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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVI, Issue 24, 28 December 1925, Page 6

Platinum is found in Southland, but only in small quantities; but at Puliipulii, 28 miles north of Whangarei, there is quite a quantity of quicksilver.

A suggestion made in Wellington that an international exhibition should bo held there in 1930 has been received with enthusiasm by commercial and other men who favour the project. In twenty years the local bodies of the Dominion have quadrupled their not debt. In 1905 the net debt was £10,626,687, and on 31st March, 1924, it was £40,929,813.

Donald Rutledge, a youth, was admitted to the hospital at Christchurch to-day suffering from a broken hip, the result of a collision while motor cycling. The annual conference of Christians at Palmerston North concluded yesterday with two largely-attended services in the Gospel Hall. Those attending the conference left for their homes to-day. Better patronage was accorded the Sunday train to Foxton yesterday than on the inauguration of" the service, the Railway Department reporting a booking of about 220. The excursionists made their way to the heads by river and road from Foxton. While riding on the back of a motor cycle yesterday a young man named Frank Mellar caught his foot in the driving chain of the machine. He suffered the loss of two toes and was removed to hospital for treatment.

While playing on the Technical College tennis courts at AVanganui a young lady, Miss McNiven, tell and sustained a broken arm. She was taken to. a private hospital, where she is progressing satisfactorily. In connection with the report that there had been an infantile paralysis outbreak in Australia, Dr T. F. Telford, District Health Officer, Christchurch, said last week that the Dominion was just now practically free of the disease, and it was not likely that another epidemic would sweep the country for at least four years. The health authorities, however, were vigilant, but they expected to find only a few cases at this time of the year.

A drover named Kelly had a miraculous escape from a serious accident while crossing the railway line about half-a-mile south of Orari, a few days ago. He was driving a horse in a sulky and leading another horse, also attached to a sulky, when the evening train from Ashburton ran into the horse that was being led. The animal had one foot cut olf, and was otherwise cut about. The horse was destroyed shortly after the accident. The vehicle was damaged considerably. A AVanganui motor lorry driver and his wife had a narrow escape from a serious accident near Silveriiope. The lorry was laden with benzine and when rounding a dangerous bend in a very stiff hill climb the vehicle went over the bank. The occupants were thrown clear, fortunately escaping without injury, the 1 lorry capsizing, with its contents, some ten or fifteen feet below the road, little damage being sustained.

The total number of calls to fires received in Auckland this year since January 1 up to December 26 was 355, and of that number 205 were fires, 71 false alarms, 29 chimney fires, 41 rubbish or gorso fires, and nine were out of the district. Apart from the blaze on the steamer Kent there was no really big fire in Auckland over that period, and as the harbour is out of the actual district served by the brigade that sensational marino disaster does not actually come into the records of the city. The favourable weather on Saturday had an appreciable effect on the attendance at the Awapuni racecourse, and in the afternoon tile grounds were a sea of humanity, the multi-coloured dresses of the ladies lending charm to a pretty spectacle, which had as a background, the vivid green of the lawns and shrubs. AA r ith each succeeding year various improvements are being carried out at the never before had the grounds presented such an effective sight as under the blaze of the afternoon sun on Saturday. The presence of such a large crowd naturally swelled the totalisator returns and the day’s turn-over showed the substantial increase of over £7OOO as compared with last year.. As exemplifying the barrenness of the Ashburton County, a good many years ago, an incident was related by Mr T. Hyde, a well-known resident of Hawke’s Bay. Ho said that in 1876 he was in Ashburton on a holiday and,wishing to pay a visit to some friends in the Seafield district, he procured a horse to make the trip. As the horse did not move freely ho took a stick to “persuade” it along. He arrived at Seafield in due course, and at the conclusion of his visit on going to remount his horse, he found that the stick had disappeared. On making inquiries ho was told it was ideal for measuring the distance between rows of potatoes, and was almost worth its weight in gold, as there was no timber for many miles round, the land growing little but tussocks. A holiday reveller, who had celebrated not wisely but too well, found his way into the care of the police on Boxing Day. Later producing sufficient bail lie gained his release. His period of liberty was brief, for less than 24 hours afterwards a man in blue again had him in charge for drunkenness, with the result that a night’s lodging was found for him at the police station. This morning ho appeared before Mr AAC F. Durward, J.P., to answer two charges, being fined £1 on the first of having been found drunk and £2, in default seven days’ detention on tho second and similar charge. The accused, who was a labourer named Archibald Mclntyre, a resident of tho Taihapo district, and 1 who had been before tho Court for drunkenness on Christmas Eve also, volubly explained to tho Bench that he had been engaged in a fencing contract up tho line and went for months at a time without a drink. Shellshock was attributed as the cause of his weakened; powers of resistance, but tho excuse met with an indifferent reception. A first offender, who did not appear, having been taken to hospital in a helpless condition, was remanded to appear at a later date.

Mon, you will give her extreme pleasure if you give her a box of “Ruby Ring” full fashioned pure silk stockings. “Ruby” is the greatest hosiery sensation of the present day, a statement confirmed by thousands of women, who insist on “Ruby Ring” stocking-s.—Collin-son and Cunninghame.—Advt. Garden hose ! Bo ready for a dry summer. At tho prico Collinson and Son, ironmongers, Broadway, aro selling garden hose, it will pay you well to bo ready. AVo have a few more rolls of North British rubber hose still to be disposed of. This at 35/- coil is exceptional value. Coils aro complete with rose director and tap connection; 60ft in longlh 3-ply 4 inch. —Collinson and Son, Broadway and Ringsway, Palmerston North.—Advt