LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3517, 29 July 1926, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Constables Owen and Ryan who had to convey a patient to the mental hospital last Sunday were unable to arrive back in Foxton until Tuesday owing to the flood waters cutting off road communication. It is stated that oppossum trappers are much more numerous in, the Wairarapa district than they were last season. Many who would otherwise be unemployed are numbered amongst the trappers. A motorist was charged in Christchurch with having driven a car on which the bumper bar obstructed the front number plate. This was the first case of its kind to come before the court and the defendant was ordered to pay costs. The Maoris arrived in Sydney on Tuesday in good condition, and were lunched by the local Rugby Union. They spent the afternoon in training, and proceeded to Melbourne on Wednesday. They will play Victoria on Saturday. An unusual accident occurred to a Gisborne resident, a young man, on Saturday. At the time he was yawning, but this operation caused a" serious dislocation of the jaw. Ordinary treatment proved unavailing. The jaw swelled- rapidly, and even medical attention was insufficient to re-set the dislocation. Finally, the patient had to be conveyed to the hospital, and an anaesthetic administered.

For allowing liquor to be taken for consumption at the Dixiland Cabaret, at Auckland, at a time when licensed premises where required to be closed Dr. F. J. Rayner, chairman of directors and Frederick Fronting, manager, were each fined £2O and costs.

A New Plymouth resident was annoyed by the presence of rats in his house, especially in the roof (says an exchange), and as the house was nearly new and had concrete foundation, he was puzzled to tell how they got in. He was enlightened early one evening when lie noticed something moving on the roof, end then saw a rat leap from the roof to the frond of a punga close by, and continue its journey from frond to frond. The fern trees were trimmed, and rats give no trouble now.

If he had been anybody else the Prince of Wales would have liked to drive a railway engine during the recent general strike, for that is a job he already knew a little about. What he did do was to drive a milk cart, from house to house. That was in-the early days before the organisation was perfected. He felt sofry for the kiddies and their anxious mothers, and thought that to lujjp them could not be deemed strike-breaking by any decentminded man.

“These burglaries are becoming very common,i-and these young men going about with gelignite and fuses are becoming a menace to the community,” said Mr. Justice Stringer in the Supreme Court at Auckland, in a case in which George Edward Welch, aged 26, and Reginald Clarence Watson, aged 20, were charged with breaking and entering a warehouse in the city. The jury found both guilty, with a recommendation to mercy for Watson on account of his youth. Sentence was deferred.

A shocking accident occurred at Te Kuiti on Tuesday to a young man named John Murray at Temapara, 12 miles from Te Kuiti. He was leaning over a log-hauler to straighten a wire rope, when t he hauler clutch put the machine in motion, and Murray was caught between the rope aiuLcylinders of the hauler. The lower part of his body and legs were badly mangled, and his leg fractured.' He was brought into hospital and lies in a critical condition. Murray has only been married six weeks, and is a son of a well-known settler in the district.

The induction of the Rev. W. Paine (late of Foxton and Martinborough) as vicar of St. Mark's, Carterton, by the Bishop of Wellington took place last week. The Bishop exhorted everyone to give their vicar every assistance and encouragement in his work, and asked that too much be not expected from him. He was also entitled to a certain time for relaxation, during which lie trusted the parishioners would not worry him unnecessarily. The Rev. W. Paine also addressed the gathering,' and expressed the opinion that there was plenty to do in the parish, and he, with the co-operation of the parishioners, would carry on the work with vig-

Mr. T. P. Overtoil, consulting engineer to the Horowhcnua Power Board completed his engagement with the Bond at its last meeting. In concluding eulogistic* references lo the engineer, the chairman (Mr. Monk) said when the engineer first came here they were practically new chums, who had never seen a district reticulated, and one wondered how the thing was going to start. To-day, the whole of' the ITorowheiiua was electrified, full use was being made of it and Mr. Overton could always point to llorowhenuun and say, “That is my work” —it would be a testimonial to him wherever he went.

