Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 1929. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume L, Issue 3990, 29 August 1929, Page 2

Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 1929. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A sign of the times was demonstrated at the last meeting of the Waipukurau Borough Council, when it was announced that another truck had been purchased and there was now no work for the solitary horse left. As the animal was blind and had done good service, the horse was handed over to a councillor, on whose farm he will end his days in peace. The ‘Woman orator Avas raving and ranting to an audience of men. “Women,” she shrieked, “at all times have been the backbone of all nations. Who was the world’s greatest hero? Helen of Troy! Who was the world’s greatest martyr? Joan of Arc! Who was the world’s greatest ruler? Who, I sav, was. the world’s greatest ruler?” And simultaneously that entire crowd of men arose and answered in one voice, “My Wife!”

The m.v. Fox-ton completed its first round trip yesterday when she called in to Foxton with a full cargo of grain from Lyttelton. Besides full hatches the yessel carried a quantity of deck cargo in the form of hay. Good weather was experienced lmth on the run down and up. The vessel arrived outside the bar at 7 p.m. on Tuesday and crossed the bar at 3 o’clock the ■following morning. After discharging its cargo the vessel left at 3 o’clock yesterday afternoon for Wellington and Lyttelton.

There is a certain lozenge in use for coughs and colds in connection with which there is a little story. When they first came into the Dominion under the name of “lozenges” the Customs duty on them Avas levied as upon confectionery. If was afterwards discoAcred (hat if they were landed as a chemistry line the duty would he less. Then the name was changed to “tablets” and now they come ii: under a lesser duty. So there is something in a name, after all. The Mayor of Christchurch, John Kendrick Archer, was sued at the Christchurch Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday for £0 10/- for damages caused in a motor collision. Plaintil!, Frederick John Reynolds, a carrier, alleged that Archer’s motor car struck his (plaintiff’s) motor van at a street intersection causing damage Avhich cost £6 10/- to repair and 'that the collision was due to Archer’s negligence. The Magistrate, after hearing much evidence, gave judgment for the amount claimed with costs.

There are Avedding presents and wedding presents, and the majority of people bent on making purchases to suit the purpose visit shops and all manner of trading houses, but there have been notable exceptions. A Wanganui farmer considered that 500 fencing posts was as good a present as he could make to the son of a neighbour avlio Avas setting out. to carve a home in the hush. Another farmer made a gift of a cord of neatly-cut manuka blocks to a young couple residing in the city.

A very sad aspect of the affliction which has befallen Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Morison, of Morison Bush, near Greytown, in the loss of their 4-year-old son by electrocution. on Saturday last, fts that the deceased laddie’s sister, threeyears old, is afflicted with cancer of the eyes. A few months ago it was found necessary to remove one eye, and latterly the other has also been taken out. The boy and girl Avere devoted to each other, the lad leading her .around, and playing Avith her happily all day. His sad death Avill he very keenly felt, and the deepest sympathy is expressed Avith the bereaved ones. A poultryman near Wellington writing to a friend in Wanganui makes the following interesting comments, which indicate that the position merits investigation hv the Government: “Things are not too good. As egg-production increased so the price of fowl food went up. The wheat pool put 2d a bushel more on Avheat, and a good many people ha\ r e gone ont of the- poultry business. Eggs have not been

so cheap in. the winter for 5 years, and foAvl feed so dear. I think there must be a ring forcing the price of eggs down, so that speculators can buy great and put them i_n cold storage, releasing them on the market when eggs are dear.”

The old railway bridge across the Otaki River, which has stood, with occasional patching since the days of the Manawatu Company, has outlived its span of usefulness, and is to be replaced by a steel girder bridge with concrete piers by the Raihvay Department. It will he built alongside the old bridge, and will necessitate a deviation of the track. Tenders have been called for the erection of the concrete piers, hut the- steel work will be done by the Department, Between 400 and 500 tons of structural steel will be used in the job, and all 'the girders are being made in the Hutt Railway workshops. The spans will be of 00 feet.

