Manawatu Herald. SATURDAY FEBRUARY 16th 1924 LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2696, 16 February 1924, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. SATURDAY FEBRUARY 16th 1924 LOCAL AND GENERAL.

At the evening: service in the Presbyterian Church to-morrow Mr Houston, of Palmerston X.. will sing the sacred solo, “Into Thy Hands.”

A large picnic, party proceeded up river at noon to-day, per Mr Joseph's launch. The outing was arranged by the Presbyterian Bible Class. The object of the outing is both social and prolilable. as the party will indulge in hlackberrying. Unless some provision is made to lay water on to Jhnkarn Carden the shrubs and (lowering plains, planted by the Beautifying Society on the reserve, will perish. A periodical sprinkling during the summer months will freshen up ihe grass slopes and assist the growth of the plants. Eleven electrical engineering firms have tendered for connecting the two Foxton blocks with electrical connections. The Power Board, at Tuesday’s meeting, will make a decision. We are informed that no time will be lost in completing t lie installation in readiness for tlie supply, which will be turned on nbo.it June or July.

The borough foreman and bis assistant carried out the Council’s instructions to hose down Main Street, this morning. W?hen (he water was turned on, the genial foreman was subjected to an involuntary shower bath, owing to defective hose. 'The experiment may be alright from a dust-laying point of view, but for road-cleaning the method is not a success. There was a fair attendance at the intercessory service in (be Anglican Church last Tuesday evening, when the Rev, F. McDonald gave a helpful address. The meeting will be held in the Presbyterian Church next Tuesday evening, when the address will be given by the Rev. J. Boothroyd. Members of all the Christian congregations are heartily invited. The Manawatu County tramway manager, in bis report to the County Council this week, stated: “Special trams were run in'connection with the Foxton Races, but only £9 4s 6d was collected in fares for the two days. As this is not a paying proposition, I would suggest that if special trams' are required in future, that a guarantee be obtained.” This recommendation was adopted. A visitor to the local Fire Brigade this week was Secretary Silvers, of the Newmarket (Auckland) Brigade. He assisted the Superintendent in a, practical demonstration, and subsequently delivered an address to the Brigade on discipline and general efficiency. Mr Silver generously offered to donate a cup to be competed for by members of the Brigade in order to promote keener interest and efficiency in lire lighting. The visitor was thanked for his generosity, and conditions wilj be drawn up for the cup competition,

Several local Masons attended the installation ceremony of the Marlon Lodge on Thursday even-

At the local police Court this uorning, before Mr Hornblow, J.P., . first-offending inebriate, arrested Pm drunkenness last night, was ■onvioted and lined ss.

At 'Monday night's Borough Council meeting, Cr. Coley, in referring to the road foreman’s report, said lie was anxious to have the road cleared of weeds and tarred on the west side of the Triangle in Main Street. Tie said this work should have been done long ago. it was not a costly piece of work, and if should lie taken in hand at

Mr Massey, in replying to the K.S.A. deputation regarding the Mount Pisa run. read a telegram from the Minister of Lands that the Land Board proposed to give preference to soldiers where possible. Mr Massey also stated be was advised that the homestead block would be included in the ballot, but possession could not be given till June.

When Joseph Michael CJearsehawski appeared for sentence in the Christchurch Supreme Court yesterday for the assault oil a constable, counsel made a strong plea for leniency bn the ground that, prisoner supported a paralysed mother-in-law. a helpless wife and five children, and that lie suffered from mental aberration. The judge sentenced prisoner to three years’ reformative Ireatment.

A whirlwind of unusual violence passed over Howick yesterday morning, and a house belonging to Miss Gill was damaged, the verandah being lifted bodily, posts and all, some twenty yards from the building. The glass in the front door and one window was broken and ten sheets of iron stripped from the roof. Five of the sheets have not yet been found, yet others were located two hundred yards away. Miss Gill was absent from home at the time.

“To my mind we are making a great mistake in not planting macrocarpa frees for transmission poles,” said Mr G. A. Green, secretary of the Dominion Nurserymen’s Association at a meeting of nurserymen at Hamilton. The maerocarpa would, he said, make good heart where the eucalyptus would not. Mr Green gave it. a.s bis opinion that the reason for the crookedness of the trunks of many eucalyptus trees in Waikato was the fact that they had not been planted under proper afforestation < auditions.

At Monday night's Council meeting the Mayor referred to the tarring of a portion of Johnston Street. He said what, had been done was very satisfactory, and the cost of the material totalled ,026. The roadway should stand far many years. Councillors expressed the opinion that the road should he completed from Union Street to Avenue Road. It was decided to procure 50 barrels of tar from Blenheim, and to complete the road during the next financial year. Cr. Alex. Ross suggested lhat an estimate for bitumen should he obtained.

