LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13074, 7 October 1935, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Friendship is constant in all things, save in the office and affairs of love.—Shakespeare. Tony Canzoneri retained the lightweight boxing title by gaining a decision over A 1 Both at New York in a. 15-round bout. The County ranger last month impounded 40 bead of cattle and 3 horses last month. The fees collected totalled 15s. North beat South in the annual in-ter-island Bugby game at Athletic Park, Wellington, on Saturday, by 15 points (three goals from tries) to nine (three tries). A short, but very sharp earthquake occurred suddenly on Saturday evening at about 6.45. in this district, startling many. This was followed by another slight shock shortly afterwards. Five and a-half million peopl3 have been rendered homeless by the recent floods in Hopei, Honan and vShangtung. The material damage amounts " to £22,500.000. —Nanking message. Mrs Annie Elizabeth Brady, who had boon missing since last. Tuesday, was found dead in a. clomp of pine trees at Waikaraka cemetery. Ones hungy. She was last seen when she left her home at Onehunga, more than, a mile from \ here she was found, to go shopping. Mrs Brady was sixty. No marks of violence were apparent. Her handbag was beside her and her effects were not disturbed. “Germans must temporarily tighten their belts, ” said Dr. Goebhels addressing an audience of. 150,0; K! people m Germany. He admitted shortage of fats. Emphasising the importance of supplying the army, which absorbed much foreign exchange for raw materials, Dr. Goebbels declared it was comforting to know that Germany was again a. world Power due to the restoration of her sovereignty, lie added: “Obviously the Nazis could not govern the sky which makes the harvests and could not be blamed if they preferred to accept a fortnight’s butter shortage in order to use the foreign exchange thereby saved to assist unemployment. He warned his hearers that supplies of lard and other fats must not be used, artificially by jianic buying. Moreover, biead, potatoes, beef, veal, mutton, fish, filk, eggs, sugar and many other foods were adequate, although pork was scarce.

Tn the semi-final of tl.e prortsskmal tennis championships at ' 2 6—^, J5-K r-ste fcft •sWfe g—a’ 63, O—6. 6—-1- In finals hr « Stoeffen and Lott, 6 —4, 6 .

sir« "Vi'swseis Arnold and Ludcoch, n ? Misses Stammers and James are Die oVhlrfinalists. In the singly Miss Arnold beat -Miss James 0-1. 6—2. The Clerk (Mr J. Hutton) said the Council was in pretty de f p ' % was these days financially, though * only temporary, of course, in lie Works Department onto Council over £2,000 in subsidies as » result of which the Conned incr for an overdraft at tnc When the .subsidies came to hand the Council would be all right agai

The London brokers’ reviewsgeneral expectaticms, and coarse crosbreds. Ihere is consid erably more resistance to lower pnees and if commerce is given eten a con tiiiuaii.ee of the present restricted scope current overseas chps will be steadily absorbed w lth molt than losses on existing levels.

Mr Neil Campbell presided over a large attendance of district representatives at the executive meeting of the Amalgamated banners’ I mans dav. Prior to the commencement of held at Palmerston North on Saturroutine business the chairman presented Mr H. J. Richaids, otLevin with a Dominion life-membeiship badge of the New Zealand Farmers Union. The recipient had always ta..en a very keen interest m fanning matters and continued to do excellent Work, it was explained.

Bv outclassing New' Zealand in all departments! of the game, Australia won the third and fma. League lest at Auckland on Saturday by -U points, to 8. The score at hall-tune was 8-all. and un to this stage -he New Zealand tackling was good. However, after half-time the defence weakened, and the Australians by clever play scored tries almost at random. The visitors again monopolised tlm serums. The weather was dull but fine, and the attendance was 20,000.

A pillion passenger of a motorcycle was instantaneously killed and the rider was seriously injured in a motor collision near Wiri bridge, says an Auckland wire. The victims were: Killed: William Guzzlewell, aged L. Injured: Horace Freestone, aged 17; a. fractured left arm and leg ana internal injuries.. Condition fairly serious. A miraculous escape from serious injury was experienced by a lather and son. Frederick Win. O Neill and Allred O’Neill, when their car ran down a declivity at the side ot the road and completely overturned in swerving to avoid also being involved in the collision.

Speaking at the reunion of tljo Wellington branch ot the New Zetland Railway Officers’ Institute cut Saturday night. Mr G H. Mack ley. General Manager if Railways, said he hoped the introduction of the railcar would mean the solution of the passenger problem, its introduction was an experiment which had cost the board over £50.000. Its possibilities were shown by the fact that m Wairarapa. it was giving 26,000 more passenger n iles pet year at less cost than steam trains. The board had shown its willingness to improve the service to the public in another direction by committing itself to an expenditure programme of £120,000 per yeai for the next three years for the elimination of level crossings on main highways. Jn the establishment ol easy telephone communication between service branches th© board had also shown an enlightened spirit.

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