Manawatu Herald. TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 1, 1925. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 2930, 1 September 1925, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 1, 1925. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Tlie New Zealand railways po.--sess (171 locomotives. Alvin hers of !hc Rowling Club are requested to attend a. working bee at the* green to-morrow afternoon. A railway contractor advertised lor 101 l sleepers. By return of post lie reeeived I'roas a clergyman (he oiler oi‘ an entire eongregn I ion. An effort on behalr of Eketalmnn Plnnkef Society realised C3oi). similar effort is being made in J’aliiaiua, £SOO bring I lie obj’eelive.'

Ii is rumoured (says an ex<*linngv) ihat Mr T. K. Sulev dues not intend seeking- re-election lor Ike Dunedin South seal.

Good-ell and Paddon will row for the world's sculling ehainpionsliip on September 2(ilh, on the Paramatta. The stake lias been lived at £2OO a side.

With subscript it>ns jn-| received in London from di~! aa: pa ri s of ihe Fmpire, including' Nt-w Zealand, the St. Paul's Jh-eshyterian Fund has reached £250.()(*().

The Tararua ranges ate at present heavily snow capped and in the early mommy and late afternoon present a picturesque spies lack' as the rays of tin.- sun strike the mountain too-. The law still ha-, a long arm (says an exchange). A man was lined Ills and eusl- in the Alagis irate’s Court at Oamani (Ids wee!; for a breach of a. prohibit ion order committed on October 21. 1(121.

There are 2-! Inwn- in .Yew Zealand out of ;t total of 70 observin': •Saturday half-holiday, while 24 have Wednesday and 12 Thursday. There is a majority of one in each island for the mid-week holiday.

A painter engaged in renovating a house in Toripiay. England, in which a woman had lyiiiimillcd -m----e.ide four days previously, discovered her i'onr-nionfhs-obl be by in a starving-condition in a locked room. 1( had .sacked its lingers away.

The local Slate School reojn-ned yesterday after a fortnight's holiday. The new term will he the second and last of the year, and there will he no further holidays for the children until the commencement of the long summer vacation.

While Island in the Bay of Plenty, which has been quie-cenl fulsome lime, was ver\ active las! week, and shot up great columns of steam to an immense height. The vapour was distinctly outlined against a clear blue sky, am! presented a beautiful .spectacle.

A strange, aviation disaster occurred when it hydroplane landing in the hay ill Trieste turned to avoid a boat and ran into a group of 2(1 girl halheis. The machine cut olf tin- head of one small girl, killed another, and Beriou-H in .jured a third.

Sir Joseph Ward has emphatically denied the rumour that lie was not contest ing the Invercargill seal. When interviewed in Wellington last week, he stated iii.it his • absence from the scene of the coming campaign was entirely due to the health id' his wife and daughter.

“There -houhi lie some, reservation upon motor shipping,” said .Mr. Jolt (Jlawkes Bay) at the Meat Producers’ Board. “They kill more lisli, through the released oils, etc., than is released, and as this is an economic question, this should be considered.”

.Mr. Floreny. Ziegi'eld, producer of the Ziegfeld Follies. Yew York, has selected two girls out of WO applicants. One is a Sydney girl, Miss Blanche Satchel, aged 17 years. Miss Satchel was formerly a member of the ballet in J. ('. Williamson pantomimes.

-An impounding notice appears in this issue.

M r J. (adder received word yost,■ i'<lM \ jdnriny the week ond a laiildi’i-> o'.vm Ijv him ami occupied }'iv a chemist in Waipawa. had hern .|:imaned iiv lira Air t.<oldvr Id! for Waipawa vesterdav afternoon. While «-i;inki!io- a ear ai Ciisborne, \o|)ia, idle AI! IMack. foot halier, sustained painful injuries la Ins fare which wa s gashed considerably by ilia eraiih'ina' handle in <-onsc<|iience ~f iho Vnyinc back-in'iny;. a, hie* shipment of million from iho Feildiiiu' fica/.ine* woi*ks is hciny chipped to London by Iho direct liner Turakina from Wellini’ton. tin Thursdav and I*Viday last 1S trucks ju-r day left i*'eildin»* containing in all lii.lHlO carcases of mutton. —■ St a r.

The members of the local Corps of the Salvation Army wish to make known that they intend holding a fate well social to .Mr. and Mrs. Senility ami family in the S.A. 1 f;ij! on Wednesday ai 7.20 p.m. A cordial invitation is 'extended to all to lie present.

