Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24 1927. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3603, 24 February 1927, Page 2

Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24 1927. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Otaki is agitating for the construction of public swimming baths.

A movement is on foot to start a motor club in Bulls and district and motor races are contemplated. The Shannon Co-op. Dairy Company paid out .1/4 per lb for but-ler-fat supplied during the month of January.

The latest advice from the High Commissioner concerning the influenza epidemic shows a general decline in England and in Europe.

A Chinese service was held at All Saints’ Shnrch, Otaki, on Sunday, when 35 Celestials were present. The Rev. Leung, who takes the Rev. E. P. Lee’s place as missionary, conducted the service. The singing was a special feature, . says the Mail.

While digging in his garden the. other day a Feilding resident of Gladstone Street, unearthed two half-crowns and a shilling. The coins were blackened through the action of the soil contents on the silver, and were well worn. W lion cleaned one of the half-crowns was found to hear the date 1817.

Vera Jarvis, aged 13, whose parents reside at 341 Cumberland street, Dunedin, whilst competing at the swimming carnival at the Municipal Baths on Tuesday evening, collapsed in the water and was drowned. The girl's father states that she was never' strong and suffered from a weak heart.

The big clearing sale being held at the C. M. Ross Co.’s closes on Saturday of this week. On the final day some wonderful bargains will lie offered. Hundreds of buyers have benefited considerably during this sale. iCall on Saturday and help to make the day a. memorable one. Prices talk, see windows.*

Last, month’s figures for the overseas trade of New Zealand ore as follows: —Imports £4,011,060, exports £5,205,104. The corresponding figures for the month of January last year are: Imports £4,660,BTO, exports £5,437,981. There has been an increase of £167,159 in exports, and a decrease of £649,756 in imports.

Remarking that he had been com polled to treat them as incorrigible Chief Justice Skerrett at the Wellington Supreme Court on Tuesday sentenced George Curtis Colcord, George Huia Brewer, and Edgar Arthur Peterson, to three years and six months' hard labour for breaking, entering and theft, and two years’ hard labour concurrently for theft.

Quoting a great historian when speaking at the Palmerston North Luncheon lOlub on Tuesday, Mr. M. B. Bergin, of Pox ton, who was addressing the members on the “History of Parliament,” said that the three great classes of mediaeval times —the clergy, the nobles and the commoners —had been described as “those who pray, those who tight and| those who work.” The largest sub-division sale in the Ashburton, county since the Langmhor Estate was subdivided in 1912, was held when 2405 acres of famous Longbeach Estate was offered by auction, The area comprised eight farms, ranging from 220 to 258 acres, one of 69 acres, and a river bed section of 41 acres. All the farms were lirst-class cropping lands, originally reclaimed from swamp by the late Mr. John Grigg, senior. Six of the farms were sold, the prices being £lB, £29 ss, £25 10s, £ls 15s, and £2B ss. A painful accident befell a well known business man who, within the last few weeks, has anopted the calling of Izaak Walton. With a campanion, also a “new chum” ait angling, the principal of the story was. threshing the Ashburton river the other day (remarks the Guardian), but his companion, who had an immense fly on the end of his line, kept too near him, and after one of his flourishes with the rod he found he had caught something. It avas his companion’s nose. The hook took point of his nose, and all efforts to remove the unnatural ornament were without avail, so the sufferer was brought into Ashburton, where it was taken out by a doctor.

Mr .J. S. Horn blow, Surgeon Dentist, will not visit Foxton to-morrow owing to the school picnic. During the month of January, 1.15 estates of deceased persons were placed under the charge of the Public Trustee for administration.

Noisy motor-cycles formed the subject of a complaint by Cr. Roe at the Levin Borough Council meeting, when he said he thought that some notice should be talken of the practice of certain riders in not using their silencers. For a long time motor-cyclists had been fairly quiet, but. complaints had come in lately, and the inspectors should be told to be on the alert in this matter. The complaint was noted.

In the Magistrate’s Court at Stratford, the Borough Inspector proceeded against a Arm of Wanganui service car owners on a charge of using the Borough streets with a car for the carriage of passengers without holding a borough license. The car in question runs on a timetable between Wanganui and New Plymouth. For the defence it was contended that the heavy traffic license issued by the City Council at Wanganui, where the car was garaged, was operative throughout the country, and no further license was necessary. Decision was reserved.

A schoolgirl, of Kumar a Junction, narrowly escaped strangulation at the hands of a lad recently (says an erchange). She was seated on the back of a. lorry, and the boy threw a lariat in the approved wild west movie style, the noose landing over the girl’s head. The driver of the lorry was quite unaware of the exciting drama which was proceeding behind him, with the result that the boy, who had fastened the other end of the lariat to his waist, was jerked into the air and after falling on the road was being dragged along 'bv the lorry, while the girl, in an endeavour to save herself, frantically clung to a heavy case on the lorry. Luckily a third actor arrived on the scene, and, thinking that the boy was the victim of a lynching affair, he called out to the driver, who pulled up just in time to avert a tragedy. After some difficulty the noose was removed from the girl’s neck. The boy was badly cut and bruised about the body. He was taken to his home, where he received medical attention.

, Somehow smoking seems to lit in with all moods. If a fellow is feeling hipped as the result, of “hacking the wrong un,” or having a difference of opinion with his boss or anything like that, he flies for consolation to tobacco. If on the other hand, he had had a bit of lueik —been remembered in somebody’s will, or had a Vise,” for instance —bis first t hought'is his pipe, and he pulls it. out and lights up. The great thing is to see your baccy is good ami'does not reek with nicotine like so many of those imported brands. It’s the nicotine that causes all the trouble. About the purest tobaccos are those grown in New Zealand. They contain only a little nicotine —that’s why they may be smoked all the time without doing any damage to your constitution. And they are 'famous for tlavour and fragrance. Ask your tobacconist for “Riverhead Gold,” mild, “Navy Cut (Bulldog) medium or “Cut Plug No. 10,” (Bulkhead), lull. You can’t go wrong with these brands. They are all toasted. Cavershaiu Mixture is the latest addition. 50: