Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1924. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2770, 12 August 1924, Page 2

Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1924. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

At last night's Council meeting accounts amounting to £1,047 7/2 were passed for payment.

The Wellington City Council has passed a by-law prohibiting the playing of games oil public recreation grounds on Sundays.

Someone suggested this a; a sign to he erected at railroad crossings: “Bettor Slop a .Minute Than For Ever.”

A middle-aged man was remanded nl Gisborne on Saturday on a charge of splitting and uttering a ten-shilling Bank of New Zealand nolo.

At last night's mooting of the Borough Coum-il it was decided to plant the old rubbish dip itl the rear of the racecourse with 20(1 two-year-old maeroearpa

When ;i Idler mine hefore the Wanganui County ('oiiiiei] urging supporf; of tlu* Daylight Saving Bill, one of the councillors remarked: “ll is ;if><int ell you ran save these ilays.”

Those present at last, night's Borough Counoil meeting were His Worship the Mayor (John Chrvstnll Esq.) and (Vs. Bryant. Thorpe, Ross Thompson, Parkin, Walker, Adams. Apologies for absence were received from Crs. Colev and Smith.

Over a million pounds of tea came into the Dominion in .lane, making the total for six months of the year fl.lTfl.lfifllh., valued at C-RW.IMI), nearly £20,000 more than was im ported during Jnnunry-.June of last vear.

Allan Francis Selma!, aged 7, was knocked down and killed by a motor van in Princess Street. Dunedin, on Saturday. Jle ami an older brother were running a message when the latter engaged in a light with othei youths. Deceased crossed I lie road to his brother, with the above re.-nil.

A local resident had a narrow cs- ( ape front serious injury while cycling at R a agio t a one evening recently. He cycled between two ears travelling in opposite directions and was da/,/,led bv tlu* brighl headlights id' the approaching ear. The driver of the other car was also da//,led and failed to notice the cyclist and the car caught the hike and sent its rider living. Fortunately he- was not injured, only suffering a severe shaking, although the bike was smashed about considerably.

A well known Invercargill business man (announces the Southland Times) lias just broken a complete fast, lastiug eighteen days, during (lie whole of which time be attended business regularly, and except for taking food, did not in any wav alter his ordinary daily routine. As a consequence of this rather remarkable performance it is asserted that he now enjoys absolute freedom from rheumatism of a longstanding nature, as well as a great improvement in genera! health.

fi was decided at last night's Council meeting, to ask the Alanawalu County Council to have the road leading to Spring Street from the' .-,:,1e vards opened for trallie and si oek.

“1 think money soon will become rhea per," said the Prime Minister in the House oil Friday' night, ‘‘and when it comes down to I per cent, it will be the duty of the Government lo raise money and pay oil' the debt we owe to I be Imperial Government.

A' tobacconist’s simp at the corner of Customs and Albert Streets, Auckland, occupied by Mr Charles Woods, was entered during the week end and tobacco and cigarettes valued at Util I stolen. Mr E. .1. Cullen's' garage on Reach Road, was also entered, the thieves obtaining

At lasi night's Borough Council meeting the tender of life Central Elect ric, Co., of Palmerston North, was accepted for re-wiring llm Town Hull for the sum of Cl In. according to spedlieu lion and subject l-i the quality of the material proposed to lie used being approved by Mr Overton and the Town Clerk.

Tim Hon. .1. G. Coates and bis depart menial chiefs of the Railway Deparlmcnl, says a Dunedin correspondent. would be gratified if ! hev could bear all tin- nice tilings Iha I are being said by passengers, especially the ladies, concerning llm additional comfort in the carriages, both lii'st and second class, by the fitting up of coal and bat books. This improvement is going on right through the Dominion.

A unique Maori parly of six singers and speakers, conducted by Rev. A. J. Scame.r, is tonring the district in the interests of Methodist Home Missions and will conduct the annua] H.M. Rally in the local church on Thursday evening next. Weird Waiatas (seldom heard hv Europeans), sacred poi action songs, Maori greetings and speeches will he rendered. Admission is free but offerings will be received in aid of Home Mission work.

Mr John Gifford, a well-known member of the Palmerston X. radwav staff, died in the Palmerston X. hospital this morning. The deceased, prior to iiis arrival in Palmerston X., sustained a serious injury to his head as the result of coming in violent contact with a tablet during the time bo was stationmasler at TTunlerville. The accident had left him subject io turns of dizziness and it is surmised that while proceeding homewards on Saturday evening he was overtaken by another turn, falling backwards heavily on to the footpath. He was conveyed to hospital in an unconscious state, but failed to rally, death occurring at about two o’clock tliis morning. Tie leaves a wife and two children to mourn their loss.

