Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 1925. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 2866, 2 April 1925, Page 2

Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 1925. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The rainfall for Foxton for lie past month was 1.1 I inches. Wain fill on live days, the most falling on March Silt, .5) inches.

An Easier Offering' ai The M. Ross Gov's. —Lovely lxalinskv Hah--11 i I Coal, wrap collar, set -in si, eves, beautifully lincil throiighonl. Net rash priec, only Mi guineas. —.A 1 1 vI.

The Director General of I in l Hospital Association, at tin* conference at Wellington. considered the linn l had come for the abolition of honorary staffs, as the hospitals were open lo all. and hnfl no right to expect tin 1 services of I lie medical profession free.

Mr W. Marlin. Postmaster at Palmerston North, is retirin' l ' on si'.pev-annnation from the Department's service shortly and was on Tuesday presented with a pair of binoculars J>v his brother olliceras a mark of esteem. Mr Martin has completed a service of approximately 42 years.

Interestin'; developments are expected shortly in connection with the Waipaliki oil lields. 22 miles from Dannevirke (states an exchange). It is rumoured that an American syndicate is in negotiation respecting operating rights. A report from On muni says much concern has been felt tit receipt of a claim on behalf of the Farm Workers’ Union for a fortyeight hour week and a substantial increase in wages. Farmers allege that, if the demands are conceded, many will be ruined and they intend putting up a strong resistance. A freehold farm consisting of 145 acres, situated on the Alfred road and within three miles of New Plymouth, was sold hy public auction at. New Plymouth (says the Herald), and realised £ls Is per per acre. The property contains a four-roomed cottage and usual out - buildings. Bidding started at 10s acre. The properly contains a accepted, then 2s (id, and finally Is, until, the farm was eventually sold. The tractor at work is not an uncommon sight in many farms in the Ashburton (’minty to-day (says the (iuardian). But a tractor hauling harrows and drill, the latter being operated by the farmer’s wife, while the farmer himself drove the tractor, and manipulated the liarrows, was an interesting sight to motorists passing I h rough the Hinds district a IVjw da vs ago.

The most recent discovery on Mount Ruapehu is a waterfall in the midst of one of the snow plains on the eastern shoulder of the mountain. The fall is caused by a subterranean stream issuing from it crevice and then cascading over an ice cliff. A party which visited the mountain saw the waterfall which has now appeared amid the. snow plains on the eastern slope, and they regarded it Us a mod striking feature of the mountain.

Manufactured ‘‘snowstorms," to be used in extinguishing tires, produced through tin l use of carbon dioxide, have been developed at tin 1 Mellon Institute of Industrial Research in Pittsburg. Dr. Charles Jones, who has made the discovery after three years of research, states that, the "snow" is effective when used to put out tires in places so enclosed that an extinctive atmosphere can be maintained, such as mines, ship's holds, cellars, and warehouses.

A rumour is going round (slate's (lie Ibliama correspondent of I lu? Taranaki News) llial some lucky man lias Tound a large piece ol‘ ambergris on a beach near Hawera, 11 is staled that Mr t,. Harrop, ok I‘iliama, wlio recently picked up a negligible piece of ambergris, which eventually brouglil him the trifling sum of C 1,750 or thereabouts, lias inspected the new tiud. This piece is said to weigh somewhere in the vicinity of 5001 b., and should be worth close on 130,000.

The Foxton Croipiet Club will hold a Shop Day in Main Street on Saturday of this week. A good stipplv of home-made cakes, produce, t ic., will be on sale, and a number of competitions will be held.

The vital statistics for Foxton for the month of March were as follows, the figures for the corresponding period of last year being given in parentheses:—Births, 10 (!)), deaths nil (14. marriages nil (1 ). For the quarter ending March 31st the statistics were: Births 23 (22), deaths 5 (2), marriages 1 (4).

What was described by the Coroner (Mr A. •). Graham) as an error of .judgment was the cause of the death of Walter James Baigent, :i married man <>f Palmerston N., who was killed in a street corner accident on Saturday evening last. A verdict of accidental death was given at the inquest on Tuesday, the evidence showing that the deceased had endeavoured to pass a torn- on his incorrect side of the road. The lorry driver was exonerated I'om blame.

The duly imposed upon hotel keepers to entertain visitors was brought out in a ease instituted hy a, well-known director against: the proprietor of the Windemere Hotel (Say- the Oantaru Mail). The visitor found hi tinsel f stranded at 5.4 ;> a.m., and, though he repeatedly rang the hell, was unable lo obtain admission until 7.20, being in the interval exposed to I lie cold and rain. The prosecutor said he was not seeking vindictive costs, but simply wished to (‘liter his protest against the hotelkeeper’s refusal to entertain visitors. Special costs were allowed in addition to £5 paid into court.

