Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, JULY 17, 1924. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2759, 17 July 1924, Page 2

Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, JULY 17, 1924. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Warm rain sci iii throughout Ibis district early this morning. Tin 1 }•’<>xl<in-llihiit;iniri road is badly corrugated ; 111 <! et'lVclivfrly prevent-, imho! r ~ ii.v.liiw.

The Shannon Co-operative Dairy Co. intend paying' I S per II). for butterfal supplied during (lie month of June. The Pi'inee id' Wales sails for New Yorlc and Canada on August 23, using a suite in the Berengaria that was built for the ex-Kaiser.

There was a large gathering of Masons from all parts of (In* distriet at Feilding las) night on the occasion of the annual Installation ceremony.

The Foxton friends of .Mr Crawley (late of Marotiri) will regret to learn that he is an inmate of the Wanganui Hospital suffering from typhoid fever. Mr Crawley also suffered a bereavement last week in the death of hi- sister, Mrs Muir.

Crime in New Zealand during the past six months has shown a marked increase over that shown in the corresponding period of' 10 to 12 years past, and the manner in which the most daring thefts have been carried out points to the fact that, expert “cracksmen" are operating.

The hulk of the steamer Waitangi, which was wr-eked at the Paten River mouth over a year ago, still lies on the beach there. Little remains of the upper fittings, and many of the rc.-olents are complaining that the hull should he removed, contending that il is a had advertisement to the port, as well as a disfigurement to Ihe entrance to the river. “This is a grand country for criminals; we treal them -o kindly, New Zealand wdl become a sort of Mecca for criminals and they will make a pilgrimage here." This remark was made b\ Mr J. Y ■ Povnlon. S.M., in the Auckland Police Court, when two deserters from an overseas ve.-srj «■: re brought before him, charged willi having committed theft.

The stalemeni is confirmed that Sir Undo Ferguson (Dunedin) and Dr. Carrii-k Robertson (Auckland) have been asked lo accept honorary degrees from tin- American College of Surgeons. Only about sixty men hold this degree, the British possessors numbering twelve. Tb > degree has to he personally received. Sir Undo Ferguson leaves tor America at the end of next month.

Speaking in the House las! night Mr Massov incut ioio-,1 that, when in Auckland, he had seen lift.v ho-

uses built of permaneiii material by Ihe Citv Council. These were liveroomed places, willi every convenience and they had been creeled at a eiisl of £770 each, on seel ions wliieli were valued al •.'20(1. The cost to the occupier, was 25 - 'per week.

Among those who look part in the choir contest in the Town Hall on Tuesday evening was Miss Thelma Shaw, F.T.C.U, 1..UC.M., ot Levin. This young lady is a brilliant pianist and accompanied the Levin Clmir. Miss slmw also contributed a pianoforte selection, hut the tone of the instrument inlerferred with an otherwise brilliant interpretation of a masterpiece.

11l I Ik; LJim.sr mi Tuesday M>‘ Murdoch, member lor Marsden, launched a mild attack mi the Government I'm' wlial lie regarded as lack of a land policy. Although "'C liad brought mil some li<,ooo immigrants far too few rtf these now arrivals were going on the land. Thev were drilling to the cities and intensifying 1 lie already dillienlt problem of overcrowded towns. The new Minister of Lands would require to grapple with this problem.

In the Supreme Court at Christchurch. Lionel Lancelot- Ditchings, solicitor, was found guilty of failing to account for £ls sterling to his employers and was admitted to probation for fret years.

Mary Shand, aged 50 years, and described as a kleptomaniac, was convicted on five charges of shop lifting at the Christchurch Magistrate’s Court this week and sentenced lo three years' probation. The Horowlienua Power Board has appointed Mr AV. A. Sharp to the position of office assistant. Thee were Uti applications for the position. Mr Sharp is at present clerk and collector to the Palmerston N. Hospital Board.

At the conclusion of a ease at llie Oliaknne Court, the defendant in a i action said “There you are: he is committing perjury now, sir!” The magistrate: “You he quiet or you will he committed somewhere else." The defendant iook the hint.

Three dairy factories within the Horowlienua Power Board's district viz.. Levin. Shannon and Manaknu, have already decided to inslal electricity for all purposes. Negotiations are proceeding willi the remainder and il is hoped that they will all join up in due course.

