Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1926. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3547, 7 October 1926, Page 2

Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1926. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A Christchurch milkman, charged with being drunk while in charge of a motor vehicle, was convicted and fined £ls and costs.

We regret that the name of Mis Murdock appeared as Matron of All Saints’ Beach Home in the list of gifts published in our last issue. Mrs Hammonds is the Matron.

John Robert Ferguson, a, married man about 40 years of age, was found dead in a boardinghouse at Dunedin, shot through the chin, with a rifle alongside. The Manawatu Gorge Road was again open for traffic yesterday, but it is not unlikely that further slips will occur as the hillsides are soaked after continuous heavy rain. f

Four charges against Dorothy May Perrin of murdering her four young children at Petone were withdrawn in the Magistrate's Court at Wellington yesterday, pending her release from a mental hospital.

Wjhen the Duke and Duchess of York return from their tour of tlnDominions, they will break down all preeendent by residing' in an ordinary numbered house. - The age-old custom is that Royalties’ houses should bear a distinctive title. The future residence of the Duke and Duchess will be 145 Piccadilly. A Maori named Jack Davis, was sentenced yesterday at the Wairoa Magistrate’s Court to one year’s hard labour and a further two years reformative treatment, on a charge of abduction,. He had previously spoilt two children, and the Magis-. tratc regretted that he had no authority to .use the lash on such a class of man.

For smoking in an operating boxin an Auckland picture theatre a projector was convicted and fined £2 and costs, and for permitting the rewinding of a film during a performance, was fined £1 and costs. A freehold property in Customs St., Auckland, with an area of IS and G-lOtli perches and a frontage of 65 feet to Customs St., was offered at auction this week. After drawing bids up to £7OO per foot it was withdrawn, the reserve not being reached.

A young man arrested at Christchurch for stealing £lO, while in the employ of the Bank of Australasia at Dunedin, came before the Court at Christchurch on Tuesday, but was remanded until Monday. The Chief Detective said the total defalcations amounted to £650.

Charged at Christchurch with stealing £I,OOO, the property of the National Bank of New Zealand, William Henry Melvin, aged 27, appeared, before Mr Young, S.M .It is alleged that Melvin, who was employed as a clerk at the Christchurch branch, stole the money on or about June 11th. A remand was granted to October 19th.

The last brick was “well and truly laid” at the Town Hall yesterday afternoon by the Town Clerk, Mr Wim. Trueman. The ceremony was witnessed by the architect (Mr M. R. Vaniham), Mr Janson (foreman) and the whole of the staff. An adjournment was then made to the Manawatu Hotel, where the health of the man who laid the last brick was di’unk with musical honours. Kami ICirimaoa, five years of age, lost his life through falling into a hot pool at Whakarewarewa on Tuesday. An eye-witness states that the child was running down a slope towards him. Wire-netting guarded the hole intervening: the boy put out liis hands to stop, but the netting was defective, and he plunged into a deep pit. The body was recovered by means of a rake lashed to a pole.

The Nelson Harbour has lately been full to overflowing with jelly fish, particularly near the wharves.

Messrs Graham and Reed, acting on behalf of Charles Duncan Ingle, of Aorangi, issued a writ in the Supreme Court at Palmerston North on Tuesday, claiming the sum of £3,000 damages from Frank Winton Lethbridge, of Waituna, farnler, for injuries received by Ingle through being knocked down by a car driven by Lethbridge, near Feilding on the 31st July last. The action will come on for trial at the next sitting of the Palmerston X. Supreme Court which commences on November 0.

An unfortunate accident happened to a ten-year-old daughter of Mr ,J. Curran, of Nelson. When walking in her sleep, she fell from a second storey window to the pavement below. She sustained a. broken collar bone and a rather severe scalp wound. For some time the child has been a somnambulist and as the window from which she fell was previously left shut and the blind drawn, it is presumed that sleep walking was the cause of her accident. The sufferer is progresisng favourably towards recovery. “My father-in-law, Lord Glasgow, used to say that a tour through New Zealand nearly killed him, the people’s kindness and hospitality being overwhelming,” remarked' His Excellency the Governor-General in responding to one of the many welcomes tendered to him in Blenheim (reports an exchange). “In the southern parts of New Zealand,” added His Excellency with a twinkle, “their kindness manifested itself in the shape of whisky and bagpipes. I may say that I am glad that yours does not take that shape.” The Sir James Clark Ross, mother ship of the Ross Sea whaling fleet, is expected at Port Chalmers this month, accompanied by a 12,000 ton-oil tanker for the purpose of carrying away the retined article. Two new modern whale chasers are also en route to Stewart Island to make ready for Ihd opening season. It is reported that the Norwegian company will undertake far more extensive operations this year than previously. The remainder of the fleet is at present at anchor at Stewart Island, awaiting the arrival of the Sir James Clark Ross. Described by the police as a youth who was rapidly going down hill, William Butler (aged 1(1) pleaded guilty in the Magistrate’s Court, Auckland, yesterday, to a charge of assaulting a married woman. The boy called at the house of complainant, and when lie ascertained that her husband was not at home, accused rushed at the woman, grabbed her by the throat and knocked her down. When the woman called for help the boy ran away. The Magistrate postponed sentence until he had seen a report by the probation officer.

