Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1924 LOCAL AND GENERAL

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2813, 20 November 1924, Page 2

Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1924 LOCAL AND GENERAL

The friends of Mr V. Jewell, of Marotiri, will be pleased to learn that he is progressing favourably after bis recent serious operation. The friends of Mr D. K. Barron will regret to learn that lie is at present confined to his home through indisposition. At a meetng of the Farmers’ Union, a( Maungaturoto, Auckland, yesterday, it was decided that the Country Parly contest the Marsden seal. Get your ice cream at Desmond’s. This firm lias now extended its premises to eater for all requirements. Fresh ice cream daily.* The Foxton-Himatangi road is at present in very good condition, having recently been graded by the Manawntu County Council. Consideration is being given by the Department of Agriculture to the question of establishing a special laboratory for (lie investigation of dairy problems. The Live Stock Division is making an investigation into certain diseases of dairy cows and a highly-trained vetinary officer lias been detailed to devote all his time to the work.

An elderly woman was lined £1 at the Police Court at Auckland for picking; (lowers from a reserve at Newmarket. Two thousand two hundred dozen eggs were despatched from the Levin Poultrykeepors Association’s depot last: week, a slight increase over the previous week’s figures. The price shows an upward tendency. An Adelaide man now visiting Dunedin, says that South Australia has had an uncommon rainfall, and that there will he a phenomenal yield of wheat if present indications are fulfilled —such a crop that the question would he how to get it harvested. The vintage outlook is also exceptionally promising. At Monday's meet ing of-the Hormvhenua Electric Power Board, the Engineer’s recommendation that churches he placed on the same footing as sea-side cottages, in regard to a minimum yearly charge for electricity was adopted. The, concession means that for a consumption of up to 40 units, a minimum charge of 30/- per annum will he made, after which power will he charged for at the rate of 9d per unit.

A novel electrical installation has recently been completed for Mr T>. Williams, at his Puketiti station, states the Gisborne Times. Natural gas on the property has been harnessed, and led through pipes a distance of about a mile to the residence into a gasometer. It is then used to operate a gas engine driving a generator, and charging a large storage battery, which supplies the house and all outbuildings with light and power, and also runs a pump for the water supply.

Tlie Oliver Twist spirit will never die. Tt found expression in the rein rn journey of the school excursion to Ross recently (says the (Jreyimmth Star). The company provided tea for the picnickers, who brought, (heir own edibles, hut evidently the mere provision of tea was not enough for one eight-year-old hopeful. “W-lml did you think of the outing?” he was asked. “Outing?” he asked, “Outing?” was the reply, “(hill (hail an outing. Why ihov only gave tea out of' a bucket, and there wasn’t even a lolly scramble!”

In speaking in favour of cremation at a meeting in Dunedin last week. Dr. Orawshaw, district officer

• I health, said that the present system of earth burial haul a tendency *;i pollute both the air and the soil. There was also the question of room for this form of burial. About half ::i! acre was required for each 1.000 of population, and the question of space was a very important one. If the dead had died from some infections disease it was all the more important that cremation should he used, from the sanitary point of view there could he no quest-ion which was the proper one to adopt.

A. Hay (N.S.W.) correspondent, wri!os :—Mr Sam Proctor, of fire (lie, who last season successfully • \;v! inHMisoil iii hatching chickens •aiiii tin* aid of crows hawks, has la-on try in" his experiments this year and has in his possession over 50 chickens hatched with crows and hawks as foster mothers. He im longer camouflages ihe eggs with paint to resemble those of Ihe new-ly-found mothers. ITe shins up a tree, heaves out the original eggs, ind substitutes the. hen eggs. Mr Prod nr slates that a crow can he persuaded to work overtime by placing a second sitting in I lie nest. Flushed witlPhis success, he ventured the imposition on a magpie, but the bird promptly east the hens’ eggs overboard.

