Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1930. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume LI, Issue 4038, 7 January 1930, Page 2

Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1930. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

W'irlhs' circus will visit Eoxton on Junuarv 3.lst' Tor one night only.

Owing to the heavy rains during the past lew weeks the Alannwatu River has been in a Hooded condition. 'The nniddy-eo'louicd -water is somewhat unusual at the seaside at I his a hue of the year.

Tire body <>!' Air. Herbert Stanley Crockett, aged ‘24, who had Teen missing since Christinas Eve, was found floating near Miramar wharf, Wellington, on» Saturday evening'.

At. the Gisborne Swimming Club’s carnival on Saturday, Kathleen Miller, of Wellington broke Pauline Iloeft's 150 yards ladies’ New Zealand record of la min. 52sec. hy eovming the distance in lmin. 50 2-5

Most of the local mills have commenced woflk. again after ltic holidays. 'Messrs Ross, Rough and Co’s, mill eonnneneed operations this morning and scutching is.Jreiug carried on at the lluia .mill, which will start stripping before the end of the week. Work was started at Mr. BeUrv’s mill yesterday.

A young' Auckland .mototr mechanic named Henry Lorraine Scott who was picked up in the Square at Palmerston North on Thursday evening, suffering from the eftects <>t poisoning', appeared in the Palmerston North Magistrate's Court mi Saturday morning, charged with attempted suicide. On the application ot till' police he was remanded for a weelc.

The year just finished was a cold one. for Wellington, the mean tempera lure being two degrees lower than what Ihe average of previous years would lead one to expeel. The mean temporal two of 11 nut of the 12 months was below the average, .[line being the only month to be above 'the average. The extreme maximum .temperalure was only 74.0 deg., in February last, a figure which is by no means high. In the Dunedin Police Court yesterday, Emmett James Hussey, William Garford and William John Newman were charged with stealing an on'k keg and eighteen gallons of heel-, the property of the Canterbury Steam Ship Company. The heer was consigned from New Zealand Breweries, Ltd., for shipment and was stolen from the wharf. Newman was sentenced fo three months in gaol, Garforth to one month in gaol and Hussey to six weeks in gaol. The discovery of a .device for Ihe testing of wheat for moisture eontent was mentioned at the meeting of ihe Wheat Research Committee in Christchurch last week. It was stated that one of those instruments would he used this season in conjunction with the baking oven in the laboratory. Later, it was iutendede to have facilities for testing at each of the larger centres in Canterbury. The instrument, it: was stated, could be used in a fairm house, and would give the moisture content, immediately.

Financial writers, summing up 1020, are almost unanimously dismal, and only a few of them show much inclination to he optimistic regarding 10H0. To quote one authority: “The past year has not been good either in the financial or business world. Industry languished and exports have shown a small decrease, even compared with the unsatisfactory figures of 102 S, while, tile losses sustained by linanctial institutions through failures in one direction and another, to say nothing of flic losses suffered hy the public llii'uiigli tin* fall in share values, have probably been greater than for many years past. A story is going the rounds of Napier at present concerning a certain Napier mi lie vendor, who in the course of his deliveries on a recent morning lost a .CIO note, which he had been carrying in his pocket tied up with string. He discovered his loss shortly after it must have occiujred, and, searched carefully back over the route which lie had followed, but without success. Later in the morning a Napier business man was on his way to work when lie discovered that he was being followed bv his fox terrier. . He ordered the dog home, a lid after some hesitation the canine obeyed. When it arrived home it was carrying in its mouth the £lO note which the milk vendor had lost earlier in tiie morning. The manner in which it came to find this must remain a mystery, but the owner got his note buck.

The, need for a by-election has been brought about through the resignation of Or. \Y. Fa 1 loon from the Levin Borough Council. Tho large sunspot which was visible to the naked eye at the beginning of the month lias returned

again to (lie visible hemisphere of the sun, after having existed during an apparent 'rotation of that 'body. Such long-enduring spots are not uncommon; scarcely a year passes in which a number are not seen to last for more than a month, and some have even been known to continue for five or six solar rotations, or about five months. The present, sunspot is still a magnificent- object, easily discernible to ilie naked eye to the north-west of the sun's centre.

An Auckland-born Scot who has been “linme” to pick up the language has returned with an American story. When he was at Stirling fustic there-also was an American : mist keenly interested. The guide concentrated his attention -on the American, pointing out proudly the Field of Bannockburn, Camlmskinnelh Abbey, and Mon-stone and Gillies Hill, where the Scots lassies charged the invaders with broomsticks and blankets, and put the wind up them, too. “And here,” said the guide, turning to the great'memorial, “is WallaceY Monument." Say, friend,” remarked the interested American, “1 didn't know good old Edgar came Horn this part.” Whether “Arthur Pass,” recommended by the Geographic Board, or “Arthur's Pass," of general usage, is preferable, was- discussed at Ihe meeting of the General Committee of the Canterbury Automobile Association (says a ChristCluireh paper). The question was brought up by a reply to the association’s protest against the change of name, from Mr. A. S. Walshe, Surveyor-General. Tn spite of the reply, the council decided to protest against the change. Nothing would he done, the SurveyorGeneral was confident, that would tend to dissociate Mr. Arthur !>. Dobson’s name from the pass which he discovered. There was, however, a tendency to drop all unnecessary letters and marks in place names. 'Further, the name “Arthur Pass” was slightly more euphonious than “Arthur's Pass.” “Just the opposite,” said Air. F. W. Johnston. “Arthur Pass” is harder to say. Tell him. to say it quickly two or three times.” “Why not ‘Bank Peninsula,’ then'?’’ asked Air. F. D. Sargent.

