LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 3264, 6 February 1926, Page 8

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A donation of £1 ,1/- to the Band Contest Fund has been made by Mrs Law, of “Willowbank " The late Cardinal Mercier. of Belgium, bequeathed his episcopal ring to Viscount Halifax, President of the Anglican committee for the Union of Churches.

The evening classes at the Technical school re-open on Monday, February 15. Intending students may enrol at the director’s ofllce between 7 and 8 o’clock each evening next week.

In a contentious platter at yesterday morning’s sitting of the Supreme Court at Palmerston North the worth of an affidavit was raised by counsel, who observed that it was really only valuable for whjtt it did not contain.

The Inquest on the late Mr. Maurice Patrick Malone, who died in mysterious circumstances at Hastings on January 16, has now been adjourned for hearing at the Hastings Courthouse on February 18. The .Coroner has yet to receive the Government Analyst’s report from Wellington.

A collision between two cyclists occurred near the' Chief Post Office, Palmerston North, shortly before 4 p.m. yesterday. As the result a boy named Boniface, employed by Messrs Keeling and Mundy, was sent to hospital suffering from Injuries to his head.

This morning between 110 and 120 members of the No. 6 Battalion, New Zealand Field Artillery, will leave Napier by the mail train to go into camp on the/Foxton racecourse. The battalion will be a week under canvas completing their annual training, and will be under the command of Major Phillips, of Napier.

Whether or not a map of the North Island will he on view at future sessions of the Supreme Court at Palmerston North, the fact remains that a leading barrister yesterday was unable to Inform the presiding Judge the whereabouts of either Ohlngaitl or Otorohanga.

A postal messenger wilt remember February 5 for two reasons. First, because it is his birthday, yesterday being his sixteenth, and because on that day he appeared before Mr. J. L. Stout. S.M., In the Magistrate's room on a charge of stealing three letters on different dates In November last, containing postal notes to the value of 31/-, the property of the Postmas-ter-General. The Magistrate imposed a. term of two years’ probation, conditional that the lad refunded the money within three' months.

“There is a surplus throughout the Dominion of applicants to enter the teaching profession,” stated Sir James Parr, Minister of Education, at Christ-' church, 1 when commenting upon the fact that the Canterbury Education Board had so far found employment for only 28 out of 144 , probationers who had loft the Christchurch Training College last year. Sir Jame 6 mentioned that in 1930 the proportion of uncertiflcated (teachers in the Dominion was 35 per cent., and now it was down to about 17 or 18 per cent. In 1913 there were only 397 students Itt the fckohers’ '.'training colleges, whereas to-day the number was 1260 “I don’t want the electric light In-, stalled in my house. It would be of very little use to me. I am away all day till lat e at night A kerosene lamp and candles serve my purpose. I have not signed the sheet and have authorised no one to sign for me.” In this manner a resident of Blrkdale advised the "Waitemata Power Board that he wanted none of Its electriolty. It appeared that a form sent out by the board had not reached him, and during his absence someone else m the house had sighed for two lights. Th 0 writer disclaimed any knowledge of the matter. "It will be a terrible loss to the board,” remarked the chairman, amid laughter.

Peter Moko gives a denial to the statement that there is any Intention on the pgrt of Katana and the executive of the Ratana Church to remove the headquarters of the church to Te Kultl. Moko states that they are preparing' to launch a new enterprise at Ratana and In addition have communicated with the Minister of Railways, asking him to provide a suit-' able station at Ratana and also a station master to meet the requirements of tho growing' community. Prom records at Ratana it Is estimated that Maoris who' go to and from tho pa during the year contribute £22,000 annually to the railways revenue. These figures are based on a low estimate o$ 20/- per head fares for each traveller.

An amusing (to the onlookers) but rather terrifying experience Is related in connection with the visit of Wlrth’s menagerie to Mosterton. A couple of ladies were admiring one of the big elphants. On e said: "I wonder If his skin Is lyird and leathery or soft to the touch.” Put your hand on him and find out,” said tho other. Lady No, I timidly put her hand bn the foreleg of the giant beast. With,, It Is declared, a “naughty little twinkle in his eye.” th e elephant at onc e gently clasped the lady with his trunk around her dainty skin, coloured stockings, and she fell to the ground with a shriek of alarm. The elephant Immediately let go, and went on reaching out for apples or peanuts. The experimenter is still unable to say whether an elephant’s skin Is soft or hard; nor is the elephant any more communicative as to the fineness or otherwise of the lady’P lo\ver limbs. In to-day’s paper will be found the Railway Department’s advertisement giving particulars of tho Issue of cheap excursion tickets to Dannevirke and the alterations to the train sendee on February 11 In connection with the Datnnovlrke Show. Attention is drawn to the special fast train returning from Dannevirke to Palmerston North after the Show.

Trimmed millinery models at The C.M. Ross Co. Ltd.’s Just halt prion Pay a visit to their millinery salon upstairs.