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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIV, Issue 306, 23 November 1934, Page 6

. Arrangements for the conversion of loans totalling £1,455,400 were a P" proved at a meeting of the Auckland Harbour Board this week. This was stated to be one of. the biggest conversions in the Dominion. A rather unfortunate and painful accident befell the young daughter of Mr Lang, of Papatawa, the other day. The little girl, who is only three years old, was playing with other children and had the misfortune to have a garden fork driven through her foot.

A half-pound nugget of gold has been handed to the manager of the Dubbo (N.S.W.) branch of the Rural Bank by a resident of the far west tor safe keeping. The discovery of the nugget, which is pure alluvial gold resulted in an intensive search for a reef, but so far it has not been found.

A machine to obviate injurv to nurses at the female ward at the Auckland Infirmary when bathing heavy and bedridden patients has recently been constructed, according to a report by the resident engineer which came before the Auckland Hospital Board at a meeting this week. It is believed to be absolutely safe, “foolproof,, and seitsustaining, and needs a minimum ot exertion to operate. A test load of 2801 b. required a weight of only /lb. lOozs. to move the turning handle, the machine will lower a patient from the top of the bath to the bottom in 60 seconds, and there is very little difference between the power required to raise or lower a patient.

In a review of Mr Lloyd George’s War Memoirs in the Daily Mail, by Mr Winston Churchill, a generous tribute was paid to Mr Lloyd George for his work during the war l’or two years,” wrote Mr Churchill, “he tolled from dawn to midnight, hardly ever missing the essential, often tripping but never falling, always keeping ins feet, always keeping his head; with his face always to the fore. His personal exertions compelled the Admiralty to adopt the convoy system which broke the submarine campaign. He animated an Administration at home so earnest, so strenuous, and so resourceful that the war-worn troops in the trenches knew—and thanked God for it—that there was no slacking behind the front.” “Our descendants,” Mr Churchill concluded, “will inquire -with curiosity why this doer-of-things and getter-of-things-done should, during the last 12 years, have been denied all opportunity to serve the . State.”

When conversing with a reporter yesterday, Miss Kathleen Court stated it was most unusual to see a woman driving a motor car in Germany. In a recent tour of the country by car she had found that the men seemed to resent it.

A Gazette last night published a lengthy list of goods which have been exempted from the sales tax. It occupies nearly seven columns in the Gazette and " contains a miscellany extending from aceto-arsenites to stain-ed-glass windows. To what lengths the German people will go in their search for national health was touched upon by Miss Kathleen Court, now visiting Palmerston North, Avhen interviewed yesterday. In some schools, she said, when the sunlight was obscured special lamps were used to make artificial sunlight.

At various times some very large flat fish have been caught on the beach at Waitarere, these being of the brill or plaice varieties, but pride of place must surely go to Mr A.' Smith, of Kimberley Road, who took a plaice measuring 21 inches in length, 12 inches in breadth and weighed 6-Jlbs. in the net on Wednesday, says the Levin Chronicle.

Captain Jachino, of the Italian warship Armando Diaz, laid a wreath on the Citizens’ War Memorial at Wellington yesterday. A detachment from the ship was present, including a good sprinkling of officers. The party were met by the Mayor and the president and executive of the Wellington R.S.A. The Armando Diaz sailed for Brisbane this morning. A breakdown of the power plant owned and operated by the Wairere Electric Power Board, Te Kuiti, is causing serious inconvenience to consumers throughout the board’s area. The board generates its own power, its station being situated at the Wairere Falls, near Piopio. During a severe thunderstorm last week part of the plant was struck by lightning. It is the ambition of many New Zealanders to beautify their home surroundings, while the principle is extended in some instances to factory grounds. However, the staff members of Massey College whose duty it is to superintend the piggeries at the college have extended their beautifying activities to the quarters of the humble baconor, and great banks of Sweet William are to be seen in full bloom at the back of the styes. The effect, even in such surroundings, is one which visitors will appreciate.

During the week ending the 17tli inst, 1765 passenger tickets were issued at the booking office of the Railway Department at Palmerston North, the total being an exact duplication of the figures in the corresponding week of last year. To carry the coincidence further, there was one season ticket issued during each period, while the miscellaneous items, as classified by the department, were nine on each occasion. However, the sum involved did not coincide, this year’s aggregate expenditure in tickets being £5 in excess of last year’s. Members of the Main Highways Board left Wellington to-day on a tour of the southern part of the North Island. They are proceeding through the Manawatu to the King Country, returning to Taranaki and Wanganui, a.nd reaching Wellington via the Wairarapa on December 4, after visiting Palmerston North on December 1. Late in January the board will visit Auckland and the North Auckland districts. During its tour the board will meet all local authorities concerned in road administration. The board has already completed a tour of the South Island.

A well-known Wellington girl was the principal in an episode at the departure of the Wanganella from Wellington for Sydney- yesterday afternoon. The sailing time was postponed on account of cargo handling, and the girl, informed that the vessel was to go at 5 p.m., left the wharf to shop at 4.15. Her parents, who were on the wharf, discovered that the ship was about to sail, and a search for the missing girl began. She was discovered having tea in a city emporium, and reached the wharf as the Wanganella was moving away. The ship stopped on a frantic hail, and a rope with a loop was lowered from the deck. The girl, seated in it, was hauled hand-over-hand up the 20 feet of the ship’s side, amid handclapping from the crowd. In urging the candidates for confirmation at St. Peter’s Church, Terrace End, last evening, to become members of the Bible class movement, the Bishop of Wellington (Rt. Rev. Dr. Sprott) spoke of the great value of the study of the Bible that was taking place to-day. “One thing in recent years which shows to great advantage compared with the Church when I was young,” he said, “is the Bible class movement. This revival of a study of the Bible is a most hopeful thing. It is progressing throughout the world ' and is taking possession of the universities. In our own country numbers of university students are taking up afresh this study. It is the most outstanding and hopeful sign of the Church to-day. If you belong to a Bible class, continue to do so.”

During his recent visit to the Arowhenua pa at Temuka, Bishop Bennett, in the course of an address on .Native affairs, made reference to the position of Sir Apirana Ngata. He said that Sir Apirana was too valuable a man for the Maori race to lose, as he was one who would sacrifice his personal interests for those of his people. It was a regrettable fact that the Maoris of parts of the South Island were not working in harmony. This was not the case in the north. It was his wish that in time, however, all would bo brought together. Bishop Bennett said that Sir Apirana Ngata was possessed of talents which fitted him for the position of a leader and he would not long remain in the background. At no place in the report of tli9 Native Affairs Commission had it been shown that Sir Apirana had profited personally from his mistakes. As a matter of fact, he was a poor man whose enthusiasm on behalf of his people had led him to overstep the mark somewhat, but he had done nothing dishonourable, and throughout the whole of New Zealand the sympathy of the Maori people was with him.