Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, 1928 LOCAL AND GENERAL

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3826, 2 August 1928, Page 2

Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, 1928 LOCAL AND GENERAL

Minister: Your husband has been very ill! His condition still critical? Sad-looking woman: It’s worse than critical —it’s abusive!

The primary schools in the. Wanganui Education Board district will commence their second term holiday on Friday, August 17, and will resume on Tuesday, September 4.

The committee of the Bowling Club Ball have decided to reduce the price of admission for ladies to 3/- at their forthcoming function.

“There are nobler things than boldness; there are baser things .than fear; but there is nothing sadder than the fear of doing right; nothing nobler than the fear of doing wrong.”

The following are the vital statistics for Foxton for last month with the figures for the corresponding month of last year in parenthesis: —Births 5 (9); deaths 3 (2); marriages 4 (nil).

At the Timaru Police Court on Tuesday, Raymond Irvine was charged with conducting an illegal cross-word competition. The defendant pleaded guilty, and was fined £5 and costs. On a second charge he was convicted.

“My husband is a flaxworker, and has been out of work for four and a-half months,” said a distressed woman —the mother of several little children to our representative. “He would willingly work for 10/a day if work could be found,” she said.

Mr. J. B. Andrew, ex-Mayor of Napier, and a delegate to the Power Board’s conference, fell from his bedroom window at the Grand Hotel, Wellington, on Friday morning. He was taken to hospital suffering serious injuries to the head and a fractured pelvis. Mr. Andrew is doing as well as can be expected.

The fact that there were only two criminal indictments preferred in the quarterly sittings of the Supreme Court in Palmerston North, which commenced on Tuesday, was the subject of favourable comment by Mr. Justice Smith, who presided. In addressing the grand jury, His Honour stated that the district was to be congratulated on the lightness of its criminal calendar.

“New Zealand can hold millions of people, and over-population is not the real cause of unemployment,” said Sir James Gunson at Auckland. “If we cannot employ our million and a half our organisation is defective, and we need a system which will absorb willing men in useful work. We want intensive industry. Our unemployed have a right to expect work, and it is a failure in organisation if the demand is not met.” The old question of North versus South cropped up at a meeting of a South Canterbury branch of the Farmers’ Union, this time in regard to Lincoln College, in the south, and Massey College, in the north. In the course of the discussion, a member exclaimed: “They have greased the fat pig in the North Island too long. We should add a clause in our prayers at night, gentlemen —‘God save the South Island, and sink the North Island for 24 hours.” The following political “gush” was indulged in by Mr. W. E. Parry, M.P. for Auckland Central in his address at Levin on Monday evening: “I am going to take a soapbox in my electorate and carry it about with me, and from it I will tell the community that I make no apology for not being able to rent halls, because the Government has so mishandled the country that the people who have supported me are in such financial straits now that they are unable to assist me.”

A very enjoyable dance was held in the Masonic Hall on Tuesday night organised by Newton’s orchestra. There was a good attendance and a most enjoyable time was spent.

Comparison of statistics with other countries shows New Zealand in a favourable position; indeed, in no other country of the world, for which reliable statistics are available, is the death rate so low. Figures given by the committee of inquiry show that in 1925-27 New Zealand’s death rate from all forms of thousand of population. Australia was next with 5.94, then Canada, with 0.97, and then Denmark, with 9.03. Hungary was the highest, with 27.36 per ten thousand of population.

Little did a settler think, when, some 40 years ago, he carved his initials on the back of a pine tree in the property recently acquired by the Givis’ Flock House, that they would 1)0 revealed in the timber today (says an exchange). A reporter was shown a section of the tree in which the initials “A.M.” were as clearly defined as they were when originally cut. The marks had filled with gum and, for some 30 years, had been covered with successive ffayers of growth. It was by a coincidence that, when the tree was felled and split, it should break in such a manner as to reveal the initials.

“Men wear their coats for about ten years, and then become attached to them. That’s why few men’s coat's find their way to the citizens’ relief depot,” declared Mr. A. C. Maxwell at the meeting' of the executive of the Canterbury Manufacturers’ Association. Mr. Maxwell reported upon the activities of the Unemployment Committee, upon which he is the association’s representative. He said that there was plenty of women’s and children’s clothing at the depot, but a scarcity of men’s wear. The president: Men stick to their coats because they are not troubled with fashions, whereas women want a new dress every six months. (Laughter). Mr. F. W. Arbon, a well-known resident of Pohangina, died suddenly at Palmerston North on Tuesday. By his death the district has lost one of its most valued and active citizens, for he had served on various local bodies for many years. The late Mr. Arbon was born in Swanage, England, and came out to the Dominion 42 years ago and engaged in farming in the Pohangina Valley. Besides serving on local bodies he was a member of the Manawatu A. and P. Association and was president of that body in 1911, while in recognition of his services on the committee he was made one of the few life members. He occupied a seat on the Manawatu-Oroua Power Board and for several years had been chairman of the Pohangiua County Council. A widow and two sons, Mervyn and Geoffrey, both of Pohangina, are left.

The death took place at Shannon on Sunday of Mr. J. Richardson. The deceased gentleman, who had been on a visit to the borough waterworks in the morning in company with the Mayor and councillors, was apparently then in good health. In the afternoon he was engaged, in company with his son driving a sick cow when he suddenly collapsed and passed away. Mr Richardson came to Shannon close on 40 years ago, arriving from the Upper Hutt. He was first in business in Shannon as a butcher, later turning his attention to farming. Deceased had taken a great interest in public affairs, being a trustee of the Buckley Drainage Board from 1915 to 1927, while at the time of his death he was a member of the Shannon Borough Council —being elected to the first council —and a member of the Manawatu-Oroua River Board. He leaves two sons, a daughter and a widow to mourn their sad loss.

The lure of tobacco 1 As you maybe aware prisoners in our gaols each receive an ounce of tobacco weekly; and it’s said that when one of them misbehaves, there is no punishment he dreads more than the stoppage of his tobacco. It’s the same with the inmates of our homes and refuges. The old folks spending the evening of their days in these institutions prize the stick of tobacco served out to them once a week, more than anything else. They know the comfort and solace of it. Does smoking harm all these people? It harms nobody so long as the tobacco is pure and of good quality. Unfortunately, the imported brands are full of nicotine. And it’s nicotine in excess that does the harm when harm arises. Perhaps the purest tobacco in the world are grown and manufactured in New Zealand. And they are comparatively free from nicotine. Also they are unequalled for fragrance and flavour. Ask your tobacconist for “Riverhead Gold” (mild), “Navy Cut” (Bulldog), medium, or “Cut Plug No. 10” (Bullshead), full strength. “It is an evil incident to man.” — Cowper. Few people escape catching cold, but those who use Baxter’s Lung Preserver get them less frequently, and get rid of them more quickly. “Baxter’s” immediately stops the most obstinate cough, eases breathing, and soothes the inflamed bronchial passages. Acts as a tonic, too, enabling the system to repel coughs and colds more readily. In three popular sizes, at all chemists and st ores. . Generous - sized bottle 2/6, large family size 4/6, bachelor size 1/6. —5.