LOCAL AND GENERAL

Manawatu Herald, Volume L, Issue 3990, 27 August 1929, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The Woodville Jockey Club has made a lady a life member.

Last year the land tax produced £1,140,324, whereas income tax produced £3,310,877. It is more than likely that a lady will be nominated for the vacant scat on the Greytown Borough Council.

Despite the bright sunshine yesterday and to-day the easterly breeze from the snow-capped Tararuas made the atmosphere very chilly. Frosts were experienced yesterday and this morning. In the course of his address at Taihape Mir. Wm. Thompson said it had roused bis anger to find that in Auckland people from Jugoslavia and Poland traded under. Scots names. In Wellington, also, he saw the name Charlie Gordon on a shop and when lie went inside expecting to meet a fellow-Seot, “Charlie” remarked: Veil, vot do' you vant?” He was a Pole.

If a farmer has a farm valued at £50,000 foir land tax purposes with stock value £20,000 and improvements worth £30,000, and an income of £15,000 he would pay £OB2 16/3 total tax. If be was assessed on the same basis as a business •mail earning a net profit of £15,000 and owning land worth £50,000 with improvements worth £30,000 he would pay £3112 16/3. —Huntcrville Express.

Despite the fact that whitebait is scarce in the northern part of the Island the price for their commodity .evidently does not soar to such an extent as it does locally. Says the Auckland Herald: “Whitebait is still fairly scarce. The Maoris who supply the city with this delicacy, caught on the Lower Waikato, are receiving as much as 2/per lb. for the fish, compared with fid or 4d per lb. obtained in the flush of the season. The Maoris are experiencing difficulty in netting at present owing to the state of the river, but conditions are expected to improve shortly.” [Local retailers were asking 5/- per lb. for whitebait yesterday.]

The cinnabar moths that have been liberated in certain wheat infected areas have given fairly hopeful results.

The Reform; Party in Rangitikei is looking for a likely candidate to contest the seat at the next election. It is understood that Mr. W. S. Glenn, who represented the seat for nine years, lias no desire to again offer his services.

At Leichhardt Stadium, Sydney, oi. Saturday night, in a fifteen rounds boxing contest, Tommy Fairhall (10st.)~ outpointed Charlie Purdy (l,ost. 51b.) after a hard, gruelling contest in which the New

Zealander fought gamely. A member of the Woodville Jockey Club stated at the annual meeting that at the period when complimentary tickets were distributed without restriction, unscrupulous persons had got possession of them and sold them in the trains to visiting sportsmen at 2/- each. —Examiner.

The overseas trade figures for New Zealand for the month of July, with the figures for the corresponding period of the previous year in parenthesis, are as follows: —Exports, £2,719,835 (£3,355,121); imports, £4,459,652 (£3,666,276). For the seven monthly period ended July, the exports totalled £40,491,376 r (£41,071,193), and the imports, £26,997,095 (£24,583,976).

in regard to advertising through schools, the Wellington Education Board decided that the letter of the N.Z.E.I. supporting'the resolution of the Headmasters’ Association to the effect that resistance should be offered to any attempt to exploit the schools for advertising purposes be received, and that the institute be informed that the resolution is in accord with the policy of the board.

The Noah’s Ark Exploration Association of Chicago has addressed a Idler to the State Department, setting forth a desire “to explore for Noah’s Ark and to excavate and administer such remains as may he found.” The letter is signed by a Chicago business man, 'William Strong and bears the slogan: “I believe Noah’s Ark is in existence and can be found. It is as legitimate for those who believe in Noah’s Ark to search for it as it is for others to hunt for stone axeheads in the Sahara,desert.”

Maoris have always been credited with the liveliest sense of humour, and that stands to their credit in the estimation of their intellectual capacity. At the recent big I boring held at the Town Hall under the auspices of the Methodist Maori Mission, states The Dominion, llie Rev. Tahupotiki Haddon (of Taranaki), said that at - one time there was a missionary in the district who made his peregrinations on a very skinny horse. One day lie met a Maori oil a hush track in the back-blocks who asked what lie was doing. “I’m a teacher of the Gospel,” said the missionary. ‘4 am following Jesus Christ! “Umph!” said the Maori, “you’ll never catch him on that horse.”

•1 feel I am taking office at a critical time for motorists,” said Air. Jones, the newly-elected President of the North Island Motor Union. “For very many years we have fought for better roads. After numerous conferences we were successful in having legislation placed on the Statute Book which we thought would enable us to have good roads. Wie yielded to taxation which was a good deal more than equitable in order to achieve this object. Now, when we see the possibility of getting, improved roads we find that through a flaw in the legislation promises arc being broken and motorists are likely to be deprived of the £200,000 grant that it was intended the Public Works Department should contribute to the highways annually. We are well-organised, but we will have to take very active steps to have that amount replaced. If the money for highways is going-to be curtailed, it will be very unfortunate.”

