Manawatu Herald TUESDAY. JUNE 14. 1927. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3651, 14 June 1927, Page 2

Manawatu Herald TUESDAY. JUNE 14. 1927. LOCAL AND GENERAL

The GolQMitl, Sugar Refining Co., 'announces'-; that- the prices of all grades of raw and refined sugars were reduced ten shillings a ton as from yesterday.

At last night’s meeting of the Foxton Borough Council accounts amounting to £IO9O 14s 5d were passed for payment. A reminder is given members that the adjourned annual general meeting of the Foxton Club will he held in Ross’ Rooms to-mor-row evening at 7.30 o’clock.

A golden offering of £430 was made at St. Andrew’s "'Church, Palmerston North on Sunday, li is anticipated that with sums to come in the total will reach £SOO.

At last night’s Borough Council meeting the poundkeepor reported that during the month' 14 head of stock had been inpounded and driving fees to the amount of li/- collected.

The biggest salvage feat achieved at Scapa Flow is the raising of the German cruiser Moltke after eight years’ immersion. The vessel refloated bottom u]3 and will be beached and broken up.

Those present at last night’s Borough Council meeting were Ilis Worship the Mayor (Mr. M. E. Perreau), and Crs. Walker, Parkin, Rand, Lucinskv, Rangiheuen, and Spring. Yesterday was a bitterly cold day with a biting wind from the south. There was a heavy full of snow on the Tararua ranges and a frost this morning. Should the rain hold off a succession of frosts may be expected.

A wrestling match for the championship of New Zealand took place, at Taihape on Saturday night between Ern. Anderson (Palmerston North) and Charles Pollard (Auckland). Anderson won by two falls to one.

There were 358 eases of twin births in New Zealand last year and two cases of triplets. The proportion of eases of multiple births to total eases represented a phenomenal increase over that for the previous year and was the biggest for many years past.

A tire early yesterday ; morning destroyed a seven-roomed dwelling at. Shannon, owned by Mr. Cottle, and occupied by Mr. Charles Boyle. The house ami contents were totally destroyed, and the occupants narrowly escaped. Mr. Boyle lost a wallet containing £92 10s in cash. The insurances totalled £7OO.

llow several rainbow trout came to be imprisoned for life in the surge chamber at the Mangalmo hydro-electric works was related at a meeting of the Wellington Acclimatisation Society. The secretary (Mr. C. I. Dasent) said that the iisli had evidently swam through the mile long tunnel from the open stream. They could not get out because the force of the water was too great for them.

The death occurred oft Saturday of Hone Tikap, aged 77, chief of Rapald and Port Levy Maoris. He was a nephew of John Tikao one of the chieftains who signed the Ngaitalm land transfer, by which nearly the whole of Canterbury was ceded to the British. Hone Tikao had the largest claim under the Ngaitahu land claims now being considered.

During the hearing of a case at the- Wanganui Magistrate’s Court, it was stated that defendant in a negligent driving action had had four drinks. “Pic had four drinks,” put in the Magistrate, Mr J. S .Barton; “if he had only two lie proablv would have been intoxicated. Two shandies and nearly all lemonade —that’s what does it.”

Captain Lindbergh, the hero of the New York —Paris flight, received at Washington on Saturday the most stupendous welcome over accorded an individual American. President Coolidge bestowed on him the Distinguished Flying Cross. The dirigible Los Angeles, with some scores of Government and private aeroplanes, escorted the Memphis into dock. Guns and sirens from launches and other craft and from the shore saluted the airman as the cruiser proceeded up the Potomac, and a Presidential salute of twentyone guns was fired at Alexandria seaport, on the right bank of the Potomac five miles southward from the capital. Lindbergh’s mother was the first to board the cruiser, where Robert Nungesscr, brother of the lost French airman, also greeted Lindbergh.

That frost comes in waves, being more severe in some areas than in others, is a known fact, and il was manifested the other night (states the Marlborough Express). On the south side of the town nine and a qnurter degrees were registered whilst on the west side it was about three degrees more severe.

Last week no less than nine disused locomotives were dumped into the Oreti River at Oporo, where they will e useful for stopping erosion. These locomotives, which were sold as to be out of date and useless, bad been piling up in the railway yards at Invercargill, and were becoming a hindrance to work. Another nine are to be dumped into the same place.

