LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 2593, 12 March 1923, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Belgium has chall nged for the Davis Cup. • The Marylebone team has sailed for England, states a Capetown cable. The Australian film censors have prohibit■'d the exhibition of the pic- • t”ri at ion of the story of Oliver • Twist. The cost of remitting money to LonJ don has varied from 5/- to 80/- per ; £IOO during the past few years. On | making the usual remittances on Satlurday, a local business man was sur. I prised to receive a premium upon the ! transaction. r The combined staffs of the Palmerscon North picture theatres held their annual picnic at Foxton beach yesterday. The party, consisting of 20 members, Avas chaperoned by Mrs Coward, and under her direction spent an enjoyable day. In emphasing - the interest which the Maoris had taken in the Waikare. moana sch me, Air. W. A. Waters, the Manawatu-Oroua Power Board’s en. gineer, said that lavo neatly cngraA'ctl brass plates were now affixed to Hit pelton whe Is of the plant, on winch are engraved the names Avhich the 1 Maoris bestowed on each wheel. Inquiry at the local Y.M.C.A. by a “Times” representative on Saturday | elicited the information that the re- ' cently-establishcd recording bureau is meeting with considerable response from the public, and is establishing it- ; self as an extremely useful institution. Already at least one instance has oc- ■ curred where the Association has avoided the clashing of two functions. The Hon. W. Nosworthy, Minister of Agriculture, ivill visit Shannon on Thursday, March 15, to inspect the ex perimental work carried out by the Flaxmillers’ Association, under the so. ■ perv sion of Mr. G. Amcrlc. It is expected that there avLI be a large atten. dance of tlaxmillers, hemp merchants and others avlio are alive to the ira. portance of the flax industry, which was recently demonstrated in a series of atble articles in the “ Times.” The hike to Mount Ruapehu at Easter, being organised by the local Y.M.C.A., promises to be a great success. Already tAvelve members of the Association haA'e decided to go. The party will leave by the Auckland express on the Thursday preceding Easter, commencing the tramp from the Waimarino. Their goods and packs will be previously sent to the first hut toward the mountain. They will return again to Palmerston North on Easter Tuesday morning. A “Times” reporter, in conversation yesterday with the Rev. J. Thompson, a missionary at present on furlough from China, Avas interested to hear that political methods in the flowery land differ considerably from those of other countries. When two men stand j for the office of Governor, the defeated I candidate, automatically Avith his non--1 election, turns brigand, auu Avith bullets and bluster is perhaps successful j in Arresting the office from his rival, ilf unsuccessful, however, and bored Avith brigandage, be surrenders, and ■ is consequently granted a Government | position, his little adventure thus endling satisfactorily in either case. It is as Avell, nevertheless, that these meth. j ods arc not practised in God's Oavh i Country. “As Irish as Paddy's pig" is a sayling that gathers no rust from disI use, and an adventurous porker in Ihe temporary care of a local auctioneering firm betrayed its admirable nationality on Saturday morning at 11.15 by a I hot-headed refusal to be knocked doAvn to the highest bidder, and without the j preliminary "going—going —” and the j thud of the hammer, Avas gone like la flash, plying nimble trotters on the roadAvay of George street, and heading I for any destination as fancy might I suggest. Main street West presented great possibilities, and was the scene of a merry gambol Avith sporting citizens, before the railway station Avith its out-going trains made an irressistible appeal to the pig, who covered a | large part of the distance before the ! path AA r as again blocked, so diverting I the animal to a street Avith a handy j hotel bar on the corner. Into the doorway of this Denis di\'ed, and Avas consequently caught at last by his panting pursuers. TAventy years ago Mr Samuel Barry Avas the pioneer in Palmerston North and Ncav Zealand of modern s.ghti testing methods and lens making. Since | then Mr Barry has deA'elopcd the methj ods used, and has built up the largest | optical business in Ncav Zealand, Avith headquarters in Auckland. During all these years Mr Barry has regularly Adsited Palmerston North, and still gi ves to residents here that careful and | accurate service upon which success has been built. Llis next Adsit to this tOAvn dates from March 13th to 16th i jinclusiA-e. This is the 80th quarterly > visit, and suggests the consistent ser. I vice that Avins and retains confidence. < I Appointments should be made Avith Mr HepAVorth. 5 Hoav many at this time arc ponder- ■ ing o\-er the everlasting question, “What shall I buy for my autumn frock or costume?” Displayed in the Dress Section of the C. M. Ross Co., Ltd., are some of the smartest costume I fabrics and gabardines it Avould be pos- . I sible to buy. They are 54 and sCin. i j Avido, in shades of mastic, faAvn, j I rosede, barry, saxe, violet, kingfisher, grey broAvn, jade and nigger, at from ,14/9 to 21/- a yard nett cash. 1