Manawatu Herald. SATURDAY, MARCH 29. 1924. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2714, 29 March 1924, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. SATURDAY, MARCH 29. 1924. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Mr .). Desmond returned to Cox (on last night from a holiday visi to the South Island.

Adjutant Garner, a returned padre, will conduct the services at the Salvation Army Hall to-morrow. Mr and Mrs Delany arrived hack in Foxton last night after spending an enjoyable liolidav in the South Island.

The scow Kohi, which made hei second trip to Foxlon with a cargc of benzine on Thursday, left foi Wellington yesterdtiy afternoon.

A team of local rifle* shots journeyed to Hautere this morning t< participate in the annual rifle competitions there 10-day for the Wellington Fresh Food and Ice Cup.

Mr Hobbs, a loi-aI bee farmer, forwarded a consignment of four and a-quarter tons of honey, per rail to Wellington to-day en route to the Loudon market. The honey is the net result of 19(1 hives.

Mr 0. Francis, who tuts for some time past been a member of (lit* local post office staff lias received a transfer to Marlon. He left Foxton this morning to lake up his new duties at- Martini.

Hanging on the wall in I lie socia room of flu' looil lire* station is ill

appropriately designed oak and silver shield presented by Mr. Geo. Coley, member, of (be Foxtail Fife Board, for a billiard tourney competition by Ihe Foxton, Palmerston N., Levin and Folding Fire Brigades. The insets for inscription take the form of silver helmets, which surround the centre device. Mr Coley’s generosity and interest in the social welfare of hrigudesiueu throughout the district is keenly appreciated by the brigades.

Guard Simpson of the FoxtonPalmerston N. rnilway service, lias been transferred to Frankton and will lake liis departure from Foxton early next week. At last night’s social function in the Masonic Hull, Mr Perreau expressed regret at the departure of Mr and Mrs Simpson from Foxton and wished Mr Simpwon every happiness in Iris new sphere of labour. As an official, Mr Simpson had won the respect and esteem of the travelling and business public by his courteous and obliging manner. Mr Durham, of the Upper Hutt, fills the vacancy caused by the transfer of Mr Simpson and will take up his duties on Monday.

Why is smoking so often attended with results that causes medical men to order their patiens to either discontinue the habit, or greatly modify it. It is simply because the percentage of nicotine in most imported tobaccos is so high and it is the nicotine in excess that renders smoking injurious. Now our New Zealand grown tobaccos contain so small a percentage of nicotine that it is practically a negligible quantity, and besides, they arc subjected to a new toasting process. Toasting develops the flavour, removes all deleterious properties and makes the tobacco climate proof. Toasted tobacco is recommended to those who study their health and appreciate a pure tobacco, if you like a full body, try Cut Plug No. 10, the Bullhead label, or the somewhat milder Toasted Navy Cut (Bulldog). There is another brand Riverhead Gold, which excels all others in mildness and aroma. They may be smoked with impunity and cost 25 per cent, less than the foreign, iinPS.

The Rev. J. Roothroyd, who has been supplying for the Foxlon Methodist Church for the last seven months, will be leaving here next week and preaches farewell sermons to-morrow at Shannon in the morning, Oroua Downs in the afternoon, and Foxton in the evening.

One town in the Dominion which •(insistently beautifies its streets will take a further step shortly.

Flowering cherry trees are to be used for beautifying Parsons street Wanganui. The trees have been maturing for the past two years in the borough nursery, and are now large enough to transplant, which will be done this coming winter. The usual united meeting for in-, temission was held in (lie Methodist Church on Tuesday evening when a helpful address was given bv the Rev. F. McDonald on “The Second

Coming of Jesus Christ.” There was n good attendance and the meeting was an enjoyable one. The meeting on Tuesday night next will be held in the Salvation Army Hall and will be conducted by the ollieers of the local corps. The Rev. J. Bootli-l-oyd will give tile address. Petty thieving is still being carried on in Otaki but an amateur detective was the means recently of securing at least one guilty person. A lady (?) entered a shop, filled her pocket, and calmly walked away. Suspicion was aroused, and finally the goods were secured. A warning was also issued, says the Mail. There is every likelihood of a new coal mine being opened in the Wlmngarei district designed to produce. from 500 to 1000 tons per day. It will be the deepest mine in New Zealand, being about 800 feet below the surface, and the capital necessary for the development of the field will be principally A astral-

A pretty incident was recently witnessed in Wnima, FI.B. While the storm was at its height a Maori boy was observed struggling through the rain carrying a white girl, almost his own size in his arms, lie had evidently overtaken the girl on her way home, and, wrapping her in his oilskin, was plodding on determinedly while the rain and wind blocked his progress.

Essays by pupils at the Masterton Central School on “Town Life Against Country Life,” brought forth some amusing tit-bits. Two extracts read:: “In the town men go to the pictures with girls: in the country they go out with the cows.” And “Nearly every night the town people go to concerts and I lie pictures, and waste their money; in the country they go to lied or to church, because there are no pictures.”

A story concerning a recent visit to his old school in the North of Ireland was told by the Prime Minister when addressing the children of the Tnumarunui School. Mr. Massey said that like all hoys lie used to carry a pocket knife. When he re-visited the old school he looked for some (race that had been left by his knife, and, sure enough, he found his own initials. “W.E.M.,” carved on one of the desks. The grant for new desks must, be a small one in Hull district!

Canning of salmon is, in the opinion of’ (lie Prime Minister, a comi industry. During an address in the Waikato on Saturday. Mr. Massey said that within twelve months we would he sending shipments of vanned salmon from New Zealand, hut. this had been kept very quiet. 'Phis was not intentional, hut he knew that a number of applications for licenses to nan fish had been received. The rivers in the South Island were teeming with salmon and he understood there was also salmon in the Wanganui River.

One of Mr. Massey’s characteristics is pronounced ability to quote Scriptural texts with facility. In the heat of debate in Parliament the Prime Minister often discomfits an opponent with an appropriate Biblical allusion, and the shaft often pierces the deeper when it is quite obvious that the subject of Mr. Massey’s correction is nimble to replv in like manner, because of a limited acquaintance with Scripture. Bast Saturday afternoon, Mr iMassev opened a new undenominational church at Kemuera, in the Waikato, and in his address manifestly surprised the congregation with his knowledge of Scripture. He spoke of the great Christian mission of the British Empire for world peace. The keynote ot his remarks was a plea for a stricter observance of the Sabbath.

In the coarse of an address at the Otago Boys’ High School on Tuesday Lord Jeliicoe said that one of the best things he remembered having heard said of New Zealanders was by Admiral De Robeck, commanding at the Dardanelles, who, when congratulating him upon being associated with New Zealand s;l jd"tliat wlial si ruck him about the New Zealanders on Gallipoli was not only their courage but their goiitlemaiiliness. The same thing was said about them in France; I bat behind the lines they were always gentlemen, courteous to women and children. He (Lord .Jeliicoe) would also impress upon the hoys as a duty that they respect age and authority. Those were the signs of a gentleman. Civility need not he mistaken for servility. In a young country there was a danger that people might be afraid to show respect for age and authority, they might be taunted with not being democratic. Well, democracy was "a splendid thing, hut there was uo need to associate it with roughness or a want of courtesy or respect.