The loco-engine to he used at the new Shannon bridge arrived last week. The work, which has been held up awaiting its arrival was to have been resumed on Wednesday, but unfortunately the river was in flood, the water having found-its way over the train-line, in some places to a depth of one foot. This will mean further delay until the water recedes. No doubt the tramline will then require packing after its submersion.

An insect pest which, it has been declared, will make itself all too obvious in New Zealand in the future, is the Australian horn-tailed fly. Publicity concerning the ravages of the insect has been given recently in .southern papers; and it is-reported that the fly is fairly numerous in the Wanganui district. One settler has stated that the insect was known in the district 20 years ago, but if this is so, it has not multiplied freely. The horntailed fly’s ravages are confined to wood-boring, and, should the menace spread, it will constitute a serious problem, says the Chronicle.

In order to justify its claim to a change of name from Palmerston North to Manawatu,. instances are given by certain Palmerston agitators to correspondence wrongly addressed. Incorrect addresses from overseas correspondents are common to business and private people in every town throughout the Dominion, (ml bur alert postal authorities see to if that such wrongly-ad-dressed correspondence reaches the right quarter. 'Well-informed

"Punch.” of London recently sent out correspondence to a number of Foxton people addressed “Foxton, Manawatu, Feilding,” but there is no local agitation for Feilding to change its name!

Speaking at a meeting of the Board of Health, Dr. M. _ H." Watt (deputy director general of health) stated that an investigation as to tlie weight and height of New Zealand children had been carried out by tlic school officers of the Health Department. The results showed that New Zealand school children between the ages of 10 and 15 years exceeded in height and weight those of Australia, Great Britain, United States, and Toronto, according to the latest available statistics. New Zealand town school children had definitely improved in height and in weight during the years 1913-25. Children of farmers were tallest and heaviest. Children of professional men were almost as tall, but showed no excess in weight over the average. The average height and weight of children with good mental attainment was greater than those with inferior abilitv.

The Veil. Archdeacon Dcvoy, S.M., of the Roman Catholic Church, and at the time of his death one of the oldest priests in active service in New Zealand, died at Wellington on Friday night last. For the last eight years Archdeacon Devoy has been in charge of the Island Bay district, and conducted the services practically to the end. For nearly 50 years past the Archdeacon* has played an important part in the church life of the Dominion, and by his broad-minded sympathy and charity gained the respect of all sections of the community. Archdeacon Dcvoy was born in 1843 in Queen’s County, Ireland, and arrived in Now Zealand in 1879. If he had lived until next August, Archdeacon Devoy would have celebrated the golden jubilee of his ordination to the priesthood. His relatives in New Zealand are the Rev. Father Mark Devoy, S.M. (a nephew), who has been associated with the Archdeacon for the past eleven years; Mr. J. Dwyer, of the Midland Hotel Wellington; and Mrs Leader, of Wairnrapa.

Unless all signs fail New Zealand tobacco is destined to become famous the world over for its excellent smoking qualities. Like wildfire has the local produce spread over all parts of the Dominion, capturing the trade wherever it made its appearance. It is thus evident that the New Zealand article must possess certain virtues which make it superior to the foreign tobacco, and not less is its small contents of nicotine. This fact would particularly recommend it to the smoker who studies his health*.because New Zealand tobacco, even if smoked excessively, does not affect his heart or nerves and leaves the mouth sweet and clean. But what is equally important, the tobacco is now being subjected to a toasting process and as a result its aroma lias been improved —no bite, no soppyness, often so objectionable in many of the foreign brands. Try “Riv’erhead Gold” if you like a very mild .and aromatic quality, oi “Toasted Navy Cut" (Bulldog) of medium strength, and “Cut Plug No. 10” (Bullshead) label, if you prefer a full body. 15.

“Eve is dog-tired o£ the modern type of woman with her lipstick and camouflage,” said the Rev. Mr. Gauntry, a London Wesleyan, speaking at Nuneaton on Eve. “Recently in Bond Street 1 saw a seemingly young person with the edge of. her skirt where the garters ought to be. When 1 got alongside I nearly had a seizure. She was more like 57 than 17.”