As the result of an altercation in ihe Wellington lire brigade station between Snpl. Tail and Mr <le Mey. a member of the brigade, followed i, v ;,n :i!I 1 1 u-s.-mM by the former an inquiry was held by the Uount H's brigadi eommilH-e. who suspended the superintendent, ll is understood that I lie mailer will liial •Is wav into the Courts.

Mounting the parapet of <1 ration Bridge, Auckland, one day the oilier week, an American sailor slarlled pedestrians by walking the , wo-ineh ledge 'apparently oblivions Of the eoiiseipionees of a slip into ihe gully beneath. The sailor added to the eoueern of the watchers bv bn la nring himself precariously ami wavering when he reached the middle of the bridge before lie was persuaded W descend to the 1.00 l paili bv a constable who had been summoned by another sailor.

Among tin- companies registered last week was the Highways Transport Coy. Ltd. (says the .Standard) with n capiwi of ft,(100, divided into 20 shares of £SOO each. The subscribers arV: Palmerston North: F. S. (bddingham 17, S. A. Golding 1 - :inm 2. The objects are: To carry on business of; carriers of goods and passengers by land. sea. river,

canal, railway or otherwise, and to purchase or otherwise acquire the undertaking or business of the Mann wain-Oroua Transport Coy., carried on at Palmerston North by Francis Strurhan (lohlingham.

"The public must be protected rom cases of this kind,” rrtnark-

cl PI r W. Cl. iii,Moll. S.M.. in 1 lie Wellington .Magistrate’s Court on Sniunlav, when lining John William Wilkinson £2O in default 21 day.' 1 imprisonment for being intoxicated while in charge of a molar loiT.f which had collided with another lorry in Cuba St. the previous aII ernoou. “('uses like this

are verv serious, ll is quite easy to

LI! a person. (If c-.mr-e if yon lake ihe risk' yam must also be prepared o lake ihe consequences. It's y our awn l ime: a!. Besides the line, your iieense will be suspended for a mm!I ii. Thv-e cases are becoming too common,” \ Wanganui lady has reeeived from in r -i.-ier, who is a missionary •j: K.o ia, Ihe following 11'U 11-ei'lp lion of i nsi i net ion gi\'cti iii tnoiui drive:.- iii Chosen: A i the rise ol . In- hand of Die policeman slop rapidly: do mq pass him or oilier wise disrespect him. When a passenger of the foot hove in sight, l util le lhe horn: irtilnpe! hi him melodiously ai lirst. if lie still obstacles your passage, tootle with vigor and express by word ol month

the warning, Hi! Mi! Beware oi Die wandering Imr-c that lie shall not take fright as you pass him. Do mq explosion (he exhaust pipe on him. Go smoothly by or slop by the road till lie pass away. Give big space tile festive dog Dial sport in the roadside. Avoid entangle-: meal of dog with .your wheel spoke, ito -moo! hii'igly by grease mini as 1 here lark Die skid dcjliou. Presiuakc of fool as yon go around the corners hi save collapse ol Die 1 it*-

Toasted toinicco is the lasi won! in Die m:imifar lure of Die fragrant 'weed. Its process is based upon science, and ju-l t'xacily as people prefer their food rooked, they will now prefer their lolniceo lou-t----cd. Toast is certainly wholesomer lii,in soggy bread, ami the same pi ineiple applies to tolaiceo. lake for insianee the locally-manulae-Imod brands. They are all toasted and consequently more pleasing m the palate, la-sides then' is less ni<-(> Ii: in them, and thill is a mailer of importance, inasmuch ns any excess of nicotine absorbed by Die -vsh-iii may seriously atieel the nerves or cause smoker s heart and weakening sight. Smokers should, iherel'ore, not fail to give this un-w tobacco a trial; there is a vast difference lietween toasted and noiiLoastcd tohaeeo, ami they will hud it i- all in favour ol the toasted. Obtainable iii three strengths, iL 3 i head (odd. very mild and aromatic; Toasted Navy Cut (Bulldog). medium, and Cut Plug No. !(i is t (‘commended to (hose who pi el'er a full body. " "A spring' day oft' conceals a chill. Jay. Spring colds and coughs won’t, trouble you if you keep Baxler’s Bung Preserver handy. A genuine lime -tested remedy is “Baxter's,’ so rich, warming, and penetrative —to root of chronic bronchial oomptainis and gives relict, always. As a buildiug-up tonic, Baxter's Lung Preserver is withoii: (.quitl. You can obtain a generoussiy.ed ho! lie from your chemist or -jure for 2s (id: or, better still, gel, the family size at 4s (id. I-