Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, AUGUST 31, 1926. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3531, 31 August 1926, Page 2

Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, AUGUST 31, 1926. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Thomas Healey, a farmer, of Lumsden, fell from a dray'loaded with metal. A wheel passed over his 'chest, which was badly crushed. He died on Saturday evening. The Family Allowance Bill was further discussed bv the House of Representatives on Friday, when amendments increasing the annual expenditure by £5,000 were agreed to.

The late Mr F. W. Fischer, who for many years carried on the business of pawnbroker in Auckland, has left about £IB,OOO. He bequeathed his house and furniture to his housekeeper, and the remainder of his fortune to his sister in Adelaide. He died in July.

W|hile riding a motor cycle in Queen St., Onehunga, on Sunday morning, Robert Leonard Skinner, aged 24, collided with a motor car. He was thrown to the ground and later admitted to hospital, suffering from a fractured skull. His condition is reported to be serious. Motor cycles took, the place of League football players at Monica Park, Christchurch, on Saturday afternoon. A soccer ball was used and throe games, staged by four teams of five men a side, provided plenty of speed thrills. The winners of the first two matches played oil in an exciting final.

“The money which it is proposed to spend on the Palmerston North railway deviation is unnecessary and unwarranted,” declared Mr It. W. Smith (Waimarino) in the House. “The money would have produced a much better result if it had been spent in fertilising the land, and assisting the struggling farmers to increase the volume of our primary products.” The following persons have signed up as subscribers to the local telephone exchange, as a result of the efforts of the Foxton Chamber of Commerce to have increased telephone facilities; J. Newtli, Moutoa; It. Bryant, abattoirs; Boss, Hough and Co., Motuiti; A. H. Wilson, Marotiri; Boss, Rough and Co., Shannon Road; D. H. Campbell Marotiri; A. H. E. Wall, Marotiri; J. W. Bowe, Marotiri. In the House on Saturday, Mr P. Fraser referred to the overcrowd? ing in mental hospitals. The matter, he said, was serious and tragic, and at Porirua, although some work had been done, patients were sleeping in the corridors. Wthy had the money Parliament voted not been spent He would like to know whether sufficient accommodation was likely to be provided. Last year £77,000 had been voted, and only £38,000 expended. This year only £22,500 was voted.

Patrick Enright, a railway ganger, was seriously injured in a train smash on Saturday at Dipton. Enwright, in attempting to pull the trolley off the line, was struck by the train. He was carried along on the icow-eatchcr, and his head struck a small post on the side of the rails, used in connection with signals. The train quickly pulled up and the man was taken to Lumsden, where he received medical attention. It was found that his skull was fractured, and lie was removed to the Southland Hospital. His condition is serious.

Captain Tahu Rhodes has sold his well-known property “Meadowhank” near Lincoln' to Mr lan Buchanan, of Little River (says the Lyttelton Times). “Mcadowbank” has been in the Rhodes family for many years and it has been Captain Taliu Rhodes’s home since he has been in Christchurch. The house stands in beautiful grounds, in which have been planted a remarkably fine collection of New Zealand native trees and shrubs. Capain Rhodes, with Hon. Mrs Rhodes and family, will leave New Zealand for England -in April.

The Whnganui Harbour Board's new tug, Kahanui, has been successfully launched at Dublin. The vessel is 110 feet long, 24 feet beam and 800 horse power. It has a mean loaded draught of 20ft. Gin. A launch which put out from New Plymouth in search of the missing fishermen found them contentedly fishing near White Cliffs. The fishermen had taken shelter under the cliffs until the weather moderated, and then resumed fishing. Shown to be a thief and a “Peeping Tom” nuisance around women’s colleges, Daniel Thomas Ronald Tucker, aged 20, was sentenced in the Dunedin Magistrate’s Court on Monday to two years’ reformative detention.

A violent disease in dogs is said to be giving trouble from the Bluff to Christchurch. Some five hundred cases have been treated in the Dunedin district alone. The complaint has been diagnosed as a nervous form of distemper.

There was a poor attendance at the sacred concert held in the Royal Theatre on Sunday night, held under the auspices of the Fibre Queen Carnival Committee. The programme was brought to an abrupt ending after a few items had been given.

