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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVI, Issue 172, 22 June 1926, Page 6

John James Morgan, charged at the Police Court at Auckland with obtaining £25 by valueless cheques at Auckland, Wanganui and Wliangarei, and also with attempting to obtain a motor car valued at £475 from "\\. S. Miller by a valueless cheque, pleaded guilty to all charges and was committed to the Supreme Court for sentence.

Douglas Frith, a married man (aged 45) was admitted to the Dunedin Hospital yesterday with his left hand almost severed from the arm, as the result of an acetylene explosion, following the bursting of a generator. That, before streets are'taken over by the council, the person subdividing the property shall maintain them for twelve months was the text of a notice of motion tabled by Cr. Edwards at the meeting of the Borough Council last night. While assisting at a winch on the steamer Fairburn, at Wellington, a seaman named Thomas Thomassen received severe injuries to his right leg, the foot being practically torn off. The unfortunate man was removed to the public hospital, where he died following an operation. After drifting helplessly in the Hauraki Gulf for several days, the small fishing yacht Restless and its two occupants, Norman Patterson and Charles Morgan, were towed back to Auckland from Motutapu on Sunday night. They had engine trouble at Motutapu- on Wednesday, and walked across the island. They had been living on fish for two days, but had no food for twentyfour hours.

The loss of coal through the fire at the Westport Coal Company’s Millerton mine is estimated at about a million tons. Efforts to combat the firo are meeting with success. At. the western side of the mine, which is practically the business side, the outbreak caused a good deal of alarm locally, and gave much anxiety to those who had practically their whole life’s savings in house property. Prior to the annual meeting tof the Rangiotu Dairy Farmers’ Union Herd Testing Association yesterday, members met the organiser of the herd testing groups, Mr J. Ferguson, in order to receive his progress report. Satisfaction was expressed at the volume of work Mr Ferguson had accomplished in a short time, and it was decided that the campaign of organisation be pursued with still greater vigour.

The borough engineer was instructed at last night's meeting of the Borough Council to inspect the streets within the borough and to furnish a report totting out those requiring attention. The premises of’Edward Reece, Ltd., Colombo street, Christchurch, were broken into during tho week-end. A rifle and a packet of cartridges were stolen and four revolver® were also taken. The rifle and cartridges were found ill the yard. The thief gained access to tho building through a skylight after climbing a fence at the back.

A Press Association message from Christchurch .states that the City Council, which delegated its powers as local licensing authority under tho’bus regulations to the by-laws and finance committee, has been advised by its solicitor that that decision was ultra vires. Tho council last evening announced, after a discussion in committee, that after the decision of the Supreme Court as to whether the regulations can he enforced is made known, the council as a whole will act as the licensing authority, sitting fortnightly. In the buses will continue to run under permits issued by the committee.

“The Rangiotu Dairy Farmers Union Herd Testing Association desires the co-operation of all interested dairy farmers throughout the Manawatu,” stated Mr W. H. Gimblett, president of tho association, at yesterday’s annual meeting. Tlie association had as its aim, he added, the evolution of tho Manawatu as one of the leading districts as regards herd testing and in taking the lead with regard to butter-fat production. The association believed that, if the dairy farmers in the district took up herd testing with a degree of enthusiasm, tho scrub bull and cull cow problems would bo solved. Mr Gimblett pointed out that the association was regarded by the Dairy Division as being the nearest to the semi-official tests that operate in pedigree herds. Stating that, on Wednesday evening, while lie was cycling across tho Fitzherbert bridge, the front wheel of his bicycle went through between two planks, damaging his cycle and throwing him on his shoulder, Mr C. A. Perry wrote to the Borough Council at last night’s meeting asking what could lie done in tho matter. The engineer explained the nature of the accident which, he said, was partly due to Mr Perry having gone over to one side of the bridge, where there was a small gap in the decking, to pass another vehicle. The matter was finally left in the hands of the Mayor and town clerk, the engineer stating that some adjustment should certainly he made, although the accident was really duo neither entirely to wear and tear nor to ‘negligence in effecting repairs. Such eases would have to be dealt with on their merits, said Cr. Oram.

A largo Florida alligator, reputed to be 100 years old and the only specimen of its kind in the Dominion, died at tho Winter Show last week and the carcass was subsequently offered to tho local museum authorities, who, however owing to lack of funds, had reluctantly to turn the offer down. The aged animal, which was the property of a travelling showman, was apparently unablo to stand tho exceptional coldness of Palmerston North’s weather at the beginning of last week. The carcass, with tho inability of the museum authorities to finance the curing of the skin, was removed to the borough destructor, where yesterday it was destroyed. Mr C. I'. Salmon, of the local Philosophical Society speaking to a “Standard” reporter this morning, pointed out that, through lack of public support, this and many other valuable museum exhibits have had to be refused. On the offer of the alligator being made, he had communicated with other members of tho society, but it had been felt that nothing could be done to secure the exhibit.

To-night in the Oddfellows’ Hall, Cuba street, tho Social Club will hold another of their popular euchre and dance evenings. Good prizes will be awarded in the euchre section and dancers will be well catered for by the provision of a special orchestra of six players. Largo woollen shoulder scarves, in brown or grey, with contrasting coloured stripe and bar effect wonderfully warm, to throw around the shoulders, reduced frqm 13s 6d to 9s lid for the C. M. Ross Co,, Ltd.’s great stocktaking clearance sale commencing to-morrow, Wednesday, at 9.30 a.m. Open all day as usual. —Advt.

The lowest price is not always the point that counts. Quality must run in conjunction with price, to ensure real value. Goods in our store are priced according to quality. For instance, -wo have a fine line of salad sets, a beautiful rosebud decora, tion, the cheapest set being 8s 6d. Then there’s one, a better quality, tho ( samo decoration, at 22s 6d, and still another, exactly the same decoration again, only better still, at 32s 6d eet. We sell the goods at the price they’re worth, not at a fabulous price. You will find that, comparing price and quality for quality, our business is run with this motto always in view, “The lowest price possible, consistent ’ with high standard of quality^— Collinson and Son, Broadway, Palmerston North. —Advt. For catarrh. Inhale Nazol or take it on sugar. Clears blocked passages; heals inflamed membranes; assists breathing, 60 doses Nazol only Is 6d. —Advt,