At tlii* Dunedin Police Court on Saturday Carl Jenson was sentenced to, one month'.- iniptisonment for committing mischief hy moving iwo plugs from a launch ut Camphill Island, Accused went to the Island to take charge of a sealing launch under another man. Word was received of trouble and instructions were sent to send accused and another man hack', which was done. The evidence showed that there was trouble between accused and the manager and it was staled that the sealing season was lost which meant a loss ot .(’2(1011 I" the syndicate and cost £SOO to send a special steamer to the Island.

A death, attended liv pathetic circumstances, occurred on Friday, al Wanganui (states the Herald), when Mrs Baylc.v. aged 23, the wife iif a member of the New Zealand Eight which has recently been rowin.,' in Australia, died suddenly from heart failure. Mrs Bayley came to Wanganui with her husband, and was about to return to her home tit Hamilton, when she had to seek admittance to a local nursing home. She was apparently in normal health, and the best of spirits, on Friday, and was looking forward t i lnw husband's return, when site suddenly collapsed and died, leaving- a week-old baby whom she was liaising when she expired.

A peculiar complaint affecting the lambs of a number of settlers of the Poverty Bay Hats has been reported recently, and the settlers find they are losing an appreciable number if their stock. The complaint only al'fcWs the lambs, which gradual!v get poorer and poorer in condition, and then die (states a correspondent). Veterinary surgeons wiio have been consulted have been nimble to find out the cause of the disease, hut some farmers have lost 20 to 30 Jambs through the trouble. One farmer who Ims a stud Hock said that some of his best lambs Imd become a Dee. ted and died. The lambs were in the best of feed all the time, and those who had been on rape had been taken out and put on the red clover pasture. Post mortem examinations made by veterinary surgeons failed lo reveal any cause for Ihe deaths, and some of the lambs which had died had all their organs perfectly developed. In all his experience he had never seen a complain! similar lo that from which tin 1 lambs were now suffering, and he hoped it was not a case of finding a new disease. A certain number of deaths in the ewe lloeks are also being experienced, but these are all traceable to constitutional disorders. So far as is known the complaint, which is troubling a number of the set tiers on the Hats, has not attacked lambs on the hill country.

“New Zealand lias come info possession of something more valualile 1 han I lie biggest gold mine," remarked tin l captain of an American liner the other day when sampling some of our local tobacco. "And i predict," he went on, “that in years to come tobacco-growing here will be just as flourishing as in Virginia, my native country.” It. is eratitying to see that, some entei prising people in ths Dominion are realising the huge possibilities of the loliaeeo industry, but. even the most sanguine were surprised when tin* loeal arliele made its first appearanee. Snell was the success that the manufacturers could hardly eope with the demand. And no .wonder, because this tobacco represents ipiite a new type with a distinctive flavour of its own, due, it is said, to the toasting process which lias been adopted in its manufacture. But its greatest virtue is its small percentage of nicotine, and this is why it does not affect the heart and nerves or the e\(‘sight. Smokers should not fail to o-ivc it a trial. Obtainable in three strengths —Kiverhoad Gold, mild: Toasted Navy Cut (Bulldog), medium; and Cut ITug No. 10 (Bullhead), full body.*

A new move by the municipal authorities of Palmerston North is the painting \vliit(‘ of telephone poles on the corners of different streets in the Borough, for the purpose of indicating those roads. This is much appreciated by motorists at night time (says the Times), when the intersections can easily be located by the spot-lights, while to pedestrians in the day time it is also welcome.

Two boys, aged 8 and 12 years respectively, were arraigned before .Mr .). L. Stout, S.M., in the Palmerston N. Juvenile Court on Tuesday, on a joint charge that on .March 10th, at Tokomaru, they did steal from the house of William L. Adams the sum of 17s (id and properly to the value of !)s. The boys, who were escapees from Weraroa Training Farm, were ordered to be returned to |he institution.

An ugly position arose on a farm near Kapmiga early this week (says the Opnnake Times), when a resident of Ha worn employed by a local tirm of solicitors to enter a certain properly and distrain tor rent was confronted by the angry occupier and threatened with a gun. The police til present are reticent in the mailer, but from a reliable source comes the information that the bailiff had reasonable cause to fear the worst consequences, and in taking the option of getting off the farm in a limited number of seconds, acted in the best interest of Ins personal safety. He has not \cl returned to carry out his duties.

An incident not without its humorous side took place on the Omnto road recently, says the Gre\ 1 {jvor Argus. A ear proceeding from Grey mouth to Westport, when palling to the side of the road so as to pass an approaching car, skidded on some loose shingle, causing tin- car to ovcriurn into a cull v, A Greymoulh undertaker who happened to he passing the .scene of the accident, halted his ear, and inquired as to t lie safety of tin l occupants. The reply, ‘’Nothing doing, thank' you," as the tiro men emerged unhurt from the wreckage caused a laugh amongst the bystanders.