Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, SEPT. 23, 1926. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3541, 23 September 1926, Page 2

Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, SEPT. 23, 1926. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Tlie Canterbury dairy factories have reduced the price of butter to 1/5 net, the new retail rate being \Jj as from to-day.

The Manawatu County Comic has decided to take immediate sic] to engage the services of a consul! ing engineer.

John Savill, aged 77, a well known farmer, at Yaldhurst. Christ church, who had been in feeble he a!th for .some time, fell into a tin on Monday night, and died as ; result of shock.'

xThe Hastings Chamber of Com meice has suggested that' the Co vernment should tunnel under lrv< crossings in the interests of publi safety, and that the work be car vied out by unemployed relief la hour.

“I don’t know how some of the people pay these huge rents,’’ remarked Mr R. W. Dyer, S.M., ni the Napier Magistrate’s Court, when a witness stated that for a home in Napier he had to pay 35s a week in rent out of his total earnings of £4 1/- a week.

The heavy gales on the AY si Coast have been responsible for three steamers —the Kaitangata, Koromiko and the liner Yoserie — putting in to Nelson to replenish their bunkers. The storm had rendered the bars unworkable on the Coast.’A

number of other vessels have pn into the bay and have been!shelter iiig at Totaranui.

The Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, wlfieh lias one of New York’s most fashionable congregations, has unanimously endorsed the recommendations of the committee to offer the pastorate to the Rev. Henry Howard, of London, who was at one time a Methodist “bush" preacher in Victoria, Australia. The pastorate carries a stipend of about £2,470; a year.

Mrs Malnprop was abroad in earnest at the Wanganui Harbour Board's meeting recently. “I wish to make a personal explanation. I did not cast any aspirations," said a member in the course of a discussion. “I also would like to make a personal explanation,” rejoined the other member concerned. “Aspersions were cast but no aspirations.” (Laughter). “I have learned recently that the location and introduction into New Zealand of the natural enemy of the woolly aphis has saved the Nelson district alone £IO,OOO for the year. Other parts of the Dominion where fruit is grown extensively will belied! accordingly.” This statement was made in the House by the Minister for Agriculture, lion. 0. •). Hawken, while stressing the value to New Zealand of agricultural research. Those who question the ability of Mokoia land to produce chou.moellier should inspect a-crop grown by Mr J. Baldwin, Meremere road, says the Hawera “Star.” He walked into the local store the other day with a stalk six feet high, providing shelter in its upper part for a thrush’s nest and tive eggs. On Sunday morning live of Mr Baldwin s cows-were lost in the chou moellier —which in parts reaches a height of. seven feet —and it took an lioiu s search to discover them. Amusing incidents happen at country dances at times, but something quite out of the ordinary is said to have happened at a dance in this district recently. Two members of the fair sex disputed possession for position in a square set. It is stated that bumps and blows were exchanged until the naughty ones were separated by an attenuated, M.C., when they were immediately claimed by their partners, who in the meantime, had been interested spectators, and dancing resumed.

The gallant but unavailing attempts made by Dudley 'Charles Renton to save his mate, Vincent Boustridge, from drowning, when

their launch capsized at Taieri mouth bar on August 24, were com-

mented on by the Coroner, Mr J. R. Bartholomew, S.M., at the inquest, held at Dunedin yesterday. Renton twice succeeded in bringing deceased to the boat, but on the third occasion he had to remaiiy helpless in the boat in which he had tied himself. The Coroner commended him for his action, adding that- he had done everything to save his mate.

Cobham has arrived at Allahabad on his return journey.

Mr Griinshaw, of Palmerston N., will be in attendance at (lie Masonic Hall between 2 and 4 p.m. on Saturday next to meet intending pupils for singing and elocution. “Some of the men working on the unemployment relief jobs came to us for an advance so that they could go to the races,” said the Mayor (Mr Hope Gibbons) at the meeting of the Unemployment Council at Wanganui this week. He had no objections to the races, he said, but lie thought men on such casual work should economise. The Auckland Council of Christian Congregations passed a resolution deprecating a suggestion by the ofliieer-in-ohnrge of the northern military command that boys of 18 years of age undergo three months’ military training in.camp, and slating that the time has come for the adoption of Ihe volunteer system of territorial training instead of compulsory training.

