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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIV, Issue 1074, 22 July 1924, Page 4

A Press Association telegram from Wangmiui states that the police last night raided the fruiterer’s shop of a Chinese named Wong Hung Lowe and confiscated ten cases of liquor, which included gm and Chinese whisky, Chinese wine and beer. Lowe was arrested.

Tiie question of moving the old gas-light standards in the Square to more advantageous positions and having them converted into electric light standards was, at last night’s meeting of the Borough Council, referred to the town planning committee.

At the Police Court a( Auckland John Onslow Wheeler, aged 31, was charged with breaking and entering Turnbull and Jones’s premises on two occasions and stealing goods of the total value of £3O 7s, and ulso with theft on another occasion. He pleaded not guilty and reserved his defence, being committed for trial.

••Daylight saving simply means putting the clock forward one hour, and after the joss of that hour on the first night of the introduction of the scheme, X cannot see what difference it will make to anybody,” said tiie Mayor in supporting a request from tiie New Zealand Sports Protection League that the council co-operate in endeavouring to secure legislation for a Daylight Saving Bill. The council decided to support the request. In referring to the being taken in Partners' Union matters, file Dominion president, Mr \V. J. Poison, addressing delegates at tile annual conference in Wellington to-day, said: “I am almost afraid to say it. but I really believe the farmers are waking up to the necessity for organisation. They are beginning to realise that it pays. At all events it will not be the fault of tiie leaders of the union if its members do not realise it.” A case has been commenced in the Auckland Supreme Court in which Peter Andrew Nairn Smith, an engineer, is claiming from a masseur and a medical practitioner £BOO general damages, £250 special damages for loss of profit from business, and £IOO special damages for medical and hospital expenses for alleged negligent conduct of X-rav treatment by which his left hand was severely burned. The defendants deny the allegation made by the plaintiff. During the month of June 10,435,000 cubic feet of gas was made at tiie gas works as compared with 11,050,000 cubic feet for the corresponding month last year, a decrease of 615,000 cubic feet. The coal used during tiie month was 583 tons, the make of gas per ton being 17,810 cubic feet. The amount of coke sold during the month was 219 tons, tar sold totalled 10,419 gallons, and tiie coal in stock at the end of June was 1683 tons. The gas consumed on street lamps was 214,680 cubic feet.

The value of wireless in arranging for (lie prompt despatch of mails was exemplified last night on the arrival of the 11akura from Vancouver (states a Press Association telegram from Auckland). She advised the time of her arrival and a tender was ready when she dropped anchor in the stream at 6.30 p.m. In eleven minutes, 150 bags of southern mails were transferred to tiie tender and at 7.15, five minutes after schedule time, tiie trnin left, for Wellington with tiie mails, which were conveyed to the station from the wharf by three lorries.

At a previous meeting of the Borough Council complaint was made by several councillors about the loss of time occasioned by the reading of the minutes of (he previous meeting, and it was decided, that, in future, copies of the minutes be circulated to councillors before meetings and taken as read on tiie meeting nights. This arrangement operated for the first time last, evening, brief reference to it being made by the Mayor, Mr F. J. Nathan, who expressed himself as being not altogether in favour of it. The weight of opinion, however, was in favour of the minutes being taken as_read, and for tiie first time in the council’s history this was done last night.

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“lie killed himself by drinking methylated spirits” was the coroner’s verdict at the inquest concerning t()l> death of Hercules Hunter, aged 50, a labourer, who was found dead at Christchurch behind an hotel.

Lust night’s meeting of the Borough Council was held in the new committee room, the old council chamber having heeii converted into office accommodation. It is expected lliat the new council chamber will bo ready for use at an early date.

"In tho Palmerston North Hospital, today, the number of patients is more tliun double what it, was in 1913-1.4. That year 915 patient* received treatment, while in 1023-24 the number wu* 1905,” stated Bir James Wilson in bis annual report to the Pabiiursloii North Hospital Board. One feature at the -ncjal functions to the Chinese leant lias been the manner in which the visitors have accorded musical honours when proposing a t-oust (says u Wellington paper). They .dug "For ties a Jolly Good Fellow” u* well as the New Zealander can lijinseli, and cheer equally well.

