LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2728, 3 May 1924, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The News of the World states that Princess Mary is expecting a “happy event" in August. • Cabinet has accepted the lowest tender for a new building for the dental school in Dunedin, which was £23,000. The lirst local catch of whitebait this season was recorded by Mr Hector Dawson this morning’ at the wharf.

The Pukcmiro Coal ■■ Company’s office at Pukcmiro was entered during the week-end and £lO4 was stolen. Entrance was effected and the safe was opened by unlocking the doors, pointing to the use of duplicate keys. The health of Queen Alexandra is causing anxiety. She is unlikely to lake any personal part in the Alexandra Day street collection on behalf of hospitals. Hitherto the Queen Mother has driven through the principal London streets. When crossing the Manuka bar outwards on Wednesday evening, a heavy sea carried away the Rarawa’s bridge. The chief offieei\ Mr. Robertson received a slight injury to his head. Captain Bark, who was also on the bridge, escaped with a few bruises. The vessel was able to proceed and arrived at New Plymouth safely.

The Auckland mission of Captain Gipsy Pat Smith, the well-known preacher, will commence next Sunday in the Town Hall, Auckland, a.nd will be continued until the end of; the month. Captain Smith, who was a gipsy boy before being converted at the age of Hi. has toured England. Scotland, and United States in connection with his life work.

The Rev. Oliver Haddon addressed a* most interesting gathering in the .Methodist Church on Thursday evening last when he spoke on the Maori people and also of the call which had come to himself and to others to go out to do mission work in the Solomon Islands. Sunday next is being observed as Foreign Mission Day both at the local Methodist Church and at Shannon.

While an empty motor bus was being driven from Foxton to Levin the other day the main shackles broke away from the front springs when near (he Whirokino bridge, and the bus was thrown into the drain at (lie side of the road, the engine casing being smashed and other damage done to the litis. The driver, Mr 11. It. Bayliss, was jambed la tween Hie steering gear and scat and sustained a broken rib and severe bruises.

The kite Dr. li. V. Fulton, who died at Dunedin on Thursday, was n keen lover of native birds and took a great part in drafting legislation for their protection and for provision of native bird santuaries. In 1900 lie published a paper on the migratory habits of the long-tailed cuckoo, ami was regarded as one of the world’s authorities on this subject. TJe is survived by a widow and three sons and two daughters. The sons arc all in flic medical profession.

“It's an ill wind (hat blows m> one good." The railway strike.baboon responsible for the sale of at least one motor ear that otherwise would probably still be in the sale' garage, says an exchange. A young honeymoon couple from the. country arrived in Unworn to find that the strike was on and their plantor a wedding tour consequently disorganised. The bridegroom hie ! himself to the local Ford dealer, purchased a louring ear, took a couple of lessons in driving, stowed the luggage in the rear compartment and with his bride beside him drove triumphantly off to complete the interrupted tour.

The Auckland Herald writes as follows of the strike: “The failure of the railwaymen to avail themselves of an impartial tribunal is (he most sinister feature. Whatever they say this is not a strike for higher wages. Tt is not a strike for reduced hours of work. It is not a strike to resist an increase in hours. .Tt is not a strike for better conditions of work. If it were anyone of these there might be enlisted on the strikers’ behalf that ready sympathy with labour which is characteristic of the times. Whatever the strikers may say the strike lacks any possible justification in such wavs.”

Tlu* annual temperance sermon and appeal on behalf of the campaign for national prohibition is to be made to-morrow. Sunday, in the Poxton Churches. Mr (irinstead, wlio has been -et free from his cliureb for temperance work, is to lie the speaker and as he lias .just returned from campaign work in the ellies of Ne\v Zea'and, he should ha\e some really up-to-date matin lo present to his audiences. On Monday night at Tab! a special addicss will lie delivered in the Anglican schoolroom hy Mrs Perryman, the well-kno.wn editress of the White liihhou and Mr (Irinstend. The public is heartily invited if they are at ail sympathetic to the movement.

Smoker's heart is a distressing malady caused chiefly through the effects of an alkaloid called Nicotine which is extremely poisonous. Strong tobacco with a high percentage of nicotine should therefore be avoided. When selecting a brand, the smoker should not he guided by Hie appearance alone, because even un apparently mild cigarette tobacco of a bright lemon colour may contain — and often does contain—an excess of nicotine. It is a peculiar fact that certain N.Z. soils produce a. leaf with a very small percentage of nicotine, compared, with the foreign types. Take for instance our local brands Rivet-head Gold, Cut Plug No. 10, and Toasted Navy Cut. There you have an absolutely pure article, which can be smoked continuously without the slightest alter effects, it burns to the last shred leaving the mouth sweet and clean. So highly is N.Z; tobacco commented upon by doctors and experts that smokers should acquaint themselves with the merits of our There is another brand Kiverhead own product by giving the above brands a fair trial. 2.

