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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIV, Issue 1076, 24 July 1924, Page 4

The sum of £2.405.221 was paid out for pensions in Now Zealand last year. Australian cablegrams .state that the cruiser Brisbane went ashore near Port Moresby, but was afterwards refloated. During the year 1923-24 the Government received from the Bank of New Zealand £112,500 in dividends on its shares held in that institution.

T. Gao, the goalkeeper of the Chinese football team, spent several years in California University, and was the third best baseball player in the State. The total ages of three old residents of the West Coast who passed away recently were 249 years—an average of 83 year 3 each.

The capital provided from all sources for discharged soldier settlements in New Zealand totals £26,555,116, said the Prime Minister when delivering- the Financial Statement last night. - The net public debt of New Zealand on March olsi last was £208,642,333. The decrease in the net* debt for 1923-24, excluding the amount borrowed for State Advances purposes, was £1,111,185. Figures included in the Financial Statement show that during the financial year 1923-24 the sum of £3,908,719 was lent for the Erection and purchase ot houses totalling 5259. In addition £66,010 was paid to 41 local bodies for housing purposes. During the first three months of 1924 German goods imported into New Zealand were valued at £47,009, equal to 4 per cent, of fotal imports during that period.— Excerpt from the Financial Statement. On arrival in Palmerston North to-mor-row morning the All Black Rugby team will be met at the local railway station by the officials of the Manawatu Rugby Union and motored to their hotel, the Square being traversed en route. A London message states that a ceremony unique in the annals of Freemasonry was witnessed at Central Hall, Westminster, when the Duke of Connaught, in the presence of 2500 brethren, installed the Prince of Wales as Provincial Grand Master for Surrey.

Dr. Charles 11. Mayo, the noted American surgeon, made the following statement recently in the course of an interview, at New York: “New Zealand has the finest race of men in the world to-day, physically and mentally. They have been drawn mainly from British stock; and the immigration is highly selective. The New Zealanders live out of doors to a great extent and their lives have few artificial elements. They aro strong and healthy, clean of mind and body, and far outrank their progenitors in the British Isles.”

At tho meeting of the Friendly Societies’ Dispensary Board last evening, Bro. W. T. Cutler (president) in the chair, the half; yearly statement of receipts and expenditure was received, showing the finances to be in an excellent position. It was unanimously decided to show tho board’s appreciation of the services of the secretary (Bro. S. J. Watson) by increasing the salary from £52 to £lO4 per annum. It was decided to proceed with the improvement to the property in Cuba street, to bring the same up-to-date.

A demonstration of fruit tree pruning was given by Mr J. W. Whelan, Govern'ment orchard instructor, at the orchard of Mr F. Owtrara, Coliege street west, yesterday afternoon. There was an attendance of yiearly 40 fruitgrowers. Mr Whelan's address and demonstration, which were on tho lines of those given a short lime ago, at Mr Grover’3 orchard, dealt more particularly with the planting and early treatment of the young tree from the nursery. Other aspects of pruning and general orchard work were also touched upon and the instructor was accorded a vote of thanks. - Although not visible from pai-K of Palmerston North, the lower heights of the Kuahine range which overlook Pohangtna are capped with snow, and the higher hills j ust back of those facing the valley are heavily covered. Looking due north from the settlement towards Apiti and Table Flat a great snow waste meets the eye, and the country is white right to the foot of the hills. It is stated that in some parts not far from Apiti there is six inches of snow on the ground, and even at Pohangina yesterday the keenness of the air bore a constant 'reminder of its presence.

Advice was received at the meeting of tho Pohangina County Council yesterday from Mr L. J. Wild director of the Feilding Agricultural High School, that in company with Professor R. Speight he had made a survey of limestone outcrops in the county and was prepared to discuss the prospects of utilising them for the production of agricultural lime. The writer stated that he would address gratis any council or other meeting on the question. The chairman (Cr. H. W. Smart) said that it was hardly a matter for the council, but for such an organisation as the Dairy Farmers’ Union. It was decided to reply suggesting that Mr Wild communicate with Crs Slrahan and Pratt with a view to an address being given through the organisation mentioned.

