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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 3105, 24 December 1921, Page 4

A in. lll'll in Til.mistreet, Wellin Jon, w;i< mi I m ini i>\ I mii'l: hi r> on 11mrsilay ;i I tor noon mi.l a number n( ari teles were stolen. Mi 11 11 1 11 1 1 ■I '■ inis lnhm i re-elected secretary of tlm Waterside \\ others' !• ederalion. Malm a telegram from Wellington. A' ;i ll 111 -• atici.i .-liowin 'V t!ic scarcity i! seaside cut i ayes, a I,(‘ .in resident in order lo -c, uni one Ini' a fortniylil- hail to take it ior j\ works In 1910. when Colonel Collins took over control of the Audit OHlee, die perniancnl staff numbered 52. and the salaries amounted to £11.200. Today there are 137 on the sudf and the salaries total £37.873. A party ot Shannon Alpine climbing euthnsiasts. including Messrs Moreau. 11. I look. It. Spencer and I). Clark, Inr.e. leil for the XXiional .Park and Alt. Ifnapclin, After climbing the inonnlain they will travel across country to the shores of Lake Taupe. a. distance of idiom 50 miles. At a meeting of Kelvin Grove residents ia-i evening, Air .). Smiih presiding, mat lei's in eonneei ion with (lie (lest ruction lay lire ol tlie piddle hall this week aid the e• (■ i■iini of a new building were discussed Nothing deli idle w;.s divided upon and rum iter meeting will be held at, an earl\ dam. Commenting at the Police Coma ai Auckland on the need for good sanitary conditions, Mr Ihiynton, S.M., referred ii the benrlicial elicit of a. cleaning-up it; Sydney about 20 years ago on an outbreak of plague. Tin* deatli-rate was greatly reduced, and now Sydney had the lowest death-rate in the world. There exists near Tenterlield, \ew South Wales, a itniigte spring. The water bubbles out of the earth in a never-failing stream. lan I the peculiar feature of it is that in winter time ihe water is quite warm, and in the summer lime u is C olcl that it is almost undrinkable. The spring has been . known for many years, and Inis never lost its peculiarity. I According to Mr J. d. fTonga 11, who has relumed to Christchurch from a trip abroad, business men in the United States realise that the rate of exchange is very detrimental to American trade, hut many of them to think tha.l the position of exchange has been brought about In British hankers in trying to destroy America u trade. Mr Dongall cannot say whothei this is so, hut he found the impression very general in the United Stales. Uhrislehiirch is faced with a shortage of water for domestic purposes as the result of a protracted period of dry weather. On Monday the reservoir held less than 300,000 gallons of water, and it was stated at a meeting of the Christchurch City Council that during the hm. weather the ■,'onsumpi ion was 76 gallons per head ol the population. As showing the seriousness of the position the City Council Inis authorised the town clerk to cut off the water in any given residential area at such time as might he deemed necessary to safeguard the city in case of lire and lo prosecute people using high-pressure water for other diiin domestic purposes. When interviewed at Nelson yesterday with regard to 'he new observatory which it has been slated that, ihe Carter bequest I committee ot the Xew Zealand institute iaboui to creel in Wellington at a cost of £2050, ITafe-sor Kaslerlield, who is president of the Xew Zealand Institute, and i chairman ot the trustees, stated that he was sure there was some mistake. The commit lee mentioned was merely an advisory committee, and tls recommendations had not yet been put before the trustees. It was quite possible that the trustees could not legally give elfect to the suggest ions of the committee, even if they approved ot them. Advance Auckland! Come and see the wonderful -mdes that Auckland has made. Larac-t and loveliest city in X.Z, Ideal holiday playground. Write for descriptive lea I ltd free. Auckland Advertising Club. Auckland. •• Advl, Every man want's lo look his very best during the festive season and “lioseo" belter fabric suits will give just the inch vidual touch so much appreciated by welldressed men. Make your Christmas suit a I'" -1 ''. I ricc.s £6 15s to Signs. Sold I>\ the t i ,\|, Ifo.-s Co,, Lul.. only,—Advi,

