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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLV, Issue 141, 19 May 1925, Page 4

Burglars during the week-end entered the premises of Johnston and Smith, mo tor body buildere, of Christchurch, smashed tho door off the safe and stole £4O. J. L. Lir.dberg, aged 20, of Pukekawn, fractured Ins skull when playing football on the Auckland Domain on Saturday and was admitted to the hospital, where he is progressing favourably. Notwithstanding careful supervision, the librarian reported to the meeting of the Borough Council last night, 13 magazines were abstracted from their cases in tho library during the past two months. That a bonus of 6d per head for hawks should bo paid was decided upon at a meeting of tho Auckland Acclimatisation Society. The president, Mr C. A. Whitney, said an active campaign against hawks would have to be conducted.

While trapping with two of his children nt Nelson, on Sunday, Edgar ' Neve suocumbed to a heart seizure at the top of a high hill with precipitous sides. When the children com eyed the news of the incident the searcher!, had difficulty in finding the body and conveying it to the valley below. Deceased leases a widow and five children.

“I don’t know whether you drink the borough water, but it is very difficult unless it is filtered several times. I don't drink it,” suid the Mayor nt the meeting of the Borough Council last night, when the estimates in connection with water supply were being discussed. He added that the water of the town supply was of a very bad colour. Fruitgrowiig associations in Now Zealand have experienced much difficulty in securing cases for export and other trades. It was stated at the provincial conference of frai (growers at Auckland that last year 10),000 cases were imported from overseas countries and this year the New Zealand Fruitgrowers’ Federation has rnude arrangements to import 400,000 cases.

The abattoir return for April presented at the meet! lg of the Borough Council last night slated that stock slaughtered for the month of April comprised 303 cows, 121 heifers, 39 bullocks, 83 calves, 1161 sheep, 236 lambs, i.nd 303 pigs. Stock condemned comprised eight cows, three heifers, two sheep and two pigs. Fees received totaled £239 16s 2d.

“There is more fruit in store this year than there bus ever been before,” was a remark passed by a representative at the conference of Auckland provincial fruitgrowers. It that, when the fruit that is now in cool store is thrown on to tho market, as it necessarily must be, the average return to tho grower of that fruit will be very little more than in the ordinary glut period. Gas made at the borough works during April, it was reported to the meeting of the Borough Council last night, totalled 6,996,000 cubic feet, the quantity made for the same month lust year being 10,530,000 cubic feet —a decrease of 33.5 per cent. Coal used comprised 398 tons and tho make of gas per ton of coal was 17,577 cubic feet. Coke sold was 122 lons (in 1924 147 tons), and tar sold 2929 gallons (in 1924 3490 gallons). The coal stock at the end of April was 1643 tons. A human skull, in a stale of ulmost perfect preservation, was the discovery made by a student of the University College last week during a geological excursion on the West Coast, near the mouth of the Waikato river, states the Auckland Star. All the teeth were perfectly preserved, except one that might have been knocked out before the owner died. The skull is described uS more perfect than any at preedit at the college. A suggestion that the drivel’s of borough buses bo supplied with distinctive hats and badges was presented to the meeting of the Borough Council last evening by tho new traffio manager (Mr P. G. Patton). Tie also recommended that for the purpose of better traffic control, lamp standards be removed and replaced with mushroom domes, and tliEt the council consider the cash box system and have agonts only selling concession tickets. The first suggestion was approved and provision was made on the estimates for the removal of the standards and the construction of some Tomes. The last suggestion was held over pending further inquiries. Snug comfort lies in winceyetffi nightgowns. A splendid assortment uwaits shoppers at the C. M. Koss Co., Ltd., where new ones just ir, present unequalled valuo. Many are prettily trimmed with silk torchon lace, tucks and spokestitoliing, 9s lid, 10s lid. lli> 9d, 12s 6d 14s 6(1 to 24s 6d net cash. —Advt.

At a meeting of tho Christchurch City Council last nignt it was decided to recommend the finance committee to place £IOOO on the estimates to establish a Canterbury Court the Dunedin Exhibition. A seven month!;’ old. baby, Laura Eileen Wishers, of Addington, Christchurch, was suffocated by a eat lying across her face, yesterday morning. The child had been dressed and put in its perambulator on a eunny part of the verandah. A doctor was summoned but £.ll efforts at resuscitation failed.

The number of passengers carried on the borough buses during the past month, it was reported at the meeting of the Borough Council last night, showed a decrease of 1030 as compared with tho corresponding month of 1924. The decrease in the cash takings was £25 7s 8d in. a comparison with April, 1924. It is a well-known fact that Mr Massey never forgot an old ft lend. Some time ago, when he was on a flying visit to Auckland, word came to him that in old resident of Otahuhu was in failing health and had asked to see him. _ Although unusually busy Mr Massey immediately took a motor car and v: sited his old acquaintance, muon to the latter’s delight. “Have you anything to say in that, connection,” asked the Mayer of Cr Graham when the amount of money to be allocated for gas works on the eetimates was being considered at the meeting of tho Borough Council last night-. “Only to foreshadow a reduction in the price of gas,” replied Cr Graham, who is chairman of the gas committee. '

A Wellington telegram states that there has been an epidemic of joy-riding in Wellington of late and several motorists who have left their cars in recognised parking places have returned to find that their vehicles have been unlawfully removed. Tho police stress the necessity for looking cars. Several oars were used during the week-end and one was left badly knocked about.

