Manawatu Herald. TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 1924. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2718, 8 April 1924, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 1924. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Mr Massey had an enthusiastic, reception atWinlon last night where lie addressed a gathering of over a thousand people.

At the local police court yesterday, before Air Horn blow, J.P., a first-offending inebriate was convicted and fined 5/-.

The Rongof.cn Uo-op. Dairy Co. is this year sending all its export butter by motor lorry to Castlecliff, as its port of export. It is estimated that 490,000 bales of wool have been sold this season, the grand total for the Dominion will be over the half million mark when the remaining sales are completed at Wanganui. Auckland, and Christchurch.

Cocaine first obtained recognition as a medical drug about thirty five years ago, and the commercial supply was derived from leaves of the wild coca plant of Peru. Now the shrub is cultivated extensively in Java, ‘which will export this year about 4,500,000 lb of the leaves.

There is every indication that Wellington will make a brave showing during the visit of the British special service fleet. Arrangements are: well in hand for the decoration and illumination of various buildings in the city, and if favourable weather conditions prevail the men of the Navy should secure a good impression of (he Capital. The following are the vital statistics for Shannon for the quarter ending March 31st: —Deaths nil, births 16, marriages 3. During the month of -March there...were three births, deaths and marriages being nil. It is interesting to note that during the past two quarters no deaths have taken place in Shannon.

A Washington apiarist reports having developed a slingless bee. The model hoiieynmker is described as having no offensive armament whatever 1 , and if attacked must depend for defence on the speed of its wings. The busy little insect which is more noted for its industry than sociability, may now be approached with less hesitation. A van loaded with furniture stopped at .a residence in the vicinity of Wellington terrace, and the men who accompanied it commenced to unload the articles, It was discovered,- however, - that 'the resident to whom the furniture was addressed had not ordered it and subsequently ■■'•'inquiries went to show that a senseless April Ist hoax had been perpetrated; - “I was iu a place up north last winter where there was a school teacher stopping at the same hotel for over a month. He could not attend school, because there were no children there,” said Mr K. Speight, at the meeting of the AucIvland School Committees’ Association. “They could not get to school owing to the flooded and bad state of the roads.”

Depopulation is the greatest danger threatening France. ft is so grave that, in the opinion of Stephen Lauzaune, it will eventually wipe France from the face of the earth unless the birth rate improves, of which there is no sign. At the present rate, says the writer, France will have ceased to exist by the vear 2000.

Mrs F. W. Frankland and Miss Symons, of Wellington, who have been spending a few days with Foxton relatives, return to Wellington to-morrow.

Mr Cbas. King met with a painful accident at his father’s flax mill this morning. While attending the. stripper one of his fingers got crushed in the beater bars which will necessitate its amputation.

An unusual case in a British community was before the Wellington Magistrate’s Court recently, when a man named Martin Frazer was fined £lO for biting off a portion of the lobe of another man’s ear. The Magistrate, Mr Riddell said, “an assault of this kind is a tittle over the odds. One would expect to find such a thing only among dagoes.”

Few people realise the enormous power required to drive a vessel like the battle cruiser Hood through the water at her full speed of S.l knots. Her engines develop 150,990 horse-power, and. if she were tied up alongside New Zealand equal lo the three hydro-electric schemes considered necessary for the North Island Mangaliao (24,-

000 • h.p.), Wnikaremoaun (40,000 and Arapuni (90,000 h.p.)—a total of 100.000 h.p.

In reply to representations from the Navy League respecting the giving of facilities for children to visit the Fleet, the Minister of Internal Affairs, (Hon. Bollard) stated that a school excursion will be arranged from places where- children can visit the Fleet, and return the same day, at excursion rates. The Government will give a subsidy of £ for .£ up to £SO for providing meals. The Minister requested the Navy League to co-operate with the Education Department to ensure the successful carrying out of the school excursions.

To he stung by a bee while motoring is an unpleasant experience but it occurred to a New Plymouth motor cyclist (states an exchange). While flic cyclist’s hand was momentarily off the handle bar one of the busy little creatures settled unobserved upon the grip. The motorist returned his ungloved hand to the bar—and tin* bee made* its presence felt. A Wanganui citizen can go one better than this. He was cycling home, fired after his day’s work, and as lie opened his mouth to yawn a “bumble” bee flew in. The next day, when the victim went to work he couli scarcely move his toiigue to speak.

