Manawatu Herald. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1929 LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume L, Issue 400434, 28 December 1929, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1929 LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Accommodation at the local seaside is at a premium at present.

The Wanganui Borough Council has a bank overdraft of £OO,OOO and uncollected rates amount to £90,000. We desire to acknowledge wedding favours from Mr. and Mrs. A. ,1. Taylor and join with their many friends' in wishing them every happiness for the future.

Lindbergh, ■ the lone Atlantic tiieir, lias been admitted to UnAmerican Society of Long Eel lows. To qualify, one must.be at least (ift lin. tall.

Amongst children of the same age, the tallest are often in a higher class than the others, according to «thc (Professor in Public Health at Edinburgh University.

New supplies of crepe paper, in all shades, arc just to hand at the Manawatu Herald Office. Good quality 8d per roll. Cut to any size free of cost-.

Tlicjre is more than a likelihood that the next New South Wales cricket team will include W. B. Howell, a son iof the former international, Bill Howell who, afterwinning the spurs for batting, developed into one of the finest bowlers Australia has m'oducedj,

Says a Greymouth message: Since the Walls end mine was reopened in April last., after being Hooded for nearly 40 years, over 30,000 tons of coal has been proWed. The employees now number just over 100 and two shifts are working full time.

Mr. T. D. Burnett, Reform member foir Temuka has refused to accept the £IOO bonus Members of (Parliament voted Jiemselves last ■session. Cheques for £OO 13/4 iiave been paid out by the Treasury fail'd the balance will be paid in .monthly instalments.

When traversing the United States, Mr. J. A. liedpatli, of Christchurch, found that the Americans considered New Zealand butter very rich, and he was told that before long there would be a good market for it. Unsalted, it would be used in the manufacture of icecream. The Highway Board has written to the 'Rangitikei County Council advising that the estimate of the cost of the new bridge a Bulls was £40,000 and asking if the Council had arranged for its share of the cost. 'So far; however, nothing had been done on account of the dead-lock over the question of subsidy. A conference is to bo held with the Manawatu Council.

Orders are about to be placed for the construction of two new 20,000ton .liners far the Australian trade. They will have a tiulbo-eleetric drive, and will use oil fuel. Lord Inchape made this aniioucemeiit at. I lie annual meeting of shareholders of the P. and 0. Company, Ltd., recently. “The liners will provide large saloon passenger accommodation and will have comfortable third-class cabins/’ lie said.

A feather-weight contest held at the Auckland Town Hall last night between Saigon (America) Bst. 13 lbs. and Billy Grime (Australia) 9st. lilbs., resulted in a win for Sarroii on a knock-out in the thirteenth round. Grime’s display was disappointing throughout and he r.nl'jS landed four good punches during the contest. Sarron fought hard from start to finish, landing quick, clean punches and displaying line footwork.

About 40 bad street corners at New Plymouth have been surveyed and set back during the last few months, besides those rounded and set back under the subdivision regulations. This improvement to the town is the result of a campaign by members of the Borough Council and the borough officers, who have personally canya-ssed the owners of properties and pointed out the advantage in the interest of public safety. The corners i minded have so far been mainly in the eastern end of the town. The corners in the brick area are set back an area of TO links and others 20 links, the maximum is an area of 30 links.

' The practice of selling wool at 1-1 jib. to the-stone was discussed at a meeting of the East Yorkshire Executive of the National Farmers’ Union. It was proposed by the Poeklington; branch that the sale should be by stone literally. The allowance of the Jib. is a setoff against the “foreign” matter frequently found in the wool, and the secretary pointed out that if the Poeklington resolution (which was referred back) was passed, the buyers would reduce the price per stone, so that the anticipated benefit. would not arise.

Christmas passed off locally without any untoward incident. The Police l report that there was an eht ire* absence of hooliganism in the town during the holidays. Business was brisk in Main Street on .'Christmas Eve and shopkeepers’ returns compare very favourably with those of last year. A large number of local residents attended the Manawatu races on Boxing Day and yesterday while the beach was c rmvded on Chris tufas ’ Day and Boxing Day. No accidents were reported in or -around Foxton.

Ah unfortunate accident occurled to Mir. C'. Cronquest, secretary of (lie Shannon Co-operative Dairy Company when the special train arrived in Shannon last Sunday

night. It was raining very hard, and Mr. Cronquest, alighting from one of the front carriages, put his head down, and ran towards the platform. Unfortunately, the tablet machine was in the way, and Mr. Cronquest collided with it and was rendered unconscious, necessitating medical attention. Mr. Oronquest’s nose was badly injured.