“The immigration policy adopted by tho Government has been the means of securing a steady flow of new arrivals into ■tho Dominion during the past financial year,” stated the Prime Minister in the House of Representatives last night. “The conditions under which assisted passages may bo secured are in every way favourable to the migrants, and, as the Imperial and New Zealand Governments are working together, the cost of each migrant to tho Dominion is being kept well within bounds. Immigration of a desirable type of settler or tradesman will assist in the expansion of trade in the primary and secondary products, tending to open up additional markets abroad.”

Woods’ jgreat peppermint ouro for cough; and cold\ never fails.—Advt.

On March 51, 1924, 9003 persona were employed in the Post and Telegraph Department compared with 8574 on March 81, 1923.

Proposals are to be placed before the Australian Government for the holding of a huge international exhibition, two or three years hence, either fist Melbourne or Sydney. The revenue of the Post and Telegraph Department during last year was £2,681,240. The principal items were: Postages, £1,032,347; telegrams, £700,329; and telephone exchange receipts, £325,178. Excluding interest charges on capital the expenditure totalled £2,117,952.

A sad motor fatality occurred in Cargill road, Dunedin, at 3.30 o’clock yesterday ufternoon, when a youth named J. Pledger, aged 18, employed by a firm of plumbers, was knocked down by a motor driven by Mrs Hammer, and died on arrival at the hospital.

The tolalisator revenue for the past financial year totalled £618,425, being a decrease of £10,768 on that for the previous 12 months. The amusements tax yielded £115,039, a decrease of £22,507. The decrease in Ihe hitter is accounted for by the increase in the limit of exempted admissions from 9d to Is during the last seven months of the year. Archibald Maplesden, a married man, aged 42, sustained injuries as the result of a heavy fall and died in the Wellington Hospital last night. Deceased was standing on the back of a lorry, and when the vehicle turned u corner, ho overbalanced and fell heavily on the roadway, sustaining fatal injuries. Some discussion has arisen over the action of the Apiti-Pohangina Rabbit Board in prohibiting the shooting of rabbits on the areas where poisoning is being carried out under its jurisdiction. Mr A. Brooking (chnirman of the board) mentioned to a “Standard” reporter yesterday that the regulation was enforceable under the Act. Mr Brooking added that shooting militated against the best'results to be obtained from poisoning.

The New Zealand Times says: A wellknown Manawatu pig* breeder who has just been spending a few days in Welling-' ton, states that in the last year he doubled bis stock of pigs, with the result that the satisfactory prices for pork during the year have given him a handsome return. His operations in future will be on a still larger scale. Objectionable conduct on the part of a young man is alleged to have occurred in Main street shortly after eight o’clock last night, resulting in four young girls seeking the protection of the Foresters’ Hall where a dance was in progress. Complaint was made that a man had followed the girls down the street as they were en route to a friend’s house and two gentlemen left the hall and interviewed a young man, who denied the allegations. The police are investigating the complaint. Interviewed by a “Standard” reporter yesterday afternoon on arrival of the delayed Napier express, one of the passengers stated that when the express crashed into the van of the goods train at Pukerua Bay, the engine suffered considerable damage and had to be towed to Paekakariki. The van was also damaged and partially derailed. Several passengers walked on to Paekakariki. sooner than wait at the smaller station. Beyond a nasty jar, the passengers suffered no injury. The train eventually reached Palmerston North about 3 p.in. . When delivering the Financial Statement in Parliament last night the Prime Minister stated that the expenditure of tho Consolidated Fund for 1923-24 continued to reflect the policy of systematic economy* inaugurated in 1921, the expenditure for the past three years being: 1921-22, £28,466,838; 1922-23, £26,263,y6Q ; i 923-24, £26,148,005. The reduction in expenditure in 1U22-23 over that of the previous year totalled £2,203,078, and this contraction had not only been sustained but a still further reduction of £115,755 was recorded.

