LOCAL AND GENERAL

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 2897, 16 June 1925, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Last Thursday Mrs Kirkland received word that a relative had died in Australia, and in company with Miss E. Kirkland she sailed for Sydney on the Mungnnui last Friday. Two men who were driving a horse and trap near Temuka suddenly found themselves in a very awkward position on a recent alterWhen about a mile out of Temuka their conviviality told its tale, and they fell asleep in the trap. Titov had o rude shock when, on awakening, they found that they were being driven to the lock-up bv a constable.

At the Hamilton Supreme Court James McKee, farmer, a married man with two children, was found guiltv on seven charges of cattle scaling. and was sentenced to two Years’ bard labour, bis Honour remarking on the seriousness of the crime. ITc said prisoner had been placed in a position of trust, which lie bad abused. Farmers had the right to know that their stock would lie free from depredations of neighbours. The discovery by Kerman cliom-i.-ts of a process for manufacturing synthetic methyl alcohol (common!v called "wood alcohol"), using carbon monoxide procured from producer gas plants as the chief basic material, will, if it is as successful ns experiments would indicate, do away with the annual des- ! ruction iu the United Stales and Canada of many thousands of acres of hardwood forests.

Last week a consignment of 48,- <)()() feet, or nearly three miles, of selected cinema lilm went forward lo ihe American Fleet at Honolulu for distribution amongst the ships tliat are coming to New Zealand in August. The til ms. which are thoroughly descriptive of the Dominion, arc put up in 2000-feet spools, titled, and ready for screening, and should be the means of giving the crews of the warships a good idea in advance of the kind of country 1 lev are coming to, as well as being a good advertising medium. It is known that there are some 4( cinema machines in the licet.

A tip to properly owners whose lands are crossed by electric power lines or where such lines traverse roiftls fronting properties, was given at a meeting of the. Te Awainula Electric Power Board. If, said Mr Johnson, farmers would twist an old piece of galvanised wire from ihe top fence wires around each of i lie fence wires down to the ground, and earth it by lirmly attaching the i. '.ver end to a piece of galvanised pipe or iron rod driven into the ip.ouml. there would ho no danger ■j' (be fences becoming charged h elect ricily. This precaution, .-bould be taken at each complete - ction of a fence —that is between every gut (‘way. ll lias been more than suggested 4ml trout poaching is developing Ailo a profitable commercial undertaking in tile Rotorua district: it is certainly being done wholesale (says the Rotorua Chronicle.). This fiinn an unimpeachable source: On the N'gae Road, three and a-lialf aides out, a well-known sportsman, • • .ming borne I rota shooting, met : vouili staggering under the weight of a lu-avy sadc. lie asked casually "W'hal have you got in the -..irk/" “Only iroilt,” was the re•iv. The same gentleman, in 1-0111-1 tiv with another, while shooting m the course of the little stream kicli inns near Owhata. found a vouili with .a pitch-fork with a. i 1 out impaled on it. r i he youth was proud of the Pent. Following be bank of the stream, the sports men came upon lots ol threes, i'l.urs, and lives of line lisli, speared ..i, (be bank. Returning two hours , the tisb load all been removed. An in:cn*sl iiiLC siory concerning ;|,i‘ purchase of laud on which the Pio-Calliedral now stands in Wol'juglon was told by Archdeacon 'A'lllianis at the jubilee celebrations ,f 1 be Cisborne Church of England. Sir Cicorgc (1 rev, who was a very • 1 an| friend of the Church, asked lain of the Maori owners of land o set aside a portion of their land ■ r lb,- Church, 'flic Maoris went

