LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Times, Volume XLIII, Issue 1638, 17 September 1920, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The final meeting of the session of the Palmerston North Accountants Student Society will be held at the Technical School to-night at .S o’clock. The Social Democratic Party advertise that they are holding a dance in the Municipal Hull on Friday night. An excellent supper will be provided, and the music will leave nothing to be desired.

Mrs C. Binnie, of Christchurch, is suing' the Kowai County Council lor £l9l for damages. The horse she was driving shied at the county’s road roller, and Mrs Binnie was thrown out. being hung up on a fence by her ear. The Loyal Manawatu Bodge of Oddfellows will celebrate their 39th anniversary on Wednesday next, when they will hold a social and dance at the hall. Cuba Street. The music for the dance will be supplied by the R.S.A. orchestra.

The paper by Mr Klsdon Best on “Maori Myth and Legend.” is to be read this evening at the Philosophical Society by Mr J. hi. Stevens. The society are very fortunate, as M r Stevens is also an authority on Maori lore.

The extraordinary prevalence of goitie in Canterbury, while other parts of New Zealand are almost immune, is a matter which is being investigated by the Health authorities, said the Hon. C. J. Parr, Minister for Public Health.

From a spectacular point of view, a sample of the 31 tons of sugar, rationed to the Hastings-Napier districts by a maternal Government, is particularly uninviting, its appearance being black and its form a sticky consistency, which cakes into lump's on the slightest provocation, says the “Hawke’s Bay Tribune." “Spectacular sugar,’’ tut, tut! A King Country man who visited Te Awainutu the other day had something to say about butter prices and supplies. A dairy company had regularly supplied sixteen boxes of butter for the sawmill camp in which he was interested, but without notice reduced the supply to two boxes. The view taken by the mill hands was that the dairy company was taking no risks that supplies will be accumulated when the new season’s prices are fixed. In that belief they have decided that, until the dairy company supplies the normal butter requirements, n<> more timber will g'o lorward lor the butter boxes.

Tin- proposed revaluation of lands throughout the Dominion which is to be made shortly is exercising the minds of many land-owners, who apparently anticipate a considerable increase in the valuation. At a meeting of the Kgmont County (Council, the chairman referred to the appointment by the Government of 90 emergency vnliters, tuul to the probability of a vainer being appointed to the Lgiuont i.'onnly who was unfamiliar with local conditions. Mgmont, he considered, was an extremely ditlieult county to value, and on his motion it was decided to call a conference of ratepayers to meet the County Council to discuss the question of valuations, with a view to giving l an idea of the lines to be followed. It was also decided to communicate with the Valuer-Gen-eral and aslt that a local valuer be appointed.

Tarantulle, the ideal fabric for underwear, selling at old prices at the Store for Value. Prices 2/6. 2/9. 3/. Radies interested will do well to place orders now.—The C. M. Ross Co.. Ltd.*

Present weather indications are for moderate to strong - west to south-west Winds, weather cold and changeable with scattered showers, especially in the West Coast and Southern districts. The barometer is unsteady, probably rising shortly everywhere.

A report by the Ministry of Health contains startling revelations, and especially pillories egg and custard powders, states a .Loudon cable. Analysts declare generally that egg powder is coloured baking powder, and custard powder is coloured and flavoured starch without a trace of any

The inquest was held in Sydney in connection with the death of Arthur H. Tattle. The evidence showed that Mr Tattle was warned not to approach the aeroplane, but apparently he did not hear the warning and walked up to the machine to photograph it just as it was rising, and it struck him on the head.

Acting under instructions from the Borough Council Messrs Harry Palmer and Co, submitted by public auction yesterday sections 47 and 48, situated in Jickell Street, and containing one acre two roods 24.8 perches, to be let by way of lease. The upset reserve rental was £ls, and after verv keen competition Mr R. Waghorn was declared the successful bidder at an annual rental of £37.

Just at present Wilson’s (New Zealand) Portland Cement Company is operating one kiln only, the result being that the output has been reduced by half. The works .were closed recently for fourteen days, owing to the lack of coal. The company has purchased a coal mine within easy distance of its works, but some time must elapse before an adequate supply of coal will be won from the mine, as the preliminary work of opening it up has only just been commenced.

