LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXI, Issue 19048, 27 June 1924, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Owing to a typographical omission from the letter published in yesterday’s issue in which an organised system of milk supply for Wanganui was formulated, the name and address of the writer did not appear. The author of the scheme is Mr. E. Tyler, of Aramoana Farm, Papaiti, Aramoho.

A Chinaman who presented tickets at the paying-out windows for first dividends at the Napier Park race meeting on Saturday when they were tickets on the second horse, was able to collect £4 5 more than he was entitled to. The police accosted the Celestial, who had to hand over the money, and the sequel will be his appearance at the Napier Magistrate’s Court.

A well-known identity, known as the Mayor of Te Kuha, was’in town (says the Westport News) looking for a dentist, as he had a troublesome tooth with which he desired to'part. As the dentists were unavailable,, he drifted into the Buller motor garage, and confided his trouble to one of the employees, who forthwith performed an operation with a pair of pliers. Needless to say, the operation was successful and the patient stood the test without cocaine or gas.

The Waikato Times reports that a painful accident befel a home missionary, Mr Payne, who was driving in from Pirongia on Sunday to conduct the morning service at the Te Awamutu Methodist Church. It appears that the shafts of the buggy broke, causing the horse to bolt. Mr Payne was thrown violently on to the road, where he was later picked up in an unconscious condition. Medical aid was quickly summoned. The sufferer is progressing as favourably as can be expected.

The Wanganui Borough Council invite the publie to attend at the Sarjeant Gallery on Wednesday next, July 2, between 2.30 and 3.30, when Mr. V. Evans, Art Master, Technical College, has kindly consented to talk about the pictures. This is the inauguration of a project which it is hoped will stimulate an interest in the Gallery and its pictures. These addresses will take place on the first Wednesday in successive months, when other experts will be available for the same purpose. A large attendance of the public is expected.

An unenviable experience befel a Blenheim lady while cycling along a road in the district (relates the Marlborough Express). She was pedalling along on her right side, when a motor cyclist burst round a corner and ran against her. The bicycle was badly smashed, and she was thrown violently to the ground, sustaining shock and many bruises. The motor cyclist stopped, and. after satisfying himself that she had not been killed, endeavoured to straighten out her machine. ‘ He took great care, however, to conceal his identity, and every time that she directed her torchlight on him he turned aside or covered up his face. Finally, finding that the bicycle whs in a hopeless condition, he went off, leaving the lady to shift for herself as best she could. As the hour was about 10.30 p.m., and as she was some five miles from her home, her ordeal was no light one. Limping painfully over her long route, and dragging her wrecked ihachine, she reached home somewhere about 1 o’clock in the morning in a thoroughly exhausted state. Truly the age of chivalry has gone!

The biennial congress of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science will be held this year at Adelaide in the last week in August. The success which has attended the efforts of the association in the past, and which prompts the expectation of a still more successful meeting this year, is undoubtedly due, primarily, to the general popular appreciation of the intrinsic value, and the practical application, of the work of science in our midst. That this idea has not been lost sight of by successive Governments is evidenced by the large measure of support which has been accorded the activities of the association throughout its whole career. This support has been given by the Governments concerned in the form of special leave to certain of their expert officers taking part in the deliberations of the congress, by railway concessions, and Uy the printing of the valuable volume of the proceedings. The association is a highly representative one, embracing practically all scientific activities, and ranging all the way from discussions on the conservation of public health to the most abstruse physical and biological research.

Owing to the mishap to the “Kaione,” the old bucket dredge Is being recommissioned forthwith. The machinery was being put in working order yes terday. The dredge will go down to the basin to-morrow or the next day.

A grower at Richmond, Nelson, is picking green peas and sending them to the Wellington market, where they are realising 5s per peck. The return is equivalent to about £lOO per acre.

The popularity of the evening wedding, introduced in 1920 by an extension until eight o’clock at night of the hours in which marriages may be solemnised, is now assured in Auckland, and in several of the popular Anglican Churches the evening ceremonies represent about 50 per cent, of the total number of marriages which have taken place within the last year or two.

