LOCAL AND GENERAL

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3791, 12 May 1928, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Mrs. Toogood, of Moutoa, lias leturned from a holiday in Hastings. The Fox ton Football Club held a successful dance in the Masonic; Hall on Thursday eveninf. The Mounteds broke camp yesterday morning, when the men left Foxton by special train at t) a.m. There were occasional bright moments iti the midst of the serious business at Tuesday’s meeting of the Christchurch Presbytery (states the “Lyttelton Times’’). The first occurred when the Moderator, the Rev. T. W. Armour, described how, at a meeting of a committee, the members endeavoured to emulate the Arabs and steal silently away. “Indeed,” be added, “had I not closed the meeting when I did, the Benediction would have been a period of private meditation.” Then the matter of chaplains’ duties cropped up, and the Rev. T. Pattrson was telling of his work at Paparua. “I’m thirteen and a half miles from the gaol,” he declared. “I’m further away from gaol than any city minister.” But in this case the Presbytery didn’t laugh. The joke was missed. Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure For Children’s Hacking Cough.

The Prime Minister (Right Hon. J. G. Coates) has announced that Parliament will meet for the dispatch of business on Thursday, June 28th. The date fixed is the one it is usual to decide upon tinder ordinary circumstances.

Yesterday was the third anniversary of the passing of the fate Right Hon. W, P. Massey. The annual pilgrimage to the tomb at Port Halswell was made by the Prime Minister and members of Cabinet and wreaths placed at the foot of the torn)).

A number of citizens entertained the officers of the Mounted Rifles at a social evening in the Racing Club’s office on Tuesday evening, when a most enjoyable time was spent. On Thursday evening the officers gave a return dinner at the c‘a mp.

According to a “Gazette” notice, Empire Day will he celebrated on Monday, 4th June, in conjunction with the anniversary of the birthday of His Majesty the King, and the day will he observed as a public holiday in the Government offices throughout the Dominion.

James Wright Fynes, formerly a restaurant keeper in Christchurch, was tried at the Supreme Court at Christchurch on Thursday on charges of failing to keep proper books of account and contracting debts when not in a position to pay them. Prisoner was found guilty on both counts and sentenced to six months’ imprisonment. At the inquest at Gisborne on Marcia Margaret Carrington who died at Gisborne on May 3, as'a result of being knocked over by a mojjor cycle whilst walking with her mother at dusk on the Mnkarakn road, the coroner found that death followed an injury sustained when deceased was run into and knocked down by a motor cycle ridden by a youth named Archibald Lawrence Lamb.

The State Forest Service entered upon their Winter campaign soon and have re-engaged some of the experienced men who take up their duties at the camp at Tangimoana almost immediately. The present officer in charge, Mr. E. Bellworthv, has been stationed there ever since the Forestry Department took over the control of the reclamation ;if sand dunes and tree and flax planting, etc.

At a meeting of the Local Government Loans Board at Wellington on Wednesday, twenty-seven applications for loans totalling £431,540 were dealt with, including -‘re renewal loans amounting to £11,500. Loans for £407,196 wore sanctioned, the balance of £24,3 !-I being either declined or referred back to the local authority concerned for further ill formation.

Edward Reid, aged about 45, a single labourer, was killed as a result of an accident at the Newmarket Railway Workshops, Auckland, yesterday. Steel wagon frames, each weighing two or three /tons, were being unloaded when one of the chains slipped from the crane book, and one end of the frame crashed to the ground, pinning Reid beneath it. Death is considered to have been practically instantaneous.

The Minister of Health, Hon. J. A. Young, when be opens the new maternity home in Palmerston N. on 28th inst,, will unveil a photograph of the late Lord Lister, which will be hung in the home. At Thursday’s meeting of the Palmerston North Hospital Board the chairman, Sid James Wilson, mentioned that he thought some recognition of the work of this eminent scientist should be made by the Board and accordingly, a particularly fine and life-like photograph of Lord Lister had been obtained from London through the High Commissioner, Sir James Parr.

Under the will of the late Mr. T. E. Smith, of New Brighton, Miranda, Auckland, the residue of his estate, after certain personal bequests, was left in trust for any charities which at the discretion of the trustees might be considered worthy of support. The trustees Sir James Parr, and Messrs C. F. Bennett (Auckland) and A. E. Bennett (Palmerston North) decided that the Willard Home in Palmerston North should share in the estate. They have now forwarded the Board a cheque for £SOO, stating that they realise the importance of the work which the Home is carrying out and that the amount had been allocated as an aid to the building and furnishing fund,.

“A yard of clay”—and contentment! A well-known New Zealander just returned from a trip Home (he motored all over England), says the happiest man he met on his travels was a Devonshire yokel in a smock-frock who was seated wii a rustic .bench outside a country inn with his back against a tree and “a yard of clay” in his mouth. “He looked a perfect picture of contentment.” Wonderful is the power of the weed! It halves our sorrows and doubles our joys. Its enemies say hard things about it, but so long as its quality is good and it's as free from nicotine as possible it does more good than harm. Unfortunately most of the imported brands contain so much nicotine that they do more harm than good. It’s otherwise with our New Zealand tobaccos. They are almost free from nicotine, and so may be smoked with absolute im pvmity. They are quite remarkable, too, for flavour and fragrance. The favourite brands are “Riverhead Gold” mild; “Navy Cut” (Bulldog) medium; and “Cut Plug No. 10” (Bullshead) full strength.