“The Gamble of Life,” for princes o(r clods, Is losing the stakes in taking the

odds; “The Gamble of Life,” is scramble and strife, Hustle for dollars and pleasing a

Avife. “The Gamble of Life,” as seasons

come round, Is greeting the Aveather in language profound; “The Gamble of Life” brings us

c-olds to endure, Then comes Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure.— 24,

The cattle shipped from Foxton to Lyttelton by the s.s. ilimatangi on her last trip arrived in good condition and topped the market at Addington.

A disagreement among members of the Feildinv Blanket Society necessitated a visit from an official of the parent body to investigate allegations concerning unbusinesslike methods. A full meeting of .members Avas held and after a lengthy discussion, the atmosphere was cleared by the withdrawal of the president’s resignation and the secretary tendering her resignation.

A suggestion by an Auckland shopkeeper that the six street collections permitted each ye air should he spread over rhe twelve months instead of grouped in the middle months of the period was placed before the Auckland City Council last week by the (Chamber of Commerce, states the “New Zealand Herald.” 'i lie communication also suggested that the street stalls should be placed outside banks or insurance offices or in side streets, instead of on the frontages of retail shops. The Finance Committee recommended that, in vieAV of the frequent complaints from business interests, organisations Avhich had received collection permits during the last, three years should be asked to co-operate in a mass effort, onee a year, and thus avoid frequent appeals. The suggestion avhs adopted.

A paragraph Avhich appeared in many New Zealand ucAvspapers recently told lioav a badly-injured dog was left lying a long while on the roadside because none of the many passing" motorists felt entitled to put it out of misery. The inspector for the 'Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals at Nelson, Mr. F. Seed, told a reporter the other day that in such a case a motorist should notify the police or an S.P.C.A. inspector, or, failing either, a. justice of the peace. The last-named was empowered by the Police Offences Act to authorise any person in writing to destroy any impounded or stray animal which in the justice’s opinion ought to be killed on account of weakness, disease or disablement. The local authority would no doubt see to the removal of the carcase if notified.

An attempt was made some time early on Sunday, by some person or persons unknown, to wreck the stop-bank guarding the Ruamahanga River at a point at the rear of Mr. Stuart Read’s residence at Kahutara, Wairarapa. At the time the river Avas in high flood, running within six feet of the top of the bank. The perpetrators of the act cut a breach 20 feet long and 6 feet deep in the hope that the water would do the rest and flood Mr. G. Elgar’s property as well as that of other residents living further doAvn the A’alley. Luckily the flood water had 'reached its height, and cnlv a trickle came through. Had the attempt succeeded, 3000 sheep and hundreds of head of cattle belonging to Mr. Elgar, as well as the stock on Mr. J. O. Sutherland’s and Mrs. iL. Sinclair’s farms, besides others, Avould have been destroyed. There Avas also every probability that human life would have been lost. Luckily the attempt was unsuccessful, and the matter is iioav in the hands of the police. It is understood that a detective is making enquiries and that further developments are likely to result. Curiosity is frequently expressed by smokers Avheu told that the New Zealand tobaccos grown and manufactured by the National Tobacco iCo., Ltd., (pioneers of the tobacco industry in N.Z.) arc toasted. “Why toasted?” they will ask. The explanation is simple. Toasting serves two purposes. (1) It helps materially to eliminate the nicotine in the leaf; (2) it develops flavour and bouquet. Imported tobaccos contain far too much nicotine to render their habitual use safe. Toasted tobaccos, on the other hand, are perfectly safe because most of their nicotine content is destroyed. Hence they may be freely indulged in without fear of consequences and as for flavour and aroma, toasting brings out both surprisingly. There are, indeed, no purer or sweeter tobaccos and no tobaccos so innocuous as those referred to. Not only superior to the imported, they are also cheaper. Favourite brands: “Riverhead Gold,” a beautiful, mild aromatic; “Navy Cut No. 3” a choice medium; “Cavendish” (the sportsman’s smoke) another lino medium; and “Cut Plug No. 10," a full-flavoured sort of rare excellence, —Advt. 28.