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Manawatu Times, Volume XLIII, Issue 1696, 9 December 1919, Page 4

- London caDio states that silver is now 78(1 per ounce. From noon on Saturday till midday yesterday 32 new cases of influenza were notified to the Auckland Health Office hive cases of pneumonia were also notified. Judgment for the plaintiff by default for 18s 6d and costs 5s was given by Mr J v,. Stout. S.M., at the Magistrate s Court this morning in the case of J. A. Coghill versus H. Howard. As the result of a shortage of coppcr tho banks are asking for children’s offerings (states a Melbourne cable). They are paying above the value for all coppers so delivered. . A. Gisborne Press Association telegram states that owing to the phenomenally dry weather bush and grass fres are m progress in the Matawai and Tahora district;. One settler, Mr W. H. Wood, has lost two houses’ on his property. Additional donations as follows on behalf of tho district nurso car fund are acknowledged; Mr A. D. Markhmd »£2 2s, Dr Paget £1 Is 6d, Mrs McGregor £l. The receipt is also acknowledged of a case cf benzine that was left by an anonymous donor at the district nurse’s home. The engineer to the Kairqnga County Council (Mr A, H. M. Wright) reported at to-day’s meeting that a total of 20 head of stock were taken on the County roads during the month, 14 of which were impoundOno offender prosecuted was fined 5s and costs. Expenses amounted to £7 16s and fees collected to 19s. Mr E, Newman has received, a letter from Mr Campbell, lion, secretary, stating that at a meeting of tho central executive, New Zealand Educational Institute, representative of the whole of the teachers in the Wanganui Educational District, a motion was passed expressive of appreciation of the efforts he (Mr Newman) had put forward in tho House in furtherance of educational reform. An Opotiki Press Association telegram stales: Alfred James Johnson died in the 'Opotiki hospital yesterday from lockjaw, caused in the first place by a slight flick on tho ear with the lash of a stockwhip which lie was using about a fortiiight ago. Johnston had tied a string from an artificial manure sack on tho whip for a temporary lash. Deceased was seventeen years of age, and had been employed on a local farm foi two years. Ilis parents reside at Auckland. One of the charges against the Government is that it has not fulfilled its programme of 1911. That view is not held by iMr J. T. Paul, president of the Labour Partv. These are his own words:—“ The Reform Party carried out its platform ir was put forward.” That is the marvellous thing about the Reform Party. The Reform Party is a party to which I am absolutely opposed, but it put that platform ■before tho people of this country, and during its short existence it carried that platform into legislative effect. Many of the ~lf ln ks of the platform I am absolutely opposed to. but there is the position that we cannot shut our eyes to —that this party de|Viiied the Liberal Party and put its legislative proposals on the Statute Book.” That v, as the opinion of Mr Paid on July 20. 1016. and it cannot be supposed that anything that. has since happened has altered his ■ •,iiiioii of what Mr Massey's Government did in 1912, 1913, and 1914. From Tibooburra, near the Queensland border, comes a story of the love and devotion of a 16-year-old boy for his father. Mr J. White, a respected resident of the district, was taken ill with an affection of the heart, on the Queensland side of the border, where he was employed as a boundary rider on the Thargomindah check fence. Tho only person with him at. the time was his 16-year-old son, who, with tho aid of camels, conveyed his sick father a distance of 100 miles to the Tibooburra Hospital. The journey was across country which is practically waterless owing to the dry spell. Owing to his father’s woa-it--loss the lad was obliged to call a halt for two cl a vs, and altogether the journey occupied five days. One would need to bo acquainted with this part of the country to ! 'v> able to arrive at a proper estimation ot ■dm lad’s achievement. Mr _ White only lived a tew days after his admission to tho Tilxioburra Hospital. Mr 11. S. Gray, of Dunedin, will speak at the Opera House to-morrow evening on the prohibition question. Tho public are _ invited to hear his address, and as no is a forcible speaker there will doubtless ho a largo attendance to listen to his views cn the great question, “wet or dry. Musical items will he given from 7.30 to 8 o clock. Ladies’ silk jerseys, 52s sd. for 455; silk jumper snorts coats, £5 19s 6d, for £4 19s od. To-morrow only. Wednesday is bargain day at tho store for value: open all -lay. —The C. M. Ross Co., Ltd.—Advt. Wo have six only bird-proof nets left; dime arc slight# damaged, but can- be asilv repaired. Each net covers about IoOU square feet, and are most suitable for covering strawberry beds, cherry trees and nil fruit that von want to keep from the | birds. We are selling those at 22s 6d; tho ' original price was 34s 6d.—Collinson and j Son, 11 Broadway.—Advt. I

The nett amount realised from tho Catholic Bazaar held recently in aid of tho building - funds for tho new church amounted to approximately £5280. The Waihine has been delayed in reconditioning at Dumbarton, and is not expected to arrive in New Zealand before the middle of February. ' A visit was paid by members of the Kiwitea County Council to Dannevirke to inspect a new crusher plant for the Patangata County Council, and a similar machine is to bo obtained for the Kiwitea County. The lack of cement recently threatened the suspension of work on the Otira tunnel. The Minister for Public Works, Sir William Fraser, stated that 300 tons of cement had now been obtained from Whangarei, the Government steamer Tutanekai having made a special trip for this purpose. Further supplies were also being delivered to the works. Tho reimbursement by tho Health Department of half tho cost of relief granted by Hospital Boards to enemy aliens has been discontinued, but the Defence Department states that