In the course of his speech in the House this week, Mr 0. APKay (Hastings) advocated that men with money should he given the opportunity to take up lands inl'esti d with blackberry rent free. This, he thought, would prove a good investment for the Stale, for it would he giving inducement to rid the land of the pest and thus help to bring it Uio productivity. The land could he given rent free until it was cleared of blackberry.

A question of importance to dairy fanners was raised in the ITonse on Tuesday by Mr'Murdoch, when he leferred to the heavy mortality a • lining dairy cow- through contagions abortion. Tie quoted lignres to -how the obviously -erious effect on the output of the Dominion and said that a northern farmer had siieeessItilly used a Herman serum, which lie urged should he imported. ’I lie scrum had failed in only two eases out of t went \--«*iiili 1.

James Mills, a returned soldier, imed 15, was badly burned al Pieton on Wednesday. His brother-in-law was lighting the kitchen fire and picked ip) what ho thought was a kerosene tin to start the blaze. It was however, a benzine tin half full. Il exploded and the flaming contents poured over Mills, who was-'stand-ing dose by. He ran to a water hole and jumped in, hut was very badly burned and was removed to the hospital. Ills condition is serious.

At the Palmerston Magistrate's Court yesterday, three Chinese residents were charged as the result of a police raid, with smoking opium and having opium in their possession. Ah Chong and Ah Kong were •each lined £2 and costs for smoking the drug, Lee (Tee for permitting opium to he smoked on his premises was fined £lO and Ah Chong on a further charge of having opium in his possession was fined £l2 10/-. All the apparatus was commandeered by the police.

A meteor of extraordinary beauty and brilliance w r as observed in the direction of Wither ITUs, Blenheim, at about five minutes to eight on Monday night. Those who witnessed the flight of the fiery hall with its streaming tail, declare that It was a wonderful spectacle. Allhough the night was brightly moonlight, the meteor lit up the hills still more brightly as it descended. The. meteor travelled from east to westand seemed to reach the earlh aniong the foothills behind and to the cast ot Red wood! own.

Adopting a very serious look, Captain (Tipsy Smith told his auditors in Dunedin tlial. contrary to common belief, gipsies did not steal -—they just, found things. (Laughter.) Tie knew a gipsy once who found a horse in a field (quite tlm proper place for a horse, so why ♦ his amusement"?) That night, aller lie had painted the horse with a preparation of his own, lie sold the horse to its owner. And by the time the owner discovered what had happened the gipsy was far away. “That is a true story." said Captain Smilli, “and 1 should tell you the name of the gipsy only its a fa mil v affair."

Seldom does the I licit of a motor ear prove beneficial to the owner ot the ear. hut ,-ueli is the position in the case of an Oakland ear whieii disappeared from Core Street and was loiiikl in i ta rroiiri Street, (trey Lvtm,. Auckland. The ear was not al all damaged and did not appear io have run very far. More imporI- l ot to the owner-, however, was 11,,. j" *j4 -1 |ha I all hough the benzine lank wiis practically empty when the ,-iir was stolen, it was praeti .ally full when il was recovered. The owners’ gain on the whole incident was eight gallons of benzine.

<l.l w.inl New Zenhimi to realjs< i lull I tin British market is the host milrkrt tlii'l we ran get. and tlmt it mu-f not In* played wit'll, staled the I‘rimo Minister at a smoke concert in Wellington. E\ - cry inch tlwit the other fellow pains —ami 1 ihink of South America—he will hold, ll is :in extranrdinarv Ihiny- that we h.ave done nothing io export haeon and its products to England. Ameriea sends over a. huge quantity, and Denmark- sends annual]v about 10 or 1/ million pounds’ worth. I believe we could nia lie this a very important industry and I do not see why we should not do it." There was no reason, he eontimicd, why the d .lining industry facilities tor growim** hard tood should not be put to good use, and an industry as big as Denmark’s built up.

Sir Jium*s Wilson lias boon appointed a member of the Board of Health.

Mr Simpson, recently a member of the loela railway stall', and now of Hamilton, paid a ‘‘flying visit” to Foxton yesterday.

