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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIV, Issue 893, 14 December 1923, Page 4

A branch of the Rotary Club was opened at Hamilton on Thursday. _ The water in ( the lower reaches of (ho Wanganui river is very low at the present time.

The appeal for funds in connection with the proposed radium institute at Wellington has so far resulted in a sum of £2698 being subscribed. A Dalmatian named Slave Dominikovich pleaded not guilty at Hamilton to a charge of carrying on business as a bookmaker and was committed for trial.

The Cambridge war memorial was unveiled by Lord Jellicoe on Wednesday afternoon in the presence of a large gathering.

The sum of £156,720 is now in hand for the projected Auckland War Memorial Museuni, which is to surmount Observatory Hill in the Domain. The amount desired to be raised is £200,000.

Two girls aged 13 years had a narrow escape from drowning at Lyall Bay on Wednesday afternoon. The backwash was too strong for thorn, but they were rescued in time by the custodian. A mirage in Victoria Avenue, Wanganui, is plainly visible every day. and comes into view to those approaching the town at Dublin street. The slight depression of the road at Ingestro street intersection appears like a crystal lake.

No students are (o be sent by Victoria College to the British Empire Exhibition. This decision was reached by the Victoria College Council when a letter was received from the Empire Education League suggesting that students should be sent to the exhibition.

“Owing to competition from overseas many of our secondary industries are somewhat inclined to languish. Only by' increased efficiency and by the adoption of tho latest methods in working, will onr manufacturers he cope successfully with the flood of importations,” remarked Sir George Eliott at tho half-yearl/ meeting of tho Bank of New Zealand to-day in Wellington. It is evident that libraries are not the only institutions which suffer loss to their books through mutilations (says the Taranaki Herald) A visit paid recently to the surgery of a local dentist showed that hooks in tho waiting room had boon somewhat severely ill-treated. A handsome volume entitled “The Year 1910, Illustrated” was noticed to have had quite a number of pictures removed. They were apparently portraits of illustrious people of that year. The owner was much surprised when tho matter was brought to his notice.

A shady tree, a book, a pipe and a deck chair goes a long way in cheating the thermometer. Comfortable deck chairs for lawn or porch nro only 21s at the C. M. Ross Co., Ltd’s. With extension for tho feet they are 29s 6d not cash. Procure one now and bo prepared to add comfort to your holidays. —Advt.

The Wellington Board of Education lias decided to introduce a. bydaw prohibiting the playing,of tennis on school grounds on Sundays.

The annual report of the Chamber of Commerce mentions that U has been decided by the chamber to inaugurate, some time in 1924, a New Zealand Industries Week.

Amos Henry Clarke, aged 72, employed as a gardener, was found lying dead yesterday in a Now Plymouth’s resident’s gulden. He was in his usual health when ho left heme. A doctor certified that death was caused by heart failure.

“All the hemp which is to be exhibited at the Empire Exhibition has been sent to Wellington,” remarked Mr A. Heifort, president of the New Zealand Flaxmillors’ Association at yesterday’s annual meeting of that body. "It may interest yon to know that this bank alone, during the year ended 30th September last, paid away upwards of £60,000 in premiums to buyers from us of exchange on London,” said Sir George Elliot at to-day’s half-yearly meeting of the Bank of New Zealand,

The Auckland City Council last night rescinded the ban on boxing contests in the Town Hall on condition that the Boxing Association should guarantee to assume full responsibility for conduct in hall and annexes and to prevent certain practices, such as smoking, drinking, and standing on the seats.

A Dunedin message states that the long drought has reduced the storage water at Waipori by more than half, causing difficulty regarding the city’s power and light. The stand-by plant is taking pa-'t of the load, and street lighting is to be cut out after 11 p.m. The storage water at the normal rate represents only three weeks’ supply.

Some animals and birds arrived by the Marama on Tuesday for the Auckland zoo and were landed in good order. The consignment included a hippopotamus and tiger cub, two half-grown wallaroos, a large 'blade-coated species of* kangaroo, two wedgetailed eagles, and a collection of Australian birds for the flying aviary, now being constructed.

Among the passengers who arrived at Wellington by the Tahiti was DetectiveSergeant Edwards, o£ the New South Wales Criminal Investigation < Department, who was in charge of a prisoner named William Benjamin, formerly secretary of an Australian firm, whom he arrested in Philadelphia whence he was finally extradited on charges of forgery and larceny in connection with the sum of £SOOO. At the Police Court at Auckland George Cecil Harry, aged 16 1 2 , pleaded guilty to 22 charges of theft from dwellings in the suburbs, his total collections amounting to £6O. He operated by finding the keys of doors left in convenient hiding places by the occupiers when locking up. Accused, who had been on probation for assaulting a girl, was sentenced to one month’s hard labour and thro years’ reformative treatment.

