Manawatu Herald SATURDAY, MARCH 8, 1924. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2705, 8 March 1924, Page 2

Manawatu Herald SATURDAY, MARCH 8, 1924. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

George Morrison, flu l prisoner who escaped from (he Palmerston North gaol on the evening- of February 17, is still at large.

A motor vehicle passed through Sandon every five minutes of the 24 hours while tallies were being taken for the Main Highways Board recently.

The shop day in aid of the local Citizens’ Band lands opened to good business this morning. The band will play selections- in front of the shop this evening. Mr J. Banks, headmaster of the local State school, acted as judge for the .schooTwork section in connection with the Levin Autumn show held on Tuesday. Bandsmen are reminded that they will play a few selections in front of the shop in which the Band Shop Day effort is being held, af 7 o'clock this evening.

A visitor to Foxton informs us that the local artesian water in his opinion, is very good and compares more than favourable with Hie water at Wanganui.

An outbreak of diphtheria is reported from Wellington and par ents are warned to keep their children under observation, and at the first sign of throat trouble to have their children attended to without delay.

The s.s. Kennedy is laid up for her annual overhaul at the Wellington slip and will probably be out of commission for about a fortnight. We are informed that every effort has been made to obtain a vessel to take up her running in the interval but without success.

“I have travelled over the Fox-ton-Palmerston North road for many years,” said a local resident, “and I have never known them to he so had as at present. I would like to say that (lie Kairanga County’s portion of the road with belter maintenance facilities is in a worse condition Ilian that under the Manavvatu County’s jurisdiction.”

Mr W. Hart, local representative for Messrs Goldingham and Beckett, informs us that a statement made at the last Manawatu County Council meeting to the effect that the cargo of benzine. 3000 odd eases, which arrived by I lie scow Kolii, bad been carted over the roads by motor lorries was incorrect. Mr Hart says, of (lie cargo, only 420 cases were transferred to Palmerson North on the Iwo days in question, the remainder being stored locally.

At last night’s public meeting the following letter was read from the Mayor of Shannon and given (o #he Band as a credential for Shannon assistance: “In consideration of the many times the Foxton Band lias assisted Shannon public functions, 1 recommend any assistance that can he given to aid the Band by way of subscriptions or otherwise. —Yours faithfully, (Sgd.) Win. Murdoch, Mayor. Dated Shannon, March 7th, 1924.

There are three antiquated methods by which the news of every town and district is picked up by people who ought to know better. Common street and visiting gossip is one channel by which news is handed round often incorrectly. Another way is that of borrowing the paper. And still another way is found in visiting the public reading reading-room. This all means econoiuy on the part of non-sub-scribers, but does not help the newspaper men, who have no way of getting even with them if they would. Newspaper men are expected to paint the town and its doings in glowing colours and generally (o inspire confidence, and it is an undeniable fact that in any town where a section is out of sympathy with a newspaper that is loyal, that section has no live interest in the town’s welfare. 1

It was announced at the annual festival of Dr. Barnardo’s Homes that H.R.H. the Duke of York had become their president. These homes have been in existence for 58 years and during that period they have rescued over 96,000 children. Their present family numbers 7,308 boys- and girls—the largest in the world. On an average they admit live daily from the ranks of child destitution all over the Kingdom. The charter of the homes is: “No Destitute Child Ever Refused Admittance.” Despite elaborate precautions and secrecy it is known that German chemists have produced a very deadly-poison gas. It is colourless odourless tasteless, and non-infiam-able. Experiments carried out in a military laboratory in Dresden for rapid manufacture of large quantities resulted in seven chemists being poisoned. Gas escaped from the apparatus, but they where unaware of it. “It is not always safe,” remarked Mr .Justice Frazer in the Arbitration Court at Wellington “to take Australian awards as a, ground for comparison with the rales and conditions ruling in Australia.” For the purposes oL’ comparison the Australian awards had to be increased and an allowance made for the Commonwealth regulations governing the cost of living figures. The two sets of cost of living figures for the two countries could not he compared. “We have got ahead of the Now South Wales cost of living ajustmenl for women. Our females have been specially considered since the war. Referring to the habits of the Maoris who frequented Auckland in the ’fifties and the ’sixties, Mr. MeEwan, in a letter to flic New Zealand Herald, says that lie lias often seen a native silting on Hie pavement opposite n butcher’s shop which stood in Shortlnnd Street, “with a good lump of raw meat which he cut up and ate as it was. along with a few biscuits.” Then, as (o the Maori hostel in Mechanic’s Bay: “Many a time have T seen them with two gipsy pots on a lire kept well together with stones, one containing pipis and the other potatoes, the Maoris squatting on their haunches enjoying- a meal without the aid of cutlery. Dipping into one pot they would secure a handful! of potatoes and then from the other they would take a quantify of pi pi-. The sun. as the origin of all physical energy, is the unbiddable. director of trade changes. Its latent manifestation of power, in the outpouring of heat upon the Southern Hemisphere has brought about all kinds <d' happenings in New Zealand—the. premature ripening oi crops, a rush to the drapers for light apparel, and. amongst other things a tierce demand for mild and thirst-shaking drinks. The Dunedin breweries ui'e very busy in supplying an enormous demand for ale, end. correspondingly, men are less frequently calling for whisky. The' makers of carbonated waters and cordials are also doing a great trade. The manager of one of the principal manufactories says that oil the hottest days the consumption of such drinks in Otago lias increased to two-thirds above normal, and that his output for February is 50 per cent, greater than usual.

Did you ever smoke toasted tobacco? If so, you will know how the toasting process improves the flavour. It is delicious! Coffee-berries and tea-leaves are roasted, otherwise no one would care to drink tea or cofl&e. Well, the same treatment is found to answer equally well with tobacco. Test this for yourself. The locally manufactured tobacco is now prepared in that way. The result is astonishing! Select a brand to suit your palate in regard to strength, either Riverhead Gold, the mildest of all; or Toasted Navy Cut (Bulldog) of medium strength; or if you prefer a fuller body, take Cut Plug No. 10, the Bullhead label. The very first whiff will tell you that you ax - e in for a superior article, quite out of the common. You never get that same pleasant aroma with any of the ordinary tobaccos. And so smooth and mellow. With their small percentage of nicotine these brands may be smoked with perfect immunity and are recommended by experts and mediea 1 au t h orities.

“New Zealand is supposed to have a very line system of education. The system may certainly be a good one, but from the manner in which many children are heard pronouncing words, it would appear that the elementary principals of elocution are foreign to our school lessons in English language," writes “Pedant.” “\\ ottimezit”? i heard a Newtown juvenile inquire on Saturday night. Presumably he desired to know the time, but Ibis presumption is by nu means clear for the lad’s companion made Hu: enigmatical reply: 'Five Xwaite.’ If this where nut some kind of gibberish it might possibly have meant ‘Five to eight.' ‘Wottime Sunday?’ was an interrogation on the part of another school boy which 1 also overheard, and which was answered by the following- abomination: ‘Appasnine. Awri’ was the response, which seemed to be comprehended by the youngster to whom it was addressed. Truly, New Zealand Wellington, at any rate —is developing u language of its own, but remembering our British traditions, it is regrettable that our rising generation is not taught English. —Evening Post. For Influenza take Woods Great Peppermint Cere.