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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIV, Issue 118, 18 April 1934, Page 6

Parliament has, under a proclamation issued yesterday, been further prorogued to May 24.

The Health Department’s local inspector notified the Kairanga County. Council yesterday that an inspection of the Manawatu River had disclosed that reports alleging pollution had been grossly exaggerated. Among the letters brought by Mr Ulm in the Faith of Australia last week was one from the deputy-director of the Young Australia League, New South Wales (Mr Marie), for the Mayor of Dunedin (Rev, E. T. Cox). The letter stated that a party of 40 members of the league proposed to visit New Zealand towards the end of the year.

Several sums forwarded’ to various Government departments as conscience money are acknowledges by the Secretary to the Treasury in the current Gazette. They are 2s received by the Post and Telegraph Department, 2s 6d by the Railways Department, £3 forwarded to the Public Service Commissioner, 6s 9d forwarded to the Customs Department, and £4 forwarded to the Treasury. That the earthquake tremors of Saturday evening had an unexpected effect was brought home to a dairyman who discovered that his artesian water supply had steadily diminished until he was left with only a trickle emerging from the pipe. However, it is an ill wind which does not blow someone some good, and while the one dairyman suffered a loss, there are instances where others who had formerly had decreased flows now had their supplies augmented. Apparently, the settling down of the earth had diverted the underground currents in unexpected directions.

The brightest quip of an enthusiastic farewell to members of the J. C. Williamson New Comic Opera Company at His Majesty's Theatre, Auckland, on Saturday night came from Mr Don Niool, the brilliant juvenile comedian of the company. In his droll way, he was thanking the audience for the support the company had received and for the manner in which he had been treated during the tour of the Dominion. “It’s a great country,” he said. “The people have given us a wonderful time, and we have enjoyed ourselves immensely. All I can say is that Bernard Shaw is talking through his whiskers.”

The Native Affairs Commission will commence the heaving of evidence in Auckland to-morrow. One building permit covering a value of £796 was issued in the Manawatu County last mouth. The Archbishop of Canterbury (Dr Cosmo Lang) will preach the sermon at the Adam Lindsay Gordon memorial ceremony in Westminster Abbey on May 11. The foundation stone of a Masonic Temple being erected by Lodge Whangarei was yesterday afternoon laid by W. Bro. Oliver Nicholson, P.G.M., and Grand 'Jtodge officer. A start has been made bv a party under the control of the Buffer Mining Committee with the carrying out of research work on the Pakihi gold field from a grant made from an art union. The Wellington City Council has decided to purchase a warehouse property in lower Cuba Street, for £36,000 in order to provide new accommodation for its tramway and electric light departments. In appreciation of the services of the Fire Brigade in dealing with a recent outbreak of fire at their premises, the Premier Drapery Company have made a donation of £1 Is to the brigade’s recreation fund. The Orama, which arrived in Sydney the other day. brought in cold storage a wreath from General Sir lan Hamilton, who, since the Sydney Cenotaph was unveiled, has sent a wreath to be placed on the Cenotaph each Anzac Day.

Several cases of diphtheria in the Northland and Karori districts, Wellington, have been reported. The Government Health Officer stated yesterday that odd cases had occurred but there was nothing in the nature of an outbreak.

Continuing a custom he has carried out for about 13 years, Mr Alder Fisher, of Auckland, who celebrated his 93rd birthday yesterday, hopes to make an ascent of Rangitoto on Sunday, accompanied by Sir George Fowlds. The Inspector of Health reported yesterday to the Manawatu County Council that there had been no cases of infectious diseases in the county during the past quarter. The inspector also stated that health conditions at Tangimoana Beach had been much improved. The Royal Shipwreck Relief and Humane Society has awarded its gold medal and certificate of merit to Eugene Laurence O’Toole for his bravery in going to the, aid of Francis Athol Riley when the latter was attached by a shark at Deewhy on March 12, near Sydney. Strong hopes for further successful field work in connection with the search for oil in the Poverty Bay district, as a result of the geological survey work which is now proceeding, >vere expressed by Mr A. H. Kimbell, former Secretary of Mines, who ha.s been on a visit to Gisborne.

Rotorua Maoris are reported to be already making preparations for the forthcoming visit of Prince George. They are weaving special mats and preparing other articles of Maori craftsmanship which will be presented to the Pr ince at the great Maori welcome to be accorded him when he visits Rotorua.

The co-operation of the Government, aviation and local body engineering experts in determining what is the best site for a future aerodrome for commercial purposes, is to be sought by the Wellington Airport Enquiry Committee which, at its first meeting yesterday, decided to take the inrtial steps in this direction. With three-quarters of the financial year elapsed, the public accounts o* New South Wales show an improvement of £923,778 on the statement for the corresponding period twelve months previously. Though revenue has declined by £2,807,046 the expenditure has declined more, namely, by £3,73.0,824, The financial year ends in June. The suggestion contained in an Eltham Press Association message that he intended to resign from the Legislative Council in order to contest the Stratford seat at the next general election, was denied by the Minister of Industries and Commerce, Hon. R. Masters, when interviewed on his return to Wellington from Stratford last evening. Mr Masters said he was ignorant of any intentions of such a nature. “When you consider that you can stay in the Stevens Hotel in Chicago for something more than eight years, sleeping in a different bedroom each night, ypu will have some idea of the size of the building,” said Mr E. J. Bell, a visitor, to a Christchurch pressman. In this hotel Mr Bell was sleeping on the twenty-fourth floor, and his room was numbered 2456, and there were in all 3000 bedrooms, each with a bathroom attached. Mr P. S. Larcomb writes in reference to the exhibitions of fire-fighting appliances which are being held by the brigades throughout New Zealand. He states that last evening he availed himself of the invitation and called in at the fire station in Cuba Street. Joining up with a large party, conducted by an officer, a thorough inspection was made and a particularly interesting and instructive half hour resulted. The visit was well worth while, giving a great insight into the methods adopted to combat the ravages of fire.

Hopes that the money required to enable him to compete in the Centenary air race as representative of New Zealand, would be forthcoming are entertained by Squadron-Leader L. D. Hewett, who admits that he is very keen on entering the race states a message from ’Wellington. He sai'd he had been approached by an Auckland syndicate and asked to nominate his own team. He was to have met members of the syndicate in Auckland yesterday but had to fly a passenger to Wellington.

Blue warning lights were recently installed at the four corners of the Dunedin public hospital block at the instigation of the Otago Motor Club. At a meeting of the club’s committee last evening, it was reported that the new system had proved an undoubted success. It was decided to suggest to the South Island Motor Union that it should take the matter up with the authorities in Wellington in an endeavour to have such a system adopted throughout New Zealand in respect to both public and private hospitals. The fact that Sir Truby King had faith in women was instanced by Mrs Gilmour, president of the Lyttelton sub-branch of the Plunket Society, in an address at the annual meeting of the Sydenham-Cashmere-Sprevdon sub. branch last week. As an example of his genius, she said that some men had failed because they did not have faith in women, but Sir Truby had, by availing himself of the help women could give him, laid a wonderful foundation for women’s work, not only in New Zealand but in other countries of the world;

“Canada is regarded as part of America in the States,” said a Canterbury resident in the course of a lecture on his recent travels in America. “New Zealand and England are foreign countries, and there are special rates for postage to them, but Canada is not regarded as foreign, and takes tho same postage rates as those existing' from State to _ State in America itself. At the Libra.rv Conference there were no Canadians, and it was explained to me that it was never considered that Canada should be represented separately.”