Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1924 LOCAL AND GENERAL

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2791, 30 September 1924, Page 2

Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1924 LOCAL AND GENERAL

Mr Ryder has bee appointed treasurer of the local Citizens’ Band, vice Mr Heath, resigned.

Two nine-storried steel-framed buildings are to be erected at Courtenay Place, Wellington.

Sir Robert Stout, Chief Justice, of New Zealand, and father of Mr J. L. Stout, S.M., of Palmerston N., celebrated bis 80th birthday on Sunday.

In view of the ri.—ent incr*.ise in telephone subscribers, nppliceFon i| tc be made tor a continuous local service. The present service is from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. A lady just arrived at Hastings from England was amazed when she purchased a roast of beef and was a bleed to pay only 2/9. “Why," she said, “if I bought dial in England I would have to pay 7/6 for i( at least.”

Dr. T. W. Leys, for many years part proprietor and editor of the Auckland Star, died at Auckland on Saturday, after a short illness. A new crater is continuously n«*l - ivc on the northern side of White Island. There are now three active craters in addition to a large number of small steam vents.

The secretary of the Canterbury Shearers’ Union denies that a strike of shearers has been called. The Union is only pointing out to the workers, he says, the legal powers they possess as indicated by Mr Justice Fraser, and is doing so as its duty to the organisation and in the interests of its members. David William Fisher, aged 18, pleaded guilty at Christchurch yesterday to the I heft of n bicycle, lie alleged the! he bad sold it to got food because his wife and child were starving. He was further clmr o (( l w ith having stolen at Trentham on December, 192.3, the sum of £247 the property of James Tracy. Accused was remanded on both charges, bail being refused.

A special meeting of the Foxton Harbour Board was held at Palmerston N. on Saturday for the purpose of considering tenders for the erection of goods shed and offices. Further consideration of tenders was postponed to a later meeting.

A company lias been formed in Palmerston X. called the Paramount Pictures Ltd., with a capital of £12,090 in shares of £1 each. The principal shareholders are Messrs W. S. Carter, 600; Geo. IT. Stiles, 500; J. A. Mitchell, 500; J. Rodgers, 2,000; G. Barnao, 125; B. Barnao, 125.

At about seven o’clock on Saturday night, a married man named Henry Perse Forsyth, a native of Scotland, aged 44, committed suicide by hanging, at his residence 242 Main St., Palmerston N. It is understood that, he was a commercial traveller by occupation and he leaves a widow with six children.

“He must have been saving up to get married,” remarked a Palmerston N. grocer, to a pressman, after relating the following incident: “Two years ago a gentleman of the bachelor type walked into our shop and purchased a tin of salmon, for which he paid Bd. The other day lie brought it hack and wanted his money refunded because the tin had a dent in it !”

Since the formation of the Manawatu Rabbit Board settlers throughout this district are giving serious attention to the destruction of the pest and are falling in with the Board’s comprehensive and systemalie policy of rabbit destruction. Special a i ten (ion will he paid lo hitherto neglected areas under the control of iho Lands Department.

A rather unpleasant experience befell a. party of girls from Invercargill who spent the day picnicking at Sandy Point. On the return journey the party, which went by motor launch, had not progressed far before the engine broke down. Efforts to repair the deficiency were fruitless, and flie man in charge of lho launch had no alternative but to row the girls lo land in a small dingy. The party reached home aboiit 1 a.m. on Monday after an arduous walk in the dark.

The Prince of Wales will spend only a few days on his Alberta ranch. He leaves High River on Wednesday for Vancouver, arriving on October 4, crossing the next day to Victoria. Tie returns to Calgary on October 9, proceeding immediately to Eastern points and is due at Government House, Ottawa on October 16. The Prince is suffering with a severe cold and saw no visitors to-day. He embarks on the Olympic for England about October -, 2.

A serious accident occurred at the level crossing at Liverpool St., Wanganui, on Saturiay evening. A car containing Misses Rene Bowiek, of Ilunterville, and Coralie Bahett, dispenser at the Wanganui Hospital, was crossing the line when it was struck by a train. The car was smashed to pieces. Alias Bowiek was seriously injured about the head but Miss Ballon escaped comparatively lightly. Miss Bowiek was a contestant in the competitions on Friday. She is in hospital and her condition is serious.