all interned euem'y aliens will not be released until the Peace Treaties are ratified. An exception will be made in cases of dependants of such persons who at' the. time relief is "ranted are still interned; The accounts passed for payment at the general committee meeting of the Manawatu Agricultural and Pastoral Association this morning amounted to £4834 4s 3d, the president.. (Mr H. Akers) remarking that it was the largest amount,that the Association had ever passed in one, day, and that it was a larger amount than was paid in a .wholeyear by any other similar Association in New Zealand. Although several references have been made (in Press Association messages from Auckland) to the decision of the Arbitration Court upon the Wellington operative butchers’ application, that decision has not yet been filed in the local office of the Court. How it can be known to the Auckland butchers, or can have been a factor in the settlement of the Auckland dispute, is, therefore, something of a mystery.— Dominion. A meeting of* ratepayers was held at Whakarotiga last night, when the Kairanga County Council’s loan proposes were explained by Mr J. Linklater (chairman cf the County Council) and Mr A. Hi M. Wright. Mr S. R. Lancaster (a member of tho County Council) pointed out that tho loan of £IO,OOO for tho roads would be raised at per cent., and they could get a similar amount at a similar rate after March 31st. Several of those present spoke in favour of tho loan proposals, and, a number of offers were received to convey ratepayers to the polling booth on Thursday ■ next. When moving at the general committee meeting of the Manawatu Agricultural and Pastoral Association this morning the usual vote of thanks to the judges and assistants at the recent show, the president (Mr H. Akers) made special reference to the work done by Mr S. R. Lancaster, the chairman of the dairy cattle stewards, saying that he was at work for a week from early morning until late at night. Nobody could have worked harder than Mr Lancaster bad dona, and a good deal of the popularity of the show among exhibitors was duo to The work of Mr Lancaster. The president also spoke eulogistic-ally of the work of Mr R. 43. Knight, .and tho two gentlemen referred, to were accorded a hearty vote of thanks by acclamation. The projxjsed tour of Australasia 1 and England by an “All Black” brass band w&s brought under the notice of the Prime Minister at Christchurch by, the . organiser, Mr.C. A. H. Huttoni who . explained the t proposal, and suggested that the Government should finance the tour, all the proceeds, after the payment of. expenses. to be taken by the Government and devoted to helping’disabled soldiers . and various other objects which have previously been enumerated. Mr Hutton pointed out-that the Australasian tour of Sousa’s’ band realised £27,000, and that of the Besses o’ The Barn £40,000. A big contest was to,be held in Dunedin in March, at whicE, it was proposed to select the band, which would commence its tour in May. Mr Massey promised that the matter, would receive every' consideration if it were submitted in writing. The Te Kuiti correspondent of the Auckland Star states that only the presence of mind of.the driver saved, tha Main,. Truhki express from disaster when it passed through Te Kuiti early on Friday morning. As the train went through at 2 a.m., the driver (A. Blackwell) found the semaphore signals showing all dear, but apparently the points wore wrongly set, for the train was diverted from the main line to the sidings, which were filled with standing \vagons._ The lurch of the engine as she swerved in-the darK from the main track told the driver and Fireman Little that something was wrong. The brakes were immediately applied and the train pulled'up. It was then discovered that (lie express had been switched on to a siding containing a number of loaded standing wagons, and that it had been brought to a stop within a few,coach lengths of the obstacle that might have wrecked the train. The distance between the points and -the wagons was only some fifty yards, and the presence of mind and prompt action of the men in charge of the train appear to have been solely responsible for averting the smash. Intending purchasers at St. David’s sale of work, to bo held next Wednesday, will find the goods at the various stalls to be attractive. They . aje asked to take advantage of this opportunity. The function will bo opened at 1 o’clock, and will continue to 5 p.m.; evening, 7 $ 10. Very considerable interest «has been aroused by the display of dolls for the Christmas sale in aid of Sister Heni’s car. A great deal of artistic and painstaking work has been bestowed on little people in C. and C.’s window. Five of them, clad in woollen garments are the work' of a woman patient who has been a long time- in the hospital, but who has worked on bravely in spite of much weakness and suffering. A very fine piece of crochet work has come in from a longtime sufferer in tho men’s ward. Very little direct canvass for gifts has been made, but gifts for any of the stalls from any who are appreciative or interested will be very welcome Last Saturday afternoon, Mr McDougal, blacksmith, of Rangitikei stroit, used some of tho brown coal from the sft.. seam newly discovered on Mr Fulton’s farm near Awahuri, in the manufacture of horseshoes. About twelve shoes were made in record time in the presence of several wellknown townsfolk. The coal burned brightly . emitting a fierce heat and left little or no clinker. Much satisfaction was expressed by those over tho result of the trial. Another trial is to be made in the forge next Wednesday afternoon. The seam, which ‘ is now about 6ft. in thickness, in an open face about 18ft.. has also been intercepted by another crosscut some 500 ft. along its course, and the prospects of developing a coal mine at our very doors appear to be good. Samples of the coal have been used for culinary purposes by several well-known residents with most satisfactory results. Tho public are invited to be present to-mor-row afternoon at the trial.