At Auckland on Wednesday when .1. Preston, driver of a motor lorry, was cranking the engine, an explosion lifted the engine bodily and twisted it right round. Preston was thrown against a wall with considerable force. He escaped serious injury. The ejigiue was damaged beyond repair. It is supposed a (piantity of gunpowder had been placed in the engine.

The swallowing ol" a piece of vegetable marrow rind caused the. death of the Rev. Samuel Gaston, aved 57. at tile Waikato Hospital, lasi week. Deceased complained of seven* [tains in the abdomen. Tie -i light medical advice and was sent 1,, it,, Waikato .Hospital, An oper- ;. i imi was ai once decided on. Medical evidence was given at the in11uest In the effect that tin* intestine- were found to be perforated bv a piece nf marrow rind, and that acme peritonitis had set m. Deceased could not have lived a dav, ;i lid the niily hop,' ho had WU- ill the operation. The enrrnfjr f’ornd that deceased died from shock following acute peritonitis during a necessary and urgent operation, and that every care and skill had been shown by the doctors.

Extracts from a letter from Ea - fiimt's sou throw-further light on the disturbance on the steamer Bnrabool between Rafana's party and Rhodesians, states a Wanganui correspondent. The origin of the trouble, stales the writer, was at Durban, where Katana. in a- sympathetic mood did not like the way the Kaffirs working on the wharf were treated, mid ordered a spread with plenty nf fond for the Kaffirs. This caused irritation among passengers who had joined the linn! at Durban and friction developed on the run home, The writer also mentions another incident on the run from Australia to Durban. Katana and party were very popular with a section of Hie passengers, and were giving their services ungrudgingly at entertainments, and incidentally winning till the prizes. This caused jealousy with a section of the passengers. When Batana heard this, he withdrew his party from all entertainments. A petition was then signed and presented to Ratana, asking him to reconsider the matter. Batumi; was in no hurry about giving a decision and it was two weeks before the company consented to again appear tit entertainments on board.

We are reminded that seed time (or sowing time) will be here again shortly by the receipt of the garden calendar and seed catalogue of Messrs F. Cooper Ltd., Wellington. This is a well illustrated book, containing much useful information upon the best varieties and complete cultural directions for sowing. Messrs F. Cooper Ltd. advertise that they have “been selling seeds since ’(it) (1800)” and that their business has been growing all the time. All experts agree that there is no finer climate in the world for producing seeds Ilian our own N.Z. climate. Cooper’s Seeds tire largely grown in X.Z. The tirni is the largest growers and sellers of vegetables and farm seeds (exclusive of grass seed), not only in X.Z.. but in the Southern Hemisphere. To produce their rei|iiirements, they need over 4,000 acres each sea-on exclusively for seed purposes. Every bag of seed tLev receive is immediately tested for growth by the Department of Agrieiilture and also by themselves, and no seeds that are not of the highest germination are parketed or sent out. Open ground trials are made by themselves, and al-o upon the principal Government I arms, and by other expert.-. These prove conclusively the superiority of Cooper'- Seeds. The produce of Cooper’s Seeds lias again been wonderfully successfnl at the principal shows during the past season at Pal-mer-ton Xorth. Ifawern. Xew Plymouth and in faet most of the shows they have practically swept the board*

Toasting his tobacco, the modern manufacturer has been able to effect. an enormous improvement in lhe smoking quality. It is a. well known fact that rooked food is wholesomer and more digestible than raw food and the same principle applies to tobacco. We do not tat raw meat or lisli or drink raw . oiler. W’tiy should we smoke raw tobacco It is wonderful bow the liavour of loluieeo can hr developed by tousling. Try any of the h>-

, ; il brands and you will notice a marked improvement, and what, is eiso important, as a result of the loastim” process, the tobacco loses all deleterious properties. Smokers who study their health should therefore give this matter their attention and avoid strong foreign tobaccos heavily charged with nicotine, they ~ro sure to undermine even the most, robust constitution. Not only is the local article purer and more wholesome than most of the irnporled brands, but it is cheaper too. 1 Overhead Gold is mild and aroma--1,,.; Toasted Navy Gut (Bulldog) of medium strength, but if you prefer a lull body try Cut Plug No. 10. 4 Once more I taste life’s purple wine