LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 2860, 19 March 1925, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

At the Croquet Club dance held last Friday night Miss D. Morgan drew the lucky number for the box of chocolates and Mrs Downes the hot water bag. Individuality is the keynote of the millinery displayed at the C. M. Ross Co.'s autumn showing. Colours and styles refreshingly attractive and prices are most reasonable.* The Wellington Education Board decided yesterday, that it he a recommendation that, should the schools not rc-opcn before Easier, the May term holidays not he held this year. Mr Strong, the chief inspector of primary schools visited the local State school this week and conferred with the headmaster. He expressed satisfaction with the steps taken in connection with the children’s educational welfare during the enforced closing period.

Tin- local disfviol electors’ main roll fur municipal elections contains TCI names. A supplementary ini! i> now being prepared and those dc.-iring to In* enrolled thereon should make early application, as ihe roll closes on or about April 15th.

The oyster bed in Foveaux Strait between tin* Southland coast and Stewart Islam! is said t<> be probably the 'largest in the world. For many miles the sea Hour is tin immense spread of oysters, which are easily dredged up and in a. few hours are dispatched to till parts of tin Dominion.

One month’s imprisonment for attacking the police, another month for neglecting bis wife and family, 2S days for default in paying maintenance, and .Cl on each of five summonses for motoring offences were the sentences imposed on one man in one day at (be Birmingham Police Court recently.

According to n prominent Hawkos Bay fruitgrower who was questioned by a Daily Telegraph reporter, tin* codlitt moth litis taken a terrible toll of all classes of trait this year and this fact, coupled with the recent wet spell, lias done much to bring about, a very difficult yield of fruit in so far as parts of that district are concerned. - The shipping deadlock at New Plymouth has ended, after the work of the port had been held up for a fortnight. A settlement was reached through the mediation of the Mayor who received an assurance from officiaiks of the watersiders that all calls for labour under the award would lie answered in future. This was accepted by the employers and work will resume to-morrow.

Now that the Easter holidays are drawing near la'dies are naturally looking round for the right place to make their purchases in coats costumes and hats. Let us help you. The €. M. Ross Co. carry city stocks all the year round, and can supply your every want at any time. Call and see our fine showing. We buy in a large way for cash n.nd our cash values arc unequalled. Believed to he the oldest living white person horn in New Zealand, Mrs James Bodggood, of Springhank, Kerikeri Bay of Island, is nearly 90 years of age. She is the last of the first white family to settle in New Zealand. Mrs Bodggood, it is stated, has a fine collection of Maori curios, and can tell many interesting stories of New Zealand in the days of its early colonisation.

An English tourist in the Dominion, like many of his predeeesors, was struck by the beautiful Maori place names and their meanings. Tn conversation with a Maori, lie asked: “Wltal is the meaning of Tautiiarttiuii ?" The Maori replied: “Cot no meaning.’’ “But it must have; every place has.” “No; got mi meaning!’’ was the emphatic repi v. The tourist persisted, and til length the Maori asked: “What is I lie meaning of London ?’’

Al tlie loeal Police Court yestev<l;iy ;i uiiiii named Peter McDonald was eharged before Messrs A. l-'iaser and M. E. Porrenu J’s.P., with drunkenoss and wilfully committing a grossly indecent act in Main St., hist Sunday afternoon, was convicted and lined 20/- in default 7 days on the first charge and lined .C)0 in default 11 days imprisonment on the second, he having been previously convicted for similar offences.

in regard to the amount of natural witter power available in various countries of the world, a comparison shows that New Zealand, with -IS It.p. per square mile, is surpassed only by Switzerland, which is extremely mountainous. Although the United States have the greatest aggregate of available power, it has only 10 It.p. per square mile. Already, inelnding large and small stations of public and private ownership, New Zealand has more than .•it) hydro-electric plants in opera I ion. Ail extiemely sad occurrence look place tit the home of Mr. H. McCnrran of Bryce’s Line, Kiwitea, on Sunday evening, whereby one of his children lost his life, the little chap who was only eight years oi age, was swinging on the roller towel and by putting his head through the towel be died from strangulation. The circumstances of the ft,tality were investigated hv the Coroner, on Monday, and after bearing the evidence of Dr. Barnicoat, a verdict of accidental death was returned.

Speaking in reminiscent vein at a dinner of the Society of Accountants ’ the other night (says the New Zealand Times) Sir Francis Bell recalled that Mr Macandrew, a Dunedin member of Parliament in the old days, had a great belief in Amsinkable ships, and session after session would bring forward a resolution to the effect that we ought to have unsinkable ships; till one day Mr Vincent Pyke put an end to it by moving, as an amendment lo the resolution, “and unburstable balloons.”—(Laughter.)

