Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 1924. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2704, 6 March 1924, Page 2

Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 1924. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Over a. lon of blackberries were t ransported by rail from Ibe C'atlins district last week, with market quotations at- !M per lb.

Complimentary references were made by the public at the Oroua Downs sports yesterday to the musical programme provided by the Fox ton Citizen’s Rand.

There was a record number of horse entries at the Oroua Downs sports yesterday and in these events some interesting contests were witnessed.

Mr Delany, local postmaster, commenced his annual leave yesterday. During Mr Delany’s absence, Mr L. Bullard will take charge*

At the Dannevirke Athletic sports meeting yesterday. My Horace Reid, of Foxton, won the mile and half-mile running events.

Rome advices confirm the appointment of Monsignor Redwood, Archbishop of Wellington, as assistant. Bishop to the Pontifical Throne.

There was a fair and representative gathering at the Oroua Downs sports yesterday. The rain, however, prevented many from attending. The dance in the evening was well patronised. The muggy heal experienced locally of late has been more trying than at any time during the summer. The warm rains have brought on a. phenomenal growth in gardens and pastures.

The Methodist Church will hold their Harvest Thanksgiving services on Sunday next. Special services will he given morning and evening, and anthems by the choir. The church will be decorated for the occasion. Gifts of fruit, vegetables and produce will be thankfully received by the minister and church officers at the church on Saturday.

The chief it ems of traffic on I lie Sanson tramway for the past month were: Coal, etc 141 tons, merchandise 87A- tons, butter and cheese 95 tons, stock 87 trucks, metal 940 cubic yards. Fares amounted to £J 5s Bd. The accounts showed a credit balance of £172 0/8 for the month, but of this amount £B2 0/0 was derived from the sale of old material.

In a speech in Dublin, GovernorGeneral Healey, in referring to a speech by Archbishop Alannix, of Australia, with reference to the Duke of Devonshire rejecting a claim that the Irish Hag might be flown at sea, declared no such despatch was ever written by President Cosgrove and a bogus document unfortunately reached Melbourne. He added, amid laughter, that he had pleasure in announcing that the Republican ironclads of Ireland might float their Hag with absolute impunity. “The Foxton-Palmcrston North road is in a very bad state, A scow arrived at Foxton the other day wit.li 3,000 cases oi' licnziiie and it all seems to have been taken over the road in one day and night, I am sure that the damage done to the road was equal to the cost of freight on the benzine, and it might even pay us to have it conveyed at

our own expense by rail in order to save the road,” said Cr, Barber at the meeting of the Mauawal-u County Council on Tuesday, when emphasising the damage done to the roads by heavy motor traffic, **•-*’ "» *• *aia!a«u i _JV"-’-' T - —■ A dscovery has been made iu France which it is thought will revolutionise wheat growing all over the world. It is a fertiliser, which has been so successful that better results are obtained in less than a week b,v its growth than in a- month’s ordinary grow Hi. The seed corn is first soaked ior several hours in the fertiliser, and is then planted. Whether it is planted immediately or eight months after soaking the result is exactly the same. Tile seed germinates iu a very short time.

The final crop is much heavier than

usual and the straw is much longer The fertiliser can be used with root crops. It has been approved by the french Government.

Tlie quarterly meeting of the Mauawatu Licensing Bench, to have been held at Foxton yesterday. lapsed for the want of a quorum, the only members present were the Magistrate and Air R, Bryant. The meeting was adjourned to the 21st inst.

The rider of Roney, Mr L. Little, of Palmertson North, in the Hunters’ Steeplechase, at the Oroua Downs sports yesterday, had his collar bone broken owing to the lior.se falling. The injured man received medical attention. Mr W. Neylon also had a narrow escape, bis horse turned a somersault but “Willie’s” guardian angel was in attendance and lie came off scalhless.

The Governor-General arrived at Blenheim yesterday and laid the foundation stone of the new Masonic temple. To-day His Excellency will he present nt the Marlborough races and at a military ball in the ev ening. Lord Jellicoe leaves on Friday morning for the Franz Josef glacier, via Nelson. Westport, Reeflon and Greymoiith,viewing the mines in the mining district. He will be joined in Greymoiith by Lady Jelliooo and the Hon. Lucy Jellicoe. After visiting the glacier the party will proceed to Christchurch. His Excellency later visits Timaru, then will o*o for deer shooting at flic bead of Lake Wakatipu.

After the Executive Council at a meeting on Tuesday in Wellington announced its decision that the death penalty imposed on John Higgins for the murders at Waikino be commuted to imprisonment for life the Minister of Justice (the lion. G. T. Parr) stated that all the doctors were agreed that Higgins was suffering from chronic delusional insanity, the only difference being that the alienists called by the Grown at the trial were of opinion that the insanity had not gone so far as to prevent Higgins from knowing the nature of his act. Tt will he a matter for consideration by the authorities as to whether Higgins will he cofined in a prison or a mental hospital.