“For some time past the question of generally extending the fortnightly payment of salaries and wages of State employees to the whole of the Public Service has been under consideration,” said the Prime Minister in the House of Representatives last night. “This system has already been introduced in several branches of the Service, notably the Government Railways, Post Office, and Government Printing Office, but its extension had to be delayed on account of the increased administrative cost involved. It has now been decided to generally adopt the bimonthly system, a concession which will doubtless be appreciated by the lowersalaried employees.” A correspondent writes to the “Standard” complaining of tho action of people owning house cows in allowing the animals to graze on the roadside. He states that, in the side streets near the Terrace End railway station, cows can generally be seen at large most days in the week. Yesterday, his front gate was inadvertentlyleft open for a few minutes by a caller and in that time a wandering cow invaded his garden, tore up the lawn with its hoofs, smashed down plants and trod over the soft earth, necessitating the employment of a gardener to repair the damage. He further states that a visit of the ranger should have the effect of checking a practice Which, not stopped in its beginning, has continued for so long that some people imagine the roadside the best of grazing grounds for their cows. At ten minutes past ten this morning (he Fire Brigade received a call to the premises of Mr Charles Dahl, importer and manufacturer, in Main Street East, where an outbreak of fire had been discovered at the rear of a chimney. A partition wall, which was in close proximity to the brickwork, became ignited owing to a hole in the back of the fireplace which had given access to the flames, but the prompt arrival of the brigade prevented the flames from spreading, a bucket of were sufficient to suppress the outbreak. The brigade received a second call at noon to the business premises of Mr E. 11. t'rabb, Rangitikei street, where an incipient fire had broken out in a pile of fencing posts. The outbreak was, however, under control by the time the brigade arrived and its services were not required. A fence was slightly charred as were a number of the posts, but otherwise no material damage was done.

“To illustrate the advantage of a surplus of revenue from one year to finance the succeeding year, it may bo pointed out that in April, 1923, £1,300,000 in cash was immediately required for advances to imprestees, and on the average this sum remained outstanding throughout the year,’’ stated the Minister of Finance' in the course of the Financial Statement last, night. “Indeed, the expenditure exceeded the revenue during the earlier part of the year. At the end of seven months, the disbursements from the ordinary revenue account exceeded the receipts by over £2,600,000, consequently the surplus of £1.300,000’ was not sufficient to meet requirements, and, but for a previously accumulated surplus, it would have been necessary to issue Treasury bills for ordinary revenue purposes, which would have meant increased interest charges. None was required, however, in New- Zealand, although the State Advances and other accounts had to be financed. The country >.vas fortunate in possessing a cash reserve tinat could be used for these purposes without borrowing; a course which, in the interest of sound finance, I was anxious to avoid.” Your new dinner set may be chosen from 51 different patterns at Oollinson and Son’s —a selection unequalled anywhere in the North Island to-d%. Every sot direct from the English potteries to you —bought for cash on the very best possible terms to give you the biggest values procurable. Many are in “open” pattern so that breakages and shortages/can always bo replaced. Your inspection welcomed. —Advt.

Collinson and Cunninghamo’s winter sale n-ives you winter weight cotton vests, in white, round neck, long sleeves, chemise shape; were 4s 6d, sale price 3s 6d. Evening vests, in lino ribbed cotton, Y neck, no alcoves, nice and long, were 2s lid. sale price 2s 3d. 5 dozen ladies’ fine all wool ribbed vest, V neck, short- sleeves, chemise size, extra nice quality; were 7s 6d, sale price 6s 9d. —Advt. For influenza, take Woods' great peppermint cure. —Advt. Dependable worm remedy Wade’s worm figs. Children like them.—Advt.