LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume L, Issue 3946, 23 May 1929, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The honorarium of the Mayor of Dannevirke has been fixed at £2OO for the current year.

Best quality Kapoc teased, ,1/5 lb., unteased 1/3 at the C- M. Ross Coy’s.,, the house for big values.® An expenimeat in sending honey to Great Britain in cardboard packages so as to save freight and cost of packing, is' at present being carried out by the Honey Control Board. i

For the first time for many years a liquor booth will be located at the Ashburton races on Saturday, the Mid-Canterbury Licensing Committee having granted a provisional license.

A huge “old man’’ walnut tree on Mr. P. Bate's property at Riwaka, Nelson, was examined with interest, by the party of /Canterbm'v fanners who toured (lie district the other day. The tree measures 100 feet in height and a similar distance from tip to tip of the lowest branches. Last year Mr. Bates took £37 worth of nuts from tins one' tree. A farmer in the Woo’dvillc district has proved 'conclusively that tree-planting is a paying proposition. From a. small plantation of pinns iusignis and macrocarpa that is 35 yeare old he has taken timber and firewood worth about £350. After paying for labour he has shown a net profit of £145 from 52 trees. From one tree alone life cut 4300 feot of timber and about a cord of firewood.'

The Australian Universities Rugiby football tearn defeated Victoria College at Wellington Athletic Park yesterday before 6000 spectators by (1 points (a try and penalty goal) to 3 (a try). The visitors owed their victory to their pace. Victoria College, which is considered to have exceptionally fast backs,” appeared slow iby comparison and each time the local rearguard attempted passing, the visiting backs pounced upon them like sparrowha'wks. A Patea resident received a surprise the other evening when he was witnessing a gazette picture at the Town Hall (says the Press). Wihen a view of the Croydon (England) aerodrome was shown on the screen lie saw himself in the picture among the spectators. He remembered the incident well, as it was the first occasion on which a lion had been carried by an aeroplane, and he happened to be at the aerodrome when the animal was unloaded from the ’plane. For Conges and Colds, never fails. Woods’ (, ;eat Peppermint Cure.

Much amusement was afforded spertators who were viewing the Hood from the Waipukurau railway bridge last .wedk (says the Press). 'With an eye to the man chance a local resident, armed with a long pole on the end of which a spear was attached, spent quite a profitable time spearing pumpkins and marrows as they floated down the rivelr under the bridge. These popular vegetables were, no doubt, washed put of the Chinese market gardens further.up the river. During 1928 New Zealand led in the matter of honey imported by Great Britain, with U.S.A. closely behind. The quantity of New Zealand honey was 20,871 cwt. valued at £77,848, while U.S.A. sent across the Atlantic 18,755 cwt. valued at £19,405. It is interesting to note that New Zealand honey is returning a better price per pound. It is estimated that this year’s export will be valued at £59,733. The reduction is due to poor yields over all districts, with the exception of AiuMaiul and Canterbury provinces.

The aeroplane which visited the Beach yesterday for the purpose of making passenger nights was well patronised and a large nufmber of local residents journeyed to the beach in the afternoon to witness the flights. The aeroplane provided one on' tivo unexpected thrills for the onlookers. On two occasions on landing it got out of control and collided with motor cars parked near the landing ground. On the first occasion the ’plane ran into the rear of Mfr .Dudson’s car and smashed the rear window and on the second occasion it grazed Mr. I. Corn’s car. Fortunately no one was injured.

At the Wjestport Police Court yesterday, Colin Clyde Austin and George Eden (Charles Hayward, of the crew of s.s. Kaiwarra, who were remanded in custody on Saturday last, appeared before Messrs J. Scanlon and E. R. Fox_J.’sP. on a charge of rape, concerning a local girl aged 17 years and on a charge of assault concerning her brother, aged 15. The offences were alleged to have taken place when the girl and her brother were returning home from >a dance last Saturday morning. The accused pleaded guilty to both charges and were committed for sentence to the Supreme Court. The Hon. W. B. Taverner (Minister of Railways), when addressing a United Party gathering in Auckland yesterday, said: “There will be a loss of something under £l,000,000 this year and probably a little more next year, as . interest c harges are mounting up.’’ The Minister said part of his work was to ask the public everywhere to regard the railways as their greatest national asset. He desired to get a proper adjustment between the railways and the pri.vat)' motor. The department was slowly but steadily regaining its goods traffic and the co-operation of the public was being sought with , a view to getting back its passenger traffic also.

