LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2804, 30 October 1924, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Jlis Kxcclleney -1 lie (loviTimr-(l,.„cm-sil is t«» hiy tin- foundation slum.' of the Palmerston X. war memorial on Wednesday ol next week. Dr. Elizabeth Gunn, accompanied by Xur.se Wise, visited the local State school yesterday and conferred with the headmaster re tooth brush drill. At the. sports merlin,!' held in Devin on Labour Day. P. Cunningham, of Pox inn, was suceesslul in annexing!' the 220 yards Maiden Huidles. There were three starters and the time was 33 2 f). The names of those who played the accompaniments at Afonday nij>ht's concert were inadvertently omitted from the report in last issue. They were Misses Healey and Allen and Air Hnmbley. The Rev. •!. G. Woodwood, of Kiivori, who was vicar of All Saints Paxton, some years ago, will visit ids old parish during - the week-end and will conduct services at All Saints' next Sunday. Mr Pasmussen, representative of tin Dairy Company which is shortly j.i comnunce operations locally, visited Poxton on Tuesday. In conversation with our representative, ilc I,‘assmii.ssen said the site lor the I;,i>j,• cv was now being cotisideied and when this was decided building operations would commence.

The friends of Air T. (tabiics, of ihe Lady's Aliie. will regret n> learn , ilia I lie is seriously ill. > \\'e desire to acknowledge oompli- ' military tiekei for the Mungnhao ! celebrations banquet to‘be held in ' llk Shannon Druids'-Hall at 2 p.m. ‘ on Monday next. Richard Albert Ohidley. watch- , man on the s.s. Maori, was drowned ci Wellington yesterday. The body , fas been recovered. -I shouldn't be a bit surprised," said a prominent Hawke’s Bay wool dealer, to a Napier Daily Telegraph reporter, “if the average price of wool sold in New Zealand at" the coming sales will range from £25 to C 25 10/- per bale, if one is allowed |o judge on present values." Agnes Eraiic-os Benelield (41), wife of Percy Benelield, of Aramolio, was found dead in a room oil Tuesday afternoon. A gas lube connection witli the gas burner which was turned on was found near the body. Deceased was apparently in her usual health in the morning. Real sportsmanlike spirit was shown J»y the general-manager (Mr Kennerdy) of the Wellington Has ('o., in assisting the team which played al Koxton on Monday for the'benefit of the Sports The whole team together with wives and friends were motored through free of all expense by the company whose manager is a football enthusiast. AIY .f. W. White, Crown Prosecutor, at Timaru, lias tendered bis re- , c_>;nnt ion after having occupied that, posit ion for i>4 years. His unitpie service was appreciatively referred lo at the Supreme Court this morning', when Justice Adams eulogised lhr long and faithful scvices ot the retiring veteran. The funeral of the late Miss Stella Barry took place yesierdny and was a I tended by a large number of mourners. An impressive service was conducted in All Saints' Church by the vicar. Rev. W. 11. Wall..a. Among those presenl were members o| St. Monica's Guild, of which d. ceased was a member. The casket was <-o\ - ci cl with beaufil'ul floral tribaies of respect to the memory of deceas-

ed. The deatli of Mr J.-r\ is George, amd 7b. of Onmia. who was one ot Ihe most proininen't tignres in the racing circles of ilio Dominion, occurred at fhe New Plymouth Ifospila'. on Sunday. Always a keen -.porisma ll; Mr George lias been a iraiacr owner for at least ball a century, and bis passing will be re--I'lci bv all followers of the sport. Mr t’.c.rgc had been ill for the last i\\o or tliree years. Tile public Works Slalom.ml gives (be length of main highways a!read \ declared as approximately tt.OUS miles, of which a considerable number in sparsely settled dis I riels have (il adds) been declared (io\ eminent roads, in order I bill the Dual'll ma\ he able io r*onlnhule to I licir eoiisi met ion and maintennne. a more liberal basis than is legally possible in connection with the ot dinary main highways.

