Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 1925. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 2895, 11 June 1925, Page 2

Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 1925. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Land was sold in Knranguhnpc road, Auckland, lasi week at over £40(1 per foot.

A letter was sent on Wednesday to the Hon. .J. G. Coates by Mr. Wilford agreeing to the 18th of June as the date for the fusion conference.

The Presbyterian Sunday School teachers and members of the Bible Class are holding a social eveningin the Presbyterian Sunday schoolroom to-morrow evening. A cordial invitation is extended all to attend.

The following figures, supplied by the Wanganui freezing Company, of the dairy produce handled at their works at Castlecliff in the respective seasons provide an interesting comparison : —1912-13 — Boxes of butter, 13,(137; crates of cheese, 5144. 1924-25 [to date) — Boxes of butter, 17(1,777; crates of cheese, 31,905.

There has of late been some correspondence in the papers on the relative merits of immigrants and New Zealanders. Evidence that some English wives are true helpmates to their husbands may be seen in a suburb of Auckland at the present time (says the Star.) A woman with two children goes with her husband regularly to work in the quarry, and is stated to lie a really good hand. 'The other ease is where the wife of a carpenter helps him in his work, sawing wood like a man, and also does painting and the paper-hanging.

At Pearsall, Texas, the sheriff of lhe county, 11. L. Brooks, has pul into operation a help yourself hotel, and the guests appear to like if. The guests register without assistance, erasing from a nearby blackboard tin l number of the room they select. When they leave after a day or a month, thev put the money to pay for their stay in an envelope and drop it into a locked boxnear the door. The hotel owner seldom appears, there is no cashier, and servants give unobtrusive service. Air. Brooks says he has been cheated out of only two dollars thus far.

Often in tins or cartons one finds a small printed slip, intimating that if the contents are not up to standard, they will be replaced if the slip is returned to the address given. A Tauranga resident, either in doubt, or in a spirit of curiosity recently tried the slip out, and returned one from a packet of cigarettes —after enjoying the “smokes” —with the intimation that they were not all that was claimed for them. The incident was forgotten until a few days ago when he was much surprised to receive a letter from lamdon, followed by a packet of cigarettes from the New Zealand agents, lie doubts no longer.

The manner in which the “Poorman” orange obtained its popular if somewhat unfortunate, name was explained by Air (J. A. Green at a meeting of the Auckland Council of the New Zealand Horticultural Institute. Some fifteen years ago, said Air. Green, efforts had been made to discover the origin of the name. Letters had been sent to all parts of the world where the name was known to be in use and in every case it was stated Ihe name bad been imported with the fruit from Auckland. Inquiries were then made among the older growers in Auckland, and i( was discovered that the name had arisen in a purely accidental manner. In 185(i, Air. D. Hay, of Hobson Bay, while on ail excursion to Sir George Grey’s home at Kawau, saw some of the oranges growing and remarked, with a strong Scotch accent “Ah, that’s a tine orange.” “Yes. that’s the poor man’s orange,” replied Sir George Grey. Air Hay took a number of cuttings and on his return to Auckland met Air. T. C. V ren, to whom be gave some of them, describing the fruit as the “poornum” orange. The name has clung ever since, although the fruit is really a grape-fruit.

A meeting of Committee of the Foxton Bowling Club will be held in the usual place at 7.30 o’clock this evening.

Ail those who are in any way interested in the welfare of the Eoxton-llort'.cultural Society are requested to attend the adjourned annual meeting of the society, to be held in the Town Hall Rest Room to-morrow evening at 7.30 o’clock.

Ij is tin.' intention of the Presbyterian Bible Class to hold monthly a tea and social in the schoolroom, when an opportunity will be offered In the young folk to spend a pleasant social hour, ihe first of these evenings was field last Sunday, when 24 young people met, and nil enjoys!bit* time avlis spent.

At a meeting of the Auckland Licensing Commit tee, Sub-Inspect-or Rawle said six hotels were reported to he catering for women drinking on the premises. The licensees were cautioned to discourage the practice and also warned against acting for bookmakers.

The annual Fire Brigade Ball was held in the Town Hall on Tuesday evening, and was a decided success. There was a good attendance, and the hall presented a very attractive appearance with its decorations of coloured streamers and greenery. The catering arrangements were all that could be desired. Messrs A. Walls and C. AlcAratney acted as Al’s.C.

A woman carried a hamper wrapped in paper into tiro office of the Official Assignee in Christchurch and deposited it heavily on the counter, it was a burden of money, (lie balance due on a purchase, and the echo of a land agent’s failure in Christchurch some time ago, states the Sun. It was a sum of £O7 8s 3d, but it comprised 2954 coins and a £1 note, made up as follows: 130 half-crowns, 1130 sixpences and 11.081 threepences. It took a clerk an hour and a quarter t'o count the pile of change. The amount had been collected in spare cash, the woman said.

A new chair for use by the Speaker of the House of Representatives in Parliament Buildings, Wellington, is attracting attention just now in the windows of a furniture warehouse in George Street. Dunedin, states the Otago Daily Times. It is a stately chair, designed on traditional Empire lines. In proportion and details there is evidence of a discriminating acquaintance with the best work of past and present Empire styles. It is constructed soundly in a craftsman like manner of solid oak, upholstered in navv blue buttalo hide, and cushioned with velvet adorned with cold cord and tassels. Grecian tracery of rich character in low relief •«.; used t<> ene lose the back panel, which the New Zealand coat of .unis is embossed. The finely-cut ‘Gvpo-Greek enrichments surmounting the back legs, the massive front legs with Roman claws and the scroll-shaped arms, have, in combination with the satisfactory proportions, issued in a piece ~f State furniture of scholarly and dignified character. Some smokers once they sample c brand that pleases them never change it. There are others who bettered. There are others who iecognise that the world is continuail\ advancing and that new brands of tobacco are a distinct improvement on the old ones. Take our New Zealand-grown tobacco, for example. These brands, now attracting the attention of smokers evervwiierc, possess some cliaraeteiistics which distinguish them from the imported goods in a very marked degree. Firstly, the leaf is toasted, and this brings out the the flavour and fragrance very perceptibly —just as the flavour and aroma of coffee is improved by roasting the berries. Secondly, unlike the imported brands, they contain so little nicotine that they do not injuriously affect the heart, nerves, or eyesight. They give a

sweet, and satisfying smoke, too. Popular brands are: Riverhead Gold, mild: Navy Cut (Bulldog), medium; and Cut Ping No. 19 (Bullshead) full. Already the growing and liuiuutaoture of. these tobaccos constitutes a lloiuishing industry and one destined to prove of national importance. 31