Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, JUNE 4th. 1925. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 2892, 4 June 1925, Page 2

Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, JUNE 4th. 1925. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Aluminium, manganese, nm! mercury have all been discovered in mm Italian mountain. It is heli(‘V(><l that thi- mountain, which apparently consists of nothin"' hut metal, contains "old also. It. is reported From Wyndham that the rancor made a raid and seized 20IHI opossum skins on Mokoreta estate, taken by a man supposed to have been operating 1 Cor several seasons. The skins are worth upwards of .£">0(1. The nationalisation of the medical profession is one of the aims of the New Zealand Labour Party. Officials of the New Zealand branch of the British Medical Association are to be asked to appoint dele "ales to meet representatives ol the Labour' Parly t<> discuss ways and means to that end. Some surprising: differences in prices were revealed at the nice! ing of the Auckland Kleelric Pino i 1 Board, when tenders for the sup - ply of a small crane were opened. There were lit) [firms tendering—from British, American, Swedish, and local firms —and the quotes ranged from £BOS to C 1.400. The matter was referred to the manager to report.

When the question of the scarcity of grounds for football was being discussed at a meeting in Wanganui an enthusiastic member asked if the union had ever considered the possibility of electrically light ing a ground and playing- some mat cites during week-nights! Another member remarked that he bad seen foot ball played at night with a while hall in (Queensland, and it was a decided failure. Without any fuss and llourishtng of banners a measure of daylight saving for the winter months lias been introduced into a number of New Plymouth factories. The clocks have been left unaltered, but work is now started at 7.3(1 in the morning and ceases at 4.3(1 in the afternoon. The effect so far as indoor businesses are concerned is a saving in lighting charges in the afternoon, while the men reach home in daylight.

■‘lf any young woman has any difficulty in linding a husband in England, she can easily get one in New Zealand," said Colonel (!. If. Hurst, M.P., for Rusholme, to a meeting of the “Work for Ail" movement in .Moses Side. Manchester (writes a London correspondent). Colonel Hurst said that any .voting woman who was willing to go to New Zealand ns a domestic servant would be able to get a good position quite easily, but the chances were that she would be married before she got there.

Lecturing on the Ross Dependency, Captain Hooper, who recently visiled that region with the whaling licet said that last yitii'V catch totalled 31,5(111 barrels of oil. He had reached the conclusion that with the exception of whaling there was no prospect of establishing any industry in I lie dependency, even bough some minerals aml coal had been found. There was no vegetation to maintain life, and Ibe introduction of carnivorous animals would be calamitous to the penguins. Soil was scanty, and nothing but rocks and guano was visible when the snow was off the ground during the three months' summer period.

Ii is s;iid ill,tl Amoricnn oflicialurc abolishing red tape in ilia service, partly because it is dearer than string Iml still mure because they <li.strii.st tin* “psychologica 1 effect uf rad tit pa." It sounds wall hut is not .America a corn! deal behind times? One seems to remember that the use of grey instead of red tape did not work any extraordinary revolution in our own olliees; while the people who believed that it was the redness of the tape which was an enemy to hustling were rather disgruntled when Lord Fisher returned to the Admiralty in the war and had red labels garded as urgent, (says an English, paper).

The friends of Mr A. Stevenson will regret to learn that he is at proseal an inmate of the Palmerston X. Hospital, iu which institution he undei went an operation this morning. The Trustees of the Gigantic Cricket and Tennis Art Union announce that the sale of tickets will close on June (ith., in order to allow plenty of time for each ticket to be represented in the draw lor £4,000 in alluvial gold, now held by the Lank of New Zealand. The ballot will be held on its original date, June 22nd., and results announced in our advertising column.-. A piece of dirty paper attracted the attention of a man at Ihe eor,i i* Antigua street :Ul<l Moorliotise avenue on Saturday H-ays ihe Hawke's Bay Herald). lie picked it up, and. on straightening it ()U t, |,e found that he held a cheque for Alio IDs 7d in his hands. The man look the cheque into a neighbouring store, and a telephone tucss;i„, , v suited, in an agitated owner having 'ds precious paper returned to him. Arriving at Wellington with his ship's Piimsotl mark submerged was a charge made against AY. A. Hutchins, master of the steamer Shreveport, ill tile Wellington Magistrate’s Court on Monday. Mr. J. Prendeville, who prosecuted,

explained that it was the vessels fourth visit to Wellington. When she arrived with oil-fuel from California, it was found that her Plimsoll mark was submerged 2 feet. "It looks as though the fine is bet omiug n license lee," lie commented. The Magistrate (.Mr ('. R. <>rr Walker, S.M.) agreed, and imposed the maximum fine of £IOO

The pre-cnee of the gum scale oml other diseases among eucal.vpts has had rat her a disheartening in)(iteitee on private planter- in the di-t riel- adjacent to Wanganui and i.innv small belts and plantations

fnve been completely destroyed. The disease is fairly common, but appears in its most virulent form near Palmerston North, Mart on and Pei Id ing. The ladybird wnsome i'nne back introduced into the district and it appears to have checked the spread of the parasite, bin most of the damage was occasioned in ibe lot'll lit itV- mentioned prior to the valuable insect being released. However, during the past venr it has been noticed that many ,1 the affected trees are making a good recovery. If a car belonging to a monitor ..f a 1,,,-al body is used for the !:n-ines- of that body the maximum !. 1 \ t•:i■ 111 is sixpence and the maximum payment cannot exceed £lO ~cr annum. This information was . c.i d to the Wailemata Elecl li,. How.-!- Board recently in a lei - ci reooised from the Government ',ioii; Department (reports the •• fi'ckiaio! Star"). The Boni'd'.coniniittee has replied, pointing out that this imposed a great hardship ilia munch as it cost three times as mnoh to n-e hired taxis, but the De-

partment's answer to this was that the l).q;a 1 1 meal was not concerned with economy, and recommended it,;, 1 [he p.oai d should advise boroughs ini ere - 1 1 d that they should lifer their ncconnls to the Audit Department beiore making payment. The chairman (Mr Hayden) i onsidered that it was absurd that in ;t ease of urgency when a mein ter'- ear was ii-rd for the Boards business he could only charge sixpence u mile. “Why, the Board cannot pnv him .‘fits for wliai a taxi driver might want £3O for. Mr. Grcenslndc pointed out that the law end to be complied with, otherwise it meant the disqualification of a member. The matter dropped with the remark of the chairman that nnv member who provided the use of ids ear ill future could receive onlv sixpence a mile. Does tobacco growing in New Zealand pay.’ The answer to that question i-: Hook at the rapidly increasing number of men on the lend v, ho ure now turning their attention to tobacco culture iti this eoimlrx. The early attempts to put New Zealand giown tobacco on the market j about ,30 years ago) were it musi In confessed, disappointing. The samples produced were very crude. Du! modern methods of culture and id of the leaf have compi,.ielv altered all that, as ail average’ crop of New Zealand tobacco now wort It £sl) per acre (some limes moic) there can be no qiics--1;,,|, about tobacco culture paying farmer. As to the. “weed" in it,-, maniifaeluivd form, it is oxi-t‘l-('alike most imported brands, j I iita ins very little nicotine, and rnas be indulged ill ad lit), without harmful results, while tile loast,,f the leaf (quite a new idea) develops llavoiir and aroma surprisiugiv. Undoubtedly, ibis is des,'iimd to become of national importance. Heading lines are: “River head Gold," mild; “Navy Cut (Bulldog) medium; and “Cut l’lug No HI (Bullhead), full.