LOCAL AND GENERAL

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 2332, 22 September 1921, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

A very enjoyable social and dance was held under the auspices of (he local Masonic Lodge, in the Masonic Hall, on Tuesday evening last. Mr F. M. B.' Fisher, formerly of Wellington, has been selected by Ihe Anti-Waste League as.its candidate for the Hornsby seat, North London. The third session of the 20th Parliament of New Zealand was opencn with the usual formalities this afternoon.

Eight Smnbur deer were recently captured at Himitangi. Seven were sent by the Tourist Department to Rotorua, and one, a tine stag, was sent to Wellington Zoo.

The death is announced at Levin of Mr G. H. Thompson, who was lirst Mayor of Taumarunui. Deceased was one of the pioneers of the King Country. lie had a wide circle of friends in the Auckland and Wellington districts. Ilis only daughter died over eighteen months ago. The widow is a member of a well-known Martin family of Auckland.

The danger oi' leaving go-carts unattended is mentioned in an Auckland exchange. One was left outside a shop at the top of a sloping terrace, and as a tram car Mopped a young man passenger observed the go-cart stalling on a lone career down the street. He dashed oft' the car, stopped the go-cart, and put it in a safer position, sprinted after his car, which had started again meanwhile, and caught it, having, in a brief interval, perhaps saved a baby from serious injury. The result of the linal test football match is regarded in South Africa as a titling conclusion to a magnificent tour, characterised throughout by the best spirit of sportsmanship. Cordial appreciation is expressed on all sides of the hospitality accorded the Springboks in the sister Dominion, and holies are expressed that an early opportunity will be afforded the Africans of reciprocating and determining between New Zealand and South Africa the Rugby championship of the world. It is a curious coincidence that three important matches, Rugby football, “soccer,” and hockey, played in the Dominion during the pasl few days, should have resulted in drawn ga'mes, says the Standard. First there was on Saturday the final test between the Springboks and All Blacks; on the same day at Wanganui the North v. South Island Association football contest ended in a draw, while on Tuesday the keenly-contested New Zealand ladies’ hockey tournament had no more definite'result.

It is reported from Papeete that on September sth the French Government had just granted an American company a franchise to build and operate a drinking palace and casino within two miles of the capital of the Society Islands. The site occupies about 50 acres, and is a miniature paradise surrounded by coral rocks. Accommodation for 200 guests will be provided in the first unit, and other units will be added as required. It is unlikely that the casino will be' opened before 10 months lienee.

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Entries for Saturday’s sale at the Mart, Avenue Road, are advertised to-day. Further entries are invited and will be accepted up to midday on Saturday.

“We are born with a certain intellectual capacity, and no education can alter it,” said Dr. J. W. M’llwraith, in the course of a lecture on the Measuring of intelligence, at a meeting of the Auckland Institute (reports'the New Zealand Herald). “Your intellectual capacity is just as much fixed as the Auckland Telephone Exchange is fixed in its capacity for subscribers,” be continued. “Your intellectual capacity will not increase after the age of 16.” He said that at that age the individual was equipped with mental tools. He might learn how to use them, learn how to use his memory, and undergo many experiences, but never improve his mental capacity. A shrewd business man of 50 years could not pass intelligence-measur-ing tests any better than a child of 16 years.

At a sitting of the Lyttelton Magistrate’s Court, Senior Sergeant Jackson described John Finlayson (seaman), charged with drunkenness, as being the “champion meanest man of New Zealand (writes a Christchurch correspondent). He said Finlayson fell into the inner harbour about 11 p.m. on Saturday, and when cries for assistance were heard by the Harbour Board’s night watchman the latter immediately ran to the scene of the accident, and, after considerable trouble, managed to get Finlayson up on the wharf. The man was drunk, and slated that lie had no friends, and nowhere to go. The night watchman took him to the police station, where, on being searched, it was found that he had about £SO in his possession. Finlayson refused to give his rescuer a .small donation in recognition of his services when a hint lo that effect was made by Ihe police.