To lake “a spot” in order to break the monotony of a journey while one’s train is pulled up at a station may lie a very, pleasant thing, hut if is apt to he attended with serious risk on oeeasions. At least, -:o found a male traveller on a re■ent morning when the south-hound train halted at Dannevirke. He “stopped one” at the hotel opposite the station, and then legged it back to the station ns the train was pulling out. ITe missed his step, however. and slipped. Fortunately his grip on the hand rails, of the eoaeh was a good one, else his chances >f being dragged under the wheels would have been remarkably good.

■ A. traveller relates the following incident. A resident of Moeraki, a small Maori settlement down South, told him that a Maori from the North Island had come to reside at Moeraki. He was not accepted as a friend by the local Natives, but merely tolerated. He recently died, and the local Maoris took no steps to have him buried. When urged by the pakeha residents to carry out the proper burial rites, the local Maoris replied: “Oh, no. He is only a North Islander; we won’t bother with him.” After considerable, pressure was exerted the dead Native was eventually buried. The refusal of the South Islanders to worry about the memory of the fact that the northerner was probably caused by the latter tribes when wanting a little gentle exercise and a change of diet, journeyed across the Straits and slew many of the less warlike Southerners, and gobbled up the primest samples encountered. The Raupahara it was who travelled as far as Kaiapohia, or the present Kaiapoi and practically slow the whole settlement.

Toasted tobacco is the last word in the manufacture of the fragrant weed. Its process is based upon science, and just exactly as people prefer their food cooked, they will now prefer their tobacco toasted. Toast is certainly more wholesome than soggy bread, and the same principle applies to tobacco. Take for instance the locally-manufac-tured brands. They are all toasted and consequently more pleasing to the palate, besides there is less nicotine in them, and that is a matter of importance, inasmuch as any excess of nicotine absorbed by the system, may seriously affect the nerves or cause smoker’s heart, and weakening of the sight. Smokers should, therefore, not fail to give this new tobacco a trial; there is a vast difference between toasted and non-toasted tobacco, and they will find it is all in favour of the toasted. Obtainable in three strengths. Riverhead Gold, very mild and aromatic; Toasted Navy Cut (Bulldog), medium; and Cut'Plug No. 10 is recommended to those who prefer a full body. Caversham Mixture is the latest addition. 3

The Pacific Tours Ltd., of San Francisco, lias written to the proprietress of the Central Hotel, Hawera, stating that the firm will bring its fifth escorted party of 30 American tourists to New Zealand next February. The letter indicates the possibility of the party staying in Ha worn on about February 14th. What was believed to be a faux pas was made by the Mayor of Gisborne} at a meeting which Mr W T . D. Lysnar, M.P., addressed in opposition to the scrapping of the old tramway system. In announcing that Mr Lysnar was prepared to answer any questions, Mr Wildish said “Mr Lysnar is willing to answer any' questions that" are put to him, and as far as he is capable, will give you an intelligent answer.” —(Loud laughter). A single man, John Broward, aged 60, a retired gardener, committed suicide at Auckland yesterday, by hanging himself from a tree in front of his residence. He had a strap round his neck, and appeared to have climbed to the top of a fence and jumped off. He was suffering from a cataract of the eye and was threatened with blindness. He left a note: “My dearest friend on death sent me an invitation and I have accepted it.”

“The only time I saw a sign of bad temper,” said a witness in an appeal case at the Auckland Supreme Court, “was one time at dinner. There was an argument and the wife threw a cup of hot tea over her husband. He picked up bis cup and said : ‘This is cold so it won’t hurt you.’ He then chased her around the yard.’ His Honour: A storm in a teacup so to speak. (Laughter). Rumblings of discontent and dissatisfaction continue throughout the railway service. The members of the New Zealand Engineers’ Firemen and Cleaners’ Association are now claiming increased wages and improved working conditions. In an interview yesterday the secretary of the organisation said he could not even guess at the decision I hat would be reached at a meeting of the Grand Council to be held next week.

Arrangements have been made for the Daylight Limited, when it resumed running, in December, to stop at Tongariro National Park tailway station. This will mean a good deal to tourists from Wellington or Auckland who desire toj visit. Ihe park. Hitherto, visitors arrived in the early hours of the morning, but under the new arrangement they would alight at the park station in (lie afternoon and have their camps pitched before nightfall. The stoppage of the Limited will also provide increased facilities for tourists making the through trip from Rotorua.

“How; are the mighty fallen!” remarks an Auckland correspondent in recording that Billy Murphy, erstwhile champion pugilist, now has a small shop, with a sign indicating that, he is a dyer and presser. Why “fallen”? asks “Free Lance" in the Waikato Times. In colouring ladies’ frocks the latest charming hues, is not Billy doing a greater service to humanity than when he was dyeing the physiognomy of his opponents various shades of crimson to indigo IT is work is pressing creases in pants and may not he particularly elevating, but it is at least as useful as the pressing of a fellow man’s nasal organ into a shapeless mass. This kind of dyeing and pressing is a natural outlet among schoolboys, but when performed for the delectation of a multitude of sightseers, many of them ioo flabby to lace their own shoes, and for a large money stake, is it really as noble an occupation as that in which the redoubtable Billy is now engaged?