Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 1922. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 2417, 13 April 1922, Page 2

Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 1922. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

-The Herald” will not. he published on Saturday.

Mr •). L. Stout, S.M., left Palmerston North yesterday for Auckland, where his wedding takes place next week.

Mr Edward Newman, M.P., has accepted the invitation to open the annua! Horticultural Show at Kongo ten on Wednesday, 20th inst.

Arthur William Page, was committed for trial for the alleged murder of Mrs Gladys M. Hutchison, at Pipiroa, on 7th February.

The Dunedin Star says:—Seventy Red Feds are to be told oil by ihe Melbourne Trades Haj‘l organiation to tour New Zealand prior to the general election this year. This i- not a street rumour.

Apropos of the story of the eels at Mart on responding to a whistle, a contemporary has been assured that eels, in migrating through the grass at night from one pond to another, give out a distinct whistling sound, and by this the Maori was enabled to capture them.

The effect of the slump in the Hawke’s Bay district has manifested itself very markedly during recent weeks in the number of tiersons that have been compelled to tile their petitions in bankruptcy. Although only just over three months of this year have gone, already 24 bankruptcy petitions have been tiled, live of these having taken place in the last eight days.

It is staled that a Wellington builder imported and erected a lonrrootned house for £450. Encouraged by‘"this, a Palmerston North firm is about to repeal the experiment, and if successful, to extend it. It is said that season Oregon limber, cut to exact length, nails, scrim, paper, etc., in the proper (plantities, are supplied, with properly detailed plans for their use. —Times.

An unusual feature of the present month (says an exchange) is the fact that it contains practically seven Sundays. Sunday fell on the second of the month, and it also eomes four more times within the thirty days, the last day of the month being a Sunday. This makes live Sundays, and in addition there are Good Friday and Anznc Day, :i!.-o to be oberved .as Sundays. This brings the total to seven.

An old identity of Masterton, in the person of Mrs Walter Perry, died on Saturday evening at the age of eighty-three years. She was the oldest daughter of the late Mr Charles Dixon, and was believed to he the oldest lady resident, in Masterton. '('he Foxton friends of Mr Murray, civil engineer, who represented Messrs Climie and Son in the preliminary work of the local water and drainage scheme, will regret to hear that on his return to Auckland he was laid aside with a serious nervous breakdown.

For Childi’en’s Hacking Cough, Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure.*

Who was the meanest man? Mark Twain said lie lived in*llnnnibal, and sold Itis son-in-law the half of a very line cow. and then refused to share the milk with him on the ground that he had only sold him the front half. The son-in-law was always compelled to provide all the row’s fodder, and to carry water to her twice a day. Finally the cow butted the old man through a barbed wire fence, and he sued his sonin -litw for damages.

The funeral of the late Mrs 11. C. Patterson took place on Tuesday afternoon. The local business premises closed for a short time as a mark of respect to the memory of deceased. Members of the local Oddfellows’ Lodge carried the casket from the residence to the Presbyterian Church, where a short service was held. The Rev. Mr Hallidny made feeling reference to the deceased, and paid a tribute to her Christian character. Mr Thornbur presided at the organ, and as the remains left the building the congregation remained standing while the “Dead March in Saul” was played. A large concourse, preceded by the Oddfellows, followed the cortege to the graveside, where the last rites were conducted by the Rev. Hnliiday, and Bro. Geo. Huntley, P.G., on behalf of the Oddfellows. The casket was covered with beautiful Horn I emblems.

It may conic as a surprise to the people of New Zealand to learn that during I lie ten years ending 1.921 a sum of £52,(582,170 Was invested oil the tola lisa lor in the Dominion. This represents, on an average, £5 for every man, woman and child per year for the whole period. The amount of the investments increased from £2,887,371 in 1911-12, to £lO,510,205 in 1020-21. The volume of gambling does not appear to have been reduced by a reduction in rac- ; !ig days, for in 1918-19 there was a increase of £150,001) on the preiotts year, notwithstanding that the v.iniher of racing days was reduced by four. So far as the ,oovrnment is concerned, it appears to be doing remarkably well from the i aalisalor, for during the last ten \cars its revenue from this source 1 as boon over a million and a-half. The Treasury toll has increased in much greater ratio than the investments. Tn 1911-12 the percentage received by the Government amounted to £72,184, while for 102021 it had reached the extraordinarily large sum of £512,191.

