LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Waipa Post, Volume XXIV, Issue 1397, 26 May 1923, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Answer to "Inquirer"; The dates are advertised in this issue. This year the Show will lie open for six days. Word has been received that Mr E. Barton, of Ngahape, has been selected as a member of the Maori football team to tour Australia next month. J’lie erection of the war memorial at Te Awamutu was completed yesterday. This morning the rockery at tht' base of the monument is being formed and the locality prepared in readiness for the unveiling ceremony next Wednesday. The Te Awamutu Hotel property has been sold during the week. Messrs Anderson and Main, the owners and former licensees, having disposed o! their‘interests to a southern buyer, it is understood that Mr A. Ditch, the present. licensee, will transfer the license to rite new purchaser. kangitikei County Council has re ved: 'T 1 at owing to so many in- !'•);• ina 1 vote.-- in count.', and borough elections, caused by the cnniU'-ing methods of voting, this Cniim-L sug- : e-t. iit.i! a universal system voting Miim:d lie adopted for Pariiamenla w, ■•11• i’ i ■ ami boron;* h elect ion - :: mi : ha i Cm (hi riiamen!ary me! hod o! striking out the name, of candidates should he a<h pled.” Ad vocal e. The Melbourne city engineer lots issued a. warning as to the menace of electrolysis. He states that it great deal of damage Has already been occasioned to witter and gas mains by the | escape of electricity. Thai, however, is a small matter compared witii the j serious effects it is having upon build- ! ings. steel bars and girders of wh'ihc (are being eaten through. If the leak- | ages arc not stopped it is only a matter lof time when many buildings will ' crumble iulto ruins. The remedy | would tie the use of return wires to | carry hack direct current, hut this i would he expensive; meantime pro- ; perries valued at hundreds of tlniu- : sands of pounds are being ruined. I At the inquiry before Mr 11. A. ; Young. S.M.. at Hamilton on Tintrsj day into the cause of the death ot | Louisa Victoria Drown, wife of Mr 1 Wynn Drown. Master of the Waikato ■ Hint!, who was Irked in the hunting ; held at Tama hero on Wednesday. Hie I evidence of the husband and ot Mr ; Harold (’rmvther. who were both near Mrs Drown at the time, showed that i her horse iripood just as it was bou l ! to the til a feme-, and stumbled, ro! I - ; ing over on to Us rider, who died ■ about ten minutes biter. Dr Waddell i certified that the cause of death was 1 consequent on a fractured skull. Dei ceased also sustained several I'ractur- ! ed ribs. A verdict was returned that j deceased met her death as a result | of tin accident in the hunting field. | The Coopers are still laced with j two charges of murder. The matter will have to he referred to the Attorney General by the advisers for the Crown, and the position will he exj plained when the Court meets on Aloni day morning. In the meantime Mrs Cooper will still remain in custody. Whether the Crown will press tit" other charges against her is not certain, as the evidence to he tendered is mmdi the same as in connection with the McLeod child, of complicity in which charge site has been aequit- | ted. It is hardly likely under the cir- ; cumstances that Cooper will again lie tried, as he is already under sentence of death. Mr Treadwell lias made application in chambers before His Honour with reference to a matter of appeal. but nothing til. present of a definite character is ye! known in that connection.

A collision" which might have Leon attended with more serious results occurred in Alexandra Street, near College Street corner, on Thursday evening. ,It appears that Mrs K. Mills, of Frontier Road, was driving along i>* a buggy, closely followed by Mr Jack Chadwick in a spring cart. Mrs Mills, thinking there was a runaway horse behind her, pulled off to the other side of the road, with the result that the cart struck one wheel of the buggy, causing it to overturn. .Mi's Mills was thrown to the ground and just as the buggy was falling on top of her she managed to get clear and escaped with bruises and a severe shaking. Air Chadwick was also thrown heavily to the ground and re reived cuts about the head and iniurv to his hack, as a result of which he is confined to his bed. Our new office hoy. whose duties tire various, including the emptying of Hie w.p.b.. interviewing mring poets, and ripping open envelopes containing press telegrams, got a shock just after we went to press last issue. A telegram arrived bearing .the following cryptic information: '•‘Baby at times with southerly tendency, just with scattered showers and kiss moon!" He looked worried, until if was explained that the message was the daily wa»'l her forecast and nothing to do with the Cooner case, and being decoded read: "Indications are for westerly winds at times, with a southerly tendency. The weather will probably be cool and changeable, with scattered showers, and the night will probably he very cold. The barometer lias a rising tenden" v . '

