Manawatu Herald SATURDAY, MARCH 9, 1929. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Manawatu Herald, Volume L, Issue 3916, 9 March 1929, Page 2

Manawatu Herald SATURDAY, MARCH 9, 1929. LOCAL AND GENERAL

A numfber of local Masons attended the installation ceremony of Huia Lodge at Palmerston North on Thursday evening. Mr. E. Parkin, of Johnston Street, lias a particularly fine lily auratum growing in his garden at present. The plant is in full bloom now and has 78 flowers on a single stalk. Two “shops” are .being conducted in Main Street to-day, one being by the local Natives in order to assist in raising funds for the visit of the Maori bishop at Easter, and the other being on behalf of a Carnival candidate.

The Presbyterian Sunday School held their annual school picnic at the local seaside to-day, Avhen a number of the children belonging to the Church .availed themselves of the opportunity of spending a day at the seaside. Games and races were arranged .and an enjoyable time was spent. While working on a Public Works pontoon in the middle of the Waitaki river at the Wkitaki hydroelectric da.in site yesterday afternoon, George Hoffman, a middleaged widower, fell over the side of the pontoon and was di'owned. Lolo Marcia Warn, the young woman who (was struck by the pointed end of a tent pole while motoring from Whakatane to Taneatua on the night of February 23rd, died on Thursday morning as a result of her injuries.

According to the latest report today, a slight improve|ment was recorded in the condition of Misses Audrey and Louis Brook-Taylor, who were injured in the motor accident on the Foxton Line. Miss P’aur.anga has been discharged from hospital.

About 30 autograph hooks, which were sent to Squadron-Leader Kingsford Smith and Flight-Lieu-tenant C. T.. P. Ulin, of the Southern Cross, for ,their signatures, are still in Christchurch unclaimed, there being nothing to indicate the names of their owners (reports the Lyttelton Times). The Hon. H. Atlmore, Minister for Education, who met and conferred with members of the Wanganui Education Board at Wanganui last evening, in response to .an invitation to visit the Foxton D. ,H. School by the local representative, said he would be pleased to do so at an early date.

A total of 964 cases of apples were dispatched from Gisborne on Monday night for Wellington, where they will be transhipped to overseas vessels. The greater portion of the shipment consisted of Dunns, and will be included in the Control Board’s Hamburg order of 25,000 cases, of which amount Poverty Bay hopes to be able to supply a little more than 1000 eases.

Mr. Ken a Mohi, whose duty it is to see that the Rotorua geysers do their work on schedule time —if possible—states that Pohutu has been giving the best displays of the last nine years. Since February 12 it has performed four tunes a day and is still going strong. Waikorohilii has operated continuously for 21 days. Since Pohutu has been active Waikite has been sulking and rumlbling only.

Mrs. D. R. Barron entertained members of the Presbyterian Ladies’ .Social Guild at her home on Thursday afternoon. It was decided that the ladies of the guild should assist in connection with the annual Sunday School picnic. After the usual business of the Guild had been conducted a tasty afternoon tea was dispensed by the hostess .and an interesting competition indulged in. A hearty vote of thanks was accorded Mrs. Barron for a most enjoyable social afternoon.

At the hatcheries conference at Wellington one ,of the delegates pro-, posed that in order to allow the societies to keep a tally of the fish taken from the streams annually each angler should be provided with a small card on which to enter tip his catches. The proposal met with a molment’s consideration. It died in uproar, however, when somebody suggested that if each fisherman entered up his own catch it might be found from the returns that about 50 times as .many fish were being taken out of the rivers as were being put in.

The danger of travelling close behind another car on the country roads was illustrated near Napier recently, when the driver ,of a following car ran into a thick fog of dust raised by the wheels of the ear in front. 'There was a sharp bend in front, and the driver, unable to see the road, found himself on the edge of a sharp decline leading into a gully below. He pulled the wheel round sharply and partly regained the road, hut the vehicle skidded and once again left the track, finally colming to rest against somq solid obstruction, which prevented the car from going down the bank. The occupants escaped uninjured, but the car was damaged.

