MANAWATU DAILY TIMES THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1919. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Times, Volume XLIII, Issue 1438, 11 December 1919, Page 4

MANAWATU DAILY TIMES THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1919. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A London cable states that Miss Ada Crossley, the groat contralto, announces her retirement. In reference to the complaints of soldiers on the Kairanga settlement, Mr -Nash, M.P., explains that the trouble will be remedied as soon as the leases nave boon signed. Members of the R.S.A. are notified that the Labour candidate (Mr M. yrton) will address members and hon. members in the Orient Hall on Sunday evening next at 8 o’clock. A Dunedin message says: The prices ot oatmeal hero have been advanced o.J° n - The rari- nnt quotation now is ±3O a ton. The increase is due to the firm tone in the oat market. The date for closing the nominations tor the running events at the Mangatainoka Athletic Society’s Boxing Day sports has been extended until Saturday. December 13th. Particulars can be obtained from the secretary, Mr D. W. Wilton, Pahiatua.

The conference of waterside workers in Napier has decided to work New Zealand ports up to midday on Christmas Eve and to cease work until the following Monday and to take from midday on Now Year’s Eve until Friday morning for New Year’s holiday. The Auckland Returned Soldiers’ Executive has resolved unanimously that the Association views with alarm the influx of Chinese and Hindoos from the Pacific Islands and direct from their native lands, and urges upon the Government the urgent necessity of taking steps to prevent its continuance. Present weather indications are for moderate to strong and increasing westerly winds, with southerly tendency. Cloudy to overcast conditions may be expected generally, with rain in parts, especially in the districts with a westerly aspect. The barometer is unsteady. At the invitation of the local branch of the Church of England Men’s Society Major-General Sir Edward Chaytor last night addressed an informal meeting of Palmerston North members. There was a good number present and all listened to an interesting recital of experiences in Palestine with Allenby’s forces. A match for the Manson and Barr Cup was played on the Feilding bowleg green yesterday between a team from Terrace End (challengers) and Feilding (holders). The game proved very interesting and ended in a victory for Terraco End, the scores being 28 to 14. The Terrace End team was skipped by Mr J. K. Paton and the Feilding team by Mr Harford. From the “Waiwcapa” station, Dannevirke, comes the statement that the Maori shearer, John Hoppy, claims the world’s record tally by shearing 373 sheep (ewes and lambs) on Monday last. Hoppy’s last year's record was 361. The total for that day of the four shearers engaged on the station was 1296. The other shearers were Messrs S. Patterson 311, R. Chase 303 and K. Hotereni 309.

The Board of Control of the New Zealand Sports Protection League has decided to circularise candidates for Parliament; urging them not to accede to the request of the Christchurch Council of Churches to pledge themselves against any increase of the totalisator permits. The Board's view is that the conditions upon which the questioned is to bo determined have not yet been ascertained. The attention of Kairanga ratepayers is drawn to the fact that to-day they are asked to vote on the proposal to raise a loan of £IO,OOO for improvements to the Eangitikei Line, Napier Road and Foxton Line. The chairman (Mr J. Linklator) and the. engineer (Mr A. H. M. Wright) have gone to considerable trouble to make the position clear to the ratepayers, and it is hoped that their efforts will be rewarded by heavy polling at the County Council offices to-day. They are even more emphatic in Australia than in New Zealand, these politicians. Thus: Hughes poked fun at his adversary for seeking a safe seat. Ryan retorted with the suggestion that Hughes was employing his Commonwealth police as electioneering agents. "At this, Hughes's language became Chesterfleldian, and there was a graceful allusion to the men who ‘ had sprung up like maggots in a dunghill overnight spending their whole time spattering him with the tilth with which they were filled!' " There appears to bo some doubt in the minds of electors concerning the effect of the voting at the forthcoming licensing poll. To carry any of the three issues at the poll, a bare majority of the total valid votes cast is necessary, i.0., either Continuance, Prohibition, or State Control must receive more than 50 per cent, to be carried. If neither Prohibition nor State Control is carried. Continuance gains the day. If State Control wins, in throe years ’ time there will be a poll between Prohibition and State Control. If Continuance wins (more than 50 per cent.), in three years’ time there will be another three-issue vote. If Prohibition, wins there will be, no further poll. A discovery which should be of considerable importance to this district was made on the property of Mr Fulton. Lee’s Line, near Kitchener Park, on the Awahuri-Feilding Road, last week, where a seam O’ brown coal has been found. The outcrop, which is at the foot of the hill, -hows a face of 5 fret, and the sene; has so far boon traced over 500 feet, showing that the deposit is of some magnitude. A test was made of the coal for blacksmithing purposes yesterday in the presence of a number of business men in Mr McDongall’s smithy, in Rangitikei Street. A pair of horse shoes were forged in 7% •minutes, the forging being ready for the anvil in 21. minutes. “Rosco” beach shoes for men, rubber soles; prices, 5/9, 6/11, 7/11; all sines. These are the best values offering - if you keep quality in mind when purchasing.—The C. M. Ross Co., Ltd., Shoe Department.* WADE'S WO K' • PIGS eradicate Worms of all de - Mon Price 1/6 * .JUDGES ARE WEARY. “Judges arc weary with calling attention to drink as the principal cause of crime. If they could make England sober, they would shut up ninetenths of her prisons.”—Lord ChiefJustice Coleridge.*