On Tuesday night the Sports Queen Committee took their concert party on! to Oroua Downs where an entertainment was given in the hall. There) was a large and appreciative audience present and the concert proved a great success. The programme was practically the same .ts the one given locally some time ago. A dance was also held in conjunction with the entertainment, the catering arrangements being undertaken bv the ladies of the committee

As further indication of the rapid progress being made in Auckland, W,. R. Cooke and Sons Ltd., announce the early commencement •)f a ten-story structure in Queen St. to cost over £50,000. The building will be the highest ever erected in the main thoroughfare, and virtually Auckland’s first sky-scraper. It

will provide for refreshment rooms on the ground floor and tea rooms on the first, floor. The remainder will be devoted to offices. The frontage was recently purchased for £l,150 per foot, a record price for a Queen St. property. A remarkably fine piece of work was performed by a railway platelaying gang at Erankton Junction in connection with the improvement and enlargement of the railway starion. It was necessary to put in a new “scissors” crossing, 180 ft. in length and weighing 50 tons, right on the main line at the north end of Ihe station. Immediately the Auckland slow passenger train left at 2.30 p.m. a gang of 30 men cut the main line, lifted the rails and sleepers to one side, and levelled the spot. Skids were then put across and, with the aid of a crane, the new crossing was pulled into place. Soon it was coupled up, and in 50 minutes from start to finish, the main line was readv for service once again.

When the Wanganui City Council recently decided to post l»us and tramway time-tables on tlie wall of the Post Olliee it did not imagine ihat a mass of red tape and formality would at once be encountered', says the Wanganui “Chronicle.” But it was soon found that all the ponderous machinery of State has to lie set in motion before a nail can he driven in the sacred wall of a Post Oniie.o. The local postmaster had absolutely no power to grant the city’s request for permission to screw a time-table box on to the wall, and, as the most extravagant formalities were found to be necessary, it was decided that the project should be abandoned. Instead of touching the Post Office wall the Tramway Department is now going to place its timetable in an illuminated box on an iron standard rising from the kerb near the corner.

The coal strike has made business dull in England, according to several passengers by the Remuera who landed at Lyttelton on Tuesday. “Is there any hope of the strike being settled soon?” asked a Lyttelton “Tidies" reporter to Mr J. Nunes, who, after eighteen years in the leather goods trade in London, has come to settle in Christchurch. “No," replied Mr Nunes, “I think that cold weather is the only thing that will settle it. When the English winter comes there will have to be n settlement or a compromise. A fair sprinkling of English-hewn coal is on the market, for some of the miners have gone back to work; but the hulk of the coal is imported from France and Germany. The strike has made business very dead; in fact, the state of trade capped my list of reasons for coming out to New Zealand. Most business linns in England are carrying on. on credit and overdrafts for the public is not a. keen buyer just now.” Smoker's heart is a distressing malady caused chieily through the effects of an alkloid called nicotine, which is extremely poisonous. Strong tobacco with a high percentage of nicotine should therefore be avoided. When selecting a brand the smoker should not be guided by appearance alone, because even an apparently mild cigarette may contain —and often does contain —an excess of nicotine. It is a peculiar fact that certain New Zealand soils produce a leaf with a very small percentage of nicotine, compared with the. foreign brands. Take for instance our local brands: Riverhead Gold, Cut Ring No. 10 and Toasted Navy Cut. There you have an absolutely pure article, which can be smoked continuously without the slightest after effects. It burns to the last shred, leaving the mouth sweet and clean. So highly is New Zealand tobacco commented upon by doctors and experts that smokers should acquaint themselves with the merits of our own product by giving the above brands a fail tnal. The latest addition is Caversham Mixture.

Three Pieton school girls got caught in the recent snow storm and it was some hours before they were able to find their way home.

The roofing of the auditorium portion of the Town Hall has been completed and the workmen can now concentrate on the inferior of the building independent of weather conditions. It is anticipated that the structural portion of the building will be completed by the end of next! month.

That some prisoners profitably utilise the time they spend in prison was revealed in the'Auckland Court on Tuesday. “That man is well educated,” said the chief detective, when referring to an accused person. “He was in prison in 1922, and while there devoted much time to study, and completed the Matriculation examination.”

■ Yesterday morning a motor trolley on Ellis and Burnand line, seven miles from Mangapehi, crashed into a locomotive drawing eight timber trucks on a sharp bend. The two occupants jumped olegr before the collision, but an elderly Maori named Taroa Ringatalign, sustained severe injuries to his ghost and a broken thigh, and died a few hours afterwards.

“Stratford can be said to have her share of these," states the local paper in referring to the number of bankruptcies that have occurred in Taranaki of late. One meeting of creditors took place on Wednesday and another on Friday. The former business was that of a Chinese fruiterer and the latter a mart auctioneer.

Two spirited cases were heard in the Christchurch Magistrate’s Court yesterday when Jean Nelson Watts was charged with assaulting Vernon Ashley Watts and Marion Nelson Stuckey was charged with unlawfully assaulting Cecil Robert John Stuckey. The cases arose out of a fracas in and about the Court buildings on August 19. The two women were sisters and the two men were their respective husbands. On August 1(1 there were exciting scenes when a small man was chased through the Courtroom by his big wife. In the cases yesterday an exhibit of hair alleged to have been from the head of one of the men, was displayed. The informations were dismissed.