Manawatu Herald SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1926. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3001, 20 February 1926, Page 2

Manawatu Herald SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1926. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The usual monthly meeting of the Borough Council will be held at 7.30 p.m. on Monday.

The School Committee desire to acknowledge further donations towards the school picnic fund from the following:—R. N : Speirs 2/G, W. Williams 2/6, Mrs A. H. Lee 2/6, R. Rangihenea 10/-, Mr. Clark 2/6. Mr. Smith, Public Works overseer with his wife, while driving a car from Karamea to Westport on. Thursday, went over a bank of 50 feet. Mrs Smith was killed and Mr. Smith was seriously injured.

An “ugly girl” competition is being conducted in Greytown in connection with the King. Carnival (says the Standard), and several slanders have already been perpetrated on the beauty by the beast. It should take on.

The men of the 6th .Field flattery, of Napier, who have been undergoing annual training on the local racecourse during the past week broke camp at midday to-day and left by train for their home town. The sth Battery from Wellington arrived this afternoon.

On a charge of fraudulently omitting to account for certain money, the property of the Australian Mutual Provided Society, Edward Clement Ray, lately collector for the Society, Pahiatua was yesterday remanded for a week. The accused was arrested on Thursday night. The police said other charges are pending. Mr. R. iM. Watson, S.M., had a few things to say to drivers of lorries at the Bulls Court this week. He reminded them that they did not own the road, and that other motorists were entitled to room.topass. The traffic inspector, Mr. Berry, stated that he had followed one defendant for three-quarters of a mile, repeatedly sounding his horn, without the lorry giving away an inch.

At a meeting of the Wanganui Education Board on Wednesday a motion was passed congratulating Mr. R, P. Broad, headmaster of the Aromoho School, oii his promotion to the Kilbirnie School, after long and efficient service. Mr. Broad has been headmaster of the Kiwitea, Longburn and Aramoho schools, and for a period was acting headmaster of the Foxton school, as well as organising teacher in the Wanganui district.

At Tuesday’s meeting of the Power Board, the engineer reported that near To Horo an insulator had been damaged by rifle shots and the current leaked over, enlarging the hole by burning. The chairman (Mr. G. A. Monk) deplored the fact of there being someone in the district who was foolish enough to do such a thing—absolutely wanton and without reason. Fortunately there had been very little of this dangerous practice, but it added to the burden already imposed upon the engineer and his staff.

Your attention is drawn to Mr. C. Billing’s advertisement appearing on page 1 of this issue. Mr. Billing has just opened up a large consignment of the latest motor cycles and push bikes including such famous makes as Indian, Triumph, and Chater-Lea motor cycles, and Alfred, Budge, and B.S.A. cycles. All cycles at lowest possible prices. Terms from £2O deposit; payments from 12/0 a week. Mr Billing also undertakes all classes of repair work. A trial solicited.

In view of her aproaohing marriage Miss Avis Stiles was on Thursday evening met by her fellow teachers of St. Paul's Church at the residence of Mrs Ounninghame, Heretunga street, Palmerston North (says the Standard), and tendered a social evening. At a suitable juncture Rev. M. A. Rugby Pratt, in asking Miss Stiles’ acceptance of an afternoon tea set, referred in eulogistic terms to the years of faithful service rendered the church by the guest of the evening in her capacity of Sunday school teacher, while Mr. C. East, assistant superintendent, added his tribute, wishing Miss Stiles every hapipness in her married life. Miss Stiles suitably replied.

“Heredity is not tale, ’ declared Dr. E. A. Bennet, lecturing under the auspices of the National Society of Day Nurses in London. “If consists of those characteristics which descend to a child from its parents—the child’s instincts and temperament, but nothing else.” Wanganui will have to look to its laurels if it is to maintain its position as the Fifth City in New Zealand (says the Herald.). While efforts are being made here to restrict the area of the city, the Palmerston North Borough Council is to consider a proposal to extend the borough boundaries.

Among the remits passed at the annual conference of the New Zealand Sanitary Inspectors’ Conference at Dunedin was one from Wellington urging that all milk distributed throughout the Dominion for domestic purposes should he in sealed containers. A novel method of widening a load by sluicing operations is being carried out at the present, time at Slip Hill, on the Lake Ivanieri road, West Coast. The water has been brought from a dam nearby, and with a pressure of about one hundred pounds from the nozzlemouth the hillside is being removed much faster than by manual labour. The road is being widened about sixteen feet, thus removing one of (he most dangerous points on that route.

On a recent morning, 270 empty petrol tins were counted on the roadside between the Rangitikei River bridge and Palmerston North and the Manawatu County Council seemed to think that employees of the Manawatu-Oroua Power Board had contributed to the unwelcome collection, for a request not to deposit tins on the roadside was received at last meeting of the board. Sir James Wilson explained pathetically that the County Council was like the old woman who lived in a shoe, it had so many of these metallic children it didn’t know what to do. Neither did the board, but the pole and line gangs are to he warned

A novel and decidedly unique “speedometer” which will enable policemen immediately to see whether a motor-ear is overstepping the speed limit or not is suggested by a reader of an American newspaper. In referring to the wellknown fact that the colours .of the rainbow, if moved at a certain speed appear to the eye to merge into yellow, this reader suggests that the colours of the rainbow should be painted on either side of t he cars. If these overstep a certain speed, this strip of colours will appear to all who see the automobile to be yellow, and the policeman has nothing else to do but to draw his notebook and enter the number of the offending car.

An-incipient tire occurred in Mr. ('. E. Billing’s motor cycle shop, Main Street, at about 6 o’clock on Thursday evening, resulting in the partial destruction of an Indian motor cycle. For the hist week MY. Billings has been working on the cycle and last evening gave the self starter a kick to “try the hike out.” Immediately the engine hurst into Jinnies but Mr. Billings and Mr Conghtrey with great presence of mind, smothered the burning bike with sand and prevented what might have proved a serious conflagration. The cycle was not seriously damaged and no other damage was done. The hike was covered hv a floating policy on the contents of the shop.

The curious habit so common m America of popping an nnlig'hted cigar in the mouth and chewing an inch or two of it to pulp, is not popular with us, although the chewing of black plug tobacco is common enough amongst sailors everywhere. However, with the rank and tile of Englishmen “the pipe’s the thing” and a source of enjoyment, daily, to millions. But discrimination should he exercised in the choice of tobacco. Brands full of nicotine (as the American tobaccos usually are) ought to be cut out, because nicotine is the source of all the mischief when tobacco proves injurious. Our New Zealand grown tobaccos are about the puiest going and contain only a trilling percentage of nicotine—a neglible quantity. That is why you can go on smoking them all the time with the utmost safety. They won’t do you any harm. And they are delightfully fragrant. You can get them of any strength. Ask for “Riverhead Gold,” mild, “Navy Cut” (Bulldog) medium or “Cut plug No. 10” (Bullshead) full strength.*