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Manawatu Standard, Volume L, Issue 112, 8 April 1930, Page 6

The Ulimaroa arrived at Sydney this morning from Wellington. The public debt of the Borough of Palmerston North, as at March 31, 1930, was £966,540 10s 7d. The ranger for the Fitzherbert riding reported to the Kairanga County Council, to-day, that last month he had impounded 93 head of wandering stock.

Mr Justice Frazer will preside at a sitting of the Arbitration Court in "Palmerston North to-morrow. It is understood that among the cases to come before the Court will be one involving the flaxmilling dispute. The Wairarapa Aero Club has appointed Captain W. F. Park, a highly qualified air pilot, at present employed by New Zealand Airways, as its pilotinstructor. During the war Captain Park served in the British Air Service.

The growth of interest among Maoris in church activities was mention by the Bishop of Aotearoa, Rev. F. Bennett, when preaching at New Plymouth. The Maoris were now organising in districts to a greater extent than had been evident since before the Maori wars, the Bishop declared.

Two inebriates appeared before Mr J. L. Stout, S.M., in the Palmerston North Police Court, this morning, pleading guilty to charges of drunkenness. John Kennedy, a labourer,'■who was fined yesterday for a similar offence, was mulcted in the sum of 10s, a fine of ss, in default 24 hours’ imprisonment, being imposed on a first offender.

The director of town planning advised the Palmerston North Borough Council last evening that it was proposed to commence the inquiry by the Town Planning Board relative to regional town planning in Palmerston North and suggested Thursday, May 29. as a suitable date. The council decided to grant the use of the council chambers for the meeting., What several Auckland jewellers state is a remarkably large and wellshaped black pearl was fouud in a mussel on the St. Heliers Bay Wharf by Mr L. Duncan, a resident of' St. Heliers. Mr Duncan, secured #it from a medium-sized mussel, which he intended to use as bait. The pearl is larger than a pea and weighs 18 grains. It is not perfectly spherical, but it is regular. Its v.alue is estimated to be well over £SO. Mr Duncan has been advised to send it to Sydney or Melbourne for sale.

At the meeting of the Palmerston North Borough Council last evening Mr M. Bergersen wrote complaining that his agent had been stopped by the • borough inspector from selling articles at each house, and asking that the canvasser be exempted from the by-law relating to hawkers. Cr Mansford asked if there was any reason why the particular canvasser had been “dropEed on,” and asked how many licensed awkers there were. The town clerk stated that there were eight or nine, those hawking perishable goods being exempt. “I’ll guarantee that there are more than that,” commented Cr Mansford. The letter was received. A grant of £ISOO has been authorised by Cabinet for the survey of, the proposed hydro-electric transmission line between Khandallah , and Masterton. Construction of this line, which will complete the transmission circle of the Mangahao and Waikaremoana supply, is part of the programme of the Public Works Department, but authority exists at present for the erection only of the length between Khandallah and Belmont. This section will be built during next summer, together with a new sub-station which is required in the Hutt valley to meet the ever-growing demand for power in that district. The survey of the full length is expected to occupy six months. There are now 350 men working on the Gisborne end of the Napier-Gis-bome section of the east coast railway, between Muriwai and the 126 chains tunnel which leads from the Tikowhata into the Kopuawhara. The men are scattered along many miles of line, and a number are labouring out of-sight in water-drives and headings. The result of months of work is barely evident in some sections, while in other sections the quantity of ,dirt moved presents an interesting matter for speculation. The scars on the hillsides tell a story of progress, says the Poverty Bay Herald, but the work in out-of-the-way corners of the leading valleys is as important, though less evident.

“Do I understand that they want to play football on Good Friday afternoon P I draw the line at that,” commented Cr Clausen at the meeting of the Palmerston North Borough Council last evening when St. Andrew’s Football Club made application for the use of the Sportsground for their football tournament on Good Friday, Easter Saturday and Easter Monday, as the fixture at North Street last year was a failure. “I also take exception to Good Friday. I don’t think that we should encourage sport on that day,” observed the Mayor. “It is -the sacred day of the year.” The council decided to grant the use of the Sportsground to the Manawatu Amateur Athletic Club on Easter Saturday and to the St. Andrew’s Football Club on Easter Monday. “I had an interesting conversation with an old Maori woman at Jerusalem, in the Upper Wanganui River district,” said Mr C. W. Baker, of Wanganui, recently. “She said that most of the young Maori girls who were living .in town, deriving a good education, and so forth, were really becoming ashamed of their older Maori habits and_ customs. She thought ‘the Maoris should remain Maoris and the pakeha, pakeha.’ It was her opinion that education wag all right, but it made them ashamed of being/Maoris. She had lived in Wanganui, and owned property in the suburbs. She preferred to be at Jerusalem, however, out in' a canoe spearing eels. She also stated that the Maoris were gradually adopting the English way of pronouncing Maori words.” »