Manawatu Herald. TUESDAY, MAY 19, 1925. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 2885, 19 May 1925, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. TUESDAY, MAY 19, 1925. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The jury disagreed in (ho ease m which Heorge AlcDaul an ox solicitor. is ehaiged <>ii sixiccn counts id' 1 lie misappropriation id' clients’ fimils at Wanganui mi Sat • tirdav.

At [lll' local Police Collr! yosit'-r day, before Mr D. \Y. Robertson J.P.. a lirsi ■.>i’ii- 111 1 i ll inebriate wu.iiiicd .is. and a -ci-mid offender wa.~ lillvd 20s, lim ;■ in llllll l uf hail in (-a<d

Row (’. C. Binei, mi furlough l’i mn mission,'!rv w ork in tin* Solo ns, will arrive in l , 'oxtnn lie morrow, and wall speak in the even ing at the Methodist Chureli on thrilling experiences among tin head-hunters of the Island'. A.II wishing to hear iiiis recital will hi I'-ea it iI \ welemned.

While trapping with two id' his childien mi Sunda\, Fdgar Aevi Siieemnhed In :i heart seizure a! the 1 1 ij > of a high hi!! with |in ei j lit oils sides. When tin- eliddren conveyed the news of the i'neident, (lie -earehers had dd’thmlty in Ii 11 <li 11 l; I lie hi id \ atid com eying it to I lie Valiev lielow. Dei-cased leaves a widow and live eh do i ■ n.

Wild swans are trporlcd to lit lairlv abundant throughout tin Alalia wain Line disirim (says tin Sj a nil,-i rd ). Severn! good hags bnvt heen taken from Wnjkanae to l-’ox ion. In two days, it is reporteil_, mu* gun managed to secure dii, while a part\ of jj\. a! (tlaki sluml - ing on Mr Simeox's propel i \ averaged alimil the same cadi gall.

A aniipte mark of respect to the late Prime .Minister was paid at < Haiti mi I'lmrsday (says the I 'llroiiieie I. As is. well know n tin ship which brought Mr Mti'n-y to New Zealand in ISAS i> lying oil the Dtaki hen eh. where she was wreck i d in IST-!. I ler must 'I id stands and Messrs A. ■). Knocks anil C. Kilshv rigged a Hag at ha.it-mas! on tin- main stick of ilic old ship, which was so closclv associated with till- deceased si a I i-snili 11.

Over All Massey’s grave there has heen t-remed a huge pyramid to carry the many healthful wren Ihs which were sent by people m all parts of the world, and by people of all shades of politics and ai ail stations in life. The pyramid is nearly .'iOft high, and presenls a glorious speetacle. hi«-dei-ked as it is with the lloral mi-in - mines to 1 lu- departed statesman. It looms so conspicuous against the skyline Lint even in the grey of winter it ran he plainly seen from the city.

"During Ili o. ensuing year smite aitciiLpt will he inadi 1 to eonihat llm rut menai-e, which I'roin. ohservniimi and emnplaints received, has hei-mne serious,stated Mr (L A. Baker, sanitary inspector, in his annua.! report to the. Napier lloroujili Comieil. As evidence of (lie pi'cvalein-c of rats in one purlieu lar Inisi ness place, it was stated, a new eoni-rele lloor, two hours alter ia- 1 lie laid down, gave the. appear-

anee of having heen raked over with a garden rake. This was due to the iraflic o|' rats over it while i lie (-. nieni was sol t.

A member ol' 1 1 1 e crew t>t ilic collier Canopus. wliidi arrived ;ii Ti ■ niaru lit si week thorn West poll., slolos that ilie vessel, when oil’ Akuma, passed through ;i school of mimics which numihercd many Imndreds. 'Lhe eelaeeaiis were visible ;is Ih i' as the eye could discern, (me liner whale passed under the ship, evidently thinking lhe Cano--Ims one oi' the school. Imt becoming frightened, lashed out with its tail, and sent a cloud of sprav over tile onlookers, drenching some of them to ilie skin. Considerable anxiety wits I elt Jest the monster might cause some damage, and gieat relief was felt when the school took their departure.

