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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLV, Issue 189, 15 July 1925, Page 8

The skating rink opens to-night in the Zealandia Hall. Sessions will be conducted in the mornings, afternoons and evenings daily. His Honour Mr Justice Hosking will conclude hearing local applications under the Mortgages Final Extension Act to-morrow and- will leave for Wellington the following day. At the Magistrate’s Court, Wellington, oil Saturday, James SamueJ Montecino was remanded until July 15 on a charge of stealing £5 from E. E. Hendricksen. Bail was allowed in the sum of £25.

In June there were approximately 66 bankruptcies registered in the Dominion, and this was the highest total for about seven months. The total for the six months was 323, or 12 less than in the corresponding six months of last year.

Replying to Mr Glenn, in the House of Representatives yesterday, Sir Maui Pomaro said the Public Health Department was wide awake and would seek to obtain all information at once regarding the reported discovery of the cause of cancer.

James George Harvey, an elderly man, -was burned to death in a fire which destroyed a house at Okoia yesterday morning (states a Wanganui message). The other occupants narrowly escaped from the burning build-

At the meeting of the Terrace End School Committee last nyjht it was decided to forward a letter of thanks to tlie borough traffic manager (Mr P. G. Patton) for the very complete arrangements made for buses to suit patrons of the school ball. A statutory first-offending inebriate, who did not appear when his name was called before Mr C. H. Whitehead. J.P.. at the Police Court this morning, forfeited the amount of his bail, namely, 10s. “He is just being locked up again,’’ said Senior-Sergeant O’Grady.

The Main Trunk express this morning collided with a cow near the site of the power house and the force of the impact was such as to hurl the unfortunate animal over a fence into an adjacent paddock. One of the air brake couplings was torn off, but otherwise the engine was undamaged. The Tauranga County Council has decided to ask the Government to fix a uniform scale of payment of reasonable travelling expenses and allowances to members of local bodies, “thus remedying the present unsatisfactory method of such payments and obviating the Audit Department’s irritating tags too frequently found on local bodies’ balance-sheets.” In view of the unsatisfactory state of the buildings, it was decided, at the meeting of the Terrace End School Committee last evening, to ask the member of Parliament for the district to do his utmost to have the work of erection of a new school put in. hand as soon as possible. It was suited that one of the pupils recently put his foot through' the floor. “You are only 25; you should try and get some work,” said Mr J. IV. p\ Miton. S.M., to a man who appeared before him in the Court at Auckland. “Are our people alive?” “No, they are in Dannevirke, sir,” was the reply.

“A meeting of the Dannevirke Chamber of Commerce may follow in reiutation of your suggestion that life in Dannevirke is synonymous with death,” replied the Bench. A kindly act on the part of Her Excellency, Lady Alice Fergusson, was witnessed on Saturday evening when she placed her car at the disposal of a lady who had received injuries through stepping from a moving tramcar in Kent terrace, states the New Zealand Times. It appears that Her Excellency while driving with Miss Fergnsson noticed that a number of people had congregated, and making inquiries found that the injured lady required medical attention. Lady Fergnsson immediately drove the sufferer to the hospital, where she received attention, after which the lady was able to proceed to her home.

Two young men who secreted themselves on the steamer Canadian Conqueror when she left New Zealand tor New York early in May were detained at Panama and were sent back by the Canadian Challenger to Auckland, where they were greeted on arrival by a policeman. One of the stowaways thought that ho had an opportunity to escape, but the policeman proved to have more pace and captured his quarry before he had crossed Quay street. The second man, who was given a very- good character by those on board the Canadian Challenger, remained on the wharf and was waiting outside the police station when the constable returned with the fugitive.

“Which would you rather do. pay a line of 40s, or give this son of yours a good thrashing?” asked Mr F. K. Hunt, S.M., in the Juvenile Offenders’ Court at Auckland, of the father of a hov, aged 13, who appeared on a charge of using obscene language. ■Oil, l will give him a good hiding, I think,” said the boy’s parent. 'The magistrate adjourned the case for two weeks, stating that no more would be said if the probation officer reported the youth had received the promised thrashing. Twelve strokes of the birch were ordered to be given to another youth who appeared for sentence on" charges of stealing money from his employer. It was stated that a position on a dairy farm had been found for the hoy.

The desirability of the institution of a cash-on-delivery system in connection with the transport of parcels through the mails was urged by Mr ,J. R. W ood when speaking at the monthly meeting of the Chamber of Commerce yesterday afternoon. In many other countries the system was in vogue, and, if introduced into New Zealand, hundreds of pounds would be saved, said the speaker. Mr A. Dawson, the chief postmaster, mentioned that the system was operating in the cities but not inland. The president, Mr H. L. Young, undertook to make enquiries from the proper quarters as to whether the system could be extended inland, and the matter was left in his hands to report to the next meeting.

On account of Central School ball being held on-Fiiday next, the ladies’ committee of College Street School will hold their usual fortnightly social on Thursday, July 16th, at 7.30 p.m., in the school building. A good musician has been engaged and old pupils are especially invited to bo. present.

Sent out by our London buyers, big purchase of duchesse sets, which is to be cleared at a very low figure during our great winter sale. Made with trimmings of lace and insertion; white, Is, Is 4)d, Is 6d and Is 9d set; with pretty coloured effects, Is 3d set; special sale prices.—C. M. Ross Co.. Ltd. —Advt.