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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 400, 18 May 1922, Page 4

The Auckland Electric Power Board proposes to raise a loan of £600,C00. Permits for building to the value of £15.700 wove issued by the. New Plymouth Borough Council last month. The Canterbury Museum has received from Colonel t!. Arnold Ward, of Tauranga, Iwo rare ancient "Maori bowls found in the sandhills near Ocean Beach. Tauranga. Many new arrivals in the Dominion are gojpg from house to house in the Wellington suburbs- asking for a few day's work in gardens. The fact that there is a county of Inglewood docs not appear to be known yet to some of the Government departments in Wellington (says the Taranaki Herald), for while an open season for opossums lias been dec-laved to cover the rest of Taranaki, so far lnglcwood county is excepted, Speaking at a social rendered to the- visiting delegates to the Earrnors' Union conference at Wanganui, Mr E. A. Campbell urged tltt. need of a grading system for produce and one- standard—the highest, lie hoped by next seaspn they would have such a system, as Now Zealand had to depend largely on the London market, for fair and remunerative prices. Striking values in fine quality U.S. cambric hankies for ladies, usually 6d each, now 2s 3d the i dozen; or very superior quality usually Y|Ul each, now 3 for Is 6d>— The C. M. Ross Co., Ltd., assigned stock sale.—Advf.

Golf enthusiasts are welcoming Collinson and Son's generous offer of Dunlop golf balls at. 27s 6d the dozen neit cash. All aro new and fresh, in sealed individual wrappers— unique Values for players. Excellent stocks of golf clubs, approved British makes, also full supplies or requisites for hockey, football, bosing t shooting l , etc—Advt