All trains have now resumed (heir

normal running, although several of the expresses are running a little late. Two Auckland expresses will run to-day. The congregation of St, Paul’s Presbyterian Church, Wanganui, last night .decided unanimously to extend a call to Rev. John Paterson, of St. Paul’s, Christchurch. The duck shooting season opened on Thursday. A large number of local sports were out and some good hags were secured. From reports, the ducks were rather plentiful and I he season should lie a good one.

The three men reported missing from Mangahao, Messrs Hobbs, Gill and Greenfell. returned to the top camp on Tuesday. They were four days in the open, the weather at the time being very wild.

Herbert Jenkins, writer and publisher, is announcing a new book bv Rosemary Rees, a native of Gisborne. Miss Rees is well known on both the London and Australian stages. Her new book is entitled “April Sowing.’’ At tin* Dunedin Police Court on Thursday, Thomas Potter was fined £2OO for lmokmaking. Four years ago the defendant was fined £IOO states an exchange. The evidence showed him to tie in a fairly large way of business,

A quiet wedding was celebrated by Ibe local Registrar this morning, the contracting parties being Mr lolm Kruse, of Avenue Road, a veil-known local resident and Mrs Walts. Upon leaving the Registrar’s .Pice the happy couple were greeted %-ith good wishes by a number of ■ •cal friends. Tn the Police Court, at Dunedin, Charles George Wilson, hairdresser and tobacconist, was fined £IOO for keeping a common gaming-house and entering bets. The police* stated that in three weeks the defendant took £BOO in bets. Samuel Levy, tailor and renovator, was fined £SO on a similar charge.

A Wanganui resident of considerable standing who left for England recently had all of bi« boxes made out of kauri. He informed a friend before leaving, that he felt assured that when he arrived in England, he could sell the wood from (lie boxes for more than it cost, him to make them in New Zealand. — Herald.

A Bluff fisherman named A. Cooper, had his hand bitten by a large Conger eel. which he and his cornua nion captured in a seine net. Cooper was putting some flounders into a basket when the eel. which was lying in the boat. suddenly 0. : i,,| a,l at bis hand and tore'his Womb • ■ badly tlvat lie had to have |V:ur stitches inserted.

A school excursion train left l.ongbitrti for Wellington al fi.ls ves. tenia v morning and conveyed 1,290 school c hildren from stations en route, to visit the fleet. The youngsters had a great time. The Moufoa school children picked up the excursion train at Shannon. Owing to lack of transport to Palmerston N. or Levin and the early departure, Foxton school children could not participate. A lliglit of about 500 miles made by a four months’ old homing pigeon is reported by Mr W. Sergeant-, of Onehunga, owner of the bird. The pigeon, a red bon, was liberated at Palmerston N. in a race on 18th April, and was found by the lighthouse keeper at Cape Maria Van Diemau Lighthouse the following afternoon. The lightkeeper kept the bird for a few days until its strength returned and then liberated it on 24th April attaching; a note to the ring on its leg. The wayfarer returned to it- home last Sunday.

The Mayor of a town not one hundred miles from Podding was expecting an urgent’telegram from an important personage (says the “Star.") The wire not having arrived. TTiWorship called personally at the delivery office and made inquiry f a telegram \yas there for him. and was promptly advised no. T|,o next question put was: “Are you -are a telegram was not received 10-ady from so an so?” "Oh, yes. we had a telegram addressed to Mr Mayor, and we have been looking for him! ’

A familiar figure has been removed fioin Matiaia. in the person of Mr William Robinson (says the ■'W it ties-" ). por some lime the genial old Maori had been on the verge of a mental collapse, and on Friday last ho was conveyed to the Porirua instil ill ion. Not long since lie called at Ibis office with an advertisement inviting pakeiias to a lug lmi at Parihaka. at which King George woo'd be present. The King was coming by aeroplane and would ~n-ive within 2-1 hours. Mr Robinson when well, >ays the witness, is an j, telligeiil Maori, lie is. moreover, alwavs a gentleman.

“It i- wiih pleasure that 1 congratulate von on Ibi- being another record venr in forestry operations a New Zealand: in fact, fores! rv lias safely turned the corner and i- more than paving its wav. it i- now going full steam ahead, lhe f.-tal income from the sources —sales of limber, trees, grazing and minor uses. etc. —was nearly £IOO,ooo: whilst the total operations, protective and demarcation expenses were about £45,000 (a distributed charge of only lid. pci- acre-), leaving a balance of about £55.000 which was applied to the capital investment of the Stale forest plantations throughout the Dominion and to their maintenance, protection and improvement.” Sir Heaton Rhodes in his message to the conference of executive officers of the Purest Service to he held on Tuesday next. -

A local young man, at present on a visit to Sydney, writes to sav that upon arrival there it was practically impossible to get accommodation in the city owing to the influx of visitors for the show. He, with others, had to obtain accommodation in the suburbs.