Manawatu Herald. SATURDAY. MAY 16, 1925. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 2884, 16 May 1925, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. SATURDAY. MAY 16, 1925. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Early on morning George ATeArnllnn (aged 70) foil (lend in n street iii Moringf on. Dunedin, Iml ns n medical eortifi-r-all* ns 1.0 tin. l cause of dontli is available, an inquest is uneeessary.

Loenl mid district Territorials underwent a medical examination at (ho Town Hall supper-room this afternoon. it being a preliminary slop fo going into camp for seven dnvs at Trenflinm in Jnlv.

While shooting in the hack country lasi week-end. a Napier sportsman put up a young slap wliieh tried to jump a feiioc and was eanft’lit hy the two top wires. The animal was trapped securely hy a hind hoof, wliieh was caught he tween twisted wires. The sport sman. who had designs on nothing hiftfter than quail, freed the staff, which trotted awav unhurt.

A Wanganui hulcher tells tlm following- story. The other day the telephone at the shop rang. and a voice at the other end said: •Timelier, will yon send up three ■penr.elir of cat's meat.” “Certainly,” was the reply. A little time later the telephone rally again, and the message this time «a>: “Butcher, do not. send up the cat's meat. Our (•at has caught a hird.”

As a result of ihe timber slump a number of the larger sawmills on the West Coast will shortly close down (says the Christ church Sim ). This, of course, otilv applies to the mills cutting rimti. On the other hand, mills operating white pine are reaping a harvest. Work at Koiukii at present, although steady, is not rushed. The mill's are not working to full capacity, but are keeping going steadily. Miss -Jessie Dunraven Burls, of Australia, who is visiting Ihe Dominion on behalf of the X.Z. Alliance, will give her "Grand Lecture," illustrated by lantern slides, on Monday evening next, in the Masonic Hall, commencing at S o'clock. The pictures are from actual photos, and the speaker litis had Haltering receptions in the centres that she has visited. There wili be no charge for admission, but an appeal will be made on behalf of the campaign funds.

The Postmaster-General (the Hon. .1. G. Coates) slated recently that the Post Office Saving Bank figures for April indicated a continuance of the huoyunev experienced during the la.-d few months, the excess of deposits over withdrawals for the month being IHIS,000. The excess of deposits over withdrawals for the first four months of this year had been more limn half a million sterling, as compared with €199,500 for the corresponding four months of last year. The recovery is all the more remarkable. and the position all the more satisfactory in view of tin* past. (Iml the Statistical Abstract shows that the 1 excess of withdrawals over deposits hist year was ysnd.ooo.

The dentil of Mr. William Mudgway, who passed away a t hi.- residence in Salisbury .-Ireel. Levin, on Tuesday morning, a! the advanced age of 70 years, removes another of the rapidly disappearing links with the early history of the Horowhentia district and its development (says the Chronicle). The late Mr. Mudgwav was born in Hie lower Hull in 1855. and forty voars ago came to Oliau where he wjts for many years engaged in sawmilling. The site of the present Levin township was then standing bush, and when (than limber was cut out towards the end of the eighties, Mr. Mudgwav followed 10 Levin. For many years after the eatting-oul of the bush, he followed the occupation of carter in Levin. Marrying early, he leaves a family of nine children, seven sons and two daughters, all but three of whom, Mrs R. Afeachlem (Auckland). All' W. Mudgwa.y (Wanganui) and Mr if. E. -Mudgwav (Otahuhu) reside in this district.

A lady about 70 years of age \ isited a toiisoria! establishment in Oninarn and had her silver locks shingled. Miss McKee, travelling secretary for Ihe IMY.M.U., will he in Foxton next Tuesday, when a social afternoon will be held in the Presbyterian Sunday schoolroom. Aliss AlcKee will deliver an address, and everyone interested in mission work is invited to attend. At 'J.'JO o’clock the same afternoon a Busy Bee demonstration will also be held in Ihe schoolroom. The arm of the law has been lengthened by the latest ‘New Zealand Gazette' to veilcli out for errant husbands and fathers who rove the Pacific heedless of obligations jo deserted wives and children. His Britannic Majesty's High Commissioner for the Western Pacific is authorised to act under maintenance orders and judgments made in New Zealand and come down on subjects resident in Fiji, Queensland, Western Australia, Papua, Norfolk Island, Northern Territory, Solomon Islands (including Ihe Gilbert and Ellice group). “Whereof let all men take notice and govern I lieinselves accordingly.” The carved Maori meeting-house, named Holoniri, wliieh used to slant! al Parawni, Thamas, has been dismantled, and the elaborate carvings and reed-work walls transferred by rail to Auckland (stales the New Zealand Herald). The building is to he restored at a subsequent dale and exhibited in tin War Aletnorial Museum for safe keeping for all time. One of the most diflieult portions to remove was the magnificent ridgepole SlH't. in length. The dismantling of the meeting-house was carried out hv carpenters in the employ of the Auckland City Council. The carvings have been treated with creosote as a protection from in--ccl borers and have been packed iid stored in one of the Harbour Board's sheds, where they will remain free of storage rates until the Memorial Aftisciim is completed, ilium t 1928.

In spite of the many attempts by tlu> struggling farmer, the gum lands of the Xorlh Auckland district have proved unsuitable for general agricultural purposes. Cropping is not a paying prnprosition in thn'se parts. There is one exception, however —tobacco thrives well in these latitudes and splendid types of leaf have been pi minced on soils ihat not long ago were covered with fi-tree and fern. A small portion of Ihese waste lands if planted in tobacco would be sullieioiit to transform this pov-erty-stricken district into regions of affluence and wealth; £s(l net is the average yield of a tobacco crop per acre ami often more. Few people realise Hie immense possibilities of the tobacco industry, bul anyone wanting in forma I ion on the subject

is referred to tin* ready manufactured article, “Riverhcad Gold” mildest of all: “Toasted Navy Gut (Bulldog), of medium slrongth: and “Cut Plug No. .19" (Bullhead), full strength. Do not forget that all three brands arc “toasted" and, therefore more wholesome than the average class of goods from over-.-ni.s, oficn so linrinful on ili*‘ id excess nicotine. 27