LOCAL AND GENERAL

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3873, 20 November 1928, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Tobacco seeds are so minute that a thimbleful will furnish enough plants for an acre of ground.

The Rongotea Dairy Company paid out 1/5 per lb. for butterfat supplied during October. Twelve bankruptcies,- of which nine were in the North Island, were notified in the latest issue of the Gazette. Dame Nellie Melba has left Melbourne for England. She is expected to return in about two years. The. bandmaster (Mr. Heyes) is arranging for the Band to play outside and inside the hall on the evening of the Horticultural Society’s Show. Henry William McKay, aged 24, who has already served, over seven years for various crimes, was sentenced at Marton yesterday to 18 months’ imprisonment, being cumulative sentences on three charges of fraud and one of theft. Accused deceived business men of Marton, Fcilding and Palmerston North. He was remanded to appear at Wanganui, where other charges are pending. An amusing incident happened at Olatara, Southland, last week, when an old horse belonging to an ardent supporter of the United Party was captured and, with the aid of clippers, was inscribed ‘Vote for Coates.” The sequel occurred later, when the horse was found on its back in a ditch, and the united efforts of four stalwart men, together with a tractor, were required to pull the beast out of the ditch.

This afternoon Mr. J. Linklater, M.P., opened the Levin and Rongotea Horticultural Societies shows.

The balance of the well-known Tc Mahanga Estate was offered at auction at Hastings on Saturday. Sixteen lots were put up, and all but one were disposed of. The total price realised was £78,000.

When two ardent Reformers met at a dairy factory, one said to the other: “We can’t do Avithout our good old Coates yet.” “By heavens, no,” said the other. “We need something to Ward off the cold. Something more substantial than a Holland garment, too!” Through slipping into a small hole when walking along one of the tracks on Kapiti Island on Friday, Mrs.'A. F. Wilkinson, the wife of the caretaker, fractured her left leg. She was taken across to Paraparaumu beach by launch on Saturday morning and met there by the free ambulance service which took her into the Wellington hospital.

The fossilised remains of a plesiosaurus, a three-eyed reptilian monster Avhich roamed England from one to tAVo hundred million years ago, has been found in a limestone quarry at liarbury, Warwickshire, close to the spot where similar remains Avcre discovered in February. The. creature which has been'now unearthed had a neck 25 feet long.

A motor lorry, owned by A. E. Radcliffe, carrier of Governor’s Bay, Avas destroyed by fire at Dyer’s Pass road on Friday night. The lorry was loaded Avith 100 empty petrol cases. Engine trouble developed on the hill and the driver struck a match to investigate. Flames burst out and as no help Avas aA r ailable, the lorry, valued at £350, Avas totally destroyed.

George Dickie, a young man, Avas crossing the railway yard at Lyttelton on Saturday, when he Avas knocked over by a truck. When the truck Avas over him he managed to grasp hold of a hanging chain, by which he was dragged along for some distance until the truck and others that Avere with it Avere pulled up. He Avas treated for cuts and abrasions on the legs and thigh.

The London “Observer” states that the NeAv Zealand elections have confounded the tipsters, and declares some sort of coalition is inevitable. Coates and Ward can scarcely combine, but the latter may hold office Avith Labour support. The United Liberals deserve the name, because they have Avon bv a combination of an Asquitliian leader and a Lloyd Georgian programme.

Remarkable homing instinct has been shown by a spaniel recently given to Mrs. Monies, of Gorham, Wiltshire, by a friend living a t Cirencester, Gloucestershire, nearly fifty miles away. The dog Avas conveyed to its nenv mistress by motor-car, and for several days Avas content to follow her about without a lead. Early one morning, hoAvever, it disappeared, and tAvo days later turned up at its former home.

Aj returned qpldier, George Henry Sydenham Engall, single, aged 44 years, Avho had been farming for the past nine years on a property knoAvn as Totara Flats, near Tyneside (Carterton), Avas found at 6 o’clock on "Sunday morning outside his garage unconscious with a pea-rifle Avound in his forehead. A rifle Avas alongside the body. He died half an hour later. Deceased resided on the property Avith his AvidoAved mother, and was assisted by one farm labourer. At an inquest held before Mr. J. Miller, S.M., a verdict that deceased died by a self-inflicted Avound Avhile of an unsound mind Avas returned.

OAA-ing to the necessity of strictly conserving the proper standard of South Island frozen lamb grades, Avhich is liable to be seriously affected by the killing of ram lambs, the Marlborough, Canterbury, Otago, and Southland freezing companies have decided that in future all ram lambs sent in for slaughter Avill be rejected alive (reports the Mataura Ensign). The companies understand that new methods of docking are being considered by some farmers which, AA'hile they may be effective in skilled hands, have in ordinary practice, as applied to stock for freezing and export, proved to be . not generally satisfactory. They therefore suggest that farmers should be very conservative in departing from their usual methods.