An Invercargill telegram stut.es that under the will of the late Reginald .Maekitmott, retired runholder, the following bequests are made: St. Joint’s Anglican Church 96000, All Saints Anglican Church, 9500, Riverton Anglican Church 9500. Ot the residue one-quarter goes respectively to St. John’s Church music, up country Churches, charitable aid, and agriculture interest, with the stipulation that, no portion shall be devoted to the interests of horse raping or kindred sports. Bequests are also left to private friends. ".Much needed relief from war taxation was, I am glad to say, provided by tho Government, during last session of Parliament,” said Mr W. J. Poison addressing the Farmers’ Union conference at Wellington to-day. "’The double system of taxation —taxation on our tools of production and taxation ort the income we earned from it has been done away with. I’or tlti great credit is due to t)ie Prime Min? ister. If would have been easy for him to give way to popular clamour and allow the producers to carry the burden imposed on them by the war. But the burden ot taxation borne -by the New Zealander is still far too heavy.” In his report to the Borough Conned last night, the gas works manager (Mr G. W. Healey) stated: “The existing resolution that consumers of over 60,000 cubic feet of gas per month for power purposes only he allowed an extra discount has led to a certain amount of dis-sgii-faction. I certainly think that all consumers of over 60,000 cubic feet per month should lie entitled to the extra discount irrespective of what the gas is used for and 1 would recommend accordingly.” The gas committee's report recommended that the manager’s suggestion be adopted, and this was done. In reporting upon the finances of the Palmerston North Hospital Board at yesterday’s meeting, the chairman. Sir James Wilson, stated that the amount received in fees for the past three und a half months had been £1647. This was largely in excess of the estimate, and was a tribute to the work of the managing-secre-tary, Mr Phillips. If the present rate of payments continued, the amount collected for the year would be well in excess of the board’s previous anticipations. During the past three months the maintenance co-t had been £4500. The credit balance at present stood at £B2OO.

William Alfred Twist and Francis Everard Higgle, who appeared at the Supreme Court at Wellington on two charges of breaking and entering and theft at Woodviilo pud Feilding, were disbelieved by His Honour when they alleged that the thefts Were caused by necessity. "1 cannot believe that these offences were caused because you were starving,” said His Honour. “I find you were amusing yourselves running about the country and frequenting billiardrooms instead of trying to get work, and you have been going about robbing shops. It is not Twist’s first offence, und he will be sent to imprisonment for one year. Higgle, yon are a first offender, and your case is not so bad, but I cannot grant you probation. You will be sent to prison for six months.”

Borough roadmen recently re-tarred a footpath in one of the main residential streets of the town, and no sooner had the work been done than heavy rain fell. Visitors to a private hospital nearby carried tiie rar on their boots with disastrous results to tiie carpets in the rooms of the hospital. The engineer was communicated With and as a result of his inspection he reported the matter to tiie council at last night's meeting of that body. ‘‘The lady is very upset about it,” bo said, "and although she lias managed to remove some of the stains on tlie carpets, they are not in as good condition as they were before this happened.” Mr Hughes added that the lady wanted to know what the council intended to do about it. She had rcmticded the engineer that the Borough Council bud previously lost a law-suit over tile same thing. It was finally decided that the matter be left in the. bands of Crs. Jackson and Graham to investigate, but the council will not readily accept any liability.

Tiie two handsome cups presented by the local Chinese residents to mark the forthcoming visit to Palmerston North of the Chinese soccer team are on view in Mr C. P. Nash’s window. One of the cups, for competition among Chinese universities, is suitably inscribed in botli English and Chinese, and has aroused much interest among the local Chinese. Each member of tiie touring team is to be presented with a badge us a memento of the visit to lJulmcrslon North and these badges are also displayed. The cup presented for competition between iho universities in China is seventeen inches high, and bears (lie inscription, “Presented by the Chinese residents of Palmerston North. New Zealand, Julv. 1P24, for competition between Chinese Universities.” The other is inscribed.

“Competition Cup. presented by the Chinese residents of Palmerston North, to the Manawatu Football Association, Julv. 1924.” The Chinese team passed through Palmerston North by the north bound Napier mail yesterday. After meeting Hawke’s Bay and Poverty liny they will return to Palmerston North to play Manawatu on July 30. They were met at the local railway station by members of the Manawatu Football Association.

“For reasons which I have never been able to agree with the Farmers’ Union has, since its inception, made free trade its slogan. It should not bo difficult, therefore, lor its members to accept with acquiescence tiie verdict of tiie electors . of Britain, including tiie agricultural districts of England, in connection with the great issues of free trade and protection recently laid before them. I am bound to say that, in spite of the free trade plank on our platform, very many, indeed, 1 believe, a vast majority of tiie producers of this country regret tiie uttitude of the llrifish public. Without subscribing to all that was said on the conservative side, it looks to the New Zealander scanning the situation from a distance as if the Britisher has discarded a shillingsworth of extra waives in order to save a pennyworth of bread. But from the viewpoint of the Empire surely a turiil that would he 1 p to make us self-sustaining without- inflicting hardship upon tho Mother Country is not an impossible tiling. There is no desire in Hie Dominions to impose greater burdens on tiie British taxpayer; the desire is to lighten those burdens. That can well bo done by expanding the Empire, settling its outposts, populating tiie overseas; and onlv a fiscal system that will give them some preference over the foreigner will adequately do that. Surely, if wo further curtail the foreigners’ trade in favour of tiie Homeland, we are creating employment, adding to the wealth of the community, and assisting in relief from High taxation. Wo realise that we must make sacrifices in return for Great Britain’s protection apart from tho tics of blood, but wo do not want to make unnecessary sacrifices."--Mr W. J. Poison, Dominion president of the New Zealand Farmers’ Union, speaking at the annual conference at Wellington to-day.

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