OVER THE RANGE.

Manawatu Times, Volume XLII, Issue 1735, 10 February 1921, Page 3

OVER THE RANGE.

[The “Times” car leaves Palmermerston North at 4 o’clock each morning, and runs via Ashhurst and Woodvllle, to Dannevirke, and returning via Te Rehunga and Klritaki to Woodvllle, Pahiatua and Ballance, and thence to Palmerston North, via the Gorge, 105 miles each day. The Notes below are supplied by our Travelling Representative, with headquarters at Dannevirke. Office in Ward Street, or Box 155, Dannevirke.] . 'h DANNEVIRKE. Considerably over COO firearms, of one sort and another, wore registered locally, but many unlawful and fearful looking weapons, some war trophies, will become the property of the Crown. They are now in the possession of the police. A little girl, Nancy Hunt, was knocked down by a motor-car in High Street on Wednesday afternoon. She was injured about the temple and. after receiving attention, was removed to the hospital. The car was driven by Mr L. Herbert, and the girl came in contact with the front mudguard.

The death occurred in the Stratford Hospital of Mrs F. W. Hoddcr, formerly of Dannevirke, aged G 7 years. Lieut. Buckley, judge of the Band Contest, arrives from Wanganui on Friday. St. John’s Hockey Club has decided to enter two teams in the association’s fixtures.

The selling of meat in Dannevirke by public auction reminds one of the Moat Market in vogue in High Street sixteen or seventeen years ago. Of a Saturday night, outside a barber’s shop at the corner of High and Barraud Streets, meat was handled by all sorts and conditions of people in the public highway. Mr W. Cosgrove, of Raumati, who hhs been in hospital for some time, has now left that institution. The Warwick Comedy Company appeared before a large and enthusiastic audience in the Dannevirke Town Hall last evening, the performance being given under the auspices of the A. and P. Assn. The programme submitted was a capital one, and the various performers had a splendid reception. The company will appear again this (Thursday) evening.