Resentment was expressed at the meeting of the Wanganui Education Board on Wednesday when a letter was received from the auditor-general, asking members to show cause within seven days why they should not be surcharged £6 14s 5d interest on overdraft. As the amount was due to the delay of the Education Department in forwarding moneys duo it was decided to ask Jhe department to liquidate same. — Chronicle

It is not every city that can show a road better than the adjacent footpath, but Auckland ha's this distinction, and that in the immediate neighbourhood of Government House (states., the Star). The roads have been well tar-sealed and well looked after, and there are not hotter stretches of the kind anywhere in the city. But the adjacent footpaths have been sadly neglected of late years, and should his Excellency ever go for a stroll in the neighhouhood he would run a serious risk of ricking his ankle. “They have been getting gold in Fiji for the last forty years,” said Dr. Henderson, of the Government Department of Geology, who recently went to Fiji in an advisory capacity to the Fijian Government, and returned on Wednesday, “but the quantity has been very small 1 am not at liberty to disclose any facts about tho_ new discovery on'Vanu Lavu, but there is nothing very sensational to say. The formation is a kind of andesite, very similar to that of the Hauraki goldfields.’ As Indicating how the people of England are looking to New Zealand as a desirable place of residence, the Waikato Times recently received a letter from a gentleman, who is now in business in Liverpool, making inquiries as to the conditions obtaining in Hamilton. Ho has a family of three daughters and a son, and if a suitable opening presented itself he would be prepared to put considerable capital into a business, as well as the practical work of his family. In the course of his address at the halfyearly mooting to-day in Wellington of the Bank of New Zealand, Sir George Elliot remarked: “The large volume of imports during tho last twelve months is causing some concern and, notwithstanding the lesson importers had in 1921-1922, there is said to be considerable overstocking. Articles of luxury, especially, have been imported to an extent that raises misgivings amongst those who recognise the necessity for .strict economy in both public and private expenditure.” In the Magistrate’s Court at Hamilton David Davis, a commercial traveller, was charged with Using abusive and obscene language in a railway carriage. Evidence was given that accused was travelling firstclass on a second-class ticket, and when remonstrated with used the language complained of, creating a disgraceful scene, despite the presence of ladies. Accused pleaded that he had had a few drinks when celebrating his birthday and had no recollection of the incidents. The Magistrate imposed one month’s imprisonment. At Wednesday’s meeting of tho Wanganui Board of Education a letter was received from the Rongolen School Commiltee offering to contribute up to £275 towards tho purchase of a school site. The matter was deferred until tho question of site, which is af present under discussion, is settled. The chief inspector said a recommendation had been made to have one school at Rongotea instead of several schools scattered about. Mr Mclntyre said that, before any movement was made in the direction, it would bo neccssarv to givo the residents affected an opportunity of expressing their views. *r Andrew Russell gave an interesting address at Hastings in support of a sehemo for the immigration of Britain s young mien from 18 to 25 years, so as to make them not only good settlers, but good New Zealanders. He said that conditions should be created to cause a demand for this rural labour and to absorb it so that there would be no danger of wages going down He pointed out that the whole secret of building up towns and industries was the large country surrounding them and prosperous rural populations At the conclusion of the address a provisional committee was formed for support of the scheme in case the Government should decide to act. Tho Minister of Agriculture recently advised the Eltham County Council that he could not accede to the council s request that the local authority should be the one to grant permits for driving slock over public highways at night. He was of the opinion that the section of the Stock Act dealing with that question Wits already Sufficiently liberal in regard to applications for permits, but consideration would be otherwise given to the views of local authorities oti the point. Ho mentioned that r was the intention of the department to S erd out circulars to its inspectors utglng them to more fully enforce this section of the Act, as its non-enforcement aided m the stealing of cattle . A meeting of tho Manawatu Philatelic Society will bo held at Ck F„ Spooners buildings tomiorrow at 7.00 p.m, Mr G. Avdrev, late proprietor of Lindsay's boot importers, Wellington, has just returned from a business trip to England. While in the .Old Country, Mr ArdreV was successful in making a purchase of a remarkably fine range o glace, patent and suede footwear. It will be of interest to know that a branch of Messrs Avdrey and Go's business is to be opened in Palmerston North to-morrow, and that the local shop is to secure preference in regard to the distribution of the indent secured by Mr Ardrey. —Advt. , ,

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