LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Times, Volume XLVII, Issue 2743, 8 September 1923, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The train arrangements for Wanganui Races, and particulars of issue of excursion tickets are advertised in this issue. Alex Anderson, heavy-weight champion catch-as-catch.can wrestler of New Zealand, has accepted the challenge of Isaac Robin, of Palmerston North. The match will take place at the Opera House in a fortnight' or three weeks’ time. With characteristic thought and liberality to the little ones, Mr W, T. Oates very kindly sent twenty-six dress circle tickets for Odiva and the seals, as his personal gift to the children at All Saints’ Homc < They are a grateful and happy community to-day. The Nikau, having a long tap root, is very difficult to transplant, but may be readily grown from seed. That it is hardy, may be judged by the survival of isolated trees on exposed positions after lire has swept away all other kinds of native trees. It should be more extensively grown. The steep hillside right alongside the Paikakarikl Station is being cut into for metal to a danger point. The face of the cliff bears evidence of at least one extensive slip now thinly disguised by foliage, and we look with apprehension upon the prospect of a million tons of earth forming a destructive land slide at any moment. It was stated in a lecture at the Auckland Advertising Club, that New Zealand, with its population of a little over a million, had 300 picture theatres, which was probably a higher percentage than had many of the large countries. For instance, Denmark, with a population of three millions, had only 290 picture theatres. It was doubtful if there was as much competition in any other business. During the year ended March 31. one Now Zealand firm controlled 30 picture theatres, and had expended »ome £30,000 in advertising, this averaging 9S per cent of the gross admission receipts of those theatres. After many weeks of investigation to find the best possible route, the Manawatu.Oroua Power Board’s officers have permanently decided on the path which the Bunnythorpe-Feilding transmission line is to take. It will not follow the main road, as the Government will not allow a high-power line to be run near the telegraph lines, and will, therefore, cross private property. Mr A. W. Waters, engineer to the Board, yesterday showed a "Times” reporter a batch of letters to the owners of different properties, notifying them of the Board’s intention to erect the line on their land, under powers provided by the Electric) Power Boards Amendment Act. Mr Waters said tha a similar batch of notices had been sent out some time ago in connection with Robert’s Line —Palmerston North line. The owners had not objected, and there had been no trouble. A remarkable motor accident occurred in Auckland on Tuesday. A motor car chassis on which a body had not been placed, was being driven along the road at a fair pace. In some man. ner that is not d»itc clear, the clothes Q f the driver became caught in the I driving shaft immediately behind ma scat. He was jerked backwards, and ; bis frantic yell, as he disappeared, at--1 traeted the attention of a passer- oy The motor came to a standst.il outside “Courtvilic,” and when the first witnesses of the occurrence arrived on the scene, they found on the ground between the four wheels a gentleman In a perfect state of nature, bar a pair ol boots and the ragged ends ot his socks. Round the rapidly-revolving shaft was tightly wound the rest ot the unfo tunate’s clothing.. When he was pulled out, garbed in an overcoat, and ex. amined it was found that the extent ot ffis injuries was confined to brumes. It was lucky that the motor was stalled by the expeditious manner m w i |it disrobed its driver, and the ca brought to a standstill. That there are some specimens of muscular young womanhood m the Dominion was shown at Au^ n “ * cently. when the 7.35 terry boat fiom the city to Stanley Bay and Dev onport pulled out from i s 1 eith. - number of young couples inn along the wharf, but their courage la lea them to try and board the moving boat, and they backed on to one ol i the scats on the wharf to enjoy one 1 another’s company till the next boat went. Four men tore down the whait a little later, but as Hie boat was gaining speed all the time, they funk- | ed at the jump and failed to get a. 'passage. Just then, however, a youn b I woman canie tearing down the wharf, land amidst the shouts of those sitting on the side scats of the boats not to 1 try to board it, she threw her bclongI ings over the rails on to the decx, land then, with an alertness which 1 seemed almost uncanny, she grasped lone of the uprights by leaping fairly on to it over a distance which wan i appalling and then with the cleveri ness of a gymnast she swung herself 'right on to the dock of the swiftly moving boat. It was all done so quickly a<d with such agility that it won the admiration of all who saw jit, and all some sailor boys could say i when they realised what had happened was “gee whiz.” It turned out that the young lady was from the country and did not fear a fa.II into the 30 feet of wafer beneath her. because she had been accustomed m the back-blocks to spring on to the i bare backs of the horses on her 'father’s farm. "You people in the i cities think we country girls sit with our lingers in our mouths and cannot say boo to a goose when we come to tho city.” she said exultingly, “but 1 beat those four city chaps who were afraid to jump, but I’ll bet they jump next time, for a country girl has shown them how to do it.” Good, serviceable and hard-wearing —that sums up tho great value in unbleached sheetings that The C. M. 'Ross Co., Ltd., are offering you now. For single beds it is 2/7J, threequarter beds 8/6 yard, and for double beds 3/11 yard net cash. They are there for your Inspection when next you call.* 1 For influenza, take "Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure.

The Rev. Harold T. Peat will conduct a Spring Flower Service in Cuba Street Church to-morrow morning, the flowers afterwards among the patients at the hospitals. In the evening Mr Peat will preach on the subject of "The Fact of the Holy Spirit.” According to a legal authority in Palmerston North, the Honorary Justices’ Association will do more to raise the status of the Justices of the Peace than anything yet propounded. This more especially will be observable when that Association secures the long-sought privilege of scanning the list of proposed political appointees. A traveller asks us to draw attention to the fact that while pork is dearer than beef, and less acceptable to the majority, many of whom cannot or will not eat it, the railway refreshment rooms will supply nothing but ham sandwiches. Their unsuitability is accentuated by the fact that all such food is hurriedly bolted between train stops. Perhaps the Meat Control Board will add this to their “Eat More Beef” campaign. From Paikaakarikl to Wellington the whole country promises to be covered with gold. The gorse Is now in its crown of glorious blossom, and blocks of hundreds of acres may be seen from the train. The land is on an average capable of carrying one sheep to two acres, so that the lost utility will bo more than compensated for by the beauty imparted to those hungry hills. Being a legume, the gorse will enrich the soil. The price at which land is sold by the Borough Council to those who desire to be buried in the local cemetery is £4537 per acre. That is to say £3 10/- per plot of 9ft. by 4ft. If the purchase money is worth 5 per cent, to the vendors, then the revenue derived from a ten acre cemetery would be about £2OOO per annum in addition to the burial fees. For this, it is suggested that the Council should keep the plots in the same condition of beauty as they do the Square gardens.