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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 153, 31 May 1937, Page 6

The Tauranga Borough Council has decided to erect a memorial cairn and tablet on the Monmouth Redoubt. _ Jibe redoubt was erected in 1864 by British troops, including/the 43rd Monmouth Light Infantry, after whom it was named; Within two months many of the major public works which have absorbed so many of the Dominion’s outdoor workers will be finished and between 2000 and 5000 men are likely to be affected. The problem of finding other ivork for the men who will be released -is receiving the attention of the Minister of Public Works (Hon. R. Semple). A spare door-key which had been lost bv an Auckland resident was found in unusual circumstances. The man, a keen amateur gardener, hn.cl sown a plot of potatoes. He was pulling up the plants by the stalks when surprised to see dangling from one a key which, when tried in the iock, proved to be the missing one. The tuber of the plant had grown through the hole in the key. The final figures for the fruit export season for Hawke’s Bay, where orchard yields were almost completely wiped out as a result of a disastrous late trust have now been computed. The figures show, to say the least, a very unhappy result of the season’s operations. Instead of an export estimated prior to the frost at fiOO.OOO cases, the total amount available! is this figure being made up to 7026 cases of apples and 1958 cases of pears. Many lad’cs like a lightweight wool for house frocks, particularly in a good black. Included in a- range we bought at a discount kvas a 54 inch pure wool crepe de chine. You know how well this wears, how smart it looks and how light it seems when made up. Usually 8s lid yard. We offer one piece only at 5s lid yard- (54 inch). Only requires 2j to 3 yards for a frock, it’s, great buy'ng.—Col'.inson and Cunninghame, Ltd. —Advt.

Two petitions in bankruptcy were filed in the Palmerston North district during May, 1937, compared with one in May, 1936.

The appearance of four white herons at a lagoon near Waatil pa, West Huntly, is reported by Maori residents, who say they have never 6een birds of this kind in the district before. Typhoid cases are still being reported from the Urewera country, chiefly in the Upper Waimana. district. There are now 12 cases in the Whakatane Hospital, \io of the sufferers being Maoris. “The Gisborne railway may not pay in a year or two —it may not pay for many years —but we had to save something out of the wreck,” said the Minister of Public Works (Hon. R. Semple), when addressing a gathering in Te Puia. A severe whirlwind struck the beach camping resort at Whananaki, near Whangarei, on Friday morning, doing considerable damage, which fortunately did not injure anyone, owing to the fact that the area- is sparsely populated.

The Wanganui Education Board has decided that the Ohakuno alid Ohakea schools, which have been closed because of infantile paralysis outbreaks, should open again to-day. The Hunterville School will not reopen before the end of next week.

A derelict hull which is thought to be that of a large launch, came 6hore on the beach in the "Whananaki Inlet early on Friday during a cyclone, and was examined by Constable W. Butler, of Hikurangi, in company with Mr J. Barron, who is one of the oldest settlers in the district. Nominations for the extraordinary vacancy on the Horowhenua County Council, caused by the death of Mr H. G. Bryant, closed at noon on Saturday. The only candidate nominated was Mr Allred Melvine Atkins, of Manakau, who was therefore elected.

To-day is the 21st anniversary of the Battle of Jutland, the one major action between the fleets of Great Britain and Germany, and the greatest sea fight in history. To-day is also the 35th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Vereeniging, which terminated the South African War. A total of £547 was collected in Auckland on Friday as a result of the Community Sunshine Association’s annual “Forget-me-not Day” appeal, the sum being almost £2OO more than the amount received in last yea.r’s collection. The money is to be devoted by the Community Sunshine Association to the work oi : carrying on the Motuihi Island Health Camp and the Nelson Street Sunshine School.

| Steps are be : ng taken by the Primary Producers’ Union of Australia to I promote a visit of about 50 of its memI hers, including women, to New Zealand towards the end of the year. The party will be predominantly interested in dairy farming and p'g production, and maize and potato growing will also be of interest. It is proposed to confine the tour to the North Island dairying districts. A provisional itinerary provides for the arrival of the party at ' Wellington on November 8. The party will proceed to Palmerston North on the following day, and on November 10 visits will be made to Massey Agricultural College, the Dairy Research Institute, and the Plant Research Station.. The proposal is that the next five days should be spent in the Taranaki district, visits being paid to dairy factories and selected farms. From New Plymouth the party will proceed to the South Auckland, AVaikaito, and Auckland districts. The party would reached Auckland on November 26 and sail from there for Sydney on November 29.