Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, JUNE 4, 1929. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume L, Issue 3951, 4 June 1929, Page 2

Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, JUNE 4, 1929. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The modelling of the Royal Arms over the entrance to the new Court House attracts ,a good deal of at-, tention, being of particular interest to the school children who are privileged to watch the artist at work.

Farmers admit that this winter so far is otic of the best for stock, ever experienced (says the Dunedin Star). There has been no spell of wet weather, and the ■temperature lias been so mild that grass is abundant and in good heart, putting sheep and cattle into such grand condition that they can now stand the worst weather we are likely to get. This happy state of affairs is general throughout Otago and Southland. One farmer down Oreti way testifies that his grass, sown at the end of February did not stop growing till last week. A unosquito found at Auckland in the hold of a steamer from Singapore is declared by Mr. Gilbert Archery, secretary of the Auckland Mosquito Control iCommittoe, to be a live female specimen of the malarial mosquito. Similar mosquitoes had been found on ships from Sydney. _ Mr. D. H. Graham, the research officer, had come to the conclusion that two species (the night- biting mosquito and the spotted daytime biting mosquito) had been introduced to the IDomin-ion’s main ports. The former of these was the transmitter in tropical countries of elephantiasis and possibly, also, of dengue fever.

The “13” superstition against which the Pope recently issued a warning, would seem to be particularly strong among. Loudon householders, and even to be countenanced by the authorities. There is no 13 in the S-trand, nor in Holborn, West-bourne Grove, Haylmarket, St. James’ Street, Wjoburn Square, Gordon Square, Tokenhouse Yard, or Threadneedle Street, while a number of streets, Hike Park Lane, have converted the alleged unlucky number into 12a. On the other hand, a prosperous business has been carried on for many years in premises with the ominous conjunction of 13, Friday Street.

A Wanganui motor salesman had an unprofitable experience a few days ago (says the Herald). A request came from a. Raetihi resident for a catalogue of motor-cars and this was quickly complied with. Giving the prospective client just sufficient time to select a likely car, the saJeslinan set. off for Raetihi hot on the trail of business. He had to go some distance out of the township and duly arrived at the fawn. The house was well set up on a hill with no road suitable for a car to .negotiate, so lie walked the remainder of the distance. On arriving at the door his lip dropped when told that Mr. had no

intention of buying a car, but that his little boy had written for tho catalogue for the purpose of using it in an object lesson at school.

A successful dance was held in the Masonic Hall last evening.

IVith 74 passengers, of whom 32 landed at Wellington, the Union liner Makura arrived yesterday morning after an uneventful passage from San Francisco, via Papeete and Rarotonga. In addition bo 78,009 feet of timber and other cargo, the Makuira brought 3400 cases of fresh fruit from San Francisco ami 10,788 /cases of fruit from Rarotonga for Wellington.

The Limited express from Wellington was an hour late arriving at. Auckland yesterday morning. Trouble with -a hot box on the Prime Minister's call* was primarily responsible for delays on the rim to Palmerston North. Ten minutes’ extra time was occupied at that station in an endeavour to fix it. As the time-table was affected the express had to wait for crossing trains south of Taihape.

A party of Palmerston North residents who were proceeding to the Otnki raves yesterday morning had their journey rudely interrupted a little south of the Whirokino bridge when their car capsized over a four-foot baulk. All the occupants were t'lirown clear, Suffering nothing worse than bruises and a fright. When the motor was righted, they were able to proceed on their journey, says itlie Times.

Two elderly men died suddenly at the Addington racecourse during the progress of the trotting meeting yesterday. In each case the men was standing in front of the totalisator, one of them presumably to collect a dividend. Edward Drdyden, 76 years of .age, collapsed in a fit at 11.15 a.m., and died in a few minutes. The second victim was an elderly man, Frederick Taigel, pastrycook, who died suddenly after the last race. lie had been in failing health for some time.

A thing of ~beauty is a joy for ever. The Minister of Education (the Hon. 11. Atmore) is a firm believer in the truth of the old saying, and he intends to apply if in connection with the erection of new school buildings. He informed a deputation from the conference of Education Boards at Wellington that recently he had seen /fit to reject the plans of three buildings which had been submitted to him, on the score that they did not reach his standard of of architectural beauty. It should be their aim, the Minister said, to instil into minds of the children a love of the beautiful, and one way in which this could be done was to provide the children with well-designed schools.

