Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 1926. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3526, 19 August 1926, Page 2

Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 1926. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Sixty-one soldier settlors abandoned their farms (luring- the year in the North Auokland Land District

A number of Wellington pedestrians were recently fined sums ranging from 10s to £1 for not keeping to the left.

At yesterday’s meeting of the Wanganui Education Board, Mr. J. K. Hornblow was deputed to inspect and report re drainage at the Oroua Downs school.

A distinguished honour has been conferred on Mr. Charles Edward Dahl, of Palmerston North, who has been created a Knight of the Ensign (Ridder of Danncbrog) by the King of Denmark.

The Wanganui Education Board has granted the use of three Wanganui schools for billeting 800 to 1000 Bible Class students who will assemble in Wanganui for the annual conference from December 27 to January 4. The new members from Palmerston North, Messrs. W. S. Woodroofe and W. D. Low, were welcomed to the Wanganui Education Board at its meeting last evening. Mr. J. K. Hornblow, Foxton, was also welcomed.

After a trial lasting all yesterday at the 'Wanganui Supreme Court, Frederick John Hawkins, a taxidriver, was acquitted on charges of driving a motor car negligently, and while in an intoxicated condition, thus causing the death of James Wiliam MeDougall. At the Christchurch Supreme Court yesterday, before Mr. Justice Adams, John Chesncy pleaded not guilty to a charge of assaulting Ernest Edward Earnshaw, and causing him actual bodily harm. He was also arraigned on a charge of common assault. The jury returned a verdict, of not guilty.

At the recent Chamber of Commerce gathering it was mentioned that the roads, etc., in the Awaliou riding of the Manawatu County had suffered greater damage by the recent Hoods than any other part of the county, and that Cr. W. E. Barber, as representative, had had more than his share of worry in getting things put right. A farmer, J. W..Altwood, of Walton, sustained severe injuries to his right arm through being tossed by a cow. He was on foot, and was driving the cow along the road with the assistance of a (jog. When the cow turned to attack the dog the latter took refuge behind his owner, who was hurled some feet in the air, and sustained lacerations and a badly sprained wrist in falling.

-Six tenders were received by Horowhenua Power Board yesterday for the erection of a brick cottage at the Power Station. The price of Mr. W. Cl. Bishop at £907 10s was accepted, it being the lowest. The Power Board supplies the bricks at the'Levin Railway Station, it having been decided to obtain these from the Prisons Department at a cost, including freight, of £4 8s per 1000, the total cost of the bricks being £92 Bs. Phoebe Maria Welch Ingram, a domestic of seventeen, left her home in sunny 'Nelson because of her father’s disapproval of her craze for dancing. She drifted into Wellington two months ago, and since, her principal occupations, it would seem, have been those of frequenting dance halls, keeping company with a woman of bad moral character, and removing articles of clothing from various places at which she had been staying. Coming before the Magistrate the young woman was placed on probation for two years, and ordered to pay £4 Gs Gd, the amount of depreciation caused to the articles stolen.

Judging by a recent discussion at the Horowhenua County Council injecting, the roadmen in certain parts of the county it is alleged are loafing on their jobs. Cr. McLeavey said they look up and see the Engineer coming and all get down to it. But what are they doing before ho comes? I am not a nigger-driver but I believe in a fair deal. I am game to say that this Council is not getting 12s worth for every £1 we spend . My idea is to put on competent -men over the gangs.”

A young man named Angus Donald Jury, who pleaded guilty at the Hamilton Court to ten counts of stealing various articles of clothing to the value of £lf> 18s 4d from his employer, was admitted to probation for two years. The terms of the probation were that the accused refrain from entering billiard saloons, hotels, or racecourses, and refund the value of the stolen property. Arising from the -charges against Jury, Eric Victor Brown was convicted of receiving articles of clothing, and admitted to probation for twelve months.

The provision of sto'ols for the science class at- the Foxton District High School has caused a lot of correspondence between the Wanganui Education Board and Department. The Board’s original proposal did not satisfy the Department, which recommended the acquisition of inferior stools :u a much lower cost. The latest development is that the Board is having the stools made by the primary pupils in the woodwork shops. “It will lie high class furniture for Foxton,” observed Mr. 11. Mclntyre, “and a bad advertisement for the Board if they are not up to the mark,” added Mr. Hornblow, when the grant for the purchase of the necessary timber was approved at last night's Board meeting.

The case of a postponed wedding and a bridegroom who failed to put in an appearance is reported from Blenheim. The ceremony was to have taken place some weeks back, but an unromantic attack of mumps caused it to be deferred till a -couple of days ago, when the wedding breakfast was spread and the guests assembled in the full expectation that this time there would be no hindrance to the tying of the knot. But neither bride no bridegroom kept the appointment. It transpired later that the young man, who lived at Picton, had vanished, and that the bride was hunting for him. All search was in vain, however, and once more the wedding’ had to be postponed, this time, apparently for an indefinite period.