Captain Peel has been removed from f.hfl British Army owiny to his recent conviction in connection with betting fraud,. Tho balance-sheet of die Canterbury Jockey Club .-hows a debit balance for the, past, year of £746 4 s sd. During the last throe years the Musferton Methodists have raised £ISOO per yeap foe church purposes. Tho schooner Abemama, winch wa- (; „ her way to Grafton,- Australia, to lift a cargo for Bluff, is a week overdue. Burglars entered a stove in Ponsonbv, i Auckland, on two occasions last week, but on neither was anything of much valuu stolen. Seven hundred Chinese students in Tokio are in dire straits owing to the failure of tho Pekiu Government to send supporting funds for the last throe months. A tablet to tho memory of members and adherents of St. Paul's Methodist Church, Hamilton, who made the supreme sacrifice in the great war, was unveiled on Sunday last. "The Town flail would not be large enough to held all the pessimistic businesi men in Auckland." was a remark which caused some amusement at the Rotary Club luncheon there on Monday. Tho Christchurch Sawmillers' Employers' Union has decided to observe the Arbitration Court ■ bonus order, and to reduce the price of milling timbers by the equivalent of 7A per cent. The Supreme Court at Leipsiz sentenced Wilhelinshaven, a motor mechanic, to 13 months' imprisonment on a charge of disclosintr to the inter-Allied Commission last July the location of 21 aerial motors. A Queensland meat works firm has secured a contract for tho supply to the Admiralty of 700,000 pounds weight of tinned meat, delivery to bo made in October and December. The Council of the League of Nations has decided to forward io the Genoa Conference Dr. Nausea's demand for the creation of a special body to deal with famine and disease conditions in Russia. At the Sitpremo Court at Christchurch yesterday Mr Justice Adams made an order prohibiting the publication of the evidence in a divorce suit, counsel having assurred him thai the details were more unpleasant than usual. tnformation received by the Hon. C. J. Parr (Minister of Health) shows that the results obtained in Sydney from the use of the new anti-plague serum had been remarkably good, it proving effective in every ordinary case. A speaker at a meeting at Sydney stated Hint there were 7000 unemployed returned soldiers in the metropolis and Newcastle district, and. in addition, there were 60CO soldier settlers in ihe country who ere uq the end of their resources. Mr 0. f.. Marshall, a delegate at ihe farmers' conference at Wanganui, iold the. gathering that ho was charged £4B to rail 101 bales of wool from a station on the Main Trunk line to Wellington. This charge he considered ridiculous. The farmers' conference at Wanganui carried a remit from ihe Greytown Farmers' Union, that the Railway Department be asked to tally all produce delivered to railway stations and acknowledge responsibility for loss of goods in railway transit. "After the set-back this country has had during the past year, we should have a general re-valuation," said Mr P. J. Small at Longburn last night. Many men were ar their wit's end, lie said, to meet the taxes they had to pay at the present time. A farmer stated in the Assessment Court at Wanganui (hat he had kept double entry books during the 10 years he had had his farm of 250 acres, 'ihe best year he had was in 1920 v.hen he cleared £Bl3 and' ihe worst was last year, when he made £378. In an address at New Plymouth recently the Rev. John Dawson stated that, while in Switzerland, he came across the grave of a New Zealand soldier, a Taranaki boy in the Auckland Regiment, and it was as tenderly cared for as if it had been the grave of one of Switzerland's own sons. Ai the >alc in Loudon of the late Baroness Burdelt-Coutts's library, tho famous Daniel first folio edition of Shakespeare, originally , bought by the Baroness for £715; brought £B6OO. Another lirst folio edition bought; 150 years ago for four guineas, realised £5400, Dr. Rosenbach, an American dealer, purchased Loth. "I feel that the Young Citizens' League is one cf the agencies with Cod in it to help our boys and girls to build up that character on right lines that makes for home life and self-reliance," was a statemem contained in a letter from Adjutant Gordon, of the Salvation Army, read at the meeting of ihe league held in Auckland this week. A difhculiy thai New Zealand producers are faced with was mentioned by a speaker at a social evening given to the visiting delegates to the Farmers' Union conference at Wanganui. He said that the freight from Argentine to lie Home markets was tn Vi a lb less than from New Zealand. If rhey could get that equalised they would then be able to compete on equal terms with Argentine. During the progress of a football match at Dargavillo last Saturday, and just at a. most critical moment, two old dairy cows grazing ou the grounds took it into their head-; to wander down the field trom onegoal post to tho other (reports the Xonh Auckland Times). Players and cows were all mixed up in it scrum together, and the game had to be stopped till the cows were driven oil the field. A motion was carried at the annual conference of the New Zealand Educational Institute at Wellington yesterday urging 'that the schools should be spared in any scheme of national economy. The president. Mr E. Purchas, of Christchurch, said that the motion was in no way a reflection on ihe Government, but rather an appeal io the public to see that the schools were left alone in any movement for retrenchment. The seconder of the motion was Mr D. W. Low, of Palmerston North. "Travelling through Britain," said Mr. 1). Buchanan at Longburn last evening, "I found that very little New Zealand butler and cheese were to be seen outside London." Why, be asked, could they not ship their produce direct to some Scottish port, because in Glasgow cheese was quoted in 100 s to 108 s, and London cables quoted 80s to 85s for the same article '! So why should they not send the produce direct to the consumers'." To get the best price, they must do this. In the course of an impassioned address on international relationships at the final session of the Congregational Union in Sydney, Lev. Parkin said: "Lei us proclaim war for what it is, in all its stinking, starving reality, until men refuse to light. Anzao speeches are mostly a glorification of the undoubted courago and wonderful spirit of our soldiers, but we ought at least in ihe pulpit io picture the stinking mad thing called war." Mr D. Buchanan told the meeting of suppliers at the Kairanga dairy factory, Longburn, last night, that New Zealand cheese ou the Home market was not so highly thought of as the Dominion's butter. There was too much waste, caused by the present system of pressing. It was time that the Dominion experts put their heads together io devise a better method of pressing, Mr A. MeKeiizie, Government dairy factory inspector, who attended the meeting, agreed with Mr Buchanan that the trouble was serious, but it was one that lay with the factory managers and could be" easily remedied. In the Kairanga factory he hud not fount a single instance of a cheese bearing the fault complained of. {W phi use.) ' The British General Electric Company have recently placed on the market a unique electric lighting plant, which fits in tlie pocket. Current is generated by merely pressing a lever, and a clear white beam ?\ . g ' l , t " .Plained. With ordinary care the llandihte" is everlasting, and 'at the price, 355, is a, splendid investment. Demonstrations will be gladly given at the Central Electric Co,, the Strand, Palmerston North.—Advt.

Coupon numoer 2, page 2, to-night, entitles you to 10s oil' a cosy coat in fawn and henna block stripe tweed. CollinsQu and. Cuhninghame's are testing local news' papers advertising values and will gladly pay you for this information. Off an"', coat: The one we describe has the fash", lonably largo armliole, straight cuff; panel cfleet, forming pockets'. Swing back, blue, and grey stripe, grey and hello stripe fawn and heho stripe 95*,—Advt,

A now theatre, io rosl about £25,000 is to bo creeled in Nelson.

