GENERAL NEWS

Manawatu Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 3495, 3 November 1926, Page 8

GENERAL NEWS

The killing and dressing of the Show pigs in the bacon and pork classes will take place at the Abbatoir at 7.30 this morning.

The presentation of an illuminated address to His Excellency the Governor will take place in front of tho showgrounds grandstand at 2 p.ra. today.

Means by which the sights of Wanganui can be shown to American tourists who are to reach the city, via the Wanganui River, early next year, were briefly discussed by the Wanganui Chamber of Commerce on Monday night. The tourists will be members of large parties visiting Now Zealand on specially chartered liners. One party of the trippers will number 200, and the other about 30. Some of them will go from Wanganui to Dawson Falls, Mount Egmont. While in Wanganui they are to be entertained and driven round.

Occasionally some unconsciously humorous letters are received by labour agents ,and one such came from an elderly man quite recently, says the “Dunedin Star.” It was ill-spell and badly written ,tho writer stating that he wanted a woman as housekeeper or companion, but that he could not pay a big wage as he did not go to work himself. Ho desired

“a tidy woman about fifty, clean, and fairly smart in looks.” What he really wanted, he declared, was a woman that would like a home because if he took a liking to her, and she to him, then ho might marry her within a month!

The Napier Borough Council has decided not to proceed with the purchase of a new generating unit_ This unit erected complete together with the necessary additions to the power station, would involve a capital expenditure of approximately £II,OOO, and it was not considered that the protection by way of additional ‘‘stand by” plant, against a partial failure of supply for approximately six hours warranted an expenditure of that amount. In any case the additional protection, it was reported, would not be available during the winter of 1927, and the Public Works Department expect to have Waikaremoana and Mangahao linked together in 1929.

To many people it would appear incredible that a person now about 50 years of age ,and who for the greater portion of that time had resided at Egmont Village, New Plymouth, until last week had never ridden in a railway train (says the Eltham Argus). Nevertheless, it is a fact. The person referred to is a woman who has been occupied iA farming duties and has now disposed of the farm. By way of a little relaxation she decided to have a day’s pleasure and took a trip to Waitara per train. Her excitement ■was intense ,and as she gazed out of the carriage window she remarked; ‘‘lt's just lovely, you can see everything so beautifully, and it appears to be perfectly safe,” It is now her intention to “see life.”

Bran tub dips of all sizes and descriptions have been branded an illegal game of chance by the heads of the Gisborne police, says the “Times”, and it is authoritatively stated that prosecution will follow for any person or oganisation found conducting “dips.” Although various organisations have been running “bran tubs” for years in this centre, this is the first occasion on which police officials have declared them illegal within the meaning of the provisions of the Act pertaining to lotteries. Trouble first arose a week or so ago, when one of the queen carnival committees was conducting a big "bran tub” at a street corner in town, and were warned by the police, and again at the Show several sideshows wore instructed by the police to stop bran tup dipping.

Farmers are now looking round for a means of catching up their cultivating work which is so far behind owing to the continued wet. The day of the light tractor is fast waning. Farmers are demanding a superior and heavier type. Have you investigated the “Twin City” at BoothMacdonald & Co. Ltd. It is the premier tractor of Australia, and is fast making a name for itself in New Zealand.