Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, MAY 1, 1928. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3786, 1 May 1928, Page 2

Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, MAY 1, 1928. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

At Greymouth yesterday several confectioners were fined for selling sweets on Sunday.

A Supplementary Gazette issued yesterday contains regulations as to the compulsory registration of; electors voting by absentee votes, voting on declaration, postal vot- ' ing, and voting at the .Chatham Islands.

A good word for daylight saving was put forward by Mr. Jones, president of the Wanganui East Bowling Club, in an end-of-the-season speedh on Saturday. He urged club members to sponsor the scheme when it next came 'up for discussion.

The National Industrial Conference passed a resolution on Saturday adjourning till May IG, the special sub-committee to continue its work meanwhile with power to deal with the whole of the matters before the conference.

At tiie Auckland Supreme .Court yesterday, Frank Henry Guh], on eight charges of false pretences and seven of breaking and entering and theft, was sentenced to two years’ hard labour on each charge, the sentences to be concurrent.

Edward Charles Townsend, aged 33, who is serving three years in Mohnt Eden gaol, was brought down to the Auckland Police Court yesterday to plead guilty to a charge of bigamy. He was married in Adelaide and again at Auckland. He was committed to the Supreme Court for sentence. The All Black team witnessed a terrific encounter aboard the line Euripides at Port Melbourne on Friday last between four firemen over a bottle of beer. Joseph Ferns, aged 37, had all his teeth kicked out, and his face smashed, presenting a ghastly appearance. Ferns pursued the other three all over the ship with a razor, and the crew joined the rioters, who used all kinds of weapons. Peace was restored when the second officer drew his revolver, forcing Ferns to drop the razor.

Hori brought a car. To celebrate the purchase he ' celebrated, and then hit out on the long trail for the pa. Ten minutes down the road friends rescued him from the river and dragged his car out with horses. “Wlhat happened, Hori?” asked his friends. “When I puy te car I drive wcry fas,’ wery fas’ for home. The trees pass me, the houses pass me, the telegram post go by, all going werf fas.’ Then a bridge come wery fas’ towards me, so I pull to one side to let him go past.” —New Plymouth Herald.

A school girl, who went to make a purchase in a Wanganui suburban shop the other day, came home and announced to her parents that the shopkeeper had kissed her and given her a stick of lolly. The irate father lost no time in going to the shop and seeking an interview. The wind was taken out of his sails w hen the shopkeeper remarked that Christ said: “Suffer little children to conic unto Me.” The parent soon recovered his breath and told the shopkeeper in unbiblical language that Christ was not in the habit of kissing school-girls and handing them out sticks of lolly, and that next time anything of the kind happened lie would leave the shopkeeper in such a state that he would not be able to present himself at his place of business for at least a month.—Wanganui Herald. 1

The Pahiatua borough by-elec-tion caused by the resignation of MiJ. Daniel, Moiriarty resulted in Mr. F. G. Bourkc being returned by a majority of one vote, the figures being: Bourke 205; Moriarty 204. Mr. Bourke was a member of the previous council.

Lionel Arthur Smith, aged 25, a married man, who was convicted for indecent exposure, was sentenced by Justices of the Peace at Marton yesterday to 12 months’ hard labour, this being his second offence within a year involving little children.

The hearing, was continued in the Master-ton Magistrate’s ' Court on Saturday of the charge against Walter Scott Bagby, a jockey, aged 20, of committing rape on a girl, aged 181 years, at Masterton on April 14. Bagby was committed for trial. Bail was allowed in the sum of £IOOO, with two sureties each of £SOO.

William Missen, aged G 7 years, was admitted to the Palmerston Hospital on Saturday evening suffering from injuries received through his being knocked down by a motor-car near the Karere railway station. Both his legs were broken, and there were also numerous abrasions which make his condition rather serious.

Two interesting statements made by a Dunedin labour bureau proprietor are that theme is a large number of natural hoboes knocking about town who do not seek work in the country, and that girls sent out from Home for domestic service are entering the factories instead. Altogether he considered that the unemployment, situation was not nearly so bad as painted. A charge against J. 11. Ansel 1 an auctioneer, of selling wireless aparatus without a radio dealer’s license, was dismissed by Mr. R. W. McKean, S.M., at the Auckland Police Court.- The Magistrate said that defendant’s business was to sell goods of all kinds. Unless a person intended to carry on the business oE selling wireless apparatus ( he was not required to obtain a radio dealer’s license. In order to protect young girls from alleged white slavers masquerading as theatrical managers, the Actors’ Federation at Sydney has drafted two bills for submissiot to Parliament. One proposes that white slavers, when convicted, should be punished with a fine of £3OO or a year’s jail, and the. other trat all theatrical employers should be registered and that their books should be open to public inspection.

An Ashburton telegram states that John William McClure, who, on being convicted and discharged in the (Auckland Supreme Court last week on another charge, confessed to entering and breaking at Ashburton in 1919, was on Saturday committed to the Supreme Court for sentence. The charges were breaking and entering David Friedlander’s office and stealing £34 and breaking and 'entering the High School rectory and stealing a pair of socks.

