LOCAL AND GENERAL

Manawatu Times, 25 March 1926, Page 8

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The first ladies’ Inter-provincial bowling tournament to be held in New Zealand took place at Invercargill yesterday, between teams representing Otago and Southland. Six rinks participated, Otago winning by 135 to 88. —Press Association.

Seven of the principal Patriotic Societies have already announced their Intention strongly to oppose the Minister’s proposal to centralise their funds. The local association consider that it would be a breach of contract made with those who subscribed the money.

“What’s this ‘stockingette’—£4?’’ asked a member of a Power Board when accounts were oemg passed for payment. He was informed that it referred to a certain appliance in the power house. “Oh, I thought it was lady's apparel,’’ said the enlightened one.

The Manawatu Women's Club meets to-morrow, when the hostesses will be Mcsdames P. Gillies, H. T. Peat and H. J. Thompson. Mr P. M. Koeslng, M.A., will be the speaker, and the Misses Killick and Telford will provide the musical portion of the programme.

By a majority of five to one the ratepayers of the Poverty Bay'Power Board’s district .comprising Gisborne borough and Cook and Waikohu counties, sanctioned the. raising of a loan of £280,000 for !the electrification of the district from the Government station at Waikaremcana. —Press Assn.

People In the country expect their butchers to give them credit for the most trifling things, according to a statement made at the Bankruptcy Court at Auckland by a Warkworth bankrupt. To refuse credit was practically impossible, ho said, as there was no hope of working up a cash business in the fact of opposition; and the result was often very embarrassing, because the farmers were sometimes exceptionally ‘longwinded."

In a letter to the Citizens’ Bunch Club, dated 3rd February, Mr W. A. Waters says they were due in Chicago after four days and nights on the train. It was very cold, 30 below zero. They saw twelve Aims being “shot,” and if any traveller wishes to see the process he should go to the movies’ home, Hollywood: but be sure to take a return ticket. Many a budding film star is now a waitress at. the local hotels. Among the movio thrills they saw an angry lion in a circus wreck the camera and upset the operator.

“We read to obtain information, to express our emotions, and relieve pent-up feelings,” stated Dr. J. W. Mclliwralth, senior-inspector of schools in Hawke’s Bay, during the course of an address on the function of literature in schools, given before the Hawke’s Bay Education Institute. “It has been said,” he continued, “that without newspapers the human race would become insane. ‘We hear shallow speakers declare that newspapers drive us mad, but deeper philosophists say that the newspapers, the play, poetry and arts keep up sane. The process of Identifying ourselves with heroes and heroines in books, plays and the cinematograph keeps us from going Insane.”

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