On Thursday last (Empire Day) the children of the local schools were assembled in front of the flagstaff and the flag was saluted in ' imnres«ive style. Afterwards the children were marched to the war memorial site as a “rehearsal" for next Wednesday s ceremonial.

The journey to Tokanui by a concert party last night was not devoid of incident. On the way out one car had no less than 2 punctures in as many miles, while on the return trip another car became stuck in the mud. The car could not move under its own power, hut with the addition of several “ man-power ” the car was finally extricated and the journey continued without further incident. The dance held in the Kihikihi Town Hall last evening in aid of funds for the Catholic Church was a great success, there being between 60 and 70 couples gracing the floor to music supplied by Dalton's orchestra, assisted by Mr Revery (violin).. A dainty supper was provided by the ladies and extras were played by Misses Meiklejohn and Quinton and Mr Robb. Mr A. E„ Fear was re-elected Dominion organiser of the Dairy Farmers’ Union at the Dominion conference, and upon his re-election was recipient of many glowing tributes. The president (Mr C. Parker, of Hairini) said he felt that, some recognition should he shown tor the services rendered by Mr Fear. He was fearless, untiring, battled hard, and was above ail. tactful. These sentiments were elaborated by most of the delegates assembled. In connection wit'll the war memorial unveiling ceremony next Wednesday the .Mayor to-day makes a request to th e public to generally observe the official printed time-table, and particularly to assemble at the site at 1.4 a p.m. It should he explained that the committee has endeavoured as far as possible to reserve accommodation for the widows, parents, and next of kin of deceased soldiers and for veterans, nurses, sailors, soldiers, and chinch choirs. It may happen that the public will line the streets watching the arrival of His Excellency Lord Jellicoe. and that there will he a rush to the memorial site tit. the last moment. Should this happen it will obviously he impossible for the committee to keep tiny reserved accommodation: hence those concerned should see to it that they are not crowded out at the las: moment. Another thing to lie avoided, if possible, is any undue demonstration as the Vice-Regal putty approaches the memorial. A reason- | able observance of the committee’s arrangements'will greatly enhance Die it i:ai: Dr Macknldie appears to j been impressed with the disin- ; t c-rest ed ness and devotion to science ip. Spahlinger. a Swiss savant, who ! ,■laims to have discovered a ear- fur ■niisumption, experience of the Commonwealth health authorities sug - go.-i s that 1 hi* eminent di -coveer. or i someone acting on bis beh-Df. is not ! entirely destitute of business a atmee j t says the Melbourne ' o. The . 'om - I moinvcait 1 ’ nine time two a mod Dr j Spahlinai r for particulars m bis ! scrum. Tile latter sent a number o; | reports, in which remarkable eut'" | were represented, and Dr Spahlinger j offered the CoinmonweaUh Government Australian rights to the disco \ ei"' for a cash down payment ot £:;o,f)(l0, wit h in addition a royal! v over

1 j scrum used. There claims : mm a worker in science, dedicating his talents to ;!'e relief of suffering humanity. were nut considered excessively modest, especially in view ot the <‘ir cumslam-es that none of the serum accompanied the offer. . The Commonwealth authorities then asked for samples which could he tested on infected guinea pigs, but the eminent Swiss replied in effect that tlie serum had already been i enriwively tested and the negotiations were broken off. Fntil more definite evidence is available that Dr Spahlinger's remedy is effective. the Commonwealth health authorities are indisposed to recommend such a heavy expenditure as is demanded on behalf of Die discoverer