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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVIII, Issue 239, 6 September 1928, Page 6

A Press Association message from Christchurch states that as a result of being run over by a motor-car in Colombo Street, Sydenham, yesterday, Eric Jones, aged 11 years, of Dunn Street, Spreydon, received injuries to the head and leg and sustained an internal injury. He is in hospital in a serious condition.

Some time ago the matter of commemorating the departure from Plymouth, England, of the barque William Bryan with the first batch of emigrants for New Plymouth, New Zealand, was the subject of a letter from the New Plymouth Rotary Club to the Plymouth Rotary Club. The matter was revived recently when Rotarian W. J. Penn informed the club that he had received a letter i from Mr T. R. Whitley (Plymouth Rotary Cuub) conveying the information that investigations were being made with a view to finding out which quav the William Bryan sailed from. If this can be satisfactorily determined, it is intended to place a memorial tablet on the quay commemorating the event.

A cow in a dairy herd at Hairini, Waikato, has been occasioning its owner a good deal of .concern lately by having a fit each day. The affliction is apparent for only a few minutes and during its progress the animal remains standing. The milk production has not been affected.

At last night’s meeting of the Hoko-' whitu SchooljCommittee, the secretary, Mr C. H. Amos, brought up the question of having a monogram for school writing paper, etc. After a brief discussion it wa» decided to hold a design competition amongst tho children, Mr J. T. J. Heatley offering a first prize of 5s and Mr G. D. P.attlo a second of 2s 6d.

Mr J. H. Stevens told tho children of the Terrace End School at their Arbor Day celeb rations yesterday that it was usually considered that the crimson manuka was a hybrid which could not be grown from seed. He had been tokl recently that this was incorrect and that this beautiful native shrub could bo grown from seed, though in a good many cases tho plant roverted to tho old white type. As the result of prosecutions last year bookmakers in New Zealand contributed £4829 to tho coffers of the State. The annual report of the Police Department •’resented to Parliament yesterday states that out of 36 prosecutions for carrying on tho business of a bookmaker 27 convictions were recorded, while there wore 47 convictions out of 57 prosecutions for keeping a common gaming house. Eight convictions were entered against persons laying totalisator odds, seven for street betting and 110 for betting with bookmakers. The railway excursion rates in connection with tho New Zealand v. New South Wales Itugby match at Wellington yesterday were not largely .availed of by local residents, only 30 travelling second class and eight first class. These figures, however, do not indicate the number of enthusiasts from this district who made the trip, many preferring to travel at the ordinary faro by the Limited express rather than waiting for the slower train. When the Limited left yesterday morning, the carriages were full and many liaa to stand on the platforms, while “Field’s” express had not much more than its usual complement of passengers.

A brief argument occurred in the course of the hearing of a recent traffic by-law case in the Christchurch Magistrate’s Court. A man pleaded not guilty to speeding while driving a motor-cycle. Hotly denying the police evidence that he was travelling at fifty miles an hour, defendant maintained that his machine could not attain a speed of more than 35 m.p.h. “I was only travelling at 30 m.p.h. In my opinion that was a safe speed under the circumstances,” said defendant. “I think that it was too fast,” remarked the magistrate, Mr E. D. Mosley. “That is a difference of opinion,” said defendant. ‘Yes; but it is my opinion that counts,” said Mr Mosley. “Yes, that is so, sir,” said tho defendant, with a resigned air. He was convicted and fined 20s and costs. Tho possibility of the Police Department breeding its own troop horses is hinted at by the Commissioner of Police (Mr W. M. Mcllveney) in his annual report to Parliament. “Horses have ever played a prominent part in the operation of the Police Department,” tiro, commissioner states. “Though their sphere of usefulness has been cut by the introduction of motor-cars and motorcycles, they still are a necessity, and will continue to be so for a long time. In handling crowds they are invaluable. Of recent ylears there lias been difficulty in obtaining suitable remounts, and it is not unlikely that in the not distant future the department will find it necessary to provide for a stud farm, and breed the class of troop horses required by it.” Further advice regarding tho recent fire on the Commonwealth and Dominion Line steamer ’Port Napier states that the damage is much greater than was expected (says a Press Association telegram from Auckland). In consequence a general average of 30 per cent lias been declared. Before the outbreak was quelled, 4000 tons of water were pumped into the vessel in the vicinity of the fire. The shelter deck not being partitioned with watertight bulkheads, the water flowed foro and aft along it and then through the hatchways into the lower part of Nos. 3 and 5 holds. The Port Napier is now expected to reach Auckland next Monday and when the local portion of cargo, 4000 tons, has been discharged, a better estimate can bo made of the total damage.

Speaking at tho Arbor Day celebrations at the Terraco End School, yesterday, Mr J. H. Stevens mentioned the desirability of naming streets after Now Zealand native trees. The last supplied by him to and approved by the Palmerston North Borough Council and now asked for by the Town Planning Department is as follows: Ake-ake, Hinau. Honoeka, Horopito, Houhere, Houhi, Houhou, Ivaikomako, Kauri, Kaiwhidi, Karamu, Koromiko, Kapuka, Ivaraka, Kawakawa, Kahikatea, Kaiwaka,' Ivohekoho, Kowai, Mahoo, Miro, Mako, Manuka, Mamangi, Matipo, Matai, Mingi, Maire, Nikau, Ngaio, Papauma, Puriri, Pohutukawa, Pulca, Pukatca, Rata, Raukawa, Rew.arewa, Rirnu, Ramarama, Rangiora, Tanekaha, Taraire, Tarata, Taupata, Tawa, Tawiri. Tawhai. Titoki, Totara, Whau, Wharangi.

Although bearing the battered appearance of a life of hard usage, and enclosed in a case gradually crumbling to pieces with old age, there is a grandfather clock in Timaru which today i§ declared to be just as reliable a chronometer as it was when it was made over 200 year’s ago. It was purchased recently in an auction room for a “mere song” by a resident-of Timaru. The clock stands a good sft. in .height, and was once enclosed by a handsome case of oak, though this now is fast falling to pieces; in fact, only the shell remains. The dial is beaten out of solid brass, and there is only one hand to indicate both hours and minutes, tlio dial being especially subdivided for this purpose. The great age of the clock is obvious from the fact that the weights are suspended by cords —which, by the way, .also show signs of wear —instead of by chains, as has Jjeen the practice in recent years.

It will bo noticed from our advertising columns that Mr Davidson, .who for some years has been trading in partnership with Mr Durward, as Durward and Davidson, has joined tlio staff of Messrs Barraud and Abraham, Ltd., and will travel for that firm. Mr Davidson has a very thorough knowledge of the seed business and is an expert in manures and seed potatoes. He started in the seed business when a lad, with an old established firm in Arbroath, Scotland, so that practically the whole of his adult life, has been spent in connection with seed and produce. Mr Davidson is oxtremely well known in this district, possessing a reputation for reliability in any advice or information given to bis clients and friends, so that Messrs Barraud and Abraham, Ltd., must bo congratulated on having secured his services, and at tho 6amc time Mr Davidson has to bo congratulated on hi 6 wisdom in joining a firm with such a good reputation. Mr Anderson, who has been travelling for Messrs Barraud and Abraham for some time, will continue to do so in tlio districts in 'which ho has previously been working.

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