A section of Palmerston Xortli is to be lit by electricity within the next fortnight. The Rev. S. H. I). Penman is set down in the first draft of stations for Foxton by the Methodist conference. An American divine, Dr. W. E. Biedenwolf, has given a new definition of a pessimist. He says: “A pessimist is a man who thinks something worse is going to happen to the world after the craze for jazz music passes away."

The cost of taking traffic tallies at various points in the Manawatu County, as requested by the Main Highways Board, was £2Ol 19/-. This, however, did not include supervision and clerical work.

The Department of Agriculture hits received under date of the 3rd instant the following cabled advice from Calcutta regarding the linseed market. —“Linseed: March shipments quoted at £2O 7/0 per tun net, e. and f. Sydney: April-May shipments £l9 12/0. ’flic market is stead v.”

We have just received a copy of the latest edition of “Humour" which is well up to the usual high standard set by this humorous paper. Buy a copy of “Humour” and forget till about your troubles for an hour or two. This issue simply teems with mirth-provoking sketches and stories.

An interesting sidelight, on the traffic revolution in recent years is contained in the comparison of the tables taken by the ITorowheuun County Council of (he vehicles crossing the bridges. In 1918 no less than 08 four-wheeled buggies crossed the Waikawa bridge in 14 days. In 1914 nine buggies passed over the Ohau bridge in a fortnight. Gu the other hand the motor ears increased from 785 in 1918 to 2700 in 1924. Members and friends of the Presbyterian Church Ladies’ Social Guild spent a most enjoyable afternoon at the home of Mrs Larsen, at the bench yesterday afternoon. Two novel competitions caused much interest and merriment and were won by Mesdaiue.s McDonald and Thomson respectively. The Guild wishes to thank the Rev. McDonald and Messrs Satht rlv, Larsen and G. Rough for their kindness in motoring the town members to and from the beach.

The serious incidence of goitre in New Zealand was discussed by the Medical Conference at Auckland, a resolution being passed instructing the council to bring before the Government the urgent necessity for enforcing the addition of iodine to table salt. Professor Ilereus, Dunedin, bad explained that manufacturers of tabic salt, in efforts to put pure salt (sodium chloride) before the public bad eliminated from the crude article substances ineluding iodine, which had the highest value in dietary constituents.

Mr R. W. IPVillv, general manager for railways, lias written to the <’.mterbury Progress League afollows: —"With reference, to your letter regarding the use of motor carriages on the railways, I am not yet in a position to state when the carriages might be expected to arrive. The Department is, however, keeping in touch with the High Commissioner in London in regard tf* the carrying out of orders which have been given for the necessary equipment, and your League may be assured the Department is doing everything possible to expedite the completion of orders so that, the i arringes may be put into service at the earliest possible moment, [What about the Foxton-Palmer-ston North line for the utilisation of electric propulsion ! J The Hon. Gilbert Carson, who for the greater part of 'half a century has been one of the leading public men of Wanganui, and indeed throughout New Zealand, died on Tuesday. Deceased was in his eigh-ty-second year, and was born at sea a fortnight before the ship - Jane Gilford reached Auckland, and consequently he was one of the oldest residents of the Dominion. In the early days deceased served on the old “New Zealander" at Auckland, and was afterwards a reader in the Government printing office. He became proprietor of the “Wanganui Chronicle” during the seventies and was actively associated with that paper till illness overlook him some years ago. The late Air Carson was at various times Mayor, member for the district and Legislative Councillor, He was prominent on education bodies also on the Baptist Union and prohibition movements.

A novelty Inis appeared on the market in the shape of a Toasted Tobacco, which has caused quite a sensation in smoker’s circles. The process of toasting seems to have a most beneficial effect upon tobac-

co similar to what cooking, broiling, or roasting bus on food, it develops the ilavour and makes generally more savoury and appetising and, last but not least, also more digestible. Small wonder that the local product has generally gained in popularity through this latest improvement, and smokers are advised to give it a trial; they are in for quite a new Ilavour. There are three grades obtainable now: Kiverhcad Gold, a very mild and . aromatic smoke, Toasted Navy Cut (Bulldog) of medium strength, and if you prefer a full body try Cut Plug No. 10, the Bullhead label. Ail made of a new type of leaf famous for its small percentage of nicotine. Doctors and experts proclaim them to

be healthier than moat of the foreign tobaccos, and another consideration is their lower cost; they will reduce your tobacco bill by 30 per cent.*