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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 101, 29 March 1939, Page 8

Heat In Hawke’s Bay. Central Hawke’s Bay is still experiencing a very dry spell, and the country is parched for the want of rain. The weather continues to he exceedingly hot. the temperature yesterday for some hours being 83 degrees. More State Houses. Cabinet has approved further contracts for the erection of dwellings under the State housing scheme. Fourteen separate contracts are involved, and they provide for the construction of 57 single-house units, four two-house units, four two-storeyed single-house units, and one four-house unit. Record of Service. A record of nearly 70 years’ employment oil three Hawke’s Bay stations stood to the credit of Mr Bichard Lory, of Otane, whose death at the age of 87 years occurred last week. Born in Cornwall, England. Mr Lory came to New Zealand when a hoy of 15, taking up work immediately on Matapiro Station. After working there for several years he transferred to Lake Station, and about 55 years ago went to Homewood Station, being employed there continuously till his retirement a few years ago. State Control. The selling by the Government of New Zealand’s products of the soil, its scenery, weird wonders of the thermal district and trout in the lakes and streams, was linked up with the present activity in industrial development during the hearing of a local body deputation by the Minister of Internal Affairs (Hon'. W. E. Parry) yesterday. It was stated by the deputation that the Government not only in a general way carried out the functions of a borough council, but the functions of a an acclimatisation society, in that it controlled the principal activities in Botorua—scenic and thermal rights, the gardens, swimming baths and pools, trout fishing', game shooting and tho sanatorium.

Holiday In Sydney. On their way to Furlough House, near Sydney, for a holiday as the guests of the returned soldiers’ organisation there, 64 young sons of New Zealand ex-soldiers will leave Wellington on Monday. Fine Portrait Arrives. Simon Elwes’s beautiful portrait of Queen Mary, suhscrilicd for by the women of New Zealand, has arrived at Wellington. This portrait, life-size, and three-quarter length will rank probably as the finest portrait in the National Art Gallery. Rural Landscape. Noticeable on the roadside between Palmerston North and Wanganui at present are the many clusters of red berries on the hawthorn hedges. Together with the long waving fronds of the toi-toi bushes, they form a bright foreground in places to fields of grass as dry' as tinder. Insurance of Hockey Players. “The income was again sufficient to meet all claims on the insurance fund, and the surplus in this account, including amounts accumulated in previous years, is £165 15s id,” states the annual report of the Manawatu Hockey Association. ’Planes From the East. The majority of the additional 250 aircraft which wore ordered for the Royal New Zealand Air Force last year are to come from the Near East, principally from Egypt. This purchase follows negotiations which were started between the New Zealand Government and the Imperial authorities late last year. Thefts From Homes. Two residences in the northern part of the city were visited by an intruder early on the evenings of Saturday and Sunday respectively. Though the occupants were at home he entered a bedroom by a window, and in one case secured £2. There was evidence that in each instance he had been disturbed while searching for money. More Electricity. Next month a start will be made in dredging the lower end of the tailrace at the Arapuni hydro works. An attempt will be made to deepen the race sufficiently to lower the surface level of the water in it by two or three feet, it being calculated that such a lowering will augment the power output of the station by about 15,000 horse-power. Surf Club Member Injured. A member of the Foxton Surf Club, Brian Doyle, suffered injuries! to a leg at Castlecliff on Sunday and was admitted to the Wanganui Hospital for observation. When the surf-boat belonging to the Castlecliff Surf Section of the Royal Life-Saving Society was being launched it was struck by a breaker, and Mr Doyle was injured when the boat overturned. 'Hie injuries, on examination, were found to be of a minor nature, and Mr Doyle was enabled to return home on Monday. Mission of Rotary. ‘‘l believe that this, the Rotary movement, lias been called into being to meet the needs of the times in which wo live,” said Rev. A. P. Campbell, of Sydney, president of the Congregational Union of Australia and New Zealand, in an address to members of the Wellington Rotary Club yesterday. Its membership knew no barriers, sects, nor creeds, its constitution rested on the spiritual and stood for those words of precious meaning—fellowship, friendship, goodwill and understanding. A Landmark Goes.

A 60-vear-old building in Dixon Street, YVellington. is about to be demolished. Jt was erected by a sect known as the Particular Baptists, and for a quarter of a century served as a place of worship. It stands on the corner of Dixon and Eva Streets, a modest little wooden building, with a quaint side entrance. Half a century ago, the corner opposite was occupied by another place of worship, the Church of Christ, and the old storeroom, halfway up Herbert Street (off Manners Street), was known as the Bethel for some 30 years.