Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 1929. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume L, Issue 3896, 17 January 1929, Page 2

Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 1929. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The proverbial bull in the China shop became .a. reality in Waitara recently. A bull destined for the freezing Works escaped from its drover in the main .street. Espying an attractive and fragile display inMr. S. D. George's crockery shop, it stepped gently through the front door. Everything considered, there was no doubt that this was a well-brought-up bull, for it did not break more than a feW things in the course, of its meandering inspection towards the hack of the shop. Arrived, there, however, one of those accidents occurred that are said to be scattered like .milestones throughout the histories of the best regulated families. This was not really the bull’s fault. Th'e passageway to the back door was not wide enough, so what could be do but knock over a huge showcase that barred his progress? Betty Leonard, a girl eight years old, had both her feet cut off at the ankles, bv a hay mower, which was being worked on the farm of her parents, Mr.- and Mrs; Alfred Leonard, at AUaihou, near Te Aroha, The child had ridden her pony out to a paddock where harvesting was proceeding. She hitched the pony to a fence, and Walked to a spot where the mower was being driven over a rather difficult stretch alongside a ditch. The man .in charge of the mower, giving the machine all his attention, did not /notice the approach of the child. The yirl was unaware of the danger, and before the driver realised it the blade had cut through her ankles. The child was immediately rushed to a private hospital, where she was operated on. It is reported that she is making satisfactory progress.

Tobacco consumption varies very iinuch with the smoker. Some men are content with an ounce a week, while others will consume an ounce ,a day. Literary men, painters, musicians, chess players, scientists, •mathematicians and brain workers generally are mostly hcayy smokers. Wiell, even heavy smoking is alright so long as the tobacco is of the best and not full of nicotine. That’s the worst, of the imported brands, they contain so much nicotine that they are bound to cause trouble sooner or later. They arc liable to affect the heart, nerves or digestion. The purest tobaccos in the world and the freest from .nicotine are our own New Zealand grown varieties which you can smoke for hours at a time without fear of consequences. Cool, sweet and fragrant, these delicious tobaA cos are largely indebted for their tine smoking qualities to the fact that 'the leaf is toasted in the process of manufacture —quite a new idea. Any tobacconist will supply them.. Ask for “Riverhead Gold” mild, “Navy Cut” (Bulldog) medium, or “Cut Plug No. 10” (Bullsliead) full strength.

A visitor to the directors’ 1 - meeting of the Shannon Co-operative Dairy Company held on Tuesday, was Sir Thomas Clement, head of the firm of Andrew Clement and Son, the well-known Tooley Street butter merchants, Who is making a tour of the Dominion, visiting the various factories which consign their butter through the firm. He gave a very interesting review of the position of the butter market at Home, and laid stress upon the importance of keeping the quality of butter right up to the very highest standard and so realising the top prices for this product. He pointed out that it is that particular flavour to the palate which induces the public to use more, thus causing a greater demand. He was accompanied by Messrs Kent and .Cowles, the former being the New Plymouth representative and the latter the Wellington representative of his firm. After the party had been entertained to lunch at the Club Hotel by the directors, .they .proceeded to Levin, Where Sir Thomas gave an address to the directors, on similar lines to that delivered at 'Shannon. They were 'shown over the Levin factory, after which they left for Wellington.

The Wairarapa Racing Club paid £3370 lGs 3d totalisator tax, and £l5O in amusement tax for its recent su'irJmer -meeting at Tauliercnikau. Otaki paid nearly £3OOO for its last meeting. To have spent a fortnight visiting the West Coast Sounds, living on fish several times a day without any injurious results, and -to visit Invercargill and eho-ke - with a hone while .eating fish at a local hotel, was the experience of a certain tourist recently. The bone, which had caught fast in his throat, bad to be removed with the aid of outside assistance.

A very mean trick was perpetrnted by s'ome unknown person at Castlepoint recently. The safety wire running round the ledge of l-ock just -past the cave under the lighthouse and used by fishermen was apparently filed through to almost breaking point. One well known fisherman,Mr. Leslie Brown, was the .unfortunate victim of ‘the foolish prank when the wire gave way and precipitated him into 20 feet -of water. Fortunately Mr. Brown escaped 'with nothing worse than a wetting but something more serious might just as easily have occurred. The wire was in good order and practically new and the marks of a. file was plainly visible.

, Recently a railway porter at Auckland discovered the meanest woman in New Zealand. One m!orning some 'weeks ago the porter found a hag lying under a seat in the Limited after the passengers had left the train. He discovered that it contained £4OO, mostly in sovereigns and half-sovereigns. Some days later the owner 'of the bag aijjrived at the Auckland lostluggage to claim her property. She calmly walked away with her valuables and has never even, thanked the porter for finding them. And only last week a woman who lost £2OO in notes rewarded the Ponsonby trainway who found it by presenting "him with a miserable 1/6.