Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, DECEMBER Ist. 1925. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 2969, 1 December 1925, Page 2

Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, DECEMBER Ist. 1925. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

“Palmerston North appears to be the bone of contention as regards tlie Wellington-Nelson Court of the New Zealand and South Seas Exhibition,” said a speaker last week at a Wellington committee meeting. “After giving Palmerston and the Manawatu district an excellent advertisement in the newspapers, and especially in the court at Dunedin. Palmerston showed it gratitude in a unique way—it sent the committee a debit note of £10.”

A remarkable thing occurred with a local poultry fancier, Mr. S. Leech, recently (says an exchange). Mr. Leech bought a “ducky” hen to hatch out a number of eggs, but at first the bird refused to sit. Finally she consented to do so, and after 17 days hatched out nine chicks. During the whole of the time the hen was sitting on the eggs she laid an egg each day, presenting her owner with 17 eggs in addition to hatching out the nine chickens.

A good story was to'ld by Mr. Clutlm Mackenzie al a gathering of the blind in Christchurch. It referred to his arrival, weary, al Opuuake, and, lying down on the bed in his room at the hotel for a nap. About 0 o'clock a girl servant ‘blew’ into bis room and asked if he didn’t want some dinner. Mr. Mackenzie said that he did, and added : “Do you mind showing me the way to the dining-room?” The girl, unaware of Ins sightlessness, “darn! Not on your .life! You shouldn't drink so much!"

The incentive to prompt payment, of rates hold out hy the Tnkapnna Borough Council —an oiler of a rebate of 5 per cent, on all amounts paid before November 1st —has proved very effective. Aithougn only a month has elapsed since the issue of rate-demands was completed, more than half the amount levied for the current year has reached the municipal treasury —over £14,000 out of the total of £25,870. The result is a very material reduction of the bank overdraft arranged by the Council in anticipation of revenue and a corresponding saving of interest. —Herald. Ophir, reported in the Bible as the country of gold mines from which King Solomon’s Phoenician sailors brought gold to Palestine, was in Peru, says Dr. von Ilaueh, an Australian explorer. Dr. von Ilaueh says he met in the primeval forests of Peru 300 members of an Indian tribe of pronounced Jewish appearance, speaking a language similar to Hebrew. Tito name Solomon is common in the tribe. A legend current among the tribe tells of a land of gold known as Opliira, situated on the river Ilualla, to which white men went ages ago and carried off large quantities of gold. Intent on spending a happy weekend in Timaru, a young Dunedin lady visited a dance hall, says a local paper. Imagine her disappointment, when going to the ladies’ room, she found that a pair of shoes she had left there had disappeared. The following evening, the young lady was walking at Caroline Bay, when her attention was attracted to a young girl who was sitting on one of the swings. Adorning her feet were the missing shoes. The owner demanded the shoes, which were handed over very meekly by the light-lingered one, who, in stockinged feel, made a hasty retreat.

Sixty-live years of continuous wedded bliss is an achievement attained by few couples living in the Dominion nowadays. i( is, however, a record that has been reached by a well-known and much esteemed Pahiatua couple. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Martin, says the Wairarapa Standard. On the 17th, they celebrated the unique event. At the time, he drove over the Rimutakn, with his own teams conveying the furniture for the new home in the Wairarapa, the railway had only been completed as far as Feathcrston. lie commenced carting goods between Fcatherston and Masterton, until eventually he took up farming at Opaki. Their family consists of 13 children, all living, 37 grandchildren and 14 greatgrandchildren,

Mr. and Mrs. R. Owen returned to Foxton on Saturday, after spending n holiday at Exhibition, Dunedin.

The vital statistics for (be month of November' was as follows: — Births -1, deaths nil, marriages 1. Rain fell on eight days last month, the total amount that fell being .72 in. The maximum fall was on (lie sth, when .2 was registered. Mr. Con Burgess lias been appointed to the position of first as-sistant-master at West End School vice Mr. Hamilton, who leaves for Niue before iho commencement of the new school year.

Captain Larsen and Mr. C. Dawson left on the s.s. Kennedy for Isnpiti on Sunday to bring back to Foxton the pilot launch in which Messrs. Larsen, Dawson and Sliortt bad the adventurous trip last Wednesday. They will wait at Ivapiti until the weather clears before making llie return trip. The dinghey lost from the launch which had so perilous a run to Kapiti last week has been washed ashore at Hokio (says the Chronicle). It was located above high water mark on the beach north of the Hyderabad by Mr. IT. Kilsby, of Levin, on Sunday afternoon and was made secure. The dinghey had to be cut adrift owing to a huge sea capsizing it. The Bowling Club held a successfull shop day on Saturday last. The following are the winners of competitions held in connection there-with:-—Lamb, Messrs. Trueman and J. IT. Hinds; sucking pig, Messrs McEwen, Cummerfield and Tanner; doll, Enid Coley; china bowl, Miss lietter; bag of coal, Mrs Healey; shirt, Abram Smith; picture, Betty Hunt; pipe, Jack Barratt; oak seat, Erie Healey; hose, Win. Trueman. “He’s a good ’usband, Sir, mostly, but e’s like a bear with a sore ‘cad when ’e don’t get ’is pipe, and it don’t always run to it,” a poorly-dressed woman told the magistrate at an East End of London Police Court when giving evidence against her assault. The magistrate smiled sympathetically. He evidently knew from personal experience the soothing and tranquilising effects of flic weed. But there are tobaccos and tobaccos. Some brands are just rank with nicotine and cannot be indulged in constantly with impunity. About the safest tobaccos on the market are those grown and manufactured in New Zealand. They are alii toasted and contain so little nicotine that.there is no fear of developing “Smoker’s Heart,” this distressing malady or nerve trouble. These tobaccos appeal to all smokers, and the more you smoke them the better you like them. That’s why they are meeting with such a large sale. Ask any tobacconist for “Riverhend Cold, mild; “Navy Cut" (Bulldog), medium: or “Cut Plug Yn. 10" (Bulls-li.-ad), full strength.*