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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVIII, Issue 205, 28 July 1928, Page 8

That immense distances count for littlo in these days of advanced scientific achievement is evinced, by the rapidity with which the news of the world championship fight came to hand yesterday afternoon. It is apparent that a most effective organisation, at the request of the New Zealand Press Association, had been completed by the Pacific cable authorities through whose system the message was flashed to New Zealand. The messago has first to bo transmitted from New York to Canada, thence by cable across the Pacific to Wellington where the Press Association distributes the message per telegraph throughout New Zealand. The cable result of yesterday’s big encounter reached Palmerston North within a few minutes of the radio message announcing the same news, thus demonstrating that the cable, with alt its attributes of safety, certainty .and accuracy, is not far behind wireless in speed also. The detailed account of the bout commenced coining to hand very closely after receipt of the official, result, the whole performance reflecting the highest credit upon both the cable. Press Association, and telegraph officials responsible. - According to a notice moved in tfcie House of .Representatives yesterday, petitions held over from last session will be dealt with by the committees concerned this session. An unusual action of a wife seeking to have a maintenance order against her husband revoked was mentioned in the Magistrate’s Court .at Christchurch yesterday. Counsel said that the w-ife was making a good income as a millinery and dress designer, while the husband was in a state of destitution. An order was made for the discontinuance of the maintenance.

Having pleaded guilty of misappropriating £BOS belonging to the ltotorua Co-operative Building Society, Leslie Vickers was yesterday at Hamilton sentenced by Mr Justice Blair to reformative detention not exceeding 18 months. After hearing counsel’s plea for probation the Judge said that lie would bo unwise to take this course in so serious an offence. A Wainiate Plains farmer with 50 acres took over £IOOO from his place last season. He runs about 30 cows, feeding and looking, after them well. Commenting on this result the other day, a Manaia professional man voiced the opinion that if the whole of the rich plains were similarly subdivided and worked the produce taken off would bo twice as much as it is today. The worst feature of the effect of the boom was that justice was not being done to the land. A large proportion of the farmers were quite unable to pay for fertilisers or effect improvements essential to a maximum production. Later, when things had settled down and farmers got into a better position, ho had no doubt that the production of the Plains would startle, “not only New Zealand but the whole world,” for there was no equal in fertility to the lands of the Waimate Plains.

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The Malieno left Sydney yesterday afternoon at 1.15 for Auckland. The Marama' left at five o’clock for Wellington. Miss Gavin, secretary of the Calcutta Y.W.C.A., told her hearers at the Women’s Club yesterday afternoon that of native-born Indian women 98 out of every 100 were illiterate. .The efforts of the members of tho Commercial Travellers’ and Warehousemen’s Association in Dunedin yesterday and to-day in tho cause of charity are expected to yield a net sum of £IOOO.

The Women’s Club at their meeting yesterday afternoon generously voted £ls towards the relief of distress among women and children, residing in Palmerston North, entailed by the unemployment so prevalent at present. Speaking at tho Women’s Club yesterday afternoon Miss Gavin, secretary of the Calcutta Y.W.C.A., stated that the word Eurasian, as describing the offspring of. Europeans and the native women, had been abolished by Statute, tho term Anglo-Indian being substituted. “To find truth, which is the goal of life, there must be a passionate desire for it,” declared Dr. J. J. Van der Leeuw, the visiting Dutch educationalist, in a lecture at Auckland. "He said that an Indian yogi nearly drowned a pupil, and then asked what the latter desired most when under water. “Air!” gasped tho pupil. “When you desire truth as much as that you will find it,” said Dr. Van der Leeuw. As the result of a motor car striking an electric light pole in Remuera about two o’clock yesterday morning three young men, George McMillan, junr., Felix Fisher and Geoffrey Marler, were admitted to hospital with severe injuries to tho head (states an Auckland telegram). The car, owned by Mr G. McMillan, senr., of Remuera, and valued at over £IOOO, was extensively damaged. The accident occurred when tho party was returning home after a dance at a cabaret. There was a very heavy fog at the time. Tho steps being taken by the Education Department to foster instruction in schools on the resuscitation of the apparently drowned was referred to by the Minister of Education (Hon. R. A. Wright) in reply to a question by Mr T. D. .Burnett (Temuka) in the House of Representatives yesterday. The Minister expla.ined that wherever facilities for the teaching of swimming existed instruction in life saving was also given. The new primary schools’ syllabus, which was to come into operation on February 1 next, prescribed that such instruction should be given to pupils of standards VI. and VII. in all schools. “Tho best discipline in schools is where there is no corporal punishment ; to resort to it is a sign of the teacher’s impotence,” declared Dr. Van der Leeuw, the eminent Dutch educationalist, iii the course of a lecture in Auckland. The doctor said he held the corporal punishment of children in utter horror, and he was much surprised to learn that in this country it was still allowed. In most countries it had been abolished, and it had not been practised in Holland for a century. There, if a teacher struck a child, tho teacher was expelled. He held that a teacher who struck a child should be taken away from all children. A recent decision of the Appeal Court was mentioned in the House of Representatives yesterday, when Mr W. L. Martin (Raglan) asked the Minister of Public Works whether in view of the judgment of the Court, that the 1925 motor-lorry regulations giving power to classify, roads had been repealed, and that the 1927 regulations did not contain .any valid provisions for the classification of roads, he would take immediate steps to have legislation introduced to place _ tho Main Highways Board in a position similar to that occupied before the passing of the 1927 Act. The Minister stated that his attention had been drawn to the judgment, and steps were being taken to rectify the matter.