In accordance with a decision arrived at at its meeting on Monday, the Foxton Borough Council made a request by telegram to the meeting of the Manawatu County Council on Wednesday that representatives of the county join in a deputation to wait on Mr J. Hannay, chairman of No. fi District Highways Council urging that the road through Foxton he. declared a main highway. The County Council decided that it was difficult to he definitely represented, as the date of the deputation had not been fixed. Crs. Barber and Boyce were appointed to represent, the county it

“It is only ft little over ft quarter of a. century since I stood in Michigan Avenue in the city of Chicago, with thousands of others, waiting to see some fool driving down the -l reel in a. horseless carriage, said Mr T. W. Battersea, while spenikag at Carterton, “bill he was uol a fool; he was a genius; he had solved the problem of transmission and internal combustion power to the thing we called a ‘horseless carriage,’ and look what we have to-day. In the United States there is one automobile for every eight people, and in some States one automobile for every five people. How long will it be until New Zealand has proportionately as many automobiles t The day is coming. Smokers heart is a distressing malady caused chiefiy tliiough the effects of an alkaloid called Nicotine which is extremely poisonous. Strong tobacco with a high percentage of nicotine should therefore he avoided. When selecting a brand, the smoker should not be guided by the appearance alone, because eveu an apparently mild cigarette tobacco of a bright lemon colour may contain- —and often does contain —an excess of nicotine. It is a peculiar fact that certain New Zealand -soils produce a leaf with a very small percentage of nicotine, compared with the foreign types. Take for instance our local brands River Head Gold, Cut Rlug No. 10, and Toasted Navy Cut. There you have an absolutely pure article, which can he smoked continuously without the slightest after effects, it burns to the last shred leaving the mouth sweet and clean, So highly is New Zealand tobacco commented upon .by doctors and experts that smokers should acquaint themselves with the merits of our own product by giving the above brands a. fair trial,*

Mr and Mrs W. Hamer arc pending a holiday a I To Aroha.

For the ten months ending January 31st, said Mr Massey, State Advances loans authorised totalled 8,893, amounting to £7,283,277. The amount actually paid over lo 5,515 borrowers was £4,500.000.

Four new islands were “horn” last year. Two appeared off the coast of Cochin China, one off the Japanese coast, and the fourth. I,oooft. long and 30ft, high, in the Bay of Bengal.

A wreath of pohutnkawa blossom, frozen in a block of ice, is to he shipped to London to be placed at the base of the cenotaph in Whitehall mi Anzac Day on behalf of the Mothers Union of Auckland.

Admiral Sir Lionel Halsey has informed Sir .lames Allen, High Commissioner for New Zealand, that the Maharajah of Gwalior has had a. young tiger caught for the Wellington zoo. and it is to he .-hipped by the steamer Sussex from Calcutta in March.

Mr and Mrs W. Signal, and Matt. Honore, returned this week from a most enjoyable motor tour in the Taranaki and South Auckland districts. Included in the trip was a visit to the famous Waitomo Caves. Cambridge and Te Aroha were also visited. Mr Signal said some of the roads traversed were in very had order.

While an operation for. appendicitis was being performed in Lynton Hospital, North Devon, on a farmer’s wife, named Perkins, aged 58, the electric light failed. The appendix was removed by candle light, hut the wound could not he stitched up properly, and it was decided to finish the operation next day. This was done, hut the woman died. According to medical evidence at the inquest, the failing light did not really make Mrs Perkins' chance of recovery any the worse. The coroner did not think any blame attached to the electric light company, or to anyone, and entered a verdict, of death from natural causes.

Some Wellington clothing manufacturers feel that the tariff does not afford them sufficient protection against English labour. As an instance of this, a representative of the Post was assured .that a big line running into hundreds of overcoats of English manufacture, and of excellent material, was recently landed hv a Wellington wholesale firm at 18s fid each. The lot was dcaicd out to a wholesale buyer at 21.-. The price at which they will he sold retail is another story; hut it was stated by the manufacturer above referred t«> that the labour cust alone of the 18s fid coat in New Zealand would he 24s fid.

A new travelling trench-cutter Ini' water mains or drainage work is being imported by the Wellington ( il.v Council, and will arrive from America to-day. It is of the wheel type, and is made in Milwaukee (United States) at a cost of about £2.000. The excavator is planned on ihe principle of a buckei dredge, each bucket on the wheel acting as :i scoop, and as it bites into the earth it moves slowly along. The machine will he used in connection with the laving of the new water mains in Karori and Onslow. Such machines are used in America for laying gas mains, and excavating conduits Cor electric cables. It may be the beginning of new methods in Wellington, as trench-cut-ting by manual labour is slow and 'costly.

The Manawatu County Engineer repo led as follows mi the Awahou riding at this week's meeting as follows•- “The tractor and grader are now employed grading up Spring's road. W e previously graded np Kari Kari road, hut owing to the sandy formation of the country the work done by the tractor is not sal isfactory, and apparently the tractor is not suitable for grading on -a tidy country. We have i ommeneed repairing the bridge o\ er. the (Jovernmeut Drain on the W'hirokino road. Wo have lifted the lower end and driven a tram rail on each side of the stringer’s, and 1 propose to strap the bridge with three-inch planks on top of the present deck. Notice should be given to property owners to cut and burn willows on the Whirokino road forthwith.”