Manawatu Herald. THURSDAY, .JUNE 21, 1923. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 2596, 21 June 1923, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. THURSDAY, .JUNE 21, 1923. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

At Palmerston Showgrounds on Tuesday, the Palmerston High School defeated Scots College at football by 44 points to nil.

The whaling season is now in full swing in Cook Strait, and the Perano party has captured three whales to date, savs the Picton Press.

Eighty applications for the position of secretary were received by the ITorow.liMiua Power Board. The final choice will he made between the acting-secretary (Mr P. W. Goldsmith, and Mr .J. W. Timlin, of Dunedin.

The 37th anniversary of the Tarn, wern eruption which, resulted in the loss of 101 lives and the destruction of the pink and white terraces near Lake Rotomahana. fell on Sunday. The majority of the people who were killed were Maoris.

Capain Amundsen’s brother, I,eon, who is visiting London, has received the following message from Capt. Amundsen in Alaska: "Trial flight on May 11, very unsatisfactory. Sorry, forced to abandon proposed Polar (light.”

Evidently it is not only an offence to sell tobacco to hoys under the age of .16, .but also to give them a supply of the fragrant weed. At Ohakune last week a defendant who was eharged with supplying tobacco to boys under the above mentioned age, was fined 40/- and ordered to pay 11/- costs.

Tile Shannon Dairy Co. are paying 1/6 per lb. for butterfat supplied during the month of May. The company hopes to reach the 700-ton mark this season. They have already manufactured over 130 tons more butter this season than any previous year.

The accomplished deaf and dumb son of the late Hon. it. K. Simpson, of Bonny Glen, near Marton, is now making- his second tour of the world and on this occasion unaccompanied. Mr Simpson has learned to make his voice intelligible and is a clever reader. He is a literary student, and discusses current topics in a manner which discloses the extent of his studies.

A sore throat is generally the lirat indication of infection by diphtheria and on examination it will be found that the mucus membrane will be iutlained. When this is apparent, medical aid should be sought and the patient should at once go to bed. Every care should be taken to see that the patient is well isolated, and it is advisable that a good disinfectant should be used freely.

in regard to the recent murder trial of Hamel Richard Cooper and his wife, Martha Elizabeth Cooper, the following letter has been received by Mr A. 11. Wright, Commissioner of I’olice from the Crown Prosecutor, Mr I'. fcj. K. Macassey: “1 desire to express my great appreciation of the valuable assistance rendered to me by Inspector M‘llveney, Senior-Detective Lewis, and Detective M'Leunan in connection with the preparation and presentation of the case against the two Coopers."

The inquest concerning the death of Miss Joyce Hansom, who died as the result of injuries received in the railway crossing accident or Friday last was concluded at Hannevirke on Tuesday. The driver of the car which ran into the train, said she did not see the train till within six yards of the crossing, and be • fore she could do anything the train was on them. Miss Hansom jumped from the car and was struck by the engine. The Coroner found that death was due to shock and injuries through the collision, and in a rider, considered that trains went at an excessive speed over the crossing, and urged the need for the installation of public safe-guards.

Here is a recipe for chilblains, which is supposed to be very good. Tt is'a mixture of equal parts of lard (suet boiled down is recommended), and sulphur. Rub the mixture into the chilblains and cover (if on bands) with a glove or (if on feet) with a sock. A remedy for itching chilblains is to bathe them in vinegar as hot as can be borne, and keep adding hot water as tho vinegar cools.

At the Hamilton Supreme Court this week, George King, eharged with forging two Government vouchers while overseer of the Public Works Department at Aria, was found guilty on two charges. Sentence was deferred pending the hearing of further charges. Arthur Benjamin Capper, for blackmail, got probation for two years. Accused demanded money from a young man, whom he alleged assaulted his daughter. The young man was acquitted on (he charge of assaulting the girl.

The extraordinary manner, in which certain members of the fair sex carry money about was exemplified in Wellington recently. A housewife, who intended paying a bill to a local* painter, wrapped a sum of over £7O in a small brown paper parcel held together by a pin with which she proceeded into Wellington. The parcel was dropped at a function at the Town Hall, when if was discovered on the floor by the custodian, who returned it later to a very perturbed (and grateful) owner.

The astounding statement made by Albert Frederick Maxwell Kissel, who is charged with the murder if J. H. T. Mackenzie, at Coldstream that he had also shot a girl has no foundation in fact (states the Christchurch “Sun”). But the girl concerned is no creation of his fantastic mentality. When Kissel said to Mr R. J. Martin, manager of Coldstream Estate, that he had shot .James Henry Turing Mackenzie, he added that he had also shot a former schoolmate, Elsie Prestige, tho nine night. Kissel also alleged in his incoherent way, that he had shot horses. It was found that no horses had been shot. A Press Association message from Ashburton or, Saturday, said: “The police invesinvestigatod Kssel’s statement that he murdered a girl named Elsie Prestige, a former schoolmate; but no such girl is known to have been residing in Canterbury.” Those investigations could not have been very far-reaching. The girl, Elsie Prestige, lives in Christchurch. For years she attended St. Michael's School, at which Kissel and his brother Oscar, were pupils. That was over five years ago, and the girl and Kisspl have not met since. “T have not seen or heard of the boy for over five years,” she declared to a representative of “The Sun.” She remembered that Kissel was in the same class as herself. He was a hoy with a hasty temper. She was not over-friendly with Kissel; indeed, she was a little afraid of him. She had never corresponded with Kissel. When she read of the tragodv she recalled-her school-days.

An amusing instance of what was described by the chairman of the Patea County Council at a meeting of the council as “a neighbour's squabble” was ventilated by the medium of a letter from a settler urging that action should be taken in connection with a stray cow which carried a bell, and which therefore was a nuisance to him. Ho said that the hell kept his child awake at nights. The settler concerned humorously suggested that all cows allowed to wander should carry a bell, and have a number like a motor car. He said lie used a bell because it was often dark when the boys got in the cows. The letters were ordered to lie on the table.