In the Christchurch Supreme Court yesterday, Mr. Justice Adams sentenced John Batchelor, ex-soli-citor, to two years’ reformative detention on charges of the theft of £I2OO, being clients’ money. A card warning children against danger fro|m detonators is now being circulated by the Education Department. I't was stated 218 schools in the Auckland district had already been supplied with the cards.

Dr. R. King Brown, medical officer of Bermondsey, lecturing at the Institute of Hygiene, in London, suggested that wolmen’s tight hats might lead to their becoming bald. “I think if (women go on .as they are they .will be in time in just the same ■position as the men to-day,” he said, “but women 'will be progressing in intelligence as they lose their hair, so there is some advantage to be gained.” They would do well, he added, to go hatless. Although there are stated to be 20 kinds of edible mushrooms in Southland, there are some which are distinctly poisonous, as an Invercargill family learned to its cost the other morning. Two members of the family who partook of a large breakfast of mushrooms had to be conveyed holme later in a semiprostrate condition. Though they have largely recovered from the effects of the poisoning, they will not eat mushrooms again for some time.

The following institutions and societies have benefited under the will of the late Mrs. E. S. M'Beath, who died at Otaki on Ist March: Otaki Anglican Church, £500; Otaki Catholic, Methodist, and Presbyterian Churches, £SO each in shares or cash; Otaki Plunket Society, £100; Otaki Memorial Fund, £IOO. Otaki Library Committee, £SO; Otaki Hospital, £SO (provided the gift is subsidised by the New Zealand Government on a £ for £ basis); and the Otaki Bowling Club, £lO.

A member of the deputation which waited upon the Hon. T. M. Wilford (Minister of Defence) and General R. Young at Lower Hutt this week regarding the formation of an aero club in the Hutt Valley asked if any objections would be made by the Government to there being an aerodrome in the Valley as well as in Wellington. Mr. Wilford replied in the negative, saying that as long as the Government’s conditions were complied Avitli the more landing places there Avere the better. The Government Avould be glad to see landing places all over Ncav Zealand, and Avanted fifty at least. In this connection there Avas a big responsibility on the local authorities. The local authority that was Avithout its landing place in a few years AA T ould be like one without a railway station. It is seldbfm that a Prime Minister delivers an address Avith his coat off. But this is Avhat. happened at the Rotary Club lunch at Gisborne the other day, reports a Gisborne'paper. Just prior to Sir Joseph Ward rising to address the gathering, the president of the club had been fined for omitting to Avear his badge. Some of the members then followed a usual custom in hot Aveather of removing their coats. Sir Joseph, Avith a smile, also began to “peel off.” “I have noticed that you have just fined your president for a breach of the rules,” he said, “so I Avill take off my coat too, and so avoid any call against me in the way of taxation. (Laughter). A breezy, interesting, and most optimistic speech was then proceeded with, Sir Joseph appearing to thoroughly enjoy the novel experience of delivering an address in his shirt sleeves.

Many a pan has had to give up smoking simply because he has been unable to stand it any longer. Why? Because he has been using the wrong tobacco. The habitual use of the foreign brands is always liable to cause trouble. The heart may become affected; the nerves may give way; the eyesight may become impaired, or “smoker’s throat” may develop. These disorders are invariably traceable to excess of nicotine in the leaf. Absolutely the purest tobaccos are our ,oavii New Zealand ones. . Practically free from nicotine they owe their exquisite flavour and bouquet in a large degree to the toasting of the leaf. They may be smoked without the smallest risk. Favourite brands are: “Riverhead Gold” (a melloAV aromatic); “.Cavendish” (a fine medium variety); “Navy Cut No. 3” (a blend of choice tobaccos); and “Cut Plug No. 10” (a grand full-flavour-ed soft). The demand for these goods is so Avide-spread that every tobacconist stocks them. They are ‘on sale from. North Cape to Bluff. They are also obtainable from many grocers and storekeepers.