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Manawatu Standard, Volume L, Issue 142, 15 May 1930, Page 6

A meeting of creditors in the bankrupt estate of Roy Henry Miles, fruit dealer, of Palmerston North was to have been held yesterday, but for want of a quorum lapsed. His Honour the Chief Justice, Sir Michael Myers, has reserved his decision in the case in which Patrick Carr, contractor, of Dannevirke, proceeded in the Palmerston North Supreme Court against the Dannevirke County Council for £469 for alleged short payment for metal or, alternatively, ior alleged breach of contract. Many and varied are the incidents that cause interruptions to electricpower services. Twice recently in certain areas of the Opunake power district the service has been dislocated for a while —once when a thrush sitting on the high tension wire at Okato. a tiling that it . had probably done on numerous occasions, suddenly pecked at an earth guard near by with the result that a short circuit was created, electrocuting the bird, ‘ blowing” a fuse and depriving a large area of power. Again a wire was found down in another part of the district and the onl'> T explanation was the discover-- of an opossum at the foot of a pole bearing signs of having been electrocuted.

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Two proposals for the expenditure of £16,700 for tramway extensions were rejected by New Plymouth ratepayers yesterday by a two-to-one majority. The New Zealand Rugby team will change from all black to white and black in the Test matches against the British team. this season. There will be a white jersey with a silver fern on the breast, black knickers, and black stockings with white tops. At a meeting of the management committee of tne Wellington Football Association last evening, permission was given for Petone to send its intermediate team to Palmerston North on June 3 to pLay a curtainraiser to the Wellington-Manawatu match. Whenever there is a big attraction at the Showgrounds, there is a very large number of motor-cars parked in the vicinity. Yesterday, the parking space in Cuba Street was fpled to capacity, cars being left /is far towards the Square as the Rangitikei intersection, an unusual distance even for an important football match. The side streets near tire Showgrounds were also used as parking areas. To bag 68 ducks and 54 swans in the first three days of the season was the experience of two Christchurch sportsmen who returned from Lake Ellesmere last week. “The first day was the best,” they said, “but we had good sport for the next two.” Earlier reports from the lake seemed to point to very smail bags, but these two men were well rewarded for their trouble. They 6tate that the sport is not as good now as it was at the beginning of the season. Word has been received at Bluff that deer have invaded the muttonbird islands near Port Adventure, and are considered to be a serious menace to the mutton-bird industry. It is feared that the deer will trample in the burrows, which are generally covered with an inch or two of soft peaty soil, and destroy the young birds. It is expected that natives, on their return from the islands, will seek permission to kill the deer if thev believe that the presence of the animals on the islands is harmful to the industry.

The fact that the Dunedin Returned Soldiers’ Association is at present endeavouring to establish something in the nature of a “big brother” movement was announced by Mr H. L. Paterson at the annual meeting of the Otago Patriotic Association. Mr Paterson explained that the object was to secure assistance in getting a start in life for children of deceased soldiers. He stated that many of these children were now reaching an age when they needed a start in life, and owing to the fact that they had no fathers to help them they found the way very difficult. 1 Comment was made at the Rugby trial match in Palmerston North yesterday, on the fact that for lady spectators the prices of admission were rather severe, being the same as for men, 2s for admission at the gates and a further 2s for the stand. The match, it is understood, was under the jurisdiction of the New Zealand Union which fixed the charges. In view of the need for encouraging lady spectators at Ityagby matches throughout the Dominion, the opinion was expressed that the New Zealand Union should have not mevde the chargo for admission so high. ' At a largely attended meeting at Dunedin yesterday it was decided to support the City Council in reducing the non-essential use of electricity. It was stated that the, present supply at Waipori would only last a fortnight, and that the only water then would be from the Waipori River. With the stoam tplants working in Dunedin there would be a shortage of 3000 horse power daily. One proposal is to run the trams from nine o’clock in the morning until midday, and cease until 4.30 o’clock in the afternoon and then stop again at seven o’clock in the evening. At the request of Lord Atholstan, proprietor of the Montreal Star, the Prime Minister, Sir Joseph Ward, has dispatched the following message to Montreal to be read at the functions at which the New Zealand delegates to the Empiro Press Union Conference are being entertained by the Canadian Press: “On the occasion of your luncheon to New Zealand representatives at the Empire Press Union Conference, I send New Zealand’s hearty greetings to the sister Dominion of Canada. May the peoples of both countries advance in prosperity, united in their common allegiance to the British Crown.”

So popular have aeroplane trips over Mount Egmont become that the novelty is being made a specialty by the New Plymouth Aero Ciub, and a stock charge of £3 10s is made for the trip. Though as far as is known there "is no actual proof, reports the Taranaki Daily News, it is said that the first aeroplane trip over Mount Egmont was made in 1916 by a ’plane from the German raider Wolf, flying at night in the course of her minelaying operations, and several residents of the district firmly asserted that on the night that coincided with what was afterwards known to be a visit from the Wolf an aeroplane circled Mount Egmont and flew over the Poukai Ranges. The Southland Hospital Board has good reason to know that in Southland there is one man who is both extremely generous and extremely modest. Not long ago he went into the board office and handed over a £IOO note. Approximately £SO was to pay a Eatient’s maintenance fees at the ospital. The balance was to be used by the board as it thought fit. A few months later the same man called at the office, handed over £2OO in notes, and said that he wished it to be used by the board in assisting those affected by unemployment. He declined absolutely to give his name. Not content with this, he went back to the office a fortnight ago and handed over another £2OO in notes, with the stipulation that his name be not disclosed. The money was again to be used relieving those distressed by unemployment, says an exchange. Some mean thieves will stop at nothing, and two Invercargill taxidrivers are at present feeling rightfully indignant at their despicable actions (says an exchange). Patrons of the taxi-stands know that many of the drivers take a considerable pride in their cars and equip them with extra fittings to add to their attractive appearance. Several of the care on a certain stand are fitted with coloured marble knobs on the gear levers. These knobs, which look attractive and are serviceable in use, are fairly costly. Recently two taxis were hired for a dance. The drivers were absent from their cars for only a few minutes while waiting for their passengers. When the drivers returned they found the gear-knobs of both cars • were missing. Whoever committed the theft was foolish as well as wanton, for the gear-knobs are uncommon and conspicuous, so that anyone who used the stolen fittings would run a risk of being detected.

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