LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Times, Volume XLVIII, Issue 2434, 28 July 1924, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A pair of kangaroos were brought to Wellington on Wednesday by ,he Ulimaroa from Sydney for the Wellington Zoo. The Manawatu Hunt hounds will meet at the corner of RangitikeiBunnythorpe Lines, for drag hunt over Mr W. G. Shannon’s farm. The master bakers on August 4 are increasing the price of 41bs. loaf throughout England by a halfpenny. The London price will be 9Jd. There were 23 accidents in which Christchurch trams were concerned in Juno. In riine cases there were collisions with motor-cars; in seven Instances accidents were caused through people alighting from moving cars. It is expected that the export of cases of fruit for the current season will show an increase to over 240 000, or 90,000 more than for last season. The prospects of the fruit industry are improving, states a Wellington message.

The Rongotoa Coronation Hall should be fined to-morrow night, when a dance in aid of the Farmers’ Queen will be held. The arrangements are complete, and the music will be supplied by Larkins’ Orchestra, so that a successful function should re suit. Having no school privilege and not being financial two boys were unable to witness the big match on Saturday. During the two hours anx’ous waiting for the result, they cycled round ail the streets where cars were parked and counted the motors in each. Their statistical record was 2164 cars, including 75 different makes. Several animals in the Auckland Zoological Park have died from poisoning during the last three weeks. Among the animals were two agoutis, two civet cats, two baboons, and a female zebra. Post mortem examinations revealed the presence of either arsenic or corrosive po son, which must have been deliberately administered by some evilly disposed person. Owing to the shocking state of the road between Shannon and Mout-on, the Waitunui Flaxmilling Co. hasj been compelled to cart Us flax to Fox- j ton for shipment by boat to Welling-; ton (says the ‘‘Shannon Nn>-f'i, It i has been usual to rail it from Shannon and this diversion will thus moan a loss in revenue of approximately £3O per week to the Hallway Department. All who use the road severely critic'se the Horowhcnua County Council for allowing the road to get in such a bad condition. Several complaints of petty thieving from graves in Wanganui cemeteries, have been received. In one case sij family plot was .stripped of a numhei of vases which relatives were in the hab't of regularly refilling with: flowers. At the Aram oho Cemetery a woman was seen taking ribbons from wreaths. An informant states that! when a bystander ventured to voice! a remonstrance the woman coolly re- I torted; “I’ve a farnilv of four or five girls to provide hair ribbon for and this suits me better than buying it.” The direction of operations on the A. and P. Association’s grandstand on Saturday was a job of s r 'm. p dimensions. Only an organiser could have tackled it with reasonable prospect of success. If there wore any complaints they must surely have been of a trivial nature. The M.R.F.U. were undoubted'y fortunate In having at their command the services of Mr H. E. Bennett, who surpassed by many degrees the fine record established in connection w ; th (he booking arrangements for the South African game in 1921. The disabilities under which country folk enjoy their pleasures is seldom without its humorous side (re- , marks an exchange). A dance was held recently at Waimauku, and the. problem presented itself to one en-j thusiast as to how he was to cover the short stretch of mud and holes serving as a road between himself and the township. and yet present a respectable figure at the ball. A suitcase, a pair of gum boots and a bathing costume offered the solution. The trip was made in the costume and gum boots, the suit-case revealing its contents later on, after a bath had prepared the way for a donning of the, evening splendour. It is pleasant to add that the function proved one of the most enjoyable and most successful that has been held at Wimuaku. ’NwOurqs.stßb?ofr dukfifl asfihead New shipment of Baton’s Bramble wool fingering, latest colours at The C. M. Ros sCo. Ltd. Sale price 1/2 per loz skein.