The “f unny man” on the Auckland “Star” has a. /fertile imagination. Hard put to it. recently for copy lie remembered a visit .to Foxton some twenty years ago what time there was a flood in the Manawatu and a five in Main Street. His memory recalled the visit and inspired the following paragraph : —“The quaint thing about this little town is that the floods and the burning of the main street rarely synchronise. When the town is burning the river is down, and when the river is up the town is not burning down. In Hood fiime it is almost Venetian, and gondolas (of sorts) to muster :he cows with are necessary. It is not uncommon among- the boatmen of the district to run their cows to earth roosting in ‘the willow trees. Yet people one knows find Foxton charming, and, taking to the high ground during- those rare occasions when Hires are on and floods are off, remain for years and years. A little earthquake or so merely lulls these alpinists to gentle slumber.’ 5

There is now a, greater number of vacancies in the College of Cardinals of Rome than for years past, death having been very busy among the high Italian eeiclesiasts. It is expected that a number of new Cardinals will he created in the near future and that his Holiness intends to honour both Ireland and England. Ireland has nearly always had a Cardinal at Armagh, but since the death of -the late Cardinal Archbishop, his successor lias cot been raised to the purple. This will be rectified at the next Consistory. England, because of the

centenary .of Catholic emancipation and the liberty now enjoyed by Catholics in the Empire, will have two Cardinal Archbishops, and the distinguished cleric and scholar Dr. Downey, of Liverpool, will he honoured. Not since the days of Cardinal Manning, when Dr. Newman was created a Cardinal, have two Princes of the church been alive together in England.

P. C. Wren, the well-known author of “Beau Ges-te,” and other popular novels, is a great smoker. When hard at work on a hook, he will 'consume an ounce of tobacco a .day. Strong stuff, too and like most of the American tobaccos rank with nicotine. How does he do it ? It’s certainly risky. Many a /man “strong as a horse” lias had lo give up his pipe because he used the wrong tobacco, that- is tobacco containing an excess of nicotine. How comes it that these foreign tobaccos are all like that? Our New Zealand brands contain so little nicotine that you may indulge in them as h’reely as you please with absolute impunity. The leaf is toasted and that makes all the difference in the flavour and aroma. These ’bac-eics don’t bite the tongue and they burn to the last shred. You can g'et them off any tobacconist. Favourite brands are: “Riverhead Gold” (mild and aromatic); “Cavendish” (the sportsman’s smoke); “Navy (Cut No. 3” (a blend -of choice leaf); and “Cut Plug No. 10” (a rich, dark, full-flavoured sort). —Advt.

A fair percentage of motorists from Wellington to Palmerston N. now travel via Foxton as they pre - fer tillo level roafl and extra distance in preference to hills and 'bends via Shannon.

While hound fro-m Wellington to Dunedin, and when off the Kaiko liras on. Saturday night, the Holm Steamship Company’s steamer Holm dale dropped her propeller and ihc tail end of her shaft-. She was picked.up yesterday morning by the Progress, another of the ’company's steamers, and towed to Lyttelton, where she was docked for repairs. The weather for yesterday’s holiday was ideal. A nulmher of loeal people attended the Otaki races. There were a fair number of visitors to the loeal seaside. In the afternoon a Rugby football match was -played on Easton Park between the local seniors and Wellington Tramway’s team which attracted a large nnimlber of spectators.

For many years Southern Maoris have been endeavouring to obtain from the Government compensation for the Ngaitalm claim to a large portion of the South Island, and a Comimission has recommended the granting of £354,000, states ihe ICihristiohuroh Press. A great num(ber of meetings have been held with the object of coming to some arrangement for the disbursement of the compensation, hut finality has not. yet been reached. The matter will be advanced a further stage with the sitting of the Native Land Court ait Kaiapoi, and a big meeting of the Maoris will be held shortly ait Tuahiwi pa. It is probable that Sir Apirana Ngaita, Native Minister, will be present at this conference.

Sonne tense moments —or, to be correct, minutes —were experienced at a wedding celebrated ■in Palmerston N. on Saturday. The choristers had (proceeded up the aisle, followed h\- the bride, who ■ as accompanied bv her father and ver four bridesmaids mid grouped in front of the altar. The hymn, “The Voice that Breathed o'er Eden," was sung, when it was no-i'.c-ed that the bridegroom and his . roomsmien had not put- in an appe- . ranee. The clergyman, relatives ~nd congregation became apprehensive. The hymn concluded, and all ■imained standing while the organ roke on ominous silence. The broiher of the bridegroom left the church to senjreh for the missing groom and groomsmen, and shortly after came up the aisle with a reassuring smile on his face which Indicated that all was well, and a lew moments later the groom and is four attendants entered and look up their positions, to the great relief of all concerned, and the ; ereimony proceeded. It appears ■ hat instructions were given that a alephone message was to be sent t > the bridegroom and his attendants as soon as the "bride and .•aids were ready to leave for the - Imreih. The telephone message ■.. as not put through, hence the delay. Many motor-ear owners are quite surprised when the registration offcials ask them Hie number of their engine. Old hands, of course, are aware of the fact, but the new wners who go up for -their little 'due plate with the white numbers ; cceive the quetry with quite a Manic look. In registering your car you have to give the engine number as well, as the Auckland Star points nt. Anyone could remove the dc.no liable plate bearing the registered number of the car, and the real test for the identification of a car is the nulnrbcr stamped - on the hard steel of the engine. Just in l lie same way each typewriter is numbered. It is not surprising that many owners don’t know much about the “innards” of their 'ninth hies. One Aucklander who registered his car the other day confessed that although he had been driving for two years he “had never looked inside the bonnet.” When anything went wrong, lie simply drove to the garage, and then men in overalls did the rest.