At tile annual meeting of the Levin Co-operative Dairy Co., the balancesheet submitted showed that the- pig farm profit was £137, and the profit on manufacturing butter was over £IO,OOO. The sum of £242 had been debited to profit aud loss account in connection with the loss by pigs exported. Messrs Gimblett, S. Rolston, junl\, and T. G. Vincent were re-elect-ed unopposed as rhrectors. The chairman (Mr Broadbelt) complimented the manager, Mr J. Smellie, on the class of trainees turned out since ho had been in charge, the last one to take a prominent position being Mr J. Stevenson, who had been appointed from 140 applicants to the dairy factory at Massey College as chief butter maker, while another old employee, Mr S. Death, was in charge of the Awahuri factory. “That this conference views with alarm the proportion of State advances made on non-productive security,” was a subject which gavo rise to a lively discussion at the Dominion Conference of the New Zealand Farmers Union yesterday in Wellington. The president (Mr W. J. Poison) said that the advances for workers’ homes was one of the best measures which had ever been brought in by this or airy other Government. The workers were now comfortably housed, and were paying off their instalments regularly. Mr A. E. Robinson (Auckland) said that the trouble was that the Government had advanced too much money on non-productive securities in . the city. The result had been that lands wore now covered with houses, with the result that city values had been unduly inflated. It was a fact that more money had been advanced on city securities than for productive rural undertakings. The remit was defeated. The Wellington radio station’s account yesterday of the Tunney-Heency fight provided a real anti-climax Half an hour before the start, and up to a certain point, one could sense the natural high-pitched interest of the crowds close-pressed round the various loud speakers in the town. The inihentness of the- listeners was of a sober, “while there’s life there’s hope” type, and the cheers for Tom H ocney called by the wireless announcer at the 10th round had an encouraging, positive note in them. Despite the depression of the reports, there was no thought of the sudden (.to wireless listeners at least) defeat. Even at the tenth round there was hope, one thought. Over the air came tlie announcement that the eleven'th round description would be had soon. Tho crowds waited expectantly, quietly eager to, hear the Wellington announcer. Then the tension broke. Without any preparation came over the air the nearly unbelievable statement: “The fight is over. Heeney’s seconds have thrown in the sponge.”

The Palmerston North Garrison Band has engaged tho services of ; Mr E. Franklin, of Dunedin, as conductor. Mr Franklin has been conductor of tho IvaiBand, Dunedin, and was instrumental in bringing that band up to tho position of runner-up to the champion band at tho last band contest held in Christchurch His taking over tho baton ? , 1 band should bo tho means of building tho band into ono worthy of tho town. .Mr Iranklin will arrive in Palmerston North on Monday next and will be tendered a welcome at a social to bo held at the Band Hall on Tuesday ovening. Members, past and present and intending as also the general public, are invitod to attend. ’