Manawatu Herald. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1924. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2800, 21 October 1924, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1924. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Thirty -I wo |im> uf wbiiehail were i-aught in tin* !I<>l<itil-:n river Inst season. The run -,i. Inr iiiis season l.jis hern smnll.

Some lime next March (illtl iilighter's from varioim centres of' New Zeeland will gather in (’llristcimreh lor Ihr ntiminl lire brigades ilemnnsl ration, which will insl |'i*j- nhonl I (-n tinys or n fort ni>:hl.

"The Wnirarajm is as big nr; Bel - giuin. There are o.0(10,0(10 sheep, 100,000 cattle and 200,000 people I here,” said .Mr Thompson, oj' Greytown, when speaking at the deputation to Ministers re the Rininlakn deviation.

The latest lilad (o corne m is that when a Loudon man dropped a shilling- in the Strand Inst week the echo of tin' coin was picked up by an Aherdeen wiriness enthusiast on a wave length of 400 incircs.— Glasgow Bulletin.

Out Green Island (Otago) way the other day a cow was seen standing quietly whilst being milked by a half-bred, bulldog. Cow and- dog seemed to perfectly understand each other, though they do not belong to the same house nor to the one owner, and as far as is known were strangers.

An unfortunate accident bef'ei a Hamilton East jijumlier, Mr George Turner, lie was doing some work on a house assisted by his son. George, who was knocking up some flooring boards from below. A piece of wood hew u]), striking- Mr Turner in one eve, destroying the sight. The injured man was conveyed to a private hospital, an operation was performed nf> save the sight of the other eye.

On a pair of bools taken to be minded at a Bedding bool-shop the other day, three needles were broken while stitching the. toe-cap of one of Ihe bools. 'fhe repairer fell carefully inside (be boot.'lmt felt nothing- unusual unlit, a I‘ler breaking a few more needles, be cut open the cap and found lodged between jbe two leathers—n penny! It is etirioiis bow a coin bei-anie lodged in .-.urh a pi nee.

A London cablegram announce.--, i lug death of Admiral Sir Percy Scott, who was born.in IS;">3, and \ as one of the best -known figures n the British naval world, lit- entered the navy in I Slid, ami served in the Ashanti War ,(1873-74), Congo Expedition (1875), Egyptian War (1.882), South African (1889-3900) and China War (1900). He was the inventor of the night signalling apparatus now used in the Royal Navyami also of various devices to improve heavy gun shooting. Tie also invented gun-carriages which en■;bled (5-inch and 4.7-itieh guns to in itsed in South Africa. He retired .from the navy in 1943, but his name as an authority on naval questions was before lln- public till I lie time of his death.

Bandsmen are reminded of a full rehear . 1 to-night and they are asked to hring along- all music.

Properly situated in Pitt Street, Sydney, lid ween King and Market Streets, .in the hour! of the retail shopping area, recently brought at .auction, just oyer £1,750 a foot.

The headmaster of flic local State school wishes to acknowledge donation of £.l 1/- from Mr A. S. Easton and cricket hat from Mrs Tongs towards !he spoi ls fund.

The recent heavy rains have been responsible for a heavy Hood in the Manawatu River, which is still rising. Combined with the flood tides, the water at (lie wharf this morning- was exceptionally high and it is understod that the Foxton Shannon Ed. is at present closed to ordinary I radio owing lo the amount of water i hereon.

The very satisfactory pay-out of 1/7 per lb. for Imfterfat lias been made by the Levin Co-op. Dairy Co for l lie Septemher-October period. This figure, which corresponds with that paid out for the same period of 1923, becomes even more satisfactory from the fact that, owing to the early and mild season enjoyed suppliers are considerably larger than obtained at this time last year. Allhough Taranaki is described as a place of milk and honey, il is not immune from serious posts. Wild, pigs have been a cause of anxiety in Central Taranaki for some iinie, particularly during 1 lie lambing st-a-miii. and sportsmen and farmers are now publicly notified I hat the Stale Forest Service will pay n royally- of 1/- for each wild pig killed. The menace of wild goals is also serious.

Sl;\larkei-s ;.n the Summit Road (I'iii'islchuroli) have recently pushid a piano case over several limes ,ii blissful ignorance of iho fad lliai il conla-iued geiign.ilc ami detonators. The explosives are Icepl in the rase bv lhe workmen engaged in widening' the road. Mr 11. G. EH eoiisidcrs I hat il is more by the thing else that lln- culprits have aoi been blown lo pieces.

