Around the City

Manawatu Times, Volume 60, Issue 54, 6 March 1935, Page 6

Around the City

Paragraphs About People and Their Work

Local orcliardists report that brown rot lias taken a larger toll of stone fruit this summer than for many seasons past. This is probably another effect of the dry spell. <s> <J> <S> <*> Mr. J. K. Hornblow, chairman of the Palmerston North Hospital Board, and Mr. A. .T. Phillipps, managing-secretary, left yesterday to attend the Hospital Boards’ Association conference at Napier. <s> <*> <s> <t> If there was a market for frogs in New Zealand the City Council would bo able to add quite a considerable sum to its revenue, as the large pond at the Esplanade is teeming with tadpoles. <*><s> <*> <S> A motion of condolence with Mr J. A. Grant, a member, in the bereavement lie recently suffered in the death of his mother, was passed at a meeting of the committee of the Foxton Beach Improvement Society held at Palmerston North yesterday. <®> <•> <»> <S> A city apiarist in a small way boasts a hive of bees six "supers” high. A “super” is about the size of a benzine case on its flat and each contains from eight to 10 full frames of honey in the comb. He is duo to extract well over Icwt. of honey from this colony. <S> <S> «> «•> Just a year ago yesterday a severe earthquake occurred just before midnight, causing extensive damage in the Wairarapa district, particularly from Pahiatua towards the coast. Many chimneys were damaged in Palmerston North, and some brick parapets brought down. <*><*> <S> <?> Bov, C. S, Matthews, who for nearly six years has been minister of. the Palmerston North Baptist Church, was fare welled by his congregation last night. Ho leaves for Auckland tomorrow night, and on Friday week will sail by the Bangitiki for England. No successor has yet been appointed.