LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXII, Issue 19247, 26 February 1925, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The world’s largest posters, forty 1 feet long and ten deep, arc being erect- J ed throughout the country to advertise Wembley. For committing a breach of his pro- t hibition order, James Joseph Clarkin i was fined 15s, with 7s court, costs, at 1 the Magistrate’s Court yesterday. The N.S.W. State Cabinet has decided < that the special session of Parliament J will commence on March 24. The only i measure in sight at present is the Ne - Temerc Bill, which will be introduced without amendment.. 1 It is stated, says a Brisbane cable, > that the Control of Cane Prices Board, in view of the serious position created by over-production of sugar in the ■ State, amounting the 200,000 tons, has : decided not to make any further assignments of new land for the present. A gentleman connected with the ■ woollen industry in Victoria whilst 1 ' passing through Dunedin mentioned to a local business man that though English trade in Australia was disorganised in that industry two companies in Victoria, with large and fully subscribed capital anil with both now buildings and plant erected, arc endeavouring to sell their plants, even before manufacturing. The Henderson Town Board will bring under the notice of the Royal Humane Society the bravery of Alice ( Marsh, a school girl, aged 12, who, , when two girl companions, aged 12 and j .14 years, got out of their depths and • were in danger of drowning, swam to their rescue. The other girls clutched ‘ her neck and dragged her under. A - youth from a launch assisted the three ' girls ashore in an exhausted condition. The players in the match England v. I’ All Blacks conceived a now idea of exchanging souvenirs. At the. end of the game they swopped the jerseys they - were wearing, and in some cases the . process was well under way before the 1 dressing-room was reached! It was an I expensive day for clothes, Wakefield,! the English Captain, lost one shirt and 1 three pairs of shorts during the game.—• Daily Mirror. The Patea-Waitotora Rabbit Board is , seeking the assistance of the ratepayers . of the district in the, matter of promoting a poisoning campaign. The campaign opens on Monday next, March 2, when it is hoped that every ratepayer, weather permitting, will lay poison for rabbits on his property. If the weather is wet on Monday, it is expected that the poisoning will be done on the first fine day. Poison is obtainable from the officer of the Board, or from the stock inspector’s office, Wanganui. “Good handwriting has become practically a lost art to-day,” said Mr J. Morrison, of Christchurch, at the Accountants’ Convention yesterday, in the course of strong criticism of specimens of handwriting which camo under the notice of business men to-day. Some 1 examples, ho said, were enough to make one woep. He opined that writing was I not taught in schools as it used to be. j when the proper attiude and holding i of rhe pen wore enforced under penal- : ’ties. A characteristic example of Aussie barracking is recalled by a.n Ashburton : correspondent. It occurred at the Ash- ; burton “Oval” when Macartney’s team was over hero a couple of seasons ' ago. Warren Bardslcy had hit a lovely 1 daisy-cutter to the leg boundary. Just ■ over the boundary line was standing a , local clergyman, well-known as a . staunch prohibitionist. As the ball skimmed across the line the roverend i gentleman stooped down rind stopped s its progress wiili a small handbag j which he was carrying. Instantly there camo a voice from the bank: “You : fool!” it said in an injured tone, “you I mighta broke your bottle.” Humorous reference to Auckland’s s bands of 26 years ago was made by Mr i- E. R. B. Ilolben, president of the North , Island Brass Bands’ Association, at the civic reception to bandsmen on Mon- ’ day. In bygone days, he said, “six s mixed instruments and a good drum” e had constituted Auckland’s Artillery Q Band, and very popular that band was on Auckland excursions, and other oce casions demanding martial music. So t keen was the demand, indeed, that not c infrequently the “band” had to bo split up into four in order to meet its engagements. The speaker did not state whether the competitors drew i- straws for the “good oig drum.” II With a resounding crash, a part of 0 the first floor of Boon’s bakery colli lapsed at (5.30 yesterday morning, says the Lyttelton Times of Friday. The creaking of the timbers gave the employees warning, and they made a hasty exit. There were about fifty sacks of flour on the floor at the time that it collapsed, and this fell on the ovens, twisting the electric light wiring and o bending one of the flues. A few bricks r j were also dislodged, but. the damage was repaired within a few hours. At times there has been as much, as fifty n tons of flour on the floor, but fortunc atcly stocks were low yesterday. After a lire in the bakery some weeks ago a portion of the first floor was rcconL structed, but it was the old portion v that gave way yesterday morning. The reputation of Port Chalmers for A good shipping work seems to have been e enhanced by the recent conversion of f the steamer Wahine from coal to oil , fuel (says the Dunedin Star). The Wuhine is the second steamer thus conl_ verted at Port Chalmers. The first il was the, Maunganui, and at the limo i. she was converted it was noted by way s of computing values by comparison that the converting of the Maunganui at 3 Port. Chalmers cost considerably less ?■ that the covcrting of the Tahiti at it San Francisco. This, by the way, was j g |attributed to the higher wage rate and J the slower work rate in America. It .was twelve months before the Tahiti’s le oil fuel equipment ran as sweetly as the a Maunganui’s. The equipping of the )V Wahine has proved equally successful as that of the Maunganui, although il included some new departures in the J' 3 fuel tank fixtures. The Wahine re in ports; “Working perfectly.”

The stock inspectors of the Wanganui district are now on the warpath for lice-infected sheep. All sheep offered for sale during the next month or so -will be examined in the yards. The Victorian Railway Classification Board has reduced the basic, wage for railway employees from 13/11. to 13/8 per day, thereby effecting a saving of £70,000 yearly. The rate claimed by the AHc.toriau Railway Union was 16/9 per day. Advice has been received by the Overseas Shipping Representatives’ Association, in Sydney, of a reduction by British ship-owners of freights on Australian beef of one-eighth of a penny and one-sixteenth of a penny per pound to British and Mediterranean ports respectively. During a fire in Sydney recently, a jet of water from n hose came in contact with electric light poles and wire. The current, running to earth, passed along the hose. Several firemen and civilians were flung to the ground by the force of the current, three receiving injuries requiring medical attention. “That women should have to bond over a washtub is an indictment on British chivalry,” said Miss Ada. Ward in a lecture at, Whalley. Lancashire. After eight years’ careful study of America she had come to the conclusion that America was a paradise for women and England a paradise for men. A special meeting of the Agricultural Association was held yesterday to consider the proposal to join with the Poultry Society in holding a Winter Show. The meeting, however, did not reach a definite conclusion on the matter, which was held over for further consideration at another meeting to be held in the immediate future.