It was intimated by Cr Oram at the meeting of the Borough Council last night that he. had something important to say about the manner of charging adopted by the electrical department and concerning which there had been many complaints from the ratepayers. Ho would, however, hold the matter over in the absence of the chairman of the electrical committee (Cr Jackson).

A young motorist who was charged at the Magistrate's Court at Hamilton with cutting a corner and exceeding the speed limit pleaded that he had not driven in the town previously and was not conversant with the by-law. The Magistrate remarked that it was not a question of tile by-laws, but of commonsenso. On tho first charge ho was fined £3 and ;2s eoste, and on trie other £1 and 7s costs.

Tho librarian (Mr F. W. Christian) reported to the meeting of the Borough Council last night that, from April 1, 1924, to April 1, 1925, 485 new members had been enrolled, giving a total membership, after allowing for withdrawals, of 838 at tho end of the financial year. There had been, a marked increase in county and junior members and cf subscribers joining for an entire year —a satisfying sign of stability.

A sensational accident occurred at Lake Coleridge on Saturday evening, a motor lorry fulling over a bank 100 feet high, turning two or more somersaults into the shallow water of the lake at the power works intake. The driver, F. A. Barrett, a storekeeper of Ilororata, went over with the lorry, but he miraculously escaped injury. The lorry was irreparably damaged. The accident is ascribed to the lorry being inadvertently put into reverse gear.

An unusual form of complaint was received at the meeting of the Borough Council last night from Mr V/. Anderson, who stated with regard to the rubbish collection regulation now cancelled, and which requested property holders to convey the tins to their front gate, that he had purchased wheels and an axle and had mad' a small trolley for the purpose, lie pointed out that if his sanitary rates were increased he should certainly object. The Mayor said that, as tho rate was to be increased, the writer would probably object mid that was all there was to it, though he felt sorry for the ratepayer in question.

The question as to what really constituted an orchard proved a contentious matter at the 'Auckland fruitgrowers’ janrijual conference. Discussion arose over the desired insertion of a statement in the constitution giving the definition of a bona fide orchArdist, which read: “A bona fide fruitgrower shall be the holder of an orchard registered under the Orchard and Garden Diseases Act, 1908, and also a member of the affiliated association.” If a man had one tree in his garden ho was the possessor of, an orchard, explained the Dominion secretary, Mr 11. E. Napier. It was decided to postpono discussion until the Dominion conference. •“

As a sequel to police raids on Napier and Hastings Bowling Clubs at Easter, Edward Beecham (Napier Club), John Pearce Smith (Port Club) and P. Maurice Cohr (St. Leonard’s, Hastings Club), a]> peareil in tho Magistrate's Court at Napier yesterday, to answer charges of selling liquor without licenses. The evidence showed that the Napier Club had purchased seventy gallons of whisky and 415 gallons of beer in about six months. In this club, constables tendered money and received change. In the others, they were invited to put contributions in a box. The Magistrate held that there had been an unlicensed sale in each case and fines of £lO were imposed and the liquor forfeited. — Press Association.

Mr Hubert Carter, the well-known tenor singer, of Palmerston North, has had a large n umber of engagements in England. The Bath Herald of January 31st, in a critical notice of a concert at the Pump Room, Bath, pays: “Mr Hubert Carter, a New Zealand tenor, created an excellent impression on his first appearance at these concerts, and doubtless it will not be his last. He possesses a voice of wide range and power, Bind sings with ease and restraint. It is well under control, as evidenced bv the marked contrast between ;.he dramatic ‘Cielo E Mar,’ from Pon ehielli’s ‘La Gioconda,’ and the beuutiful ‘When the Dew is Falling.’ Another popular item was Liza Lehman’s ‘All, Moon of My Delight,’ and an excerpt from ‘Rigoletto.’ ” The Bath Chronicle critic wrote: “Mr Hubert Carter’s voice is a true tenor, and he, too, gained a double encore on Se.turday evening. His interpretation of Liza Lehmann’s "Ah, Moon of My Delight’ was marked by excellent control.” He lias been booked to take part in a lengthy list of concerts as well as for broadcasting.

That a section of the Salvation Army took up a position outside his shop every Saturday night and made such a noise that, he could not hear what his customers asked for, was the basis of a formal complaint received at the meeting of the Borough Council last night from a shopkeeper. On the motion of Cr. Graham, it was decided that the council make representations to have the section of tho Army congregate elsewhere, the Mayor stating that the Army authorities would probably agree to make ether arrangements. A gas cooking demonstration will bo held at the Opera House to-morrow at 2.45 p.m.

In to-duy’s paper will bo found the Railway Department’s advertisement in connection with the issue of holiday excursion fares for King's Birthday. Tickets at reduced fores will bo available from 30th May to 3rd June and available for return until 13th June. To-morrow afternoon at two o’clock in the Foresters’ Ilall, Main street, a popular jumble sale will be concluded by tho combined Methodist young women’s Bible classes of Palmerston North. In addition to clothing there will be a variety stall. Cakes, sweets and afternoon tea will be available. There will also be competitions and surprise bargains to meet the needs of thrifty mothers. Great interest has been caused by the two window displays of evening fabrics by Collinson and Cunninghame. One featuring' a series of golden tones while tho other gives prominence to a set of dainty blues. The novel lighting effects intensifies the colour variations, bringing out the fabric’s lustrous surfaces. These displays are but an indication of what can be viewed in the department and in your favourite tone. —Advt.