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Manawatu Standard, Volume L, Issue 120, 17 April 1930, Page 6

The name chosen for the Government lighthouse steamer, at present under construction in England, is Maun* which means in English to watch, see, inspect or examine, lbe Matai, which is to replace the Tutanekai in lighthouse service, is expected to airive in New Zealand late in October or early in November. Our Itangitikei correspondent writes: —Severe bruises were sustained by Mr Arthur Stantiall, a farmer, residing on Neumann’s Line, a lew miles from Mat-ton, while bringing in a draught horse. The animal had been running with some younger horses and Mr Stantiall had secured it with a plough-line: lho animal appeared to be docile enough, but it suddenly broke away and the lino entang.ed one of Mr Stantiall’s ' legs and he was dragged about the paddock tor some minutes ere the line freed him. . He was almost naked when he escaped and in addition to losing a good deal of skin he had one of Ins wrists fractured. ■ Peculiarly enough, his head was unscathed. If you realise that you are not adequately insured against fire loss the Mercantile and General Insurance Co.. Ltd., is- a New Zealand Company with all its' capital invested in New Zealand and thus can assure you prompt settlement. R. W. Priest, Times Buildings, Broadway, district agent. —Advt. | .

Poppy Day was held in Wellington to-day. Altogether nearly. 28,000 poppies were issued for sale. “No other city in New Zealand can claim such a record as this,” said the Mayor, Mr G. A. Troup, when announced that for the, fifth year in succession the annual cost of new buildings in Wellington had been approximately £2,000,000, the total for the past five years being approximately £10,000,000. The first assistant of the Eltham Dairy Company’s Mountain Road branch, Mr L. Kilpin, met with a painful accident when he fell into a vat of boiling water and was severely scalded. He was able to get out of the vat without assistance. It was necessary to call medical aid and Mr Kilpin was taken to the Hawera Hospital. “There is little difference between the woman of the tropics and elsewhere, regarding their desire to have a voice in the affairs of their communities,” said Rev. A. H. Voyce, in the course of an address on Bougainville, Solomon Islands, last night. He said that the native women had to'employ beads hung round their j ecks in order to attract attention by the knocking together of the beads. That the ingenuity of the native in the. Solomons is equal to-,that of any other person was illustrated by Rev. H. N. Voyce in the course of a lecture last night. When a house was being built, it was found necessary to hoist a number of poles over 40 feet in height. As no block and tackle were available, tough vines were used to make a framework and also for ropes. This appliance, combined with a large amount of man power, slowly but surely elevated the unwieldly poles. “Don’t you think 30 miles an hour too great a speed to go on a country road at 11 o’clock at night?” asked Sergeant Hodgson of a witness in the Napier Magistrate’s- Court. The Magistrate, Mr A. M. Mowlem: “You will never get.him to agree to that, or any one else, either The very fact that it is nearly midnight on a country road is the reason why they think the road is clear and they can go like streaks:” The magistrate added that the motor-cyclists particularly seemed ■to think this. Holiday periods always entail heavy traffic on the railways and Easter is probably a busier season even than Christmas because the vacation is shorter and the rush more intense. Trains were not quite up to schedule yesterday, the tendency to he late being noticeable again to-day, but to a large extent the running of the “when required,” or relief, expresses has reduced this to a minimum. The southbound Auckland express, which is scheduled to arrive. at Palmerston North at 9.20 a.m.", did not arrive today until 10.20 owing to heavy holiday traffic. The train consisted of eleven carriages which were well filled. “It is simply scandalous that any civilised community should send children to be taught in a, building in such a disgusting state as is the old New,ton East School, used for classes for children defective in hearing and speech,” said Mr W. J. Edwards, at the meeting of householders of the Grafton School district, Auckland. “I cannot speak too strongly on the subject,” said Mr Edwards. “I would not house a dog in the building. The place has been condemned by the Health Department, and yet the children are kept in such insanitary buildings. The outlook from what windows there are —and there are not six panes ,of glass in the whole place—consists of tombstones. What surroundings for subnormal children! The worst back-blocks school would be a palace compared with it. A gratifying state of affairs was shown at the meeting of the' Horowhenua Power Board on Tuesday when the secretary and treasurer (Mr E. Ramsay) presented his annual report. This showed that the financial year had ended with a nett credit of £3203. To this was added £7768, being unappropriated profits brought forward from previous years, maxing a total credit in the nett revenue account at March 31st, 1930, of £10,972. It was resolved, on the motion of the chairman (Mr G. A. Monk,) seconded by,Mr A. J> Petheriek, that a committee, consisting of the finance committee together with Mr C. Blenkhorn, be set up to frame estimates for submission at the next meeting, and to consider along with lines reductions, if any, may be made in charges during the coming year. An unusual position was discovered by Mr W. E. Barbej' (chairman of the Manawatu County Council) on a recent visit to Wellington in connection with Main Highways work. Mr Barber told the gathering at the Foxton Presbyterian Church anniversary bauquet on Tuesday evening (writes our Foxton correspondent) that he had occasion to visit Wellington recently in connection with the Himatangi-Rangi-otu highway gs there had been a good deal of trouble between the council and the Railway Department over the location of the' road. He was somewhat surprised to find that the Railway Department owned the road and the council owned the land on which the railway ivas situated. The matter had been satisfactorily arranged, however, but it was owing to this fact that the road was located so near the railway line in places on the Foxton-Palmerston North highway.