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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 209, 4 August 1937, Page 8

The term holidays in the Wanganui Education Board’s district commence on August 21 and the schools reopen on September 6. The annual meeting of the New Zealand Dairy Factories and Related Trades Employees’ Industrial Union of Workers was held in Palmerston North last evening. The meeting was not open to the Press. In the New Zealand Women’s Hockey Association umpires’ examination, held recently, Mr F. McLachlan (Palmerston North) secured top marks for the Dominion. Three other Manawatu umpires, Messrs L. Martin, M. Levy, and D. Wilton obtained the A grade certificate. To illustrate the enthusiasm of South African Rugby patrons, Mr D. Craven, vice-captain of the Springbok team, told an amusing story against himself in his address to the Optimists’ Club yesterday. He said that he had been on tour with a ’Varsity team in Africa on one occasion and, following one match in which excitement ran high, a woman had rushed up to him. “Are you one of the footballers?” she had asked, to which he had replied in the affirmative. He immediately anticipated the usual autograph book, but the request was very different: “Would you mind kissing my daughter?” Mr Craven went on to say that, the woman must have been very much carried away by enthusiasm otherwise she certainly would not have picked on him. “Of course,” lie added. “South African enthusiasm is as nothing to New Zealand’s, but I have yet to encounter the privilege of a request like this in your country.” (Laughter.)

Nelson continues to uphold its reputation for sunshine. In the month of July 180 hours 10 minutes of sunshine were experienced, giving an average of five hours 49 minutes of clear sunshine a day. Forty-nine births were registered in Palmerston North in July as against 56 in the corresponding month of last year. The number of deaths was 29 compared with 39, while there were 22 marriage licenses issued, eight less than in July, 1930. Monday was the last day for the payment of Palmerston North City Council rates to secure the 2} per cent, rebate, and up to that day no less than £4l 962 had been paid in, as compared with £38,115 received up to the last rebate day in 1936.

The Fire Brigade was called last evening to St. Paul’s Methodist Church, Broadway, it being found that an electrical “short” had occurred where the wires enter the building from the street. There was no damage done beyond the short circuiting and the matter was dealt with by the City Council staff.

Mr L. Williams, who has been engaged in farming near Woodville for some years, told a “Standard” representative yesterday that this winter’s supply of feed in the fields is the best he has ever seen in that district. Mr Williams pointed out one paddock where the grass was knee-high. The other p_addoeks, while not as high in feed as this one, showed a surprising amount of grass for this time of the year.

Commendation of the success attending the' Young Farmers’ Week held recently in Palmerston North was expressed at a meet inn; of the Palmerston ,Nortli Chamber of Commerce, last evening. Mr J. A. Nash proposed that the chamber forward congratulations to Mr A. J. Galpin, of the Department of Agriculture, on the success of the undertaking. “It was a wonderful success and the sort of thing we want to foster,” said Mr Nash. “We want to get it here again.” The chamber decided to follow the proposal.

Borne is a city of children in uniforms, where foreign newspapers and periodicals are forbidden and where the populace is kept ignorant of events in other parts of the world, said Mr Harvey Turner, who has just returned to Auckland. Youths from eight to 18 thronged Borne, and wherever one went there were uniformed children all playing a part, but if they were judged on general standards of smartness, then the New Zealand cadets were measurably superior. He was surprised at the rigidity and completeness with which the regulations in Italy precluded the circulation of foreign newspapers and magazines.

The Foxton Harbour Board decided, at its meeting yesterday, to fittingly celebrate Arbor Day. next week, by planting a large number of trees in extension of its already splendid plantations. It was Mr M. E. Perreau, who brought the matter up, and he invited the members to visit Foxton for the occasion. “Will we get the freedom of the city?” asked Mr J. A. Nash, amid laughter. “And some famous Foxton whitebait?” suggested the chairman (Mr J. Linklater). “It will be a typical .Foxton welcome — what more need I say ?” replied Mr Perreau and the invitation was readily accepted. The recent completion of a social hall at Ngawapurua. three miles from Woodville, on the Masterton Road, has filled a long-felt need in that district. Money for the hall was secured by the efforts of the local settlers? who also did the actual construction qf the building. The inside of the hall is tastefully lined with patent boarding and contains, besides the main dancing room, a ladies’ dressing room, a men’s dressing room, and a supper room. The outside of the building is of sheet iron. Until recently the settlers of Ngawapurua had been using a wool-slied for their dances. The property on which tlie hall stands was kindly given by one of the local landowners, and is situated on the corner of the Masterton Boad and Dude Boad. When the Foxton Harbour Board was discussing its financial obligations yesterday, Mr J. A. Nash asked if the Beach Improvement Society would be able to do without the revenue, some ££o, from the camp sites are situated on board property. Mr M. E. Perreau, who is president of the society, thought it would hardly be possible. “We have appreciated the board’s consideration,” he added, “but we have bier schemes in view to further popularise the beach.” Mr Nash did not press the point, stating that the beach improvements were a credit to the society. “It’s the best beach on the coast,” remarked Mr Perreau, with obvious pride, but Mr P. Goldsmith, of Levin, had the final word: “Then you haven’t seen our Waitarere,” he rejoined, amid laughter.

“I quite agree that there is no room in this territory for further transport vehicles,” said Mr P. J. Skoglund, chairman of the No. 2 Licensing Authority, yesterday, when an objection was raised by Mr S. McDowell, of the Feiiding and District Road Transport Alliance, to an application by an Ashhurst carrier for a further vehicle authority. Mr McDowell said that already there were over 60 vehicles operating in the territory, and they could, he felt 6ure, cope with all work offering. The chairman upheld the objection, but held over the application. There were plenty of licensed operators, he said, who would be better off driving for wages, and he advised applicant to endeavour to secure his extra vehicle in that way. “I don’t want to handicap an enterprising man with an expanding business, and I offer the suggestion in the meantime rather than turn the application down point blank,” concluded Mr Skoglund.