A welcome social was tendered by the congregation of the Methodist Church at Shannon on Tuesday evening to the Rev. Edmondson. Mr. A. Hill presided over a good assembly. Addresses of welcome were given by the Rev. Farnell, on behalf of the Church of England, Mr. Wouldes on behalf of the Presbyterian Church, and Messrs A. H. Hill and E. Taylor. Songs were rendered by Mrs. Riches and Master R. Bishop, and recitations by Misses V. Quarrie and D. Tremewan. An apology was received from the Rev. Williamson of the Presbyterian Church, who was unavoidably absent.

Giant briar pipes exhibited in a Bond Street (London) tobacconist’s window recently attracted a good deal of attention. These pipes take an ounce of tobacco at a time for a smoke lasting from four to six hours. They are priced at from £4 a piece. But it is not all tobaccos that can be smoked for six or even for four hours continuously. If you tried to smoke some of the American imported brands for such a length of time, you’d get nicotine poisoning. You’d have a better chance with our own New Zealand tobaccos, which owing to their exceptional purity and comparative freedom from nicotine can really be smoked for hours on end without risk to heart or nerves. They arc delightfully cool, mellow, sweet and fragrant, with a most delicious flavour of their own. With such qualities to recommend them (and the good word, of the doctors), it is not sur--1 prising to find these brands in rapidly increasing demand. Try “Riverhead Gold” aromatic, “Navy Gut” (Bulldog), medium, -or “Cut Plug No. 10” (Bullshead), full strength. All tobacconists.

A reminder is given of the sale by public auction to be held in the Masonic Hall to-morrow. “A sneeze a secret oft betrays.” ■ —-Smytlie. ■Sneezing at once betrays the fact that you have caught a chill, and that the time has arrived for a preventive dose or two of Baxter’s Lung Preserver. “Baxter’s” is penetrating, warming and soothing, and does you good from the very first dose. The proven remedy for all kinds of coughs and colds and throat, chest and lung complaints. An excellent tonic, too. All chemists and stores. Gener-ous-sized bottle 2/6. Larve family size 4/6, and bachelor size 1/6.—7.

The vital statistics for Foxton for April with the figures for the corresponding month last year in parenthesis, are ns follows: Births, 5 (13); deaths, 1 (2); marriages, 3 (1).

At the Greymouth Magistrate’s Court yesterday Thomas Alfred Paine was sentenced to a month’s hard labour for sending an indecent document to a woman at Wiaiuta. Accused pleaded guilty and said that he kad lost control of himself.

The auxiliary scow “Portland,” arrived at the wharf this morning after a somewhat rough trip from Wellington. The vessel was delayed after crossing the bar inwards, owing to grounding on a sand bank on the north spit.

(During the gale at Auckland yesterday, the scow Maggie, owned by A. J. Craig Ltd., dragged her anchors and drifted on to the stone breastwork on the south side of the harbour. There is no hope of preventing the vessel from breaking up.

Foxton’s rainfall for April totalled 3.52 inches. The heaviest downpour was on the 10th, when 1.1 inches were recorded. Rain fell on five days. The coldest days were the 4th and sth, when the thermometer registered 50 degrees; the warmest day was the 11th, when 69 degrees were registered.

A wedding of interest to Palmerstonians, and district took place yesterday at All Saints’ Church, Palmerston North, when Peggy, third daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lionel Abraham, Park Road, Palmerston North, was married to Ferdinand, fourth son of the late Henry Ashworth —Ashworth, of Bodenham, Herefordshire. Rev. Canon Fancourt officiated.

During his three days of freedom, Thomas George Flanagan, the Borstal escapee, who broke away from custody at 4 pan. on Tuesday and disappeared into the bush at Otakara, did not succeed in getting clear of the vigilantly

guarded area encircling Invercargill, and was recaptured near Mill Road railway station, Invercargill, at about 9 o’clock on Saturday morning. It is evident that while he was at large Flanagan had entered several houses, for he had obtained both food and clothing. Serious allegations have been made by eye-witnesses of the capture of Flanagan. It is asserted that after searching him the warders punched him about the head and body and knocked him down, the victim crying for mercy. Superintendent Pollock said that there would probably be a departmental inquiry. The youth made no complaint of ill-treatment and the usual medical report showed that his health was good and that he was fit to appear in court.

On Sunday moiming a man named Joseph Scott called at the Wellington Central Police Station and stated that while drunk on Saturday night a stranger took him home and put him to bed. When he awoke in the morning he discovered that £3O was missing from his pocket. A few hours later a labourer named Joseph Kelly called at the station and stated he had looked after Scott and had taken £ll from the latter’s pockets but had returned the money. Inquiries were made and Kelly subsequently admitted taking £l2 9s and spending £1 19s. An attempt was made to get in touch with Scott, but he was in a drunken condition and the police were obliged to take Kelly’s version. Kelly pleaded guilty to the, theft of £1 19s and was fined £5 and ordered to repay the money, in default twenty-one days.