Manawatu Herald. SATURDAY, SEPT. 21, 1929. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Manawatu Herald, Volume L, Issue 4000, 21 September 1929, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. SATURDAY, SEPT. 21, 1929. LOCAL AND GENERAL

There is nothin}? further to report in connection with the Himatangi tragedy. The police are still .prosecuting inquiries. The date of the inquest lias not yet been fixed.

A reminder is given of the special general meeting of the Foxton Horticultural Society, to lie held in All Saints’ ‘Schoolroom on Monday evening at 7.30 o’clock. A full attendance of members is requested as the business of the meeting is of an important nature.

On Thursday evening next at the conclusion of'the usual monthly meeting of the Foxton Chamber of Commerce, members will be entertained to a social evening by Mr. A. Alsop, of Manawatu Heads. The business of the meeting will' be transacted in Ross’s Rooms, commencing at 7.30 o’clock and members will adjourn to Fairey’s Rooms at 8 p.ni. The unusual distinction of securing the passage of a private mtmi•ber’s Bill was attained by the.Labour member for Auckland Suburbs (Mr. H. G. R. Mason) in the House on Thursday. The measure was the Marriage Amendment Bill, and it maik.es provision forT lie marriage of a man with the neice of Ids deceased wife, or of a woman with the nephew of her deceased husband.

“W]hat did you tind the most remarkable feature of Japan?’’ a'returned New Zealander was asked. ‘‘The population " There are 10,000,000 of them in a country which is the same size as New Zealand, and in which only 1 per cent, of the land is arable. ‘Every inch of the land that it is possible to cultivate is cultivated, in the valleys*and on the hills. Where it is too steep to cultivate in any other way, it is cut into terraces and cultivated.”

While a meeting of the Gisborne Bowling Club was in progress on Thursday a prominent member, Samuel Joseph Henry Moncriolf, aged 72, a retired Civil servant, ■collapsed and died almost immediately. He had ,just submitted an amendment to a motion for the relaying out of the green and had outlined his own plan when lie sat down suddenly, and he died within a few minutes. He was highly esteemed in bowling circles and was treasurer of the Gisborne Bowling Club. Fie leaves a widow and two daughters.

An assurance that there was no intention on the part of the Government this year to withhold from the Main Highways Board the transfer to its construction fund of £200,000 from the Public Works Fund, and £35,000 to its Revenue Fund from the ‘Consolidated Fund was given by the Prime Minister (Rt. Hon. Sir Joseph Ward) on Thursday to a large deputation representing the North and South Island Motor Unions, automobile associations, progress and expansion leagues, chambers -of commerce, and other local bodies. Sir;,Joseph Ward intimated* that he would reconsider his original intention 'of charging interest on the £200,000, but; made it clear that no interest would have to be paid on similar grants in the past. The Prime Minister insisted that lie had never-gi-ven any indication that the funds would lie withheld, and did not mince, words in his criticism of those who had based their arguments on the assumption that he had.

A comparatively harmless Hospitals Amendment Bill providing for the amalgamation of the W'airau and 'Pieton hospitals was responsible for at least one humorous incident in flic House of Representa - tives on Thursday night. The Prime Minister was reclining in his seat while Mr. J. A. Nash ('Reform,, Pal-' merston Noirtli) was discussing the shortage of house surgeons, when all of a sudden Sir Joseph sat holt upright and interjected: ‘•'Let us get on with the Bill.” “Have you awakened?” asked Mr Nash amidst a roar of laughter. “I am very much surprised to hear that '.remark from tip? Prime Minister. I am surprised at him." It is quite unusual. lie is generally very courteous to members of the House, andil may say that I resent the'remark very much. 1 hope the right .honourable gentleman will go ; fo .sleep again. (Laughter). lam very glad I have been able to wake the ■right honourable gentleman up.”

London’s latest Anti-Tobacco Society has started with the avowed object of “putting everybody’s pipe oint.” Some contract! Why these good people who object so strongly to tobacco cannot be content to abstain from it thentselves without trying to force'everybody’ to follow suit is the question. Tobacco comforts and solaces millions .every day. Professor Oglethorpe, the famous scientist, insists that the harmfulness or otherwise of the weed depends entirely on the brand. Tobaccos heavily charged with nicotine (as most of the imported brands are) lie condemns as unsafe, but be considers toasted tobaccos with their trifling nicotine content as not only harmless, but in many cases positively beneficial. When it comes to purity there’s nothing superior to the New Zealand, produced by the National Tobacco Co., Ltd., (pioneers of the N.Z. tobacco industry). Sweet, cool and fragrant this tobacco possesses a wonderful appeal for smokers. Popular brands: “Jtiverhead Gold” (mild and aromatic), “Cavendish” (the sportsman’s smoke), “Navy Cut No. 3” (a blend of choice leaf), and “Cut Plug No. 10” (rich, dark and fullllavoured). —A.dvt 37.

The ladies of the local Salvation

Army Home League have decided In bold a. “Rainbow” Fair on Wednesday, Ohtober 9th, to assist the So!L'-iDfiiial appeals. The local wharf presented a very .active'appearance this morning when the s.si Ilimatangi was loading cattle for Lyttelton and the in.v. Foxton discharging a general cargo from the south.

There has been considerable mortality among young, stock in Taranaki during the past two or three moitths, due to the wet. and cold weather. Many farmers report their losses as high as 10 per cent. Lambs have also suffered during the past few weeks, as the result of unfavourable weather conditions.