Manawatu Herald SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1928. LOCAL AND GENERAL
There was a great run of whitebait in the Southland rivers last week.
Whitebait is now very plentiful down Greymouth way, prices showing a drop equal to about 30 per cent.
At present many of the. Stewart? Island fishermen are away camping on the various western beaches seeking ambergris, which is usually plentiful at this time of the year (says the Southland News). An offer of £33,000 for a property with 30ft. frontage on High Street, near Cashel Street,. Christchurch, was refused recently. This is one of the biggest property offers made for some time.
“The Justice Department has sent a notice to Coroners throughout. New Zealand requesting them to ask the newspapers not to mention the name of the poison in a suicide case,” said Mr. E. D. Mosley, S.M., at the conclusion of an inquest at
Bankruptcy petitions filed in Napier during September totalled seven, as compared with four for September of 1927. For tile nine months the bankruptcies have totalled 40, an increase of five on 1927. v Ky/ The £1,00,000. mark in the value of building permits issued by the Auckland City Council for nine months of the present year was topped as the result of September’s activity in the trade.
A London cable dated September 24th says: “The longest and most expensive trans-Atlantic ’phone call since the service was inaugurated was made by Air. F. B. Odum, director of a group of New York electrical companies, who is staying at the iSavoy Hotel. He rang up a business associate in New York, and spoke for 95 minutes, the cost being £285.” ,
A start was made on Monday with the demolition of the old, grandstand at Athletic Park, Wellington, which has done service for 30 years, in order that a more pretentious structure may be erected in its place. The contract has been let to Mr. A. V. Swanson at a price in the vicinity of £25,000. The new stand, which is expected to be ready in time for next Rugby season, will seat 4,000 people.
It would scarcely have been credited (says the London Observer) upon any less authority than the Imperial Economic Committee’s that the pipe, which twenty years ago burnt two-thirds of our tobacco, disposes to-day of only half that proportion. Since it was the war that brought about the change, it : is clear that the old conception of the cigarette as an effeminate indulgence cannot be sustained. But the preference for one or other corresponds, doubtless, with some human distinction. Air. Baldwin
smokes a pipe, and so did Alilton. Neither can be very easily pictured in the other camp. What is the com-, mon quality that marks them off, with their like thousands, from the. growing majority?
(By a judicious and amusing play upon words, one of the Sydney University law students who took part in the inter-university debate at the Auckland University College last week showed himself highly skilled in this method of public appeal. His opening remark, that the modern woman was certainly more ambitious and had more in view than her grandmother, brought much laughter, and was followed by the suggestion that, although she put on a lot of “dog” she would still be “catty.” Continuing, he said it used to be considered that a stitch in time saved nine, but now it made a dress; and, further, although men went about with their socks as full of holes as ever, women didn’t give a “darn.” He also referred to the decline in cooking, but everything else woman touched she made a “hash” of.
One bankruptcy was recorded in the Wlairarapa in September. A total of 40,000 rainbow trout fry were liberated in the Tuki Tuki at Waipukurau recently.
September w 7 as a wet month in Hamilton, a total of 8.34 inches being recorded. The rainfall for September at Nelson totalled 5.51 in., which makes it the v'ettest September since 1903, when s.Gsin. fell. When the supplementary roll for the Palmerston electoral district closes it is estimated that it will contain over 2000 names.
Walter Hieford, an elderly man, who was arrested at Dannevirke, last Saturday evening on a charge of arson by setting fire to the curtains in a room in Ranfurly Board-ing-house, yesterday admitted the charge and was committed to the Supreme Court for sentence. The evidence disclosed an absence of motive, the accused not having been in the house, nor had he been refused accommodation there.
“You: think you are going to beat Air. <Coates, do you?” enquired an elderly farmer of the Labour candidate, Air. Barclay, who is contesting the Prime Minister’s seat and is at present conducting a campaign. “I don’t know 7 ; but I’ll give him a good go for it,” replied the candidate. “And your name is Barclay, is it” persisted the farmer. “Yes,” was the reply. “Well, then, I think it should have been Buckley,” w 7 as the old farmer’s final crushing comment —a comment which evoked roars of laughter from the audience.
According to a. report on the vital statistics of the Dominion just issued by the Government Statistician, the number of births registered during the year 1927 w T as 27,881. The figure is the lowest recorded since 1919, and w 7 as a decrease of 592 compared with the previous year, this being the first time since 1923 that a decrease in the actual number of births registered has taken place. A substantial drop in the rate per 1000 of mean population was also recorded, the figures for 1926 and 1927 being 21.05 and 20.29 respectively. Such a low birth-rate, states the Government Statistician, is unprecedented in the history of the Dominion.
