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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 152, 29 May 1936, Page 8

The Otaki correspondent states that the Governor-General, Lord Galway, has signified his intention of taking part in a hunt to lie run under the auspices of the Manawatu Hunt Club, and it is more than probable that he will be seen at one of the hunts in the Otaki district at an early date. Much favourable comment has been passed on the re-arrangement of the ladies’ Bhoes section in Collinson and Cunniiighame’s store. Needless to say, re-organisa-tion on such a scalo demands re-organisa-tion of stocks, and for this purpose a special shoe Clearance Week is being conducted. Right at the beginning of winter come hundreds of genuine bargains—somo items even beng at half-price. G. and C’s have always stocked quality shoes—so tliat this is a golden opportunity to obtain smurt shoes that will give excellent service, at a very real saving—Advt.

The report published in the “Standard 5} recently that a dd lull-face lilac Queen Victoria stamp had been discovered in Dunedin has prompted a local resident to recognise that she has what appears to be a duplicate of the stamp in question. It is perforated and of excellent condition, and came from Dunedin 20 years ago. Though a postage stamp, it was not used lor postal purposes but as a fiscal, and boars in ink. a cancellation mark boaiing a date of 1871. It is the owner’s intention to have the stamp valued to ascertain its true worth. She also is in possession of some very interesting specimens of Van Diemen’s Land and Tasmanian issues of the Victorian era, all excellently preserved.

Mr C. H. Holmes, director of the Australian National Travel Association, who returned to Sydney last week, after a short trip abroad, travelled more than 35,000 miles in a lew months. He said that one of the outstanding impressions of his tour was the amazing development which was taking place in Palestine. Progress was apparent on all sides. The countrv was already producing 6,000,000 cases of citrus fruit a year, and it was estimated that within five years more than 25,000,000 cases annually would be produced. The whole face of Palestine was being transformed by colonisation; tho Jordan had been harnessed, and young Jews —both men and women W ere to be seen working side by side in agricultural pursuits. 11l Tel Aviv, the new city which had arisen almost overnight, the buildings were most impressive, being of ultra-modern design, and reminiscent of a story by H. G. Wells. Most of the architecture was clone by refugees from Germany or Poland. The King David Hotel in Jerusalem, in which Haile Selassie stayed, was as up to date any in the world. It was run by a Swiss.

Housewives! Save yoiti carpet from flying sparks. No more black holes in your carpet. Wo have just landed 500 fire screens, size 30 x 28. We- sold an enormous number last season, and have already sold a .quantity this season. Buy yours now, while stocks last. A larger size Is procurable too. Price Je lid. At Collinson and-Son, Ltd., Broadway and Kingsway, P.N.—Advt.

A letter posted in Hong Kong reached Wellington this iveek after being only 10 days on the journey, prompt delivery being made through a combination of air and sea services.

The National Art 'Gallery of New South Wales has offered to lend a collection of whatever pictures the Dominion National Art Gallery authorities choose for display at Wellington. At the National Art Gallery, .Wellington, yesterday, portraits in oils or the late Sir Francis Bell and Sir Truby King were presented to the national collection on behalf of the subscribers. Mr Samuel Saltzman’s latest gift of £3OOO to the Waipiata sanatorium committee brings this Dunedin resident s recent benefactions for hospital and kindred purposes to the large total of £7500.

Owing to delays in the north, the nature of which are not known here, the Limited express from Auckland was approximately one hour late on arrival at Palmerston North this morning.

At the New Plymouth cage bird show this week Mr H. E. Edmunds, of Palmerston North, was successful in winning the open championship for budgerigars, the Gilmour Cup, and other awards against a record entry of birds from all parts of the North Island.

The serious position that has arisen owing to the lack of accommodation at Victoria University College is reforied to in the annual report of the professional board, which urges that the Government be approached for a grant for a new biology block and a new administration block. The abolition of daylight saving in the event of the forty-hour week coming into operation was advocated in a remit brought before the interproyincial conference of the Farmers’ Union at Feilding yesterday. Characterised as a commonsense proposal, the remit was unanimously approved without discussion.

An exchange of flags between the Salvation Army Corps at New Plymouth and the corps at Plymouth, England, is to be made as the result of interest shown by Major Goffin, of the Salvation Army in Wellington, and formerly of New Plymouth and Plymouth. This will be the first exchange of the kind made.

The “Standard’s” Otaki correspondent states: Mr T. O’Rourke’s Hunting Boy suffered a severe injury through putting his foot through a culvert on the South Manakau Road. It is likely that the jumping days for Hunting Boy are over for the season at least. Mr O’ltourke’s son, who was riding the horse at the time, had a severe fall and received cuts and bruises.

Three weeks’ research by analytical chemists has failed to reveal any trace of poison in the mortal remains of Joey the sea-lion. Since the animal died at the Newtown Zoo on May 6, the Department of Agriculture’s analyst at the Dominion laboratory has been conducting investigations into specimens taken at an autopsy, but has found nothing abnormal. Yesterday the Government veterinary officer, Mr H. Le Souef, reported to this effect to the Wellington town clerk. >

Preliminary “running-in” trials of the first of the new rail-cars which are to be used on the Wellington Mas-terton-Palmerstou North service will be made over the week-end. The machine, which has been constructed at the Hutt Railway Workshops, will be driven to Upper Hutt on Saturday and to Palmerston North on Sunday. Tlieso runs, however, will bo simply ’shop trials” and not in any waj speed trials. Only ono rail-car is finished so far, though others are in various stages of construction.

On the internal air mail services, which the Postmaster-General (lion. E. Jones) described in Auckland on Wednesday as so disappointing in result that discontinuance would probably be necessary if traffic did_ not soon show an improvement, 13,007 letters were carried last week, a decrease of just over 500 from the previous week. Ten weeks of operation of the service have resulted in just over 150,000 letters being sent by air, of which probably 25,000 were dispatched by philatelists' in the first and seventh weeks.