Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 1923. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 2562, 3 April 1923, Page 2

Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 1923. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

At Wellington S.M. Court on Saturday, Mr F. K. Hunt, S.M. imposed a fine of £IOO on James Mason, the occupier of a bogus boxing school used as a gaming house, Robert Raymond Fitzsimmons, for assisting in (he conduct of the place was fined £SO and, some thirty men found on the premises during the police raid were fined £5 each. At the first meeting of the newlyformed Horowhenua Rifle Association, at Hautere Range, yesterday, Rifleman IT. Frankland, of Foxton, distinguished himself by Securing the Horowhenua District Championship, which includes a gold medal and £2 10s in cash. Rifleman Frankland is shooting particularly well at present, and is to be congratulated upon such a handsome win. A lady resident of Waipukurau had an unenviable experience a few days ago, when she ate an apple without peeling it (states an exchange). Almost immediately after partaking of the apple, serious symptoms developed. Strong emetics were resorted to, fortunately with happy results, as the sufferer after two or three days’ illness, has now recovered.

A strange discovery was made in a load of gravel that was being used for a new concrete pitch in the Weraroa Domain (says the Levin Chronicle). The gravel came from the beach, and had just been tipped when the contractor, noticing an unusual object, picked it up and threw it aside. On investigation it was found to be an 18-carat gold watch. It had evidently been in the water some time, the works being completely spoilt, but the case which is a very heavy one, is in good order.

Children of country schools are often declared to be more “quick in the up-take,” and generally better scholars than the town children. A South Canterbury schoolmaster, with varied experience, warmly endorses this view. He had recently had charge of a “wayback” school in the McKenzie Country, and the children attending that lonely school were possessed of far keener minds and could get the grip of a subject with greater ease and confidence than the more sophisticated youngsters he was now teaching in the, Timaru public school.

An ingenious fraud was worked off on a Timaru business man when he was handed a silvered penny, amongst other coins, instead of a florin (states the Timaru “Post”). Being passed out with a handful of coins the “pretender” was not easily distinguishable, but it would be hai’d to pass on by itself. The side of the coin on which the King’s head is impressed has been silvered over, and at first glance the coin could easily be mistaken for a florin but on closer - inspection the fact is revealed that the edges are not milled, and the other side of the coin is still truthfully copper coloured.

In reference to the report a day or two ago re two people being bushed near Rotorua and unable to light a lire on account of their matches being soaked, a local resident with considerable -back-block experience gives a useful wrinkle for the benefit of others who may be placed in like circumstances. He says that if the head of a soaked match be drawn gently through the hair several times it will be dried sufficiently to strike. The more the match head is soaked the longer and gentler should be the drying process, but he guarantees to strike any match no matter how wet it may be. He followed his remarks by giving us a practical demonstration of the method, which certainly worked very elf ec lively—Wauganui Herald.

The law puts a limit of £2OO as the maximum amount which a candidate for a seat in the House of Representatives may spend in his election campaign. The story was told during the hearing of the Western Maori petition of a candidate who must be regarded as the most economical of all aspirants for Parliamentary honours. This candidate won a Wellington seat some years ago, and when he filed his statement of election expenses it was seen that he gained his success on an expenditure of 3s by confining his campaign to open-air speeches. His statement contained the two items: “Tram fares, 2s 6d, and one packet of cigarettes, 6d. It is not recorded whether the packet of cigarettes was the price of a vote. For Coughs and Colds never fails. Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure