Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, AUGUST 2, 1927. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3673, 2 August 1927, Page 2

Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, AUGUST 2, 1927. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Irish Free State Government has granted Mrs. O’Higgins and her c hildren £20,000, to be invested in a trust fund. The unusual sight of a one-armed player in a junior team playing Rugby was witnessed at the Gisborne Oval recently (says the “Times”). The “wingie” was a returned soldier, and did not seem to be troubled by his disability, but found the demands of the game very strenuous. Rose Shaw and Ellis Margarie Rogers, one having six children and the other three children, were caught shoplifting in a city drapery store. Each was fined £lO in the Auckland Magistrate’s Court on Saturday. Ethel Constance Hastie, a married woman of 28, who was caught by a detective extracting Jialf-a-crown from a student’s purse at the University, was fined £4, in default fourteen days’ imprisonment. In speaking of the careless manner in which some people addressed envelopes, Mr. G. 11. Morrish, the postmaster at Whangarei, stated at the Rotary luncheon that in 1925 no less than 19,731 letters and lettercards were received without addresses, and 19,380 imperfectly or insufficiently addressed (states the “Advocate”). On one occasion a letter containing £350 in £SO notes was forwarded as an unregistered packet, and in another instance a particularly flimsy envelope in the Dead Letter Office was found to contain a £lO bank note without anything in the envelope to indicate by whom the letter had been posted, Bad weather has delayed the taking of aerial photographs for survey purposes which has been commenced by Wigram Aerodrome pilots, and suitable conditions for the carrying out of several important works are now being awaited (states the Christchurch Press). General overhauling work is now occupying the attention of the aerodrome staff. A new dual control Bristol Fighter, which was landed recently, is being assembled, and two more machines are expected next week, bringing the strength of Bristol Fighters up to six. The danger of leaving the carcases of poisoned rabbits, especially those killed by means of strychnine, lying on the ground, was stressed ‘by Mr Lee (Lake County) at a conference of Otago County Council delegates (reports an exchange). Mr. Lee stated that at present carcases were simply thrown away, with the result that valuable dogs, belonging to drovers and others, were frequently poisoned, entailing a, very severe loss. He urged that the carcases of poisoned rabbits should be ‘buried -at least 2ft. underground. The other delegates at the conference agreed with the view put forward by Mr. Lee, and the solicitors promised to look into the question with a view to framing a by-law. It was also suggested that a remit dealing with it should be sent to the Counties’ Conference.

The vital statistics for the month of .July are as follows, the figures for the corresponding period last year being given in parenthesis: — Births 5 (9), deaths 1 (2), marriages nil (nil). Maoris: —Births nil (nil), deaths nil (1). During the month of July rain fell locally on thirteen days, a total of 1.34 inches falling, the maximum fall, .8 inch, being recorded on the 25th. The sth was the warmest day when the thermometer registered 54 degrees in the shade, the 21st being the coldest with 40 degrees. A fatal bushfelling accident is reported from Kairuru in the Nelson district. John Fowler, aged about 33, the youngest son of Stanley Fowler, was engaged with his father clearing away trees which had been hung up, when one crashed, striking him on the back and pinning him' to the ground. Death was almost instantaneous. At San Francisco on Saturday, Miss Florence Salustro, aged 17, chosen .'“Miss California” in a beauty contest, was thrilled by gaieties awaiting her and began dancing in a hotel elevator. She slipped and her dress caught the door handle and she was dragged and decapitated. Firemen worked for an hour to release the .body. The Wairarapa Rugby Union received legal (advice from its solicitors to the effect that, having considered the circumstances whereby three privately-owned cars were damaged through the collapsing of the roofs of two , motor display stands at Solway through being overloaded with spectators, they were of opinion that the Union was not liable for any claim for damages. A dark spot on the Panmure Road, Auckland, was the scene of a motoring fatality on Saturday evening, a Maori, Mokai Iloari, single, of Ohinemutu, Rotorua, being killed. Mr. J. C. Craig was motoring along the road when suddenly at a very dark spot and a point where the concrete is narrow, and there are f no footpaths, deceased appearing walking in front of his car. Craig promptly applied the brakes, but was too late to prevent knocking the .pedestrain down. Seves charges of theft were admitted by a lad, aged 15, in the Children’s Court at Christchurch on Saturday. His story was that he had lost £lO belonging to his employer. He told a friend who lent him the money and then stole to repay the loan. The Magistrate, however, after questioning the boy closely, said his story would not hold together. The boy had stolen sums amounting to £l7 19/ : from his employer’s letters. He was committed to the care of the Child Welfare Officer. The offi.ce of hangman was an important one in the middle-ages, when every town, notbleman, and officer of the King all kept their private hangman. As death was the universal punishment for all felonies or serious crimes, he was always busy. Death was inflicted in a variety of shapes. The most common were hanging, beheading, burning, drowning, breaking on the wheel, pressing to death, and boiling in oil. The hangman was expected to inflict other punishments, such as branding, whipping, mutilaling, ducking and chaining in the pillory. The torture of recalcilrant prisoners, of suspects, and of witnesses, too, was part of his duties. One of the favourite vegetables of the Maoris is known as “puha,” and is derived from a branch of the thistle family. This generally termed weed has all the constituents when properly prepared and cooked 'of a delicious as well as healthy green food. Some Europeans have Iried to prepare puha, and generally arrive at the decision that they cannot understand what the Maoris see in it. lichen prepared by one who does not know, the result of tlie cooking pot is generally bitter to 1 he taste and anything but appetising. A Maori the other day pointed out that if the full benefit of puha was to fie derived the vegetable required to be pounded somewhat and then soaked in water (says an exchange). After a period a fluid, somewhat green in appearance, would come from the mass, and it was necessary to wash this away. Then, when put into the cooking pot with the other edibles and cooked,, the dish was a delight to all partaking of it. The difference “twixt” the pipe and the cigarette is as well marked as that between a sandwich and a grilled steak. Hence, while the cigarette has numberless votaries, the pipe, because it is so satisfying has many more. Seasoned smokers say there is nothing to equal a pipe for solid comfort and enjoyment. But the tobacco must, be good, and not loaded with nicotine as the imported brands usually are. Our own Now Zealand grown tobaccos are the purest and being comparatively free from nicotine they are greatly appreciated by smokers who find they can smoke them for hours at a time without burning their tongues or experiencing oilier unpleasant consequences. It is interesting to note that these tobaccos are all. toasted in the process of manufacture, and to the toasting must be attributed the wonderful flavour and delightful aroma that characterises them. The principal brands are “River-, head Gold,” mild, “Navy Cut” (Bulldog), medium, and “Cut Plug No. 10” (Bullshead), full-strength. All toasted and every tobacconist stocks them. , ' 51. Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure For Influenza Colds.

