Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, MARCH 1, 1927. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3607, 1 March 1927, Page 2

Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, MARCH 1, 1927. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Heavy rain fell throughout the district on Sunday, accompanied by a light thunderstorm. Four petitions in bankruptcy were tiled in Palmerston North during February as against six in February 192(>. i ■J. Tennant, who was arrested from drunkenness in Main Street, on Saturday, appeared before Mr. M. E. Perreau, J.P., yesterday and was fined 5/- and costs. At the Marouba Speedway, Australia, last week Spenser Stratton, the New Zealand rider, broke the track lap record covering the distance in 29 3-ssec., equal to 103.8 miles per hour. The "preyious record was 1 103.1 miles per hour. Jamito gained a decision over Raymond Janson in a fifteen round boxing contest in the Palmerston North Opera House on Saturday evening. The lighting was the most spectacular yet witnessed in that town. The decision was a popular one. During the war a seaman, who is now a. resident of Port Chalmers, served on two ships which were torpedoed by German submarines. He was fortunate enough ti be rescued on both occasions, but each time he lost his kit and all his belongings. Now, 10 years later, lie has been recouped by the Imperial Government for his losses, being awarded £SO.

lii the Wellington Magistrate’s Court last week Maurice Hennessay, aged 17 years, was fined 5/- and costs for hanging on to the hack of a motor vehicle while riding a push hike. The Bench in imposing the fine said it should act as a warning to others. If was a dangerous fracture to hang on behind motor vehicles when cycling and it had to stop. Three other offenders were similarly fined.

A rather remarkable case of hearing being restored is reported from the Oainaru district. The wife of a well known settler had been deaf for a number of years, and all medical attempts to restore her hearing had failed. As a last resort she underwent a spinal massage treatment. To her surprise, and that of her family, her hearing was gradually restored, and to-day she is in possession of her faculties to such an extent that she can hear a pin drop to the' floor. Mr. T. Parata, manager of the Maori football team which visited England, arrived in Sydney last week on his return to New Zealand. Speaking of the tour he said:—“We feel we are under a great debt of gratitude to the French for their invitation, as their finances were very low. Our tour more than justified itself and we hope they will be able to accept an invitation for a tour of New Zealand. The French, both the crowds and the players, are wonderful sports. Football is going ahead rapidly in France, where there are over 1500 clubs playing senior football.”

Several finds of ambergris are reported from Coromandel and Mercury Bay beaches, 'flic most valuable was proven to be worth .£3O, and was found by a Maori whilst making a collection of shells and coYal. Unaware of its value l.e picked up a piece of ambergris, ami on arrival at: his wharo em-ioun-ternl a horseman, who happened to be a. bank official in search of a cup of lea. Whilst, the hilly was boiling, the native showed his collection of rare shells, the ambergris being detected hv the official, who conveyed it (o headquarters to accurately attest its value. A fortnight later the native was rewarded for his hospiality with a cheque for £3O.

A frost was experience*] in Dannevirke one morning lasi week. Within a. short period after the Timaru wool sale 20 new motor cars were registered at the Timaru Post Office.

During the month of February rain fell locally, on ijyen' days, a total of 4.72 inches being recorded. The maximum fall, 1.90 inches, fell on the 21st.

A number of hares killed in Otago recently have been found to fee suffering from hydatid cysts. Some have also been discovered totally blind. The cause of the blindness has not been traced.

The machinery has been installed for unwatering the Dobson mine .a! Dobson and pumping operations started on Saturday. The unwatering will take several weeks. Live shell practice will be indulged in by the Sth Field Battery (Palmerston North) encamped on the racecourse on Thursday and Friday between the hours of 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. The vital statistics for the month of February are as follows, the figures for the corresponding period last year being given in parenthesis: —births 5 (4), deaths 2 (1), marriages .1 (nil), marriage notices issued 1 (nil). Mr. 0. Edwards, of the local P. and T. line staff, had the middle finger of his left hand badly crushed last week, and as a result, has had to have the top portion' of the finger to the first knuckle amputated.

Herbert David Sisson, a blacksmith, aged 31', was sentenced to two month’s imprisonment at the Palmerston North S.M. Court yesterday on each of four charge? of theft, the sentences to be concurrent.

At a representative meeting of Master!on bakers it was decided to reduce the price of bread by one penny per four pound loaf, as from March 3. The new price of the four pound loaf will he Is Id cash over the counter, and Is 2d delivered.