N.G. Bro. 1). T. Bilks presided over a well-attended meeting of the Loyal Manawatu Lodge, M.U., 1.0.0. F., last evening. It was announced that a meeting of the Social Committee would be held on Friday, September 24th, to make complete arrangements in connection with the 3Sth anniversary social and dance to be held in the Oddfellows’ Hall on Wednesday. September 2 9th. The gathering is being hold in aid of the Blind Soldiers’ Fund. At the conclusion of the business a euchre tournament took place, when the Loyal Manawatu Lodge defeated the Oroua Lodge of Druids by 21 games to 14.

A rather good story is told in connection with aviation, and one of the machines in New Zealand which is taking up passengers. A gentleman provided the requisite £5 and was taken up. Everything went with a glide, and most uneventful. On reaching the ground he was heard by the aviator to grunt and remark, “Is that all one gets for a fiver.” He was promptly invited to jump into the passenger seat again, if he was not satisfied. and did so. But this time there was no simple glide. He was treated to an exhibition of most of the stunts common in the profession, ending with a rather terrifying spiral nose dive. When the passenger alighted this time he was in a condition to express himself intelligibly. He was in the throes of a violent attack of rnal de mer, and this in front of a large crowd of spectators. “Towards the end of the war,” said Major-Genera! Sir E. W. C. Chaytor, the Commander of the Anzac Mounted Division in Palestine, speaking at the Wellington United Service OffT cers’ Club smoke concert. “I received a confidential letter informing me that I was "to take command of the New Zealand Division in France, in succession to Major-General Sir A. H. Russell, who was to receive a higher appointment. I also receievd other letters from England, and another from New Zealand stating that the matter had been definitely settled — so there was no longer anything ‘confidential’ about it. (Laughter.) As a matter of fact, I did not want to take it on. You appeared to be at a ‘dead end’ in France, and we appeared to be on the verge of big operations in the East. We, in fact, were under orders to be ready to proceed to help the Serbs, and hoped to get to Berlin thatwwarj r first.”

At yesterday’s meeting of the Palmerston North Chamber of Commerce, a letter was read from the Manawatu Mills Company regarding the recent advance in railway freight. The position was that flour had not been advanced beyond the ordinary rate plus 10 per cent., while wheat had been advanced ordinary rate plus 20 per cent. This meant that the inland mills in the North Island had to pay 20 per cent, railage on their wheat, while the South Island mills could manufacture the wheat into flour and rail the flour into the North Island, with an advantage of 10 per cent, railage over the inland North Island mills. The Chamber was asked to write to the Minister of Railways, urging that the matter of railage, on both wheat and flour, be put on the same tariff, either ordinary rate plus 10 per cent, or ordinary rate plus 20 per cent. The Chamber viewed the position as iniquitous, and decided to enter an emphatic protest to the Railway Department, and asking that the matter bo righted.

Writing from London to a friend. Mr ("’has. Dickie, of Waverier. has some interesting things to say about our meat and dairy produce. “I ha\o been endeavouring to do what I can in this matter of meat, but so far I cannot say that the outlook is promising. I first saw Weddels, the big meal salesmen, and they said that our name was suffering greatly on account ot the stale cut carcases that were coming on the market, and they predict a poor price for mutton next year, but a good price for lamb and beef. Sir Joseph Brookback. one of the Arm. thought that an equal amount ot Imperial meat and free farmers’ meat would be shipped next year. Did you meet the Co-op. Wholesale delegates in New Zealand when on their butter buving tour? I can tell you their visit lias made the middlemen in Toole> Street and other places very nervous. Wo wore plied with questions as to their chance of dealing with the N ( “ Zealand farmers. I asked how their finance was. and they told me that then- had anv amount of money, but were a poor type of business men. 1 told them that the money was the tiling most likely to concern the New Zealand farmer. The Now Zealand dairv farmers are in tor a good time •or : i yea’’ or two vet. but things arc not 'so bright for the sheep farmer. I’m afraid.”