LOCAL AND GENERAL

Manawatu Herald, Volume L, Issue 3976, 27 July 1929, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

A hard frost was experienced locally this morning followed by blight sunshine. A dog picked up a bone in Main Street! this morning, which its owner compelled it to drop. On arriving at the residence of its owner a shoirt timlej afterwards the dog- died. Evidently another case of poisoning.

“After all, what shall it profit a .child if the gains the whole curriculum and loses his health?” said Mrs. Stevens, of Hamilton, in an address to the Hamilton Rotary f Clu,b in support of the proposal to form a branch of the Open Air School Lea gue. Hundreds of sharks’ teeth have been discovered in a cargo of phosphates which arrived in Auckland the other day by the steamer Newton Pine, from Morocco. The phosphates came from many miles inland, and the molars are believed to be hundreds of yeats old. Though pillion-lading 1 has been sanctioned by law the chief traffic inspector at Christchurch, Mr. 11. Macintosh,! does not- favour it. He told . members of the Pioneer Sports'Club that 13 motor-cyclists with pillion riders had been killed (luring the past year in Canterbury, while nealrly as mi any more bad been maimed.

Lives of great men all remind us that earthly fame is of a fleeting charaetejr. The lady who entered into the discussion on Gladstone was a characteristic product of the 'education system in the dark pre-Almore era. 'She had matriculated, and that: was enough. “G la dstone—Gladstone she murmured. “Let rnie see, who was lie? Oil, yes, of course. Those fanny little bags are named after him.”

“■There is less speeding on the highways than there was a few years ago,” said a. Wanganui motorist recently to a reporter. “That is contralry to what a lot of people expected,” he added, “for, with improved road surfaces, it was thought that motoring would become a very much more serious danger to life than it was.” He considered that the novelty of the good road was wearing off and those who wanted to speed were looking' to the air.

Twenty-nine whales have been captured by 'the Perano party up to flic present, this season (says the Marlborough Press). The whalers have been exceptionally busy during the past week. According to a return presented to Parliament, the Government paid by way of bounty to the Onakaka Iron and Steel Company, Ltd'., for the year which ended on March 31st last, £0729 18/- in respect of 5170 tons 17ewt. of pig iron manufactured at Onakaka, Collingwood. Prior to April 1, 1928, £14,548 7s 2d was paid to the company in respect of 10,602 tons 7ewt. 2qr. of pig iron.

It seems that Chicago is not the only place where attacks from bandits are feared, says the Auckland 'Star. Even in Auckland, special precautions are sometimes taken to guard against attacks. The thousands of city workers who poured down Queen Street about 5 o'clock on a recent evening were surprised to see four mien marching along the footpath armed with revolvers and pushing 1 a small truck upon which were bags of silver and banknotes. The explanation of this unusual sight was that a y-iity firm was having its strongroom rebuilt, and the day’s takings were being' conveyed to the hank lor safe keeping. The following remit in reference to the cutting^of trees was carried at the conference. 1 of the Elec Hie Power Boards’ Association in Wellington on Thursday:—“That legislation be enacted to. the effect that, if after duo notification by a power board or supply authority to cut trees, the person so notified ne - glects to satisfactorily cut same, he shall be held responsible for any subsequent accident or damage which may result in consequence; and further, that in such cases of neglect the iboard or supply authority may cut the trees with reasonable care at its own discretion, and may recover the cost ■without incurring any liability whatsoever fGr damages.”

iVflien lecturing to- the Wellington Philosophical Society on Kapiti Island, Mr. J. C. Andersen remarked that a good beginning had been made with the study of the island’s natural history. But that study was not yet completed, and there was still much to be learned. It was an intensely interesting place, lie said, where there was always something fresh to.be learned. The birds there seemed to be entirely without fear of 'human beings. The island looked asleep, and seemed asleep when one first landed on it, but after a short sojourn there one found that there was any amount to do. The flora, the birds, and the insects had been studied, but there was plenty of scope for further work in these directions and in the study of the Ashes, seaweeds, mosses, and lichens.

A movement is on foot to perpetuate fittingly, the memory of the late-Sir James Wilson, of Bulls. Mr. A. L. Hunt waited upon the Dominion Conference of the Farmers’ Union in Wellington on Wednesday and asked the union to appoint representatives to the central committee which has the project in hand. He said that Sir James Wilson had been recognised as the father of the Farmers’ Union, Forestry League and Board of Agriculture, and had been the pioneer of agricultural education. His nobility of character and singleness of purpose had been an inspiration to all, and everyone should readily join in the movement to fittingly ■perpetuate his memory. Messrs W. I. Poison, M.P., J. D. Hall and A. E. Harding were appointed to represent the Farmers’ Union on the central committee.

Quite a lot of ’flu "about! It’s unfortunate that even one person sickening for or recovering from this dlreaded colmplaint may give it to any number of others. And so the scourge spreads! An Auckland doctor says thers’s nothing like tobacco-smoke to ward off infection. His advice is: “Keep your pipe going When knocking about, especially when travelling in public conveyances.” Wise counsel ! But see that your ’baccy is right. The purest brands of all are grown and manufactured by the ’National Tobacco Company, Ltd., (pioneers of the tobacco industry in New Zealand), and owe their majrked superiority to the fact that, they are toasted, which process:’rids them of nicotine and gives thair delightful fragrance and flavour. They are perfectly safe smoking. There are brands to snit all tastes. Ask for “Riverhead Gold” (a mild aromatic), “Navy Cut" and “Cavendish” (both medium, and both delicious), and “Cut Plug No. 10” (rich, dark, and fullflavoured). These tobaccos are on sale everywhere.—Advt 10.