NEWS AND NOTES.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2726, 29 April 1924, Page 4

NEWS AND NOTES.

The Huapni Fruitgrowers’ Cooperative Association, which lias closed down for the season, handled 10,000 eases of apples. The Prince of Wales, according to a prominent member of society, is averse to marrying at the present time, because he has so much travelling to do. It would not be fair to his wife. The Prince keeps a scrap-book nicknamed “My Brides” wherein are pasted various reports of engagements appearing in the Anglo-American Press. “I live in Auckland but I don’t see much of it,” remarked Mr. Massey at the Invercargill local bodies’ luncheon in his honour, in reference to a remark that he was seldom seen in Southland, but was none the less welcome for that. “I look over the fence of my old place on Christmas morning, but that’s about all I see of it,” be continued smilingly amidst laughter. The Wairoa tailors, who donated between them a gentleman’s complete outfit, valued at 21 guineas, were very much relieved when they found out that a certain “doggie” man of huge proportions had been beaten by a midget competitor, and inorder to show their gratitude it is rumoured that they intend to give the latter an extra pair of pants, in order to show appreciation of their narrow escape from a shortage of tailoring materials. — Napier “Daily Telegraph.”

A venturesome swan which flew into the telephone lines at Hinuera caused an interruption in the electric light service in Hamilton for ten minutes on Saturday evening. The swan earned the telephone lines, which hang immediately above. Both lines, one leading to Hamilton and the other to Waikino, were put completely out of action, hut the power cable was soon disentangled from the telegraph lines and put into service agaln.

The story related by a speaker in an address at a recent meeting at West Green. A man was walking from Huddersfield to Halifax, and got lost on the road. Espying a boy, the man asked which wa the way to Halifax. “I don’t know,” replied the boy. “Can you tell me the way back to Huddersfield,” asked the man. “No,” replied the boy. Becoming exasperated, the man said, “You don’t know much my lad, do you?” In as cool a manner as possible, the bov said, “No, sir; but I ain’t lost.”

The amount of damage a car can suffer through breakages at high speed was shown forcibly on the Napier-Hastings road tile other day (says the “Telegraph”). A car was being driven at a fast pace, when the crank shaft snapped between the third and fourth bearings, and before the engine could be stopped its interior was wrecked by the fast-revolving fragments. A detailed description of this havoc would involve many technicalities, but the results could have been little more disastrous had the engine been attacked with a sledge-hammer. The survey of the East Coast Main Trunk railway permanent line between Waimana and Ivutarere is now nearing completion. The railway will pass within a few chains of the Kutarere wharf, and when the big block cutting about half a mile from the wharf is complete, with room for the traffic road, it will save a mile on the round trip for motor-lorries. Now that work on the railway to Taneatua is nearing completion, there is an agitation for a start being made on the Waimana section. It is understood that the (Surveyors have their work advanced enough for starting formation work this winter.

New Zealand it? receiving steady additions to her population by the arrival of parties of Yugoslavs, and almost every steamer reaching Auckland from Sydney brings detachments of these people. A noticeable feature about these parties is that they include numbers of women and children. When the Ulimaroa berthed at Auckland she landed 34 Yugoslavs, among whom were three women and five children. Six of the party were men who had previously been in the Dominion and had gone to their people. New Zealand is being extensively advertised by Yugoslavs on their visits to their homes, and as a result of the recital of the advantages of life in this Dominion many compatriots are finding their way here. The tigress which has been an object of respectful admiration to visitors at the Auckland Zoo for some months past, died recently, presumably from old age. She and her mate were purchased from the Melbourne Zoo authorities last year at the very low figure of £SO, owing to the already great age of these beasts, but the tiger did not survive the journey, dying shortly after the steamer left Sydney. The tigress 1 had -consequently roamed the spacious den in which she was lodged in lonely state. Towards the end of last year a tiger cub was secured to bear her company, but immediately the cub was placed in the arena she savaged it to death and remained a solitary occupant of her quarters till her own demise. Notwithstanding her years, she was a particularly handsome and finely marked animal, and will be missed by visitors to the zoo. For the first time for some years the port of Timaru is landing wheat instead of loading it. The s.s. Kauri at present in harbour is discharging 28,000 bags of Australian grain from Geelong, for local mills. It is understood that there will be al-

together 27 shipments coming to New Zealand, two of that number being expected at the port. “Last year the cables reported a new remedy for tuberculosis. Dreyers’ vaccine,” states Dr. 1. C. Macintyre, acting director of tuberculosis institutions, in his annual report to the North Canterbury Hospital Board (says the Lyttelton Times). “Dr Blackmore immediately took steps to-obtain a supply for trial in our institutions. It is now some six months since we commenced our trial of it, so that it ought to be possible soon to make some definite statement as to its value.”

London marriage authorities view with alarm the increasing number of marriages now taking place in civil offices, and in some eases in churches between English girls and men of foreign nationality. “We are bound by law to marry them,” said a registrar,” and all we can do is to point out to the bride the seriousness of the marriage and give her some idea of the customs prevailing in the country to which the man belongs. From my experience not one in ten of these mixed marriages turns out happily."

A diminutive young man. looking a picture of misery as he made his way hurriedly down (he Avenue at Wanganui one day las! week, attracted considerable a (lent ion, says (he Herald, the reason being that the lower portion of his garments bore a decidedly bluish appearance. Tt appears that the dejected man, in the course of his duties, found it necessary to climb on to a barrel. He had no sooner ascended to his precarious perch than the lid gave way under his weight and he was immersed up to his waist in it bluish substance, which proved'to he oil. He naturally had good reason to look completely “fed up” for, besides feeling decidedly uncomfortable, he bad completely ruined a good suit and an overcoat. Tt is quitc clear that the days we talked of half-a-crown for butterfat are of the dear, dead past, writes the Stratford correspondent to the Taranaki Herald. Certain hoards of factory directors arc anxiously considering whether they can safely continue to pay out half that money. It is not nice, this contemplation of adversity, which, however sweet in application. Ihe fear of permanently cheaper cheese and butter is forcing producers to consider how to produce more and hotter. The question of a research laboratory is not being allowed to drop, and it is now hoped that the National Dairy Association will take the matter up vigorously. There are, however, every-day matters greatly affecting the quality of our produce that require no research, only care and cleanliness, the want of which on the part of a. very small section of factory suppliers will defeat the efforts of their more scrupulous neighbours and of the most experienced and careful factory managers. The misuse of preservative in milk delivered for cheese-making has just lately been giving much trouble locally.