A resident of the Pnkekolie district went to Auckland to buy, among other thing's, an elcctiic smoothing iron) He was ; shown two, one of German make costing 17s fid, and one of British origin priced at 30s. He purchased the German-made iron, and after using it for a short time the meter reader came along and was surprised to see how the consumption of electricity had increased. He immediately investigated and found that the German-made iron was consuming three units per hour. A comparison was then made with an iron of English make and it was found that it took an hour and three-quarters to consume one unit of electricity, and at 8d a unit housewives would soon decide which was the cheaper and that their purse and patriotism could run hand-in-hand.

An aged Maori who had heard that the pakeha valued the Maori foreeasts of the seasons, ealled at the N.Z. Herald office and expressed a desire to convey a message to the people of Akarana (Auckland). Raising his right hand above his head after the manner of a Maori tolmnga, lie said: “Spring early, very early, and warm, good season; plenty ie kumera plenty to grass. Waikato have warm rain and produce greater than the pakeha ever known. North Auckland too very good. Dry weather come for New Year. Creeks dry up, hut not for long. All crops heavy and everybody have plenty money.” Haying delivered his cheerful prophesy, the old man solemnly shook hands and prepared to depart. He would- give no indications of t ho signs on which he based his opinion, his reply being: “Maori, ho know. You see a great prosperity. Everybody happy. Work for all. Akarana. grow and many panehas come here like lot manuka come up in the bush clearing.” With a courtly salute the venerable tolmnga went on his cheerful way.

An amazing scene was witnessed at the Christchurch Magistrate’s Court the other day. While awaiting the hearing of a maintenance case, a woman sat ip the sun outside the court . Her husband passed, and made a remark which she resented. She gave a scream, and the husband, recognising this as a danger signal-; beat a hasty retreat. Tie took shelter in one of the court passages, but the woman pursued him there, and he tied to the prisoners’ room. From here further retreat was impossible, and the woman, finally catching him, proceeded to chastise him. The echoes of lier thundering fists could be heard even in the court-room and the husband was only saved by speedy police intervention. But only for a moment. He went outside, where he found that his wife had enrolled the assistance of four girl friends. They swooped on him with cries of triumph, and rolled him in the gutter, in which there was an ample stream of water. Milieu the man got free, lie removed himself as quickly as possible from the neighbourhood! of his wife and her Amazon friends.

Included in this issue is a circular in connection with Te Aroha’s

Grand Tennis Art Union, tickets for which are available at Is. each. Your last chance to secure £SOO for 1/-. Purchase a ticket to-day.

The auxiliary scow Huranui ai’rived in port on Tuesday with a cargo of benzine from Wellington. This is the first visit this vessel has made to Foxton. It is under the command of Captain Thomson and will prbablv pay another visit to Foxton at an early date.

The following appeared in fancy dress at the Farmers Queen's children’s dance held in the Masonic Hall last Saturday:— Joe Borgin, pierette; Rhoda Coley, chrysanthemum; Joan Marriott, pink; Molly ■Downes, rose petals; Fay Andrews, daffodil, Jean. Coley, ballet girl; Rona Wishart, Dutch girl; Marjorie Marriott, Scotch girl.

A local resident met with a startling experience the other evening. Being unaware of a leaking gas 2^ipc in one of the rooms of his residence, he went in search of something with a candle. An explosion followed which resulted in the unfortunate person receiving head injuries. The window of the room was blown out.

“With an area less than that of the Auckland Province, Denmark has 320 daily newspapers, with a circulation of 1,100,000 and 750 weekly and monthly technical periodicals, ’’ said Professor Rlndef, Professor of Agriculture at Auckland University, in an address to farmers at Ma.tangi. “In fact, the Danes know more about New Zealand than colonials know of it themselves," added the professor.

The following are the children of the late Mrs. M. A. Sorensen, who died at TTimatangi on Sunday:—Messrs. A. H. and I. Sorensen (Hawera), C. W. and A. (Auckland), R. (Palmerston X.), and Mesdames M. Brandon (Seattle, Washington U.S.A.), F. Palmer (Ilawera), A. C. Bridges (Auckland), C. Christainsen (Te Kniti) and E. Parr and Miss D. Sorensen (Himatangi). The interment took place at the Palmerston North cemetery on Monday, 16th August.

A freak object was brought into the Taranaki News office on Friday night in the form of a. black duck’s egg, laid the day before by a black duck belonging to Mr. Roberston, .Arawhata Road, Oaonui, That the egg shell is black right through is evident from the result of a vigorous application of sandsoap by a sceptical person to whoarjJth<\ egg was shown. It is under stood tliat the duck has laid black eggs regularly for some time past. The egg brought into the News office is now on exhibition in a shop window in Devon street.

