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Manawatu Standard, Volume L, Issue 114, 10 April 1930, Page 6

The Melanesian Mission steamer Southern Cross left Auckland this week on her cruise to the mission stations in the Islands. A generous offer by Mr W. B. Barlow, the representative for Birkenhead on the Waitemata Electric Power Board, was made recently to the Birkenhead School Committee, through its chairman, Mr J. Macdonald. The chairman said that Mr Harlow had offered to the committee his fee of a guinea for'attending meetings of the Waitemata Power Board, provided the money was used on work which would help to relieve unemployment in the district. Mr DarlowiJ cheque for £4O was received at the school committee s meeting this week. A curious episode occurred at the Waihi Hospital the other night, andit all came about owing to a-mistake in ringing up tiro wrong ’phone number. a oiiio interloper was noticed by one of tho staff roaming about the grounds after midnight, and she immediately rang up what she thought was the police station. A few minutes later those on duty were 1 much astonished to witness members of the fire brigade pouring into the grounds, looking for the seat of the expected outbreak. Explanations' followed, and it is assumed that the midnight prowler, hearing the roar of the approaching fire engine, made off in a hurry. If you realise that you are not adequately insured against firfl loss the Mercantile and General Insurance Co.. Ltd., is a Now Zealand Company with all its capital invested in New jfeal&nd and thus can assure you prompt settlement. R. W. Priest, Times Buildings, Broadway, dis-1 trict agent.—Advt.

The Pohangina County Ctiuiicii’yesterday decided to make a grant of £lO toward the New Zealand Obstetrical Fund.

An invitation, to attend the Anzac Day services in Auckland has had to be declined by the Governor-General, Lord Bledisloe. A letter received by the Mayor of Auckland, Mr G. Baildon, stated “His Excellency much appreciates the invitation, but regrets that he is unable to accept it. Their Excellencies have arranged to attend the Anzac Day commemoration service in Wellington this year.” Following the announcement that the three chief taxi-cab companies an Auckland have reduced their fares, a similar move lias been made by a Wellington firm operating 12 cars. It is intended to charge Is a mile for four passengers instead of 2s 9d for the first mile for one passenger and Is 6d for each additional mile. Each additional passenger was also charged another sixpence a mile under the old charges.

“You don’t suggest that if a friend of yours was drunk and you were isober, you should both be charged with* drunkenness?” asked Mr Justice Frazer of a witness in the Arbitration Court at Palmerston North yesterday afternoon, when dismissing an application by the New Zealand Flaxmfllers’ Association, of Foxton, to be joined as a defendant with another party against whom' a breach of award conditions was alleged. The anomaly was 60 apparent that the point was not pressed further. It was stated by the treasurer of the Pohangina County Council, at yesterday’s meeting, that of the rates levied during the year 1929-30, amounting to £9522 2s, a total of £9303 Os 8d liad already been collected, the outstanding balance being £219 Is 4d. Arrears from previous years amounted to £295 17s 3d, bringing the aggregate not yet collected to £514 18s 7d. The treasurer said that there were not a great many ratepayers concerned, and he was hopeful of collecting the bulk of the money outstanding. “The winnig onf alluvial gold art unions is not all that it seems —in fact, one’s troubles just start when one wins the first prize,” stated a speaker at the complimentary supper of the Napier Amateur Athletic and Cycling Club, in referring to the fact that the club won the Mirdi Gras art union. Ho stated that so far the club had been unable to realise on the gold at what it considered a reasonable price. Ihe gold was Waihi gold, and was valued ut £IOO, but the most the club had so far been offered was something in the vicinity of £7O. A phenomenon that is creating some concern in Cambridge is the fact that during the past few weeks the waters of Te Koutu Lake, in the Cambridge Domain, have turned a distinct yellow. The lake also gives off an unpleasant odour. The matter is being investigated by the Domain Board and samples of the water have been sent for analysis. The chairman of the board, Mr S. Lewis, says that the water at the outlet where there is a good How is not discoloured. It was believed that the colour and smell were due to the dry spell, causing stagnation among the weeds round the lake edges. J.t was confidently expected that the unpleasantness would disappear after the first heavy rain.

i Cabled advice to the effect that Major Bapty of the Indian Army team, had created a world’s record rifle score at Bisley, England, recently, has recalled a remarkable performance at Feilding many years ago. Under King’s Prize conditions —seven shots at 200, 500 and 500 yards.—Major Bapty scored the possible of 21 consecutive bull’s eyes. Firing with the Old Manchester Rifles Volunteer Corps at Feilding years ago, Major J. E. Barltrop scored the possible with seven consecutive bull’s eyes at 500 yards. He repeated the performance at 500 yards, and finally, finished with a record of 21 consecutive bull’s eyes at the end of the 700 yards shoot. The latter range was an extremely hard one. The breaking of the dry spell, welcome as it is to farmers, will be doubly welcome to those interested in acclimatisation, a reporter was informed. Numerous small creeks in the district dried up and mortality among trout was heavy. Waterways which have withstood many hot summers grew gradually dry, and trout of all sizes were to be seen swimming in the small pools or lying stranded in the bed. One resident of Pohangina counted twentyone trout dead in what had been a deep pool in Digger’s Creek at the upper end of the valley. It was also stated that no difficulty could have been experienced in securing a sackful of fine fish from any of the shallow pools. The heavy rain of the past two days had alleviated the anxiety of further heavy mortality. People who happened to be out of doors last evening, about 5 o’clock, witnessed an excellent example of a double rainbow. ’ihe huge double arc stemed to extend from the hills in the south to the direction of Bunnythorpe. The phenomenon of two rainbows, the second, and in last night’s case the outer, being called the secondary, is caused througn a portion of the light refracted by the rain which causes the primary bow being leflected and falling upon the raindrops. The colours in the secondary bow are reversed in order to those in the primary, this being accounted for on the principle that a reflection exhibits .an arrangement precisely the opposite to that of the object reflected. Rainbows of the third order, according to one standard work, have been seen, but they are of rare occurrence.

“The insurance business in New Zealand during the past two years has been bad, and the tire loss of 21s Id per head is the highest in the world/’ remarked Mr Edward L. Lumley to a Christchurch Press reporter. .Mr Lumley, who is managing director of a Lombard Street firm, London, and an underwriter at Lloyd’s, is at present touring New Zealand.. He said that it was a tribute to New Zealand that the burglary hazard was very small —probably smaller than in any other country. The fire insurance waste, on the other hand, was the highest, and at the present time amounted to about £SOOO a day. Statistics showed that these happenings came in cycles, and the insurance companies hoped for an improvement. Asked if he could-assign a reason for the fire waste being so high, Mr Lumley replied, that one-factor was the largo amount of electric wiring done during the war with inferior material. Then there were many more wooden buildings in New Zealand than in either Australia or England. In comparison with New Zealand, tho.loss by lire in Australia ivas not groat.

No harmful drugs in Yeaston Tablets, only pure Brewers’ Yeast.—Leary’s Pharmacies, Ltd.—Advt.

Easter weather. It’s a risk if its cold and you have omitted to include a travelling rug—a handy bag, a cosy coat or frock. Don’t delay. Select now from the store that serves ' you right.—The C. M. Ross Co., Ltd., for quality, '■ style and value.—Advt.

Why worry thro’ the winter with a “grouch?” A saa-eyed Peever, sulky and morose, Why lie around,'or by a fire crouch? While- wise ones take “The Little Daily Dose.” ’ , • . Why not be “0.K.,” confident and gay? Instead of having lung-woes to endure; Why not. begin the wiser way to-day ? i With Woods’ Great Peppermint. Cure.— Advt.