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Manawatu Herald SATURDAY, JANUARY 21, 1928. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

It is .understood that a sum of approximately £I6OO was taken from Wanganui this week by. a big theatrical company. Waipukurau can well be classed the healthy town of the Dominion (says a Napier paper). For the past 70 weeks no infectious cases have been reported within the borough. 1

■Captain M. Buckley was 'originally selected to pilot the aeroplane in the Tasman flight, but could not he spared by the Defence Department owing to his services being required as one of the instructors in the Fly-Cadet Corps at Wigram Aerodome.

A number of cases of lethargic encephalitis, better known as “sleepy sickness,” have been reported in Oamaru in recent weeks. One case has proved fatal) but the others have assumed a mild form. The cause of the disease is not known.

The Shannon Co-operative Dairy Factory is having a record season. From July Ist to December 31st, 453 tons of butter were manufacitured, against 385 tons for the corresponding period last year. The pay-out for December is 1/3 per lb.

“I’ve seen some road-hogs, but this lady takes the bun.” This was the colourful description read at a meeting of the Wanganui Automobile Association.. letter was from a drover who disapproved of a woman motorist’s behaviour. The Association commended the drover’s action and it has since been discovered that the woman in question hailed from Palmerston North.

A grass lire in Avenue Road, in front of Messrs V. McDowell’s and H. Coley’s residences, .was responsible for an alarm of fire being sounded at 6.30 p.m. on Thursday. The outbreak was quickly .subdued by the Brigade before any damage was done. Mr. McDowell expressed his appreciation to our represestative of the prompt turn-out of the Brigade.

The “Maoriland Worker” devotes quite a screed of characteristic indignation that we should have referred to this dominion as a land of sunshine and prosperity where poverty (as compared with older lands) is unknown. In reply it teiis a woeful tale of distress and unemployment, and makes the statement that the district ilaxmill employees “arc as near poverty'stricken as they well can he.” The tirade is purely political propaganda. ■

Addressing the Teachers’ Summer School at* Nelson this week, Dr. Tillyard, chief biologist at the 'Cawthron Institute, said that prickly pear in Australia was in process of destruction. He was confident that within twenty years the prickly pear would he a curiosity. Similar success, he hoped, would be met with in the fight against New Zealand’s noxious weeds, especially the blackberry. “I can see my way through, and barring accidents I believe that within twenty years we shall be in control of blackberry.” In order to keep picnickers off his property, u farmer hit upon a bright scheme, and in a conspicuous spot on the border of his territory there appears a-bold notice, intimating to the public that it would be well to beware*of the bull (says the Napier Telegraph). That the farmer in question does not own a ball and that there is no ferocious creature of that denomination within shouting distance of the place in question makes little difference to the would-be wanderers over that particular property, for as soon as that notice is observed they do not wait to make investigations, but ■rather abandon their project and sock a spot where there is no chance of wild creatures menacing them.

Thames has the distinction of possessing 13 hotels and 13 churches.

The disease known as black spot has attacked nearly the whole of the apple crop in Oamaru this season, and is to be found also on pears.

Over 7000 people paid for admission to the Napier Municipal Baths during December, of whom 3804 were adults and 3217 children.

A Black Hand letter addressed to a wealthy American demanded £SOOO, or his wife would he kidnapped. Through error the missive was delivered to a poor labourer of the same name, who replied: “J ain’t got no money, but I’m interested in your proposition.”

The Stratford correspondent of the Taranaki Herald writes: It is generally conceded that this has been the best holiday and haymaking time that the district has known for very many years uof has the continued absence of raiu had as yet any marked diminution of the output of the factories.

A young man making a purchase in a Wanganui shop discovered that he had been too generously treated in the matter of change. He returned and remarked to the man behind the counter: “You’ve made a mistake with the change.” “Well, you should have discovered that sooner,” was the sharp rejoinder. “Don’t worry then,” replied the young man as he smilingly left the shop with the money still in his pocket, “I was given half-a-crown too much!”

■Strange companions fraternise in the lonely stretches of the Far North. At Opua, the picturesque little bay across from historic Russel], lack of other associations has thrown together two unusual friends (says the Auckland Sun). A donkey, which was turned on to the long acre by a bankrupt circus party, wander daily in close company with a half-grown sheep, which lias found comfort in this ►friendship ever since it was a tiny lamb and nothing can break the alliance. The youth of the township ride this bucking veteran of tht sawdust ring, and the village ■dogs disturb the tranquil meanderings of its fleecy friend, but every morning without Tail the two turn up together and make their presence known to those travellers who bestow upon them selected titbits from the holiday hamper.

Choosing a birthday present for a man is not quite so simple a'mailer as it seems —until you tackle the job. You may so easily give him something lie lias no use for. There is, however, one thing that few men will despise —a bit of really good tobacco —a brand as free from nicotine as possible, because nico - tine is bad, and unfortunately the imported ’baccies are full of it. If you want a really pure tobacco,.almost free from nicotine, and which, therefore, can be smoked for hours at a time if desired without any harmful effects, choose ,our own New Zealand-grown article. A pound of if makes a splendid gift. It is better than the best imported, sweet, cool and fragrant. This tobacco largely owes its outstanding excellence fo the fact that the leaf is toasted—quite a new idea. There are several varieties, so all smokers can be suited. Ask for “Riverhead Gold” (mild), “Navy Cut” (Bulldog), medium, or “Cut Plug No. 10” (Bullshead), full strength.