The Pohangina School of two rooms was destroyed by fire on Saturday evening. The origin is unknown. The funeral, of the late Mr. J. 11. Kerrison took place yesterday afternoon, services at All Saints’ Church and the graveside being conductedi by the Rev. W. H. Walton. “The worst piece of road we struck coming from New Plymouth was that stretch between Sanson and Foxton,” stated a motorist to our representative to-day. George Huia Brewer, for escaping from custody—lie also had 25 previous convictions—was sentenced in the Supreme Court at Wellington yesterday to six months’ imprisonment to be served after the present term he is in for. The Superintendent of Police at Dunedin has received word that Robert Kirk, aged fifty-six years, died suddenly at Blackstone Hill, Central Otago, yesterday. Deceased was taken ill while having dinner at the Oturehua Hotel, and expired shortly afterwards. An inquest will be held. Palmerston North building permits for July totalled 60, and the value over £40,000, a feature being the increased number of houses, which are responsible for over £20,000 of the total sum. Business and .other premises account for nearly £IO,OOO of the rest of the outlay. While engaged in trimming some pine trees on Mr .M. E. Perreau’s property yesterday afternoon, Mr. T. Lee had the misfortune to fall from a limb and i injure his arm which necessitated his removal to the Palmerston North Hospital for treatment. Fortunately Mr. Lee fell on to a wire fence otherwise it is possible that he may have sustained more serious injury. Visitors to the tangi at Motuiti pah are requested not to encroach upon the “marae” or that portion set apart for the mourners. The presence of sight-seers, who are apt to look lightly upon the ceremony of mourning and pass foolish remarks, gravely offends the susceptibilities of the mourners. A notice to this effect appears elsewhere in this issue. An important change in the world-wide SOS. signal for shipping has been sanctioned by the Board of Trade whereby the signal in future will be preceded by three long dashes of four seconds duration. The change is the outcome of an invention which automatically receives the dashes and rings an alarm bell and summons the operator to take the actual distress message. A man who writes charming little stories of the Maoris for children, discussing the art of the written word,, said it is more difficult to be simple than it is to be involved (says “The Man About Town” in the “Auckland Star”). He mentioned .that Sir George Grey never used a word of four syllables if three would express his meaning, and never a word of three if two would do as well. “I wish,” said he, “a parson I know had been a scholar of Sir George. In a bit of .professional blame he was casting forth from the pulpit, he said, “I am astounded, perplexed and astonished at • the labyrinthine sinuousities of this man’s tortuous mind.” It explained to me why people often stay away from' church. The liberal use of tongue twisters may be good athletic exercise, but it’s weary work reading or listening to this form of endurance.”