To-day there is no purer blood in man nor beast than that which courses through the aristocratic vein's of the famous Broeklesby fox-hounds in England. Early written records of this celebrated Lincolnshire pack go back to the first months of 1713. Every hound on the benches of the Broeklesby Kennels can be traced through the hound book without a break since 1740.

The Loyal Masterton Lodge of Manchester Unity of Oddfellows celebrated its golden jubilee at a banquet on Saturday night. There was a large influx of brethren and sisters from all parts'of Wellington district, while lodges in Auckland, Hawke’s Bay, Canterbury, and Otago also were represented. The proceedings were marked with great enthusiasm. An impressive church parade on Sunday morning was attended bv a large gathering of represent tives of the order.'

In connection with the raid made in Auckland on Saturday of an alleged gambliny premises F. W. Batchelor, charged with keeping a common gaming house was convicted and fined £OO, or two months’ imprisonment, and ordered to pay £7 as police expenses, while Simon was fined £3O, plus £3 police expenses, in default six weeks’ imprisonment and other defendants were fined sums varying from five ..pounds downwards. The total amouirt of fines levied was £228.

At Feilding, Mr. W. A. Vciteh, M.P., of Wanganui, leader of the Liberal Party, had a good meeting .on Friday night, despite bad weather. He advocated the establishment of an agricultural bank, criticising the Government for its capital expenditure and not objecting to the increase in the bank overdraft rate. He said he was against the compulsory provisions of the Dairy Control Act, but supported the New Zealand contribution to the Singapore base.

“They look on our work as the foremost of this class of work in the Dominion, and this body is making greater progress than any local body of a similar nature.” So said Mr. G. A. Monk, chairman of the Horowhenua County Council, at the monthly meeting on Saturday, when referring to the attitude of the Main Highways Board to the main road work in that county. He added “1 get the tip sometimes, ‘Wluit is it you are doing in Horowhemrn that is being held up to us to copy?’ It will be very gratifying if we can maintain that standard.”

The Manawatu branch of the Educational Institute met Messrs Nash and Linklnter, M.P.’s, at Palmerston North on Saturday, in the annual conference prior to the opening of Parliament. Matters brought. up included the right: of appeal against non-appointment, paying of removal expenses when teachers are on transfer, - reduction in size of classes and confidential reports exchanged between boards when teachers apply for a new position. A strong ease'was presented by the institute and both members promised support to the petitions when education matters were being discussed in Parliament.

The farmer is frequently accused <if spending' more of his time off the farm than is good for his prosperiiy. However, even if this is the case, there are exceptions. One of the party of Canterbury farmers who visited Otago during the week, after a residence of 54 years in Canterbury, saw Dunedin for the first time, and it was in the southern city that he saw a steamer for the second time. “Times have been too bad/’ he told a newspaper man,” to trip about much, and it is only this last year or two that one has been able to get ahead of it.” The general experience is more the other way, and apparently this farmer’s long-sustained industry is meeting with its reward. Needless to add, few enjoyed all that was to be seen more than lie did.

Contrary to expectation, A. C. Sutherland the progressive champion road cyclist who left Auckland at 9.15 a.m. on Thursday did not pass through Fox ton on his long ride from Auckland to Wellington. From Wanganui he went to Palmerston North and passed through Levin at half-past twelve on Saturday night and reached Wellington at 9.15 a.in. on Sunday. He estimated his riding- time as 53 hours. He rode as far as Hamilton with W. Hill, arriving at 4.30 p.m. on Thursday; left there at 6.30 and arrived at Te Kuiti at 9.15 a.m. After stopping there a little while he made for ITawera, which he reached at 10.30 p.m. on Friday. At 6.30 a.m. on Saturday, he set out for Wanganui and after a bath and a meal there he continued the journey, reaching Palmerston North at 5.30 p.m., and staying there a couple of hours. At 9.30 he left Linton (where a brother of his resides), and three hours later he arrived at Levin, stopping there a few minutes. After he left Levin the weather conditions were very bad and near Tawa Flat he had to seek shelter under a bush and subsequently in a hut. Later he took the wrong turning out of the Gorge and pedalled away in the direction of the Hutt. Eventually he found his way and reached the Wellington G.P.O. at 9.15 a.m.