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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 3106, 27 December 1921, Page 4

\ wireless telephone message fmm Du was heard clistiik.-Ily at, Hamilton one evening last week. Work al tlie Wanganui freezing works is proceeding briskly, liieie is P 111 1 y o stock offering, including lambs. At (he surgerv of a Wanganui doctor a voting man last week shot lomselt m Ins left arm. He was later remained on a charge of suicide, so that the bullet could be extracted. in connection with the forthcoming sculling match, the final deposit of £lb>J each man has to be made good by K. Arms! and I). Iladlield on I'lnnsday next, the 29th inst. The opening da vs of the race meetings held yesterday showed declines m the (olidisuior lignres, tin- Manawain and Auckland gatherings respectively showing the heaviest; falling-oil. One evening last week a young man from the country left over £6O in the inside pocket of his coat in an hotel in Auckland while he went to the bathroom, and when he returned the money was gone. Two whales became stranded at Caroline Hay, Timarn, one day last week. One died, and'the other was subsequently pulled into the water by means of it motor-launch, and it then swam away. A “Slandard'’ represenlative was inbirmed by a local business linn that the bnsi ■less on Christmas Kve, despite the large c rowd, was not so large as on I hnisdav last, which was a splendid day lor trades people.

A parrot aroused the inmates of a burn ing house ai Manaia a nigh I or two ago and they had barely rime to gather a tew articles of clothing, bill unfortunately the parrot had to he abandoned in the burning building (the local paper reports). The committee of the Masterton branch of the Educational Institute, in a statement on the Miss Park case (states a telegram from Masterton), emphatically protests against a second inquiry and regrets that a wholly unnecessary atmosphere of suspicion has been created about the loyal teaching profession, resulting in the set vice becoming restive. Mr A. >l. Uraham, J.P., presided at the Pol ice Court this morning when Joseph Hannon, a statutory third ollender in re sped of drunkenness, was convicted anil fined £l. Another, who had committed his Hi>l olfence against Hie laws of sobriety, was convicted and lorlcitcd the amount ot his bail. 10s. Henry Dredge, a statutory .-ccond offender, was convicted and ordered to come up for sentence when called upon. Speaking at Christchurch last week when he was tarewelled on the eve ot Ids retirement. Mr McCarthy, S.M., referred to the retiring age lor Judges and Magistrates. He said the public had a right, to expect ellicient. service, and it would not do to have men on the Dench who had passed their best. He expressed the opinion that Magistrates should ho granted an increase in their salaries and retiring allowances; otherwise the host men would not he secured for the Bench. The senior Stipetidairy Magistrates in the four centres were paid at a higher rate than other Magistrates. This the speaker considered was not justified, as the men in other parts ot tbo Dominion had just as onerous duties as did the city men.

likely lo bn made upon the Minister foi Heall.li, the Hon. ('. J. l'arr (says tin Auckland Herald). When lie concluded his inspection of Auckland during a recent visit, the Minister remarked lo those who accompanied him thai he would give a new hat for every person convicted for failing lo clean up his premises. Ho was asked by one of the inspectors present if that was a bargain. Mr l'arr replied. "Oh, yes. [ mean it, and I think il will he money well spent it we suceeeu in Driiigm people lo realise that they must keep m-oiimnn clean." On Thursday six p Spend your holiday in a jolly way. ( ome lo Auckland. Biggest, brightest, best attractions in the Dominion. Write tor descriptive leaflet—free. Auckland Advertising Club, Auckland—Advt. I,\„. infnnfa' clothing "No-Rubbillg" Laundry Help is invaluable, for, while cleansing and destroying all germs does uoi injure ill the slightest degree.—Advt. After meals lake a little Sharland's Fluid Magnesia. Prevents acidify and headache. Sharland's is fresh, pure, agreeable.—Advt.

All four troops of the Palmerstcn North Hoy Scouts are camping under canvas, and will spend lit.- linn iii practising the usual games and Kcottfcrafl. Letters received by an Australian mail last week statu that live workmen hi Christchurch drew £SOOO in Australian sweep-. An Invercargill woman drew £IBOO. and ~ Wellington syndicate £I6OO. A Wellington resident who refused n demand for money made by it man in llie city lasl night was followed by Hie man, who overtook him off Wellington Terrace, mid seriously assaulted him, and knocked him down several steps. It is understood that on January 5 there will he a. conference in Wellington of i)i• > dairy associations in the North and South Islands, lo consider how the difficulties created by the impending disposal of the imperial ' Government's surplus butter slocks may bed be met. The conference will probably make recommendations to the Government.—Dominion. Advices received from England hy the last mail state that big brokers and merchants had been vcr'y hard hil by the Slid den fall in the value ol the rupee in India. I'.anknipicies were numerous among linn., which had traded successfully for half a century. In one Instance, quoted in the loiter goods for South Africa, invoiced ai £I4OO odd. were sold for £SOO. It is understood that n lecturing lour will shortly be made throughout New Zealand by the Kev. Mulliiieaux, at present in ~),,.,",,,,. r ,f the Graves Commission in fiance. This lour is to be undertaken for the purpose of raising funds for the continuing of the* excellent work already accomplished among the soldier,' graves in France and also to build a hostel at Vpres for the accommodation of visitors. The Xev, Zealand Employers' Federation intends to hold a conference ill Wellington early in the New Year, to consider measures for bringing the economic; position hack to normal, as far as possible. The object (says an exchange) is to find means ol' reducing itrices to such a level as will warrant a* material reduction in wages when the Arbitration Conn's stabilisation period ends in April next. A determined attempt was made about midnight on Thursday Inst to hum down ,-, block of buildings i'n the main street of Ohakune. The incendiary, by means of waste and kerosene, ignited the side of an I unoccupied shop. A child sleeping in uti I adjoining building heard flames crackling, and gave the alarm. Prompt measures I were taken to extinguish the lire. The police are making active inquiries. The moiding is not insured. The Christchurch .Medical Officer of Health I Dr. T. Fletcher Telford) received a unique and. as the sender probably ihougln. an appropriate Christinas card. |, was m | !)e form of a calendar mounted on a soluble niece of grained wood. nicely varnished". In addition to _ the ciileiida tli-re was the inscription : "Greetings and pleasant thoughts, 1921-1922." The i-i'i,ri's.>u'H.n)ii ill a rat nibbling a piece ol cheese was. however, the outstanding feature of the "card."—Press.

Thousand* of tropically-coloured finches, parakeets, wild geese, pigeons, ducks, and other birds, arriCed in Sydney recently hy thr steiuuer Mare La. This feathered cargo was the result iw many months of toil on the pan of Mr 0" -:'<• Davis and his assistants, in tin l wild country around the Alligator River. North rn 'territory. Mr Davis (says the Sydney Sim! collected over 5000 birds' in various part of the Territory, nnd a large number n; o'nni will be handed over to Tarongu Park Zoo. The remainder are to be sold privately. "Tin's c!a.=s of rase kvd- me io ihink that the State should provide ;: home halfway between the gaol Mid lhe asyiem; where oiiu mi hi eonwiii aued ml hub-tnl pi rM,n>," said Mr Wyvern Wilson. S.M, nl Ihu Magistrate's C< un af Chri.-t.lmreh. when dealing with an old woman who h;.d •:. .nulcred awav from home end was with vagrancy. The Magistrate pointed ~.■l (hat those in chaigc of the pr seal luiines l'ir Ihu aged had no auihoriiy )•• M,>p the inmates from leaving. A home uith same such authority was. required.