Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1926. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3540, 21 September 1926, Page 2

Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1926. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mi’ IV. Pollard, of Exeter, lias left his employers after 55 years’ service—five years fewer than his father spent with the same linn. A little girl named Jessie Neilson, aged 4 years, a daughter of Charles Neilson, of Makara, was drowned on Saturday morning in the Makara river.

The recent gales* did considerable damage at Woodville, where trees were uprooted, gardens destroyed, and the roof was lifted bodily off a building used a 4 a garage.

“Witness, you are not in an American Court now, and therefore you will kindly remove the chewing gum from your mouth,” 1 was the rer quest by the Magistrate of a witness in the Te Awamutu Court. A. match for the New Zealand Sculling Championship and £IOO ashle, has been arranged between Hannan, of Blenheim, and J. Mason of Whangarei. It will take place on Whangarei Harbour on a date to be fixed.

“Do you believe in the Biblical injunction about turning the other cheek when struck?” asked Mr R. Twyneham of a witness in the Magistrate’s Court in Christchurch. “By gosh, I don’t!” emphatically replied the man in the box, who alleged that he had been struck.

The premises of the Flexile Boot Co., and Dearsley’s Ltd., of Auckland, were burglarised on Thursday night and boots valued at £l2O stolen. The premises arc within a stone’s throw of the gaol and almost next door to the Auckland police station.

The agenda paper for, the British Labour Party’s conference, to be held at Margate, on October __ 11, contains a demand that Freemasons shall be ineligible for any office in the party on the ground that “The craft is wholly incompatible with Socialist aspirations.” A great deal of annoyance'has been caused by the action of some persons in despoiling the graves in the Levin Cemetery of the flowers and shrubs planted there by those who have the care of the last resting place of their relatives. In| some cases the flowers have been taken away evidently for decorative purposes, and in others*the shrubs have been uprooted, says the Chronicle.

The public is getting more and more interested in advertising, Sir Harold Mackintosh told the National Sugar, Confectionery and Chocolate Convention, which sat in London last month. Press advertising he placed first in effectiveness. In it the seller was able to give “the reason why to buy” in a manner that could not be done on the poster. Advertising, he' added, helped to steady trade, increased output and reduced overhead expenditure. Jane Shaw, aged S 4, a widow, fell downstairs at her home in Manchester, and died, keeping the secret of the skeletons of two infants probably day-old twins, which were found in a tin box. They probably died half a century ago. Mrs Shaw, virtually a recluse, lived on the old age pension. The absence of relatives compelled the police to search, in the hope of obtaining a clue to her identity. Her few visitors often referred to the box, but Mrs Shaw avoided the subject, saying it contained linen.

The Chief Scout Commissioner, Major S. J. Sandle, of Palmerston N., is paying a visit to Foxton tomorrow evening for the purpose of enrolling the local Boy Scouts. A public meeting is to be held in All Saints’ schoojroom at 7.30 p.ra., when parents and friends! are invited to be present. The Commissioner is bringing with him the chairman of the executive body in Palmerston N. and also a number of Scoutmasters. It is hoped that a good muster will be present.

The “Herald” staff acknowledge wedding favours from Mr and Mrs C. Edwards, and join in extending to them the usual good wishes for their future happiness. An evidence of the severity of the wind on Sunday last is given by the fact that a Palmerston North car, which was proceeding to the local beach had its hood torn clean off between Foxton and the seaside. Mr “Jock” Reid, a well-known local resident is reported missing, while his car is reported to be hanging over a precipice near Mr Judd’s property, Otaki gorge. — Mail. “The trouble was due to the, fact that my client had a sneezing fit,” was the novel explanation for a motor car accident offered by counsel in the Palmerston N. Magistrate's Court yesterday, on behalf of Morgan Laurenson, commercial traveller, of Palmerston N., who was charged that he did drive a motor car in a manner dangerous to the public. “A peculiar kind of revelation,” remarked the Bench, in imposing a tine of £2 with costs.

People crossing a bridge, over the Irwell, between Manchester and Salford, some weeks ago, saw a cat on a ledge of a wall close to the river and unable to get away. A bucket was lowered several times, but the frightened cat did not understand, or dared not- jump. Then two detectives came up, and with a rope, one lowered the other 40 feet down through a window. With great difficulty Detective Needham brought the cat to safety, after the poor creature had been without food for days.

