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Manawatu Standard, Volume LII, Issue 270, 14 October 1932, Page 6

The only contribution to the Financial Debate in the House of Representatives yesterday afternoon was a speech by Mr D. G. Sullivan. The introduction of the Customs resolutions transcended in importance all other business.

Numerous inquiries have been received at the Defence Department beadqu alters in Palmerston North from prospective volunteers in the Battery units. Ten recruits have joined up with one battery and eight with another during the past week. Mr T. Hannam, one of the local riders in last Saturday’s cycle road race to Wellington, had to be admitted to the Wellington Hospital. Mr Hannam fell from his cycle and received slight concussion and bruises, and was conveyed by ambulance to the hospital. He was able to leave the institution and return home yesterday.

Minutes of the first meeting of the chamber, held on May 1, 1898, as recorded by the late Mr Richard Leary, and of meetings in 1903 and 1910 as recorded by tlio late Mr Gustav Hirsh, were before the Palmerston North Chamber of Commerce last evening. They had been located and forwarded by Mr V. T. Dibble, who was accorded a vote of thanks for these interesting records of the chamber’s early history. An indication that the appointment of cadets to the Public Service, which has been suspended for some time for reasons of economy, will probably be resumed next. year is contained in a communication which has been received from the Public Service Commissioner by the Napier Employment of Youth Committoe, an organisation which has been endeavouring for several months past to find positions for boys leaving school.

A row of black pansies has been grown by Mr W. Garrick in his garden at Mount Albert, Auckland. The pursuit of the unusual has long been a fascinating subject for horticulturists, and many attempts have been made to produce a blue rose or a carnation of unusual colour. The growth of the black pansy has interested many growers, professional and otherwise, but until this year the desired bloom had not been produced, in New Zealand, at any rate, it is claimed. “The Manawatu and West Coast A. and Pi Association has our best wishes,” stated the chairman (Mr A. J. Graham) at the meeting of the council of tlie Chamber of Commerce, last evening, when Mr A. Clark urged that-every support should be given to tlie approaching Royal Show nxutre. “I am sure we will do our best as individuals to help an institution which has done a great deal for Palmerston North, and which, it is hoped, it will continue to do for many more years,” added the chairman.

The Limitation of Speed on Vehicles on Public Roads and Streets Bill was introduced by Hon. D. Buddo in the Legislative Council yesterday and read for tire first time.

Arrangements are being made through secondary school headmasters for a party of 30 New Zealand boys to visit Australia at the end of this year. A similar party was organised last year.

There was a very good entry at the special dairy, cattle sale held at Feilding yesterday, with a strong demand for heifers and springing cows, there being an appreciable advance on recent prices. A conviction that there is a great market awaiting New Zealand produce in the Far East is expressed by Mr J. R. McKenzie, of Wellington, who has just returned from a visit to China and Japan. The Speakers of the Legislative Council and the House of Representatives, accompanied by members of each House of the Legislature, waited upon the Governor-General yesterday morning and presented to His Excellency the Address-in-Reply to the Speech from the Throne. The district health officer (Mr S. B. Reed) notified the Oroua County Council yesterday afternoon that he had carried out the usual health inspection visits within .the county during the past quarter and had much pleasure in announcing that no cases of infectious diseases had been notified. On the ground that the notices erected by the Main Highways Board on the Bombay deviation to restrict the speed of cars to 30 miles an hour were insufficient, charges brought against 60 motorists in the Pukekohe Magistrate’s Court by the traffic inspector for tho board were dismissed. Mr H. G. Bryant, of Manakau, mot with an accident that might have had serious results on Wednesday. While engaged in killing a sheep, the knife slipped and caused a very severe wound in the leg. He was taken to the Levin Hospital to have it attended to, and after his return home medical attention was again necessary.

The prompt action of his fostermother was the means of rescuing a Maori boy named Tinerau, the adopted son of Rangi Tamati, from a dangerous position in a boat at the Whakatane Heads. The boy was rowing in a dinghy outside the groyne and ventured too far out, with the result that the boat was caught in the current and carried swiftly downstream. Hearing the boy’s cries, the foster-mother swam out to the dinghy. She then rowed to the shore.

A request that the Minister of Defence, Hon. J. G. Cobbe, should forbid the holding of military parades on Armistice Sunday was made by Rev. C. L. Carr in the House of Representatives yesterday. The Minister replied that before the suspension of compulsory military training church parades had always been held on the Sunday nearest to Armistice Day. The parade this year would represent merely a renewal of this former practice. He would not forbid parades. The Police Shield, which has been donated to the Manawatu Wrestling Association to be awarded annually to the most improved wrestler, while the successful competitor will receive a gold medal, will be offered at the forthcoming amateur championships. No definite date has been set down for the championships, but it is probable that they will be decided at the Showgrounds Stadium during the course of the Royal Show. It will thus be necessary for local amateurs to continue serious training operations in preparation for the serious test ahead. According to reports and statements made at the conference of New Zealand Acclimatisation Societies yesterday in Wellington, there are excellent reasons for believing that tho huia is not extinct. It appears that expeditions and investigations have been made, the results of which have been kept secret, as it is desired that the localities where the huia may be found shall not be disclosed for fear of putting collectors on the track. An Otago delegate informed tire conference that men going into the back country in Otago had been asked to keep their eyes open for signs of the notornis mantelli another New Zealand bird believed to be extinct.