A well-known civil servant, who is as punctual as (he town clock, was not at his post a few mornings ago when the time came for commencing work, slates the Auckland Herald. His non-appearance was considered strange, and as time went on the stall' began to wonder hat had. happened to tlie head ot (ho department. Later in the morning he turned up, and it transpired I hat shortly before he was a bout to leave for the office he had gone into the fowl house and his infant son, seeing an opportunity for what he regarded as a good joke, locked him in. The head of (he department could not release himself, could not attract attention and the infant calmly stood outside and listened callously to his enraged parent’s promises of anything from a tricycle to a moon, it was some consider-

able time before someone happening along the way of the infant gaoler and the pa rent ini prisoner effected a welcome release. And the infantile joker now uses a pillow when lie sits down for meals!

Nicotine is very poisonous. Even iVi small quantities pure nicotine onuses vomiting, purging and collapse and when you consider that many imported tobaccos contain 'from I per cent to o per cent of nicotine it shows how careful you must he in your choice. Smokers will lie interested to learn that some of our New Zealand grown types hardly contain as much as 2 per cent of nicotine. Small wonder that the local article is so much milder and less harmful hut, besides, as a result of the toasting process to which the tobacco is now subjected, the aroma has been greatly improved. The flavour is brought fully out while at the same time, any deleterious elements which are contained in the leaf are destroyed. Smokers are unanimously in favour of the new departure and proclaim toasted tobacco superior to any other. Obtainable in three strengths. Riverhead Gold, very mild and aromatic. Toasted Navy Cut, medium, a-nd Cut Plug No. the Bullhead label is recommended to those who prefer a full body. 1

Despite stringent precautions a sheet containing valuable stamps, was stolen from' the Philatelic Exhibition at Christchurch on Tuesday. The police are investigating as the total value of the stamps on exhibition is £50,000. Members of the committee have been detailed to guard the building all night.

The cablegram published this week, stating that a firm .at Barrow lias received an order for £400,000 worth of steel rails for the New Zealand Government is not correct. ‘Someone is giving the Dominion a nice, free advertisement,’’ stated the Hon. -T. G. Coates, when the matter was brought to his notice.

An Eketalmna resident who is dairying in a small wavy lots (says the “Express”) been making about 50 pounds of butter weekly from two cows and a heifer. The strain on his dairying accommodation and the size of his churn led him to adopt the system of sending his cream to a-dairy factory, for he said, they seemed to he making butter every day. This output was after the family lmd been supplied with milk and cream.

A juror who had failed to he present in the morning, at the Supreme Court at Auckland, attended in the afternoon to give his explanation. In reply to Mr Justice Stringer, the juror intimated that several tilings had happened during the week, one being the fact that he had become a proud father. As a result lie confused the date for attendance at the Court. His Honour smilingly replied lhat the excuse was quite a sufficient one. He excused the juror from further attendance.

It is reported that there was a good yarding of all classes of stock at the Levin yards on Tuesday, prices being well maintained throughout. In sheep, the exceptional prices realised for wool at the Wellington sale were reflected in the price realised for woolly lines of all sorts. Eull-moullied ewes with DO per cent: of lambs realised (10/3, 4-tooth woolly wethers 38/-, and woolly mixed sex hoggets 33/3. Cattle were in good snpplv and the demand for well-bred sorts, particularly in 18inonths dairy heifers, was sound.

The Engineer In the Ilorowhennn County Council (Mr AV. X. Anderson) in company with Messrs Murray (Engineer to the Main Highways Board, and Hickford (Manawatu County Council Engineer) on Tuesday inspected the Shannon bridge over the Aranawatu river with a view to arriving at a decision reuardiag rebuilding, or repairs to the struct lire. Mr Murray will consultwith Air P. IV. Furkeft, Engineer-in-t'liief to the Public AVLrks Department, before coining- to a decision as to the attitude of the Main High-

ways Board. In the meantime inquiries are being made in Wellington re obtaining a suitable punt with which to re-establish temporary communication between the Moutoti district and Shannon.

