Manawatu Herald SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1927. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3716, 12 November 1927, Page 2

Manawatu Herald SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1927. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Messrs S. Adeanc and P. O’Brien, two Auckland printers, won the Melbourne Cup sweep of £20,000.

The Motor Spirits Taxation Bill .was passed last night. An amend - ,merit: for a redueton in the tax was defeated.

James Low, aged- 55, died while being conveyed to hospital yesterday morning, following a fall from a truck at (he Auckland Central Wharf.

, A special meeting of the Foxton Football plvib; will he held in .the Town Hall supper-room next (Tuesday evening; - A full attendance of all members is requested. The local swimming baths are being well patronised. In the af- , ternoon it is difficult to' obtain a swim for t'he large number o fchildren frequenting the pool. . It was recently found necessary to install a larger winding drum on the Punt over the Manawatu River., and this work was carried out. last week.

Memorial tablets have now been erected by the Council on the gate posts of Eajston-Parlv and - Ihakara Cardens to " commemorate the donors of these reserves.

For several days this week a par•ty of men from the Defence Department under Captain Pollard, have been scouring the sandhills at the seaside for “dud” shells, with a yiew to destroying same. The Borough Council road staff is at present experimenting on a strip of footpath along the south side of Ihakara Gardens with a view to seeing if it is possible to tar-seal on top. of the existing bitumen.

The following local pupils were successful at the Palmerston North High School Sports on Wednesday afternoon: —75 yards open: R. Ball 3; 100 yards handicap,' open: R. Ball l, E. Ball 3. Time 12 1-5 see; 120 yards hurdles: E. Ball 2; high jump: J. Beard 2.

An endeavour was to be made to complete the business of Parliament by November 19, but the indications now are that it will be the end of the month before the final division can be taken. In length the session has already established a record for recent years.

One of the oldefet pioneers of the Dominion passed away at Wanganui Hospital on Saturday in the person of Mrs. Gibbs, relict of the late Mr. Isaac Gibbs. The deceased {lady, who was 87 years of age, was the victim of a motor accident at-Rata pome weeks ago.

The medical superintendent of the Palmerston Hospital, Dr. F. G. Ward, reported at Thursday’s Board meeting that there were 181 patients in hospital at Hie end of October, while 235 weirfe'Vadmitted during the month and 211 were discharged. Ten cases of scarlet fever and twelve of diphtheria were admitted to the isolation wards.

Mrs. Florence Whale was admitted to Gisborne hospital on Wednesday suffering: from the effects'of a pea-rifle bullet wound at the side of her chest. Mrs Whale’s son was going shooting, and picked up the pea-rifle, and not knowing it was loaded, touched the trigger. The bullet struck his mother on the side of the chest. The injuries are reported as not serious.

A recent visitor to Whangai’ei from Eltliam was much interested in .mullet-fishing in the north (says the “Argus”). He said that he had seen fishermen catching mullet for canning. As many as kvo hundred dozen fish were caught at one haul of the net, an operation which, he said, required much skill and patience, as the fish were very shy and escaped if disturbed by the least sound. The demand for tinned mullet was so great that the fishermen were unable to cope with it, and keep the factories going full time.

On Thursday evening next a committee meeting of (lie Foxton Swimming Club will be held in Walls’ Rooms. -

The number of entrants for the Matriculation Examination this year is 4450 (a slight decrease), 850 for Accounts’ Preliminary, and 190 for Junior and National Scholarships.

There is Lope that the Foxton Silver Band will soon have sufficient players to provide musical programmes. Mr. Newth senr., has a number of young players in hand, who are making excellent progress.

Yesterday was the ninth anniversary fof the end of the Great War. Apart from the two minutes silence sojenpi .services were held in nearly all centres throughout the Empire. !

A light lorry driven by G. Cameron, struck the Franktbn-Rotorua train at the Waharoa’ crossing yesterday morning. The lorry was badly smashed and the driver had a narrow escape, receiving severe cuts. The engine was damaged. It was replaced at Matamata.

The corner of Park and Russell Streets was the scene ojf another accident last evening, fortunately not. attended by any serioiis results. A tear driven by Mr F. H. Ollerenshaw, of Ilawera, came into collision with a gig owned by Mr. H. Barton, of Motuiti, and driven by his son. The horse was uninjured, but the radiator of the .car sustained considerable damage.

The rose show at The C. M. Ross Coy’s, to-day drew an entry of 48 blooms. Evidence of the boisterous weather - experienced lately is to be jieeir in almost every bloom shown. The judges experienced some difficulty in arriving at a decision in consequence. The prize for best red rose went to Mrs E. M. Wyllie, the best cream or white to Mrs Trueman, and for best pink or tangerine to Miss Ohrissie’/Heath.

On Monday next, at 8 p.m., in the Salvation Army Hall, Adjutant Hayes will inaugurate the newlyformed troop of Life Saving Guards. A short programme* will be given by the Guards. There will be no charge for admission, but a collection will be taken to augment the Guard funds. Adjutant Hayes will also conduct the meetings on Sunday.

Sympathy with the relatives of theJate Mr. J. Howard Vincent, of Ashhurst, was expressed, and a resolution placing on record the board’s appreciation of his twenty years’ service as a member, was carried at Thursday’s, meeting of the Palmerston North Hospital Board. The board also decided to take steps to place a memorial tablet to the memory of Mr. Vincent in the Qorridor-of the hospital. A tribute, to his work was paid by the chairman, Sir Janies Wilson, and other board members.

Constable Robert Sims, of ’Wanganui East Station, was found with a bullet wound in his chest in the yard at the Wanganui Central Police Station on Thursday. Medical attention was immediately summoned, and he was hurried to the hospital, where be lies in a critical condition. During the winter he weiVt with an escort to Dunedin, and, getting wet, he contracted a severe illness, which incapacitated him from duty for some weeks. He had intimated to friends that he was worried about the state of his health. He had been stationed at Hunterville for some years before coming to Wanganui East some five years ago. He was also stationed at Auckland for several years.

Injuries, from which she died five minutes after her admission to Palmerston North Hospital, were received by Mrs. A. K. Mitchell shortly before 5 o’clock on Thursday afternoon, when a motor-car in which she was a passenger and a ballast train engaged on the deviation construction works, just beyond the Palmerston Borough boundary, collided. The scene of the accident was where the railway deviation track crosses the Rangitikei Line roadway, and the car was driven by deceased’s. husband, who is a farmer of Newbury. Mr. Mitchell escaped unhurt, but minor injuries in the nature of cuts and abrasions were received by one of Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell’s children, who was the only 'other person in the car.

“N.'S.N.S..” What do those letters stand for? iWhy the “National Society of Non-smokers.” London is the home of the new society, the President of which has just been proudly telling the world: “We form two-thirds of the entire population.” “What? Two-thirds of the population of London non-smokers? Oh, tell us another, Mr President! Why everybody smokes nowadays, bar a few unfortunate persons, who don’t smoke because they can’t. Eminent physicians tell us that tobacco is not injurious provided it is good and as free from nicotine as possible; also that it is often positively beneficial. It is of course unfortunately true that the imported tobaccos are as full of nicotine as they can be. That’s where they differ so essentially from our own New Zealand brands whch contain so little nicotine that they may be ismoked all day long with the utmost impunity. And owing to the toasting of the leaf (quite a novelty), they are remarkable for flavour and fragrance. You can get them any strength. “Riverhead Gold” is mild, “Navy Cut” (Bulldog) is medium, and “Cut Plug No. 10” (Bullshead) full.