LOCAL AND GENERAL

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2732, 13 May 1924, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

It is expected in political circles that- Parliament will open on -June 2(1. Mr Henry Eord is said to have large shipping interests. It seems quite natural that he should enjoy seeing a ear-go. Ladybirds, the natural enemy of the aphis which attacks rambler roses and other llowers, are specially reared for sale in a “factory" at Balham, a London suburb. A message from Delhi says there is a serious outbreak of cholera at Bihar. There have been over ten thousand deaths this year, and one thousand occurred last week in Champarau, the worst affected district. The disease is spreading. Data prepared in Washington shows that Britain, the United States, Japan, and France are all building light cruisers and destroyers, Britain being the only Bower building Dreadnoughts; Italy is confining her construction programme to destroyers. The two propellors, salvaged from the wrecked steamer Port Elliot, which ran ashore on the East Cape at midnight on January 12 , and brought to Auckland measure lb feet across, are of solid phosphor bronze, and each weighs five and a half tons. They are valued at about £BOO each.

At the local Presbyterian Church on .Sunday evening, during the offerterv. Mrs Johnston, of Dunedin, sang the sacred solo “How Reaulinns are Thy Courts,” very acceptable.

Those present at last night's Borough Council meeting were: —His Worship the Mayor and Crs. Coley, Bryant, Walker, Boss, Parkin, 'Thompson. Apologies for absence were received from Crs. Thorpe, Adams and Smith.

The 1 pinch guns on hoard the Hood have only been tired on one, occasion since the beginning of the tour round the Empire. This was when approaching South Africa, v, hen they wore given an airing. When a shell is tired from one of these guns it is not “hang goes sixpence,” but £2OO.

The beneficial use of clay as a bunding material in connection with road repair was pointed out by the Mayor at last night’s Borough Council meeting. He said that where day had been used for blinding purposes on 1 he Tlimalangi road by the Manawatu County Council, the potholes had disappeared. A letter card sent from Palmerston North bore an unusual address. The alert postal official, however, duly delivered it to the person for whom it was intended, Mr. A. E. Carter, Maiigahao, Pahiatua. The letter card bore (lie following in-scription:—“House-holder at finger post, Paliiaitua-Ballance-Paliners-fon North, first post over bridge from Pahiatua.”

In an address at Wellington, Kotarian Press said the Government should do away with licenses in certain areas, throwing them open for deer to be shot and the meat marketed and some use made of the skins, which can he used for nigs and other purposes. Mr Ellis, Director of Forestry, said there were 300,000 deer in New Zealand, and they were increasing rapidly and doing enormous damage.

The Prince of Wales is appealing lor- £250,000 lu increase the British mid Foreign Sailors’ Society’s 100 homes in oversea ports. He hopes for a world-wide response. Admiral Sir Lionel Halsey, who accompanied the Prince oil his tour of the "orld, told a London gathering that the Prince wanted to see a hostel in every port, and a seamen’s library aboard every ship, to relieve the hardships and monotony of the life of the Empire’s mercantile marine.

A London doctor says that in America the administratioin of anaesthetics is largely done by women. Nurses are trained to do it. “We should not dream of doing that here,” he states. “And yet what a tremendous difference there is in the- results! In America death under anaethesia is very rare. In England extremely common. Why is this? It is because in America the comparatively safe ether is universally employed, whereas in England the deadly chloroform is still in, extensive use.”

“.Some two or three years ago 1 sent in returns for land and income tax purposes to the Department, and four months later received a demand from lhe Commissioner for £.IOOO for land and income taxes,'’ staled Mr G. \\‘. Lead ley, giving evidence before the Taxation Gommision in Christchurch.

“The Department also told me to get a chartered accountant to go into the matter of the preparation of my returns, 'flic accountant sent in the same returns as I did, and I had to pay a little less than £2O for taxation.” he concluded.

“Are you aware that the British Labour Government has cat out the lax on corporation profits altogether.’" was one of man v questioins pm by Mr. W. I). Hunt, a member of the Taxation Commission recently to Mr J. G. Haddow, an Auckland barrister, who submitted interesting evidence on different phases of the controversial subject. “1 prefer our own svtem of taxation,” was the reply. “I say that as an English man, the Old Country is run for the well-to-do. For instance. a poor man is not allowed iu my profession. We have a better svstem in New Zealand.”

A little boy had a remarkable escape from injury, if not death, in Cathedral Square, Christchurch, tlie other evening. With his parents, who were waiting to gain admission to ;i picture theatre the youngster was standing on the footpath, when he suddenly ran into the road, not seeing a motor-car, which was almost upon him. The child went down, but by good fortune lie fell between the wheels and the car passed harmlessly over him. 'The parents darted into the road and picked the child up, expecting to find him injured. They were overjoyed to discover that he had escaped practically without a scratch. But they did not go to the pictures.

