Manawatu Herald. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1929. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume L, Issue 40034, 3 December 1929, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1929. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

At yesterday’s meeting of the Forton Harbour Board the secretary reported that the finances, si:owed a. debit balance at the ban!;, oil No vein her 29, of £522 7/9. John, the young son of Mr. and Mrs. Riches, met with a painful accident yesterday. He was engaged in cutting firewood when the axe slipped and tool, off the top of his 'thumb, necessitating the amputation of the digit at the first knuckle joint..

A reminder is given of the Lunch 'Club mooting to he held in Whyte’s Hotel on Thursday next at 12 p.m. The chair will be taken by Mr. J. K. Hornblow, and the speaker will he Mr. A. ISeifert (Palmerston North) whose subject is to be “Java.”

The Foxton Tennis Club held a successful .shop day on Saturday as a. result of winch the Club’s, funds will benefit to a considerable extent. Competition winners were as follows: —Groceries: Mrs. C. Edwards; wood: Air. R. Heta.; dish: Tuhi Ileta; sachet: Mrs. S. Weight; cake: Miss M. Grimstone.

Stanley Omond,. aged 19, a telephone exchange clerk at Roxborough, Dunedin, whilst returning home from his on Saturday was knocked down by a motor car. He was brought to Dunedin hospital suffering from a compound fracture of the right leg and severe shock and died at 9.1 o the same evening.

“I noticed a suggestion reported from Wellington that the Government should purchase the site where the Treaty of Waitnugi was signed,” said Air. G. H. Woods, a member of the Maori race, in the course of an interpretation of Native place names to the commerce train party at AVliangarei (states the “Auckland 'Star”). The speaker was referring to Pnihia, opposite Russell, Bay of Islands, once (lie headquarters of the Church of England mission in New Zealand. “I hope you gentlemen of the commerce train will assist in this worthy endeavour,” added the speaker admist applause.

The “Midi” relates that in April, 191(1, the late At. Clemeneeau demanded to be taken as near as possible to the enemy. He was eonducted to the -trenches at Commercy, where the Germans were only twelve feet from the French front line. Crawling on all fours in semi-darkness, Clemeneeau encountered a crouching sentry and greeted him iratber loudly. He received an answer in the shape of a tc-rriffie punch and a. whispered growl, “Shut up!” When lie was returning another sentry warned Clemeneeau not to pass through a trench* which had been mined. “You came that way. That’s good enough for me,” growled “The Tiger.” A quarter of an hour later the trench blew up.

Speaking at- a Football luncheon held in Shannon on Saturday, An-. A. Seifert referred to the history of Makerua. Unfortunately, lie said, they had been unable to overcome the yellow leaf disease and he had come, to the conclusion that in future, flax would be grown in special plantations, and would not he used in its wild state. With this idea in. view, he was turning a further 1,100 acres of (lax country into dairy farms.and was convinced that the richness of the country would prove as beneficial to the farmers as to the 11axiinillevs. His first acquaintance of the district 'was getting lost-on a very wet and cold night, only to find next morning that they were .close to a flaxmillers’ camp which tlicv had boon unable to see. In those days, there were 14,000 acres.in llax and a vigorous scheme was in process of Hieing carried out. Today on .the same ground, there were prosperous dairy farmers with metalled roads, telephone, elective light, and mail services running Ibrough the district.

it lias 'boon said that the man who causes two blades of grass to grow where only one grew 1 before is a ,public benefactor. If that be true —and true it assuredly is—what is to be said of those who establish a flourishing N.Z. industry which finds employment for numerous hands, develops our latent iresources, and keeps the money in the country? At one lime the poor gumlands of the -North and the barren clays of Nelson were worthless and unproductive. Look at them now! They are producing tobacco of" so excellent a. quality that it is commanding an increasing sale everywhere; And—bear this in mind!—it is all toasted. The only tobacco thus treated. This process rids it of the poisonous nicotine. (common to all tobacco), and gives it. its famous flavour and aroma. Manufactured exclusively by the National Tobacco Co., Ltd., (pioneers of the N.Z. tobacco industry), there are several brands: “Riverhead Gold” is mild and mellow; “Navy Cut” is a choice blend (medium strength); “Cavendish” is the famous spotting mixture; and “Cut Plug No. 10” is rich and dark. —Advf, 08.

A flag pole fell on the lawn during a gale at the Feilding races on Saturday. Fortunately, no one was struck.

A first offending inebriate was convicted and fined 5/- at the local Police Court yesterday morning by Air. A. Fraser, J.P.

'The payment of January, 1930 pensions and family allowances ordinarily payable from the 23rd of the month will he made on or after Friday, the 20th December, 1929.

The vital statistics for Foxton for November, with the figures for the corresponding period of last year in parenthesis, are as follows:—Births, 4 (8); deaths, nil (1); marriages, 5 (nil). There was one Afnori birth in November, 1928 but none in November of this year. Some few years ago, at a suburban school in Wanganui, a little boy took a day off. On being spoken to about it by the teacher on the'following day the youngster’s explanation was simple: “Please, miss, mother was making jam yesterday, and I lvad to go up to the cemetery for some jars.”

During the month of November min' fell locally on eleven days, the maximum fail being on the 27th when .50 of an inch was recorded, The total rainfall for the month was 2.12 inches. The coldest days were the 12th and 16th when the thermometer registered 56 degrees and the warmest day was the* 6th with 68 degrees.