Manawatu Herald. TUESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1920. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3522, 10 August 1926, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. TUESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1920. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Zane Grey’s record catch in New Zealand, a black marlin swordfish of 7041 b., appears as a full .page coloured picture in the Illustrated London News, in which he writes: “New Zealand waters are undoubtedly the most remarkable in the seven seas for magnificent game fish. They will attract anglers from all over the world.”

At the inquest on the death of Mrs J. Simpson, who died while undergoing an operation at Taringamotu, the Coroner at Taumarunui on Saturday returned a verdict in accordance with the medical evidence. He said that death was due to heart failure caused by the chloroform anaesthetic. All precautions had been taken to safeguard the life of the woman.

The Dental Commission has concluded its sitting at Dunedin. Dr. Marshall Macdonald said that a dentist had the same standing as a doctor. Dentistry was looked upon as an important branch of medicine, and the only competent examining body was the university. Dr. Renfrew White emphasised that dental and medical education should consist of a training in the powers of observation and deduction.

A thinly-disguised attack on Sir Francis Bell by the Labour member for Auckland East (Mr. J. A. Lee) during the consideration of the External Affairs Department estimates in the House was promptly extinguished by Premier Coates, who, in the course of his reply, pointed out that it ill became any member to belittle a man who had performed such signal service for his country, and whose efforts had resulted.to a great extent in securing for the Dominion the status it enjoyed today.

The freighter Comeric, now berthed at Castled in', (Wanganui), presents many unusual features. She is an oil-burning ship, carrying fuel in large tanks, and in between life two shells of the hull. There are three separate galleys, necessitated by the fact that various castes in the coloured crew require religious prineipleSj in collection with their food, to be faithfully observed. The Coinerio’s derricks are of the steel trellis type, tapered at the ends. The Comerie’s cargo for Wanganui consists of 1,500 tons of sulphur. The value of allowing a rebate of 5 per cent, on rates paid promptly is shown by the experience of the Takapuna Borough Council. The town clerk reported at a meeting of the council on Wednesday evening that the period allowed for rebates had now expired, but the amount of rates received to date erceeded by £3OO the total amount received up to October last year. The general fund account now had a credit balance of £II,OOO, the highest in the history of the council. This proved the wisdom of allowing a rebate, as the council could now work with a credit balance until the end of the year.

Mr. P. W. Boyd house, physical instructor under the Education Department, visited the Foxton school on Monday. In conversation with our representative he stated that the physical training at the school is on a good footing, and hinted that if parents would see that their children did regular exercises at home as well as at school, the benefit, not only to the present children but to future generations, would be very much greater. Fifteen minutes exercise per day is having a marked effect upon the physique of children—ergo, thirty minutes per day would mean a much greater benefit to health. The deaths on July 17 and 2G last respectively of Mr. and Mrs John Baker, of Hawera, remove two more of the pioneer colonists of New Zealand. The aged couple—Mr. Baker was 81 and his wife 80— came to New Zealand from England ni 1874 by the ship Golden Set, and, after landing at Wellington, made the sea voyage to Foxton and thence to Palmerston North by the old horse-drawn tram. Mr. and Mrs Baker lived for some years at Feilding, and for a lengthy, period engaged in farming at Rongotea, removing 27 years ago to Hawera, where they had since resided. Of a family of five sons and three daughters, two are resident in this district —Mrs Mudford, of Tiakitaliuna, and Mrs M. Holland, of Kimbolton.

A resident of Henderson, Auckland, named Haslet reported to the police that at 7 o’clock last night, when lie was standing in Queen Street, two men, who said they were detectives, ordered him into a side street where they hit him over the head and took £25 from his pockets.

“I confess it comes as a surprise to me,” said Mr. R. W. Tate, S.M., in the Magistrate’s Court in New Plymouth, “that a young girl with bobbed hair, short skirts, and silk stockings, who serves out small goods in a pork butcher's shop, can be called an ‘experienced butcher.’ ” This observation was prompted by the statement of the Inspector of Awards that if a young girl was so employed she would have to be paid as an experienced butcher, as the award provided no other classification. The only alternative was for a worker to apply for an underrate worker’s permit.

“4 don't know what life girls and women of the present day are coming to,” remarked a Napier resident, of pious inclinations, to a -Daily Telegraph reporter. “It is bad enough when one sees them powdering their faces in the theatre or restaurants,” he continued, “but when it comes to applying first aid to the face in a place of worship, tlien it’s about time something was done.” ' It appears that the resident went, as was his usual custom on Sunday evenings, to church last week-end, and during the service was scandalised to observe a woman member of the congregation calmly take out of her bag a small mirror and powder-puff, and proceed to decorate her face in the most approved fashion. “It was during the most solemn part of the service, too,” he concluded. A novelty has appeared on the market in the shape of a*toasted tobacco, which has caused quite a sensation in smokers’ circles. The process of toasting seems to have a most beneficial effect upon tobacco, similar to what cooking, broiling and roasting has on food. It develops the flavour and makes generally more savoury and appetising, and last, but not least, also more digestible. Small wonder that the local product has greatly gained in popularity through this latest improvement, and smokers are advised to give it a trial. They are in for quite a new flavour. There are three grades obtainable now — Riverhead Gold, a very mild and aromatic smoke; Toasted Navy Cut (Bulldog), of medium strength; and if you prefer a full body try Cut Plug No. 10, tlies Bullhead label. All made of a new l.vpe of leaf famous for its small percentage of nicotine-. Doctors and experts .proclaim them to be healthier than most of the foreign tobaccos; and another consideration is their lower cost . They will reduce your tobacco bill by 30 per cent.