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NEWS OF THE DAY

There was an unpleasantly sharp shock of earthquake experienced in Waipawa at 9.30 on Sunday night, writes the Waipawa correspondent of the “Times.”

A lad named Frank Bailey, of College street west, had the misfortune to fail from his bicycle yesterday afternoon. He suffered from shock and the loss of several front teeth.

“The idea that the fact that you have passed a certain examination should be published in the social news as something to your standing is one of the silliest notions in the history of man.**—Dr. W. M. Smith at the Palmerston. North Rotary Club yesterday. A girl named Phyllis Check, residing at 40 Main street, Palmerston North, while cycling near the Railway Station last evening along with her brother, collided with a car driven by Dr. R. Hooper, of Palmerston North. The bicycle suffered a buckled wheel and the girl a bruised, hip.

An expression of sympathy with the relatives of the late Mr. J. K. Hornblow was passed at a meeting of the executive of the Manawatu-Oroua Power Board yesterday. The actingchairman (Mr. J. Boyce) paid a warm tribute to Mr. llornblow ’s record of public service, saying his place would be very difficult to fill.

Members of the Manawatu Golf Club will be interested to know that all handicaps have t)een increased by one stroke. Though this may not find favour with some of the players who have worked hard to get their handicaps reduced, the handicapping committee contends that it will be only a matter of time before the position adjusts itself. For colliding with a Borough Council car driven by Traffic Inspector L. Denz in Todd street, Hamilton, on Saturday night, Charles Maxwell Mitchell, aged 24, a coal miner of Glen Afton, was convicted by Mr. S. L. Paterson, S.M., in the Police Court yesterday and fined £2O and £1 Is costs, while his license was cancelled until May 31, 1939. The inspector’s vehicle was extensively damaged, Mr. Dcnz suffering from slight concussion.

The tender of W. Williamson, Christchurch, has been accepted for the construction of No. 1 block of the new Chief Post Office at Christchurch. The cost of the work is about £130,000. This block of five storeys will face Hereford street. The Government has also decided to re-build the present Chlvf Post Office, but the construction of this building of seven storeys will not bo started until No. 1 block is finished.— Press Assn.

Another prosecution resulting from the police raid on a “two-up** school near the Awapuni racecourse during the recent trotting meeting was made in the Magistrate’s Court yesterdai’, when Reginald Ernest Frederick Miles, a dealer, aged 29, of Palmerston North, was charged with playing “two-up" at Maxw'ell’s line on April 17. Through Mr Ongley, Miles pleaded guilty. When arrested, said Detective-Sergeant Meiklejohn, defendant had £263 in his possession. A fine of £2 was imposed. A letter was received at the last meeting of the executive of the New Zealand Bowling Association from the International Bowling Board of England advising that an official team of British bowlers would arrive in New Zealand early in December of this year. It was decided to send a cable welcoming the decision to send the team and requesting the necessary particulars to enable the itinerary to be drawn up. Since the meeting a cablegram stating that the team will arrive in Wellington by the Arawa on December 4 has been received.

The inauguration of the schools milk scheme in Greymouth will be held over until the spring when it is expected arrangements will be completed for an adequate supply of' fresh milk. This decision is likely, according to Mr. A. H. McKane, chairman of the committee, who announced lust night that- he had received no tenders from dairymen for the supply of 108 gallons of milk daily to the local schools. Mr. McKane said it was regrettable that dairymen were unwilling to supply milk for the benefit of the health of schoolchildren. —P.A.

The third evening of the Manawatu Indoor Bowls Association was held in the Orange Hall last Wednesday when every mat was taxed to capacity. Interest ran high in all games and by the enthusiasm shown, indoor bowls is fast becoming a popular game. During the evening a visit was paid by the members of the All Saints' Men’s Club and a very enjoyable time was spent demonstrating the game to the very keen members. The following skips were successful; Cox 16 beat Drury 14; Fisher 28 beat Burrell 17; Bowler 23 beat Bailey 15; King 19 v. Hancock 17; Tantrum 32 beat Rebram 25.

A splendid example of the response to the appeal for donations to the King George the Fifth National Memorial Fund lias beeen provided by the members of the now defunct Turua Town Board. This local body in common with all similar organisations received a copy of the Prime Minister’s appeal for support for the memorial which is to take the form of children’s permanent health camps, a few days after it had been merged with the Hauraki Plains County Council, but its members decided to meet unofficially and subscribe among themselves to the fund. In a letter to the Acting Prime Minister, Mr. J. M. Mules, the late chairman, stated that the members were so much in sympathy with the object of the appeal that they with the late clerk were making a joint donation of £B.

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Manawatu Times, Volume 62, Issue 98, 27 April 1937, Page 6

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NEWS OF THE DAY Manawatu Times, Volume 62, Issue 98, 27 April 1937, Page 6

NEWS OF THE DAY Manawatu Times, Volume 62, Issue 98, 27 April 1937, Page 6

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