The output of hemp from New Zealand’s largest factory at Miranui is about sixty tons weekly, exclusive of stripper slips and tow. The latter arc the hv-products as it were. Stripper slips are exported foi manufacture into fibrous plaster for ceiling's, while tow is used for upholstering purposes. About ton tons (total) of these two materials are turned out weekly at Miranui, most of it going to Australia. Both are strippings of the fibre when it is put through the scutchings process, the slips being shorter ends valueless as tow.

Misfortune seldom comes singly. This has been exemplified in the case of Mr J. Aitken, the popular Moutoa schoolmaster. His little daughter, underwent a serious opera ttion in a P.N. private Hospital a short time ago, and lias since been in a critical condition, and now Mr Aitken is confined to his bed with severe indisposition at Palmerston N. Mrs Aitken, we are pleased to state, is progressing favourably. In the meantime Air Aitken’s father, a member of the Wanganui Education Board, and a well-known ex-schoolmaster, has taken temporary charge of the Moutoa school until his son is able to resume duty; Mr and Mrs Aitken will have the heartfelt sympathy of I heir many friends throughout this district in the misfortune which has come upon them.

Few people arc probably aware 11,at tobacco was at one time extensively cultivated in England. Wineheombe, in Gloucestershire, eiaims the honour of being the first place in the Old Country lo grow I he weed. The dried and cured leaf was comparatively expensive at first Iml by the time of James 11. the “best Virginia” was sold at 2/- pre ib. and was in great demand, it would he interesting to compare, if ilint were possible, the tobacco of l hat. day with that of our day. Modem methods of manufacture have of course worked wonders. So)iie of the purest tobaccos now on the market are grown in New Zealand, and they owe their fine Havour largely to the fact, that- they are all I ousted—a new departure. Owing to their containing such a trilling umounl of nicotine these brands may he smoked all day without unplea said or injurious consequences. “Rivoi'liCiid Gold,” is a line aromatic tobacco; “Toasted Navy Cut,” I Bulldog label) medium and “Cut. I’lug No. 10” ( Bull’s Head) fullllavoured. They are meeting with a big sale. 25

The Alanawatu County roadmen are grading and filling in the ruts on the Bainesse-Rangiotn road. It is understood that Mr A. (Major) Samuel will be a candidate for (lie Waikato seat, in the Reform interest, at the next general election, despite the fact that Mr D. Stewart, Reid has been selected as official Reform candidate, says the Independent.

The number of wills deposited with the Public Trustee for safe custody continues to increase at a rapid rate. During the year 5,097 additional wills were received, making the total on deposit as at the 31st March, 1924, 39,682. Many wills in which the Public Trustee is named as executor are also held by banks and private solicitors. Investigations by detectives are stated to tend to the conclusion that i lie explosion at the Avondale totalisator was due to the escape of gas. It has transpired that the doors were, forced by three men who were the first to arrive after the explosion. One noticed a smell of gas and turned oft' the tap at the meter. The latest copy of “Humour” to reach us contains details of a big i'so competition inaugurated by the proprietors of the popular weekly. The contest is original and interesting. “Humour” is a splendid Ihreepennorth. containing as it does the cream of witticisms in picture and story from tlip world’s leading humorous journals.

The Borough Council has received the consent of the Justice Department to use the strip of land from the Town Hall lo the Court House corner for beautifying purposes, which will be undertaken by the Beautifying Society. A scheme for improving this corner section will bo discussed at the next meeting of the Society.

When taking his final curtain at Napier, Mr Bransby Williams fbanted the audience for their appreciation of the performance, and nddcd that he would return to New Zealand as soon as possible. “But, please don't say ‘Oh, he’s about eighty.' Tn Palmerston N. the other day my wife was in the stalls and -die overheard a man talking about my age. He had been at school with me —that kind of person usually lias, you know —and lie said: ‘Well, ves, he carries his age well, you know; hut he’s between seventy and seventy-five.’ I assure you,” said Mr Williams, “that I am a good way short of that.”