Manawatu Herald SATURDAY, APRIL 17 1926. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 0234, 17 April 1926, Page 2

Manawatu Herald SATURDAY, APRIL 17 1926. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A slight Aurora was visible in the southern sky between S and 9 o’clock last night.

The total amount subscribed to the Massey Memorial Fund in the Dominion has totalled only £1671 4s Id.

Mr. 11. L. E. Porvman, son of Rev. and Mrs S. Peryman, of Foxton was awarded second class in chemistry in the recent University degree examinations.

A meeting of the District High School Committee was Judd last night, to approve the annual report to be submitted to the annual meetof householders to be held at 8 o’clock on Monday evening. The Rev. Mr. Mitchell, of Feilding, gave Pat’s definition of a “jubilee’ at the Methodist meeting on Wednesday night. Pat defined a jubilee as follows: “Ye see, when you’ve been married for twentylive years, that’s your silver wedding; but when your motlicr-in-law dies, bedad! that’s your jubilee!” At the Masterton Magistrate’s Court yesterday, Cecil McCormack, proprietor of the Pines Boardinghouse, and Arthur Barnes, a boarder, were convicted on a charge of keeping liquor for sale in a nolicense area. McCormack was lined £25, and Barnes, who was stated to be a second offender, £SO.

A word about immigration was given by the Prime Minister in his speech at Kingsland on Tuesday. New Zealand, he said, wanted to keep the race pure. She would fail in her duty if siie did not help the Mother Country by taking its much of the surplus Home population as possible. She could absorb 10,000 people a year—the present rate — without disturbing the economic life of the country.

Mr. D. Christie, who conveyed greetings LYom the Anglican cistireli

al the Methodist jubilee meeting strongly advocated the [Sunday school as a vital adjunct of the church. lie said the Sunday school he attended as a boy was held in a building the Hours and wails of which consisted of clay, and sacks look the place of a carpel. The word of God could be taught just as ellicicntly in a house of clay as in a magnificent building. Mr. G. H. Stiles, who presided at tlie likal Methodist jubilee meeting on Wednesday night, is a wellknown erstwhile Foxlou 'residenl and business man, and was for many years a member of the Borough Council and subsequently Mayor. .Referring to his arrival in Fox ton about 30 years ago, lie said at that time, the town possessed a street-lighting system of kerosene lamps, placed about half a mile apart. After leaving a friend's house on the night of his first arrival he had dillicully in locating his lodgings. The Wellington (..'ity Council has decided on the following conditions in respect to the erection of kerbside petrol pumps the question of the erection of, which has been before the local Council on different occasions of late, finality on which is to be decided at next meeting of that body:—The installations shall he 35 feet from the building line of the street intersection, there shall be a minimum of 18 feet from the kerb to any tramline, and a clearance, for lire-plugs. No pump can be placed on pathways less than eight feet wide and a rental of -CSO will he charged.

Mr. Tom Gibson, of Levin, caused much amusement at the Methodist jubilee meeting on \\ ednesday night, when he recounted a visit to einirch as a small, but impressionable lad of nine years. Jle had to ride to Foxlon from his parents home at Moutoa. After making his horse secure, and while en route to the morning service a dog attacked him and left the mark of its teeth in his leg and made a rent in his trousers. When in church the latter caused some girls to litter, despite the fact that he kept his hand over the rent in his trousers. He decided to sit down when the next hymn was sung, but that action only made matters more conspicuous. It was one oi the must unforgettable and unpleasant incidents in his life, ilis attendance at the service was, however, parental order which could not go unfuUiilcd.

Rev. S. Peryman has received a substantia! cheque and congratulations from Mr. .1. AY. Cower, exresident and one-time Mayor of this town, which arrived too late to be read at the Methodist jubilee celebrations held on Wednesday.

It is notified in the Gazette that the district valuation rolls for certain districts shall be revised as at March 31, 1926, including Waitara borough, ' Eltham and Hawera counties, Feilding and Shannon boroughs, Mart inborough town district, Epuni riding of Ilutl county, and Upper Huti borough.

