LOCAL AND GENERAL

Pahiatua Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 11030, 31 December 1928, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Take courage for the New Yc.ir

Japanese authorities arc alarmed at the persistence of dysentery at Yokohama.

Burglars visited, business plans in Palmerston North. In cue instance, a draper’s window wa.s smashed.

A railway van containing panels and mail ready for the south-bound goods train was broken into and ever 30 packets ripped open.

Three coses of what is suspected to be bubonic plagite from which Shanghai has been free for mally years, have been discovered in a Chinese village of 1000 inhabitants. The North Island rifle championship at Wanganui was won by Captain A. Nielson of Napier. The tyro aggregate was wuigjiv S. M. Keasney of Napier, and the champion teams match by Napier.

Six months’ .suspension of his license and a fine of £lO was tho penalty inflicted cu Will inn Remnant retired, of Palmerston North, who was found guilty of being intoxicated when in charge oif a motor-car.

Three girls were injured at the Petone beach carnival about 10 o’clock cm a .recent .evening, when the “ocean wave” collapsed as the result of a broken .stay. At the time, of the accident the machine was revolving- at its maximum speed and with a full load.

With the consent of the. Wairarapa Hospital Board, a committee has been set up to endeavour to raise a sufficient amount (about £250) to install wireless at the- South Wairarapa. Hospital at Grey town. Mr W Bidw-ill, of Featherston, lias offered to donate £25 if three others will do likewise

Aubrey Holt, aged 28. a. teller in the Bank of New South Wales was arrested in Perth on a charge of embezzling £595 from his bank. H? confessed to having lost the money at racing in Sydney and he nurro"dered to the Perth police, saying he intended to commit suicide, hut changed hi s mind.

Large frauds have been perpetrated on Perth shopkeepers during holidays by means or bogus cash orders, .purporting to lie issued f.r> - the Public Works Department. Small purchases were made and occasionally a large amount of cash in change v,a> received. It i.s estimated U*nt a> least £I2OO was so fraudeiitly obtained.

The new model 65 Chrysler Sedan, a really finished job, can bo inspected at A. and R. Donald’s Garage in Mam Street,

The electrict power was cut off for half an hour on Saturday morning, the cause being the shattering of an insulator on the Public Works’ Department’s main line at W, -drill ■.

Richard Dwyer, a carpenter, aged 18. resident in Poplar Grove. Wellington, was struck on the head by the handle ( ~t a wmcli while walking on a building at the corner ot Taranaki Street and Courtenay Place. Rev. F. McDonald concluded his ministry at St. Paul’s Presbyterian Church last night, when he di i.vorcd. a vigorous, outspoken address, in the course of which he made a:i eloquent idea for a quickening oi si ir >- ual life. Conditions on the Lend.,. Stx k Exchange are far more sati- ac:« y than appeared likely a fortnight ..<>» the stagnation prevalent, then hafug disappeared. The year 1928 is rejf ■ -- ed to have been profitable for ' y iie financial community genera llv. Ik Mrs Theodore Alvarez, an ian who said .she was the wife o ; a Argentine millionaire, was arrested in New York in an exclusive hotel and charged with grand larceny for pi-esenting a worthless cheque to 1115 dollars at a clothing shop. The woman is said to have served, a tei a in Canada on a similar charge.

The New South Wales and Queensland bowlers were given an el.t uisiastic send-off aboard Mamma, all looking forward to a pleasant li • ii—day in New Zealand. Mr John ■ e ifcfc president of the New South \ a es 'bowling association and Mr . o y, Mayor of Brisbane, are both o tstanding figures in the commercial life in their respective States. —. fill ey message.

The aerial age is a big step net. r with th e British attemp o pro ide a runabout single seater aero 'a ■&, to be sold for £3OO. These a e at present being constructed at E akiand,s aerodrome. They are int led for short trips. Their wing sp i ia 25 feet and they are fitted vith A.B.C. Scorpion engine. It i the answer to a German firm’s two eater run-about, sold for £SOO.

The Viceroy opened the new : ling George dock at Calcutta, pro . ling at present six additional Bertl and ultimately 30 additional berries fie cost of the scheme to the preset t has been eight and a half crores of rupees. The water area oi the dock is 24 per cent, greater than the Gianstone dock at Liverpool. Tli© ccrst.iuct.ion of the first quarter of tl » full scheme has involved the displacement cis 200.liMKl.0IM) cubic fees ol earth.

Scheyer and Dan. lead rs of tie Workers’ organisation, known as the Fascist association, at Budapest, were arrested 'before Christmas on a c harge kf collecting money for an illegal purpose. Tliev are now charged, with conspiring to foment a rebellion and overturn the social order. The prosecution alleges that they were preparing a most audacious plot for the purpose of capturing the whole Hungarian government. The police are still tracing the ramifications of the affair.

Motor cars and motor cycle* in Paris are fast becoming as numerous a* the time-honoured watch for the piuqxise of pledging. The li.uniei |xal ]>awnsbop to-day requested the Pans Council to vote £75,000 to erect a three-storey garage tc house the cans. 1 inis far 6(H) are ia pawn, there being no fewer than 190 pledged tin's year. Another use for the motor ear ks reported from Rome, the owner selling his car t- a cafe proprietor for 10.000 coffees. The cafe is bound to provide coffee to the seller or his friends as often as requested. It is cal; Mated it will take between six and eight veins a pav off the debt.

The .Year 1928 lias Ken quite a ROt'xl one lor our rural industries, hollowing a particularly drv summer "'lnch occasioned auxinv in some districts with regard to its elie. t njjoa the pastures, and caused a temporary setback in the dairy industry, beneficial rains were experienced in tho autumn, enabling production to recover to such an extent that a, very satisfactory -so: sen was recorded, tile winter was mild, and, a congenial spring has been conducive to maintaining live stock in good orarditUHt and in providing an abundance of feed. At the present time the iccclieets for tlie current season are vorv good 1 rail the production standpoint-.

W hen the directors of the Feildmg f armers' Freezing Company met recently tho Hon J. G. Cobbo. Mi. chairman of directors, tondc-r----etl his resignation as chairman explaining that his reason for doing so was that certain farmers, for political reasons were withdrawing their support from the company. He made it plain that he did not wish to reniam in office w hile there was a risk, ot hi s doing damage to the .onxpauv ihe directors refused to accept tho Srtl ,S ric +" > ri l ~ ! ion e-xpres-d - rtX 1 r' (obb °. be able to d" the freezing industry and tho iarmers some good. It was also said blow over. 1 ' 10801 ' 1 IW ' i,lg " olUd

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