Tli" lire brigade .'it Paliirttud has not been called out to a lire for over a year. In ii case, heard mi Invercargill the magistrate decided that ii was not necessary fo obtain ,■'. permit under the Anns Act tu sell crackers. "The common law of Kngland when properly expounded is tl nibodimeiit of commonsense," said Judge Crawford at lildmondton Comity ('ourt The mines of i]u- Taupiri .Mines, Ltd , and the Pukentho Coal Mine Co..' v\hicit "'ere. idle on 'I hur.sdny afternoon, resumed yesterday, an ample supply of Irueks beiii"available At the Police Court tin's mornin« before Mr F. Aislier, J.J'., Patrick MeCartliv. a statutory second offender in respect"'' of : drunkenness, was convicted and discharged. A statutory first offender was and forfeited the amount of his bail, 10s. Thirty bnnlcruoleics were filed with the Deputy Official ' Assignee (Mr C. K. Dcmpsyj this year, his district covering a wide area around Palmerston North. Utiring the same period in 1920, there were eighl petitions. General Headquarters of the New Zealand Military Forces have issued instructions that the promotion of chaplains will be suspended pending the issue of an amendment to the general regulations to be made known early in the New Year. A call was received by the central lire station at 10.30 this morning to the residence of Mr A. ("ooksley, in Lyndhursf street, where an incipient lire had broken oil I iii the washhoiise. The flames were extinguished by those on the premises before the brigade arrived on the scene, and no material damage was done. The breaking-up ceremony at the Bayfield School, Auckland, provided a touching incideul. When one of the pupils, a little boy. vas presented with a small monetary prize for a competition he had won, he handed back the money to Ilie headmaster with the words. "lTea.se. sir, 1 should like the orphans to have this." "Give me your band.'' replied the headmaster, "you are a Utile gentleman." The first medal awarded by the Royal Life-saving Society, London, for distinguished service in New Zealand, was presented to Mr S. K. Bassett last week al Sumner, Christchuich. The award was made to the recipient by the unanimous yole of the central executive in Kngla.nd. .or lengthy honorary services in life-saving, particularly in connection with the '»<»'!; of the Canterbury head centre of the »><■;< !y. New poor markets are affecting the farmer was illustrated by a man who appealed at the Auckland Magistrate's Courl lor debt. lie state<! that he evpee'.ed money to come to him for wool and sheep, whereas he found he was in debt. Me -old weaned lambs at 6s 6d, which la-: ve M r would have realised 19., sd. Ili> wool brought him £.12. as against £IOO ih-' previous year for a similar quantity. lie bought sheep at 30s each, and I .in !,r.-: afterwards was offered 355. This.. |,e bad since sold at 9s each.—Star.

Mi J. ■]. Dougall, who lias returned Lo Christehuirh from ;i visit to the United States and i anad.i, was impressed in the United Si.-■ •• - v.i;h Labour's desire to spoor! iii>. ' i'iicy don't go slow at all," lie lolil a re;i!u-i •". "'I' I !.' trades unions there go for ,:,:., .; ;tllf | high wages, "ami piecework is quite i ■mmmi. The unions seem to take a iTp •rm diametrically opposite, to that tak< it le trades union.-, iii the British Empire. Th" workers there are much faster than workers here, but that may be the result of superior methods and greater organisation." ''Wonderful sport '.'' In these words .Mr iJ- 'I. Troy, an nitbi'-jiart j ( . American .'Hurler, now in Auckland, sums :.■;> his experience during ;i few i'.jvs' li.-hing at Kotorua. Mr Troy, who !u : !s from .Yew Roehelle, a suburb of Nov. York, a-;iu<l in Auckland by the Niagara on December 2. and spent a week in the Hot Lukes district. " I had heard a lot about your trcur. fishing before coming here," he said, "and 1 came to see for myself. 1 have been agreeably surprised. I have fished all over the United State-, the Wert Indie-, Panama, and Vancouver, a.s .well as making 27 round trips to Europe, and all I can -ay is that I never saw trout fishing like that at Kotorua.' - ' At the annual meeting of the Foxton Racecourse Trustees this week, Mr .1. Kebbell (chairman) referred to the stockade erected during the troublous times of unrest in 1868, en the ridge behind the school. I'he site was historical, and should be acquired by the Borough Council, out of reserves revenue, as a memorial. Mr G. L'oley: The council's reserves fund is exhausted. Mr Kebbell. continuing, said that this site-could have been secured with money expended on the improvements to Raston Park, lie was prepared to sub scribe towards the purchase of the property., and he felt sure oilier old settlers, from sentimental reasons, would do likewise. It should be acquired by the Borough Council or school committee. The stockade was constructed of a. double row of white pine tree-. with loop-holes cut out with a morticing axe. lie regretted thai he had parted with the axe. The stockade provided a haven of safety duriin: a trying period, and quietened the settlers. He hoped the Borough Council and school committee would unite ii ."n endeavour lo secure the properly a.s ■ memotial. Mr (1. Co lev said ho would brim:' the matter under the notice of the Borough Council.