Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1027. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3656, 23 June 1927, Page 2

Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1027. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The council of the New Zealand Ladies’ Hockey Association decided that the 1927 championship tournament be played at Palmerston North under the control of the Alitnawalu Association, commencing August 31. At Wellington on Monday, Harry Casey wrested the middle-weight boxing championship title of the Dominion from Lacliie. McDonald, on points in a spirited 15. rounds' contest at the Town Hall. The winner finished more strongly.

At one time a white hare was re-' garded as a novelty in Canterbury, but of late years the breed, which was found originally in Waipara district, has increased to a considerable extent. They may now be found in various parts of Canterbury.

At Auckland this Week, Alexander Mulholland, 32 years of age, was fined £lO and witnesses’ ex penses for assuming the designation £ a detective. His pea that it was a joke was not swallowed by the Magistrate as he fine indicated.

are informed that it is the custom of one or two youths who put in their spare time f an evening in holding up verandah posts or loitering in shop entrances to pass remarks to young women who happen to pass by. This practice is contrary to the Police Offences Act and the appearance of these “young bloods” before the Magistrate might have a salutary effect. Extreme cold in the western districts of N.S. Wales is causing heavy losses to sheep breeders, one landowner in lhe Warren district alone having 1700 newly-shorn sheep frozen to death. A Melbourne message states that heavy rain is falling over nearly the whole State, breaking the drought; and an Adelaide cablegram reports that rain is falling over the whole of the northern agricultural areas.

An English road engineer now in New Zealand states that bitumen sealing can be done very cheaply if the area dealt with is large enough. In Britain it is now beingdone in large areas at 3d a square yard. He considers that similar work in New nealand, if a large mileage was done with proper plant and organisation, should be practicable at 5d or Cd a square yard—the latter figure is equal ti £-2G4 a mile cm an 18ft. road. The policy of separate local bodies each doing a few miles with inexperienced staff and uneconomical plant, this engineer considers wasteful in the extreme. But New Zealand seems to prefer chucking money away in

The question 'of an insurance scheme for school children, to cover them for accidents in the school grounds, is lo be taken in hand by the Hawke’s Bay Education Board as the result of a decision reached at the meeting of the board (says the “Napier .Daily Telegraph”). In reply to a suggestion that children in the playground of schools should be insured, the Department of Education advised that negligence had lo lie proved before a parent could recover compensation. As long as ordinary care was exorcised the teacher, the committee, and the board were not liable, and therefore insurance was not necessary.

Whitebait are now reported to be running in the Manawatu River. A petition for divorce on the ground of desertion was heard by Mr. Justice Ostler in the Supreme Court at Palmerston North yesterday, when William Ilaineford Smith, Ashhursl, asked for a dissolution of his marriage with Margaret. Smith. The petition was dismissed, His Honour holding that there was no evidenc'd of desertion.

The State primary schools had over 200,000 pupils, stated the Hon. Air. Young (Minister for Health) at Hamilton, and the number of State dental nurses and operators working on the children’s teeth was 70. Approximately 30,000 school children were under treatment. The Department had 05 trainees undergoing a two years’ course of instruction in Wellington. but it was estimated that 300 dental nurses at least would be required to eope with the needs of tin* children.

At yesterday’s meeting of the Wellington Education Board a motion to rescind a former resolution giving head teachers power to afford accredited representatives of the Bible-in-School League facilities for extracting from the school registers the- names and addresses of parents, in order that a plebiscite might be taken on the question of the Bill placed before Parliament last session, was lost. The chairman considered the fairest way to settle the question was to take a referendum of the parents. Three members voted tor and eight against.

Notifications of scarlet fever reported to the health authorities during 1920 reveal a considerable in-

i-rense compared with the previous four years, although the death rate remains low. Last year there rare ' 1538 cases. Referring to diphtheria, the Health Department states that the death rate, though remarkably low, shows au increasing tendency. Although little preventive inoculation of children has been carried out in New Zealand in comparison with what has been done in certain American Elates, the death rate from this disease has greatly reduced in the last few years.

Andrew John Harlaud, a drover, of Pohangina, succeeded in the Supreme Court at Palmerston North yesterday, in his appeal against a conviction recorded against him in the Magistrate’s Court at Feilding on March 2, when he was found guilty of converting a motor-car to his own use. The Magistrate had imposed a sentence of two months’ imprisonment without the option of a tine. Additional evidence was brought forward yesterday for the defence, Mr. Justice Ostler remarking that, had the Magistrate heard this additional evidence, be in all probability would not have entered a conviction. There was a strong chain of circumstances pointing to accused’s guilt, yet several loopholes were evident. Consequently Ilarland should he given the benefit of the doubt.

Al the trial of the youth, Leslie Joseph Murphy, who pleaded guilty at the Palmerston North SAL Court on Tuesday to breaking, entering and theft at the premises of Messrs Barr and Tyer of Eoxton, SeniorSergeant O’Grady took exception to the- sensational report published in a Palmerston North paper to the effect that accused had made a deliberate and cunning attempt to cover up his burglar’s tracks by setting the store on tire. The sergeant said this was not true. All he did was to turn on the electric iron in mistake for the light and neglected to turn it off again. The intruder slept on the premises and bad no intention to light his own funeral pyre. The night-watchman stated that the accused informed him that he entered the premises early in the evening before the niglit-watclunan went on duty.

You (have tried toasted bread, toasted bacon, toasted cheese, and possibly toasted kidneys, and know Jtow gcaql they all are. But have you ever smoked toasted tobacco 1 The toasting process, as you know, develops flavour in the case of all the above mentioned edibles —and it has precisely the same effect in the case of tobacco. You can easily satisfy yourself as to the truth of this-assertion because our New Zealand grown tobaccos are all toasted. That is one reason why they appeal so strongly to smokers. Another reason is that they contain (comparatively) but little nicotine, and may consequently be smoked all day long without producing- those unpleasant effects that frequently follow the prolonged smoking of imported tobaccos, ail of them (more or less) loaded with nicotine. For a cool, sweet, and fragrant smoke try “Riverhead Gold” mild, “Navy Cut” (Bulldog label) medium, or “Cut Plug No. 10” (Bullskead) full strength. There is no mischief in any of these brands, and the rapidly increasing demand for them is the most convincing proof of their popularity, 21.