The Manawatu Herald. TUESDAY, OCTOBER, 22, 1929. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume L, Issue 40013, 22 October 1929, Page 2

The Manawatu Herald. TUESDAY, OCTOBER, 22, 1929. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The s.s. Himatangi arrived i7i .port last night and the m.v. Foxton is expected to-night. Twenty-one babies were born at the Palmerston North Maternity Hemio during September, while 39 mothers attended at, the ante-natal clinic.

The Hawke’s Bay County Con licit is up in arms because its subsidy from flic. Main Highways Board for the coming year is only £2050. Its programme provided foir a subsidy of £30,000. It is ofljiciallv announced that the P|rime Minister (Sir Joseph Ward) is maintaining the improvement. in his health, and hopes to resume his seat in the House this week.

Acceptances of the invitation t<; the Five-Power Naval Conference, issued by the British Government, have been received from the United States, Prance, Italy,-and Japan, so that the 'conference is now as • sure (l.

Yesterday was Trafalgar Day —the 124th anniversary of the battle. Flags were displayed at all schools and public buildings as the outward signs of remembrance and .special addresses were delivered to ythe school children.

Since the beginning 1 of the present racing season there has been a marked increase in totalisator investments. Exclusive of trotting clubs, the nett increase for the Dominion from August 1 tp last Saturday was over £90,000,„.cq.m----pared with the corresponding period of last season.

A Danneviilke farmer who runs sheep in a small way along with cows has had a remarkable lambing percentage —exactly 200. He has 35 sheep—33 of them having twins; nine had only one lamb, but another came to the rescue with triplets.

The telephone rang in the railway hooking office at Invercargill the other day. After the preliminaries, a voice asked the. clerk, “How many miles is it to Kingston via Winton, and how . many' via Gorge?” The clerk asked the inquirer which train he wished to 'travel by. “Oh, I’m motoring,” was the reply. Several Maoris were busily engaged on the main street of T'auYanga early one morning recently searching for £ll lost by a native woman. They were volubly discussing the loss when a man came along with his dog. A few minutes later the dog was busy with something in the roadside and an investigation disclosed the lost money, which was promptly restored to the owners.

The local Basket Ball Club in tends holding a wind-up dance a an earlv date

Accommodation will he at a premium in Foxton during the week end owing to the motor sports and other local functions.

Tavpping rabbits is often held up as an example of getting rich quickly, but this method has to yield the ipa-l.ni to white-baiting (says the iSoutlilaud Times). Two whitebaiters are reported to have c aught sufficient whitebait in the Mataura river in six hows to bring them in a return of £6O.

The past, month, from a charitable aid-point of view has been a good one, Mr. F. Aisher, charitable aid officer, reported to the Hospital Board -meeting yesterday. In Palmerston North he issued 157 rations to 18 families at a cost of £4B <l2/4, compared with 216 rations to 25 families at a cost of £66 12/for August. In September, 1928, he issued 199 rations to 30 families at a cost of £49 15/-. The number of casuals calling on him had been normal. Of the 26 men who called he assisted 21 at a cost of £5 12_/-. On Friday afternoon a tragic occurrence took place on Tahuna Road, Nelson, when a young man named Ashley Wjray Kenyon, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Kenyon, or Orinono, died as the result of injuries sustained. In the morning the young man ea.mie- into town and purchased a motor-bicycle and side-cibair. While on ;the return journey he came into collision with a motor-ear, being driven from the country by Mr. William Pattie, of Nelson, who was also accompanied by Mrs. Pattie. According to eyewitnesses the motor-cycle got out of control just as it was about, to pass the car, and sfweryed into it. Mr. Pattie, who was on lii-s correct side of the road, immediately applied his brakes in an endeavour to avoid the impact, but was unable to do so. Kenyon was thrown against the radiator of the car, and then on to the roadway. He died in an ambulance on the way to the hospital. ‘ A fractured skull was the immediate cause of death.

Some humorous remarks were made by 'Bishop Wj'est-Watson in welcoming Commodore Blake, the new commodore of the New Zealand Navy, reports the “iChristclrarch Press.” The Bishop heartily joined. in the welcome to their guests and wished them a happy time in New Zealand. “I don’t know what the negotiations at Washington are leading to,” he said, “but- I should like to say that a. writer in the ‘Manchester Guardian’ has remarked that we could get on very well without Bishops, but if Bishops were abolished they would have to get something to wear gaiters. If those piping days of peace come and those energies devoted to war are applied to other purposes, we would have to appoint somebody to wear the blue and gold of the Xavy.” lie iuliletl that liie honour of the Empire was safe in the hands of the Navy, the men of which were ambassadors of goodwill to the many ports over the world which they visited. Part of their work might be: helping the world on to the greatest victory of all —the victory of world peace and gladness. A prophet they say has no honour in his own country, and unfortunately it has been the practice very largely in the past of New Zealanders to pass by the products of their own country in favour of imported goods often actually inferior to the. New Zealand article. Pooh at tobacco. .Most American brands contain an excess of nicotine. This means defective comjbustability. and the consequent clogging of 'the pipe, with unpleasant, and indeed injurious consequences to the smoker. Not so with the N.Z! goods. They are all toasted and this rids them of nicotine and gives' them their famous flavour and fragrance. They do not foul the pipe, and leave the month sweet and 'clean. They are National Tobacco Co., Ltd. (pioneers of the N.Z. tobacco industry), and unlay be smoked continuously and leave no after effects. If you like a full body try “Cut Plug No. 10;’’ if you prefer something milder there are ‘"Cavendish” and “Navy •Out;” and if you preference is for a. velry mild brand get “Riverhcad Gold.”—Advt. 52.