Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1928. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3862, 25 October 1928, Page 2

Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1928. LOCAL AND GENERAL

“The land which will always be home to me,” was the manner in which Earl Jellieoe, a former Go-vernor-General, recently expressed his opinion of New Zealand Mr. Hutchens, of Levin, a member of the Wellington Education Board, made an inspection of the. local D.H. 'School yesterday and expressed surprise and pleasure at the splendidly equipped building and appointments. At the Palmerston Girls’ High School sports yesterday, Miss Madge MoColl, a Foxton pupil, was second in throwing the cricket ball, Ist in the 25 yards, 3rd in the 50 yards and won the open hockey ball drive.

Referring to Mr. J. Linklater, M.P., at yesterday’s meeting of the Reform Relegates, one representative said that Mr. Linklater made 'no claim to be an orator, but what appealed to the people of all shades of political opinion was his honesty of purpose, and the attention he paid to the requirements of th# constituency.

A charge against George Henry Harper, who was arrested at Whakaronga on Sunday while throwing missiles at passing motor cars, was withdrawn in the Palmerston Court yesterday morning, the police slating that the accused had been identified as an escapee from a mental hospital, whither he had been, returned.

The Earl of Orford who has comp to New Zealand for health reasons, has purchased for £12,000 a residential property at Manurewa, fifteen miles ,sou|th of Auckland, comprising a house of nine rooms in grounds of 14 acres. He will go into residence there next month. “New Zealand has the largest [timber trees in the world,” said Mr. E. Morrison in a lecture on -“New Zealand Timbers,” before the Institute of Horticulture recently. He said it had been clearly shown .that New Zealand’s trees were not of slow growth compared with the best timber trees of other countries.

How Italy has solved its unemployment problem was described by Mr. Clouston, a London newspaper man, who is on a tour of the world. Mr. Clouston said that, if men were out of work in any centre, the Fascist authorities had a look round to see what work could bo provided. They might come to the conclusion that a building required to be repaired, and, straightway, they would instruct the owner to put the work in hand. If he failed to do so they Avould put up an official plate and do the work at the owner’s expense. The building would not be returned to him until he had met the cost. (Laughter).

Commenting on the running of -whitebait in southern rivers after appearance on the West Coast, an Oamaru pisciculturist advances the explanation that their late arrival on the east coast is attributable to the action of the currents (states the “Southland Times”). The first whitebait of the present season showed in large quantities at Westport. Then they appeared to work their way down the const to Greymouth, round the Bluff, and up the east coast, finishing their run at the Waitaki (River. This “route” was in keeping with the currents. Asked if he could explain what whitebait really was, the informant said that opinions were so sharply divided that he would prefer not to give his views. The Maoris, he *3aid, believed they were a species of inanga.

It is surprising the number of dead birds that are to be seen on the bitumen roads nowadays, says a New Plymouth paper. A motorist reports having seen eight on a comparatively short stretch of road. He states that the birds, are taking liberties with the swift-moving motors, and are suffering iii consequence. Another motorist holds the opinion that the mortality is due to the birds striking the high-tension electric line beside the main roads in Taranaki.

Four boys, three of whom reside at Mount Eden, and the fourth at Kingsland, are missing from their homes. They are John McCulloch Morrison (17), Frank Jackson (18), Harry Anderson (15), and Ernest Howard Gilbert (15). Jackson’s father received a letter from his son in Wellington, dated October Ist, stating that he intended leaving for Australia with another. It is not believed that the boy left for Australia. The lads had little money when they left home.

Some years ago, the whitebait seasons were much better on the West Coast than they are now. For instance, the “West Coast Times,” of October 18, 1910, reported that, as the result of the day’s catches, the local factories were supplied with something like 300 (tins of whitebait, which, at the rate of 8/- per tin, would mean the distribution of £l2O amongst the suppliers. One party of three netted 52 kerosene tins of whitebait on October 17 morning’s tide from the Hokitika River.

Touching on the Government subsidy offered in connection with the pork industry at Moutoa meeting, Mr. J. Linklater, Reform candidate for Manawatu, said that a glut had occurred on the pork market in New Zealand and the Government had found that it was necessary ,for something to be done. The subsidy had been offered to enable the export of pork from N.Z., and it was hoped to establish this commodity firmly on the Home market. Already N.Z. pork had a good name on the Smithfield market and there was already a continuity of supplies.

A tribute to the efficiency and comfort of the New Zealand railways was paid by Lord Clinton, chairman of the British Forestry Commission, who is now in Auckland, states the “New Zealand Herald.” Lord Clinton said everything had been done by the Railway Department for the comfort of members of the Empire Forestry delegation during their visit to the Dominion, and they were all very well satisfied. In seventeen days members of the party have travelled 2300 miles by rail. Mr. F. G. Craig, of the head office staff of the Department, is travelling with the party. The Shannon Bowling and Croquet Clubs opened their season in fairly good weather on Saturday, and there was a large number present. There were visiting bowlers from Palmerston, Levin, and Foxton, and croquet players from Mauakau and Levin. In brief speeches, Mr. A. Morgan (president of the Bowling Club) declared first the croquet lawn and then the bowling green open, calling on Mrs. C. C. Franks (president) to strike the first croquet ball, and on Mrs. Morgan to throw up the “jack,” while Mr. Hensman (the oldest member of the club) was called on to roll up the first bowl of the season. Afternoon tea was served by the ladies, and croquet competitions were won by members of the Levin and Manakau Clubs.

Referring to the land settlement question at his Moutoa meeting Mr. J. Linklater, Reform candidate, said that there had been a great deal said against the Government’s policy in this respect. The Government, however, had been faced with high prices for land and had not wanted to make the mistake that had been made when the land was purchased for Returned Soldiers. The effects of the war were still felt by the men on the land. During the war farmers had purchased land at boom prices and a short while after produce had gone down with a slump and land had dropped accordingly. As a result many farmers had found themselves in difficulties and the Government had felt it obligatory to provide cheap money for them and that was what it had done by means of Advances to -Settlers, Rural Credits and the Intermediate Credit Board. Nevertheless during the last few years 750,000 acres of bush and scrub land had been settled.

Another centenarian smoker; and this time a woman. A Home paper records the death at Messing, near Tiptree, Essex, of Mrs. Naomi Harrington at the age of one hundred years. The good old lady smoked a clay pipe every day and attributed her long life, at any rate in part, to that practice. What the anti-tobaeeoites will say to this must be left to conjecture, but a more convincing proof of the harmlessness of tobacco could hardly be found. The plain fact of the matter is that smoking won’t hurt anyone so long as the tobacco is pure and as free from nicotine as possible. The imported brands, by the, way, are mostly full of nicotine. That’s where they differ so essentially from our own New Zealand tobaccos —the purest in the world and the freest from nicotine. They are quite safe and owe their fine aroma and delicious fragrance to the toasting of the leaf (quite a novelty). Ask your tobacconist for “Riverhead Gold” mild, “Navy Cut” (Bulldog), medium, or “Cut Plug No. 10” (Bullshead), full strength.