Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, MAY 13, 1926. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3035, 13 May 1926, Page 2

Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, MAY 13, 1926. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

See C. M. Ross scatter adverisements in this issue.*

Mr. J. Hall, of Levin, secured a magnificent 13-pointer stag in the Ohau Valley recently.

The friends of Mr. A. Stevenson will be pleased to learn that he returned home from hospital last night. The local. State School breaks up for holidays to-morrow and will resume on Monday, May 31st. An Auckland message stales that joy riding in unlawfully converted cars is on the increase in that town, and over 40 ears have been “borrowed” by irresponsibles since the beginning, of the year.

The Indian hockey team of four officers and thirteen men, arrived in Auckland by the Marama on Tuesday. It includes Sikhs, Punjabis, Madrasi, Pathans, Queen Victoria’s Own, sappers and miners, all in uniform. The players are attracting considerable interest. After considering the question of the advisability of supporting the Shannon Chamber of Commerce recommendation that the seven mile gap in the road between Shannon and Eketahuna be completed, the Wellington Chamber of Commerce has announced its disapproval of the suggestion.

A fatal motor accident occurred near Te Ante Hotel on Tuesday night. A car driven by Geoige Priest, containing three passengers, crashed into a small bridge, and somersaulted intp the creek below, landing on its wheels. A man named Dillon, cook at Te Aute College, was killed. The others escaped with scratches. The ear was extensively damaged. Ernest Abraham Hall Archer, a blacksmith, stood his trial in the Christchurch Supreme Court yesterday on a charge of having at Christchurch on March 12 last unlawfully killed Jessie Wilson, thereby committing the crime of manslaughter. He pleaded not guilty. After the hearing of evidence tho jury returned a verdict, after a retirement of one hour and fifty minutes of not guilty.

The remains of a man were found last week in the bush at Horopito. The bones and skull were practically intact, but there was no clothing or anything to. establish identification, excepting a. watch and a pair of boots found near the body. The name of William Bur was scratched on the inside case of the watch, but whether this is the name of the man has not been established. At the corroner’s inquiry no information regarding identification was forthcoming. The police considered that the remains had been there for 20 years, but the coroner said he did not think so long, possibly 10 years. The remains consist of part of a skull, a leg bone, ribs,and vertibrae. The bones and the skull indicate that they are those of a small man or a youth.

The sequel to the Waikanae motoring fatality in which Miss Cundy was killed, was heard in the Otald S.M.. Court last week when the Horowhenua County Council was charged that an 2nd April, 1020, between Waikanae and Te Horo, it did leave a dangerous formation in a public place, io wit, on the main road about two miles north of aikanac, without enclosing the same. After the hearing of lengthy evidence the S.M; said he considered the filling was not part of the road and the public were not invited to use it for traffic. If it required lighting the whole length would need lighting or fencing. It seemed to him that one had to be guided by usual custom and common sense. Only a portion of the road was for the public and if a motorist went over into a hole the Council should not be liable. The Council had not yet formed the road, and therefore should not be convicted.

The old pioneers who came out to New Zealand in the long long ago little dreamt, as they shredded the imported black plug the storekeepers used to sell, that the land of their adoption would one day produce fine tobacco of its own, and in some respects actually superior to the best imported. But so it is. The industry is only in its infancy as yet. But it promises to develop into a source of our national wealth —a point of tremendous importance to the struggling settlers on the poverty-stricken gum lands of the North which ,poor as they arc, will vet' grow splendid tobacco. If but a fraction of this barren land, so rich in tobaccoproducing possibilities, were devoted to the culture of the “weed” it would mean the salvation of many a settler and the ultimate enrichment of the Dominion. The local article is much appreciated by those who had to give up smoking foreign tobaccos because of the excess of nicotine, which affected their health. Try “Riverlioad Gold” mild, “Navy Cut” (Bulldog) medium, or “Cut Plug No. 10” (Bullhead) full*

The newly-gazetted motor bus regulations are causing considerable comment from all parts of the Dominion. The big wireless mast on Tinakori Hills, Wellington, was blown down during yesterday’s severe gale. Next Sunday will be observed as Mothers’ Day at the Salvation Army Hall. Special services will be conducted at II a.in. and 7 p.m. by Brigadier Bladin (ex-padre) of Wellington. A hearty invitation is extended to all to be present. The s.s Kennedy, after being delayed in port for a fortnight was able to leave for Wellington yesterday morning. The vessel is expected, to leave that port for Lyttelton to-day, and arrive back at Foxton on Monday.