Manawatu Herald TUESDAY 26th, AUGUST 1924. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2776, 26 August 1924, Page 2

Manawatu Herald TUESDAY 26th, AUGUST 1924. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A well-n t tended pm cl ice of (lie local choral society was held Insl night. .Mr U lielan. Government nrehadisl, is visiting !•’«i.\i<>u mi Dcparlmenlal business. Afr Davidson, hue ac|ing-head-masler of the local Stale School, let! lor Christ church this morning.

A wvll-altended and satisfactory rehearsal of the cumldned oivlirstra was held in ihc Town [Tall on Sunday afternoon.

A meeting' is to be held .at Shannon on Saturday |.» arrange for the oflieial opening of the Alangalmo livdl■o-e le'df ri e works.

i'he coronation ceremony in eon* neetion with the Rongotea Carnival will lake place in the Rongoten Hall on Thursday evening and promises to be a stieces-did function.

A relied ion coming torn the inoinernlor chimney ni Afr R. \ T . Sjieirs’ fintlier yard caused a lire alarm to be sounded on Saturday evening. Senat ore Aravcoui. who is holidayin,g in I’orlugal, in his private yacht declares that In- will am listen-in for Martian ,-ignals hccmi.se he does i.oI lielieve that the planet is habitable.

After tlie staging of the spectacular pantomime '••Aladdin,” in the Town Hall on September Uilli. IVfiss La Prance and Mr Sinclair take up an engagement at Palmerston \ T ; in conned inn with the big carnival, to be held in t hai cent re.

The local schoolmaster's residence is being renovated and conned ed with the water and drainage system prior to its occupation by tin new headmaster. Air Mason.

Whitebail is not nearly so plentiful in Ihe Alanu wain as it was some years ago. Time was when il was shipped away by the sackful, instead of now in petrol tins.

The Governor-General ;m<l Lady .lellicoe arrjved al Xapicr yesterday overland from Gisborne. Their Fxcelleneics were tendered a civic reception and luncheon, and were also met by the Navy League and Masonic fraternity. They attended the Red Cross ball that night.

At a meeting of delegates [Yum Fire Brigades at Feilding, Palmerston X., Foxton, and Levin, held at Levin last week, it was decided to inaugurate a series of district competitions. Levin lias undertaken to provide a challenge shield valued at about £lO 10/- and it is probable the public will be given an opportunity to subscribe to this and other trophies that will be required. At the “tail end" of a long and exhaustive meeting of the 'Marlborough County Council, the following motion was carried by seven votes to five: —“That the present arrangement with the council’s engineer be terminated-and that he be given three months' notice or in lieu of notice three months’ salary, says a message from Blenheim. The object of the motion was the appointment. of a part-time engineer instead of a full-time official. The present engineer is Mr G. >S. Whiteside.

The Wellington Woollen Company*- mo--’- profit for the past yeai was 671,176 and the nett profit was /.'ft I .fififi. A furtliei dividend of six per cent, is to be paid.

Sir Wit I ter Buchanan’* estate has been sworn a! £-1.12,000. There are no public bequests and the money.is left to nephews and nieces, with the , xecption of one small bequest lo an employee.

Tin export of apph s from Nelson and AfolHelen for the past season a mount.-d io 190,000 cases, aceonntifor ftflO.OilO super feel of box timber, mo-ilv white pine imm ihe West Coast.

The egg marker is very uncertain in AYanganni at present, and with the abundant supplies it is difficult jo arrive at a settled price, A few .lavs ago they were being retailed :,l 1 111. but since then some of the storekeepers have received more offers of eggs than they could cope v. it b.

I’imis iiisigiiis timber is said to he wea I her - resist aat as well as bor-er-proof. An On mam -ettler states l!ml lie knows of fencing posts of pine that have been in Hie ground for fifteen years and are as solid as the day upon which 1 hoy were pul in. The posts were tarred before In ing used for fencing.

The following resignations were accepted by the Wanganui Education Board: Otairi. M. A. AlcAra, sole teacher; Fox lon, A. M. Davidson. first assistant; TTunierville. H. |i. Howard, secondary assistant: Palmerston Central, M. B. Scott, assistant; Mango ihc. All. Ford, soli teacher.

“The English eggs are absolutely tlie dirtiest eggs that 1 saw marketed in London,” said Mr B. Merritt in the_eourse of an address to poultry farmers in Oamaru (states the North Otago Times). Afr Merritt said lie though! nothing could be more humiliating to the English people engaged in the industry than to see the-Dutch and Danish products realising 4d and fid per dozen more in Ihe winler time than the English egg. “The wage-earners tire better off now than in .1914,” deelraed the Prime Minister in the House of Representatives the other night. “The one member of the household who knows whether the family is belter off than they were prior to 1914 is the housewife herself, the mol her. (Hear, hear). 1 have asked many of (hem whether they would like to go hack to ihe money they handled in 191 I, and T have never got an answer in Ihe a fit ruin live from anv one of them."

