LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 2986, 14 January 1926, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The advance payment for Imtterfat supplied to (lie Shannon Co-op-erative Dairy Co. for the month of December will be Is 4d lb.

Scarlet fever is reported to be prevalent at Mongolian. From one family three children have been removed to the Palmerston North Hospital for treatment. —News.

Sixty-six thousand people paid admission to the Auckland Tepid Baths during last year, while in the previous year the total attendance was about half that.

Mrs ,J. Hennessey of Shannon entered a private hospital in Palmerston North last week to undergo an operation (says the News). Her many friends join in wishing her a speedy recovery. Four stingarees and two grey nurse sharks were caught in the surf at Tangimoana last week by amateur trawlers. The sharks' were about four feet long, and the stingarees, from tip to tip, a little longer. Messrs Fletcher Bros., the big contracting firm, unable to obtain plasterers in New Zealand, paid the expenses over of 10 Melbourne tradesmen, and are now paying them £lO a week and providing them with board at a good hotel. Noticing blood flowing down stream from the spot where Watson Butler, aged 22, had dived into the Wlaipa river at Pirongia, Reginald Bell dived in, fully clothed, to find Butler lying unconscious at the bottom. He was in a bad wav when rescued, while he had sustained a frightful gash along his head. He is progressing fairly well. When an estimate for a proposed work was under discussion at Tuesday’s meeting of the. Manawatit County Council, the opinion was expressed by one councillor that the estimated cost would prove insufficient for, in his It) years of public activities, he had invariably found the cost of works under-estimated. “You can safely add 10 per cent to all estimates,” added another councillor.

To date 852 motor drivers’ licenses have been issued by the Manawatu County Council. There are still two and a-lialf months remaining to complete the full year.

As a result of the recent calm weather local fishermen have been able to do some deep sea fishing and some good hauls have been recorded. One party yesterday returned with 1(50 schnapper.

The public telephone call box outside the Post Office was thrown open to the public this morning. It. is to be hoped that the public will patronise this ’phone in preference to making use of business telephones.

A rather unusual sigh) was presented near the New Plymouth Breakwater the other day (states the “Taranaki Daily News”). Fath-

er and the family were too numerous for the family motor-car, so ihe overflow was accommodated on the running bard in a concertina luggage carrier. The children seemed to enjoy the experience.

There was a full meeting of Cabinet held in Wellington yesterday and it has been rumoured that the new Ministers elected are: —Hon. F. J. Rolleston, M.P. for Timaru; Hon. J. A. Young, M.P. for Hamilton, Hon, 0. Ha when, M.P. for Egmont; Hon. D. Jones, M.P., for Ellesmere. The above rumour lacks confirmation, however.

A young lady created quite a sensation in the Wlanganui Avenue the other afternoon by walking placidly along wearing a short skirt and no stockings (says the Chronicle). The attention of a reporter was drawn to the incident by hearing a small boy remark to another at the Post Office: “Hey, look at the tart without any stockings.”

What is called in New South Wales, where it is one of the worst noxious weeds, the “star thistle,” Inis made its appearance in Hawke’s Bay (states the “Daily Telegraph”). A gentleman who knew the plant well in Australia informs the “Daily Telegraph” that he noticed it near Omahu last summer, and now observes it to be spreading along the roads in that district. Yesterday he clipped a cutting of the plant, which he stated spreads as insidiously as blackberry, and is as difficult to eradicate. Stock have no use for it at all. Stiff thorns, sprout aggressively from the thistle burr, and the stalk is hard and woody, the vegetable being radically different irom better known varieties of thistle.

“He will soon be as popular as the hangman,” remarked Councillor W. Ritchie at a meeting of the Waitotara County Council, when (states the Wanganui “Chronicle”) reference was made to the success that had attended Inspector Fear’s efforts to compel motor-lorry owners to comply with the heavy traffic regulations. The chairman (Mr W. Morrison) stated that all the counties had given the inspector a free run in their districts, and the results had been very gratifying, for a sum in the vicinity of an additional £2OOO would be available for distribution amongst the counties in the No. 9 Highways Group. It was only fair to the city that the country owners of motor vehielesjdiould also forced to comply with the regulations.

“New Zeoland lias come into possession of something more valuable than the biggest Gold Mine,” remarked the Captain of an American liner the other day when sampling some of our local tobacco. “And I predict," he went on, “that in years to come tobacco-growing here will be just as nourishing as in Virginia, my native country.” It is gratifying to see that some enterprising people in jliis Dominion are realising the huge possibilities of the tobacco industry, but even the most sanguine were surprised when the local article made its first appearance. Such was the success that the manufacturers could hardly cope with the demand. And no wonder, because this tobacco represents quite a new type with a distinctive flavour of its own, due, it is said, to the toasting process which has been adopted in its manufacture. But its greatest virtue is its small percentage of nicotine, and this is why it does not affect the heart and nerves or the eyesight. Smokers should not fail to give it a trial. Obtainable in three strengths — Riverhead Gold, mild; Toasted Navy Cut (Bulldog), medium; and Cut Plug No. 10 (Bullhead), full body.