The Prince of Wales, who has de-' veloped into one of the most enthusiastic golfers in England, strained his right hand when playing on the Continent. His club struck the ground, which was very hard, and his hand has been troublesome ever since. When he returned to England, Dr Norton Smart, a specialist, was summoned from Southampton for an examination. The doctor’s verdict may be, assessed from the fact that I lie Prince later played on one of the suburban links. A fine tribute was paid to Mr IT. Hutchins at last night’s meeting of the Horowhenun Rugby Union Management Committee. Mr F. Robinson said that no man in the Horowhenun district took such a keen interest in football matters as Mr Hutchins did. For years Saturday after Saturday, he had taken the gates in Foxton for the Union and stayed at his post from 1 till 4 p.m. and had never seen a game. The meeting endorsed Mr Robinson’s remarks and Mr Hutchins was voted “one of the best.”

Whoever imagines that petrol is necessary for a motor ear will he rudelv shocked hv the fact that 20 ears have just run 1,000 miles without a drop of petrol. Two were ordinary Paris taxi cabs, which run on fuel obtained from sawdust mixed with paraffin and alcohol; two were driven by a mixture of alcohol and napthalene; a certain by-pro-duct from gasworks; and four relied on acetylene gas generated en route. The most striking success was that of sixteen cars using gases generated from charcoal. The test was conducted by the French Automobile Club. 11.M.5. Renown left Portsmouth on Monday to join the battle ciuiser Squadron after a refit entending over three years, and costing £OBO,000, extensive alterations having been made as the result of the Jutland experiences. She is now second only to the Hood as the most powerful battle cruiser afloat. She will participate in the exercises in Scottish waters and then in the display ,n connection with the Dominion Premiers’ visit -in October. After that she will return to Portsmouth to be prepared for the Duke and Duchess 0$ York’s lour. “I find that Arthur Moody died in Christchurch on September 4 from injuries received through a motor cycle which he was driving colliding with a motor car. The evidence shows that the collision was due solely to the deceased travelling at an excessive speed, and not keeping a proper look-out.” That was the verdict of Mr 11. A. Young, S.M., Coroner, at Christchurch on Saturday, at the adjourned inquest int<f the circumstances of the death of Arthur Moody, who received fatal injuries in a motor smash in Manchester St., on September 4. when they collided with a motor car driven by Joseph Bertram Neale, who-was turning round in (lie roadway.

Xiotoine is very poisonous. Even in small quantities pure nicotine causes vomiting, purging and collapse, and when you consider that many imported tobaccos contain from 4 per cent, to 5 per cent, of nicotine, it shows how careful you must be in your choice. Smokers will be interested to learn that some of our New Zealand grown types hardly contain as much as 2 per cent, of nicotine. Small wonder that the local article is so much milder and less harmful, but, besides, as a result of the toasting process to which the tobacco is now. subjected, the aroma has been greatly improved. The flavour is brought; fully out while, at the same time, any deleterious elements which are contained in the leaf are destroyed. Smokers are unanimously in favour of the new departure and proclaim toasted tobacco superior to any other. Obtainable in three strengths. Riverhead Gold, very mild and aromatic; Toasted Navy Cut, medium, and Cut Plug No. 10, the Bullhead label, is recommended to those who prefer a full body. The latest addition is “Cavendish Mixture.” . 1

Captain Buckley went up this afternoon in an endeavour to obtain the final jdiotos for the aerial survey. Hector Dawson, an employee of Messrs Ross, Rough and Co., while feeding a stripper on Friday last, met with a painful accident, having his left index finger caught in the rollers of the machine and completely crushed, necessitating its amputation. Six motor accidents occurred in Otaki during the week-end. In some cases the cars were badly smashed but luckily the passengers escaped with slight injuries. One car hung on wires over a precipice;'another through the bursting of a tyre, broke through a fence and stopped on a lawn; and an embankment saved another from a complete capsize. A great deal of interest was taken in two cases heard at the Wanganui Magistrate’s Court last week, laid under a 1920 amendment to the Police Offences Act. The charges which were preferred against James Landless and Christopher Home Nicholson, two smartly dressed men, Were that they were idle and disorderly, persons without sufficient lawful means of support. Under this new Act it becomes incumbent upon a person suspected of vagrancy to prove possession of means apart altogether from the amount if money lie may have had at the time of his arrest. The amendment caused a great deal of discussion in the House of Representatives. They were subsequently sentenced to three months’ imprisonment.