Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, MAY 30, 1929. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume L, Issue 3949, 30 May 1929, Page 2

Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, MAY 30, 1929. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr. J. McLeod was returned to a seat on the Palmerston Boron.)h Council at the by-election yesterday.

A sharp shock o£ earthquake was experienced locally about 3.25 yesterday afternoon. The tvem-ors lasted for several seconds. ;No d aim age was done locally. . : Magistrate: Speeding, eh? How many times have you been before me? Speeder: Never, your Worship. I have tried to pass'you An the road, once or twice, but my bus will only do 50. William Ivilgour, aged 60, was killed by the 0.20 train from Haweir a. when walking over a level crossing an the Pa tea. railway yards on 'Tuesday evening. Deceased, a ivell-known labohrer, was returning to his lint in the railway yard. Death was instantaneous. At Invercargill yesterday an elderly Chinese ,was fined £25 on en< b of two charges of having opium in his’ possess von and utensils for sam’oking same. Defendant intimated that he had no money but the De-tective-Seryeant stated tliat lie had an account in the savings bank f> v £IOO. He was ordered to pay the fines forthwith.

Sir Hildebrand Harmsworili (brother of the late Lord Northelifl'e and Lord Rothermere) left a fortune of £1,433,000. He bequeathed half to his widow, onetenth each to his four sons and oneten till to Merton College, Oxford, to found a Hildebrand Harmsworili scholarship, available to British subjects who are Protestants and whose gran dial hers and gran: - grandfathers were also British. A unique ceremony for the P;ihin tun district was the wedding yesterday of the three daughters Eunice, Roiveiia and Galina, of Mr. Valentine Mekalick, a pioneer settogether in the Methodist The respective hridegroolms were Messrs L. R. W. Benseenman, J. M. T'olmie and T). J. Carr. The Rev. Crawsh'aiw, Baptist 'minister of Palmerston North, officiated at Hie chiifeh.

A story of the Omit War was told by His Excellency the Govern-or-General (.Sir Charles Fergusson) when addressing members of the Auckland Officers’ Club. It was, he said, a story of the carrier pigeon service employed in the early stages of the Avar. Old soldiers would remember the unfortunate men avlio were obliged to carry heavy crates full of pigeons into the front trenches (states the “New Zealand Herald”). Dm-ing the course of a curtain -battle news regarding the progress of hostilities were getting scarce, and the general controlling the operations avhs stamping impatiently up and doAvn nAvaiting information Avhen a pigeon flew in firom the front. Hastily, the pellet bearing the message was brought to him. Tt read: “I am fair fed up Avith carrying about thiis beastly bird.” A fine specimen of a carved |obacco pipe of genuine Maori Avorkmanship aa-us Ikinoc.ked doAvn in a Wellington auction-room the other day for 15/-. It Avas a bargain. There are plenty of carved pipes of allegedly Maori make (o be picked up. Most of ’em Avere made in Biimiiiighalm. The genuine article is scarce, and worth money. Pipecarving is becoming a lost Maori art, Fortunately there’s plenty of Ncav Zealand tobacco, (hough! And its not only of extraordinary fine flaA-oiitr, iSAveet cool and fragrant, but unlike the foreign brands, is practically free from nicotine. That mean's that you can smoke it all daylong and feel no ill-effects. This is partly -owing to 11m soil in which the plants aii’o grown, and partly lq the toasting of the leaf which pro-' cess not only helps largely to eliminate the nicotine but develops flavour and bouquet. There are. several brands, special favourites being: “Rivorhoad Gold” (mild aromalic); “Cavendish” (a fine nnodiii.in); “Navy iCht No. 3” ( a delightful blend) and “Cut Plug No. 10" Hullslmad" (a rich, dark, full flavoured variety.—Advl.