Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, MAY 28, 1929. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume L, Issue 3948, 28 May 1929, Page 2

Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, MAY 28, 1929. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The .primary schools t-hroughou the district re-opened yesterday af ter the term holidays.

The Wtellington air pageant, fixei to be held on June Ist, 'has bee: postponed, as it has been found ne cessary to extend the main runway The pageant will be .held in Septem her or October next.

Work on the Chateau Tongarir. at National Park will be finish e< early in August. The .hostel will b ready four months before the eon tract date, and in good time for 1 h. to uni st season.

Wlilliam IRoyd, aged 70, a farme of iWaiwera. South, was admitted t the .South Otago hospital yestcrdn; afternoon, suffering from a frac tnred skull and injuries to the spin cau'sed by a fall from bis horse Tio died at 9 p.im.

The body of John Gilbert, age; "24, who bad been missing fron Longbeach, Ashburton, since Sun day, May 19th, was found on Sun day, with the head in a creek con tanning about a foot of water, a the back of it'he homestead. Ap parenMy Gilbert had bad a seizure

Mr. .1. Linlklater, M.P., has received advice that the Prime Minister and the Ministers of Public Works and Lands will meet the deputation arranged by the Man-awn - tu-Oroua River Board in connection with its modified river protection scheme at Parliament House tomorrow.

That it was not generally known it was an offence to shoot a weasel was stated by Mr. C. E. Macmillan, M.P., at the annual conference of flic Auckland provincial branch of the Farmers’ Union last week (says the Herald). Mr. Macmillan said he had recently .applied to have the protection on weasels removed, but he had been advised that there were districts where the weasel helped in keeping down rabbits. To.tara is now no longer used for telegraph poles (says the Auckland Herald). It cannot stand a transverse blow. If struck by, say a runaway motor truck, a totara pole iis apt to break cleanly in two like a carrot. A heavy ironba/rk pole would probably give the truck the worst of the encounter. Ironbark and New Zealand silver pine are now the standard timbers, but silver pine is not used much in cities, for the reason that it is hard to obtain in perfectly shaped lengths. The discovery of a hoard of fIOOO avas made in ,a room of a lodging-house at Hastings parade, Devonpotrt (Auckland), by the police and an o(licet- from the Public Trustee’s office, who had made a" search following the death of an elderly man, John Bartley. As far as is known, he had no relatives in New Zealand, but .lie had stated on <me occasion that lie had a sister in France. Bartley also had about £2ooo* invested .in commercial concerns.

Two men wodkhig at a height of 100 ft. on the Paten water tower bad the supporting plank suddenly "withdrawn froim under them, and a lata I accident almost resulted. The drum of ,tho winch broke, and the plank fell 100 ft. to .the ground. Fortunately one end went first, enabling Mr. G. Webster to grasp the stay robs and eventually descend the spiral ladder, badly shaken, but only slightly bruised. His companion, however, fell forty feet before managing to grasp the rods and was considerably bruised when he ■reached the ground.

The following' prisoners were sentenced in the Wellington Supreme Count yesterday 'by His Honour the ICUiief Justice:—Douglas Billigan Slater, theft of £494 from a 'Wellington Arm, two years’ reformative detention; John Edmund Thomas O’Sullivan, forgery and uttering, five charges. 18 mouths’ •hard labour to .be followed by two years’ reformative detention; Percy Clifford Smith, bigamy at Levin, 18 months’ h'ard labour. His Honour saying that Itlie public interest would not be served unless a term of imprisonment were imposed; George Robert Muneey, breaking, entering and theft, three years’ hard labour with a warning that lie would probably be declared an habitual criminal if lie came before the court again. Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure. For Children’s Hacking Cough.

A man smashed a shop window and took some pairs of shoes from the Heiibert Company's store in Colombo Street, Christchurch, last evening. The incident wins witnessed by several people, one of whom called 4he police. Thomas John Long, aged 39 years, a labourer, was subsequently faced with four clmages of theft and damage and was remanded.

An un'witnesscd tragedy occurred on Saturday afternoon, when Eric Douglas, tailor’s apprentice, aged 17 b years, residing with his parents at Donald McLean -Street, Newtown, Wellington, was drowned through his canoe overturning at Island Bay. Douglas had been out with a ima-te in the canoe and -then left for the island alone. Some men later saw the canoe overturned land the lad’s hand showing above water. They recovered the body, but life was extinct.

In responding to a. civic welcome at Blenheim yesterday, the Hon. W. A. Veitch, Minister for Labour, said lie liked the portfolio af Labour, because it meant dealing with human nature. Its problem's were human problems. In comparison with other patr.ts of the world, New Zealand knew no industrial troubles and lie appealed to all .classes to cooperate in maintaining those conditions of industrial peace.

The body of an unidentified elderly man was recovered from ‘the inner harbour at Napier during the week-end. Two constables stated at the inquest that they heard a sound coining from the shiaill steamer Runt as of a drunken man talking to himself. Later, a splash was heard and a body was seen in Ihe water and promptly recovered by means -of a boat. The constables expressed the -opinion that jjeat.li was due to heart seizure. The inquest was adjourned.

