NEWS OF THE DAY

Manawatu Times, Volume 64, Issue 153, 1 July 1939, Page 4

NEWS OF THE DAY

Collision with Car As a result of a collision with a car while cycling in Main Street last evening, Mr. L. Prior, of Church Sticet, Palmerston North, suffered facial wounds and a cut in the groin. He was taken to hospital for medical attention. The car driver was Mr. F. I’. McMinn, of Main Street, Palmerston North.

East Coast Railway Line On their way to Napier for the official opening of the East Coast railw T ay line at Wairoa, the Minister of Railways (Hon. I). G. Sullivan) and the General Manager (Mr. G. A. Mackley) passed through Palmerston North by railcar last evening. A party of departmental officers passed through this centre yesterday morning. Imperial Ex-Sexvicemcii

Special grants amounting to £63 Is from sources other than the Poppy Day Fund have been granted during the past six months to Imperial cxserviceraen by the Palmerston North branch of the Returned Soldiers’ Association. At a meeting of the executive on Thursday evening a further £l3 was passed for payment. Building Activity Building permits numbering 38 and representing an aggregate value of £1(3,124, ay ere issued by the Palmerston North City Council during the month ending yesterday, compared with 28 permits of a value of £17,84.9, in the corresponding month of last year. Nine new dAvelliugs authorised account for £O2G7 of the past month's total, and alterations and additions to business premises for £5804, including £SOOO for premises in Grey Street.

Bankruptcy Petitions Ten bankruptcy petitions, the highest number since 16 were recorded in the corresponding period of 1932, were fi'ed for the Palmerston North district, which extends from Halcombe to Levin, during the first six months of the calendar year, ending yesterday. Five were filed by labourers. Two bankruptcies occurred during June. Bankruptcies filed in the corresponding period of 1938 Avere eight; in 1937, five; in 1936, six; in 1935, four; in 1934, five; in 1933, eight, and in 1932, 16. The Wrong Motor-car

An amusing sequel developed in the case of a motor-car which was reported stolen in Auckland, states the New Zoaland Herald. Some hours after noticing the absence of his car the owner saw it being driven back to the place Avhero it had formerly been parked near the City Markets. The vehicle was promptly surrounded. The driver proved to be a mechanic who, in response to a telephone cal], had been despatched to take charge of a car which was to be overhauled. Unfortunately, he took the wrong car. The Brass Had It.

The new grandstand at the Canterbury Rugby Union’s ground, Rugby Park, will be opened this afternoon to the music of a brass band. When the management committee considered the programme of entertainment for those attending the opening there was a marked divergence of opinion as to whether the music should be supplied by a brass band or a pipe band. The protagonists of Scottish music were defeated on the vote after a brief debate had been summed up by a member of the committee in the rernarK, “We Avant a band that can play the National Anthem so w r e can recognise it.”

Fire in Shea An outbreak of lire occurred just after 1.30 p.m. yesterday in a shed at the rear of a house occupied by Dr. C. P. McMeckan, at 302 liuahine Street, on the corner of Ferguson Street. The firo brigade Avere quickly on the scene, and, running out one lead, ,tkey soon had the flames under control. Tho shed, which is attached to a garage at the roar, contained straw packing and other material. The fire smouldered in this material fer some time, and the firemen took extreme care to see that no sparks were alight when they left. On one side was a set of glass AvindoAvs, and all of these were broken in tho process of subduing the flames. Tho cause of the outbreak at proscut unknown. Vanity of the Male. Vanity, by the male half of the populaton, is almost universally held to be an attribute to tho other sex, and the wearing Of feathers for adornment Avould appear to be one of its manifestations. Many varieties of brilliantlyplumaged birds have suffered in consequence. However, it seems that men are just as amenable to tho dictates of fashion. A member of the Council of tho Acclimatisation Society at Dunedin remarked on the practice of shooting ehukor with pea-rifles, stating that there was a good deal of it going on in tho Roxburgh-Alexandra district. The method was for the hunter to lie hidden among the rocks and wait for the lards to come up. Shooting was done for the sake of the feathers. Ho added that ehukor feathers were being worn in men’s headgear in that district.

Visitor’s Quest Doctor, barrister and author, Dr. E. Jacomb, of England, is seeking a place in which he may spend his retirement. He returned to Auckland by the Matua after a tour of the lower group of the Cook Islands. Dr. Jacomb said he had not yet decided where ho Avould settle, but it Avould probably be in the West Indies. He had enjoyed his visit to the Cook Islands, and was impressed by Rarotonga. Ho objected, however, to tho liquor restrictions there. “1 am 58 years of age, not a baby, and I think tho liquor restrictions there are absurd,” said Mr. Jacomb. “It is not as though by these restrictions tho white is saving the native, because the native is not being saved. He makes his orange beer. He can easily get oranges and sugar. The first thing 1 srav when I went ashore at Rarotonga was a native drunk.”