Manawatu Herald THURSDAY JULY 8, 1926. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3508, 8 July 1926, Page 2

Manawatu Herald THURSDAY JULY 8, 1926. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The takings at Saturday’s Football Club shop day were £ll 13s lOd.

The social and send-oil' to Moses will be held in the Masonic Hall on Monday, 19th July. Mrs Cowley received a cablegram from her husband, Mr. S. E. Cowley on Tuesday stating that he bad arrived safe and well at Southampton. The racehorses Limerick, Count C'avour, Young Loehinvar, Clarina, Reonui, and Battlement arrived in Sydney on Tuesday by the Ulimaroa.

Thieves paid a visit to the bottle store of the Ivaiapoi Brewery on Saturday night, and decamped with £24 from the till. The detectives who investigated this morning found that the lock of the .till had been turned with a key.

AVfhile the Rev. David Flannery was cycling to celebrate Mass in a church near Killynenagh, country Clave, he was knocked down by a motor car, in which was his own parish priest, and died from his injuries.

A succession of earthquakes was felt at Blenheim between 10 and 11 on Monday night. Two severe ones were followed by mild tremor, and then another severe jolt came. Two other shocks were felt between 3 and 5 o'clock on Tuesday morning.

Two hundred deaths are reported from various parts of America through accidents during the fourth of July celebrations. A most peculiar death is reported from Davenport, lowa. A large fire-cracker, thrown by a boy landed in the. mouth of a speaker at a public meeting and his face was blown off. Lus Mazzatini, formerly one of Spain’s most famous bull fighters, died in Madrid recently, at the age of 70. When Mazzatini abandoned the arena after one of the most brilliant careers in the history of bull fighting, he was nominated civil governor in the province of Andalusia.

Two Hawke’s Bay drovers recently completed an exceptionally long drive with cattle, having set out from Tautanc Station, Waipukur'au, some 6A weeks ago with 150 head. They picked up another mob of 200 odd on the route, says an exchange, and took the whole of them through to Taumaranui, a distance of over 257 miles.

During a whale chase in Cook Strait, two Te Awaiti parties in pursuit in the launches Surprise and Wjhekenni, collided when the whale was within shooting distance. The impact was so great that K. Toms, bomber of the Surprise, was thrown into the sea. Both boats were considerably damaged, and were towed to Picton for repairs. The whale got away. The French Consul at Auckland lias received from the French Government a silk flag to be forwarded to Eskdale, near Napier, for the war memorial there. The flag is an official one, generally kept for the exclusive use of the French army and navy, and is intended to symbolise the French remembrance of the deeds of New Zealand soldiers.

Speaking at a function in Greytown on a recent evening, Mr. D. P. Loasby, in referring to the Trust Lands Trust and the assistance it rendered educational institutions, stated he had recently visited Foxton and was astounded at the modern school buildings that township possesed. He considered a strong agitation should be set up to have the local school brought up-to-date. At the weekly meeting of the Manawatu Rugby Council held in Palmerston North on Tuesday night a letter was read from the tradesmen of Foxton intimating that they had formed a mid-week team, and desired to meet a team of Palmerston North businessmen on a Wednesday. —The matter was referred to Mr. W. Boon, with the hope that he would be able to arrange a match.

In the Auckland Magistrate’s Court on Monday, Austin Gilbert Durham, 50 years of age, a taxi driver, was sentenced to seven days’ gaol for being intoxicated while in charge of a motor-car. Aeussed’s car crashed into another car, got across a tramline, and the tram crashed into him. Mr. J. IV. Boynton, S.M., anouneed that in future offenders would be sentenced to imprisonment. As the result of a motor-car collision at a street intersection at Palmerston on Tuesday, Miss McElroy, of Feilding, lies in a serious condition at Palmerston North Hospital. Her light car, which she was driving, collided with a motor driven by Adjutant N. Brown, of the Wellington Salvation Army. Miss McElroy’s ear turned a complete somersault, landing on its wheels on the grass. She sustained chest injuries. Adjutant Brown escaped with a severe shaking and minor bruises. Both cars were extensively damaged. Recently the Whangarei Harbour Board’s suction dredge pumped up an old Maori implement, the use of which is a mystery, says the “Northern Advocate.” It is about 18 inches long, made of puriri, with a flat spear, approximately two inches wide across at one end, and ,a bulged grip at the other end. Once before a similar implement or weapon was found, but, according to Mr. W. M. Fraser, the Maori people nowadays do not know what was the use to which they were put in olden times. Both were recovered from a low strata, so that it is assumed that they are very old. The difference ‘twixt the pipe and the cigarette is as well marked as that between a sandwich and a grilled steak. Hence, while the cigarette has numberless votaries, the pipe, because it is so satisfying lias many more. Seasoned smokers say there is nothing to equal a pipe for solid comfort and enjoyment. But the tobacco must be good, and not loaded with nicotine as the imported brands usually ' are. Our own New Zealand grown tobaccos are the purest and being comparatively free from nicotine they are greatly appreciated by smokers who find they can smoke them for hours at a time without burning their' tongues or experiencing other unpleasant consequences. It is interesting to note that these tobaccos are all toasted in the process of manufacture, and to the toasting must be attributed the wonderful flavour and delightful aroma that characterises them.. The principal brands are “Riverhead,” mild, “Navy Cut > (Bulldog), medium, and “Cut Plug No. 10 (Bullshead) full-strength. All toasted and every tobacconist stocks them.*