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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVII, Issue 125, 26 April 1927, Page 6

Napier’s water consumption during the past, nonth totalled 32,214,000 gallons. luring March last year the consumpti. n was 33,437,000 gallons. Fift.y-liv > schools in the Auckland Education Board’s district are without committee owing to the failure of the householdt s’ meetings to elect them. A botth containing a message cast into the s a off the Japanese coast ll years ago was picked up by Mr Wallace Gorcle i, of Opotiki, and forwarded to Japan.

The aim ml inspection by councillors of the Ki iranga County commenced this morni lg when six mombers of the council Je t on a tour of the Mangaone ridi ig. The Fitzherbert riding will be ins meted to-morrow, but as yet ho date In 3 been arranged for viewing the Ta'onu riding.

Some fairly large scores were registered in various Rugby 'football matches played in the Dominion last Saturday, but the biggest was at Dunedin where Varsity A beat Tsieri by 63 points to nil.

Although exempt from the provisions of the governing statute on the matter, the Railway Department has decided, as a matter of policy, to license its buses under the Motor Omnibus Traffic Act.

In response to representations from the Associated Chambers of Commerce of New the Minister of Publicity (Hon. G. J. Anderson) lias arranged to hold a conference in Wellington on May. 4 tor the discussion, of certain matters affecting the question of publicity. “I have been called a ‘wowser,’ and I am absolutely, proud of it,” .Mr A. J. Warnqck, the Progressive Citizens’ candidate for the Auckland Mayoralty, informed Parnell ratepayers at-a meeting he addressed. “If that is the titlegiven to the type of man who does what he thinks is right, then I am absolutely proud of that title,” Mr Warnock declared.

Those members of the New Zealand Police Force who accompanied the Duke and Duchess of York on their tour of the Dominion have each received a photographic souvenir of the tour. When the Royal party was in Dunedin the- police were photographed with the Duke. Each member of the force has now received a photograph signed “A.” The Dujce is seated in the middle of the groiip with Commissioner Mcllveney. . The maximum load on the Manga - hao hydro-electric power station for the week which ended on April 17th was 19,201 k.v.a., occurring between 6 p.m. and 6.30 p.m. On Monday, April 11th. The unit output for the week was 1,725,100. For the same period the peak load at the Hora Hora station (Waikato) was 14,130 k.v.a., occurring between 11.30 a.im ahd noon on Tuesday, April 12. The number of units generated during the week wos 1,670;300. The details from the Lake Coleridge station are not available. At the Auckland Chrysanthemum Show there were some blooms of such delicate and elusive shade that even export growers found it difficult to describe their colour (says an exchange). “Autumn tints” is a chrysanthemum of a tawny pink, if one may use such .a term, but no words can describe the exact shade. “Tricolina Rosea,” a floworing grass of rare and exquisite beauty, is of a pink'shade that can best be described as “misted,” but once again mere language fails to truly indicate the colour. In connection .with the work of laying down a bitumen surface in Railway Road, Hastings, a new departure has boon made in that the sides of the road for a width of. 2ft. are to. be edged with concrete (states the Tribune). The effect of this will be not only to hold the bitumen in position better, but also to enable a_car driver to keep within the limits of the road at night, when there is a strong possibility of being dazzled by strong approaching headlights. With the two different colours a driver should have no difficulty in keeping to the road. “People often tell us that we should keep politics out of the pulpit,” said the Rev. W. Lawson Marsh, M.A., at a welcome social given in his honour at St. Paul’s Hall, Devonport, “but I don’t know what they mean. We can’t keep politics out of our pulpits any more thaii we can keep them out of our homes, and it is the duty of the churches to mould the nation life of the people.” He was going to talk about politics from the pulpit as far as they affected the well-being of the people, but he hoped he would- never speak of party politics, which was a very different thing and should not be tolerated by the ministers of Christian churches.

One of the Herbert Street windows in Wellington of Messrs George Fowlds and Co.’s shop was smashed on Saturday night, and a number of men’s waterproof overcoats and silk scarves were stolen. The thieves got away unobserved. The private nightwatchman, while going his rounds, noticed the broken window at about 11.45 o’clock on Saturday night. The lower portion of a plate-glass- window, eight feet in height and about three feet in width, had been shattered with a 6tone. The coats and scarves nearest the broken window were taken away. This is the fourth occasion in the past two years that goods have been stolen from Messrrs George Fowlds and Co.’s premises by the breaking of windows. On the previous occasions the large show cases were attacked. *

The wish expressed by the president of the local branch of the Returned Soldiers’ Association (Mr B. J. Jacobs) at the annual meeting on Friday evening, that on Anzac Day he would like to see some floral tributes placed on the war memorial in the Square, was fulfilled yesterday when numerous beautiful floral emblems were placed by a number of the public bodies and institutions. Included among the wreaths were three from the Returned Soldiers’ Association, the Patriotic Society, the ’ Mayor, councillors and citizens of Palmerston North, Technical School, staffs and pupils of Central Hokowhitu, College Street, Terrace End and West End Schools, St. Paul’s Church, daughters of British seamen at Girl’s Flock House, Army Nursing Sisters in Palmerston North, and Cuba Street Methodist Church.

By the death of Mr Walter S.,Broderick, of Island Bay, Wellington, tire bowling club there, of which he was a foundation member, comes into a legacy of £IOOO, without restriction as to disposition. Mr Broderick was born in Ohariu Valley 78 years ago. When he retired from farming he went to live at Island Bay, and assisted in founding the bowling club, taking a very keen interest in the games and the welfare of the club. Two or three weeks ago ho went to Rotorua for a holiday, and he passed away there somewhat suddenly at 5 o’clock last Tuesday morning. The remains were brought to Wellington, and the interment took place at Ohariu on Friday, when the club’s president (Mr E. A. Herron), officers, and several, members were present, a floral tribute from the club expressing the regret of the members at his decease. Rev. G, Blathway.t, of the Island Bay Anglican Church, conducted the last rites The business men’s ticket for the municipal and other elections to-mor-row is published in another column and comprise—for Mayor, Mr Bennett;* for Borough Council, Messrs Andrews, Canton, vClauscn, Eliott, Fitzherbert, Hodgens, Mansford, Maves, McLeod; for Hospital. Board, Mvs Abraham, Messrs Follas, , Nash, Pycroft; for Power Board, Messrs Eliott. Hodgens and Nash. ' A showroom novelty—barrel striped iuinpdr suirs, fawn/beige, wine/,beige,, rose/ beige, grey/royal, with plain skirts. Something quite out of the ordinary and entirely new; 72s 6d net cash at the C. M. Ross Co. Ltd’s. —Advt.

Seasonable lines at Collinson and Son, Broadway.—Camp *-stretchers 28s 6d,’ 555, 39s 6u; Ehy’s cartridges 5s 3d box; motor helmets 10> 6d, 27s 6d; hot water- bottles (stone) 4s lid each; scallywag- (“Bobs") sets complete 153 6d; sets df balls 3s -6d and 4s 9d, Fishing; and shooting waterproof stockings 4:2s 6d. Ping Pong balls 4d each. Golf ball paint Is 3d tin. FulSord grips 3s 3d e'aci. Golf ball cleaners 2s 6d. Collinson and Son. —Advt.