Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1929. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume L, Issue 3907, 14 February 1929, Page 2

Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1929. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Jo'lm Black Batchelor, the ‘Christchurch solicitor, who is wanted on a charge of theft of money, has been Ib-rought from Australia under police escort. He arrived at Wellington by the Maunganui on Tuesday.

In the held of sport Foxton is becoming prominent. Our swimmers have annexed district honours, our bowlers yesterday captured a coveted trophy and we possess the 120 yards .provincial lady runner, and in tennis a local player was run-ner-up for the men’s district single championship. There was to have been a double wedding at Otaki on Wednesday but one of the contracting parties, living at a distance, was under age and unable to secure the necessary consent in time to allow the marriage to take place. They, however, indulged in wedding festivities with their friends says the Mail.

Secretary Smith, of the Carterton Eire Brigade, when urging the Carterton Borough Council to take a poll to set up a Eire Board in the Borough, said: “The Brigade has collected in five years the sum of £759. This amount has not been expended in recreation, but devoted to tbe purchase of new equipment.” Charles Edward Petherick, a married man, residing in South Dunedin, 47 years of age, while oiling the points in the railway goods yards, was knoec'ked down by a shunt of empty wagons on Tuesday afternoon and was fatally -injured. Besides receiving serious body injuries his right leg was crushed. He died after admission to the hospital.

W. Cameron (Wellington), the 100 yards swimming champion of New Zealand, attempted to lower his own record for the distance (55 4-ssees.) in the Napier municipal baths on Tuesday night, but failed by one second. He covered the first 33 1-3 yards in a. smart 15 seconds and also cut out the second lap in fast time, but was unable to maintain the pace.

Tho Minister of Education in answer to a deputation from the Auckland Education Board said he would be in favour of giving boards discretionary power re the appointment of married women teachers. It Was pointed out that it was unfair to unemployed teachers to see married women, wjhose husbands were in employment, occupying positions while they were kept in idleness.

A large quantity of the seaweed that disfigured the sands of Caroline Bay, Timaru, recently, was carted away in drays for use as manure on the Bay gardens and lawns. The seaweed will be left to rot in a compact heap, and will be used as top-dressing material. Seaweed is a splendid manure, and a visitor from England expressed surprise that no private individuals had carted any of that on the Bay away for use in their gardens. “They would go miles for it at Home,” he said.

Owing to the abnormally wet spring, followed by a too abundant supply of feed, especially ou the hilly country, where farmers have been unable to place cattle to eat down the growth, lambs in the Dannevirke district this season are later in' fattening off for the works, with the result that there have been smaller drafts than was the case last season. One stock agent recently stated that lie found lambs off the flat country which had passed through his hands in excellent condition, hut lambs in the high lands were backward in topping off.

“There must be more beauty per ,mile in New Zealand than anywhere else in the world,” says an oversea tourist.

A three-floored brick building with a frontage of 24ft. Gin to Durham Street West, was passed in at £8,500 when offered at auction in Auckland.

Two arrests were made by the police on 'the Dannevirke Showgrounds yesterday. Richard Jones was apprehended on a charge of playing crown and anchor, a game of chance, and pleaded guilty. A line of £25 was imposed and paid. The second man, Raymond Quin, was wanted- on a charge of conducting a roulette wheel at the Woodvilie Show. Accused did not deny the offence and suffered a penalty of £lO, which he paid on the spot. Just over a thousand eels were shown to- a reporter at Invercargill a few days-' ago by Mr. W. Broad, a fish dealer, who had caught them in the Wai'kiwi stream near West Plains. Mr. Broad explained that the fish had been driven for about 250 yards by men in the water and had been forced into a large, specially constructed eel pot. The labour involved in taking such large numbers had been enormous, and for every one caught two or more escaped. The fish were of all sizes, but were mainly small, the average weight about 21b., and the average length 2ft. Mr. Broad intends sending the eels frozen! to Germany just as they are. He stated that lie did not know what was done with them on arrival, but last year he had sent a. consignment carefully gutted and beheaded, and on that occasion had been told that the fish would he preferred merely frozen as they came out of the water.

Dr. Lankester, formerly a wellknown London Coroner, once wrote with regard to tobacco: “I dare not as a physiologist tell you that there exists any proof of its injurious influence when used in moderation. But the first symptoms of giddiness, sickness, palpitation weakness or uneasiness while smoking should induce you to lay it aside. Neglect these warnings and you may seriously embarrass your health.” The unpleasant symptoms referred to by the doctor often follow the continued use of foreign tobaccos, hut never the continual use of your own beautiful New Zealand brands. It’s all a question of nicotine. Most foreign brands are full of it. r J he New Zealand brands contain very little, also the leaf is toasted. This develops the flavour and renders the tobacco mellow, eliminating bite. “Riverhead Gold” mild, so is “Cavendish” (the sportsman’s smoke), “Navy iCut No. 3” (Bulldog) medium, and “Cut Plug No. 10” (Bullshead), full strength.—Advt.