NEWS AND NOTES.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2808, 8 November 1924, Page 4

NEWS AND NOTES.

Oranges urc being sown in tlu 1 <>j >oii in some jiiirls of South ( autcrlmry. A female inebriate was taken to oj.ol in a wheel barrtnv in Otnki the other night. The amount paiit to tin* P. and T. Department for press telegrams for the .luly-September quarter throughout the Dominion was C10,2(1.’'. According lo tin- rainfall returns iln heaviest fall in the Dominion (Inring August last occurred at Mnutolarn, Te Araroa, where 15.5 im-hes fell in 13 days. November the 13 ill, is Armistice Day. At the request of fTis Majesty the King, two minutes* silence will lie observed at 11. a.m. The New Zealand flagship TT.M.S. Dunedin, arrived at Lvirlelon yesiciday morning from Hobart direct, after a calm trip. She will proceed i-o Wellington on November the 11. ()nl\‘ four women were elected out of II candidates in the British eleel ions, namely Daily Astor, (lie countess of Atholl, Mrs Philipsun (Conservatives) and a ncwcmiier. Miss Wilkinson (Labour). Las: scar eight women were returned. The Consul for Norway in llobifrt stales that he has received hundreds of ajiplicil I ions from all ever the Commonss'enlth and Ness’ /inland for 25 positions on the whaling steamer ('lark IG>ss. (tnc applicant from .Java. ••\\'e should follow the lead of oilier tosvns and instal slot gas niaeliines for the use of picnic pai'tics'in the parts of the borough most suited for tlio.se facilities, slated the Mayor (Mr. B. Andrew) to tlie Napier Borough Counnil last; evening. • Councillors agreed with the Mayor, and autlmrised him to have slot gas machines installed a! Nelson Park, at the Botanical Gardens, and near the Municipal Baths. The 30 Klect.ric Posver Boards in New Zealand covert an area of ;>7,370 square miles, or 50 per cent ot the total area of the Dominion. Of do hoards, Bi are already operating and supplying [lower, 11 have embarked on all active scheme of con>trnefion, whilst the remaining 12 have dong preliminary work. At the end of the year the hoards had a capital investment of £3,212,20(1, and the ratepayers had authorised the raising of loans totalling £7,941000.

A deliberate attempt to burn a new Anglican .Sunday school building in New Plymouth was frustrated on Sunday 'ltight. About .seven o’clock a girl living nearby saw a blaze and found a sack of shavings burning against, the hack dot*; of the school. She extinguished the lire and gave information, but no clue has yet been discovered. The building was only just completed and was to he opened this week. In California, if you grow a

marihuana lmsh you risk imprisonment for three months. Marihuana is llie Spanish-American name for hnshooshj or Indian hemp. It grows freely, and its smaller leaves and seeds are dried, crushed, and made up into cigarettes. Although the cost of production is much less than that of ordinary lobaeeo cigarettes, the retail price in the underworld is as much as 10 or Id cents each. The drug first exhilarates the smoker and then completely upsets his self-control. The Californian police officers have a difficult problem in the control of this drug plant, which Mexicans and negroes struggle to cultivate in spile of the penalties imposed.

“With feet afloat and trousers awasli” may sound an undignified reference f.o tin- Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, yet ir was somewhat aptly made by Mr. .). B. Johnston at Iho yachtsmen’s farewell to Lord Jellicoe at Auckland on Saturday evening. Later in the proceedings the Gov-ernor-General recalled the remark which lie said reminded him of Ihe slorv of a ship-wreck-. The captain asked his crew if anyone could piny. One man said he could. "All right,” replied the captain, “serve out lifebelts to llie remainder. and you can pray." His E.v----celjein-y trusted that , Auckland vuclitsmen would never meet the oei asion when they would have to ii>k the crows if they could pray.