The number of motor vehicles, including re-registrations, registered with the Wanganui Borough Council for the month of January, February, March. April, May and June, of this year,, totals 414. This figure, when compared with that for the corresponding period of last year, discloses an increase of 62. The total registation? made with the borough to date is 3726.

“One thing to prevent which a by-law is urgently needed,” said a Napier land agent, “is the erection of houses with gren timber.” As an example he quoted the case of a house erected on the Marine parade with timber so sappy that moisture spurted from the wood when nails were being driven, while now the planks have shrunk so that there were places almost big enough to admit a finger. Yet the house was sold on erection for £lloo.—Napier Daily Telegraph.

A lady who belongs to Saskatchewan is the author of a long letter that has been forwarded to the Otago University Council, the subject being the institution of a uniform marriage law. The Chancellor said he thought the proper thing to do was to refer the letter to Mr Sidney and Mr Stephens, the two lawyers on the council. Members seemed to be quite pleased with the suggestion, so it was adopted, Mr Stephens’ protest being laughed down.

At the annual meeting of the St. John’s Bowling Club last evening a member urged the desirability of all such organisations setting an example of local patriotism by supporting local industries. To give point to his argument, he instanced biscuits, and expressed the opinion that those of local manufacture should be given the preference over imported goods. The meeting by resolution, unanimously affirmed the principle, and recommended its practical application wherever possible. A sensational runaway occurred yesterday morning, when a horse attached to a light spring dray, and driven by a youth, bolted along Taupo Quay, and swung into Campbell Place. The animal, which apparently took fright at some obstacle in the street, when swerving round the “Chronicle” corner upset the cart, slightly damaging it, and smashing the harness to pieces. In an endeavour to regain control of the horse, the driver clung tenaciously to the reins until just before the cart overturned. Fortunately ho escaped without injury.

The fat wether donated to the Agricultural Association’s stock drive by Mr. T. Remington of Westmere, and used at Wednesday’s sale to provide a weight-judging competition, was killed at the Imlay works yesterday, and when dressed was weighed before Messrs D. Bird, P. Chadwick and D. Strachan. The scale tipped to two hundred pounds exactly. Mr. F. Moore, No. 3 Line won the competition, by estimating the weight as 199. Messrs G. McLeod and W. H. Smith were the next nearest with 2011. Arrangements are being made to exhibit the carcase in Messrs F. Bristol’s shop in the Avenue, to-day and to-morrow.

The question of disinfecting vehicles used for public conveyance has aroused some interest in Christchurch of late, and inquiries have been made as to the attitude of the Railway Department on the matter. When the point was referred to Mr. H. Chapman, district traffic manager of railways, he stated that so far as he knew there was no railway regulation concerning the subject, but his department strictly observed the Health Department's stipulation that all cars used for the conveyance of infectious cases should be specially disinfected before they were again used for the conveyance of the public. Of course, he said, often consumptives and other persons suffering from infectious diseases travelled by rail unknown to the department. Provision was made to prevent infection in such cases by the regular and systematic cleansing of the ears. All railway carriages were regularly cleaned out, and disinfectant was added to the water that was used.

The gross daily income of the American people is £40.000,000,. according to figures compiled by the Mechanics’ and Metals’ National Bank of New York, of which £6,"000,000 is saved and added to the accumulated wealth of the nation. America’s total income last year is placed at £15,000,000,000. an increase of £1,000,000.000 over that of the previous year, of which about £2,500*000,000 was saved —the largest addition to wealth accumula.ted by any nation in a similar period. The savings are estimated not only by the money deposited in the banks, but by the money spent on goods not immediately consumed, such as motor cars, railways, houses, and roads. Whether the money is wisely spent or not may be judged by the fact that about £700,000,000 went into the purchase of motor cars, and £500,000,000 into railway equipment and public utilities. Only time will show, says the bank, whether this accumulated wealth is wisely invested and represents true saving, or whether the bulk is lost in extravagance atffi waste.