Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1929. LOCAL AND GENERAL.
A deduction of Id ■per lb. from January 1 for all grades of butter lias taken place in Dunedin.
England won the third cricket test unlatch against Australia at Melbourne on Saturday. 'Two lOhincso opium smokers were lined £2O and £SO respectively at Timaru yesterday. A Chicago judge has observed that a distressing number of matrimonial rifts have their origins at the bridge table. The Railway Department is running a special train for racehorses from Palmerston North on the evening of the 14th inst. There was a large attendance at the To-wn Hal! last night when the double programme, pictures and vaudeville, was the attraction. Under the Motor Vehicles Insurance Act all motorists will he required to insure under tho third party risk when re-registering their motor vehicles in May next.
In view of the cabled information in regard to influenza in other countries the health authorities are exercising the greatest vigilance in regard to incoming vessels. Every precaution is being taken against the repetition of the 1918 epidemic.
A further find of reef is reported at the Alexander river, with a very rich essay (says the Greymonth Argus). Some weeks ago one reef was proved a distance of between 400 and 600 feet, whilst the new discovery should further enhance the'prospects of the company.
Supreme Court returns ait Palmerston North show that for the .year 1928, 26 petitions for dissolution of marriage was made. Six applications were received for restitution of conjugal rights. Twentylive decrees nisi were made absolute.
A representative meeting of Bush Dairy Factories’ Association held at Pahiatua yesterday, resolved strongly to object to the action of the Dairy Division in .promulgating fresh regulations governing the ma-
nufaeture of cheese, which will prove a great loss to dairy producers, before submitting them to the industry as a whole and that the Minister lie respectfully requested to defer the operation of the regulations until they are discussed at the annual conference of the industry to he held in June.
Mr. J. Linklater, M.P., scored heavily against a certain Bulls business man, who, during the member’s address at .Bulls during the election campaign was a persistent heckler. He asked the candidate if lie would have his photograph taken and, placed in a prominent place so that the electors of Bulls would he able to recognise him when he visited the township. The sally caused a laugh at the time, hut it was mild compared with the merriment •which followed when the member for the electorate forwarded an autographed photograph to the questioner. The latter was sport enough to sec the joke, which was on him, and his shop window now gives prominence to the photograph, which is inscribed with the following caption: “With the compliments of J. Linklater.” The Tablet reports that on Christmas Day, at the hands of Bishop ‘Whyte, MV. J. J. Marlow, of Dunedin received the Papal decoration of the Cross of Pope Leo NIII., “Pro Eccesia et Ponfciface,” in recognition of his mlany services to the church. The bishop, in pinning the cross on the breast of Mr. Marlow mentioned the notable fact that •he had given three -sons to the priesthood, two daughters to the Order of Sisters of Mercy, and one Son to the Christian Brothers. He was also prominent in Hibernian and St. Vincent dc Paul Society activities and other Catholic works in the diocese. The medal whs instituted by the late Pope Loe XIII. Its object is to reward those who in a general way deserve well of the Pope on account of services done for the church and its head. .
Damage between £35,000 and £40,000 was incurred as the result ■of a disastrous outbreak of fire in Levin and iOo’s. stores, Horton St., Blenheim •on 'Saturday morning. The building, a great rambling structure made of corrugated iron, occupied an area of about half an acre, being the largest store of its kind in Blenheim. The to,tab value of the building land plant whs roughly estimated at £15,000. 'The grocery department’s stoteks were probably wortli another £15,000, and the produce of various kinds at about £IO,OOO. Twenty-five 'bales of wool were destroyed, but fortunately 276 bales had just been shipped to Wellington. Included in tin? tire was a rake of nine railway trucks, which had been left on the siding in the building. Some were completely 'destroyed, and others were very badly damaged,
A fair sized stingray was caught at the local seaside last week by I'.sheiniieii.
e ' Mr. W. A. Wjaters, A.M.1.E.E., will be the speaker at Thursday’s lunch club. The speaker’s subject will be: “A Trip across America.” Mr. Pcrreau will preside. Cocks footers are at present at work on many of the borough streets gathering seed. There has been a good crop of cocksfoot locally this season.
The toll Of life and property at railway crossings during the pastyear has been great, in all 14 persons 'having lost their lives and 42 being injured. Forty-four vehicles •of different kinds have been damaged or destroyed,'the majority of these being motor-cars.
