Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, SEPTEMB. 23, 1924. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2788, 23 September 1924, Page 2

Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, SEPTEMB. 23, 1924. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The wireless broadcasting of motion pictures will he possible within ft year, according to an inventor, who claims to have perfected a device which will function over short distances.

Lambing is now well advanced throughout the Manawatu. The Bush, Wairarapa and Hawke’s Bay districts report mortality among breeding ewes somewhat greater than usual this season. A man 'claims to be able to hear through his spine. Wo are surprised that it is not a woman, remarks a contemporary. Judging by the present fashion in evening dress, she gives her spine every chance. A proposal has been made by two Wellington citizens to erect 100 four-roomed houses with kitchenettes at Karori, at a cost of .£OSO each, including the land, provided the State Advances Office will linance the scheme. A report on the proposal is being obtained by the department. Some curiosity was aroused at the Savage Club’s korero at New Plymouth by the use by the Chief Savage of the club of the Maori word “tamahine,” in referring to the Hon. Lucy Jellicoe. There are terms applied by the Maori to females of their race. The kotiro is the child, tlie tamahine is the girl (‘merging into womanhood and the wahine is the married woman.

A Christchurch Iy,dv who stored her household linen and other goods in her garage while she went on a tr p to Sydney was disagreeably surprised on her return to find that they had been removed by some unauthorised person or persons (reports an exchange). The police have been able to find some of the stolen linen in second-hand eslabbslimon Is.

The official robe of office worn by the Mayor of Dunedin has, after 23 years’ service, been replaced by a new garment winch the Mayor, Mr 11. L. Tapley, donned for the first occasion at a meeting of the City Council last Wednesday evening. The old robe was first worn by Mr G. L. Dennis Pm .luring his term of office as Mayor in 15)01-2, and has graced the shov filers of successive occupants of the Mayoral office down to the present time.

It is to his Jag that Mr J. Cubs attributes the fact that he was not burned to death while sleeping alone in a small five-roomed cottage at Kokiri, near Grcymoufh the other night. After retiring to bed between It) o’, lock and 10.30, Mr Gibbs was aroused about midnight by the dog's whining and frantic pawing. Tic found the bedroom enveloped in llamcs and barely had time to throw a few clothes on! of' the window and make his exit when (lie bed itself caught, alight.

Members of the Bowline- Club are requested to attend a “working liec" on the green to-morrow afternoon. Included in the lloral tributes as a mark of respect to the late Mr A. Ileasman, were wreaths from the Masonic Lodge and Bowling Club. Mr Dooley, relieving teacher at the local State School, has been appointed to the Palmerston N. Central School.

Yesterday was Dominion Day. the only outward and visible sign of which locally, was the flying of the X.Z. Ensign at the Post Otlice.

The roll number at the local State School is 455 (side school 42) and the average attendance during the first week since the vacation was 93.7 and last week it dropped to 91.4

It is understood that there will be three candidates for the Timaru seal at the next general election: — Mr F. ,J. Holiest on, Mr P. C. Vinnell anti Mr ,J. F. Arnold.

The friends of Mr and Mrs J. Aitken, of Moutoa, will regret to learn that the condition of their little daughter, Peggy, who is an inmate of a Palmerston N. Private Hospital, is causing them grave anxiety.

During the course of his sermon on the subject of Spiritualism, in the Presbyterian Church on Sunday night, the Rev. Frank McDonald said in his opinion the prominent leaders of the cult were suffering from “softening of the brain.’’

The amount that passed through tlie totalisator at the Otaki Maori Racing Club’s spring meeting which concluded yesterday, was £34,942 for the two days, as against £33,545 for (be corresponding days last year, an increase of £1,397. A reduction of 2f>/- per 1000 ft. in the freight from Canada and the Sictes, £4 4/- reduced to £2 18/-, is causing an increasing inquiry for Oregon timbers and large shipments have been arranged to come from \ a< ouver and I'ttgcl Sound, A g *'<-1 leal is arriving in ti e form of ready made doors, oh idly from Canada, hoi|*ed. by the pvefeiential duty of 2f. per cent, from America, but the el.eT arrivals will be in boards.

An ingenuous admission of a lack of liking for too much work was made by an elderly gardener who appeared as a witness at the .Magistrate’s Court at Auckland. “You were working nearby at the time of the mishap, were you not?’’ was the question put to witness. “Well, I was supposed to be,” was the smiling and unhesitating reply, “but we i’.every do any more than we can help." The unexpected answer caused. much amusement.

We have to thank Mr A. IT. Yates, of Cnsi, for a sample bag of flour from the North Canterbury Flour Milling Co."s A.l. roller mills (per Mi .J. Walls, whose bread is made from this flour). Mr Yates’ many friends in this district will be pleased to know that he is doing well in the Canterbury district, where he runs a- tractor plant. The test of merit in connection with the flour in question is to be found in the quality of Mr Walls’ bread and small goods.

A quantity of China clay from a large deposit in the Glen Massey district, five miles from Ngaruawahia, was sent to the New Zealand Pavilion at the Wembley Exhibition, where it attracted great attention from potters. An Auckland lady who is studying the art of the potter in England, secured a portion of the shipment, and made a number of

articles from it, her instructors speaking very highly of the qualities of tiie clay, which has been locally tested for glazed bricks, tiles, porcelain baths and chinaware.

“11l view of the high prices at which most dairy farmers purchased their land, they must, make every post a winning l post, and the export of pigs will place them on a sounder basis,” declared T. Bloor, at a meeting of the South Island branch of the New Zealand Pig Breeders Association. Mr Bloor emphasised (reports the Sun) the necessity for men with cows on dear land paying attention to the raising of pigs. Two firms in England had stated they were prepared to take 30,000 pigs annually from New Zealand, and if the price were fid or 6d per lb. it would mean about £IOO,000 a year to the Dominion. A lady doctor in England has 'just declared that smoking is a wonderful preservative of the teeth, and that although the teeth of some smokers may he discoloured they are generally sounder than those of the non-smokers. So many hard things have been said about tobacco that if is refreshing to find a lady —and a lady medico at that —putting in a good word for the weed. Of course every smoker knows that smoking prevents or arrests dental decay. What every smoker does not know or at all events ignores, is (hat an excess of nicotine in tobacco is highly injurious. And that's where our New Zealand tobaccos come in. Being comparatively free from nicotine, they may he smoked almost incessantly without affecting the nerves or heart. Moreover they are all toasted —hence their fine flavour and delightful aroma. Made in several strengths they appeal to all tastes: Riverhead Gold mild and aromatic; Toasted Navy Cut (Bulldog) is a fragrant medium and Cut Plug No. 10 (Bull's Head) a. line full flavoured tobacco. They are on sale everywhere. 22