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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIV, Issue 1038, 10 June 1924, Page 4

At' Devonport on Friday afternoon the launch Volma was almost totally destroyed by fire owing to the engine back-firing.

A petition in bankruptcy lias been filed with the D.O.A. (Mr C. E. Dempsy) by Harry Fulton, warehouseman, of Palmerston North.

Bertram Hitchcock, aged 40, married, with three children, residing ai Mount Albert, Auckland, was found dead in bed yesterday with a gas tube in his mouth.

The premises of the City Club, Trafalgar Square, Nelson, wore entered on Sunday night, when three cases of whisky and several bottles of schnapps, brandy and Wine, nnd f a quantity of cigars and cigarettes were stolen. The Hutt Road Extension. Act was discussed by the Wellington Automobile Association yesterday, when the opinion was expressed that the formation of another 35 miles should •bo undertaken, the estimated cost for this being £182,000. The Kairanga County Council decided at to-day's .meeting that the heavy traffic by-laws be enforced, and the engineer was instructed to give orders to the _£pad:nen to prevent and report any breach of the same with a view to proceeding against offenders.

On going to his shop in Stafford street, Timaru, yesterday morning, a tailor, Mr F. S. Cave, found it had been burglariously entered and overcoats and rolls valued at £6O Stolen. Three Weeks ago Mr CaVe's shop was entered and £BO worth of goods Stolen. Entry on this occasion was made through the same window which, as before, had been smashed in.

Two sudden deaths occurred yesterday (states a Press Association message from Timaru). Ernest Walker, 39, died suddenly at Otetaike, and the cause is believed to be heart disease. David Rehnie, single, aged 42, dropped dead at Kimbell. He had been rabbitting and was oh the Wtty to a doctor at Fairlie when he suddenly expired. : He had complained of feeling unwell in the morning.

The dilapidated condition of a cottage occupied- by an employee of the Kairanga County Council was mentioned at to-day's meeting of that body. Cr. Small, who raised tne question, stated that the roof required to lie replaced as it leaked badly and caused cohsiaerable inconvenience and discomfort to the occupants. The tiled roof had not proved wholly satisfactory and an iron one was suggested. It was finally decided that the matter be left in the hands of the councillor for the riding and the chali'rhfin (Cr. Lancaster).

Furs at June Carnival prices from Collinson and Cunninghams,. Ltd. Smart skunk opossum stole was for sgns., a rich dark brown, silk lined. Tango necklet in pointed tox finished head and tall was 4jgus. for 3£gits\ Handsome cape in skunk opossum, a large wide shape, silk lifted, was Signs, ior 6igfts How. Pretty thole, coney cape with ifierv silk lining, was 4igns. for o£gns.—Advt. The orthodox coflee cup (or "can" as the trade name runs) is shown by Collinson ftnd Soft in some thirty different designs froin English potteries. These arc especially mftde for the regulation flfter-dihher coffee in a wide range c( designs fiord plain white at 13s 6d fhe nslf clo/.eh to richly decorated Royal Worcester makes at 955. Included are products of Ayinslcy, Catildon, Crown Derby, Wedgwood, Royal Worcester, Royal Doulton, Royal Albert Crown, etc.—Advt.

Tho Tararuas have been fairly well coated with snow lately, but on Sunday nearly all of it disappeared (says the Mas terton Age).

The Wairarapa Football Association hw secured the necessary guarantee to assuri a visit from the Chinese Soccer team te Masterton next mouth. During the last fortnight a sum of nol less than £30.000 has been turned over it stock sales alone in the Waikato and Taranaki districts. Tho mildness of the season in Otago ii emphasised by the fact that mushroonn were gathered oti June Ist and raspberrj canes have fruitfully developed. It wus reported at to-day's meeting of the Kairanga County Council that Bunnythorpe ratepayers were complaining about the lack of lighting facilities at the Bunnythorpe railway station. It was decided to communicate with the Power Board on the matter. In connection with the establishment of the iron industry in New Zealand, it is interesting to note (says a Press Association message from Nelson) that the new "shoes" for the main engine at the Tar»kohe cement works have been made entirely from Onakaka iron. Farmers are loud in their complaints of the depreciations of the hares, which pear to be increasing despite the fact thai the protection has been removed (says i Wairampa paper). "Hare drives" prove* an effective check on the Taratahi plains I couple of season's back and it is likelj that sportsmen will again organise them. "The Maoris often know more than they profess to know," remarked the inspector of noxious wends, when several natives were before the Wanganui Court yesterday for failing to clear noxious weeds from their properties. Mr Barton, S.M., said he was afraid they did. as he proceeded to explain their duties in the matter to the dusky ones. In reply to Mr 11. H. Hunt, who asked, at the meeting at Rongotea last night, when the power board was gbing to do something about taking over the Rongotea Dairy C< ihpany's electrical plant the chairman of the board, Mr J. A Nash, M.P., said that now that the Feildhuj proposition was disposed of they would no: be long in making a valuntion of the dair; company's scheme preparatory to continu ing negotiations for its acquisition. The attendance records of the memben of the Kairanga County Council for the past year are exceptionally good as the following summary shows: The total number of meetings held was 14 and the individual member's Attendances, were as follow: Cr. Small 14, Cr. Collis 14, Cr. Lancaster (the present chairman) 14, Cr. Anderson 14, Cr. Mildon 13, Cr. Cheetham 13, Cr. Hopcroft 13, Cr. Moody 13, Cr Batchelar 12. In reply to a question when speaking z\ Rongotea last night. Mr W. A. Waters, chief engineer of the Manawatu-Orous Power Board, said that, in the Aorang: group, 99 per cent of the possible users ol current had signed up, and that area woulc be lit up in a few weeks. In the Rongotes district poles were erected right up to the outskirts of the township, and if the boar* could spare the labour Rongotea could bt connected up in a week. Although the iron pillar box with ib patent opening, which incidentally provides the uninitiated with a certain amount of puzzlement as to where the letter is to be deposited, has not. provec popular, Palmerston North possessed one which was located in.'' the south-easte.-r corner of the Square. The revolving slo has always shown a disposition to- retail the letter passing into the box, and yes terday the postal officials substituted i wooden and les3 intricate box in its stead Emmeriek T. Potoky, a Pole, was accidentally killed by a tree falling on him at Patetonga, Hauraki Plains. He went out in the morning to cut a pole, and as he did not return in the evening his mates searched and found him under the tree he had been falling. He was conscious and asked his mates to dig him out. He stated that when he saw the tree falling he jumped out of the way, but a supplejack caught and threw him back again. He died before being extricated. At the inquest « verdict of accidental death was returned.

