Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1927. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3693, 20 September 1927, Page 2

Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1927. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Thomas Perry, aged 57,- a single man, employed by A. J. Hesseman, a farmer of the Hauraki Plains, was killed on Sunday evening by a stack of hay falling on him. A local school boy found early rising profitable this morning. He added about 15/- to his pocket money account by catching several pounds of whitebait before breakfast.

The Methodist Social Guild held an afternoon at the residence of Mrs. F. G. Yeo, on Wednesday last. A novel competition, a treasure hunt, created much interest. A very enjoyable social time was spent by all present. At the infant school at New Plymouth yesterday morning, the Minister of Education formally opened the first open-air class room built in the North Island, and stated that it was the Department’s intention to go on with the policy of building similar rooms.

Permission to fight in New Zealand was refused the light-weight coloured boxer, Johnny Hall, by the New Zealand Boxing Council las! night. It was stated that the policy of the council was to refuse licenses to coloured peoples, with the exception of Maoris, Patrick Diamond, aged 73, who was knocked down in the street at Hastings on Friday by hi motor lorry, died ip the Napier Hospital yesterday morning. When he was admitted to the hospital his condition was reported satisfactory, but he gradually sank, The Palmerston Borough Council has decided to enforce a regulation governing pillion riding which provides “That passengers shall ride astride in a properly constructed seat securely attached to the rear of the motor-cycle, and that footrests of an approved type shall be provided.” 1

Joseph Robert Salter (10), Harley William Dear (16), Walter Richard Dear (his brother, aged 17), and Cecil George Robertson (19), were sentenced at Auckland yesterday, by Air. F, K- Hunt, S.M., to one year’s Borstal detention on a series of charges of converting eleven motor-cars to their own use.

The Mayor (Mr M. E. Perreau), Cr, Thompson, and the Town Clerk (Air. Wm, Trueman) proceeded to Levin this afternoon to confer in conjunction with other local body delegates, with the Highways Board in reference to the Shannon bridge roadways.

On Saturday night the premises at Bulls of Mr. S. Avery, a baker, and Mr. V. Edhouse, draper, were entered by burglars, who broke a window at the rear of Air. Avery’s premises, A cash register and a till were robbed of 12s in copper. From Mr. Edhouse’s a pair'of boots vVere taken.

At the Palmerston S.AI. Court yesterday, Patrick Cunningham a confectioner, was fined £lO -and, costs for selling cigarettes on the

statutory half-holiday. Evidence was given to the effect that the lady in charge of the shop had on a statutory half-holiday sold cigarettes ,to several people, including the inspector himself,

“It is wrong to be continually cutting grass in the winter and early spring,” said Professor W. Riddet, who lectured under the auspices of the Auckland Horticultural Society at the Auckland University College on Thursday evening. Lawns, he explained, required the same treatment as crops. Grass could only obtain food through the agency of its leaves, and constant cutting deprived it of its sustenance. Another useful hint the Professor gave was with regard to drainage in the garden (states the “Star”). To ensure good growth, lie said, the water supply must be adequate, but not excessive, and drainage was the only effective method of obviating excessive moisture. Ample air, proper temperature, and adequate mineral salts were also necessary. If there was excessive moisture, the air was shut out, and the roots failed to spread.

In 18 operations since 1917, 36 pieces of shrapnel' have been removed from the body of ex-Private E. J. Smith in Sydney. There are still some fragments left, but Mr. Smith, who is now convalescing after the 18th operation, declares they can stay where they are.

At Wanganui on Saturday evening Hector Frank Burgess, aged 25, son of Mr. A. S. Burgess, a prominent business man, was found dead at his home with a service rifle beside him. It is stated that he had suffered ill health for some time.

On August 31 the number of scarlet fever patients in the Palmerston North Public Hospital constituted a record, there then being 31 eases undergoing treatment. There are at present some 30 patients suffering with the disease in the hospital, but no fresh cases have been admitted since September 13. In a professional middle-weight boxing match at Auckland, last night, Lachie McDonald (Timaru), defeated Jim Broadfoot (Auckland) on points after fifteen rounds. The fight was considered the best in Auckland for many years. It was a willing go and was won only by a narrow margin.

Bnrton Bell Bevege, aged 58, married, died in hospital at Auckland on Friday, from the effects of poisoning. At the inquest a verdict of suicide was returned. It was stated that deceased was depressed because he was unable to find work.

