The Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1929. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume L, Issue 40016, 29 October 1929, Page 2

The Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1929. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A 'Moth aeroplane passed along live coast yesterday Morning travelling in a southerly direction. The easterly wind yesterday marred the enjoyment to a large extent of those spending a holiday at the local seaside.

A chalrgc of being found intoxicated in charge of a motor car in Cathedral Square, Christchurch, was preferred against George Exton, aged 40, a 'blacksmith. Accused had twice previously been convicted for a similar offence. A line of £25 was imposed and Exton was prohibited from obtaining a. license! for two years.

“Do you ever drink?” asked counsel of a woman in a case in Christ church last week!. “Oh, yes a little ‘old arid mild’ occasionally—the same as I think, by the look of you, that you take,” was the tart (reply. “Old and mild! "What on earth is old and mild?” inquired counsel, with marked evidence of rising anger. “Winter, of course,” rapped'out the witness, amid loud laughter. Many distressing eases: of wheel wobble can be seen on the roads. This is frequently due to. the front being moved out of true, or to a bent dumb-iron. The case is one for a skilled mechanic, who should straighten the dumb-iron ,and true-up the axle. Cars fitted with quarter-elliptic or transverse

front spring's are prone to wheel wobble, owing to misalignment of springs or wear in the radius-fod joints.

' • “Business has not yet returned to normal, and the effects of the recent earthquakes are still beingfelt,” said a Greymouth retailer the other day (says the Greymouth Star). The retailer added that the carrying out of repairs to the earthquake damage had cost many people a good deal of money. Recuperative trips, particularly for women folk, had been expensive, and some people had left 'the district altogether, leading their debts behind them.

“I should have thought it would be regarded as a compliment to their skill and methods,” observed Mr. W. If. Jones when it was mentioned to the Taranaki Education Board at its last meeting that some teachers did not seem keen on having visiting student teachers present while the classes were in progress. The hoard decided strongly to approve the inspectors encouraging, where desirable, observation visits to schools by teachers. In the opinion of the boated a very much wider use should be, 4 made of this privilege. v a The longest ten minutes of one girl’s life occurred the other evening at Auckland when she arrived at a suburban church in time for her wedding to find all in darkness. The electric light had failed.- Inside, the organist played to a crowded church; outside, men and women moved •.about in the dank, hut the only light came from the leading sedan in a long line of cars, where a nervous bride received constant assurance that all would soon be well. Power .Board engineers soon found the break: the bridesmiled, and all went according to schedule.

“It is unfair to expect children to wait their turn where teeth extraction is being carried on,” said Mr. P. J. 11. White at a recent meeting of the Taranalki Education Board, when suggesting that waiting- rooms should be provided at dental clinics. Though the operation might not be painful it was distressing to watch, and must [have an undesirable effect on the children, he said. He was sure adults object if they had to wait their turn under similar circumstances, yet in wet weather, at some of the clinics, there was no place for the children to wait but in the surgeries. It was decided to point out ;to the Department that the 0 type of clinic was most unsuitable owing to the absence of a waiting room.

A number of members of Lodge Tain (Wellington) accompanied by. their .wives, paid a fraternal visit to the local Masonic Lodge on Saturday and were entertained in the evening at a social gathering. Mr. E. A. Mason, W.-M. of the local lodge, extended a welcome to the visitors. On Sunday the visitors proceeded to the seaside and subsequently went on a motor tour ot the countryside. The weather was perfect and the visitors were loud in their praises of the splendid hospitality -extended to them by the local brethren.

Banking' tales were ithe vogue during the informal portion of a farewell function to Mr. F. S. Sea■lno'n, retiring manager of the National Bank at 'Napier, and naturally most of these narrated concerned overdrafts. One story concerned a native 'Who approached his bank manager, but was refused an overdraft. On the Maori being persistent the manager said that if the native could /pick which was his glass eye he would grant the irequest. The Maori nominated the correct eye at the first guess, and on being asked by the manager how ho managed it, he remarked: “Well, that eye was the only one with any sympathy in it,” Another story concerned a business man who asked for an overdraft. “How much do you want?!' ashed the manager. “How much have you got.?” replied his client.

