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Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 151, 27 May 1935, Page 6

An effort is to he made to procure some white buttertty parasites foi lib oration in the Eketaluina district.

“In nearly every town I visited in Australia I‘was told what a wonderful country New Zealand is,” said Dr. Kagawa, the Japanese social reformer, at Auckland.

A threat that if lie heard one more word from the body of the Court he would sentence whoever said it to seven days’ imprisonment, without the option of a fine, was made by Mr E. C. Levvey, S.M., during the liearjne of a Magistrate's Court ease at Christchurch. There had been several interruptions by spectators. Two Government surveyors are still engaged on an examination of the sandLlune area between the Manawatu and Rangitikei Rivers with a view to determining what blocks ot territory are suitable for a tree planting scheme, concerning which representations have been made from time to time. They are also ascertaining the extent of Crown land holdings on the coastal belt.

Unless men took the love of Christ seriously, there was no hope for humanitv, for love permeated the whole creation of living things, indeed the whole universe, said Dr. Kagawa, when he addressed a large congregation at Auckland. Dr. Kagawa took as his subject for bis lecture Love, the Law of Life,” and while the purpose was serious, lie added much humour with his quaint illustrations, and was quickly on good terms with his audience. He said no mere system of ethics could transcend evil, but love could change evil to good. On the eastern shore of Lake Wakatipu, from Queenstown to near Glcnorchv. little camps may be seen hero and there. Most of flrein are the temporary homes of men who, with the aid of the relief scheme, arc losstckin,r the hanks in search of gold. So fak as can bo learned the results are not such as to satisfy high hopes, but there is reason to suppose that some of flic men are managing to make a ]ivin< r in a modest style, and prefer to go on thus, hoping for tire best, and meanwhile gratified with the thought that they are not running into debt.

When attached to the stntionmnster’s staff at Pretoria in 1900, Mr T. \V. Brown, the secretary of the Ist New Zealand Mounted (South African) Kiflcs Association, took as a souvenir two panels from President Kruger s railway coach, which had come into the possession of the British Army. 1 lie conch was captured when the British occupied Komati-Poort and was taken to Pretoria, receiving much attention from souvenir-hunters during the journey. Recently Mr Brown heard from South Africa that the old coach was being restored to Its original condition, with a view to being exhibited in the hack garden of the Kruger Museum, and lie wrote to the South African authorities offering to return the two panels. The offer was gratefully accepted and Mr Brown forwarded the panels. He lias received an appreciative note from the private secretary to General Smuts.

Kor a cosy little coat for a woe girl, cream velour will he both dainty and comfortable. Tlie soft nap and finish of the one we are displaying now will he sure to appeal to you. 36 inches wide, and only 5s lid yard—a coat will cost but a trifle. Lot us show you, too, a splendid British fleck tweed for bigger girls’ coats. In fawn with brown fleck, fawn lemon, brown lemon, and blue saxc. 54 inch. 6s 11,1 yard. Collinson and Cunningliamo, Ltd. —Advt.

Dr. Kagawa, the Japanese social reformer, will visit Palmerston North tin’s week.

When the mouth of the Wairarapa Lake was re-opened a few days ago, tho water ran into the sea so rapidly that, hundreds of eels were stranded on the dry land. Largely through the efforts of Mrs Knox Gilmer, a sum of £I3BO has been raised in a fortnight for tho men’s shelter of tho Wellington City Mission.

After about a month of freedom from false alarms, tho Fire Brigade on Saturday evening received two such calls. The first, at 8.35, was a telephone call to Aliro Street .and a l>ox call was reecived at 1L o’clock to tho corner of Ashley and Ferguson Streets.