Ai the Ecilding Afngislrate’s Conn oil Tuesday. William Snow, alias |jcigh and Charles Snow was charged with having eonimilied an indecent assault on a little girl aged 71 veins, at Alakino oil La hour Day. Sergeant Cahill. who appeared for the police, applied for a remand for week-, as a further charge would be preferred against Snow, and the police required time to collect evidence. The accused was accordingly remanded. A bookie was taken ill suddenly. lfe sent his street tout or “runner" to a street where several doctors lived, bidding him fo tell a certain doctor to come at once. A different physician having come, the bookie afterwards asked the font to explain why. “Well you sec guv-nor, there was a lot of brass plates on the doors and when i got the number you gave me, 1 saw ‘Consultations, 11 to 2.’ The chap next door was offering ‘Consultations, 10 to l 7 so I knew voird like the chap that gave yon the best odds." The Health Department has received the following notification of infectious diseases in the hospital districts named, the tignres for the prevous week being given in parenthesis: — Wanganui: Diphtheria 2 (2), puerperal fever 1 (0), pneumonia 2 (_0). Palmerston N. Diphtheria 2 (L), puerperal fever 1 (2) erysipelas 0 (1). Wellington: Diphtheria 7 (8). scarlet fever 1 (0), puerperal fever 1 (1), pneumonia 1 (0), erysipelas 1 (<D, tuberculosis 1 I), polimyelitis 0 (l)/’H\ 7airarapa : Diphtheria 0 (.2), scarlet lover 1 (0), tuberculosis 1 (0).

Few people are probably aware that tobacco was at one time extensively cultivated in England. Winclicombe. in (iloucestershire, claims the honour of being the first pi a (• e in the Old Country to grow Ho- weed. The dried and cured leaf was comparatively expensive at tirst but by Die time of James 11. the ■•best Virginia” was sold at 2/- pre lb. and was in great demand, it would be interesting to compare, if that were possible, the tobacco of that day with that of our day. Modern methods of manufacture have of course worked wonders. Some of the purest tobaccos now oil the market are grown in Xew Zealand, and they owe their tine Havour largely to the fact that they are all toasted —a new departure. Owing to their containing such a trifling am.ount of nicotine these brands may be smoked all day without unpleasant or injurious consequences. “Riverhead Hold,” is a line aromatic tobacco; “Toasted Navy Cut,” (Bulldog label) medium and “Cut plug No. Hi" (Bull’s Head) fullllavoum!. They are meeting with a big sale, 25

“They'll he well paid for that «• u*» or cocoa." So said a prninineni business man during (lie Great War. His son’s life had been saved or thereabouts. by what the; Y.M.C.A. had pivon him in linm of stress. Thorn are doubtless moil in Fox toil who Mess the Y.AI.C.A. for the help prison to their hoys on and off the field. Those etui assist the Y.M.C.A.’s 21st Birthday Carrtival now on in Wellington hy donating vegetables, butler, eggs and anythin"' saleable, (lifls must go down by the first train on Saturday morning: and Mr A. PI. Tongs, Main St. has kindly eonentoo to receive such gifts.

Items in the Public Works Estimates in connection with road maintenance include the following:: — Kairauga County, Fox ton line (f t for £2), £7B; Palmerston X.-Pahin-tua Rjl. (£1 for £2). £300; Horov.hniim County, Kawin-P’o.xtoii Rd. (£1 for £1). £300; Ohau West road extension (£1 for .Cl). £150; Otkai Corg'e (north bank) (£1 for £1), £200; Tokomani Valley extension. £100; Waikawa Pleach road (£1 for All, £200; Waitarerc Kd. (£1 for £1). £500; Mammatu County, Eairliejd ltd. (£i for £1). £300; 1 .ecu’s |{d. (on account <d' £4OO. £1 lord) £SO; Pohangina County, concrete culverts £1 for £l, £1,000; Mai ton Block road (£1 for £1), £225; Tunipo Rd. culvert (£.l for £1), £IOO. Apropos of the Hawke's Bay Education Board’s decision to erect a school at Alangaorapn. it is* to he hoped that the pupils will he thoroughly coached as to the correct pronunciation of T a nmaiawhakalangihangakonunn a ta whifi-ki-ta.nu-tanu, a hill which lies adjacent to the now school site.