Alanu, the little 12-year-old son of the Rev. F. A. Bennett, the Bishop Designate of Aotearoa, evidently has an uncanny faculty for flinging aside non-essential and gripping the root of a problem with amazing rapidity, while other persons lacking in his deductive qualities are floundering about in a mass of misleading details (says a northern exchange). After his father had read to him a long sermon on the establishment of a national peace, which appeared in a newspaper, he said: “D’ye know 7 , what I think, dad? I think that if more missionaries w 7 ere sent out to teach Christians to be Christians, there v.'ould be no more w 7 ar.” Surely a gem of concentrated wisdom out of the mouth of a babe!
“I think the proper thing to do is to teach the children to use both their hands,” said the Alinister of Education, Hon. R. A. Wright, in the House of Representatives yesterday, when replying to a question by Air. J. A. Nash (Palmerston), who had drawn attention to the statement of Dr. H. Rumsey, the Guy’s Hospital expert, that it was dangerous to force a naturally lefthanded child to become right-hand-ed. The Minister said his own experience with children had been that the average child, it left alone, would use the left hand, but in accordance with custom or etiquette it w r as trained deliberately to use the right. The Alinister said he would bring the question under the notice of his department with a view 7 to taking some action provided the medical expert agreed to it.
A story of an incident illustrating the tenacity of purpose of a seagull is related from Oranga (savs the North Auckland Times). The bird evidently espied something presumed to be an egg, and at this dainty morsel swooped down, took the small object in its beak and, flying aloft, dropped it to earth. But instead of breaking the “egg” rebounded from the earth several times and came to rest. However, the bird, nothing daunted, but to judge from its cries, somewhat puzzled, sw 7 ooped dow 7 n upwards of a dozen times, each time with a like result. At this stage an onlooker who had been regarding the whole performance v 7 ith interest, decided to investigate and found that the object of the bird’s attention was a small white rubber ball w 7 hich had been left in the paddock by children. Perhaps the bird was playing the children’s game of bouncing ball!
The whaling factory ship Sir James Clark Ross is expected to arrive at Paterson’s Inlet during the last week in October, writes the “Southland News.” The C. A. Larsen is also on her v 7 ay, and may arrive shortly after the Sir James Clark Ross.* The C. A. Larsen’s repairs in England were carried out by the same firm that built her, and apparently were soon completed. The C. A. Larsen will call at Wellington for fuel oil, and it is understood that she will also take aboard oil there for the Byrd Antarctic expedition. The overhauling staff at the Stewart Island baso are on their last chaser ship, and unfortunately the repairs to her are more extensive than was expected, though it is hoped to be able to have her completed in time to take her place with the fleet, One new chaser is coming with the factory ships this year to replace the smallest chaser at Stewart Island.
When the New Zealand Rugby footballers return from South Africa next Tuesday it is proposed to give them a civic reception as well as an official luncheon in Wellington. In the report of the Presbyterian Cake afternoon, the names of Mrs. Gardner (Oroua Downs), who assisted at the cake stall and Miss Littlejohn, who had charge of the door, were omitted. Christchurch on Monday (reports the “Press”). <c When the name of a particular poison is mentioned it is found that there is a run of suicides by that means. This has been apparent recently, with respect to a certain poison.”
The Department of Scientific and Industrial Research is investigating the question of danger arising from a weevil which attacks maize crops. It was stated that the pest is imported from hot climates. The local Fire Brigade desire to acknowledge with thanks, a donation of one guinea from Mr. Alex. Ross, in appreciation of their services during the fire at his private garage. Under the terms of the will of the late Mr. W. H. Travis, of Christchurch, the sum of over £57,000 is now available for the purposes of research work into the cause and cure of the diseases of cancer and consumption. No fewer than 821,000 year old forest trees, mostly pinus insignis and Oregon pines, were taken out of the Dunedin Botanic Gardens nurseries this year and planted, the greater number on the reserves at Wlhare Flat and Waipori.
Whitebait was retailed on Monday at 1/- per pint at Hokitika and Westport, and 2/- per pint at Greymouth. There was a great run of 'whitebait in the Buller river. A Westport canning factory purchased 100 tins from fishermen. “I think it should be made known to those interested-in the destruction of the blackberry pest that the result of the offer of a bonus of £IO,OOO for an effective method of achieving that object cannot but be regarded as disappointing,” said the Minister of Agriculture (Hon. (). J. Hawken) in a statement issued yesterday.