The Mount case, which caused a sensation throughout New Zealand four years ago, is brought into prominence again bv a petition which Frederick Peter Mount, now in Mount Eden Gaol, is forwarding to the Governor-General, asking that his conviction be quashed. Included in the papers which have been prepared, by the prisoner’s counsel (Messrs Matthews and Clarke, of Auckland), is a long one from iMns. -Monat, of Devonporf. (1 lit* j f-'isoner’s sister-in-law), which sets out that she never believed in his guilt, and there are several people from tOhriste-hureh who say they saw Mi’s. Monat after she disappeared.

An instance of what can be well done by an efficient means -of pasture control comes from Taranaki. A dairy farm of 67-J acres has been carrying on an avelrage of 45 cows for the past 46 years, and although the place is fairly well sub-divided the paddocks are by no means small. Top-dressing is carried out with 3cwt. of superphosphates every third year aftelr a dressing of 3cwt. of lime to the acre -has been made. The best production was. 15,0731 b. of butter in a season, the average per cow being 3351 b. The most important feature is that the per acre production of the farm during that -season was -more than 2221 b of butter-fat, an attainment which could be surpassed by few farmers.

\ Motorists using the main road between Gisborne and Taneatua from 7th January until the end of the month may expect a little slow travelling owing to the presence of large mobs of -sheep on their way to the Waikato. As soon as the bulk of the holiday traffic concludes ewes will begin to come forward in large numbers, and it is expected that at least 30,000 will be setting out within about a fortnight. So far as is known, says the “Poverty Bay Herald,” the first mob will leave on 7th January, and further lots will continue to be dispatched till about 20th January. Most of (hose are to lie driven to Taneatua, where they will be placed on railway trucks for the final stage of their journey. Between Poverty Bay ad Opitiki both the. Waioeka and Hotu routes are to be used. Most of the lines, it is thought, will be divided into nnobs of from 3000 to 4000. The East Cape route has been used lately for withers at present on the way to the Waikato.

The engagement of SquadronLeader Kingsford-Smith, the Australian avintolr, to Miss Mary Powell, of Hawthorn, Melbourne, was announced on November 28. Kingstord-S-mith’s and Miss Powell’s was a shipboard romance, which started on the Aorangi, in which they travelled to Auckland and Australia, from America a few weeks ago. . Miss Powell was a Geelong Grnnrmalr School girl. She has travelled extensively and spent some months in America. She is a niece of Mr. IT. W. Gepp, chairman of the Australian Development and Migration (Commission. The date of the wedding has not been decided, but it will hot take place until Kings ford-'Smith flies the .reconditioned Soul hern Cross hack, to Australia from England about, the middle of next- year.

TJravollors on the Daylight Limited between Auckland and Wellington are to have the comfort of a luxuriously appointed lounge ear. Two ears have been converted, one for the up train and one for the down. They are the last word in comfortable travelling as far as the railways are concerned. One of the cars is at present in the Auckland yards undergoing 'Anal tests, and it will be put into commission shortly. If contains 16 upholstered armchairs and two large couches. They are not fixed to the floor, nor do they resemble in any way the ordinary railway seats. The chairs and couches can be moved to suit the convenience of passengers, and there is plenty of space between them. Each window is draped with royal blue brocaded material, and the floor is richly carpeted.

The “Herald” will -be published at 11 a.m. on Tuesday next. There will lie no publication on Thursday, January 2nd, Which will be observed as a close holiday locally. The local Fire Brigade held a successful dance in the Masonic Hall on Boxing night. ' There was a good attendance and the Brigade’s funds will benefit as a result. The music was provided by Mr. J. Newton.

Is smoking injurious? Dir. Giotti, the famous Italian nerve specialist, says it all depends on the tobacco. He condemns the constant use of the American brands as like-ly-to cause heart or nerve trouble, hut considers smoking, under proper conditions, may prove actually beneficial. His advice is: “Seleet a. brand that while satisfying your tobacco-hunger is yet practically free from nicotine.” Unfortunately it’s not always easy to find such tobacco. However, we certainly have it here* in New Zealand. The brands exclusively manufactured by the-National Tobacco lOompniiy, Ltd., (pioneers of: the N.Z. tobacco industry), are about the purest in the world. They arc all -toasted and this process not only accounts for their unequalled flavour ond fragrance, but vendors them quite harmless.. It absorbs the nicotine. These are the only toasted tobaccos. Ask any tobacconist for “-Rivorliead Gold,” -a delicious aromatic; “-Cavendish,” the sportsman’s smoke; “Navy Cut,” a blend of choice leaf; or “Cut Plug No. 10,” a rich, dark, full-flavoured - sort. This latter is the veteran smoker’s favourite. —Advt. 75. “