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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 112, 11 April 1929, Page 6

On the 9th inst., .in the Supreme Court at Wellington, the Public Trustee was constituted administrator of the estate of John Cook, late of Palmerston North, labourer. A seaman named Griffiths, of Auckland. while working the winch on the auxiliary vessel Ronaki at Tauranga, had his hand caught between the guy rope and the drum of the winch, and severely crushed. An unusual accident happened on the Ohaupo Road,' near Te Awamutu, when a young married man, Mr Samuel Berry, of Ohaupo, was injured. Mr Berry was riding on the back of a motor-cycle, driven by Mr ■ William Sowerby, and when passing through a mob of horses one of the horses kicked Mr Berry on the body, fracturing two ribs. William George Lidstone. a_ motor mechanic, aged 23, was charged in the Magistrate’s Court at Wellington yesterday with unlawfully deserting from the Somerset at Wellington. Accused, who stated that he did not wish to’leave his wife, who lived in this city, was convicted and ordered to pay the costs of the shipping company, in default 14 days’ imprisonment. The disadvantages under which Canterbury labours through the failure of transport to obtain free access to the wharves at Lyttelton, was stressed by a large deputation which waited upon the Lyttelton' Harbour Board yesterday. After the deputation had been heard it was decided that the question should be referred to the board’s solicitor for a report to the incoming board. Over 500 new styles are Bhown in the Butterick Quarterly just out. Latest Paris creations, newest colours. New necklines and the ’ new uneven hem line. _ Fashion notes on fabrics and accessories. Price Is 6d each. Butterick counter. Collinson and Cunninghame, Ltd, —Advt.

A farmer of Otumoetai, Bay of Plenty, Mr Alexander Moore, was attending to some cattle when he slipped and dislocated Ills hip. Ho was tnfcen to hospital. The body of a young pheasant which appeared to have decapitated itself by flying into a wire fence was found at Tirau. near Rotorua, the other day. The head wub found several feet away. Charles Phillipson, while riding home on the back of u lorry from Tq. Araroa, fell off, states a Gisborne Press Association telegram. Subsequently he was picked up dead. The deceased’s only known relative is a sister, who is believed to reside in Greenlane, Auckland. Inquiries there have failed to locate her. “We went to the wrong hall,” said the Governor-General, Sir Charles Fergusson, in apologising for his late arrival at the annual meeting of the Flying Angel Mission to Seamen! in Auckland on Monday evening. “If we had not asked the chairman whether we were expected, I would have been discussing town planning instead of work on behalf of seamen.” “I had pleasure in 'meeting the original General Booth when lie was in New Zealand,” said the Prime Minister at the Wellington Town Hall last evening. “Also, I had pleasure in meeting the second General Booth, when he was last in New Zea Land, and I had the pleasure 25 years ago of meeting Commissioner Hay. As the head oi the Government : n this country I cordially welcome Commissioner Hay and wish him well.” At the annual meeting of the Manawatu A. and P. Association yesterday afternoon, an alteration of the rules was made to allow of the appointment of a member of the Massey College ‘professional staff and a member of the Fields Division of the Department of Agriculture to the committee of the association. The two members will enjoy the privilege of ordinary members, witih the exception that tne term of office-will be for 12 months. William Robert Moffatt, aged 36 years appeared in the Magistrate's Court at Christchurch yesterday, before Mr H. P. Lawry, S.M., to answer for two thefts committed, nearly two years ago. Moffatt admitted stealing a bicycle valued at £7 at Napier about June 27, 1927, .and also stealing another bicycle valued at £lO at Hastings about June 30, 1927. Moffatt was sentenced to a month’s hard labour on one charge, and was convicted and discharged, on the other. “The job is too good, and for that reason the job will never finish,” stated Mr G. L. Marshall, at the annual meeting of the Marton branch of the Farmers’ Union when advocating that the Deteriorated Lands Board be abolished. “The members are paid £2 a day to give advice to the settlers, and this cannot be carried out because the settlers have not the money,” he added. “A ton or two of fertiliser would do the settlers more assistance than the board.” Mr Marshall also pointed out that the board was given so much publicity that the opinion had grown that all the land in their area was’ deteriorated. This was not the case, but owners of the good land often had difficulty in renewing a mortgage because of the prejudice. A remit urging the abolition of tho board was carried unanimously. That an effort be made to arrange a farmers’ visit to Palmerston North, where the work at Massey College and other agricultural institutions could be inspected, was suggested at a meeting of the Mastefton A. and P. Association yesterday afternoon by Mr G. H. Perry. Farmers, especially in the South Island, he said, were developing the habit of paying visits from one district to another, and he.thought if it could be arranged with th§ Railway Department to supply a special train, a great number ot Wairarapa farmers would avail themselves of such an opportunity to visit another district. The trip could be made in one day. Members generally supported the idea, the opinion being expressed that it was necessary- for farmers to make full use of such Government institutions as were .available in Palmerston North so as to keep abreast of the times. The co-operation of the Wairarapa P. and A. Society is to be invited in the project, and the secretary was instructed to take the preliminary steps in the matter.