~.. ;t ami considered flic matter, about mid-night they returned. ,cl said to Sir George Cray: "Aon asked it- in do something tor j, « Church. Have you done nnyh'tig yourself.'" “No. I have not, ,■ fat." replied Sir (icorgc, “but 1 vid." The speaker added that soon .-titer that Sir (Icorgc Urey had bought a section in Wellington, and -pi van it to the Church. Bishop Selwvu had done the same, and the 11 m. Mr. Tollema rdi Imd bought a third section. On these three -cclioiis stood tile line Wellington Pro-Cathedral of to-day. In the days gone by it seemed more than doubtful whether New X aland would ever produce tobacco really worth smoking. But now, iv.-'ug to improved methods ol <-u 1 - a :> and maimfai-lure, I lie Dominion is growing lohaeco of really lii*.a quality, and farmers in districts where it llourishes are (hiding i; more and more worth their while to cultivate it as a side-line. That trbcrc is money in it for the grower Is demonstrated by the fact that the average yield of a tobacco crop acre is worth CSO, sometimes a, 1 re. As for the manufacturers l!i, v an- to lie heartily congrnt timed 011 successfully establishing ~>! industry which not only already iimls employment for many workers but promises to become of immense assistance to agriculturists and a source of our national wealth. The leading brands of these tobaccos arc: Riverhcad Gold, a pure aromatic of very agreeable flavour. Navy Cut (Bulldog) a medium-flav-oured tobacco very popular with smokers and Cut Ping No. 10 (Uullshead), a line full flavoured variety that lias inumerable friends. 3!).

SLut Out The Night! the icv. startears away, Your gladness greet the break of day, And gone the cold you now endure if you take Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure. The health and happiness we prize From simple laws of life arise— For coughs and colds betime assure, Keep bv vou Woods' Great Peppermint Cure. —Advt. oS

We are pleased to report that Mr A. Stevenson, who recently underwent an operation in the Palmerston North Hospital, has now returned to hi.-, home and it will only hi- a short time before he is about again. Do Hart Hubbard, of the University of Michigan, and a Negro athlete, smashed the world’s record, for the running broad jump by 4 1110 lo inches at the National Collegiate championship meeting, jumping 25 feet 10 7-8 inches. In the space of a little over 12 months (says the Clutha Leader), Mr 11. K. Pitt has shot more than 500 deer oil a comparatively small area at Uangahere. It is estimated also that during the same period over 200 wore shot by outside

spoilsmen on the same country. A writer in the Dunedin Star says J lie Governor-General may or may not he aware of the fact that. it. was from his father's place in Scotland that the first salmon and trout ova was procured to come to New Zealand. Tlie shipment was made by the ship Celestial Queen. in ISO 7. When she reached Port Chalmers Sir .Julius Vogel headed a great muster of settlers who were keen to sec the ova. Mr John -Mill saw the shipping of the ova on the steamer Kor for distribution in the Wnitnki and Molyneux river. A correspondent writes to the London “Daily Algil” offering a

suggestion which he thinks should he useful in the cause of propaganda. He says: “With all the talk about consolidating the Dominions with tlie Mother Country, has it ever occurred to steamship companies to issue cheap return tickers to the Dominions —particularly those lands which are clamouring for immigrants. Many a family would club together to send out some member of the family to visit a relative who, for business or other reasons, is unable to spare the time for a trip Home, and this would do much to cement family tics, which, alter all. are the strongest of the human race and hind lialions to-e-ether. These visitors would make tlic best advertising agents for the Dominions. Much good propaganda work could be done in this way." When the manager of a certain shipping agency in the city went to get his Stetson, which he had left on the counter in the general office vesierdav afternoon, lie discovered that it had disappeared. He was searching high and low for the cherished lmad gear and conjuring up malarious thoughts ol light-liin-gered customers, when lightly in tripped the oilier girl with a distoitci! Stetson gracing her delicate head, and a portion <d shingled hair protruding roguishly from iin- ,],.)• it. Naturally enough the man;ion- thought things concerning the actions of the model'll olliee girl. Iml In- >vtiled pacified the “sweet young thing" had nonchalantly explained lliai she “borrowed” the lint in order to protect her head from the unwelcome rain that was beating down incessantly when she was forced to leave the oflico on an important mission.