Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 1925. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 2869, 9 April 1925, Page 2

Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 1925. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Manawatu Herald will not he published on Saturday.

■Mr Hutton, of Greytown, hajoined the Engineering staff at Mangaore, and has been appointee engineer at Mangahao.

Reginald Iload will probably be charged with murder and attempted suicide at the conclusion of the iu(piest on his daughter to-day.

What is said to be. the largest: contract for a commercial building constructed in .Yew Zealand to dale has been lei for the new A.M.P. ollices in Wellington at £20(1,1)01).

Mr T. Cooper, formerly overseer at Mangahao, and latterly in charge of the Shannon Bridge repairs and pilin' const rnelioii, has received notice of his iransfer to Lake Co I erii

The shooting season in Yew Zealand will open on May Ist, and close on July 31 sl. The conditions governing protected native and imported birds, and the location (.1 tlu various bird sanctuaries in the country have been gazetted.

Advice lias been received by Mr T. R. Lees, managing trustee of the New Zealand Sheep farmers’ Acknowledgment of Debt to British Seamen Lund, I lint JO more trainees sailed from England by the Corinthic on April 3rd, in charge of Mr Ogilvie, who presumably is another Y.M.C.A. officer from London. When these lads arrive there wilt be 70 in residence ut Elock House. ToMlale 42 of the boys trained there have been apprenticed to farmers all over the Dominion.

The Christchurch Presbytery carried the following motion yesterday: “Tlml this Presbytery respectfully draws the attention of the Minister of Internal Affairs to the fact that the granting of licenses for holding public lotteries on a large scale is an innovation that is becoming all too common, and one calculated to lower the moral tone of the community. It considers the practice virtually nullities the object of the Statute passed to limit this form of gambling."

Mr E. G. Martin met .with a painful accident, while engaged in laying the sewer extension in Union Street at about 3 o'clock on Tuesday afternoon. Mr Martin was working at the bottom of the trench when a piece of heavy timber fell and struck him on the head, tendering him unconscious. Medical aid was summoned and it was found necessary to insert two stitches in his scalp. We are pleased to report that his injuries are not of ,-i serious nature, but be will be conlincd to bis borne for a few days.

Some months ago, apparently for no reason whatever, about two thirds of an ake ake hedge at the post oflice seemed to die. The eause of its extinction was a mystery until the borough gas foreman one day had occasion to open up the asplpUt in the roadway opposite the post office to tap a gas main. It was then discovered that the main was leaking badly and the suggestion was put forward that the leaking gas was lindipg an outlet through the soil in the post olliee garde)) adjacent, and so poisoning the ground and killing the hedge. Investigation proved the surmise correct and the leak was forthwith mended with the result that the hedge is now beginning to throw out new leaves.

.ft the monthly meeting of the Starr-Pov/keit Soc-icb- held in Palmerston North on Tuesday evening a report on the new group No. S showed sufficient shares applied lor to commence operations at an early date, a number of the applicants for shares coining from Paliialnn, Woodville, Fox ton and Fcilding districts.

At Monday nighPs meeting of the t.cvin Borough Council it was de-, dded to support I lie Fox! on Borough Council’s motion urging on Hi,. Legislature the necessity of amending section 23 of “The Main Highway’s Act, 1922,” by the insertion of a clause enabling Ihe Main Highway's Board to contribute towards the cost of constnietino- borough roads, being continu--1 ion.- of Main Highways. At Monday's conference between Fcvin local bodies and the Railway f Vpai t men! regarding the cut lingout of ihe stops for the Yew Plymouth and Yapier expresses, the Commercial Manager, .Mr 1). Rodie, in answer to a charge that the new lime-table was driving travellers on to the buses, stated that the Department was taking-steps to combat this (says the Chronicle). Preparations were in hand to meet the competition in a. way which, whilst not imposing undue hardship on char-a-banc owners, would still effectively break it. “I can assure you, gentlemen,” continued Air Rodie, “that we are going to get the ■ traffic back. More than that, lam not prepared to say, but you can rule out motor competition as a serious factor for the future.”

On Good Friday night the All Saints’ Choir, under Mr R. T. Betty, will render Maunder’s “From Clivet to Calvary.” This work is a beautiful composition, and the voices in the choruses blend with the organ and render the work very beautiful. The soloists are doing splendidly, and the excellent tenor and bass solos will be found worthy of the work. The soprano work will he taken by Mrs CaTmont and Miss Chalk, and the quartette by Mrs Osborne. Miss Hofmann and Messrs E. Afason and \Y. Powell. Mr Hill, who is coining front Auckland specially to sing the tenor ports, is a pupil of Madame. Alontinengo, who has a great name in Auckland for the successful training of her pupils. The congregation are asked to be punctual, as the service will commence at 7.30 o’clock promptly.

It is the roasting of Coffee-ber-ries that results in the development of the exquisite flavour so much appreciated by coffee-drinkers. Tim I is well known. But it is not ~o well known that our New Zealand grown tobaccos are now subjected to the same roasting or toasting process, and with the same result, The flavour is brought fully ~til, while at the same time the deleterious properties of Ihe lobae,.o are destroyed. All tobaccos, no matter where grown, have this in common —that they contain Nieoline, some more, some less. And il is this poison that is chiefly responsible for the sufferings of those ,-,-lih indulge too freely in the use of ,1m ii-n-i-r.nl weed. Henri and nerves are generally allected and often ihe eyesight. Scientists now tell as that toasting neutralises part of the Nicotine and that toasted tobaccos may, therefore, be smoked with impunity. They recommend Riverliead Gold, mild and aromatic; Toasted Yaw Cut (Bulldog), medium strength; and the full bodied Cut Plug No. 10 (Bullhead label). .Ml are toasted.'*