The lion. Edward Newman, M.L.C., and Mrs. Newman, who arrived iu London bv the Rotorua, have both benefited greatly in health from their sea .journey (says the Post’s correspondent). Mr, Newman’s chief activities while there will lie directed towards obtaining suitable boys as beneficiaries under the scheme of the New Zealand Shccpowners’ Fund. He is looking out for naval troplrfes to assist in creating a naval atmosphere at Flock House, the home and property taken over by the trutees of the fund, for the housing of sailors’ orphans. From inquiries made in wool circles, Mr. Newman is concluded that wool prices are likely to be maintained for a number of years. That prices mav even rise is not unexpected.

The bawl carnival orchestra will hold its second rehearsal in the Town Hall this evening- at 7.30 o'clock.

During- the month of April six cows and two horses were impounded by the ranger.

At last night's Borough Council meeting accounts amounting to £Ol5 5/- were passed for payment. The borough pouudkeeper reports that during last month fifteen head ~f stock were impounded. Driving fees to the amount of 11/- were collected. Bandsmen are reminded that there will he no hand practice this evening. They will contribute an outside programme at (he Town Hall Cabaret to-morrow evening at 7.30 and dance items inside. At the local police court yesterday, before Mr D. W. Robertson, J.P., Charles Robinson was convicted and fined 5/-, the amount of his hail, on a charge of drunkenness. Floyd Johson, the lowa heavyweight, defeated Quintin Romera, the Chilean, in the seventh round by a technical knock-out. flic bout was scheduled ten rounds and lighting was furious and bloody, the Chilean’s face being a mass of pulp.

A petition is to he presented to Parliament at its next session by the Association of Spiritualist Churches applying for leave to introduce a Private Bill providing for the incorporation of such churches in the Spiritualist Church of New Zealand. The requisite notice of intention is gazetted.

Germany is now bidding fair to outdo the United States in the direction of rapid wholesale divorce. Last week the Berlin Courts granted 176 decrees at the rate of one even- fifteen minutes. They are mostly cases arising out of war marriages the majority being on the husband’s petition, and the chief grounds were simply incompatibility of temperament.

In speaking on gas matters at last night’s Council meeting, the Mayor said that the gas works showed a net profit of £235 at the end of last financial year. This was Ihe best profit the works had yet shown. “If possible,” he said, “I would like to make a further reduction in the price of gas a little later on. It is not opportune to make such a reduction at present, however.”

The Wanganui Agricultural Association’s next show—in November next —will lie the fiftieth anniversary „f the association’s operations .and will be known as-tlm jubilee show, snvs the Chronicle. It is intended to ’make it the best slope yet held in Wanganui apd special arrangements will Tie made towards tlfat end. The association has decided that each member of the committee shall look after his particular district in order to stimulate interest in the show ail'd get entries.

During ploughing operations in a paddock near Christchurch, two -keletons were found. One was very much broken up bv the plough, l.ut the other was unearthed in very fair conditioin. It was in a sitting position, with knees, bent up toward the chin. Other skeletons have from time to time been brought to light in the vicinity. Tradition tells of a great battle, between Maori tribes having been fought in the neighbourhood, the Native village of Manuka being destroyed by (he invaders.

Two young 1 girls, with brothers ;i- escorts, recently rode ten miles to ;i donee at Wairoo, having earlier sent their evening frocks to a friend's house so Mint they could change on arrival. The night was liar!.;, and one of the girls blundered mi her horse into the dead branch of a tree by the roadside. A little later she felt a tickling sensation on her neck. It persisted, and her brother struck a match to find the cause, hut nothing was visible. So without any tribulation of spirit, .-lie rode the remaining eight miles to Wairoa. feeling just an occasional repetition of the irritation. Changing at her friend’s house, she discovered the cause when something dropped from her blouse to the Hour. It was a four-inch centipede. —Napier ‘Telegraph.’ Why should a man who is careful to wear and use only Empire products, continually cram his pipe full of American tobacco? Keep the money in the country by smoking our very own tobacco, grown in New Zealand. Try it, and you will be delighted with its unequalled mildness and smooth and mellow smoking properties, due to the small percentage of nicotine and to the toasting process to which the tobacco has been subjected. This makes for health, since excess nicotine lias a very bad influence oil the heart and nerves. Once the smoker gets accustomed to the pure tobacco flavour of the local product he will reject all foreign brands with their adulterations, and he will awaken to the fact that he can get a better article, grown and .manufactured in his own country, tor 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-toasted imported brands while Kiverhead Gold excels all others in mildness and ar--7 oma.