An illustration of the sporting spirit that prevailed among the Maoris during the Maori war was mentioned by the Hon. Dr. Pomare when proposing a toast at the dintuor given by the New Zealand Rugby Union at Wellington on Saturday evening, on the occasion of the third lest match. He stated that the Maoris captured some ammunition and food' from the British forces, and brought them to their chief, who asked where they got them. The Maoris I old him, and he promptly ordered them to be taken back. “How do you expect us to light men who have empty stomachs, and are without ammunition ” he asked. On another occasion the Maoris ran out of ammunition, but Ihe British did not hand them any. They, however, were firing time-fuse shells, and all the Maoris had to do was to pick up those that did not explode, unscrew the cap, and they found plenty of powder. “The Maoris thought the Englishman was a jolly good fellow,” added Dr. Pomare. A Somerset paper of July disclosr c.> (lie interesting informatiou that a Wells grocer, when the public of New Zealand were paying 2s 3d per lb. for their hut ter, plus (lie extra subsidy out of the Consolidated Fund, was selling butter from this country at 2s per lb., and notified his customers of the fact in a big display advertisement. The interesting point about the business is that all the shipping charges had to be paid, insurance, handling, etc., and (lien on top of this the middleman would require his profit, the railways at the other end would have a small cut, and last of all the retailer. A perusal of the same advertisement shows that candles were selling in July at fid per lb., while in New Zealand they were Is 2d; choice red salmon was retailed at Is fid per tin, and here 2s 4d; large tins apricots were Is 3d, and here Is fid; peaches Is 3d, and here Is 8d; and pineapple Is Id, and in New Zealand Is 4d; and yet we arc I old that things are very had in the Old Country, not forgetting the fact that at that period wages were much higher than in New Zealand.

For Children’s Hacking Cough, Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure.* Men and women who gossip, said Dr. E. H. Bullock, of Chicago, city health director, cannot be in their right mind, and should be given the closest attention to get them back to normal. They have been called “assassins of character,” and E. C. B. Jenkins, a psychologist, and secretary to (he Board of Police Commissioners, Chicago, »says, in the Detective, February, 1921, that the neighbourhood gossip and the anonymous letter writer have one of Ihe nastiest, lowest, and most vicious forms of insanity known to medical circles. Their distorted imagination visualises scenes which . they would have come true, and I heir insane mind immediately grasps the story, and they report it as if it were true. Gossip and anonymous letters,-says the New York Medical Journal, arc a constant pest at police headquarters, but reports registered with police officers in an attempt to injure character by these means, or false telephonic reports, are a failure, in fact, the police take more pleasure in tracking the informer than the one informed about.

Roxborougli, who was recaptured by Constable O’Donoghue yesterday lo the west of Bainesse, informed the constable, after he had been secured, that had the constable been a few minutes later in arriving, he would have missed him, as he contemplated hitting out for Feilding, and boasted once outside the whare he would have escaped capture. Constable O’Donoghue said, judging by bis prisoner’s wearisome gait under captivity, lie did not think he could have travelled far.

An astonishing tragedy is reported from Salerno, Italy. A peasant, seeing a boy apparently stealing, fruit from a tree, fired a gun to frighten him. The boy fell to the ground. The peasant found his own son dead. The peasant’s wife was nursing her baby, and she laid down the child and rushed to her son. When the parents returned they found that a pig had killed and half devoured the baby. The father and 'mother immediately drowned themselves in a well.

The Rev. Rylov, of Pembroke, near Lake Wanalca, received on Tuesday of last week a letter posted forty years ago this month, from Timaru, in reference to a “call” to n Presbyterian Church there. According to the authorities, the post office was being renovated when the letter was found behind the brass plate fronting the posting box, behind where if was slipped, instead of into the aperture. The lady who posted it was the wife of the then Customs official at Timaru, both she and her husband being long since dead. The arrival of the letter is doubly interesting, ns Mr Ryley preeached at St. Steven’s, Dunedin, last June the jubilee sermon of the church lie himself opened. He is now 87 years of age. lie is still Dale and hearty, and preaches without notes or references of any kind, lie preaches three sermons every Sunday in his outback charge, and has done so for over sixty years. He is the oldest active minister in the Presbyterian Church in New Zealand, and, judging by present appearances, will easily see out his century “in harness.”