Owing to the legal proceedings in regard to the Dempsey-Tunney heavyweight match, the contest was postponed till Wednesday next. A description of the match will be broadcasted from the ringside and should be “on the air” about 2 p.m. on Thursday (New Zealand time). “This vogue of masculine clothes for girls is over,” declares M. Jacques Worth, the famous Paris' dress designer. “The Eton crop and other boyish fashions are doomed. Fashionable peojile will soon be discarding tight skirts and mannish skirts and the keynote of modes will be softer lines. iSkirts will continue short, but they will be fuller and hats will be more feminine.”

A new French warplane, said to be the smallest in the world, can be assembled, piece by piece, in three minutes on the deck of a floating machine. These little ’planes can rise from the water in nine seconds and quickly attain a height of 2000 feet. Every submarine in the French Navy is to carry one as an aid to reconnaissance in time of

A meeting of Alaori elders was held at Wanganui last week to formulate evidence to place before the Native Affairs Committee in Wellington, when the matter of compensation in connection with the Alaori fishing rights in the Wanganui River is being considered. Some very interesting data has been gathered on the number of patunas on the river ip years past, and the number of eels taken. As many as a thousand eels have been taken from a single patuna in a night.

Donald Douglas and Burton Twiggs who studied at Otago Uniyersiky, ja.re starting on a Iwallk from London to Karakchi, via France, Italy, Turkey, Bulgaria, Persia and Arabia, taking no money except sufficient to cross the Channel. They intend writing to replenish their exchequer, saying: “Motors, trains and aeroplanes have stripped the glamour from travel. We are going in search of real, romance.”

Although the conquest of the Tasman Sea by aeroplane remains to be accomplished, it has been crossed on the wing on many occasions (says the Auckland Star). Sixty years ago a strange bird appeared at the north end of the South Island, and the Alaoris gave it the name tauhou, which means appropriately enough, the stranger. The bird spread all over the Dominion, and is now familiarly known in many Auckland surburban gardens as the waxeye, or blightbird. For many years the black swan has crossed the Tasman Sea frim Australia. There are times of the year, in the vicinity of Kaipara Harbour, when at sunset or soon after sunrise they may be seen flying towards the land in V formation with their long necks stretched and their wings twhirr. But the honour of the record flight goes to the godwit, which spends a holiday season in Siberia each year, and then makes a return hop of a few thousand miles to New Zealand.

For a wager, two men at Brighton, England, recently matched themselves, one against the other, to sec which could smoke the most tobacco in a given time. The contest lasted for hours. The tobacco was American of medium strength. The winner smoked two and a quarter ounces. He looked as if he had had more than enough when lie put his pipe down. The loser was going strong when he collapsed. Heart. Fact is most of these American tobaccos arc full of “juice” (Nicotine) and nicotine in excess plays the dickens with heart and nerves. No tobacco is absolutely free from it, but our New Zealand grown brands contain so little that they are practically harmless. They can he smoked freely without causing any trouble. Even the doctors recommend them. Cool, sweet, and fragrant they appeal to all smokers. Try them. If you like a soothing miid aromatic ask for “Riverhead Gold,” or if you prefer something stronger, get some “Navy Cut” medium, or “Cut Plug No. 10” full flavoured.

Three Shannon residents, Win. Slayter Gardiner, Henry Coyle and James Curtis were charged at the Palmerston North Magistrate’s Court yesterday, with the theft of wood valued at 10s from Fred Buekman and another lot valued at 30s from Harold E. Hook. The offences were alleged to have been committed between August 18th and 2.lst. Gardner was fined £5 on each charge, with £2 3s witnesses expenses in the case of Buckmam Coyld was not convicted. It is not generally known, says the Chronicle, that the Wlanganui River was not known among the Maoris as the “Wanganui.” Its real name is Te Wainui-Rua, meaning “The Great River of Rua.” When the pakeha settled in this district he first called it the Ivnowlesly River as a compliment to the Earl of Derby, and old maps show it under that name. “Whanganui” referred only to the harbour at the river mouth, and the Maori did not trouble to enlighten the white man when he referred to the river as the “Wanganui.” The tiny native kingdom of Tonga has a Royal bodyguard, and New Zealanders are invited to apply for the post of instructor to this troop of soldiers (says the “New Zealand Herald”). It consists of thirty men, every one of them a picked warrior, whose duty it is to safeguard the life and person of their ruler, Queen Charlotte. They are fine men, in regulation uniforms, and are to be drilled along the lines at present in vogue in the British Army. Their instructor will also hold the position of chief inspector of police.