Manawatu Herald SATURDAY, MARCH 1, 1924. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2702, 1 March 1924, Page 2

Manawatu Herald SATURDAY, MARCH 1, 1924. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Foxton’s total rainfall for Fobniary registered 4.93 indies. The maximum fall was on the ISIIi., when 1.92 indies was registered. The scow Kohi, after leaving the local wharf, was heaehed at the Heads in order to make an inspection of the hull. The scow loft on the morning tide the next day. It is reported that the United States branch of the Salvation Army may secede owing to General Bramwell Booth prohibiting affiliation with secret societies.

“T wouldn’t cart them oil the wharf,” was the opinion of a local resident who attended the sale of motor cars salved from the Port Elliott at Wellington on Wednesday.

The vita! statistics for Foxtmi for February with the figures for the corresponding month of last year in parenthesis were as follows: Births 8 (7), deaths 1 (2), marriages 1 (1). The death took place at Melbourne on Saturday of .Mrs J. V. Brown wife of Mr J. Vigor Brown who was- for many years both Mayor and member of Parliament for Na-

A deputation of ladies waited upon the Band during practice on Thursday' evening and ottered to fulfil a deferred promise to assist the funds with a shop day. The offer was much appreciated njnl if was decided to hold the shop day cr Saturday next. Gifts left with either Messrs Golder or Heath will be much appreciated.

The usual united meeting for Intercession was hold in tin* Methodist Church lasi Tuesday evening. The Rev. F. .McDonald presided and the address was given by the Rev. \V. H. Wjaltou. The meeting on Tuesday next will be held in the. Salvation Army Hall and the address will he given bv the Rev. F. McDonald. Writing to the Manaia Witness, Mr F. R. Field, who has some reputation as a forecaster of eartliipuikes, says: “The eartlnjuake season being so nearly at an end, and the planets being unfavourable to them, violent shakes are not to he expected for several years to come.” Mr Field thinks that, owing mainly to the positions of Venus and Mercury, the weather will continue more settled and dry right on into June, when Saturn and Jupiter will bring more broken and wet went tier for (lie last part of June, and .July and August. The Ramsay Macdonald Cabinci contains a-peer (I’armoor) who was a Conservative M.l*. for fourteen years, another (llaldane) who was a Liberal M.l’. for 27 years, and a third (Chelmsford) who was a Tory member of the London County Council before he became a Colonial Governor. Then there are three ex-Liberal politicians (Buxton, Wedgwood and Trevelyan), another ex-Govoruor (Olivier), an intellectual (Webb), three members of the Coalition War Ministry (Clynes, Henderson and Walsh) and the least radical of all trade-union secretares (Thomas). Try to imagine that ot addressing each other as “comrade” and drinking to the ItevoluJon! in reference to a block of Native and, known as Wharepuhungu 1-1 3. 13, containing an area of about L,170 acres now vested in the Wai:ato —Mauiapoto Maori Land loard —and situated within To Vwamutu District, a proposal to aeiuiru the fee simple of 057 acres if it was submitted on behalf of he Crown to a local meeting of issembled owners yesterday at '’oxton, by Mr Kingi Tahiwi, Naive Departmental Otlicer. The asembled owners, who were presidd over by Mr Roore Kangiheuea, uanimously decided to refuse the u’oposal on the ground that they rere not prepared to alienate a ortiun with the residue of the block jft on their hands for all time or o be taken over by the Crown at very low figure.

Robert McGregor, who was found guilty in the Supreme Court at Napier of the theft of 115 sheep, was sentenced by Sir John Salmond to two years’ imprisonment. Tlis Honour said the theft seemed to him to lie part of a deliberate scheme of robbing his neighbours.

“For a minister of 80 years I am still going strong," casually remarked the Rev. J. H. Rodgers, when, on behalf' of the Anglican Church, he extended a warm welcome to the Rev. George Miller to the charge of the North-East Valley Presbyterian Church, Dunedin. Tho remark drew a round of' applause and Mr Rodgers pointed his moral. “I would tell Mr Miller that lie should make sure of relaxation. His predecessor always had the how bent, despite repeated scoldings from me, and now he is paying for it, 1 understand. Speaking from a fairly long experience t can declare that the harder the work the greater the need for relaxation.”

Difficulty is being experienced by the Public Works Department in securing an adequate supply of labour for keeping the hydro-electric works at Mangahao going at full pressure, as it has been found that many men will not stay on the job more than a short lime. In speaking of the matter to a “Times” reporter, one of the men employed on the works stated that it was a matter of complaint among them that they received only the same pa.v as other employees of the Public Works, although they were working three shifts a day, thus striking a large proportion of night work. Married men, with the responsibility of a family to support, were sticking it out fairly well, but single men, after a brief trial, frequently moved on. Tn the days of Anld Lang Syne a N.Z. grown tobacco made its appearance on the market but failed to get a hold on the smoking public. The leaf' was all right, hut there was something deficient in the curing, and the industry languished and fizzled out. A much more recent attempt to solve the problem resulted in the production of the National Tobacco Co.'s brands, now firmly established in the favour of the smokers. The secret of this success is said to he due to the new toasting process which has resulted in a most remarkable improvement in the smoking quality. The difference between the toasted and the non-t'oasted product is as wide as a cooked potato differs in taste from a raw potato. Any smoker can easily convince himself by trying .just a few pipes of any of the following brands; Riverliead Gold, very mild; Toasted Navy Cut (Bulldog) of medium strength, and Cut Plug No. 10 for those who prefer a full body.