Referring to the unofficial report of Ml R. W. Kane's election to-the directorate ol the Hank of New Zealand, the Wanganu: Herald says: —"It is understood that Ml J. 11. Upton, of Auckland, a nominee ol the Government, will retire immediately, owing to ill-health. Mr Upton really retired some months ago, but he was reappointed, for the Government wished to see- the results of the election. Now that Mr Gibbs is elected, it is understood that Mr Oliver Nicholson, of Auckland, will be appointed to succeed Mr Upton. Had Mr Gunsoh won the election, it was the intention of the Government to appoint a Dtinodin gentleman to the position." One of the largest dairy factories in tha Waikato was stated by Mr Waters, tha Manawatu-Oroua Power Board's engineer, at Rongotea last night, to. be run by electrical power. He added that nearly ail milking plants there were of two horsepower, and that many farmers who had installed smaller motors than that had hac to invest in larger ones. He stated that i! cost dairy factories £BOO to £9OO per yeai in coal. The power board, he" Said, coulc supplv sufficient electrical current to drive the machinery fof £203 pet annum, anc current for the heating of water and generation of steam could be supplied at specie, rates at hours when the board's load was not at peak.

Speaking at St. John's Church. Wellington, on Saturday night, Captain Gipsy Pe4 Smith confessed.that when in America after the War he had been somewhat riled to heat Americans say that- the British and th« French had. just managed to hold the Germans back till America tame in and iinishec the war. In. regard to that point a good story was told of a little "Tommy" and a big American soldier in a brand new uniform. The "Tommy" asked him what a certain badge represented. "It is a rainbow." was the reply. "I would have you know that I belong to the Rainbow Division, the great lighting division of the American Army." "Yes; I see," said the Tommy. "The* .-rainbow came after tn« storm, didn't it?" (Laughter).

Twenty-fire British boys who are coming out under the NeW Zealand Sheepowners Acknowledgment of Debt to British Seamen Fund will arrive at Auckland by the Remuera on June 26. They will be sent to the farm at Bulls recently bought from Mr McKelvie, and after six months' training will be drafted to farms as cadets. The average age of the boys, all of whom are orphans of British seaifien who lost their lives in the wjir, is about sixteen years. Fifteen English public school boys, who are coming out under the Tarauaki Chamber of Commerce scheme, will also arrive by the Remuera. and will be placed with farmers in the Taranaki district. Five other Englisr public school boys will also arrive by Bit same steamer, to go to North Aucklano farms.

The case of a dairy farmer in the Waiketrf who tested running a milking plant"" bj means of an oil engine and then by tu. electric motor was cited by Mr W. A, Waters, chief engineer of the ManawatuOroua .Power board, in the course of hi* address at Rongotea last night. It was found, he stated, that, whereas the o>: engine cost was £26 2s 2d for a certain period, the electric motor, for the sam« time cost £2B 7s 9d. The farmer, however, installed the latter for its extra convenience, lie had explained his action by saying! "We khow a horse and trap are cheaper than a motor car, but which it preferable?" That, said Mr Waters, wa* the position with electrical power, where l" was dearer than using an oil engine. "Thomas Carlyle, the man and hia bookii- J ' is the titie of a lecture to be given by tha Rev J. Milburn Stewart in the Congrfe" gational Church hall Broad street, to< morrow at, 8 p.m. Mr Stewart is an au« thofity on Carlyle and for some time he lived 'arid worked in Fcclefeehflm, the birth place of the famous historian.., A rtttmber of well-known local soloists will be present and contribute items duTiiiT the evening. The C. M. Ross Co., Ltd., have announced with this issue the commencement of their winter sale of millinery. It means that every one of the dozens and dozens ol this season's hats have been cut lor quicli clearance. See special window, then visit the big millinery salon upstairs. Never a better opportunity for obtaining that smart hat you're needing for show wear at such a saving to your fJurjje.—'Advt.