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Manawatu Standard, Volume L, Issue 290, 3 November 1930, Page 6

That death was due to electrocution was the verdict returned at the inquest concerning the tragic fate of a lad, Thomas David Allanson, aged 14, who expired after touching a live wire at Woburn, Hutt Valley. The accident was caused by the contact of stay wires attached to electric light poles with live wires. A positive safeguard against coughs, colds and all such throat and lung complaints—“Nazol.” Put a few drops on your handkerchief each morning. Economical double size contains 120 full doses for 2s 6d. —Advt.

Hairbrushes! Real value! Just arrived with our Christmas shipments. 60 dozen whalebone hair brushes, which we can value at 2s lid, to be sold for 1 week at Is each. This is an opportunity not to be missed as we guarantee these to be pure split whalebone. Only at Collinson and Son Ltd.—Advt.

A large tangi lias commenced at Gisborne in connection with the death of Lady Carroll. An All Nations’ Fair, held recently in Wellington, yielded a profit of £4GS to the City Mission.

The golden offering taken up at All Saints’ Church on Friday and Sunday has reached the sum of £241, with several amounts still to come in.'

The generous grant of £IOO has been made Dy the Wellington Hospital Board for tire purchase of Christmas presents for the patients in its Hospital. Ratepayers of Newmarket, Auckland, rejected by 355 votes to 177 a proposal to borrow £29,000 for the purpose of widening a street in the borough. , The annual examinations of the University of New Zealand in the Manawatu district commenced to-day and will be continued until November 20. Rev. G. T. Brown, M.A., is the local supervisor.

Wlrile a lady was shopping in Auckland she was nearly knocked down in a press of people. On recovering her balance she found that her handbag, containing £3 10s, wdiich had been placed on the counter, was missing.

The question of advertising was discussed at a meeting of the committee of the Woodville Jockey Club, and was left with the president and secretary, Mr R. G. Smith wisely suggested that a little more expenditure in advertising would pay. “It may. interest you to know that a seaman’s locker is never locked,” said Mr T. Holmden, when addressing the jury in defence of a seaman in the Supreme Court at Auckland. “It is the custom to leave them open, and I am instructed that this trust is never abused.”

An exceedingly large group of sunspots was visible last week. The largest outburst appeared to be a fusion of two spots, almost in the form of an archipelago. At the rear of the group was an interesting collection of small spots in rows, directed in general toward the large spots.

The Gisborne Power Board had before it two tenders for time switches, one being a Swiss tender of £262 10s and the other a British tender at £298. The chairman moved that the lower tender be accepted, but the majority held that British firms should be given preference and the higher tender was accepted. A hippopotamus was born at the Auckland Zoo yesterday and died five hours after birth owing to neglect by the mother. The callous behaviour of the mother is puzzling the zoo authorities. She refused to go near the youngster. This is the third baby hippopotamus to be born at the Auckland Zoo. The first was killed by its father, and the second is now two years old, a splendid specimen of young male hippopotamus. When he failed to defeat Iris brother in the final of the New Zealand amateur golf championship at Palmerston North on Saturday, J. L. Black, of Hamilton, filled the role of runner-up in this important event for the fourth occasion. Last year he went under to S. Morpeth at Belmont in the final for the title. This series of minor placings in the championship constitutes a remarkable record. A fight between a thresher shark and a whale was seen off New Plymouth the other day. The whale was cruising close to the shore when it was attacked. The figtrt went on for three hours, by the end of which time both the whale and its opponent had made their way well out off the coast. At times the thresher was seen to lift its tail high in the air to beat tire whale, and at intervals they were both under water for long periods. Friday w T as Elallowe’en, or All Hallows’ Eve, the name by which the vigil of All Saints’ Day (November 1) has been knoWn for many centuries. The origin of the festival is Druidic, dating from the pre-Christian era in Great Britain. It urns about November 1 (comments an exchange) that the Druids used to hold their great autumn festival and lighted bonfires in honour of tire Sun God in thanksgiving for the harvest.

The will of the late Mrs Sarah Ann Morrison, of Eltham, who died on board the Rangitane recently, while returning to New Zealand, provides for the following charitable gifts: £25 to tlie Wellington Presbyterian Orphanage and Social Service Association for a Presbyterian orphan home in the Wellington province; also £25 to the British and Foreign Bible Society, Wellington, and a similar amount to Dr. Barnardo’s Homes, London.

“There are various incidents which have attracted attention at this tournament,” stated Mr A. Seifert (president of the Manawatu Golf Club) during the prize-giving at the conclusion of the New Zealand championship meeting on. Saturday. “The other day,” he added, “a post hole about a foot square was being dug when ono of the players arrived. He viewed it with admiration and said: ‘That is the first time I have ever seen a hole to my liking.’ ” Severe facial injuries which later necessitated the removal of an eye were received by Ralph Burton, aged 34, of Mount itoskiU, while j>laying for the Ellerslie senior cricket team on Saturday, states a Press Association message from Auckland. Mr Burton was fielding when he was struck by the ball between the left eye and the nose. The nose was broken and a deep cut over the eye inflicted. Mr Butron was removed to hospital, whore it was found necessary to remove his eye. He is well-known in cricket circles.