The surveyors who were engaged in making the trial survey of the inland route of the proposed railway ’from Gisborne to Wairoa have completed thei field w'ork, and are now preparing plans and estimates. The field work was completed just before the Christmas holidays, and an early announcement of, the route the railway will take is looked for. A Napier newspaper states that everything points to the 'w'ork.on the Napier-Wairoa line being pushed •ahead rapidly in the near future. t
A •remarkable coincidence with a strong Dickensian flavour occurred in the Auckland office of Thomas Cook and Son recently. Hundreds of people visited the office during the day, and while an official was attending to a Mrs. Weller another lady standing nearby overheard her name and introduced herself as Mrs Pickwick. One day last year a Mr. Snodgrass presented himself and a few m'oments later a Mr. Weller walked in.
A shooting accident occurred on Saturday, at Moana, to a youth, Ernest Richard Bodily, aged 18, a pea-rifle bullet entering his left breast. He went out to shoot a wild cat, having to step over a pigsty that is built across a wire fence, it .is suilmised that one of the wires caught the trigger of the ■ride and discharged it. Buddy was brought in an unconscious state to (lie Greymoutli Hospital, where lvis condition is reported rather loss serious than was at first believed.
A rusty-brown centipede, over six inches in length, paid an informal call upon Her Excellency Lady Alice Fergusson during her recent visit to the Three Kings. The unannounced visitor paid for his breach of Vice-Regal etiquette by being unceremoniously captured b Y Her Excellency, his alleged hundred legs being insufficient to enable him to escape. His mortal remains now form a new exhibit in (lie Dominion Museum as a fine specimen of New Zealand’s biggest species of centipede, one that as a rule does not attain a length of more than four inches. Its bite, although unpleasant, is not dangerous.
Miss C'opplestone is not the only lady swiim'mer who will attempt to swim Gook Strait this year. Writing on November 15 the Herald’s London correspondent said New Zealand is to have a visit from Miss Mercedes Gleitze, the London typist, who has Come into world prominence for 'her pluck and endurance as a long-distance sNiminer. She is going out by the Corinthi? on December 7, and is once more in strict training to make herself fit for her next sea to conquer. Miss Gleitze wants to attempt to swim Cook Strait. She says she is tired ol' bathing in cold water, and she longs to try what she hopes will be warmer conditions of New Zealand’s .sea. Also she says she has heard s'o much about the Maoris that she longs to see them. The Corinth'ic is due to arrive on January 14. Some time ago we made reference in our columns to (lie use of paper for mulch, says the New Zealand Smallholder, and much interest has been aroused among our readers, many of whom have asked for further particulars. For four years the United States Department of Agriculture has been carrying on crperimenls with paper mulch, and their comparative tests have demonstrated beyond dispute the value of paper to stimulate plant growth. With every crop save one —peanuts —the experiments were an unqualified success. Paper is now being used in agriculture in the vicinity of Auckland. On a lemon and tobacco farm at Henderson several grades of paper arc being used experimentally. Local growers arc awaiting the result of the experiment with interest. The great increase in the number of smokers in London—particularly amongst mom on —according to a recent cable, has led the m'anageis of the underground railways to transpose their smoking-carriage rules. There are now no smokingcarriages on these lines, but 30 percent. of the cars are labelled “NonSm'okers.” It will come to that in New Zealand by-and-bye. Anti-to-baccoites may rail against the huge increase in the consumption of the 'weed. But smoking does more good than harm, provided the tobacco is of (ire-rate quality and as free from nicotine as possible. That’s Where our New Zealand tobaccos Come in. The leaf is toasted —quite a novel idea —and this develops flavour and fragrance astonishingly. And as they contain only a negligible amount of nicotine they may he s'moked for hours on end without causing unpleasant or injurious consequences. That’s why medical m'en approve of them. Y'ou can gelt them of any strength. “Riverhead Gold” is a delightful aromatic, “Navy Cut” (Bulldog) a delicious mediuta, and “Cut Plug No. 10” (Bullshead) a flue - fullflavoured variety.
Tiha Maoris of the Waiapu district have been provided with a new topi'e, by a sudden change of habit on itlie part of a great pear tree located in. the. pa at Tikifciki. 'The tree had not born fruit for many years until the present season. Its sterility Iliad been taken for granted for a long time, but one inquiring native asked the Government orchard instructor, during one of the latter’s visits to the coast, why the tree did not bear as others did. ‘The instructor noted that there were no other pear trees in the neighbourhood, and advised the inquirer to procure some .blossom from another variety of pear, place the twigs in watcrfille'd jars, and hang them in •the branches of the non-bearing tree. Mystified until the instructor explained to him the basic principle of cross-pollination, the Ma'ori adopted the 'experiment, and this year (the tree Bears a fairly healthy crop of fruit.
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