The following conversation took place in a public hospital not a hundred miles from Blenheim, says an exchange: “The new patient in ward 1 is very good looking,” remarked the nurse who had just come on duty. “Yes,” assented the matron “but don’t wash his face. He’s had that done by four nurses already this morning.” The body of Norman Gilbert, who has been missing sin'ce August 22, was found among the shrubs in the Pukekura Park, New Plymouth on Monday. His.throat had been cut and bis left arm slashed with a razor. A note found with the body staled: “Bo sorry. This had to happen. It had to lie.” Deceased, who was at one time a dentist and after wards a farmer, had been in bad health.

■ While waiting for a bus with his wife and nephew in Lake ltd., Devonpori, Auckland, on Sunday, John Bam her Do Mole suddenly collapsed and died. He had been visiting relatives during the afternoon, and, with his wife was returning to their home in Ponsonby. De Mole was secretary to the Auckland Glass Company Ltd.

A Dominion conference of delegal o.s from branches of tlie Licensing Reform Association, was held at Wellington last week. The delegates from the Foxton branch were Messrs R. Bryant and W. Kirkland. Resolutions were passed protesting against the third issue being removed from the licensing ballot paper; expressing keen disappointment at the proposed Licensing Amendment Bill; urging upon the Government the desirability of substituting the proposal known as the “Corporate Control’’ for the third issue of State purchase and control. Air J. W. Rough, architect, of Auckland, is on a brief visit to his parents, in Foxton. Some years ago, Mr Rough practised bis profession in Foxton and designed some of our prominent buildings. He removed to larger centres and subsequently won distinction in the world’s metropolis, where he studied. He has now taken up his residence in Auckland where lie finds ample scope for his profession. In conversation with our representative, Mr Rough remarked upon Foxton’s progress. Referring to Auckland, Mr Rough said the unemployment there at present was due to the cessation of loan expenditure. In the far north, owing to the bottom falling out of the kauri gum market, much hardship was being experienced by families who depended upon that industry for a livelihood.

A new member’s first speech: — Mr Speaker, in opening my mouth Lo take up the cudgels in regard to the bus regulations, all along the unseen paths of the future I perceive the footprints of a hand; but this is only a matter of traffic control. I smell a rat; I see it forming in the air, and I intend to nip it in the bud by exposure to the limelight of the public ear. On this question the Opposition have always been a bee in their bonnet and they are now nailing it to the mast. It is up to us to put our best foot forward and make a good fist of it; to hold aloft the torch of Liberty, and with both hands on the plough, forge a real Imperial link. By maintaining our present position we shall easily Advance along the line of least resistance, drive them to leg, and winning the rubber, finish several lengths ahead.

Smokers who are niggardly of their ’baccy are rare. As a rule their pouch is at the service of almost anybody. Of course there are exceptions. Do you remember* the story of the smoker who kept two pouches? One he called “the world” and the other “providence.” The first was always empty; the second always well filled. If asked for a fill lie would regret that “he hadn’t a bit in the world.” If questioned as to what he was going to do for himself be would say: “Oh, I must trust in Providence.” Well there are all kinds of smokers, just as there are all kinds of tobacco. By the way, have you tried our own N.Z. grown tobaccos? In some respects they are unique. For one thing they are all toasted. Hence their peculiarly delightful flavour; secondly they contain so little nicotine that they may be smoked “till the cows come home” without proving injurious. That’s why the doctors approve of them. Try Riverhcad Gold, mild; Navy Cut (Bulldog), medium; or Cut Plug No. 10 (Bull’s Head) full. 20

Advice has been received in Auckland to the effect that there has been a very mild outbreak of typhoid amongst the Maoris at Whangaroa. Patrick Joseph Creagh, ex-town clerk of Brunner, pleaded guilty to charges of stealing and converting to his own use £34G 4/3, belonging to the Brunner Borough Council. He was committed to the Supreme Court for sentence. Bail was allowed at £2OO.

We have received the following record Welsh “jaw-breaker” from a correspondent in Llanfairfechan, \\hies: Llnnfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwll -Llant.vsiliogogogo'cli. The translation is as follows: “Clmreh of St. Mary white hazel hollow near the rapid whirlpoolTysilio’s Chureli of the red cave.” Our correspondent asks: How does this compare with your Maori ton-gue-twisters