Messrs IT. L. Young. Ltd., have secured the contract for printing the roll for the general election. A Sydney message slates that rich goldbearing reefs have been discovered at Muriel Tank, near Canbelego. 11 has been decided to hold the next conference of the Wellingtoii-Wnmirapn Provincial farmers' Union at Palmerston North. A New Plymouth message states that the executive committee has decided that the band contest ■ will commence on Monday,! February 26th, 1923. A decision to liberate black opossums as a commercial investment at Taumarunui and Waitakero Ranges has been arrived at by the Auckland Acclimatisation Society. One hundred and eighteen typhoid fever patients have been admitted to the hospital in Auckland since the outbreak of the epidemic in that. city. The presentation to Auckland by Mr J. M. Mennie of a statue of Robert Burns was the subject of an appreciative article in the Scotsman, the well-known Edinburgh journal. The formal opening of the Havelocl: North hydro-electric power scheme—ol 250 horse-power, from the Maraetotara stream for local supplies took place yesterday afternoon, A Levin Chronicle representative has been informed by a gentleman well in touch with the wool business that, from the information he had received, the prices for next season's slip would be in the, vicinity of 7d or Sd per lb. A young man. an escapee from the Weraroa. training School, came before the Court at Oliakune on Tuesday wish a long list of thefts rtgainsi him. He pleaded guilty and was committed for sentence at the next silting of the Wanganui Supreme Court. "Among the progressive countries in the world New Zealand probably has the unenviable distinction of having the highest average age of entry upon secondary education," said a speaker ai the technical education conference at Wellington. At a meeting of the Wellington provincial delegates attending the fanners' conference nl Wanganui, it was decided that all iho officers on this coast should retain office until provincial status is granted Manawatti and Wanganui. A sub-commitlpo was set up to fix the boundaries between the two districts. From enquiries made by a "Standard" reporter in regard to the shooting season, it would appear that pheasants are more plentiful this season than last year, while ducks are about the same. Home large bags of the latter are reported from round the district. Hares do not seem to be as numerous as last year, although a number have fallen to some sportsmen. The master butchers at Christchurch have decided to observe the Arbitration Court's general order regarding wages and to see that the amount of wage reduction reflected in retail prices. The New Zealand .Motor Trades Association has decided to give effect to the Court's pronouncement: and that the. wages of all other employees not governed by awards be reduced by 5 per cent., and further decided that there should be a corresponding reduction in charges.

At the Police Court: at Auckland to-da William Charles Ounderson. aged 21, w; sentenced to a month's gaol for landing ;

Pakatoa Island without lawful ex

ciised wits detained on Rotoroa Island for inebriety, and visited Pakatoa Island, where the women inebriates are detained, by

means of a raft, after having made an appointment with an inmate named Lena by letter, which was intercepted—Press Assn.

A largely attended meeting of residents of the Terrace. End School district, inter-

ested in raising funds for the equipping and laying out of the proposed children's playing areas at, the borough reserves, was held last evening. Mr G. 11. Stiles (chairman of the school committee) presiding. It was decided that Terrace End assist the scheme by conducting it siall ai the bazaar which i- to he held for the purpose. The stall will include produce, sweets, cakes and jumble sections, and a sheep weight -guessing competition will also be held in conjunction with it. The arrangement* were 101 lin the hands of two committees, one composed of ladies and i'te other of gentlemen. Mr.. D. J. Lovelock was elected convener of the former, and Mr G. Mcllroy convener uf the latter.

At the Police Court this morning, before Mr \Y. Park, J.P., Amos John Beckman was remanded till Saturday next on a charge that, on .May 17, at Palmorston North, he did refuse to quit licensed premises when requested to do so. For having been found drunk in Main street accused was fined 53, in default L'-l hours' imprisonment. An order of discharge in bankruptcy was granted by His Honour the Chief Justice. Sir Robert Stout, at the Supreme Court this morning to Walter Theodore Keddell. Mr Smith supported the application. He stated that his client was a dealer, v.lio had bought a large amount ol stock just prior to the slump, and owing to the fall in prices he had lost £2500. Cattle which he had bought for £l4 had sold at from 30s to 40s.