Included among this year’s grants from the T. 6. Maearthy Trust, which has been in existence thirteen years and from which has been distributed the sum of £95,427, are the following: All Saints’ Children’s Home, Palmerston North, £150; Convent of Mercy, Palmerston North, £75; St. Anthony’s School, Pahiatua, £25; Plunket Society, Feilding, £SO; Plunket Society,' Foxton, £25; Willard Home, Palmerston North, £200; Feilding District Nurse Fund, £SO; Plunket Society, Palmerston North, £100; St. Mary’s Catholic School, Foxton, £25; St'. John Ambulance Nursing Guild, Palmerston North, £SO; Plunket Society, Shannon, £25; St. Patrick’s Parochial School, Palmerston North, £75; Brigidine Convent, Foxton, £SO. Most smokers like a change now and then. They may smoke one brand for months, or for years, but sooner or later comes a hankering for a change. If tired of the foreign manufactured brands you are accustomed to use, try the New Zealand grown tobacco. Here you have an entirely different tobacco and a thorough change. Its purity will please you. Comparatively free from nicotine it appeals to the man whose pipe is constantly in his mouth. He can smoke “till further orders” without experiencing the disagreeable effects following the constant use of some of the imported brands heavily charged with nicotine, the very free use of which will certainly affect the nerves in the long run, and possibly the action of the heart. New Zealand tobacco is peculiarly soothing, and a taste for i't is quickly acquired. Obtainable in three strengths. Riverhead Gold, very mild and aromatic, Toasted Navy Cut (Bulldog) is of medium strength and Cut Plug No. 10, the Bullhead label, is recommended to those who like a full body.*

Mi’ F. Rout informs us that he will take passengers per his mail service to Levin as from to-morrow.

As a result of the recent mild rains and warm weather mushrooms have made their appearance at.Pnpakura, near Auckland. The local post office staff has been working under difficulties during the past few days, as a result of sickness. The mail delivery staff has been off duty with the ’flue and the linemen have had to turn to and carry mails. The exchange and mail rooms have also suffered. It is expected that in a few days conditions will he back to normal.

Mr. Saul Newbury, a Chicago niillionare, and his wife, who were staying at a leading city hotel in Sydney, were robbedof £II,OOO worth of diamond jewellery. It is believed that the thief entered the suites during the occupants’ absence by means of a duplicate key, and abstracted the jewellery>from an unlocked suitcase.

Combined European and Maori petitions are in circulation amongst both races in Te Kuiti asking for the establishment of licenses for the sale of liquor in the King Country. Similar petitions have been presented in Parliament from time to time without success. The present petitions adopt a new line of action, the chief request being/ that natives be allowed a vote on the question.

The Germans are notoriously big eaters, and are very much averse to starving. It is told of a market porter in Berlin making a bet that he would put away six mutton chops, 12 eggs, a goose, a duck,, 61bof potatoes and 211 bof hay. This commissariat was not for a month. It was for one meal! Difficulties were anticipated with the last course, as the eater was a man, and not a horse. However, this ingenious man solved the difficulty by calling for a cigarette after he had finished the duck. He then set light to (lie hay, pounded the ashes up with the potatoes, and swallowed the lot.

In one New Zealand town the postmen who clear the street pillar boxes noticed that there were often several stones among the leters, papers, etc. 4 (says an exchange). This was ascribed to playful children, until, a postman saw a man drop a stone into one of the boxes. “What are you doing that, for?” said the amazed postman. “Well,” said the man, “I drop a stone in to see if I am in time for the mail. Tf it hits the bottom of the box T know you have been and cleared it. If the stone lands on something soft I know I am in time.”

Mr. George Forbes has presented a petition to Parliament on behalf of Gustav A. Hirschberg, of Wellington, who complains that clause 59 of “The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1895,” was passed with the express purpose of barring his claim to the lease of Longbush, Ngawakaakupe No. 3 Block of 8000 acres. He states that “he has transferred (in his mind) his interests, and is tnnsf'erring, and will transfer, his interests in the lease of this land to the public.” He then enumerates his proposed bequests (presumably if lie gels possession of the block) to various churches, the Wellington hospital, and other institutions, in the total amount of £IBO,OOO. Among the bequests lie has decided (in his mind) to give £30,000 for scholarships.