Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, JULY 12, 1928. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3817, 12 July 1928, Page 2

Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, JULY 12, 1928. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Additions are nearly completed to the local Convent school. A number of Freemasons from Wanganui and Levin paid a fraternal visit to the local Lodge on Tuesday night.

A number of local sports were present at the Wellington races yesterday. A large number also attended the Manawatu-Wairarapn rep. match at Palmerston.

A representative of the Palmerston Dramatic Society was in Foxton yesterday making arrangements for the appearance here, possibly on the 26th inst., of their latest productions. Foxton theatre-goers can look forward to a first-class entertainment by the talented Palmerston amateurs.

Mr T. K. Sidey, who has been a member of Parliament for 27 years, informed a meeting of his committee at Dunedin that he would not again stand. A motion was passed appreciative of his services, and Mr W. B. Taverner, the present Mayor of Dunedin, accepted the committee’s nomination for Dunedin South as the United Party’s representative.

“Marriage is a muddly sort of business,” said Archbishop Julius speaking in Christchurch a few days ago. “A boy goes to a dance,” he said, “and picks up a girl who has a pretty face, that turns ugly in a fortnight, and who can’t make a pudding. They go a-walking, and then lie takes her to be his wife. Thereafter he regrets it, and so does she.”

One penny damages was awarded in the Magistrate’s Court at Gisborne in an action for damages for alleged slander by Rangi Nepia, of Mnnutuke, against her brother, Hati Nepia, who is allaged to have uttered the following words of plaintiff: “You are a thief —forgery for the cream cheque.” It was said that the parties were educated Maoris.

Passengers who made the trip from Picton to Wellington by the Tamahine a few days ago had the unusual experience of seeing a whale harpooned. The steamer was in the vicinity of the whaling station at Te Awaito, in Tory (Channel, when the passengers saw one whale floating on the surface of the water, dead, another dying, and a third being harpooned. Much interest was taken by the passengers in the proceedings, which were carried out in full view of those on board.

A new railway syren, with a shriek which is much more, penetrating' than that of the whistles at present in use, has been fitted on two engines in use in the North Auckland section of the railway. Owing to the alarming number of level crossing smashes recently the railway authorities desired improved warning methods, and if the syrens prove satisfactory they will be fitted on all engines in New Zealand.

“Has the lime arrived when we should make a move towards having the town declared a city ” enquired Mr J. M. Stevens at the monthly meeting of the Palmerston Chamber of Commerce. The president (Mr M. A. Eliott) : The matter rests with the Borough Council, which will move when the official figures show that we have passed the 20,000 mark. Mr R. V. Mason: And when is the town’s name to he changed? The chairman: When the town is declared a city will he fho proper time. The ocean’s blue, and so are you, When sniffing from a cold; No use have you for Irish stew, If I may he so bold, But peerless Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure, Will set you right, my friend; It’s splendid stuff, that’s right enough,

Very few people ever attain their 100th birthday, but one early settler residing not many miles tfrom Oamaru lays claim to three above the century, and still retains remarkable activity and health. His sight is not impaired, and he resorts to spectacles only when reading the newspaper. A good tale concerning the centenarian was related the other day. A truck of goods consigned to him arrived at tho nearest station, and, after signing for it, the stationmaster asked him who was going to do the unloading. “I have my two hoys with me,” was the laconic reply. Becoming curious, the stationmaster looked round for the “boys,” and espied two bewhiskered men, both in the vicinity of the allotted span, awaiting their parent. Tho railwayman’s astonishment only abated after the. truck had been cleared with remarkable celerity. “It is an evil incident to man.” —

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At the annual meeting of the New Zealand Dairy Produce Export Board held in Wellington yesterday, Mr. W. A. lorns was elected chairman for the ensuing year.

A hint that the third-party motor insurance, which Parliament will be asked this session to make compulsory, will not he made a State monopoly, was conveyed in the House of Representatives yesterday.

Maoris are noted for their fondness of picturesque Christian names. A Maori baby born in Wanganui last Christmas was given the unusual but pretty name of Merre Kirihimete, which, translated, means Merry Christmas. The registration of the child's birth took place only a week or so ago, says the Herald.

Sirteen years ago on Tuesday the first Reform Ministry came into office, the late Mr Massey and his colleagues being sworn in on July 10th, 1912. Although there have been many changes of personnel, the Reform Party has been in power ever since. For four years of that period, from August, 1915, to August, 1919, the responsibilities of government in wartime were shared with the Liberal Party in the National Government, although Mr Massey continued as Prime Minister. The Liberal administration which preceded that of Reform held sway for 21 years, from 1891 to 1912. *

“The young men in this country are having too soft a time,” declared Mr W. T. Lill (Ashburton County Council), at a conference of local body representatives on unemployment in Christchurch. “It would do him good if he was kicked out and told to get a living somewhere. We should bear in mind the words of Cecil Rhodes, when a father asked his advice as to what to do with his son: ‘Give him a good education,’ said Rhodes, ‘and then give him live shillings and turn him out.’" Mr Lill went on to say that he never thought the time would i ome when a. child could not get enough to eat in this country, where there was such abundance.

A business man in San Francisco, writing to a friend in Dunedin, tells him of the developments in longdistance telephony. “I had quite an experience,” he writes, “talking right at my desk here to the manager of our London office. He was talking from his home at 6.30 p.m., and it was only 9.30 in the morning here. I heard him very distinctly. It cost £ll 8s for three minutes’ talk —some steep price, but, as lie has lots of money,' if did not worry me. That is a distance of 6,000 miles, and it is radioed across the Atlantic, and telephone wires from New York to San Francisco. It. was just the same as talking to someone here in this city. I must have been talking fairly loud, as he said to me, “Don’t talk so loud, because you are talking to London.

A wedding ceremony in a conntry district near New Plymouth was delayed recently, owing to the officiating minister having overlooked his appointment. Bride and bridegroom and the wedding party arrived in good time for the ceremony, lint there was no appearance of the minister and all concluded that he must- have had a mishap with his car and therefore had been delayed on the road. Time still dragged on, and fears were entertained that the ceremony would have to be postponed. Then someone thought it rvisc to telephone to New Plymouth to ascertain the time of the minister’s departure. The minister answered the telephone. 110 had forgotten his appointment, and, the day being bitterly cold, be bad made himself comfortable with an interesting book in front of a cosy fire. With all haste a taxi was summoned, and the journey was made in record time. The marriage was duly solemnised.

Tobacco consumption varies very much with the smoker. Some men are content with an ounce a week, while others will consume an ounce a day. Literary men, painters, musicians, chess players, scientists, mathematicians and brain workers generally are mostly heavy smok-> ers. Well, even heavy smoking is alright so long as the tobacco is of the best and not full of nicotine. That's the worst of the imported brands, they contain so much nicotine that they are bound to cause trouble sooner or later. They are liable to affect the heart, nerves or digestion. The purest tobaccos in the world and the freest from nicotine are our own New Zealand grown varieties which you can smoko for hours at a time without fear of consequences. Cool, sweet and fragrant, these delicious tobaccos arc largely indebted for their fine smoking qualities to the tact: that.the leaf is toasted in the process of manufacture —quite a new idea. Any tobacconist will supply them. Ask for “Riverhead Gold” mild, “Navy Cut” (Bulldog) medium, or “Cyt Plug No.' 10” (Bullshead) full strength.