frenrh "caporar can console.