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Manawatu Standard, Volume LII, Issue 269, 13 October 1932, Page 6

The academic year at Massey Agricultural College ended to-day. Enrolments for the dairy farming and sheep farming course at the Massey Agricultural College, commencing on October 2-5, number 20. and additional enrolments are expected at the end of the secondary school vear.

Replying to Mr R. McKeen, in the House yesterday, the Prime Minister. Mr Forbes, said the question of granting a farther extension of the protection to tenants under the rent restriction legislation was under consideration by the Government. Approval of mules and a draft con-

stitution occupied a long meeting of the provisional executive of the newly formed Manavratu Progress League last evening. Numbers of raacninery matters have yet to he finalised. Mr W. G. Black presided over a good attendance. Support for its proposal for a suggested amendment to the Dog Registration Act whereby the license fee tor any dog may be increased to £'2 was requested by the Kairanga County Counci, in a letter to the Pohangina Count; Council yesterday. It was decided to take action to uphold the suggestion.

The death has occurred in the Waikato Hospital of Mrs Eila Rickard, widow of the late Mr Hannibal Rickard, of Puketaha, at the age of 64 years. Mrs Rickard was spring-clean-ing at her home in Ciaudeiands, when a step-ladder on which she was standing collapsed. She fell and fractured her pelvis. The 33rd anniversary of the commencement of the Sonth African War fell yesterday. The war ended with the signing of the Treaty of Yereeniging, on May 31, 19C2. Ten contingents, comprising ajoout 64C0 men. were sent from New Zealand, the first force leaving nine days after the declaration of war.

An exciting incident occurred when the Port Gisborne, which arrived at Auckland from London via Panama yesterday was approximately half-way across the Pacific. A member of the crew. Quartermaster Nicholl, accidentally fell overboard in shark-infested waters and was picked up by a boat launched from the motor ship. The unexpected treat of a pheasant for dinner, out of season, was enjoyed by an .Inglewood relief worker and his family. While the Inglewood county lorry was returning from Tarata with the workmen a cock pheasant suddenly fiew up and struck the windscreen with such force as to completely shatter it. The bird then hit the smai? window at the rear of the driver's seat and landed with a broken neck among the men stated in the back of the iorrv.

A rare Maori pamphlet has recently come into the possession of Mr A. McDonnell, of Wanganui. It is believed to have been printed at Paihia. Bay of Islands, in 1539, by the Church Missionary Press. Gut of the 4000 copies printed, the existence of only two is known. One is in the Turnbull Library, and one in Wanganui. The pamphlet is a Maori version of an address delivered by the first Anglican Bishop to visit New Zealand, Bishop Broughton. “There are no severe technical difficulties in an assault on Mount Everest,'" said Mr A. P. Harper, founder of the New Zealand Alpine Club, in a lecture at Auckland. The greatesthardships arose from the rarity of the atmosphere and the blustering weather. The weight of oxygen apparatus. about 301 b, which was practically indispensable for _ jhe_ final stretch, added to the difficulties. Comparatively speaking, the ascent- of Everest

“1 believe that the good old Empire Trill tike a Lew lease of life as a res'_i:r of tie Ottawa Conference, and that- 19S-3 vrill be the beginning of a nerr era,' 1 said Mr W. P. Cross, of Northampton, a leading English industrialist, in an address to the Auckland Rotary Clnb. “I am not just talking optimistically, hat because I believe_ it to be true,” he added, Mr Cross is a member of the executives of the Federation of British Industries and the Empire Chambers of Commerce.

j Candidates for the Navy must give j evidence of the best character before their at'plications are considered. The naval authorities stated at Wellington 'yesterday that under no circumstances i Trould they consider an application I from a person who had been convicted ; in a criminal court. The statement teas 1 made on account of a recent message [ from Greymouth dealing with a report of a Police Court case. It was stated i that '“efforts will be made meanwhiie to get- accused into the Navy to obtain desirable discipline. ’ ’

In the House of Representatives, yesterday, ilr E. T. Tirikatene asked whether the Government would take

immediate steps to _amend the electoral laws with the object of placing the Maori people on the same electoral footing as the pakeha, so as to enable the election of Maori members of Parliament to be conducted on the same basis of secrecy as with ail other members. Mr Femes replied that the matter would be investigated when the amendment to the electoral laws was under consideration.

“As a result of the- heavy rains on the other side of the Ranges a big flood occurred early in September, the Mans warn River rising to 14 feet 6 inches,” retorted the principal (Professor G. S. Peren) to the meeting of the Massey College Council yesterday. '•Naturally the paddocks on the accretion were submerged and a considerable amount of damage was done to fences. The Tiritea Stream backed up as a result of the high level in the big river and as usual low lying paddocks adjoining it- were Seeded. However. no damage was done to fences in this area. The deposit of silt which was left behind will benefit- the pastures tremendously except in the case of one paddock on the dairy farm, where it was deep enough to smother the grass. A portion has had to be re-sown.”