"I could not help thinking,” writes a correspondent of a Wellington paper in dialling with (he Wellington Zoo, “that a certain section resembled nothing so much as an old maid's family, as i| appears 1,, be over-run with white rabbits, cats and fowls. If a few of those pests were disposed of sufficient' spare would become available for oilier exllibils of a nno-o interesting Mature.” He also linds fault will) the labelling of certain of the cages or enclosures mentioning that a “Hack bear.'' happens to be a dog, and that though one of the aquarium tanks, according |o label, contains quite an interesting variety of eels, there was. as far as he a\as able to see, no life whatever in the lank.

Tin'* death occurred in Wclling--1 ~n In-l week of Mr James Reid, at die age of liS years. Born in Aberdeen, Sent In ml. in ISfifi, be was ciln- (•;, | i'll a I Gordon's College. After sening bis engineering apprenticeship, in* decided lo «• i•iilf* to Now Zealand, arriving at Napier in the ship Hudson -17 years ag<». He was Ini' a period of six years in business as an engineer in Sanson, and was llrsl chairman of Ihe Kiwilea Count v Council. He was instrumental with others in securing the \iuegav Hill hridse over ilie Rangitikei Kivi‘r. Later be interested himself in sawmilling'. Tie eomomeneed business in Wellington twenty-three year-- ago as a timber nierebant and later with Mr Keene and others was connected with the ereelion of (be l-'oxton gasworks, and also the Tauranga gasworks. He was an elder in llie Presbyterian Church, also an ardent Freemason, being a Past Master of Lodge Hincmoa. He leaves a widow and grown-up family of live soils and three daughters. The daughters are: Mrs Samuel Gilmer, Wellington; Mrs I>. S. Eaboiuq of Itleiilieini: Mrs It. James, Wellington and I wenty grandsons.

It has been said that the man who onuses two blades of grass lo grow when* only one grew before, is a pul,lie benefactor. If that he true — and true it assuredly is—what is to |,e said of those who established a, successful local industry, which liuds employment for many hands, develops the latent resources of this Dominion and keeps the money in the country? Look at what the poor gum lands of the north and the barren clays of Nelson at one time considered worthless for agricultural purposes are now producing. They furnish the manufacturers with the raw material for our local brands. And so excellent is this product that no smoker should fail to give it a trial. He is in for quite a new type, a toasted tobacco, moic fragrant, less nicotine, and therefore healthier. A wonderful improvement compared with the non-toast-ed tobacco. There are three grades, [Overhead Gold, very mild; Toasted Navy Cut (Bulldog) of medium strength, and those who prefer a lull body will appreciate Cut Plug No. 10, the Bullhead Brand. 14,

The largest building stones ever used are found, not in Egypt, but nl Baalbec in Syria. They measure (10 ft. long and 2<>f't. square. Tim enthusiasm of the stamp collector knows no bounds. In a shop window not a hundred miles from Bond Street, London, is the following advertisement : “A riverside residence, with lovely grounds; only 10 minutes by train from London. Will take in exchange a valuable collection of postage stamps.”

When the train from Tuam to .'■ihenry. County Galway, stopped a: Ballyglunin station, a remote i era I one three armed men entered a compartment in which Air. Yernui), an official of the Bank of Ireland at .Tuam, was travelling, and I.living taken between £4OOO and A;“>(100 from him escaped in a motore.ir. Air. Vernon was on his way p> open the At henry branch for the ii.iivcnieiiec of cattle dealers allauding tin* monthly fair.

Qucen-lalid’s bachelor Governor, i! seems, complains that by virtue of hi- position lie is several strange anomalies. He is a member ot the ('until ry women’s Association, although In* docs not live in Die couni.'v. and is otherwise disqualified, tie is also a Girl Guide. Although n Jew be is a member of the Y.A\“.C.A.. regarding which he should have been blackballed twice over. However, be bears these honours verv well.

Ten thousand American Indians held their lirsl national “pow-wow at Tulsa. Oklahoma, recently. Never since the “pale faces” landed in I .S.A. has there been such a formidable gallicring of red men. They arrived from all parts of the country with their squaws and papooses. some rich and some poor, all wearing tribal garb. The Osages made rich by oil, arrived in costly limousines. In the big peace conference the warriors and representatives of fast-diminishing races buried their hatchets and had a good time together.

Under the heading “Freaks of Nature,” an American Feature Syndicate has supplied the following freak of journalism to papers in the United States: “Could a moa be captured to-day it would be sold to a circus or museum, and exhibited as one of the queerest birds over known to man. Because of its destructive habits it was wiped .out of existence in New Zealand. Being twelve feet in height a veritable airplane, it was easily the master of any other feathered creature. The moa could easily carry away live slock in its talons. People shuddered at the sight of' the giant bird, knowing that it might bear away nr, infant, or even a grown person. Finally Iho inhabitants of New Zealand banded together and destroyed even’ moa in the land.”