Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, MARCH 22, 1927. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3616, 22 March 1927, Page 2

Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, MARCH 22, 1927. LOCAL AND GENERAL

There are at the present time in Wanganui 113 persons contributing to orders made either on 'behalf of maintenance of their , wives and families or in regard to affiliations. On the court lists are a good many non-paying defendants, against whom orders have been made and who cannot be found. William Alfred Mosdell, charged at the Christchurch Court on Saturday with assuming the designation of an officer of tile Police Force, was fined £25, the Magistrate, Mr. E. D. Mosley, S.M., regretting lie could not inflict a term of imprisonment. The offence was committed on Sumner Beach. A remarkable bowling performance was registered in one of the North Taranaki Country Association cricket matches. • Playing for Brixton against Taruatangi, Sutton took six wickets at a cost- of no runs. In spite of this effort, however, his team lost the match by the substantial margin of ten wickets and 50 runs.

A member of his family found William Barlass, aged 58, plumber, 259 Lincoln Road, Christchurch, lying unconscious in his kitchen on Saturday morning. The gas was turned on. Barlass was removed to the Christchurch Hospital, but died on the way. A verdict of death through gas poisoning while Barlass was in an unsound state of mind was returned.

One incident that- the army of pressmen travelling with the Duke failed to record was the fact that a service car swept along at Tokaanu and took a front mudguard off the car in which the Duke was riding (states an exchange). The Duke got out, and the, driver of that car heard him in a different manner from those who heard his replies at various welcomes.

The Bishop of London, in an interview given on his return to Sydney from New Zealand, said that the outstanding impression he received from his visit to Australia and New Zealand was the immediate need for larger ' populations. He expressed the opinion that immigration should he conducted on a much larger scale. He spoke glowingly of the residential conditions in New Zealand.

“The American visitor spends much of his spare time in New Zealand buying curios and hiementos,” said Mr. W. Brown at the Chamber of Commerce meeting at Wanganui, when referring to the.recent tour of the Americans from the liner Franconia. A number of the visitors had shown him tikis they had bought, in various places. The tikis were made of New Zealand greenstone cut in Germany, but he did not enlighten them.

“I have returned from the United States with a million ideas for the advancement of civil aviation in Britain,” declared Sir Alan Cobham, interviewed upon his arrival. “But everything i have seen has failed '"to alter my linn conviction that thegrent future of flying lies in the development of the flying boat. This will be the train of to-morrow, and the great veins of communication will soon be the waterways and rivers, on which Hying boats will land.” Edward Lowe, a seaman on the Union Company's steamer Waitemata, which arrived at Auckland yesterday from San Francisco, fell overboard on March 11 and was drowned. The accident occurred at 6 in the morning, when the vessel was near the Equator. A boat searched for two hours, but he was not seen again. Lowe was a single man, 2!) years of age, and a native of Wales.

Yesterday the Manawatu River at Foxton was considerably above normal owing to the recent heavy rain and strong westerly gale backing up the river. The water rose until it surrounded the Maori huts across the river from the wharf but no damage was done.

The dead body of L. E. Johnson, private secretary to the Minister of Agriculture, was found early yesterday morning at the bottom of a light well-in Wellington. Apparently deceased had jumped from the roof of the building. He had been depressed over a recent court case, lie has a number of relatives in New Zealand. Similar blue and white scarves played an important part in the reunion, after fifty-two years, of two sisters. Aboard the Corinthic, which arrived at Southampton from New Zealand, last week were Mrs. Lilley, of Aueiklancj, on her first visit Home since she went to New Zealand in 1875, and Mrs. Howes, of Chelsea, who purchased the two scarves in London and posted one to Mrs. Lilley. The gift of a bullock to lie butchered for distribution among the unemployed in Christchurch was made last week by Mr Harold Gardner,, of Purau, through the Social Welfare Guild. Ninety men with* families have already been given joints, and half the carcase remains. This week 90 families will he provided’with joints. Two fires occurred at Rotorua on Sunday night. A shop owned by Herbert McDonald and occupied bv F. IT. Pomeroy on the waterfront was damaged, while other premises in Tutanekai Street owned by L. Woollams and occupied by Miss Mary Ralph were completely gutted. The insurances on Air. McDonald’s premises were £lO-10 and on Air. Woollam’s building £l-150. Following ail outspoken meeting of the Napier Education Board on Saturday, when a member said that the board was a “one-man affair; Air. W. L. Dunn, "the board’s secretary, tendered bis resignation to the chairman. During the meeting the Mayor of Hastings, who is also a member of Ihe board, said: “This is the best exposition of the human gannot I have seen.” “Yours is the sixth car stolen today,” .Mr. It. H. Nimmo was informed by the police in making known I the theft of his car from the front of the Wellington Town ITall on Saturday night. Mr. Nimmo, when interviewed, expressed the opinion that the thieving of motor ears was so greatly on the increase in Wellington that it was time drastic action was taken . Perhaps the punishment meted out to ciulprits was insufficient to deter them.

■‘Let us cut out this incessant eating between meals, this live or six meals a day business,” said Air T. A. Hunter, director of dental services, at tin 1 opening .of the Edendale dental clinic on Saturday. “Digestion is never stopped,” he added. “When are we going to get back to style habits? Go on a railway journey, and you see people tripping out at every station, hurriedly consuming a scalding cup of tea and sandwiches. Such habits cannot promote good health.” “The public are earnestly requested,” states a notice in the “Gazette” just issued, “to assist in preserving for posterity the native birds of New Zealand.. Under the Animals Protection and Game Act it is illegal for any person to take or kill any protected birds, or have in possession the skins of any such birds, without the consent of the Minister of Internal Affairs. It is also illegal for any person to rob or destroy the nest of any bird to which the Act applies.” It is also notified that any person who offends against these provisions is liable to a tine of £25. Then follows a list of the protected birds. Any person taking or killing a bird in a bird sanctuary is liable to a fine of £lO.

■ To hook a fighting quinnat salmon and lose tin* fish and tackle, and later in the day to catch the same fish with the tackle trailing from it, was the unusual experience of an Ashburton angler at the Rakaia river. During the day he hooked the fish, hut after a fight the line broke, and the fish swam off, carrying a good length ot line. Later in the day, when the angler was casting about a mile further along the river, his hook came in contact with tlie line he had lost. He pulled it ashore and found that the fish was still attached to the other end. It put up a fight against being landed, but the angler pulled it: to the hank. It tipped the scale at a little over 2011).

There is a good story told of an inveterate smoker, who, being ordered by his doctor to limit himself (temporarily) to one pipe a day, promptly invested in one of those huge German pipes with long stems and howls holding about half an ounce. Well, it is to he hoped that he did not do himself any harm. If he had filled up with New Zealandgrown 'baccy he'd have been all right. This excellent tobacco (unlike the imported brands) contains very little nicotine, and •consequently it may be smoked for hours at a time without causing heart or nerve trouble. Its delicious flavour and delightful aroma, are chiefly due to the fad that the leaf is toasted, and toasting makes all the difference in the world. If you doubt it buy an ounce or two and fry it out ioi yourself. Depend upon it you’ll want “more,” like Oliver Twist. It is made in various strengths. “Riverhead Gold’ is mild, Na\j Gut is medium, and so is “Cavendish, while “Cut Plug No. 10” is full flavoured.