Descriptive details of an invisible aeroplane invented by an Englishman. Mr Erue-a Welsh, are published in the Yorkshire Post. To b; made invisible at a low altitude, an aeroplane must be constructed of .omothing with the reflecting and transparent properties of glass. This something the inventor is said I(i have discovered and produced in his own laboratory. The model has wings which look like thin sheets of celluloid,, but what are actually sheets of steel as transparent as purest glass, and as flexible ns cardboard. The frame of the machine is Imill of sycamore, and this is covered with metallic sheets coated and converted into mirrors, so that when the p'ane i- in the air tit quite a low altitude the wings are entirely invisible, while the mirrors and reII ret or.-, encasing the hotly and rho engine mingle with the lights and colouis of the sky in such a way that the visibility of tlit* machine is entirely destroyed (says the Yorkshire Post). This new metal can be produced in any thickness from that of a >beet of paper to tin* thickness of an armour plate. It is not affected by aeid or beat, water or D'trol; it is a non-conductor, and absolutely permanent.

A correspondent of unimpeachable veracity writes as follows to the Taranaki Herald: —“While ar Marion on Friday last 1 was informed that there were some, performing eels in a pond at the back of the Marlon Hotel. Having a few hours to wait, 1 visited the pond, and was shown what the eels were capable of doing'. Mr T. B. Nesbit, tho licensee, who accompanied me, stood on the edge of the pond, which is 35 yards long and 18 yards wide, and whistled four or live times, an ordinary straight whistle. In less than one minute five eels averaging from 51b, to 81b. in weight came swimming towards him. He pul a few small pieces of meat in his hand, and they all fed out of it. TTe I lien held some pieces of meat four to six inches up the hank; they in turn would reach out of the. water to get a piece of meat. He then put his hand under them as they came round and practically lifted them out of the water. They would slip into the water off Ids hand and swim around for more. They did not at any time appear to be frightened. Mr Nesbit informed me that there were eight, all the same, and ;ts quiet as each other ,nnd all eome jo the whistle. T only saw five, and t was very pleased, this being my first experience of seeing trained fish of any kind. Mr Nesbit, who is very proud of his performing eels, lakes a great pleasure in showing what they will do to any person who wishes to see them.”

ITCHING PILES CURED. Mrs T.W., Lower Valley, Wairarapa, writes :—“I suffered from Itching Piles for five years. I tried various remedies, but at last procured your Zann Double Absorption. Treatment, which cured me after using two lots.” This is typical of many similar letters. Write to-day for copy of new book on Piles, telling about their cause and treatment. Enclose three penny stamps. Address, the Zann Proprietary, Box 952, Wellington.—Advt. 5

The Minister for Education states that teachers are taking the oath

of allegiance. So far there have been no refusals.

Mr L. Birks, chief electrical engineer, informed the Horowhenua

County Council that it was proposed at an early date to commence distributing part of the transmission poles along the roads to be occupied by main lines from the Mangehao hydro-electric power station.

“I am satisfied that it is the best thing that has been done in my time,” said the Hon. C. J. Parr, in Napier the other day, referring to the scheme for the dental treatment of school children by special-ly-trained young women. At the end of this year, he declared, thirty line young women would have completed their two years’ course, and would be fit to look after the teeth of the children.

Mr A. Victor Smith, architect, of Kanhallah. Wellington, was a visitor to Fox-ton on Tuesday'. In conversation with a “Herald” representative, Mr Smith said this was his first visit to Fox ion, ‘‘and, I must say.” he added, “that I received a very pleasant surprise. The town itself is much ahead of what I had pictured it, and the general layout of the place is very pleasing. A noteworthy feature ..lies in the fact: that the majority of new buildings in Foxton are substantially built, and very neat in design.” 'Mr Smith is establishing a business connection with Foxton and Levin. Mr A. Victor Smith, architect, of lvandallah, Wellington, insert a business notice elsewhere in this is-

A man is as old as he looks. One of the finest ways of keeping young is to control your features. If you are always making faces when talking you will become lined and wrinkled long before Nature intended you Pa This habit of pulling fares is on<* of oar commonest faults. In fact, some people do it -,o much that you can almost tell what I hoy are. talking about simply b\ watching the expressions of their faces. And it is surprising 'how catching the habit is. A man who can maintain a calm expression while carrying on an ordinary conversation will keep his features young for many years. That is why if is so hard to tell the age of an Oriental. Orientals keep their expressions under control, however excited their feelings may be. A common habit with most of 11s is to wrinkle our brows when studying hard. But it is those very lines on the forehead that make us look older than we are. This is a habit that anyone who values bis appearance, should guard against, for wrinkles won’t help him think. And it is to everybody’s advantage to look as young as possible.