By the end of this month the first of the reconstructed de luxe sleeping cars will be running on the Limited express between Auckland and Wellington. The first car, which is to be given a trial run, is almost ready to leave the Otahuhu workshops. If it is a success all other de lux sleepers will be similarly reconstructed. One of the two-berth compartments in each car is being turned into a kitchenette, and fitted with electric toasters, heaters, and washing-up facilities. It is intended to-provide passengers in sleeping cars with a light breakfast on the train. Toast and similar light dishes will be made in the kitchenette, as well as coffee and tea, as passengers require it at any part of the journey.

“It is a pity that it cannot he made illegal for a man to hold more land than he can farm properly,” eoinlmented Mr. W'yvern Wilson, S.M., in the Te , Awamutu Court, when a farmer was prosecuted by the- district inspector of the Agricultural Department for failure to clear his land of blackberry and ragwort. The inspector said defendant's 400-acre farm adjoined a very clean far]in- —in fact all the neighbouring farms were kept clean of noxious weeds —and defendant’s neglect penalised other landowners. Counsel for defendant said he had been caught in the land slump, and had more land than he could farm properly. The Magistrate adjourned the case until 31st August. In lhe meantime defendant could do the work lo the satisfaction of the inspector, otherwise a fine would be imposed. “Funny bow tastes change in pipe tobaccos,” remarked an Auckland tobacconist to a pressman, the other day. ‘.(Formerly the demand was all for the imported, hut today it’s New Zealand tobacco that is all the rage, and for every ounce of imported I sell, I dispose of a pound of New Zealand. It certainly is ‘the goods.’ I fancy it’s the toasting of the leaf' that mostly accounts for it’s fine flavour and aroma. It’s the only toasted tobacco on the market, so far as I know. Several doctors who are amongst my customers will smoke nothing else. They say there’s so little nicotine in i:t that its by far the safest to smoke. Well, it must be admitted that those foreign brands often contain a dangerous almount of nicotine. Oh, yes there are several brands of New Zealand. Perhaps I sell more “Navy Cut No. 3” (Bulldog), than anything else, hut “Cut Plug No. 10” (Bullshead) full flavoor runs it pretty close. Then thefre’s “Riverhead Gold” a mild aromatic, which also has a big sale. But they’re all good.”Advt.

The largest insurance premium on record was paid by Sir Henry Segrave fotr a policy which covered •his two days’ speeding at Daytona Beach. For a life insurance of £SOOO he paid £330 a day to Lloyd’s. The premium was pay aide only on the days on which he was driving the Golden Arrow, and the insurance, too, covered only these periods. Sir Henry paid £660 in premiums, for he tested the car on the day before he established the new record.

A little girl aged three years, who has ibeen totally deaf from birth, had a wonderful experience at Port Chalmers a few evenings ago. A friend of "her parents brought a portable wireless set to the house and the headphones were placed on the child’s head sby way of experiment. She immediately showed signs of an altogether new experience. After looking round the room she peered at the instrument as though looking for something unusual inside. Then abandoning the quest the child sat ibaiclk and laughed, displaying imorc pleasure than any toy had ever evoked. The parents were also pleased, for three doctors had pronounced the deafness to he ineui*able.

“Appointment of a suitable person to represent Levin Borough, on the ■ Foxton Harbour Board” was an item appearing- on the order paper of the Levin Borough (Coiineil on Monday (says the Chronicle). At the municipal elections held about three weeks ago, there was no nomination for the vacancy caused by tihe retirement o'f Mr. (then Or.) M. Mortensen. The Mayor (Mr. C. Blenkhorn) inforined the meeting that he. had, that morning, attended a meeting of the Board, in company with Mr. Mortensen. There was a full attendance; Mr. Linklater, M.P., was appointed chairman, and, as far as His Worship could gather, Mr. Nash, M.P., was also chairman. (Laughten-L The Mayor added that he had pressed Mr. Mortensen to continue in office, hut that gentleman refused, for business reasons. His Worship now offered to take the post himself for the ensuing year, and the Council appointed him accordingly.