Mesdames J. Wallace, Collins and Sister Olive, of Palmerston N.: are visiting the local Woman’s Missionary Union on Tuesday in the Presbyterian Cluirch at 2.45 p.m. .’ill members and ladies interested in .missionary work are kindly asked to attend. Miss McKee travelling secretary of the movement will occupy the pulpit at the Fox ton 'Presbyterian church on Sunday evening', and will be present on Tuesday.

The chairman of the Palmerston North Hospital Board (Sir James Wilson) and Messrs J. A. Nash, M.P., G. A. Monk, and J. K. Hornblow, were, at Thursday’s meeting, appointed, together with members of Parliament within the board’s district., to protest to the Government against its request for a refund of some £BOO in subsidy. The refund is claimed in consequence of the Government’s general rule to keep the average of subsidy to all bodies for the year within certain limits, but in this case the board’s subsidy for the year has been on an exceptionally low basis, and members consider that an injustice is being done.

“London Opinion,’’ no doubt keeping in line with the spirit of the new age, recently gave this advice to dancers: “Be bold. Dancing is a matter of confidence. Go up to the best dancer. Right up and ask her. Be confident. After she has refused, keep on asking until you-get a dance. When the music starts advance. With the right arm encircle the young lady ir* the vicinity of the waist. With the other clinch her right hand. Shove off. Keep confident. Pilot her in a circular route about the hall. When you bump anyone, glare. He will apologise. When you step on her feet, be courteous. Pardon her. Blame it oil the music or the floor. Keep confident. Show her your critical ability. Find fault with, the orchestra. Say the lloor is not smooth enough or is too slippery. Carry on a. conversation to ease her agony. When you stumble tell her you are trying a new step. Even offer to teach it to her. When the- music stops applaud loudly and support her to her seat. After she has thanked you, look for another victim. Be bold. Dancing is a matter of confidence.”

The death occurred on Wednesday at Dannevirke of Pastor Ilans Madsen Kies, a well-known resident 01. that town. Born in Schleswig’, Denmark, in 18(10, one of 18 childlen of a small farmer, he studied for the ministry of the Lutheran (.hm<Hi ai the Divinity School in liis native province, intending to lake up mission work in India. 11 is health failing, however, in 188(1 he accepted a call to New Zealand at. Norse wood, where he was ordained. Two years later the settlement was swept by lire, and Pastor Kies entered into business for the purpose of supplementing his stipend, lie paid a visit to Europe in 1890, and on his return assisted in establishing tin 1 first butter factory in Hawke’s Bay which he managed for some time, removing in 1895 to Dannevirke. The tale Pastor Kies, who was a justice of the peace, also look an active part in local politics. He was for live years Mayor ol’- Dannevirke, and was alsj> at various times a member of the Hawke’s Bay Hospital and Charitable Aid Board, Hawke’s Bay Board of Education, Waipawa County Council,, chairman of the Technical Institute and president of the Evangelical Lutheran Convention of New Zealand and Queensland. The late Pastor Kies was a strong advocate of nolicense. He iuul a large circle oil friends in Dannevirke who will regret the passing of one of the early settlers of the district. Mr. Hans Kies, an erstwhile resident of Foxtail, is a son of the late Pastor Kies.

A lady doctor in England has just declared that smoking is a wonderful preservative of the teeth, and that although the teeth of some smokers may lit) discoloured they are generally sounder than those of the non-smokers. So many hard things have been said about tobacco that it is refreshing to lind a lady—and a lady medico at that —putting in a good word for she knows that smoking prevents or arrests dental decay. What every smoker docs not know, or at all events ignores, is that an excess of nicotine in tobacco is highly injurious. And that s where our New Zealand tobaccos come in. Being comparatively, free from nicotine iliev may be smoked almost incessantly without affecting the nerves or heart. Moreover they are all toasted —hence their line flavour and delightful aroma. Made in several strengths they appeal to all tastes. Kiverhead Hold, mild, a tine full llavouned tobacco. They ami aromatic; Toasted Navy Cut (Bulldog) is a fragrant medium; and Cut Plug No. 10 -Bull’s Head) are on sale everywhere."

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