LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 3247, 18 January 1926, Page 8

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

At a Rugby international game at Cardiff, Wales drew with England, 3 all.

The sitting of the Magistrate’s Court to-day promises to be a very heavy one, quite a number of cases having accumulated over the holidays. The French Corporal, Cellier, who sounded the "cease fire’’ after the war, has been awarded the Cross of the Legion of Honbur, states a Paris cable.

The final trial race to decide the Auckland challenger for the Sanders Cup, resulted in Avalon winning by 1 minute 45 seconds from Rona. This made Avalon'S fourth win in the series.

Foxton Beach proved a very popular place for Palmerston picnics yesterday and besides a full train, six bus loads of passengers spent a splendid day at the seaside until ideal conditions. A wheel of a motor lorry broke through an old culvert on the Foxton line in the vicinity of the engine sheds. It took the best part of yest< rday to get the lorry back on the road again.

Pohanglna valley does not seem to have been affected by the dry spell, for the hillsides are a picture to gaze upon, yet when one goes through the Manawatu Gorge the country bias quite a different appearance, the pastures being decidedly bare. In to-day’s issue the Railway Department advertise special trains and cheap fares to the Foxton Races and Motor Sports at Ashhurst on Anniversary Day, January 22;/ also train connections and reduced fares to Trentham races on January 20, 22nd and 23. It is understood, says a Hamilton Press wire, that M. Dynes Fultbn, chairman of Directors of the New Zealand Co-operative Dairy Coy., has issued a writ against Messrs English and Luxford, accountants, of Hamilton, claiming £IOOO damages for alleged breach of contract.

Mr R. V. Lorenzen, who has recently returned from America, afler completing the Chiropractic course at the famous Palmer School Of Chiropractic, has opened his offices in Broadway (ovir Leary’s Pharmacy), Palmerston North, His opening announcement appears on page one of this issue.

In coming l from Poxton toi Palmerston North, the road takes a sharp turn to the right at Himltangi and the unsuspecting m.'foriat might easily continue straight on along the Foxton-Sandon road. This happened to a visitor to Foxton yesterday who was met In the proximity of Rongotea enquiring his way back to Pal n.'.erston North. Adamson, who broke the 100yds. swimming record last week and was chosen to represent Auckland in the New Zealand Championships at Napier, is unable to obtain) the necessary leave. L. L. Kronfleld, who was unable to compete in the Auckland championships, owing to injury in a motor accident, has entered for all free-style distances, says an Auckland message. 1

A Wanganui business man tossed a letter over to a reporter and remarked; “It is amusing nowadays to note how some of the one-horse shows ape the larger firms in their typed correspondence to endeavour to , shftw their Importance by indicating that the letter was dictated by X/Bloggs, and typed by pretty P/Powderpuff.” The business man added that the letter referred to came from another town, and h« knew perfectly well that there were only two in the show, namely, the boss and the typiste. Two young men, Patrick Murphy and William Williamson, were found asleep under trees on the property of Mr H. Buchanan in Rangltikei street on Friday night last. They were given better protection from the elements at the Police station and on Saturday appeared before Messrs J. Nairn and J. A. McLeavey, J’s P. charged with being found or private grounds, but in circumstances which did not suggest that they intended to commit a crime. Murphy was fined 10/-, in default 2i hours’ imprisonment, while Williamson, who was described by the police as a healthy young fellow, naturally tired, waa mulcted in the sum of 20/-, in default 4S hours in gaol.

The mushroom season hns commenced. On Saturday a party of picnickers gathered sufficient for a meal from the pastures in the Pohangina valley. Two boys are reported having gathered a bucketful from the FUzhorbert district.

The Palmerston North fire-flghtera answered the first call for the year yesterday, when an alarm was given of a glass fire In Wood street. The outbreak was in close proximity to a residence, but a few minutes’ hosing quickly cleared the menace.

When a letter is sent to a Council by a ratepayer, the epistle is usually read to the meeting, but at the Pohanglna County Council meeting on Saturday, a complaint about rates was not tabled, although included on the agenda paper, the reason being that the phraseology was couched In a manner unfit for publication. The chairman, Cr. H. W. Smart, when commenting on the letter remarked: “Ratepayers should send in letters in a proper manner when complaints are being made. This is a shameful thing and should not be tabled."

Recently a young woman approached an official of St. John’s Working Ken’s Club and politely informed him that she had dropped a shilling down the grating. Being busy at the time the official parted with a shilling and told the young lady he would have a look later in the disused cellar. The next day a small boy came along and stated that he had dropped sixpence down the same grating, atfd a promise was made to him that if it was found it would be returned to him. When a third boy came along with a similar story, the official thought he would make investigations. All he could find was a sixpence, and It appeared as if it might have been there for years.

Earliest choosing’ makes wisest buying. It will pay you to keep this particularly in mind for to-morrow—• the commencing date of The C. M. Hoss Co. Ltd.'s Great Summer Clearance Sale. Limitless bargains at wonderfully attractive savings. Don’t miss them.