“A yard of clay”—and contentment! A AA'ell-knoAvn N cav Zealander just returned from a trip Home (he motored all over England) says the happiest man he met on his travels Avas a Devonshire yokel in a smock-frock Avho Avas seated on a rustic bench outside a country inn Avith his back against a tree and “a yard of clay” in his mouth. “He looked a perfect picture of contentment.” Wonderful is the power of the Aveed! It halves our sorroAvs and doubles our joys. Its enemies say hard things about it, hut so long as its quality is good and it’s as free from nicotine as possible it does more good than harm. Unfortunately most of the imported brands contain so much nicotine that they do more harm than good. It’s otherwise Avith our NeAV Zealand tobaccos. They are almost free from nicotine, and so may be smoked Avith absolute impunity. They are quite remarkable, too, for flavour and fragrance. The favourite brands are “Riverhead Gold” mild, “Navy Gut” (Bulldog) medium, and “Cut Plug No. 10” (Bullshead) full strength.

Mr. R. Heppncr sustained a loss the other (fay when his well known mare, Lady Laddo died.

The whitebait season is now practically at an end. The season has been a good one, according to local fishermen.

There is every possibility that within a few days the local flaxmills will be operating again. Some of the cutters commenced operations in the swamps yesterday. 'The Arbitration Court has not yet given its reserved decision in regard to the application by the flaxmillers for an amendment of the Award.

There was a large crowd at the local seaside on Sunday and there is every indication that the local resort will be very popular again this season. Already most of the accommodation has been booked over the Christmas and school holidays.

Mr. J. Golder has been confined to his bed for some days owing to an injury sustained to his back while engaged in removing some heavy jeweller’s chests at,the rear of his workshop. Mr. Golder was engaged in shifting his workshop when a heavily laden shelf collapsed on him, tearing the muscles of his back. :

Stewart Walker, aged 16, was sent out on Sunday evening by his employer, Mr. .1. Barr, of Paha, to bring in the cows, and he has failed to return (states a Press Association message from Gisborne). His horse was found on the opposite side of the river, which Walker had apparently endeavoured to cross in order to get several cows that had strayed. The crossing was a dangerous one, and is not often used owing to the presence of logs.

A feature of the Wellington polling is the large number of informal votes. With three names in Wellington North there were 262 with only two names on the paper; Wellington South with, three names, 123; Wellington Central three, 136; Wellington East three, 133; Wellington Suburbs three, 102. One explanation offered is that the voters were interested only in-the Licensing poll and never troubled to alter the forms for the political poll. One of the remarkable features of the! recent remarkable election is the extent to which the rural constituencies have exchanged their representation from practical farmers to others than followers of agrarian pursuits. The most conspicuous instance of this tendency is provided by the Wairarapa electorate, where the Minister of Lands, one of the most capable and energetic administrators the farmers ever have known, has been exchanged for a city resident whose association with country life must be almost forgotten, even by himself.

When a bankrupt stated at a meeting of creditors at Auckland last week that he had had the use of a motor-car, purchased by his wife, creditors became critical in. their comment as to the wisdom of spending money in that direction when the domestic financial position was evidently precarious. Their righteous indignation evaporated somewhat when they were informed the car cost only £l6. The bankrupt also mentioned he had at one time owned a motortruck. It was.also a bargain-pur-chase, for it Avas bought for £6. “Where is it now?” a creditor asked. “I s6ld it for £4,” replied the bankrupt. There is a tendency in New Zealand to suggest that a dissolution and a fresh election should be avoided at all costs says the Auckland Herald. The vieAA': is quite unjustified, for the device is of long standing, thoroughly constitutional in every way, and a practical means of escape from deadlock. The chance of an appeal is still rather remote for further discussion. The outstanding point is that responsibility for the immediate future rests Avith the United Party and the Labour Party, and not with the retiring Government. That is the undoubted result of the election. —Auckland Herald.

“You seem to forget that you are our servants,” declared a Devonport ratepayer when addressing the local Borough Council on a sectional grievance. Instantly the Mayor was on his feet. “That remark must be withdrawn at once or you will not be allowed to proceed.” The ratepayer grumblingly complied, after which the Mayor explained the error in the offender’s point of view. The council were the representatives of the people, and the managers of the community’s affairs. In these capacities they rendered the highest civic service to the borough. The mere fact that this service w/is freely and willingly rendered did not give any ratepayer or any group of ratepayers the right to insult members of a Borough Council. The complainant then proceeded to state his grievance in less militant terms. “For this relief much thanks.” — Shakespeare. There is nothing that relieves a cough or cold so quickly as a dose of Baxter’s Lung Preserver. This wonderful specific has now been famous in New Zealand for over sixty years, and is unequalled for coughs, dolds, sore throats, influ- . enza, and all throat and lung affections. Keep a bottle of “Baxter’s” by you for relieving summer colds. Obtainable all chemists and stores in three sizes—generous-sized bottle, 2/fi; family size, 4/0; and bachelor’s size, I/O. —1.