Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, JUNE 11, 1929. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Manawatu Herald, Volume L, Issue 3954, 11 June 1929, Page 2

Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, JUNE 11, 1929. LOCAL AND GENERAL

At last night’s. B'orough Council meeting, votes of sympathy were passed, on the motion of-the Mayor, to Ci’s. John Ross and ,F. Lucinsky in itheir recent bereavements.

At last night’s Borough Council meeting the foreman reported that during the month 1,655,000 gallons of water was pumped, the maximum current used was 32 amps.

At last night’s Borough Council meeting the poundkeeppr 'reported that during the month eight head of stock were impounded and driving fees amounting to 5/- collected.

The Presbyterian Ladies’ Social Guiild held a most enjoyable 1 tinie at the residence of Mrs. Stevenson, Park Street, on Wednesday Afternoon. Mesdames Perreau and Baird were the competition winners. Afternoon tea was dispensed by it-lie hostess who was accorded a hearty vote of thanks. At last night’s Borough Council meeting a recomlmendation from the works committee that a street lamp be erected between Clyde Street in - tersection and. the Triangle, was adopted. Cr. Cowley in supporting the proposal pointed out that this portion of Main Street was in semiriairkness at night and the light was needed in the interests of .(public safety. /

At a meeting of the local branch of the Plunket Society held yesterday afternoon, at which the Advisory Board were present, the Courthouse site for the Society’s building was turned down. The selection of a suitable site will be discussed at a later meeting when plans and specifications will also be presented. Last month was a record May in Nelson for sunshine and the driest on record. The average rainfall in Nelson for May is Approximately 3in., but during last month only 54 points fell. On only three days during the month was there no bright sunshine, and eight days had nine hours or more. The total sunshine period was 193 horn’s, 15 minutes.

A nuimlber of farms within 15 or 20 miles of Wanganui have been offered to the Government for closer settlement purposes. Mr. J. T. Hogan, M.P., for Rangitikei, has brought under the notice of the Government five or six properties of, including one of 5000 or 6000 acres. The Government’s' attention has also been dra'wn to lai’ge areas in the Waitotara and other districts.

Asked in Hamilton recently if it was proposed to continue the policy established by the late Government, under which the maximum deposit in the Post Office Savings Bank on which interest was paid was limited to £2OOO, the Prime Minister, Sir Joseph Ward, said there was no intention at present at any rate to change that policy. However, an alteration might come with a fluctuation of the money market.

Notification was made last week by the Colonial Sugar Refining Co., of a reduction 'in the wholesale price of No. TA. sugar by 10/- per ton. The reduction applies to all sugars excepting icing and talbfe or cube sugar. The current price of £lB per ton f.o.b. Auckland for No. 1A is the lowest price for sugar in New Zealand since 1914. It ;was raised on 22nd December of that year from £l9 5s to £2O, and subsequently, in july, 1920, it reached £l7 per ton. i

A proposal was before the Borough Council last night from the Reserves Committee recommending that the borough pound be (lone away with and instead of impounding stock that persons allowing stock to wander be prosecuted... It was pointed out that Levin and Rongotea. had adopted this method of dealing with wandering stock and that expenditure on improving the pound Was not justified. The reconimendation was held over until next meeting. A. j

Many a man has had to give np smoking simiply 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 disorder's are invariably traceable to excess of nicotine in the leaf. Absolutely the purest tobaccos are our own 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: “Riverliead Gold” (a mellow aromatic), “Cavendish” (a fine mediujm variety); “Navy Cut No. 3” (a blend of choice tobaccos) and “Cut Plug No. 10” (a grand full flavoured sort). The demand for these goods is so widespread that every tobacconist stocks them. They are on sale from North Cape to the Bluff. They are also obtainable from many grocers and storekeepers.—Advt.

Accounts amounting to £823 8s 5d were passed for payment at last night’s Borough Council meeting. The price of bread over the counter at Wellington was reduced on Saturday by Id per 41b. loaf, or jd per 21b. loaf. The estate of the'late Mr. James Trounson, of Auckland, has been sworn for probate at under £IOO,000 and the estate of the late Mr. J. H. Upton, a director of the Auckland 'Savings Bank, was sworn for probate at under £130,000. Those present at last night’s Borough Council meeting were: His Worship it he Mayor (Mr. M. E. Perreau) and Crs. Rangdlieuea, C. Rand, D. R. Barron, A. Crowe, S. E. Cowley, R. J. Thompson, Fred. Robinson, F. Lucinsky and John Ross.

The local Chamber of Commerce has accepted an invitation from the provisional directors of the Hiinatangi Shipping Co. to co-operate with the company in fittingly celebrating the successful inauguration of the company at a function to he held when the steamer makes its initial visit to Foxton. Fatal results attended a cut in the groin sustained by Mr. H. C. Wilson, aged 59, a well-known farmer of Mangaweka, states a Tailrape correspondent. Mr. Wilson was erntchiing sheep when he was knocked down by one of the animals. He fell on the blade of his shears and his leg was cut deeply. The wound hied profusely. A doctor was sulmmoned from Hunterville, hut Mr. Wilson died later in the day. Under the will of the late Mr. Alexander Henry Maclean, of Dunedin, a fund of £4OOO is set aside to create a trust, the income of which is to be paid to the diocesan hoard of the Anglican Church in the Dunedin diocese, to be used in providing personal pleasures for the children of Anglican orphanages in or near Dunedin. Picnics, games, pleasure trips, and entertainments are indicated.

Walter William Hyphus, aged 42, was found dead by his wife with his throat cut in a shed at the rear of his residence at Christchurch on Saturday. A bloodstained razor lay beside the body. liyplms, who was an ex-soldier, had been suffering from acute depression due to ill-health. He had suffered severe wounds and his health had been indifferent for a long period. Recently his depression had been more marked. At the inquest Mr. Levvey, S.M., returned a verdict of suicide while in a state of mental depression.