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Manawatu Standard, Volume LII, Issue 95, 22 March 1932, Page 6

Rations issued as relief by tbs Palmerston North Hospital Board during February totalled 447 for 85 cases m the whole district. There were 196 rations issued to 29 cases in Palmerston North. Electrical units purchased by the Palmerston North City Council’s electrical department last month totalled 864,680, as against 819,940 for the corresponding month last year. Units generated were 2491 (5059). Sixteen nominations have been received from the Wellington district, which extends as far north as Paraparaumu, on behalf of sons of ex-ser-vicemen for entrance to Flock House under the new scheme. The works committee recommended to the Palmerston North City Council last evening that tho equipment erected at each of tho playing areas for children be inspected regularly and in tho matter of safety the chutes be boarded up underneath as directed by the Mayor. The town clerk is to report whether it has been the practico to regularly inspect tho equipment in the past. . '< 1 .

A partial eclipse of the moon, almost total in extent, will be visible throughout New Zealand during this evening. At the greatest phase of eclipse only three-hundredths of the moon’s diameter will remain unobscured by the umbra of the earth, and as the remaining portion of the lunar disc will he immersed at that time in the densest portion of the penumbra, the eclipse, to the naked eye observer, will probably appear as a total one. The moon will enter the penumbra at 9.29 p.m. and the umbra, or real shadow, exactly an hour later at The middle of the eclipse will occur at 12 2 a.m. on the morning of March 26. At 1 35, the moon will leave the umbra and the final stage of the eclipse, when the moon finally leaves the penumbra will occur at 2.36. This eclipse is the second of a series of four visible in 1932, two of the sun and two of the moon, and is the only one that will be compfetely visible m this country.

With the autumn season on hand and frocks so easy to make, our new fabrics will be a thing of beauty to you. One carticularly interesting line is a wool crepe ?n twelve leading shades at the mcriest price of 6s lid. and 6s lid yurd.-Col-Unson and Cuuninghame, Ltd.—Advt.

The installation of an automatic stoker at the Palmerston North Hospital has practically been completed, and tests are being carried out. When tho House of Representatives met last night (states a Wellington message) a number of petitions were presented, some of which were stated to be from business men, asking that there be no further reductions in salaries and wages.

The Palmerston North City Council decided, on the recommendation of the lighting committee, last night, to write off £166 11s 10d, being'accounts: owing for goods supplied by the gas and electricity departments and considered uncollectable.

Following out the recommendation of the social welfare committee, the Palmerston North Hospital Board yesterday decided to consider returning to Australia a destitute family who had settled in the district, provided the cost did not exceed £ls.

Several communications were received by the Palmerston North City Council last evening from municipalities owning electrical undertakings agreeing to support the council in nny action it may take against the absorption by power boards of municipal electrical undertakings. “The reputation of the maternity home has been well broadcast and, considering the number of applications received, we could do with a great deal of increased accommodation, stated the chairman (Mr J. K. Homblow) at the meeting of the Palmerston North Hospital Board yesterday. In her report to the Palmerston North City Council last evening, the acting-librarian, Mrs F. W. Christian, stated that the amount received for subscriptions during February was £46 11s. Nineteen, books had been added at a cost of £7 18s. Books sent into circulation totalled 8286, and magazines and periodicals supplied were 116.

The proceedings before the Transport Licensing Board, which sat in Palmerston North yesterday and today, are much less formal than those before an ordinary Court. The members of the board, together with the secretary and those appearing for applicants, all sat round a table, and when witnesses were called they were not sworn in the usual way, but were simply warned by the chairman of the penalties to which they were liable if they gave false information. Steps taken to trace books belonging to the Municipal Library that had not been accounted for were detailed in a report to the Palmerston City Council- last evening by the actinglibrarian, Mrs F. W. Christian. In one case the tracing of a book had led to the matter being placed in the hands of tho police. A careful watch was being kept on the library property, added Mrs Christian.

No definite advice has been received by the police concerning the whereabouts of Mr Cyril Towsey, the wellknown pianist and music teacher, who disappeared in Auckland last Thursday evening. The police received information that a man answering to Mr Towsey’s description had been seen in Hobson Street at about 7.30 a.m. on Saturday, while another informant stated he had seen him in a fish shop in Victoria Street west shortly before midnight on Saturday. No corroboration of these statements has been obtained. . i , Unruly scenes were witnessed at the entrance to the Civic Theatre) at Christchurch, on Sunday evening, when a clamorous section of a large crowd waiting to gain admission to the J. C. , Williamson company’s charity concert made strenuous efforts to get past the barrier without dropping coins in the collection box. Doorkeepers, officials, and a squad of police were faced with a formidable task at one stage to prevent the entrance to the stalls being rushed. Finally, partial order was restored on an appeal by the Mayor, Mr D. G. Sullivan. ■At a meeting of the New Zealand Meat Producers’ Board, it was decided to request the Government that its chairman, Mr D. Jones, and its London manager, Mr It. S. Forsyth, should be officially attached —at the board’s expense—to the New Zealand delegation to the Ottawa Conference as representing the meat producers of this Dominion. The board is so impressed with the importance of the forthcoming Ottawa Conference that it is strongly of the opinion that the Dominion’s meat industry should be represented, and its representatives officially attached to the New Zealand delegation.

