LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 2308, 28 November 1925, Page 8

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Niagara has arrived at Suva from Auckland cn route for Honolulu states a message from the island port.

All South African veterans are requested to parade at All Saints’ Church on Sunday at 2.15 p.m. to attend the Memorial Service to the late Queen Mother Alexandra. The Board of Governors of the Palmerston North High Schools hai -urchaaod Mr. W. Park’s residence in College Street for a girls’ hostel. It will bo ready to accommodate anout 2 5 girls when the School resumes after the raid-summer vacation.

Residents of Palmerston North should be prepared to receive an early call this morning from the Commercial Travellers, who will be soiling buns in aid of their Charity Appeal. They will also be carrying on their appeal in the main streets during the day. A large number of by-law breakers were before the Chnstcju-rch otrate’s Court yesterday and the lines for some of the offences were heavier than usual. One taxi-driver was fined £2O for dangerous driving and two other men were each fined £lO. The licenses of those three defendants were endorsed.

“We are getting behind the scenes in the housing question,” remarked Mr. F. K. Hunt, S.M., at the Magistrate’s Court at Auckland on Tnursday. “Here is a house that cost £6OO to huiid, and the purchaser is charged £IXSO for it before it is out of the agent’s hands.” These facts came out in a dispute between the builder and the owner of the house. The section, it was stated cost £l5O.

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The new Boys’ High School at Napier. Is on a site of 34 acres and will be one of the most up-to-date InNew Zealand, the “Hawke's Bay Herald" remarks.

Regarding a communication forwarded to the Prime Minister by Mr. R. A. Armstrong on behalf of the New Zealand Licensing' Reform Association on the question of licensing legislation, Mr. Coates has replied that ho has taken a careful note of the representations on the subject and that the Association may rest assured that no undue delay will take place in giving consideration to the question of licensing reform.

With a view to popularising the municipal baths, the Wanganui City Council is encouraging mixed bathing and on every evening excepting Saturdays and Sundays, the baths will be open for this purpose. The hours will he from seven to nine o'clock. All of the public baths are now lit by powerful electric globes two clusters or tOOO candle-power each having been installed in every instance. The light from these lamps will also shine into the dressing rooms.

Burning operations in' the Miranui flax area were commenced yesterday morning, when the weather was calm, but the heavy gale which sprang up during the day drove the Are beyond the control of the watchers, and things looked serious for a time. However, a big gang of men fought strenuously, and by nine o’clock Jast evening, had the flames in check. During the night 50 men wtre on guard, and it was not anticipated that further trouble would be exper'enced. No estimate of the damage done can be made until this morning. The still small voice of conscience must have been quite a large-sized shriek in the breasts of three small children who watched the recent display of fireworks bj r the Christchurch Returned Soldiers’ Association from a distance. At a meeting of the R.S.A. executive, says the “Sun,” a letter was received containing IS penny stamps. Accompanying the stamps was a note from the father of the youngsters stating that the children had seen the display from a distance, but not with the object of “beating” the association. They desired, therefore, to send their price of admission.