Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1927. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3685, 1 September 1927, Page 2

Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1927. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The funeral of the late Mi« P. W. Brown was conducted this afternoon, a service being held at the residence by the Salvation Army. A slight earthquake, accompanied by a loud rumbling was experienced locally at about 10 o’clock this morning.

Mr. Justice Hcrdman will leave for England next January for twelve months’ holiday, to which he is entitled on completion of ten years’ service as Judge.

The vital statistics for Foxton for Jast month, with the figures for the corresponding month of last year in parenthesis, were as follows: — Births 6.(8), deaths 4 (4), marriages 1 (1). Maori deaths 2. Foxton’s total rainfall for August registered 3.48 inches. Rain fell on 14 days, the maximum fall, .50 inches, occurring on the 7th. The coldest days were on the 2nd and 6th, with 40 degrees in the shade, and on the 30th and 31st., with 50 degrees.

Expert poultry-men do not like the bird that lays the double volkcd egg, for it generally breaks down (says a southern paper). The double yolked egg comes as an occasional surprise in most flocks; .but a Wyndham hen recently went one better by enclosing three yolks in one shell. This is certainly a rarity.

The section upon which the secondary department of the Foxton District High School is to be erected is being cleared, proporatory to levelling. ■ Tenders for the brick work are to be invited next week and will close on September 14 th. It is expected that the new building will be ready for occupation in about six months, time.

An impounding notice appears,in this issue. Everywhere the Maori Party under the conductorshipi of Rev. A. .J. Seamer has gone there has been one verdict, “unique.” Foxton may not again have the opportunity of seeing and hearing Rarangas, Waiatas, poi dances, • greetings and hymns, such as will be given in the Masonic Hall to-morrow (Friday) night, commencing at half-past seven. To-night the party .is to be at Oroua Downs.

A car which was stolen front a racecourse in .Christchurch about a month ago has been recovered in Ashburton. The number plates had been removed, and an attempt made to obliterate the engine numbers. The luggage carrier and toolbox had also been removed. The car was noticed in a street in Ashburton by a resident, who informed the police. An idea of the direction in which the car had been taken was got when tlie number plates and the owner’s wallet containing his license were found iii the Rakaia River.

It is many years since there has been noticeable in the various paddocks between Hastings and Napier so many lambs as can be seen at the present time. The fact is that the recent wet weather has compelled farmers to put their sheep on high and dry land, and this probably accounts for the fact that more sheep and more lambs are now being noticed than has been the case in the past. In several of the paddocks, mortality amongst the new arrivals is seen, but this is not very great and it may be safely said that the /percentage in the lambing has been really good and there is every prospect of a firstclass season.

Evidence as to the size of the monster bulllpck which has been creating such a stir in IVJarton is contained in the fact that it has been killed and tops the scale at 2162 Jib. (dead weight), says an exchange. An inquest was held yesterday, afternoon at Invercargill on the, body of a man found washed ashore at Toetoe Bay near Fort Rose on Sunday. Deceased was identified as Thomas Meighan, a greaser on the steamship “lonic.” He was a native of England and was last seen alive at the Bluff on July 15. It is considered a grave breach of Rugby etiquette for the coach of a team to instruct players from the side-line during the progress of a match. The coach of the Christchurch College team, who so offended at Wanganui this week has been severely censured through the press. At Christchurch on Tuesday, Val Armstrong aged 16, the youngest son of Mr. 11. T. Armstrong, M.P., was accidentally strangled. It is stated that he was mending a bicycle hanging in the washhouse at his parents’ residence when he slipped off a box on which he was standing. His head caught in a rope and he died before his plight was discovered.

At the inquest concerning the death of Frederick Peter Drube, who died whilst dancing at the Makauri School, near Gisborne on Friday night, the medical evidence stated that the post mortem examination disclosed a rupture of the right ventricle of the heart muscle which was degenerated. A verdict was returned in accordance with the mediqal testimony. Mr. Fred Robinson, of Foxton, officiated as manager of the Manawhenua Rugby representatives, who recently went on tour and during their match yesterday. When he accompanied the team on the field of play yesterday, he was accompanied by a pretty yellow pomeranion poodle bedecked with the team’s colours, as their mascot. The Ranfurly Shield has been responsible for human stormy controversy but the wordy warfare nagged be'tween Hawke’s Bay and Wairarapa paled into significance beside the elements which took a hand in the game yesterday. The lightning flashed across the field of play and the thunder drowned the barrackers voices while the rain fell in sheets, impeding the handling and progress of the ball. To-day there are many coughing and sneezing enthusiasts who are cursing the .storm fiend for butting in. Since the announcement of the death of “The Shiner,” a wellknown identity in the South, stories of his nomadic pranks have begun to pour in thick and fast, says the Oamaru correspondent of the Otago Daily Times. One of the best is an attempt lie made to secure a jar of whisky from a local hotelkeeper in the days of license. The jar was filled, but as he could not find the cash required the whisky was poured back into the quarter cask. “The Shiner” left the bar, with the jar under his arm, muttering imprecations against the heartless publican. When 'he was next seen he was squeezing a sponge, from which he extracted a couple of good stiff nips. He had placed the sponge in the jar before entering tht hotel. On another occasion he went to a hotel and with a theodolite he had borrowed, and pretended to make an offl.cia.l survey of the frontage. He then confined to the 1 publican that his building was 2ft. on the road line. He was lavishly “treated,” and given a handsome sum of money on condition that he “hit the trail” and said no more about it. The taste for tobacco once acquired rarely dies. Once a smoker always a smoker. Many a lonely man’s best friend is his pipe, and it’s no less true that many a man would rather go short of “tucker” than short of ’baccy. Let those who rave against smoking—generally because it makes them ill —go on raving. Those who know the pleasure the pipe gives, the comfort and consolation it brings, will never be convinced to the contrary. Why should they? There’s no harm in tobacco so long as it’s pure and as free from nicotine as possible. The imported brands, to be sure often contain a terrible lot of nicotine. That’s bad. But our New Zealand brands contain |so little that they are comparatively innocuous and-may be freely indulged in with the utmost impunity. Yes, and what’s more, they’ll soon spoil you for any other kind, they are sweet and fragrant. They are in various strengths. “Riverhead Gold” is mild, “Toasted Navy Cut” (Bulldog) is medium, and “Cut Plug No. 10” (Bullshead) is full flavoured. 64 -