Manawatu Herald TUESDAY OCTOBER 9, 1928. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3855, 9 October 1928, Page 2

Manawatu Herald TUESDAY OCTOBER 9, 1928. LOCAL AND GENERAL

At Inst night’s Borough Council meeting accounts amounting to £IO3B 2s 3d were passed for payment.

Two statutory first offending inebriates arrested on Saturday, were convicted and discharged at the l local police court yesterday morning by Mr. Hornblow, J.P. At last night’s Borough Council meeting the poundkeeper reported that during the month six head of stock were impounded and driving fees amounting to 3/- collected.

During September rain fell locally on 13 days, a total of 3.32 inches being recorded. The heaviest rainfall occurred on the 21th when 1.2 inches were registered.

Further raids have been made upon Chinese gaming premises at Wellington and the owners and players fined heavily. Bookies and Chinese have contributed largely to the consolidated revenue in fines during the year.

Those present at last night’s Borough Council meeting were the Mayor (Mr. M. E. Perreau) and Crs. John Ross, S. E. Cowley, F. Lucinsky, C. Rand, E. Parkin, M. H. Wjalker, and the Town Clerk (Mr. W. Trueman). Apologies for absence were received from Crs. Thompson and Rangiheuea.

At Palmerston S.M. Court yesterday, Harold William Hardie, of Bunnythorpe, was fined £lO and his license endorsed, for driving a motor vehicle while in a state of intoxication. The proceedings were the sequel to a collision which occurred on Bunnythorpe-Kairanga Road.

The will of Mrs. Dorothea Ziele, of Leeton, New South W r ales, has been lodged for probate (states a Press message from Sydney). It is believed bequests of over £GO,000 are made to disabled and blinded soldiers in Australia. The major portion of the estate is in New Zealand.

The song service at the local Presbyterian Church on Sunday evening, was much appreciated by a large congregation. Solos were contributed by Messrs D. R. Barron, C. Cronquest (Shannon), and L. Couch. The congregational singing of well-known hymns was very hearty. The next song service will lie held on the first Sunday in November.

The vital statistics for Foxton for September are as follows, the figures for the corresponding period last year being given in parenthesis:—(Births 6 (5), deaths 2 (3), marriages 1 (nil). The figures for the quarter ending September 30th, with the figures for the corresponding quarter last year in parenthesis, are as follows: —Births 18 (20), deaths 7 (7), marriages 9 (1). A very interesting circular letter was read at last night’s Borough Council meeting from the engineer to the Main Highways Board, relative to tile cost of maintenance of macadam roads. The letter gave the results of various tests carried out on highways in the Wiairarapa and the information was somewhat startling, showing that without a doubt the most economical method of roading was by tarsealing. The cost per mile per annum for an ordinary macadam road was £2OO.

Some time ago as an experiment a strip of “Colfix” was laid down in Avenue road and at last night’s Borough Council meeting it was reported by the Mayor (Mr. Perreau) that this strip of road was standing up to the traffic very well and was a great recommendation for this method of tar-sealing. Mr. Perreau mentioned that the Chairman of the Manawatu County Council was greatly interested in the experiment, and if it proved successful it was quite possible that the Beach Road would be tarscaled in this method by the County Council.

A government offirial in Holland has spoken to a colleague in Batavia across a distance of 8000 miles.

Between 9.30 a.m. and 3 p.mr yesterday a dense yellowish cloud hung like a pall over the district followed by a heavy rain storm and a violent gale last night.

About 50 Empire forestry delegates arrived at Wellington by the Maunganui and were accorded a State luncheon yesterday afternoon. They will proceed to Dunedin to make a 15 days’ tour of New Zealand forests.

Mr. Taylor, Labour candidate for the Manawatu seat at forthcoming election, visited Foxton today. Mr. Taylor informed our representative that he did not intend to open his campaign until Parliament rose.

A man named H. G. Mclntosh, men’s outfitter, of Blenheim, put out to sea in an outboard motorboat on Saturday and has not been heard of since. It is feared a tragedy has occurred and that the boat has been driven out to sea.

Probate has been granted at Sydney of the will of Enid Miriam Balsted, formerly of Christchurch, who left £14,379. The testatrix was the wife of Percy ITalsted, who, with his brother, Emil, of Dunedin, are executors of the estate, which is left on trust for the benefit of the children and grandchildren.

The annual run of whitebait on the Waikato River commenced on Monday of last week, huge quantities being caught (reports a northern paper). The Auckland market is notv completely glutted, prices already showing a sharp decrease, with a prospect of becoming still lower. The run is expected to last for two or three weeks.

The fire siren sounded at 8 o’clock yesterday morning in response to an alarm being given and the engine turned out and proceeded to the scene of the outbreak in Purcell Street. The cause of the alarm, however, was a chimney which had caught fire and was extinguished prior to the arrival of the brigade.

A surprise! visitor to Blenheim' on Saturday afternoon was Mr. D. Mill} of Auckland, who arrived in his Moth ’plane about 3.30 o’clock. He made a great flight in his tiny machine. Leaving Auckland at 8.5 a.m. he landed at Hawera at 11.30 a.m. and after.lunching and refuelling the Moth, Mr. Mill left at 1.15 p.ni. for Blenheim, He experienced high westerly winds during most of the flight, the actual flying time being 5 hours 40 minutes. The Moth is a startling contrast to the great Southern Cross, and is comfortably housed under one of the wings of the latter.

“I always envy the veterinary surgeon,” said Mr. L. J. Wild, field director of the Feilding Agricultural High School, when addressing a meeting of farmers at Brunswick. “A veterinary friend of mine who was rather shrewd always remarked how bad the animal was when he paid his first visit to a case. I noticed this and told him I thought him rather a pessimist. ‘All!’ he replied. ‘I always say that the cow is going to die. If it does I am right, and if it recovers I am a very good vet.’ ”

The Cork Civic Guards have at last captured Cornelius Healy, “The One-eyed Gunner,” who is charged with two attempts to murder policemen and other offences. During the disturbances Healy was a oneman army. He perambulated the country waging a solitary war. He carried on his shoulder a machinegun, which he dubbed “Lizzie.” He started a fight whenever he thought fit, and alertly eluded the police owing to his phenomenal running powers. He was captured without resistance, when a surprise posse of police surrounded his home. An amazing story of a doomed man’s gamble for life has been revealed by Dr. Sniker, of the Latvian Leprosy Institute, who obtained the consent of the authorities to experiment in inoculation upon a criminal named Kirstein, at present under sentence of death. Dr. Sniker contends that leprosy is not contagious and is curable. He will inject matter from a living leper into Kirstein, who has consented on a promise that the death sentence will be remitted, though he will have to remain in gaol. - Tobacco, always a joy to the smoker, is never, perhaps, better appreciated than on a long railway journey when one has, perforce, to remain a prisoner for hour's at a time. Such is the beneficent influence of the weed than it will relieve even the tedium of the longest journey. But on a trip like that you want a brand you can smoke all day without tongue or throat or nerves being affected. “Where is such tobacco to be obtained?” you may ask. Why, any tobacconist will supply you. What strength do you like? Ask for “Riverhead Gold” if you fancy something mild and aromatic, “Navy Cut” (Bulldog) if you prefer a medium blend, or “Cut Plug No. 10” (Bullshead), if you are addicted to a full-fla-voured ’baccy. These brands are grown and manufactured in New Zealand. They are all toasted in the making and hence their flavour and fragrance. They can be smoked pipeful after pipeful, with impunity because, unlike the imported tobaccos, they are comparatively free from nicotine. That’s why doctors recommend them. Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure First aid for coughs, colds, influenza.