GENERAL NEWS

Manawatu Times, Volume LIII, Issue 6632, 11 June 1928, Page 6

GENERAL NEWS

A Sydney cable states that the Tahiti arrived from Wellington yesterday at 6 o’clock.

The date fixed for the poll for the library loan is June 29. The Mayor, Mr. A. J. Graham, proposes addressing the ratepayers on the subject a few days before the poll.

Answering an inquiry from Auckland, the Minister of Labour, the Hon. R. A. Wright, states that the Auckland Civic League’s suggestion that the Government invite competitive schemes for settling the unemployed on farmlcts was now in the hands of the Minister of Lands for consideration.

A total of C 642 persons arrived at Auckland from overseas for tho first five months’ period of tho present year, a decrease of 1927 compared with the same period of last year says the “Star.” Tho departures totalled 80157 compared with 7765 for the first five months of 1927. Tho outward passengers included a large number of New Zealanders going away on holiday.

Mr L. Mcllvidge, General Secretary of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants, was a visitor to Palmerston North over the week end and addressed a very largo meeting of the local branch of the Society last evening. Ho leaves for New Plymouth by the mail train to-day, and after addressing a meeting there to-night, will return to Wellington on Tuesday.

Further information on the Co-opera-tivo Intermediate Rural Credit scheme was supplied the Provincial executive of the Farmers’ Union on Saturday by Mr A. S. Fair© (District Supervisor), with the object of forming an association in tho Manawatu. Members expressed the opinion that as one big association was preferable to several smaller ones, a meeting of all bodies and dairy companies interested should be called and the association formed at that meeting. The executive decided to start tho ball rolling.

On visiting a country school, one of the Auckland Education Board’s inspectors gazed upwards at a high ceiling, and saw sticking there a number of nibs, which had evidently been used as darts. Tho inspector, suggested to the lady teacher that they should be removed, and thought that, with a table, a chair on top of it, and then the use of a long stick, the task could bo achieved. While the matter was being discussed the chairman of the local school committee arrived. “Don’t remove them,’’ he said. “I shot them up there when I was a boy at this school 30 years ago.”

The annual meeting of the Manawatu Patriotic Society will be held to-mor-row evening in the Borough Council Chambers at 8 o’clock to receive the balance-sheet and report, and for the election of officers, etc. This meeting will be preceded by an ordinary meeting at 7.30 for the purpose of transacting general routine business. A full attendance of members is particularly requested.