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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 244, 13 September 1929, Page 6

The Manuka arrived at Melbourne to-day from New Zealand. With buildings now in course of erection, including the mental villas at Stoke, and those in contemplation, an expenditure of approximately £IOO,OOO is involved in Nelson. This does not include earthquake repairs. Miss Agnes Rebecca Goldsmid, a single woman, aged 29 years, died at her parents’ home, Grant Street, Dunedin, yesterday (states a Press Association telegram). In April last deceased was badly burned by a kettle of boiling water and had been confined to her bed ever since. During the last three weeks she gradually became worse. The Wellington City .Council agreed last night that the offer of Sir Truby King to level an area of road reserve at Rodrigo Road for the purpose of forming a children’s play area for tho Karitane Homo and the children of the district, be accepted with thanks, provided there are no legal difficulties to prevent the work being satisfactorily carried out.

At a special meeting of the Wanganui City Council last night, the retrenchment of sixteen men who have been transferred to the engineer’s department, following the curtailment of the tram service, was discussed. It was finally decided to ask Mr M. Cable, tramways manager, of Wellington, 'to report and make recommendations (states a Press Association telogram). An opossum was caught on Prince’s Wharf, Auckland, this week, by an employee of the Harbour Board. Tho animal had frequented the waterfront for months but all previous efforts to capture it had been in vain. Its sleeping quarters were somewhere on Prince’s Wharf but its pantry was the City Markets, where there is always a plentiful supply of fruit and vegetables. It was captured when asleep nigh up in an electric crane, near the heel of the jib and about 50ft above the wharf. The board of managers of the Hamilton Technical School has decided that in cases where parents of children attending the school are obliged to pay os or more per head a week for conveyance they be allowed a grant of £1 a term for each child. The grant will affect pupils from Gordonton, whose parents are asked to find 10s a week for each child. The principal, Mr W. Fraser, said that this system was successfully employed in the south. It was a subsidy that would at least show that the board sympathised with the difficulties of the parents. It was certaiuly the best it could do in the circumstances.

A painful accident befell the young son of Mr R. K. Trimmer, solicitor, of Whangarei this week. The father had recently bought a small pedalpropelled motor-car for his son, whose age is two years and four months, and Airs Trimmer was endeavouring bo teach the child to propel his new toy. The vehicle is operated by a pair of pedals attached to a sprocket wheel and a chain connected with the rear axle. Apparently while Airs Trimmer was pushing the car the boy s foot came in contact with the chain and was drawn on to the wheel and under the chain. Tho boy s screams immediately apprised Mrs Trimmer of the trouble and she quickly released him. A doctor was called and immediately performed an operation at Mrs Trimmer’s residence. He reset the foot after amputating the large toe. To-morrow night, in the Oddfellows’ Hall, Cuba Street, the Social Club will hold its usual weekly euchre tourney when intending patrons are assured of a good evening’s amusement. The prize-list contains six valuable and useful prizes which are well worth winning. Supper as usual will be provided and play commences at « o’clock sharp.

The Mayor, Mr A. J. Graham, has had five men placed on cleaning up operations at the railway deviation. The work will last about a week.

A Christchurch Press Association message states that William Waterton Gibson, a sixteen-months-old infant, was found drowned in a creek at Hoon Hay Road, yesterday. It is thought that the child toddled to the edge of the creek and fell in.

George Hartnett, aged 16, son of Mr and Mrs H. Hartnett, of Tauranga, when climbing a tree in the local Domain fell and was killed instantly. The lad was a promising member of the Tauranga School Rugby team, and a nephew of Mr Opae Asher.

A Press Association telegram from Wairoa states that word has been received by the Power Board from the Prime Minister, Sir Joseph Ward, that the Governor-General will be able to perform the official opening of the Waikaremoana hydro-electric works on December 9. It is practically certain that this date will be accepted by the board. Following on the recent discussion in Hamilton of the non-payment of hospital fees by native patients, the secretary of the Whangarei Hospital Board has forwarded the following figures to the Minister of Health: Number of natives admitted to hospital in the past two years, 220; fees charged. £1937; fees collected, £300; charitable aid expenditure (no recovery), £99.

At the Technical Education Association’s Conference in Wellington yesterday, officers for the ensuing year were elected as follow: —President, Mr J. H. Reed (Invercargill); vicepresident, Mr J. H. Kirk (Gisborne); secretary and treasurer, Mr C. A. Stewart (Invercargill); executive, Messrs W. Luxford (VVanganui), H. S. King (Auckland), and McGregor Wright (Christchurch).