Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, MARCH 24, 1925. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 2862, 24 March 1925, Page 2

Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, MARCH 24, 1925. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A (in' alarm was sounded In si nielli iirid the brigade tinned out to in- authorised rubbish lire on the howling l green. Mr \\. J. StnlT of -Wellington, who is one of the earliest settlers of this distriet, is a visitor to Foxton, and is the guest of his sister, Mrs Honorc, Norbiton Road.

A cable from Sydney says that Coodsell states that lie will give the first title chance to Hannan, hut insists on the race being rowed on the Paramatta River.

“It costs the country over £25 in damages when the Westinghouse brake is used to stop a train suddenly,” said the magistrate, Mr E. D. Mosley in the Ashburton Court, when impressing on a man the seriousness of driving a vehicle in front of a train.

All interested in the abolition of the drink trnflie are cordially invited to a social evening at the Presbyterian schoolroom on Thursday evening next, at 7..‘111. A programme of songs and recitations will be given, and the a tiers of the \Y.C. T.U. are providing supper. Mr ('. R. Edmond, the Dominion organiser of tin* X.Z. Alliance, will speak on the progress of the light. As a speaker .Mr Edmond is convincing, e.mrteous and courageous. There will be no charge for admission

New Zealand manufacturers have a great responsibility (says the Christehnre-li Sun). They <mplov about Sl).non bands, and the gross value of iheir products is round a bon i t\so,(Mill,(Mill yearly. The -New Zealand ami Souih ScaExiiibilion at Dunedin may not have the inter-national standing its promoters wish lull it is an excellent means of displaying the Dominion’s products to the Dominion's people. It the secondary in<l u-1 ri.-s, fail io nsg it to the full I hey will he neglecting a plain duty. Sand and ire yachting are popuJai pastimes when facilities for such sport are available, and some interesting times are spent at these (says th<“ Southland Times). The Invercargill hoys have devised another form of pastime, “t rolley sailing,” and they an- exacting a great amount of amusement out of the trolley and big sail. In some localities unofficial races are held and the juveniles and their passengers take full possession of the road oi footpath during a race. .No douhl the prolonged holidays are responsible for the latest form of juvenile amusement.

Recently (relates the Wa ira fa pa News) a local motor-ear driver ran over a. “silent policeman,” tore off his “ears” and laid him Hat with a Itadly bent, spine. The “doctor's” bill amounted to Si. (i, and nil, account for this amount, with a demand for immediate payment, was issued by the Carterton Borough Council to the ear driver. The latter has entered a counterblast claiming £1 7s fid for damages caused to his car through running into an obstruction placed on a highway by the council. The council has referred the matter to the Municipal Association’s solicitor for an opinion. Competitors were asked by the English “Schoolmaster” for a suggestive list of subjects for discussion in class by children 11-1-1 years of age. The winning list gained the prize, not so much from the subjects actually selected as from llie fact that they tit mice suggested others of similar type, and were expressed in the form of assertion or challenge, which is calculated to obtain a response. The winning list was: (1) Bobbed hair is ridiculous. (2) Children eat too many sweets. (13) Lines as a punishment are a waste of time and energy. (4) Listening-in is a much overrated pastime. (5) Charlie Chaplin liims are no longer funny, (ti) Reading is a waste of time.

While fishing in the vicinity oft Cola.- Bay recently, a parly of natives hauled up a tisli about IS indies in length, which had three fed. on eittier side. As the fish continued to walk about the boat, the Maori considered it was tapu, and in-innilv made for the shore, where liie lidi was eiisl overboard. Air IT. Spear secured I lie tisli and sent it to the museum. It turned out to he a guaruard, and is plentiful in Australian water-, and on the coast of the North Island, laif is seldom seen in the southern par! of New Zealand.

The Otago Daily Times stales that Alan Clyde Holden, of t-he Knikorai School, who was notified that hr had failed to secure a Junior National Scholarship by four marks wrote asking for a recount, and was informed that the marks as given were correct:, lie then wrote enclosing ID -, and asked for a re-examination oi his arithmetic papers, lie has now been notified 1 1 1 a l 41 additional marks have been winded lo him on Ibis paper, hence he gain- a scholarship by .40 marks.

la a country town, not lilt' miles from Core, which, like the latter, is suffering from “drought." a linnioioiis incident occurred (reports the Mai aura Ensign). A few Sunday evenings ago a large congregation attended the Presbyterian Church to listen |o a sermon on prohibition. The minister delivered a. forcible address, declaiming against all forms of drink, and concluded by declaring that he would consign all beer, whisky, rum, etc., into the adjacent river. At the conclusion of his sermon he announced the hymn, -Shall We Gather at the River.” The congregation saw the joke, and \voje unable to join in the singing foi laughing.

Motor accidents in and about vdnev are increasing at such an alarming rate, and are being attended so often with fatal results, that the magistrates are at last coming down with a heavy hand upon offending- drivers who are found in their ears under the influence of liquor, or who think the roads vv.ere made only for them and tear along at breakneck speed. In the past the authorities, with their .spectacles on their foreheads, have often looked down mildly upon these practices, rebuked the offenders, just as they would censure naughty boys, and told them not to do it again (says an exchange). Now they are being heavily Hned for driving at dangerous speeds or while intoxicated, with the alternative of gaol.

On his release from the gaol at Goulliourn, New South Wales, last week, Douglas Gordon Hollis was ;u rested, and later charged at the Police Court with having stolen ;i mail bug and its contents valued nl £l4O, the properly of the New Zealand Government. According lo the police, Hollis admitted his own complicity in the affair, and offered to give every possible assistance to the New Zealand authorities. The robbery took place near Shannon, New Zealand, in Match of last year. It is stated Iha l two men have been arrested in New Zealand in connect ion with ilit- affair. Hollis was remanded I'm eight days, pending the production of i lie original w arrant from the Dominion.

An exciting experience hefell the Occupants of a Iwe I ve-foot dingy while fishing in Lvllellnn Harbour leeently. In the dinghy were two min and iliree Imvs. The eonversaiion, strangely enough, had turned to the subject of “sen serpents,” when the boat was felt to strike something, and the boy Benson, who was using an extra stout cod line, fell a violent lug. The next moment a shark slim up to I lie surface and commenced dashing to and fro .viib ala l ining rapidity. For some rime il continued to dash furiously, swimming round its enpiors in wide •iii lcs, and diving up and down, at one time I brim I cjiing to capsize the boat. After ten minutes or a quarter of an hour the shark’s struggles In gall to weaken, and the party was el.aided to pull slowly ashore, where they were successful in beaching l heir prize. When stretched on Hie -ami i| measured eight fee I in length.

In the days of Aulil Lang Syne a New Zealand grown tobacco made it- appearance on the market but tailed to get the smoking public. I’ll, leaf was alright, but there was something deficient in the curing, and the industry languished and fizzled out. A much more recent at tempi to solve the problem resulted in the production of the National Tobacco Co.’s brands, now lirmlv established in the favour ol the smokers. The secret oi this .-.access is said to lie due to the new loastino- process which lias resulted in a remarkable improvement in the smoking quality. The difference between the toasted and the noil-toas-ted product is as wide as a cooked potato differs in taste from a raw potato. Any smoker can easily convince himself by trying just a few pipes of any of the following brands: Riverhead Gold, very mild; Toasted Navy Cut (Bulldog), of medium strength, and Cut Plug No. Hi for those who - prefer a full body.