The turbulent monarch of a turbulent country, the Sheik of Irak, will soon have his almost impregnable domains exposed to his surrounding enemies, this being accomplished by Great Britain opening up a road through the Rowanduz Horge. Engaged on this great engineering feat is A. M. Hamilton, 8.E., an ex-Waitaki High School boy. Mr. Hamilton, while engaged on this work, met the sheik on the Spillik Pass, and describes him as of the variety fo thrill the fiapperelte. Mounted on a black stallion, the 'S'heik 1 , iSaid Talia, with bis eohrot of armed men, interpreters, servants, and heavily-laden mules, returning from Bagdad, was so interested that lie pulled up and made many.inquiries from ybung Hamilton regarding the work. 'The 'latter knew well that 'the sheik is opposed to the road being cut,through, but. owing his very existence to Britain’s projection, he deems it discreet to say nothing.

The story of bow a Scottish boy from Lensburgh has made good overseas is told by the New Zealand High Commissioner (states a London correspondent). The lad in question, Alexander Ritchie, sailed for New Zealand under the New Zealand Sheepfarmers’ scheme in August, 1924. He was trained in fanning at Flock House, and a year after he landed, being then 17 years, lie was apprenticed to a farmer in the South Island. After completing this engagement lie sent home to Scotland for his brother, and the two have gone into partnership in a farm at Havelock, in the South Island, which has been possible through the thrift of the Flock House lad in putting by his wages. The two .boys have now sent for their mother and younger brother, and in a little while the family, after five years, will be reunited in their new home. An excellent example is thus afforded of the opportunities open to hardworking, thrifty boys who are accepted under the New Zealand Flock Houses eheme.

The suggestion that the weather in New Zealand is in some way connected with that in Great Britain was mentioned in Auckland to Dr. El Kidson, the Government meteorologist, who was asked whether an exceptionally; dry summer could lie expected, following that experienced inithe Old Country. Dr. Kidson said New Zealand weather was difficult to correlate with other places in distant parts of the world. “There is a slight agreement between weather hi the Antipodes and in Great Britain,” lie continued, “hut it refers more to Australia than to New Zealand. The problem, however, has not been fully investigated. A year or two ago a discussion took place in Christchurch concerning the similarity between the weather there and in England. I went into the matter at the time, but failed to find any connection. There may be some very slight connection between weather' conditions in the -two countries, but it is very slight, aiid is not sufficient fo be the basis of a forecast, for this summer's wea-ther.”-—Auckland Star.

Ever smoked toasted tobacco? If so you’ll know how toasting improves the flavour. It is delicious. (Coffee-berries and tea-leaves ake roasted, otherwise no one would care to drink tea. or coffee. And the same treatment applies equally well to tobacco. 'Test this for yourself. New Zealand tobacco is now prepared in that way. The result is astonishing! Select a brand to suit your palate. You can have a very mild sort in “Riverhead Gold,” a full-flavoured kind in “Cut Plug No. .10;” or a flue medium in either “•Cavendish” (the sporting mixture) or “Navy Cut,” a blend of choice leaf. 'The first whiff will satisfy you that you are in. for something out of the common run. You never get that delicious aroma with any of the ordinary tobaccos. Smooth and mellow, with never a “bite” in them, these brands may be smoked quite freely with perfect impunity. 'Connoisseurs approve them. Doctors smoke them themselves and recommend them on the score of health-, fulness. They are exclusively manufactured by the National Tobacco Company, Ltd., (pioneers of the N.Z. tobacco industry).—Advt. 54.

Woods’ Great Peppermint- Cure For coughs and colds, never fails.