Manawatu Herald THURSDAY. MAY 8, 1924. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2730, 8 May 1924, Page 2

Manawatu Herald THURSDAY. MAY 8, 1924. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A defendant was fined £3 and costs at Wanganui this week for permitting inflammable matter to accumulate at the rear of his business premises.

At Tuesday's meeting of the Mail a watu County Council, the fraffie inspector reported that on Easter Monday he took a tally of all motor vehicles passing through Sanson from 9.15 a.m. to 1.1.15 a.m. and during those two hours a total of 021 motor vehicles passed. As the winter approaches the numbers of cases of diphtheria increase. In the health district which embraces the southern half of the North Island from Gisborne to Taranaki there were 5.1 eases last week, as compared with 27 for the previous seven days.

The area devoted to the cultivation of strawberries in the neighbourhood of Auckland will be considerably smaller (his year mi account of the heavy loss sustained last season by growers in suburban districts. The period of planting begins this week. Pruera Taugaroa was charged before Mr E. Page, »S.M. at the Wellington Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday with attempting to" murder William Ross, at Parewanui, on the 127t1i April, 1924. Upon the application of Chief-. Detective Kemp accused was remanded to appear at Palmerston North on the 14th May.

A romance of the oil trade is revealed in the announcement that a Bradford expert has refused an American offer of £45,000 for the purchase of a secret formula for synthetic oil, says the “Weekly Dispatch.” The expert claims Dial years of laboratory experiments have resulted in the discovery of a process likely to revolutionise motoring, aviation, and engineering. “When you hear anyone say (hat the farmers (and when! say fanners 1 mean real farmers, the people who till their harms), have made money recently," said Mr M. J. ►Savage, M.P., at Bluff, "you can disabuse your minds upon the subject. i have been among farmers for several months, and 1 know they have made no money. The land speculator got away with the swag and the fanner got the mortguge.” The London “Morning Post’s” liuunoial editor, in commenting on New Zealand prospects,says not the least interesting feature is the great auiount of detailed information given regarding the Dominion’s tinaneial position and the manner in which the proceeds are to be applied, this is highly commendable and doubtless is among the reasons explaining the popularity of New Zealand issues in the market.

Tenders for the plant for the hy-dro-elect rie installation of MeLarcn's Falls on the Wairoa River, were f-enl in on behalf of English, Seotlisli, Swedish, Swiss, United Stales of America, Belgian, Danish, Dutch and Australian linns. British firms won.

Mr S. Jiekell has been advised of his appointment to a commission set up on the petition (if the Mau-awatu-Oroua River Board to dotermiue what lauds may be included for rating purposes in the board’s district. Mr Jiekell will lie associated with the Commissioner of Crown Lands and the District Valuer.

Touching upon I lie Great War, Captain Gipsy Pal Smith, the Scottish evangelist, said at Auckland: “The losses of our battalion on the Somme were colossal. Out of 828 men and 2S officers we left 714 privates and 23 officers dead on the liold, and the remaining .114 men and live officers returned all wounded.”

The value of the clay ptit on roads in eon.junction with metal to keep the latter in place was stressed a I the meeting of the Maim wain County Council yesterday by Cr Barber. It was decided to endeavour to secure about two acres of land suitable for a clay pit, which would give supplies of clay for roads which at present were some what too far distant from available supplies. We have .just to band a copy of the May number of “The Ladies* Mirror.” There are a number of tine special features in tins issue, including an article on “A Day Nursery for our Babies.” Under the scheme outlined mothers may go shopping care-free while baby is left, to play in safety. Read it, it’s interesting. The fashion plates are of particular interest and the free presentation plate is particularly fine.

There was a time when tons of flax particles from the mill strippers found their way from the washer into the riven - . This was looked upon as waste and such refuse was declared a nuisance by the Marine authorities and Hie practice was prohibited. To-day all these scraps and tailings are collected, bleached, scutched and baled and finally find a ready market in the manufacture of fibrous plaster, upholstering, etc. Besides which extra employment is provided in treating what was at one time looked upon as waste.

The orchards in Auckland this year have'been celebrating the unusually mild weather with a display of blossom out of season and in quite a number of eases with an tiimn fruit. Evidently the remarkaide spell of warm, humid weather which we have endured in this pro vince at the end of a prolonged summer, has tricked the orchard poptt lation into making extra effort in the belief that spring has returned ahead of schedule. In one garden locally a second crop of pumpkins may be seen growing on the vines.

They will not reach maturity, how ever, owing to the cold weather now Infill" experienced. The wasteful propensities of Hie New Zealand children wore referred to by the headmaster of the Fairfield School, Hamilton, at the householders meeting. In regard to food lie said the caretaker’s fowls benefited to the extent of tons annually. Strong complaint existed in connection with writing pads and he believed that in some cases ninepenny worth in the shilling was lost. Teachers endeavoured lo prevent this, Imt they could not keep a strict supervision over each child. He urged parents in Hut interests of their own pockets and for the welfare of the children to endeavour to prevent waste.

Through the simple process of Toasting his tobacco, the modern manufacturer lias been able to effect an enormous improvement in tile smoking quality. It is a well known fact that cooked food is wholesomer and more digestible than raw food and the same principle applies to tobacco. We do not cal raw meat or lisli or drink raw coffee. Why should we smoke raw tobacco ! It is wonderful bow the flavour of tobacco can be developed by I ousting. Try any of the loin I brands and you will notice a marked improvement, and what is a is i> important, as a result of the toasting process, the tobacco loses all deleterious properties. Smokers who study their health should therefore give this matter their attention and avoid strong foreign tobaccos charged with nicotine, they are sure to undermine even the most robust constitution. Not only is the local article purer and more wholesome than most of the imported brands, hut it is cheaper too. liivorhead Gold is mild and aromatic; Toasted Navy Cut (Bulldog) of medium strength, hut if you prefer a full body try Gut Plug No. 10. 4