Primary schools in Palmerston North and the surrounding district resumed this morning after the May vacation. Secondary schools will enter upon the second term to-morrow. To walk eight miles, swim a flooded river,, and then play an excellent game in a ltugby trial match which gained him a placo as wing-threequar-ter in Taranaki’s representative team, was the performance of Nigel Hunter last week. Torrential rains had washed away bridges on tho road leading to tho farm where ho works. Chrysanthemums which measure 16 inches across have been grown by Mr John Bishop, of Lithgow, New South Wales. Sir Bishop specialises in the cultivation of flowers, and recently won three first prizes at the Sydney Royal Show. He claims that blooms which he is exhibiting have a circumference almost as great as tho girth of a man. To-day is the 30th anniversary of the Rattle of tho Sea of Japan in the Russo-Japanese War. Japan honours by a Navy Day what was considered to be tho most ' decisive naval engagement sinco tho Napoleonic "Wars. At sea to-day, the Japanese cruisers Asama and Yakumo, on their way from Auckland to Suva, were to hoist, for a brief period, the greatly treasured and carefully preserved battle ensigns which they flew in that famous action.

A process by which he claims that his divining rod will indicate only the mineral that lie has previously stated he is seeking lias been evolved by Mr Thomas Todd, of Lenperton. He has had considerable divining experience. For the present he is keeping his latest discovery secret. Mr Todd will leave shortly for the Otamatea County under instructions from the Government, to seek water for certain farm lands.

As the result of an accident involving a vail which was proceeding in the opposite direction when he was investigating engine trouble in his own car as it stood in Alain Street East, Air J. Rice, of 24 Lombard Street, was on Saturdav evening admitted to the Hospital with a fractured right leg and slight concussion. Air Rice was proceeding toward the city when lie was obliged to inspect the engine of his car. The other vehicle was driven by Air F. Gilliam, also of Palmerston North.

Fears for the future of the Egmont National Park were expressed by a deputation which waited on the Minister of Public Works (Hon. J. Bitcliener) with a request for the department’s aid in carrying out essential work. Air F. Amoore, a member ot the Park Board, said that cattle were being turned into tire forest and the undergrowth was being _ destroyed. Goats were on the mountain m thousands and the hoard was unable to do anything because it had .no funds. in view of the expiry in 1937 of the contract for the supply of school text hooks, the conference of education boards in Wellington on hriday passed a remit strongly representing to the Alinistor the advisability of Ins departments securing the services of the most capable educationists for the preparation of new matter covering the respective subjects of the curriculum; that the department should retain the copyright of all subject matter so prepared ; and that subsequently tenders should be called lor the printing of such new school text books.

An appeal to the public to take a more personal interest in the welfare of returned soldiers is made by Alajor J. I!. Kirk, chairman and treasurer of the Soldiers’ Civil Re-establishment League. The paramount necessity, lie states, is not money, not food, not clothes, hut employment, so that the men may retain their manhood and feel Hint they are useful members of society. Ho suggests that the league slioitld do everything possible to got selected societies more or less to “adopt” a certain number of disabled soldiers—something on tlie lines of tho “Big Brother Alovement.”

The Otago Provincial Committee under the Flock. House scheme for training sous of ex-servicemen in agriculture has sent forward another boy to undergo a period of training at Flock House Station. Approximately 50 boys have now been sent from the Otago district, and all who have completed the course have been found suitable employment. At the present time the demand for boys is greater than the supply. The secretary of the committee (Mr 0. L. Ferens) is receiving numerous requests for trained boys, but it is not expected that any more will return to Dunedin for at least a month, says the Otago Daily Times. On the arrival at Lyttelton of the intercolonial steamer W'aitaki, the master, Captain Dalgleish, reported having experienced an extraordinary phenomenon just after the AVaitaki had passed Rtivsegur Point light, en route from Melbourne to Bluff. Captain Dalgleish stated that vivid lightning and thunder, accompanied by a strong wind and high seas, prevailed until 3.20 a.m. The wind then suddenly dropped to a dead calm. A minute later there, was an extraordinarily vivid flash ill the air, culminating in an explosion, which was followed by a whistling sound somewhat similar to what would be created by a huge rocket. There was a trail of light similar to that which follows a meteorite, and another explosion like the first occurred alongside the ship. It was ail unpleasant experience.