In a Kangitikei village there arrived recently a litter of kittens, proudly presented by one of the househod pets. They were promptly given the order of the bath. A little later there arrived a litter of pups of the useful (!) Pomeranian breed. The glad Tidings were duly heralded. But one of the pups disappeared. The prompt drowning of a whole litter of kittens was a huge joke —the loss of the Pomeranian pup a tragedy. The household were grief-stricken (and neighbours supposed to he). Grief gave way to great rejoicings when a fortnight after the tragedy pup was discovered hidden awav fostered by the bereaved eat and doing well.

Magistrate (harshly): .Thirty .hivs. Strayed Reveller (good nntnredly) : Tfalh September! The speeding up of tin? New Plymontli un«l Napier expresses will af> li-.-t the Eoxton-Palmersfon N. time la hie. Til orilcv !o meet the convenience of local ami district public we understand that a twice daily service to and from Palmerston X. to l 4 ’oxton will he provided wlum the m w time table comes into operation. The trains will probably leave Foxton in time to connect with services north and south at Palmerston N.

“I am a patriot and 1 hope I always will he,’’ slated Commissioner Fiisworlh, a' the Salvation Army ('engross m Wellington. “I say the man who is not a patriot is not much of a man. The man who loves his country so lightly that he hei mms naturalised in another country, has perhaps, left his own country. perhaps for his own country's good. Hut whilst 1 am a patriot in the best sense, I don’t want to say that patriotism L everything. We have a heavenly eili/.enship wliieh i i higher than all earthly eilizenship.’’

“You would not; enter a friend’s drawing'-room dressed as you are,” quietly remonstrated Mr J. S. Barton, to a defendant in a case at the Wellington Magistrate’s court yesterday morning. “This is a house of Justice. You have apparently left onr work in a huiT” to attend the Court.” The individual to whom these remarks were addressed appeared in his working clothes minus a coat, his shirt sleeves being rolled up. “I will defer sentence till tomorrow morning,” concluded Mr Barton, “when I expect you to be properly dressed.”

From a report presented to the Levin Borough Council by Mr C. E. Skitrop, the advisory engineer, it was ascertained that 38.000 smtare yards of streets have been metalled and penetrated with the first dressing of bitumen in the Borough as a result of two seasons’ work. There are sti'll 54,000 square yards to do to complete the schedule laid .down in the loan proposals, so that very good progress has been made with the scheme. The Council has so far had two advances from the Government of £SOOO and £4OOO and a loan of £2200 for the machinery have been received, while another £IOOO has been authorised by the State Advances. The amount remaining in hand out of this total of £12,000 is £2200 Chronicle.

Childish “howlers” are still prolific (says the Christchurch Press). Two were quoted recently during Hie conference which look place between the Christ luii'cli Farmers’ ( nioii deputation and Mr Frank Talc, Director of Education in Victoria. Mr Tate related an incident in which his youngest daughter obtained permission lo go to the hank. She nturned and referred to the. teller to the ••hank man." “Surely,” her father asked, “you know the right title of the man. Why do you refer to him as a ‘hank mail?’" “Oh, well,” replied the young hopeful, “1 mean the bankrupt.” Mr G. 11. Hot - ford provided the next anecdote. The daughter of a friend of his—it will he noted that the female sex is the more susceptible—was anxiously examining the walls and surroundings of her father's house one day, and when asked what she was curious about replied that she was looking for Hit* mortgage!

Why should a m;m wlio is careful In wear luiil rise only Empire produels, continually mini his pipe full of Aiiierieim tobacco? Keep tile money in the country by smoking our very own tolmeeo. grown in New Zealand. Try it, and you will he delighted with its miei|U;illed mildness end smooth mid mellow smoking pro parties, due to tile small percentage of nicotine and to the toasting process to which the lolmeeo has linen subjected. This makes for health, since excess of nicotine has a very bad inllueiice on the heart: and nerves. < bice the smoker gets accustomed to the pure tobacco llavour ol the local product, he will reject all foreign brands with their adulterations and he will awaken to the fact that he can get a belter article grown and manufactured in his own country for less money. Those who like a full body should try Cut Plug Xo. 10, the Bullhead label, or the somewhat milder Toasted Navy Cut (Bulldog) vastly different from the non-toasted imported brands, while Riverhead Gold excels all others in mildness and aroma. 7

A dramatic interlude in the family life of a King Country resident culminated on Saturday, says an exchange, when five little tots were committed, on the application of the police, to a receiving home. The father of the little family is an inmate of a hospital, while the mother has left the home. For some time the children have been living alone. A police officer visited the home, where he found'a mite, aged 10 years, had been mothering her wee brothers and sisters. She had kept ,!ie house on the-strictest principles of cleanliness and had even washed a blanket to ensure the comfort of her charges on the journey to Wanganui. This article of comfort had been carefully prepared at flie washtub. She, however, in answer to the escorting police officer—a married man himself—apologetically exhibited that she had not been able to dry and air the blanket as her time did not perimt. “Do you know,” said Senior Sergeant Lopdell, to a reporter, “they are the brightest and cleanest little kids I have ever come across. It is terribly sad.” So the poor little mites will rest on the bosom, of charity for ‘years to come in spite of the fact that their distressed circumstances are no fault of their own.