At 3 p.m. on Tuesday occurred one of ilie most severe southerly 'bunder storms which has been experienced in Levii for years (says the Chronicle), The wind, which all day had blown steadily from the cast, suddenly swung round lo the south and with the change of quarter the heavy hanks of storm clouds which for Hip preceding half-hour had been gathering, with mutferings of thunder, in the south and west, suddenly broke in a torrential down pour, aeeompanied with hail of unusual size, whilst the thunder crashed in one sustained roll. The storm lasted only about half’-an-liour, but ibis wqs sufficient to do considerable damage to gardens in the town, (lowers and vegetables being beaten down by the hail and wind. Fortunately no serious damage was done.

There is one human and certain way (writes a correspondent of the “Manehesf ev Uiiardian”) of slopping (or at len-i interrupting! a dog light. If a puff* of air cither from i lie month, nr, sav a handy bicxeie pump, lie directed iulo one ear of the dog with effective gi*ip, a. separation will instantly take place, and perhaps the combatants may he kept from further mischief. This simple treatment will cause any dog |o drop from his mouth a stick or hone, or even to loosen his grip on a foe. The best way to slop a dog tight (writes Mr. -Icrome lv. Jerome in the “London Diiifv News.”) is to throw yotor coat, cloak or shawl over the dog’s heads. In nine cases out of ten the sudden darkeness startles them to letting go. Then seize your own dog, with the coat still round his head. He will struggle violently. You must hold on tight. The other dog will dunce around for a while, and then cool down.

The establishment in New Zealand of a volcanic observatory is urged upon the Minister for Internal Affairs by the Hon. G. M. Thomson, who states that in Hawaii such an observatory was established in 19.11, and has published reports monthly. In stressing the value of sue 1 1 an institution, he wrote that from accounts of the Tarawera eruption he was convinced that the site and approximate time of erupi ions could have been predicted. ilh the knowledge now possessed, lives could have been saved either by people leaving the district or by the construction of suitable shelter eellas. The precautions might also take the form of construction of roads leading from the danger areas to areas of safety. A severe eruption of White Island, which was as far as at present known, always a possibility, might send a tidal wave over the lower ground of the Bay of Plenty. The study of New Zealand volcanoes and earthquakes would cost between £2,000 and £5,000 annually.

Tt is reported that Mr W. Cook, a farmer residing, near the mouth of the liangitikei, caught a couple of salmon in the breakers last week. His catch is of particular interest to anglers, as it foreshadows a big run of salmon, for which fishermen are eagerly looking. A good deal of gambling is said tc he going on at present among Dunedin hank customers in American drafts, and the upward trend of sterling (states “The Post’s” correspondent ) has been responsible for, naturally, some losses and gains. An example of the latter was rjivon to :i reporter by a business for whom', about three weeks ago, when sterling was punted at 4.(51, a draft for £l5O came to band. He did not lift it until Tuesday morning, when (he exchange rate was standing at -1.71. TTe made or saved a clear £-4 10/-. To the man who left a draft running into thousands with his bank there has been given a tidy Christmas present by the ascendancy of the pound. A high tribute to the work of the Tourist Department was paid at Auckland on Saturday by Mr H. L. Russell, Dean of the Wisconsin College of Agriculture, who with Pi'O- . lessor Maeklin, is studying co-op erative enterprise and New Zealand dairying' generally. He had been wry surprised to find that the Tourist Department mapped out tours and issued tickets and said that ii America they had no such service, reports the “New Zealand Herald.” Railway companies gave such assistance to tourists, but only for their own roads. “I know of no other country in the world which has a Btate Department that performs such excellent service for travellers” he added. “Tf it was known in America, that such assistance was availahle. yon would gel many more visitors.”

“f am delighted with New Zealand newspapers,” said Mr H. L. Russell, an American agricultural scientist, in an interview in Auckland. “They give one news and reliable information, which is in marked contrast with the great ma,i< rit.y of the newspapers of the United States, which live for sensai:f)!i.” Mr Russell’s particular quest is for information concerning cooperative dairying concerns and

'.-drying methods and in this connection he remarks that he had already seen more published in Auckland newspapers on agricultural metiers than lie would find in an ordiiiaijk American paper in five years, lie had hundreds of (dippings of fust the kind of information he wanted. Tiie newspapers, by their :tientiou to agriculture, were undoubtedly performing a great national service.