Early in the new year a deputation from the Port and City League is 1,0 interview the Prime Minister it: Wellington' regarding the Commission to inquire into, the best means of access from Christchurch to the sea, states the Christ church Press.- The final arrangements in ronue'etion with the Commission will be discussed with the idea of having the personnel decided upon and the order of reference approved so that the Commission will be able to start functioning in February, Messrs F. AY. Freeman (president), •). U. Hayward, and If. A!. Chrvstall (secretary and organiser) will comprise the deputation. Several replies have been received from borough and county councils, to the league communication regarding financial assistance to meet the cost of the Commission, and deputations from the league will wait on the various local authorities for the purpose of impressing upon them the importance of supporting the Commission.

According to a visitor in Auckland there is still plenty of scope for pig hunters in New Zealand, especially in the Taranaki district, where there is heavy bush, says the Auckland Stair. For that reason sheep farming in the more remote parts is not conducted with any freedom, as the sheep are easy prey to wild pigs. “At one place where I was working three years ago wo used io have to herd the sheep near the cow barn while we wdre milking the cows, and then, in between the lniilking times, night and day, we would be out with guns protecting the flock. I remember a man arriving and being given a profitable .job in this connection. T:le was supplied with all shooting equipment and paid 1/- a snout. He earned £l5O in three months of the winter. 1 could tell of some wonderful experiences out in the bush stalking these pigs, with the aid of good cattle dogs. Another feature of the wild life is herds of goats which have tlionr haunts in the steepest country. I remember climbing a precipitous cliff one day and discovering a track well beaten by goats. It was-hard, smooth, and level, like a paved concrete road.”

“T put it to you,” said counsel lor the wife, in a maintenance ease the other day, addressing defendant, “that if you were, not so fond of luxuries you’d be -better off? Now how -much tobacco d'yon use a week?” "Luxuries," snorted hubby, “call terbaeker a luxury? I call it a blinkin’ necessity, sec? And if you ast me how much I smoke a week, Mr. Nosey Parker, it’s four ounces, and I can’t do with less.” “Better fo|r your health if von could,” replied counsel. But that depends. Four ounces weekly of imported is too much, because being full of nicotine, if cannot be safely indulged in to that extent. Four ounces of New Zealand (produced by the National Tobacco Co., Ltd., pioneers of the N.Z. tobacco industry) can quite safely be smoked each week, or even more than that. You see it is toasted, and the toasting absorbs most of the nicotine. These are the only toasted tobaccos. They are delightful smoking i “Eiiyerheud Gold,” (mild); “Cavendish,” (medium); “Navv Cut,” (medium); “Cut Plug No. 10,” (full).—Adv.t. 78.

Headings i» an Auckland paper: ‘•Holiday Weather—Fine Day at Last.” It rained in Auckland on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Boxing- Day and New Year s Day. Mrs. Catherine Bnightwell, of Tanmairunni, who was injured in a motor accident on the Turungaknrni Hill on December 25, died in the Napier Hospital on Saturday. An inquest was opened yesterday. The husband gave evidence that his rar was stationary on a bend on the road when it was struck by a ear coming downhill, with the result that it went over the bank.

Air. T. Aston, who is at present visiting - Woodville, is father of the Christchurch young - man who is reported In ltuive discovered a process for manufacturing - synthetic gold. Mr. Aston states that the laboratory in Christchurch has been closed and sealed by Government instructions, pending - the arrival of an inspector of the Bank of England. —Examiner.

A recent news item stated that a Nottinghamshire woman had given birth to twins whose biirtlnlays were in different- years, was horn just- before midnight, and the otlier at the dawn of 11)30. It is somewhat remarkable that exactly the same happening occurred at Wellington (says the Dominion). Mrs. Dodson gave birth to twins at the Alexandra Domic, the first being hoirn at 0 p.in. on December 31, and the other at 7 p.-m. on .January 1. The twins, which are both girls, are reported to he progressing splendidly.

“Is there any public reading room locally where 1 can spend the afternoon?” inquired a lady passenger to the driver of a lien eh service ear this morning, as the ’bin pulled into Hie Dost Office curb. “I'm fed up with the Beach this weather,” she added. - On the reply being in the negative, she stepped out of the ’bus and said. “Very well, I’ll spend the extra money and go into Palmerston North” and suiting her act ions to her word she

assisted the two children into the waiting char-a-banc, purchased the necessary (tickets and stepped in alter them.

One of the Wellington Express Company’s lorries left the -road at the corner just- south of the hill bend on the Foxton-Levin road on •the Levin slide of ihe W'hiro'kino Bridge at an early hour this morning - and ran into the drain. The lorry, which was well laden, was not. se.riously damaged but the cargo was scattered about and a consignment of beer for the Mann wain Hotel did not escape damage. The driver fortunately escaped serious injury. He was however, cn-t about by glass from the windscreen which was smashed in. Tlie lorry was uighted -before midday and a relief lorry took charge of .the goods. The inquest was concluded at Christchurch yesterday , into the death of Richard Daniel Dudcr, aged 17 years, who was found, in a state of collapse on the Kiecarton road on November 20 and died m the Christchurch hospital. Dudcr came from England on November 3rd to take a course at the Canterbury Agrirnltural College, blit as in was not to be enrolled till this .'■ear he was allowed to reside at the college in the meantime provided he worked in order to gain experience. Evidence was given today that Dudcr had obtained poison from the veterinary surgeon’s laboratory nt the college and a verdict of death from poison self-ad-ministered was returned.