Miss Doreen Saunders, daughter of Mr and Mrs A. Saunders, of \\ ellinglon and ersrwhile residents of Fox (on, was a very successful conirict iior uL ilio recent Wanganui .competition-. Although only ten years ag.c. Dorecii ii-i-eiu-ii tiixt ill the iesi recital under Hi, second for character recital and second for humorous. She won the piano solo, under 12, and was first in girls’ song under 12, gelling- special mention l run! the judge in both tiu-se classes. She was also very highly commended in. three oilier classes and came 'U'l-ond lor the gold medal in elocu- ! uni for girls 'under I ti. What is regarded as a relic of Captain Cook's visit to Poverty Bay was recently uncart lied at Gisborne. While digging in his garden on Haiti beach, a resident came across a can - „uii Imll, weighing just under -libs. Hr G. -I. Black, to whom the disc-ov-. cry had been referred, says that the -pot where the hall was found is just opposite where the Endeavour was anchored. It is his opinion 1 hai it was tired from one of the four pounder guns on the historic vessel. He believes that a tree on the beach was used as a target, and l hat' the Endeavour indulged in

shooting practice while in the Bay

A. daylight saving scheme on a small smile is being adopted in a number of offices in Timam during the summer months. In order to afford staffs and principals extra opportunity to indulge in the various forms of summer sport it has been suggested that offices he opened half an hour earlier in the mornings. 1 1 : a number of olliees where the scheme is already in operation if is stated that the alteration of hours is proving quite satisfactory and is very much appreciated by all concerned.

But for Hu- fact that the rate < exchange is very much against thei New Zealand investors would 1

si udiug large sums of money to Australia according to the opinion expressed hy an Ashburton banker (states the Guardian). In Australia I here is at present a rich field in Government slock, the rates of in-

toresl ranging up lo (>A per cent. The rate of exchange ill New Soutfi Wales and Victoria for tin- purchase of drafts an Australia is 2f*s in the 1(10, as against, the nominal,")/-. ’The position is cn-aied apparently by Ibe a<l verse balance of trade with Australia so far as New Zealand is coin-erni-il.

A ladv doctor in England has just declared that smoking is a wonderful preservative of the teeth, and Lbat all hough the, teeth of some smokers may be discoloured they an- generally sounder than those of tbe non-smokers. So many hard ikings have been said about tobacco that it is refreshing- to hud a lady -—ami a lady medico at Min.l. —putI in..- in a goiut word for the weed. Of course every smoker* knows that, .•-.nioking prevents or arrests dental decay. What every smoker does i,ot know or at all events ignores, is that 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 be smoked almost incessantly without affecting the nerves or heart. Moreover they are all toasted—hence their line llavdur and delightful aroma. Made in several strengths they’ appeal to all tastes: Kiverliead (Told mild and aromatic; Toasted Navy Cut (Bulldog) is a fragrant medium ami Cut Plug No. 10 (Bull’s Head) a tine full flavoured tobacco.. They are on sale everywhere. 22

Tuesday hist was the 52ml annhersary of the founding of the i.iiginnl settlement of Dannevirko (Danos-M'ork) l»v the Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish families who landed at Napier on September 18th 1872 front the ship Ho rig, and lain went on to the district where Dannevirke now is.

One of the biggest deals in fat rattle ever recorded in Otago has taken place. Messrs' Barton and Trengrove having purchased front .Mr Peter Anderson, of Stirling, 100 head of prime bullocks at £2(l per head, the total purchase price being £11.870. It is understood that- two Christchurch butchers were prospective buyers.Air Prank- Bell, of M’aikemo, Otago, on Friday and Saturday and .Sunday .nights, established wireless communication, sending and receiving messages with Mr Goydor, of London. This is it distance of 12,000 miles and is tin 1 first, occasion on which it two-way exchange has taken place ltd ween New Zealand and England.

There arc at present in quarantine in Wellington three .Ta mworili pigs which have been specially imported into New Zealand by Air Norman (lorton, of Bedding. It has been found that a large majority of the pedigree pigs now being, bred .from are too closely related to one particular strain and it was with a view of the introduction of now blood that Mi (bn lon lias made this importation. The pigs include one pedigree boar bred by Air W. N. White, of New South Whiles. This animal’s strain can t be traced direelly back lo the best. English blood arid it is in no way related to any slock at present in New Zealand. There are two pedigree sows by ■‘Kings Norton Sidney/’ the latest imported English boar from- a very highly bred sow. None of lin-se pigs is in am way related in any New Zealand '-tram.