Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1926. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3566, 23 November 1926, Page 2

Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1926. LOCAL AND GENERAL

A Druid's euchre tournament will be held in Hamer’s Supper Rooms on Thursday evening'.

Volunteer labour will man the boards at the Waingawa freezing works to-morrow. There is plenty uf volunteer labour offering;. The same, applies at the Redding works. For selling- grapes which were reported to be unfit for human consumption, Ngan Kee and Co. were lined 20s and costs at the Wanganui Magistrate's Court. Albert Haves, charged at Dunedin with being intoxicated while driving a motor-car, which collided with a tramear, was lined £lO, and his license was suspended. He was also prohibited from driving a car for twelve months.

A Gazette notice published last week authorises Borough Councils to Invest any part of a reserve fund in the bonds, debentures, or other securities of road, town, or electric power boards in New Zealand having authority to borrow money. Power is conferred on renewal fund commissioners to make like inveslments.

The man on the land is dependent on the moods of Nature, which may parch him, or flood him, or bombard him with the heavenly artillery. A hail storm in southern Hawke’s Bay last Friday is credited with having done £30,000 of damage, and with having cancelled thousands of cases of export apples. It is odd to think that the effect of this Hawke’s Bay hail will he felt in the London fruit market next winter.

A transaction of interest is the reported purchase, by the Government, of Karioi Station, a large tract of sheep country on Karioi Plains, near Ohakuue. Formerly farmed by Duncan and Campion, and latteriy by Mr W. Me A. Duncan, (lie run was one of the biggest in this district, though its sheep carrying capacity was relatively low. It is understood that the Government intends to use' the country for afforestation purposes.

Articles for the race for the New Zealand sculling championship and £IOO a-side, to be rowed at Whangarei on November 27 by Hannan and Mason, were signed on Saturday night. “Preaching is not merely saying something but having something to say with a message,” said Archbishop Averill, at an induction ceremony at Epsom, Auckland. “It passes my comprehension how a preacher can speak without preparation.” The Archbishop added that the parish priest owed a duty to the congregation to prepare his sermons. Mr Arthur Hickson, of Utmvni, was motoring yesterday with his wife and child, when the ear overturned, pinning Mr Hickson, who was driving, underneath. He sustained bodily injuries, not of a serious nature, and was admitted to the Palmerston N. Hospital for treatment. The other inmates of the ear were not hurt.

The rose show held at the C. M. Ross Co.’s on Saturday resulted as follows: —First prize: Mrs Fowler; 2nd., Mrs Corn; 3rd., Mrs Owen. The entries were smaller than usual owing to the unfavourable weather experienced lately, but the quality of the roses was quite up to show standard. The display was viewed by a large number of residents.

. The dead body of a female child has been found in the back yard of a house at Newmarket, Auckland. The mother of the child, a single woman, of 28, stated that the child had not breathed, and she put it out in the yard. A doctor who' was summoned to attend the mother stated that Ihore are no signs of physical injury on the child.

Maori weaving may be taught in ihe primarv schools of Taranaki. An effort is being made to obtain the services of a Native instructor for the teachers’ refresher course to be held in New Plymouth in Feffmaiy, says “The Taranaki Daily News.” The present tendency is for the Dominion to look to other countries for a lead in this connection, but if the proposal materialises a distinct type of work will be developed. Already 232 teachers have signified their intention to be present.

The largest butter churn in Now Zealand and, it is stated, the largest in the world lias recently been installed in the Te Puke factory of the Bay of Plenty Co-operative Dairy Association, says an exchange. The new churn is a huge piece of mechanism which turns out JtiOOlb of butter in a single churning. This is enough to fill 82 boxes. The machine in the Dominion which has the next largest eapacilv can turn out about 40 boxes. The new machine does the work of three ordinary machines in one churning and the operation takes approximately the same time.

The Duke of York is daily reading newspaper reports of! current events in Australia and New Zealand in order to familiarise himself with local conditions and events. He is especially pleased to notice that the New Zealand deepsea. fishing season has opened, and hopes to fry his skill by landing something really big. He has often read of New Zealand’s wonderful fish, and fishing friends have told tales of the wonderful sport there. The Duke is himself a keen fisherman, and seizes every chance to enjoy trout and salmon fishing in Scotland. His largest capture was a 401 b salmon, but he fears that this was only a puny affair in comparison with New Zealand catches.

Those whose gardens are suffering from depredations of the slug pest, may be interested in the results of experiments recently made at the University of Leeds, England. It has been found that a mixture of copper sulphate (bluestone) and’kainit, in the proportion ol 1 to 20, is both an active slug poison and a good fertiliser. For an ordinary garden, a mixture ol lib copper sulphate and 201bs kainit should be ample. The mixture may be used solid in protective hands, as lime has been used; but in this case the constituents must be crushed and well mixed. It is easier to dissolve the substances in water, shake well, and spray this mixture over infested areas with an ordinary hand spray pump. Spraying is effective only when the material comes in contact with the slug and should therefore he done after dusk, when the pests have left their haunts.

Robert Louis Stevenson once declared, according to one of his biographers, “No woman should marry a man who doesn’t smoke,” and Stevenson, it must be admitted, knew human nature. Another famous man of letters, Bulwer-Lytton, wrotf) (see his novel, “What will he do with it ”) “He who doth not smoko'Jinth either known no greater grief, or refuseth himself the softest consolation next to that which comes from Heaven.” As to the harmfulness of the habit, much — very much —depends upon the tobacco. Brands heavily charged with nicotine are best avoided. In that respect and in others, our own New Zealand grown tobaccos hold pride of place, because they contain comparatively little nicotine and may therefore be indulged in ad. lib. without affecting nerves or heart. Doubtless that is why they are finding favour with so many smokers. They are on sale everywhere, and are adapted to all tastes. “Riverhead Gold” is mild aromatic; “Toasted Navy Cut” (Bulldog) a delightful medium; and “Cut Plug No. 10, Bull’s Head label, a fine fullflavoured tobacco. Cavershaiu Mixture is the latest addition, 24

The Postmaster advises that Friday, November 2Gth, is the last day for the payment of Land Tax. Any payments after that date will be subject to live per cent increase. A milkman’s round was interrupted in Renmera Rd., Auckland, in tlismall hours of Thursday morning, when, after a collision between the delivery wagon and ft motortruck, the horse became frightened and wrecked two shop windows before. it was stopped. The collision occurred near the junction of Remit era Rd. and Victoria Avenue, and the horse immediately got out of control. It dashed for the pavement dragging the wagon over the kerb and razing a verandah post. It then headed for a chemist’s shop and ii window valued at £lO collapsed with n crash. The horse continued to drag the wagon, and the plateglass in the adjoining shop, owned by Mrs \V. Buchan, was also ruined. This window was valued at £2O. The horse was badly cut on the neck by broken glass, but the driver escaped injury.