Strong opposition to the continuance of the regulation regarding red rear reflectors on cars has been expressed by the North Island Motor Union. The annual report of that body however, says: —“Wo have subsequently learnt that the Commissioner of Transport is, not inclined to delete this regulation. .Our representative voted against the continuance of the compulsory use of a red reflector, but it lias to be admitted that other delegates representing other interested bodies ‘are inclined to agree that the standard red reflector approved by the committee is a means of possibly avoiding accidents.” The report continues: ‘We are very keen to secure an amendment to the Lights on Vehicles Act, making it compulsory that all moving traffic, including push bicycles and horsedrawn vehicles should carry a rear light. Were this enforced it would mean that many accidents of a. serious nature would be averted. We are pleased to state that the Commissioner is in sympathy with our request, and will possibly include the amendment in the forthcoming legislation.”

“The best prophet of the Future is the Past.” —Byron. To act on a precedent is always safe. That is why the majority of New Zealanders take Baxter’s Lung Preserver for coughs and colds —it has sixty years’ popularity to back it up. This rich, red, soothing compound is always dependable and gives relief from the very first dose. Obtainable at all chemists and stores. Generous-sized bottle 2/6; large family size 4/6; and bachelor size 1/6. —4.

A Beautifying Society has been formed in Eketahuna.

Whitebait is still fairly scarce in the Manawatu River, due to the recent flood. One .beach resident was rewarded with a catch of two pounds for his day’s fishing yesterday.

Local Senior Cadets and 'Territorials, about fifty in number, are at present undergoing a week’s military tiraining on the local racecourse,' under the charge of Ser-geant-Major Ryan. During the week-end the. s.s. Himatang'i called in to Fox ton with a full cargo oC cement and took away a consignment of bullocks for the South Island. The loading of the animals on Sunday caused • a good deal of local interest. The Mouloa swamp is still under “water but drying out rapidly. It is anticipated that cutters will he able to resume work by Thursday. The Foxton-Levin Road was covered with a few inches of water on Saturday and Sunday at Whirokiuo but not sufficiently to interfere with traffic. The road is now dry again.

There is still a considerable number of unclaimed medals at the War Offi.ee in London bearing the names of those who took part in the war. The medals department of the Admiralty also have the unclaimed medals of men who performed deeds of valour at Zoebrugge, and other famous engagements. The unclaimed medals at tho I War Office include a number of Military Crosses, D.C.M.’s, and Military Medals. There are also some thousands of unclaimed decorations won in the South African campaign. Mr. W. 11. Field (Otaki) gave notice in the House of Representatives on Friday to ask the Minister of Agriculture whether lie was giving consideration to the vital question of dealing more effectively than had been the ease in the past with the noxious weeds evil in New Zealand, particularly the eradication of weeds on land on which the weeds were only just making their appearance, and on lands which were not yet hopelessly infested; and whether the Minister proposed to introduce amending legislation this session to deal with this serious

menace

With 414 leper patients on its roll, the South Sea Leper Hospital on the Island of Makogai, Fiji, stands out as one of the leading institutions of its kind in the world. Leprosy, according to the man in the street, is a disease from which there is no recovery. Last year 55 patients were discharged from Makogai totally free from the disease cured. This year, so far, 17 have, been discharged cured and the section set aside for cases considered almost ready for discharge is full. “If we can get leprosy cases when the disease is in its early stages,” says Dr. E. A. NelT, medical superintendent, “the chances of effecting cures are now very high. The sooner a case is reported, the better are the chances.”

“1 think there, are very few people who realise what enormous number of stoats and rats there are in New Zealand,” wrote Mr Edgar F. Stead, the well-known Christchurch naturalist, in a letter read at the Wellington Acclimatisation Society’s meeting regarding the protection of bilrds at its game farm. “1 have no doubt whatever that both the black rats and stoats exist here in millions. Neither dogs nor eats, nor both together, will keep these vermin away. I keep two spaniels, and my gardener has one, and yet there are always black rats in the creepers round' my bouse, and stoats within 50 yards of it. If you want to get some idea of the numbers of rats and stoats in the country, have a look at their footprints in the freshly fallen snow, or-in the mud along the banks of streams.”

“I have had a great responsibility placed upon me in the last five fears, during which time there has been committed to me the care of souls in this parish and I want you to try and believe if you can, that I have not carried out that work as a professional,” stated Canon W. Fancourt in his farewell address to the parishioners of All Saints’ Church, Palmerston North, on Sunday evening. “While 1 have been minister to you, there has been one great ambition of mine and that was to bring you into a vision of. Christ, to awaken you to His wonderful greatness, and to stir you to do that which Christ would have you do to build up a new and better world in this age.”

By Jove! £1,200,000 worth of tobacco imported into New Zealand annually! Fancy that! However, every year that passes from now on is bound to witness smaller and smaller importations of tobacco into this country from overseas, for the simple reason that the National Tobacco Co., Ltd., (pioneers of the tobacco industry in New Zealand) is now producing within the Dominion such splendid tobacco that N.Z. must ere long- become independent of outside sources of supply. It may be added that in the opinion of experts this same tobacco is the purest in the world, because, unlike other brands, it is practically free from nicotine and may be indulged in to any extent with perfect safety. Its comparative iimocuousness is partly due to the soil in which it is grown and partly to the fact that the leaf is toasted in the process of manufacture. There are various -brands, ranging from “Riverhead Gold” (a mild aromatic), to “Cut Plug No. 10,” a rich, fullbodied sort. Betwixt and between come “Cavendish” and “Navy Cut No. 3” both medium strength, and all toasted. —Advt. 27.

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