Manawatu Herald. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1921. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2798, 16 October 1924, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1921. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

His .Majesty lias appointed- Sir ('. Fevgusson, Gpvcrnor-Gencral-elcet nj' New Zealand, Grand Cross of St. Michael mul Si. George.

Mr F. Koydhoiisc, director of physical education, accompanied hy Miss Blaekic. visited the local Stale school to-day for inspection and instruction purposes.

'l'he sensational epidemic of measles that has been at its height in Levin during the past few weeks is now on the decline, stales the Levin Chronicle. No fewer than 105 children were absent from the Levin school throughout the period.

“Hoodnum Blind" al the Town Hall on Saturday night.

A clause in the education Amendment Bill now he fore the House, provides that no teacher is to he employed unless registered. There is to he a teachers’ register. Registration may he cancelled for niisi onduet, hut subject to the right of appeal, to be heard before a Magistrate.

Mr W. Nyc reports something in lhe nature of a freak in bird life about his mill on the rivefbank. For some lime past two starlings have ficqueuted’ the preedits of the mill, and one lias a pure white tail feather and the other a white neck. The latter bird is not unlike a tui to look at, with its tuft of white.

TTodyiii'.fm are now making their ipppnr; after the winter

m fairly huge numbers in certain pails ot I he boiongh.

A native boy named Karouna Uattlatia, aged about six years, was drowned in the Wimmia river He - vmiil Tab ora si a lion ori Tuesday evening. i'he body was recovered i>v the natives the following morn-

f'abinei has approved the grant .it subsidy of To,00(1 for ihe Tongarii-.. National Park for general purposes. An amount of .0,000 also is being contributed hy the Wellington and Auckland City Councils and a iso bv the Bruce Trustees.

"You lie with vigour. You are an areoinplislied liar." said the Magistrate, at ('hrislcliuroh, in eunvioting (Albert James Edward Xui'l licoto, vv.lio alleged that false statements lad been extracted from him through the threats of tli epoliee when locked In a room. lie admitted having lied find was admitted to proha I ion.

The installation ceremony in connection with Lodge Rang’dikei took place al Bulls yesterday afternoon. Masonic brethren were present from all parts of the district. In the evening a "ladies’ night” was held in the Town Hall where there was a large gathering and a most enjoyable time was spent, .Dance music was supplied by Larkins orchestra. Vocal items were interspersed. Two young men who set out to do some rabbit trapping, and, incidentally, make big money, soon learnt ihat the game was not all that it was cracked up to be. They set their naps for a week, and during that time could only entice two “bunnies” to enter them. One of the skins was practically useless owing to tile fact that the novices resorted to shooting one of the rabbits while it was in the trap.

The list of works provided for in the Railway Authorisation Bill are the Lawrence-Koxborough extension of ten miles; Kotorua-Taupo extension to Keparoa, 28 miles; Dargnviile X'mtli-Auekland Main Trunk, 18 miles; Tawu Flat deviation, 111 miles; Rinmtaka deviation 5A miles; Lower llutt Valley deviation, miles; East Coast Main Trunk, 45 miles; Kaipara-Waikato, 3i miles.

The “Adair Dandies,” a Palmerston X. combination of clever performers gave an entertainment in the Town Hall on Tuesday night in aid of the Firemen's and Bandsmen’s queen candidate in iho Palmerston N, (jiieeii Carnival. Owing lo counter all rai l ions and the fact that Foxtoil is busy with its own earnval el fori, the a i tendance was very disappointing. 'l'he erilerlaiunient, howi ver, merited a larger audience. The Mayor (Air John Chryslall) accompauied by Cr. A. X. Smith and Mr Winsianiey (Chamber of CornmeVeoj left for Wellington to-day to join a deputation consisting - of local body delegates on this coast who are to wait upon the Prime Minister and Alinister for Railways to urge upon the Government the inclusion of liie Levin-Alarion deviation in the raihv ay const met ion programme. The deputation will bo introduced hy .Messrs .1. I.inklntor and AY. 11. Field M V.P. for Afanawatu and Otaki.

.fames Duncan and Ronald Doig failed to juit in an appearance at. i lie Afagislrate’s Court at Wanganui on Monday morning when charged wiili wantonls disturbing an inhabitant by using-,n noise instrument, to wit an c-mply benzine tin attached by a rope to a moving motor ear, contrary to the city by-laws. On the application of inspector . .Fear the informal ion against the lastnamed defendant was withdrawn vvitlioiii prejudice to the prosecution, while Duncan was convicted and lined the sum of AM and costs 7 i. The magistrate remarked that it was probably a mischievous and thoughtless act on the part of the defendant.

“Within a period of t wo years Ilauera will possess one of the most iip-to dale and best-equipped hospitals in the Dominion." said Mr F. (inlanders, chairman of the .Hauer;, Hospital Board, in ay interview with a Star reporter on Saturday, on his return from Wellington, w here In.- has been tit tending the Hospital Boards’ The new hospital plans submitted by the technical advisers to the Department of Health. Messrs Johnston and Allen, with minor alterations, relative to sanitary tittings, etc. The fact that the plans as drawn up by the architect and passed by the Board have been approved is to be regarded as extremely complimentarv to the Board and its officers. Tenders for the erection of the building will be called immediately.

Smokers who are niggardly of their ’baccy are rare. As a rule their pouch is al the service of almost anybody. Of course there are exceptions. Do you remember the story of the smoker who kept two pouches f One he called “the world,” and the other "providence.” The first was always empty; the second always well tilled. If asked for a li.ll he would regret that he “hadn't a bit in the world.” If questioned as to what lie was going to do for himself he would say “Oh I must trust in Providence.” Well, there are all lcindis of smokers just as there are all kinds of tobacco. By the way, have*you tried our own N.Z. grown tobaccos'? In some respects they are unique. For one tiling they arc toasted. lienee their peculiarly delightful flavour; secondly they contain so little nicotine that they may be smoked ‘till the cows come home’ without proving injurious. That’s why the doctors approve of them. Try R.ivcrheud Gold, mild; Navy Cut (Bulldog), medium; or Cut Plug No, 10 (Bull’s Head) full.- 20

DA-'. Excellency the Governor- • tein-ral, as Grand Ahisier of the X.Z. Freemasons, x*. ill be tendered a threw.-II by the fraternity m Cluj A i liu/.-b on Monday evening and will be the veeipieiii of n present a lion.

Tin' Foxion D.-fence ffifir- Club possesses some wv fine rifle shots. Mr A. Bninard, winner of iho A[cIvor medal lasi season put up four ■•possible" shoots mol his average -■ore was 15.34 out of a possible of ■’ll!. His aggregal c f,-,r the season "as fiSi) points, 'fhe runner-up for ! 1 : s mc-ital. Mr J. Hartley, averaged -i.‘!..‘>S, with an aggregate of 570. Fast month there arrived in Wellington by the steamer Rotorua. six grouse birds for the Tuiignriro Nat - iotltil -Parlt. the first to reaeli the Dominion alive. There were seven it lien the ’.-drainer left lmnlon. but one ilied during the journey to the Dominion. The birds were handeeai'ed in England, sent to (he lit. i ton. \\. I’, Massey by Lady Liverpool for liberation in the Tonga riro Pall,-, if the grouse become acclimatised in New Zealand llie birds will form an added at I rant ion to the Dominion's already well-stocked resorts for the sportsman.