The lighting committee recommended in its report to the Palmerston North City Council last evening that the account received from the Department of Industries and Commerce for £46 Is 2d, representing a levy of 12s 6d per million cubic feet on 76,696,100 cubic feet of gas consumed for the year ended December 31, 1931, in Palmerston North, be passed fqr payment and that the council protest against the charge. The council endorsed the recommendation and also decided to support a protest by the Petono Borough Council anent the same levy. The National Expenditure Commission is to be advised of the protests. A large tree, about 40ft high and almost as many feet in its spread, which is stated by some folk to be a fairy silver elm, and which is thought to be the only one of its kind in the Dominion, is growing, amongst many other beautiful trees, in the garden of a wellknown Auckland resident, Mrs Austin Carr, of Epsom. There is a remarkable feature about the foliage of this tree, in that the leaves are a silvery white with small blotches or scratchings of emerald green on them. On close examination of a leaf, it appears as though it had been painted with green enamel, and that the enamel has been mostly chipped off, leaving a white, flawless surface. The “fairy” effect of colouring and marking on the leaves is increased by holding a sprig up to the light. \ ' To the meeting of the Palmerston North City Council last evening the Palmerston North Citizens’ Committee forwarded the following resolutions for the council’s consideration:— “That this executive respectively requests the City Council to drastically reduce the estimates with the object of substantially lowering the rates for the ensuing year.” “That this association again voices its objection to any loans being raised for any purpose without the consent of the ratepayers.” “I don’t know quite who this association is,” commented the Mayor, “but I have an idea it had something to do with "the nominations at the last council election. The request for the reduction of rates is quite all right, but as regards the raising of loans there are circumstances which govern those cases, and, while they hold certain views, this council may hold different ones, and it is not always possible to act as suggested.” The letter was received on the motion of the Mayor, seconded by Cr Hodgens, with the comment that tho matters would be taken into consideration.

Barometers! Special purchase of English barometers has just come to hand. Those are all assorted designs in oak and mahogany, with silver metal, brass, or opal dials. These are a special purchase at English prices, thus we are offering the public a 25 per cent, discount on every barometer bought. These are all tested and 6et, ready for use. Buy one for that presentation now 1 Only at Collinson and Son’s. Ltd., Broadway.—-Advt

About 31 per cent, of the Christchurch City Council’s rates remained unpaid yesterday. !' ... Tho Marama arrived in Sydney this morning from Auckland. -the maroa. arrived at the same port Wellington. - The total number of consumers or electricity in Palmerston North is no 5628. The total connected load, including street lights, is now 16,84.. k.w. “Hospital maintenance expenditure for the year is £4OOO below what we paid out for similar service last year, stated the managing-secretary (Mr A. J. Phillipps) to the monthly meeting of the Palmerston North Hospital Board yesterday. “We will be considering our estimates shortly,” stated the Mayor (Mr Mansford), when addressing a deputation to tho Palmerston North City Council last evening, “and we will have to reduce our estimates from the point of view of the expenditure incurred in the past on tar-sealing. His Grace Archbishop Redwood on Sunday laid the foundation stone of new buildings at Holy Cross College, Mosgiel, established 22 years ago as a provincial seminary for training students for the priesthood. Over £23,000 lias been collected for the erection of additions' to the building.

Permission was given by the Palmerston North City Council last evening to a resident of Linton Street to remove a cabbage tree on the side of the street provided he replaces it with another suitable tree. Ihe applicant stated that he .desired to lay down a grass plot. Cr Keeble said the tree was a dirty one as it shed its leaves all over the place.

Numbers of unemployed men have been engaged at the Palmerston North Hospital during the month in gardening and other activities. The executive reported to tho Hospital Board yesterday afternoon that it had considered the position that had arisen owing to the various unemployment committees deciding to enforce a residential qualification against men movwithin the distret. It had been decided to communicate with the unemployment committees regarding specific cases, no further action at present being necessary.

Consideration was given by tho City Council last evening to a suggestion by Cr Hodgens that the reading room at the municipal library be opened on Easter Saturday for "the usual Sunday hour to make available facilities for those who would have a food deal of leisure time on their ands. A division was taken and the proposal was rejected by five votes to three.

Speaking in the House of Representatives last night on the Mortgagors and Tenants Relief Bill, the Prime Minister said that the Government was fully alive to the necessity of interfering as little as possible with the ordinary flow of commerce, and it was recognised that it would be better for the country if nothing were done to prevent trade from being affected. But these were extraordinary times, and they called for extraordinary action. Legislative action caused a certain amount of dislocation, and a certain amount of disinclination to invest money, and it was well to recognise that measures of tho sort now before Parliament did tend to have these effects.