A striking example of grit and self-sacrifice on the part of a public school hoy who came to New ■Zealand some two years ago, recently came under the notice of a representative of the “King Country Chronicle.” Owing to the war his father fell on evil days in the Mother Country. His college career was cut short, and he came to New Ztaland to learn farming. He was willing, intelligent, and put his whole soul into the work, and out ofy his small salary managed to send ins relatives a substantial sum in the first 18 months. He eventually obtained a situation on a large sheep run in the King Country, it being one of his ambitions to learn all about this branch of farming. Conditions with his people at Home 'became worse, and he sacrificed his ambition and took, a ■situation on a dairy farm in the Wjaikato, where the wages were higher, his sole object being to help his people still further. Tho young man is now working 16 hours a day and sacrificing his prospects for the future.

One of the most remarkable tilings connected with the old sailing ship days appears to have been the meagre salaries paid to the captains of ocean dyers. An old sea captain informed a reporter at Auckland that the scale of remuneration did not amount to a living wage. In some cases it was surmised to be as low as £5 or £6 per month, and it was also surmised that in those cases the captain did a little trading on their own account “in foreign parts.” A monthly wage of from £lO to £l4 was more common. Those captains were outstanding iigures in the romance of the sea. Thrilling were the talcs told of t heir daring and the consummate skill that achieved results. In the later days of the white wings fleets, remuneration improved, and masters of wool ships trading to New Zealand obtained as high as £lB to £2O per month. Low wages were evidently not; restricted to sailing ships, for there arc circumstantial tales of, captains of tramp steamers receiving £9 per month with “nothing from the main hatch.” Nowadays, the deckhand’s wage on these steamers is £9 10s per month.

Scarlet fever is prevalent in Canterbury.

In Wellington in 1927 building permits to the value of £1,936,860 were issued, compared with £1,937,187 f0r'1926. ' . Heavy rains and Hoods are reported from New South Wales, where towns have been inundated and stock drowned. Melbourne was also visited by a severe storm. , The attempt at the endurance flight record by Captain Kingsford' Smith and Lieut. Pond at ,San Francisco, ended yesterday, 'when at 10.30 a.m. their plane “The Spirit of California,” was compelled by exhaustion of petrol to descend after 50 hours 7 minutes in the air.

The directors of the Te Horo Co-oporative Dairy Company, Ltd., passed the following resolution at their meeting on January 13: — “That Daylight Saving be abolished on the ground that it is detrimental to the dairy farmers’ operations, and likely to prove fatal to dairy farmers’ womenfolk.”

A Press telegram from Auckland states that James Meeks, aged 40, a fireman on the steamer Nile, was fined £2 for throwing a pan full of fodd at the captain. He disliked the food and with another member of the crew walked on to the bridge to interview the skipper, who informed them that it was just the same as he had to eat himself. Danger which threatened in the llaetihi district, where fires gained a strong hold early in the week, has now passed, the wind having dropped. Unless the wind springs up again thorp is little fear of extensive danger, and what fires at present exist are serving the useful purpose of ridding the ground of the fern and rubbish, which, in the event of the fire being fanned by a gale, would provide a Aeal menace to life and property. The recent fires have been confined to country through which the timber mills have worked, fern, scrub, and stumps being burned in a conflagration fanned by a strong south wind.

An Auckland telegram- states that Maisey Purvis, aged 18, was caught in the undertow while bathing at Milford Beach and carried 300 yards seaward of the nearest other swimmers. Amongst those who went to the rescue were Thomas Hilliker, who swam to the spot where the girl was last seen, and Herbert Warbrick, who, fully clo-, thed swam to Hilliker’s assistance. They got hold of the girl and kept her afloat until' Colin Bacon, an-* other member of the Milford Life Saving Club, gave them a tow line on which all four were hauled ashore. Miss Purvis was unconscious for half an hour, but after restoratives had been applied she was conveyed home. Thirty years ago numerous large mobs of wild horses used to roam the Murimotu Plain on the east side of Tongariro National l’arli and the great Kaiangaroa Plain ” between Taupo and Galatea was the home of thousands of them, says the “Wanganui Herald.” Great sport , and a gbod deal of profit used to be made by bold hunters who gathered together for an organiseddrive on horseback and the best of the catch found ready buyers in more settled districts and also in Canterbury. A late visitor to the district states that as far as he could see the wild horse is a thing of the past on the Murimoto Plain, ■there being about a dozen in sight at the ba<o of Mount Tauhora. The State Forest Department, who has great plantations in the Rotorua and Taupo districts, wages ceaseless \Var on these wild animals, as the horses had a great liking for dining off the young trees. It is becoming a custom among a certain type of young men in the “cockerel” stage to attend dances and to plant intoxicating liquor in some handy nook or possibly a'motor ear, near the dance hall.- At intervals the young bloods, sometimes accompanied by foolish girls are wont to retire for “a spot.” The liquor indulged in ( sometimes incites those imbibing to rash conduct and even acts of violence. At the Elthain S.M. Court this week two young men were convicted and fined for disorderly behaviour at a dance. Magistrate Tate said “The whole thing was the result of overindulgence in liquor. They were decent looking young men, and there was no reason why they should be in Court charged with such offences. It was most discredit-! able, and respectable people might well be afraid to attend the dances when such incidents occurred. It was due to the men having taken liquor, and the question was where was it going to end ? It would have to be brought to a head. If the dances were to be made just drunken orgies, decent people would not attend.” i in -

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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3744, 21 January 1928, Page 2

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Manawatu Herald SATURDAY, JANUARY 21, 1928. LOCAL AND GENERAL. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3744, 21 January 1928, Page 2

Manawatu Herald SATURDAY, JANUARY 21, 1928. LOCAL AND GENERAL. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3744, 21 January 1928, Page 2

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