The license of the Caledonian Hotel at Stafford, which was recently destroyed by fire, has been allowed to lapse (states an exchange). There is therefore at least one township on the West Coast which is minus a hotel. In 1870, five years after the gold rush commenced, Stafford had 37 hotels and a population exceeding 5000. We have received a copy of “The Stir in Samoa” an independent review by A. B. Chappell, M.A. Some time ago Mr. H. Holland (Leader of the Opposition) wrote a pamphlet on the Samoan situation, practically a defence of Mr. Nelson and against the administration. Mr. Chappell’s booklet presents a crushing and effective reply to Mr. Holland’s effusion.
“Do you know what is really the uppermost thought in my mind on coming back to Dunedin?” asked a citizen on his return from a world trip. It sticks ont quite clearly, he said. It is that we New Zealanders are well off and don’t know it. Other places can teach us this and that, but for a country to live in 1 am quite content with our dominion.
After having been missing from his home in Gonville since Monday evening, Thomas Ward, a bootmaker, was found yesterday by the police at Feilding. On Monday night Ward’s family thought he had gone to work at his shop, but alarm was expressed when he did not return. A friend received a letter stating he was “going on a long journey.” The estimated populations of the seven largest towns in New Zealand as at April 1, 1927, are as follow, the totals for the urban areas being given in parenthesis: Auckland City, 90,140 (202,400); Wellington City 101,400 (126,750); Christchurch City, 85,575 (122.003); Dunedin City, 65,480 (83,250); Wanganui City, 24,420 {27,180); Palmerston North Borough, 18,835 (20,540); Invercargill Borough, 17,750 (22,590). Prosecuting on behalf of the police, in the charges against Sidney Scott, Secretary of the Auckland branch of the Communist Party of New Zealand, alleging possession for sale of seditious literature, Mr. Hubble said letters sent to members were signed: “Your revolutionary brother,” or “comrade” or “with revolutionary greetings” or “Yours in revolt.” The magistrate: Bright, cheerful sort of greetings they are, too!
The Legislative Council met at 2.30 p.m. yesterday. The Land Laws Amendment Bill was reported from the House and put through all stages and passed. The Municipal Corporations Amendment Bill was passed with amendments, after further consideration in committee. Progress was reported on the Motor Vehicles Insurance (third party risks) Bill and the Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Amendment Bill and Opticians’ Bill, were reported without amendment. An unusual sequel to a fashionable wedding which took place recently not 100 miles from Napier is reported by the Napier Telegraph. The happy pair were loaned the house of a friend, but the young husband evidently came from a district where califonts are not in use, for on rising in the morning and blithely lighting the machine, he almost blew it and himself to pieces. The explosion that occurred fortunately damaged the machine more than the man.
Thomas Lowry, who escaped from the Wi ;Tako prison at Trentham last Friday morning, was recaptured yesterday at the edge of some bush a mile away. One of the regular service lorries belonging to Mr. Hardy, and engaged on the Wanganui-Wellington run pulled. too far over to one side of the road a few chains on the Levin side of the Whirokino road on Thursday afternoon and lay over on its side. The driver was able to get out of the machine unhurt, but to make matters worse the vehicle caught fire. Luckily the driver was able to extinguish the outbreak before it got a good hold, and little damage was done. Mr. T. A. Helms, proprietor of the Foxton-iShannon motor services notifies an alteration in the time table in connection with the service. in this issue. Service car leaves Foxton Post Office daily at 8 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3.30 p.m. and Shannon 11.15 a.m. 2.30 p.m. and 4.30 p.m., except Sundays. iQn Sundays Mr. Helms will run to a special time table, leaving Foxton Post Office at 9.30 a.m. and 5 p.m., and Shannon at 10 a.m. and 5.30 p.m. Up-to-date Hudson car used and fares 3/- single, 5/- return The honour of being first person in New Zealand to see the Southern C ross must go to Mr. Harry Scrimgeour, who is camped at the Patarau River, on the sparsely populated West Coast, west of Collingwood. It must have been at this point the plane hit the New Zealand coast, as Mr. Scrimgeour says lie saw the plane come out of the sea and pass directly over him. The plane then proceeded out across Golden Bay direct for Cook Strait and thence to Wellingtan. The plane’s engines were distinctly heard at Collingwood, Puramahoi and Waitapu, but owing to" the lowlying clouds obscuring visibility, it could not be seen. Mr. N. McKenna, who was whitebaiting on the Aorere River, near Ferntownj states lie saw a glimpse of fee machine tor a- second between a gap in the clouds.
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