Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, JULY 5, 1928. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3814, 5 July 1928, Page 2

Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, JULY 5, 1928. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Unemployed in Shannon now to - tal 100. Yesterday was the fourth of July—United States day of independence. Some catches of whitebait have already been secured this season in the Waikato River below Tuakau. The Religious Exercises in Schools Bill was introduced into the House of Representatives on Tuesday. The second reading was 'set down for August Ist. Sidney James Ross, aged 24, a married man with one small child, was killed yesterday on the farm of William Brown, near Duntroom, owing to a tractor overturning. Messrs P. T. Robinson, M. E. Pcrr'eau and J. K. Horn blow left ■ for Wellington this morning to wait 'on the Minister in connection with the acquiring of the Moutoa*swamp for ilax-growing purposes.

The necessity for the erection of a bicycle shed was stressed at Monday’s meeting of the local D.II. School Committee meeting. It was decided to approach the Board on the matter.

A fatality occurred on the Te Aroha-Paeroa highway yesterday, when the seven-year-old'soy of Mr W. A. Brinkley, of Mangaiti, was knocked down and killed by a nmtc = or car containing members of the Thames Valley Power Board returning to Thames from a board meeting.

The vital statistics for the month of June were as follows, the figures for the corresponding period of last year being given in parenthesis:—Births 3 (4), deaths nil (2), marriages 3 (nil). The figures for the quarter ending June 30th were: —Births 11 (21), deaths 3 (5), marriages 10 (1). At the last directors’ meeting of the Levin Co-Operative Dairy Company, it was decided to pay a bo-

* ns of 2d per 11). on all butter-fat bought throughout the past season, which brings the average price per lb. to Is 6.359 d., being a considerable advance on the previous year’s figure. The total output was 1105 tens.

Tex. Rickard has emphatically denied rumours that he was considering the substitution of another heavy-weight for Heeney, and would postpone the championship bout owing to alleged lack of interest. He stated that advance sales already exceeded 250,000 dollars, adding: “I think the betting odds will favour Heeney, three to one when he enters the ring to fight Tunney.”

A forty foot whale was stranded on Rangitikei beach last Friday and two local persons secured a quantity of (alleged) ambergris from the monster (says the Standard’s Bulls correspondent). Wlhether tlie substance secured is the genuine article or not remains to be proved, but if it is, then there is big money waiting for the persons concerned. The stranded whale, meanwhile, is beginning to make its presence felt.

At a meeting of unemployed held at Masterton yesterday, at which 58 were present, it was decided to accept 12s and 9s per day if 14s were not obtainable; also that strong representations be made to the Government to grant a £1 fot* £1 subsidy to local bodies and fix relief wages at not. less than 10s for single men and 14s for married men. A committee was appointed to wait on the Masterton Borough Council and County Council, both of which are contemplating relief work. “This medicine truly bringeth relief.” —Manzoni. After the first dose of Baxter’s Lung Preserver, you will begin to appreciate its soothing, healing influence on the throat and bronchial passages. Thousands of people have banished coughs and colds with “Baxter’s” —it has been doing good work for over 00 years. Baxter’s Lung Preserver is an excellent tonic as well as the best cough and cold specific known. Get a bottle to-day!-In three sizes, at all chemists and stores. Generous-sized bottle 2/6, large family economical size 4/fi, bachelor’s size 1/fi. —2.

Substantial increases in births and deaths, and a slight increase in marriages, are shown in the vital statistics of Wellington for the half year of 1928, when compared with the first six months of 192$ Increases in births and marriages are also shown in the statistics for June, 1928, when compared with the figures for June, 1927. The figures for the six months of 1928, with the for the same period last year in parenthesis, are as follows: —Births, 1122 (1014); deaths, 5G3 (470); marriages, 931 (885).

A spar of American wood picked up on the New Brighton Beach last week was submitted to Captain J. L.-Findlay and Captain M. Buckley, of the Wigram Aefodrome, for examination, in the belief that it might possibly be part of the aeroplane in which Captain G. Hood and Lieutenant J. R. Moncrieff lost their lives while attempting to fly across the Tasman Sea. However, Captain Findlay said the wood was not a part of an aeroplane, as it was not properly shaped for such purpose. He believed it was part of the gunwhale of a boat. —Auckland Herald.

It is stated that a prominent resident of Gore who is about to enter the bonds of matrimony, has filled the role of “best man” on no fewer than 33 occasions. It seems a pity, however, remarks a local paper, that future bridegrooms should be deprived of the services of one whose long experience has so well qualified him to launch them upon the choppy sea of matrimony. At his own wedding he will have as best man one who has acted in that capacity on’eight previous occasions. It can be imagined, however, that he will receive very many valuable hints from the bridegroom, to whom lie may prove a worthy successor.

During the heaving of a civil action in the Wanganui Magistrate’s Court last week light was thrown on wages ruling for farm labour in some quarters. One witness said he paid a man £3 a week for milking night and morning. During the day he was also occupied laying drains, having a first-class knowledge of this sort of work. The man was only too pleased to work for the wages given. Another witness- said he employed a capable man at 30s a week and bis keep, Hi at he worked about 12 hours a day for six days a week, and milked morning and night on Sundays.

Dr. P. J. Hennessy, on 28th November. 1927, was fined £SO and his license was cancelled till 31st March, 1930, for being drunk while in charge of a motor ear. . He applied at Wellington for a remission of the cancellation. Mr. Salmon, S.M., said lie had fully* considered the matter at the time. He recognised the hardships involved. This was part of the penalty. He had a duty to the public and was not going to wait till someone was kil-

led. In cases of this nature, especially for a second offence as in this ease, the man’s license should be suspended for a long period, if not for.all time.

Remains of Maori fortifications and the traces of military engineering before the coining of t-lie white man were investigated on Maugere Mountain on Saturday afternoon by a party of 20 members of the anthropology and Maori race section of the Auckland Institute and Museum. Among the features of historical interest were a number of dwelling houses and an old wharepuni, or meeting house. Numerous pits, terraces, and palisades, and the old entrances of pas and forts were seen. Mr. George Graham, of Te Akarana Maori Association, explained to the visitors the ancient Maori methods of warfare and tribal life, remarking that magnificent specimens of art had once stood on the green slopes overlooking the district of Mange're,

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 he smoked for hours on end without risk to heart or nerves. They are 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 surprising to find these brands in rapidly increasing demand. Try “Riverhead Gold” aromatic, ‘lNavy Cut” (Bulldog), medium, or “Cut Plug No. 10” (Bullshead), full strength. All tobacconists.