GENERAL NEWS

Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6887, 17 April 1929, Page 6

GENERAL NEWS

The Fire Brigade received a call to Kangitikei Line last evening, ■where a car had become ignited. The outbreak had been suppressed before the brigade arrived. The gardens in the Square cost the ratepayers a good deal of money, stated the Mavor (Mr. A. J. Graham) when speaking at the Opera house last evening but he thought the gardens were the best advertisement the town had It is understood that lessees of railway bookstalls have received the following circular from the. Railways department: “The department intends to take over and control your stall when your lease expiros on June 30 next.” —P.A. Greatford school holds a record that will take some beating in the Dominion. For 29 out of the 31 years the school has been in existence, the Lewis fapiily has been represented on the committee of which Mr. Geo. Lewis was on Monday re-elected as chairman. The Mayor (Mr. A. J. Graham) informed his meeting of ratepayers last evening that the council had decided to approach the Railways department, asking if it had any objection to the opening of a footway to join the extensions of Fitzherbe'rt and Rangitikci streets in the Square. “Who is responsible for the keeping of deceased persons' names on the roll and cutting living persons’ names off?’’ asked a questioner at the Mayor’s meeting last evening. “I suppose the deceased persons didn’t notify the registrar,’’ facetiously commented the Mayor amidst laughter. The death occurred at the Palmerston North Hospital on Monday of a five-year-old Maori boy, who was admitted from Otaki suffering from lockjaw. It was considered necessary to inject an anti-tetanus scrum, but the body was too rigid and an anaesthetic was given, under which the boy died. An inquest is to be held on Thursday next. The Manawatu A. and P. Association has received from Mr. M. Cohen, an enlarged photograph of the show-, grounds in 1905, and also tho iiist medal struck off the Association’s die at the Birmingham Mint. He was accorded a hearty vote of thanks for His valuable gifts. The medal was given Mr. Colion by the Mint as ho selected the design for tho Association. That it is generally advisable' to go slow when passing through Toad gang 3 was amply demonstrated on the Foxton line close to Himitangi yesterday morning. A steam roller wearily plodding its way to Bangiotu became embedded in tho ample filling with winch tho road hereabouts is being treated, and resource was had to planks to enable the engine to progress at all. A new sedan car in attempting to pass the roller, skidded and crashed into the front portion of the machine, causing sad damage to the front mudguard and a burst tyre. Sufficient help was at hand to lift the car clear of the roller, but a little more care and less speed would have been better than a repair bill. A steam roller is a bad target for any car to try conclusions with. —7