At last might’s meeting of the Chamber of Commerce Mr. G. F. Smith said exception had been taken by one -of the workmen engag - ed in highway construction work on the Riangiotu section, to a state - mieiit which had appeared in the press that there had been a lack of consideration shown to motorists. Air.,Smith gave instances where the workmen had rendered assistance to motorists who had got into difficulties when negotiating formation work and stated that money had been refused When offered by graceful motorists. “These ibdg institutions -are perfectly snowed up with money,” said Mr. W. J. Holds worth, chairman of the Auckland Electric Power Board when announcing that the Public Trust Office wanted to take up £20,000 worth of debentures in the Board’s next loan. Mr. Holdsworth said that there was a dearth of securities offering at the present time, and there was considerable competition. As the Board’s debentures from the first part of the recently authorised loan of £075,000 have not yet been printed, the Board passed a resolution, undertaking- to accept the £20,000 from the Public Trust Office and hand over the debentures when printed, states the Auckland Star.

The morning after the recent flood c-anie down and inundated the Mon to a, a farmer residing in the vicinity of the old Shannon bridge bad occasion to set -out in a boat to search for two pigs which were boused in the flooded area. They were located ,on an old bridge which was floating- about, but anchored by a piece of wire. As the boat pulled alongside two mice were seen perched on one of the animal’s hack. The sow, however, took fright and jumped overboard with its “passengers.” When it appeared above the water again, however, cue of the mice was still hanging on and remained there until it was taken .off.

A correspondent in the “Dominion,” wilting- on the meaning of Ivaitolke, says:—The following is a tolnmga’s description:—Years ago the Ngat'ikahungungu tribe lived on what we now call the Miramar Peninsula. (which was then Hataitai). -The Nga-puhii, a very strong- tribe, came down and attacked them, and drove them out, -pressing them hard ..eight up the Hutt Valley. Away up on the ridge the Ngatikahuugunga's, spent and starving, camped. Searching about desperately for food, they at last came -upon a quantity -of the long white earth Worm (not the 'Wood grub), which I hoy toasted and ate, after which, refreshed and rested, they again took up their flight. Hence the place was called “Kae-toke” — worm food.

Amongst the treasured possessions of a well-known Christchurch doctor is a collection of tobacco pipes. Nearly every pipe has a history. A fine Meerschaum is said lo have belonged to Sir George Gjrey, and a long clay is uspposed to have been used by Tennyson, who always smoked clays and never smoked the same one twice. The collection is worth (money, but the owner wouldn’t part with it. He says by the way (and quite truly) that the tobacco counts far more than the pipe it is smoked in, and lie never fails to warn his patients to avoid 'brands containing much nicotine. His personal jprefefrence is for New Zealand tobacco, because he considers it the purest on Hie market and the freest from nicotine, while the foreign brands are all niore otr less full of the latter. The New Zealand, owing to its splendid quality is a universal favourite. You run no risk with it. It can be smoked freely without fear of consequences. Popular brands: “Kivertiead Gold” (aromatic) ; “Cavendish” and “Navy Cut” (medium); “Cut Plug No. 10” (full). —Advt.

Fro|m Wlanganui comes the story of the man who astaed for a No. 5 ticket at a tote window. An agreeable stranger butted in, “Oh, I’ve got a No. 5 ticket in mistake. I want a No. 6.” First man, of course, parts with his pound and takes the No. 5 ticket. No. 5 wins. Man (holding the ticket he purchased .from the pleasant stranger goes to the pound pay-out window, to find he has a 10/- ticket. Presumably before a glad day is over a dozen men are combing' the crowd' to*find a head to punch. People are never so trustful as on a racecourse. “I do not Want to offend you, gentlemen, but whatever may be. the motive which prompts a man to offer ,his services on 'any other local body, there can be no doubt that every candidate: for drainage board membership has an axe to grind in tlie form of drainage works he wants to see carried out to benefit his own property,” staid Mr. F. A. SwaPbrirk, drainage board solicitor, at a conference of drainage board delegate's interested in the Woodlands swamp drainage sehelnie -at Hamilton on Wednesday, reports the “New Zealand Herald.” Mr. Swarbrick was stressing the point that in drainage,matters community of interest was the dominating factor. The laughter and remiaika which greeted his observations indicated that their truth was generally recognised. It was reported to the Horowhenna Power Board by the engineer (Mr.:J. A. Smith), on Tuesday, that dunng the period since the last meeting (held on May Ist) 15 applicationls from new consumers and 38 applications for extensions to existing installations were received, ( .j(uprising eight ranges, nine wat cr-heaters, three milking and seven industrial motors. Twentyfour new consumers 'and 17 extensions had been connected, including six ranges, five water-heaters, two milking motors, and five industrial motors, making a total of 82.855 K.W. increase. Sixty-three s'ligle-phase and six polyphase meters had been tested and six re--1 aired and re-tested, and four dried (•nt and delivered to consumers, f . nimuni'ty and Fbxton’is best wishes will follow them in their new I. one.