Yesterday Air J. Newth eoin-mein-vil the work of laying down the continuation of the concrete paths in Ihakara Dardens.

Burglars at the week-end entered the premises of Johnston and Smith, motor-body builders, Chrisicliurcli, and smashed the door off the safe and stole CIO.

“Arc you the driver of a car?" a - kid counsel in the Supreme Court at Auckland last week, when the '■peed of a vehicle was under discussion, and was being estimated by a witness. “Yes, a Ford,” the witness replied. “Well, we cannot ■xpec'l you lo express utiv opinion 011 the null ler," observed counsel, amid laughter. A Sydney building- contractor conceived the idea of speeding up his workmen hy employing a photographer to prow] about and photograph any employee taking- advant-

age of the boss' absence. The emplovecs retaliated by accidentally dropping half-bricks and chunks of mortar on the photogrnpher and his out lit. The camera man is now focussing oilier scenes.

At about four o’clock on Sunday lire practically destroyed a building in Makaraka, occupied hy Afossrs. I*. Bell, blacksmith, and Jensen, wool-skin buyer. The amount of (lie skins and hides in the store is not known, hut i( is not heileved to lie considerable. The building was owned by Mr. J. C. Parker, formerly of Hawke's Bay, bill now of Wellington.

Wharf lumpers working in the hold of a large oversea steamer that recently discharged at a North (Queensland port, were mystified al I lie cockroach catching efforts of tin- various apprentices .stationed on cargo watch. The wharlies thought. that it was a new game until the lads explained that to show that they had not been asleep each apprentice for Ids watch below had to produce ten live cockroaches. The lumpers saw to it that for the remainder of the ship’s stay in port tin- lads were well supplied with live cockl'd,-idles.

To go home lo his house and Ii 11 < 1 a drunken man in dirty clot lies and boots lying in hi> liesi bed, was the unpleasant experience of a resident of Alalaw hero, Poverty Bay. The intruder appeared before Air E. C. Levy. S.M., at the Magistrate’s Court next day, on a charge of drunkenness, and was lined 10s, and costs 15s. The police explained I hilt the man was a statutory lir.'l offender. Tin* door of' the house had heen left open, hut there was no indication Ihal the accused had entered for ;inv criminal purpose, and drink was evidently the* cause of tin- whole trouble.

Ai a dispersal sale of Ayrshire cattle held ;il Levin on Saturday, a seven-year-old cow, Maaesjwyn Princess, which was champion at Royal Show, sold for the record aim of 505 guineas after very -piriled bidding. Mr. Weir, of Fdciidale. Southland, started at HID guineas, and tin- bids rose to 300 •guinea', w hen Messrs. Bailey, Hadley, Waikato, and H. K. J. Soul lice, Walton. Waikato, were left in. ''ingle guinea bids look the price io ISS guineas. An appeal to Mr. Sou! 1 1 c v saw him hid 500 guineas

Rttl Air. Soul bee offered 505 guineas and secured the champion at double I lie price previously paid lor ail A vrsliire.

If the average man was east away mi n Desert Island and eoinpelled to lead a Kohinson Crusoe existence, his lirsj thmighl -(niter I I and water problem was solved) would he: “llow can 1 get something- to smoke?" The craving for tobacco is insistent in the case of 1(1 men out of 12, alld fo satisfy the universal demand hundreds of brands of the “weed" are (.11 the market. They come from many lauds, one of (lie latest countries to produce them (in perfected form) being New Zealand. (Strange to say 1 lie barren gum lands of the North which won't grow ordinary crops grow splendid tobacco, a mailer of the greatest importance to men on the hind up there, because the average yield of leaf is worth £SO per acre, and the industry promises to become a source of National wealth. The local article

1 s much appreciated by those who had to give up smoking foreign tobaccos because of the excess of nicotine, which affected their health. Try “Kiverhead Hold" (mild), "Navy Cut" (Bulldog) medium, or “Cut dug No. 10” (Bullsliead) bill. 28