Tin London “Aforning Post's" Russian correspondent reveals that ilie Soviet is planning lo appoint as envov to London Af. A oikofi, who. as president of 1 lie Eka leringhurg So \I, t in July, 1919, signed the waria.nl ordering the deaths of the , x-C-ar and the whole Imperial Fain ily, and witnessed Ihe carrying out ,T the seilienee. The correspondent points i,ut that the Soviet tried to appoint AT. Voikoff head of the. t rade delegation to Canada in 1923. but tin. i ben foil.serve live British Government- pro I >-s I e.l. The iniroduerion of the sje, 1g*ii v htdvbird lo eouil'iai the spread u’l the blnegum blight in the "Rangitikei district is reported to have Keen a marked success. Tf is stated thai a magical change has been wrought in I lore parts of ihe dm t«iel where the ladybird has been liberated. AATtole plantations of trees, once blackened and withered, are sending mil new shoots and ro-.-hithirw thorn-elves with p-reen from top to lioiiom. Tn all instances have heen situated in places where the ladybird lias been intro-dne-d.

The AA'airan River .Board, Afarl-bio-ougli. was int.-resred to learn at a inei-i ing- la -I week tli.it three farmers living in Ihe AA'aikalo had taken llle trouble to write ||) the Board

•4ivimadvice gained from their u'vn experience in connection with ilit l lu'.'i metlimls *»J* or:i<li<-n<inii' willows. Tin' Boaill has, from tinx' to tilin', discussed ways mid means of dealing with tlir willows, wliii-li mv in danger of congcsling the waterways ot tln* t'lpawa nnd other rivors. These f;iriners said they had rend in t.lo' Auckland papers reports of the Him ill's iliseiis-ions mill noted Ilint the ineinliers were difficult to convince regarding the ofiieae v of cutting willows in late summer and autumn as a means of destroying them permanlently. The Hoard ileeiileil to hand the letters to the inspeetor for his perusal. Tt was remarked that he might deem it worth while to experiment along the lines meat iniied.

hike a fusel oil in hud whisky so the nicotine in strong tobacco is injurious to health. It is au astonishing fact that the leaf prodneed in certain localities of the Auckland and Nelson districts contain less nicotine than anv other tobacco known. This is of the utmost importance with regard to tlm development of the N.Z. tobacco industry because it is just these mild types of leaf that are eagerly sought after by manufacturers abruad and fabulous prices are often paid for them. Now Zealand indeed will become famous for its tobacco and the local product will be our National smoke. Unlike some of the foreign tobaccos, the N.Z. article does not bite the tongue, it smokes smooth and mellow and leaves the mouth sweet and clean. Moreover, it is all pure tobacco with a distinctive llavour, obtainable in various strengths. Cut Plug No. 10 for those who appreciate a full bodv. and Kivcrliead Cold for the lover of a very mild aromatic while toasted Navy Cut (Bulldog) represents the medium strength. 5.

Mi - Afotiti Neil, A.T.C.1... Ti.T.C. L., A.L.C.Af., of Shannon, invites the Carnival orelteslra to a combined rehearsal at her residence, Nathan Terrace, to-morrow - eveningThe musicians will assemble at the post otliee at 6.39 p.rn. when they will proceed hy Afr Stevenson’s dutr-a bane.

The Rev. F. AfeDonald preached a very forceful sermon on Sunday evening to a good congregation on die subject of Christ inn citizenship, lie {laid a tribute |o those who served in public positions without ulterior motives and whose service was inspired hy Christian principles, With Godly rnen at the head of af fairs he said it was possible in fulfil Isaiah’.- prophesy as set mil in the Uiith chapter. Mr ami Mrs ft, Hudson had a nar ro\v escape from injury on Sunday ■ •veiling while walking in 1 In- Avenue Road. They did not hear a cyclist entiling up behind them, nor did limy no!ice his light until lie was right DU lop nf lilt-ill, the cyclist also line ing failed Id notice the pedestrians. All three were thrown io the ground I,v the collision but no mie was in jnred, alt suffering' more or lesfrom bruises.

Speaking on the subject of advertising at the meeting of the Council nf Ihe N.Z.F.A. in AA 7 ellingtoii, Afr A. Afenzies, who is manager of one of the largest business houses in Auckland, remarked: “Money judiciously spent in advertising, is not wasted. In Auckland people spend thousands in advertising. They have t > do it to get the business and they get it.” He went on to refer to the amount spent weekly by the Auckland Football Association in advertising the matches and the excellent results which had been achieved by doing so, and it was the publicity thev had gained by advertising that had placed them where they were fo-dav.

Tim hearing was concluded at Ihe Wellington Afagistrate's Court at Wellington last week, of the ease in which Tfallenstein Brothers, clothiers and footwear dealers, were charged with exposing shoes for sale without having stamped on the sole of each article, the material of which it was made. After hearing the evidence for the defence, Afr E. Page, ft.Af., said he was convinced that a breach had been committed, ■ill’ll (he shoes should have been stamped. He imposed line of £fi 1 /-, with costs, totalling £3 I/-. At the hearing. Afr R. T. Bailey appeared for the Labour Department, and the defendants were represented by Afr A. Blair.

The sudden death took place at Palmerston N. on Sunday ''veiling. ,if Mrs Annie Young, wife of Afr tPn-i v L. Abating, managing director ..(• Mc-sr-- Tf. L. Young. Ltd. Broad ,\ fter it short absence from the ; M Air Ymmg. the youngest son , ,| the sitting room to tirnl his i 1,,., |,,-f dead in her chair. A doe- ;| : summoned, blit COllld onl\ , il, ,|m >ll lice life extinct. Tile hi I C Afl S You my w lio was U \ear.- of age, was a daughter of the late Afr and Afvs Patrick Hogan, of Southland, where she spent her childhood. The deceased lady had heen resident in Palmerston X. for thirty years, and deep sympathy will lie felt with Mr Young and family in their sad fieri avenient.