The Foxlon Citizens’ Band visited Mangaliao on Sunday afternoon and pliiyed selections at the Arapete camp, which was much appreciated by the workmen, their wives and children. A collection was taken up on behalf of I he' hand by Mr Peter Robinson, which resulted in a little over £5 being raised. The Y.M.O.A. representative promised to put on a concert and picture entertainment a I the camp in aid of the band funds at a later date. The bandsmen thoroughly enjoyed the outing. The conductor. Mr J. Holder, desires to I hank Mr P. Robinson for his collecting efforts and the people at the camp for their hospitality.

The provincial executive of (lie Farmers’ Union discussed at Blenheim the practice of sending- undesirable persons from the town to the country. This is evidently a practice not generally indulged in by magistrates, but evidently Marlborough is one of the unfortunate districts. The principle is wrong in every way. The idea probably is to remove temptation from an individual wlid lias given way to drink, but it r’emiives'aisb that supervision possible iii a town where police vigilance, covers a cQinparatively sinalj fireaf'but is hopelessly impossible, iii the country where isolation gives’ the desperado unlimited scope. We have ‘had painful evidences of the fallacy of believing that all men can be reformed in t.his ,way (says (he Southland Tiipes), and a little consideration will convince any reasoning person that drink-soddenod humanity is capable of any enormity if given a little temptation and very little provocation.

Why should a man who is careful It. wear and. use only Empire products. continually cram his pipe full of American tobacco"? Keep Hie money in the country by smoking our very own tobacco, grown in Xew Zealand. Try it, and you will lie delighted' with its unequalled mildness and smooth and mellow smoking properties'; to the small percentage of nicotine'and to the toasting process to which the tobacco lias been subjected. This makes for health, since, excess nicotine lias a very bad influence on the heart and nerves. Once the smoker gets accustomed to the pure tobacco ffavimr of the local product he will reject all foreign lira mis with their adulterations, and he will uwaken to the fact that he can get a better article, grown and manufactured in his own country, for less money. Those who like a full body should try Cut Plug No, 10, the Bullhead label, or the somewhat milder Toasted Navy Cut (Bulldog) vastly different from the non-fousted imported brands white Riverhead Cold excels all others in mildness and ar--7 0111 a.

O. Night of Moonlight, Stars and Splendor! Cay night which crowned a perfect day, ,\t carnival .m The Grand Canal In Old Venice far away A night of music, love and laughter, A dawn of languor to endure— Hoarseness and chill then comfort ' ' ' lifter Peerless Woods’ Great Pepper--mint Cure.

A Parisian Fashion House in London introduced a novelty during a mannequin parade. It had tea served by a slim mannequin, who wore the latest boudoir suit and dispensed cigarettes. She distributed a Iso a new perfume and showed the women how to break hermetically-sealed tubes and insert cigarettes so as to permeate them Avitli the pei'fume. “The whole of the old atmosphere has disappeared in our present day infant class-rooms,” declared the Minister for Education (Hon. C. J. Parr) in opening a new infant school at Wellington this week. “Today the infant rooms are the best in the school, whereas in the old days we were made to sit up and place our hands behind our hacks, and were placed under rigorous discipline.” The present-day system was a great aid to the moral and mental training of the little ones. The deepest hole in the earth, according to the “Scientific American,” is a gold mine in the State of Alinas Geraes, in Brazil. The mine is now 0720 feel below the surface at the t«>p of the- shaft through which it is entered. But the Tamarack No. 5 copper mine, in the Lake Superior region of the United States, goes nearest to the centre of the eartlnUThisusdieoause the Tamarack starts in a country whoso level is not far below the level of the sea, while the Brazalioa mine is in a mountainous region nearly 'IOOO feet above sea level.

What boxing referees have to put up .with. In contest at Oran, Algeria, Battling Fernand, former champion of Spain was getting the worst of a fistic argument with Kid Francis, of Marseilles. In the seventh round the referee warned Ferrand for repeated holdinf. The Spnniand lost his temper and landed a crushing haymaker on the referee’s chin, sending the official down for the count of twenty-seven. The referee staggered to his feet and hutled the Spaniard twice in the jaw with his head, knocking the battler cold. Then the referee wobbled over to Kid Francis, raised his glove in token of victory and Then collapsed. By this timv alLthe cash customers were howling and fighting each other.