A curious case was heard in the Magistrate’s Court at Dunedin when Joseph Patrick Mahoney, an employee in the Hillside railway workshops, was leharged with having been found by night without lawful excuse in the engine sh,eds and manipulating levers and brakes of an engine. The evidence disclosed that accused had no malicious intent -or any desire to interfere with the working of an engine. His excuse was that he desired, as a mechanic, to examine a certain type, of engine, and it had been his practice on the West Coast, where ho recently lived,_to visit the sheds there for the purpose. The magistrate imposed a fine of 40s, in default seven days’ imprisonment, and stated that drink evidently was the cause of the action.

The death of Mrs Mary Lee, at the age of 85 years, at Grey Lynn, recalls her liorioe (conduct during the war with the Maoris in Taranaki, in 18(10 (says the Post’s Auckland corespondent). She was then a girl about ‘2O years of age, and volunteered to succour a family stricken with typhoid in a little cottage beyond the British lines. She did her best to cheer the last hours of the mother and daughter, and then cared for the father, another daughter, and two sons. One day news was received of the approach of the Maoris, and the family urged her to flee for safety to the British lines. She, however, stuck to her post nobly, and fortunately the family were rescued just in time by two clergymen. When she reached the lines a cry went up, “ A guard of honour for Florence Nightingale” and the soldiers formed up in two lines through which she walked. Subsequently the Government gave her a grant of £25.

Unless all signs fail New Zealand tobacco is destined to become famous the world over' for its excelIcni smoking qualities. Like wildlive has the local product spread over all parts of the Dominion, capturing the trade wherever it made its appearance. ( It is thus evident that the New Zealand article must possess certain virtues which make it superior to the foreign tobacco, and not the least is its small contents of nicotine. This fact would particularly recommend it to the smoker who studies his health, because New Zealand tobacco, even if smoked excessively, does not affect his heart or nerves and leaves the mouth sweet and clean. But what is equally important, the tobacco is now being subjected to a toasting process and as a result its aroma has been improved —no bite, no soppeness, often so objectionable in many of the foreign brands. Try Riverhead Gold if you like a very mild and aromatic quality, or Toasted Navy 'Cut ('Bulldog) of medium strength, and Cut Plug No. 10 (Bullhead) label) if you prefer a full body.*

The repair of damage done by the recent floods in Waimarino County is estimated to cost £20,000. The usual monthly siting of the local S.M. Court wi]l be held tomorrow at 10.30 a.m. Mr. W. A. Collins was unanimously re-elected chairman of the Wanganui Education Board at yesterday’s meeting. Mr. F. L. Harrison, of WHiakatane, has been appointed to the position of engineer at the Wanganui Hospital out of 217 applicants. Rudolph Valentino (New York) is suffering from local peritonitis, which will ho fatal if it ibeoomes general.

A parade of local Territorials was held in the Masonic Hall last Tuesday night, when kifs etc. were issued preparatory to the men going into camp at Trentliam on the 24th inst.

The timber for the Town Hall, the non-arrival of which" has delayed work on the building to a certain extent, has arived in Wellington, and-will he shipped to Foxton per s.s. Kennedy which is due to arrive here to-day. The work of roofing the hall will lie started this week.

A man who pleaded poverty as an excuse for not paying his .hopsital account was discovered by a Hospital Board member to have £IOOO in the bank and a regular income. The member said that a final notice had been sent to the “povertystricken” one.

Colin McDonald, 23 years, was charged in the Auckland Police Court yesterday with 'committing manslaughter by killing Andrew Soulier at Auckland. The accused was brought from Sydney on Tuesday. He was remanded till Monday.

It was an American humourist who said that the only difference between Sherlock Holmes and a Want Ad. was that the Want Ad. found Lost Articles overnight, while Sherlock Holmes took four days to figure out how he was going to start the search.

The attendance at the Ranfiirly Shield match between Hawke’s Bay and Wellington at Napier last Saturday totalled 13,742, and the gate receipts amounted to £lslß 4s — easily a record for Napier. Over 3000 persons travelled to Napier l)£ special and suburban trains, and probably as many bv private and service cars and ’buses.

The Pope gave a private audience to the Italo-Argentine architect, Signor Palanti, who desires to erect in Rome the largest sky-scraper in the world as a monument to the Fascist regime. His Holiness was especially interested in« the project to place a church at the top of the great building, 500 feet above the street.

Most people have a tendency to overfeed. It is astonishing to those from the Old Country to S£e so much nibbling between meals, common in New Zealand. Children, in particular, should be. restricted to three meals a day. You cannot possibly raise healthy children if they are eating every hour or two of the day.—Dr. MeCredy, Health Officer in an address at Cambridge. A bill proposing amendments in the Local Elections and Polls Act, 1925, has been circulated in the House of Representatives. It contains various machinery clauses of no special general interest. There is provision for the supply of another voting paper where a voter returns a spoilt paper to the returning officer or his deputy. The cross system of voting is to be abolished in favour of the striking out of names for whom life candidates does not wish to vote. Persons whose names are not on the roll may vote by declaration, corporate bodies whose names are on the roll may appoint some person to vote on their behalf.