This week flic Store for Value ha ve on view the season’s .newest coats and frocks. Any lady wishing to view the Royal visitors in the latest, should make a point of seeing these ‘charming goods at the C. M, Ross Co.’s. The prices are most moderate, f

It is now compulsory by law for cyclists to have reflectors fitted to their hikes. Elsewhere in this issue W. .]. Toms and Son, cycle agent, Main Street, advertise that they have necessary reflectors in stock. See then about having one fitted to your, cycle to-day. The contents of benzine tins lying on roadways are generally not regarded as harmful. Possibly it was with this belief that a small boy approached a seemingly empty wise on Somme parade, Wanganui, hut on lifting the case lie found, much to his surprise, that it contained a swarm of, bees. His departure from the scene was made at a much quicker pace than his approach to it. In all attempt to swim the Waikato River without .a. stop from Cambridge to Taupiri, a distance of about 35 miles one day last week, Mr. C. V. Dayus, Government veterinary surgeon, of Hamilton, left the wafer at Ngaruawhaliia when within four uniles of his objective. He had been in the water for eight and three-quarter hours and had covered a distance of approximately 30 miles.

' We read 'that. Joseph of Biblical fame.wore a coat of many colours, hut it is questionable whether he was tpiite so gav as a modern namesake oti a recent oeeasion. This gentleman who is a chorister and also an enthusiastic member of both friendly societies, had on a surplice, a Druid’s collar and an Odd-, fellow’s sash. s It is true that his brethren, unlike those of patriarchal days, evinced no jealousy, but they could not restrain the feelings that the general effect- of Joe’s make-up was just a trifle bizarre. Those who believe that the rat is one of the intelligentsia will not east doubt on this story related by a Home paper. An engineer employed in a large factory found that despite a liberal supply of oil the hearings of the overhead gearing were bone dry every moiling. Unable to suggest an explanation, lie kept' watch one night and saw a number of rats travel across the steelwork and thrust their tails into the oil cups, after which they licked away the clinging moisture with every appearance of relish. The following evening the engineer mixed poison with the oil. The rodents came again, but at the first taste sen tied away with squeals of alarm, since when they have ceased from troubling.

Women and girls with bobbed or shingled hair may he interested to read the opinion of a writer in a British paper on the cause of baldness. He says: “The cause of baldness is perfectly well-known ■ it is bobbing or shingling. Men s hair lias been ‘shingled’ for centuries—in other words, subjected to continual cutting. As men and women pass middle age the growth of the hair begins to decline. A boy’s hair is cut from earliest infancy, and when lie is a man of 40 is ‘thin on the top’ or quite bald. The present fashion of 'cutting the bail of little girls will condemn the next generation to the horror oi baldheaded mothers. Girls shingled at 18 will have no hair to shingle at (i(), and will, he crying out fov a remedy. Warned by the plight of mere men, let this fact- sink into the minds of our women: Bobbed at four means bald at 40.

On Saturday the Northern v. Southern cricket reps met on the Levin. Domain. The game resulted in a win for Southern by 182 runs to 114. Howe and Mohekey were the only two local players in the Northern team. Howe registering 11 runs and Mohekey 3.

A Wanganui motorist who recently started to patronise a new petrol pump was delighted to find that the change of spirit effected remarkable economies in his running ‘closts (says the Chronicle). With all sincerity he was able to compliment the proprietors of the pump on the quality of their petrol, which allowed him to get 35 miles per gallon from his ear, instead of the previous 23. But all good things must come to an end, and this motorist’s period of cheap running ceased when the proprietors discovered that the pump was inaccurate. For every four gallons ordered, it was delivering seven into the petrol tanks of its gratified patrons.

On Sunday last, at the imitation of the Rev. W. IT. Walton, members of the local Druids’ and Oddfellows’ Societies attended a Church parade at All Saints. Unfortunately the weather proved very unfavourable, and this prevented many brethren from attending. The Vicar gave a helpful and instructive address from Luke 10 —35, stressing the need of daily practising deeds of compassion and love towards those less fortunate than ourselves. It is hoped that church parades will one more become a feature among local fraternal societies. These and all societies of similar 'character have , their foundation on great Biblical precepts, and were inaugurated by men of decided Christian character.