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Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 1930. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

As n result <»l' I li<■ lour days ra cing ;il; Rllerslie during 1 1;<> hobdays the Treasury benefited to Hm ext cut of .CAT,IKK), l his buiug the amount which the Auckland ( lub will have to pay in taxation.

Anion" firewood picked - up on Otalki Beach last week, says the Mail, was a portion of a ships hatch. This may possibly have come from the Isabelle (le I‘reine, wrecked on the extreme north of the west Coast in July, 1928.

It is reported that the Manuka has broken in half, and that the alter portion of the hull has settled down on tin 1 sea bod. It is also reported that the after holds are still inlnet, colour being' lent to this statement by the fact that no wreckage has been washed ashore during the past few days.

During 1929, in the New I'lymuth distriel, 37 people died who were over 80 years of age, and six over 90, the oldest being 97 years. <>t these 20 were women and 11 men. The total registration of deaths was 2,15. The deaths of men over SO, with three exceptions, were retired farmers. Most elaborate arrangements arc being made in order that the King s Speech at the opening of the Naval 'Conference on January 21 may be heard practically all over the world, especially in the Dominions. His Majesty will speak into a microphone encased in gold and silver.

The lambing estimates for the Dominion place 1 1n? aggregate [oj 1929 at 14,722.21-1 lambs, a record, being 1,348,9-1 1 more than last season. The percentage is also a record, SS.TtI per cent. However, it is believed the actual total of lambs will 'reach fully 14,000,000.

A schoolboy, Hie worry nl his teacher's life, handed in the tallowing composition on cats: “till - that’s mean! for billyboys to man and tease is called Maiiltcse cats, Some cats is reckernisrd by how (piiel their purrs is, and these is named PniTsian cals, and cals with deep feel i ne is called I'Ylim* cals, 1 don't like cals.”

“Minis, nurses and scrvaiii maids” awe the only decently-drcs-sed women," says Ihe Woman '. utliolic sculptor, Mr. Krie dill, ot London. ‘'Women should dress in uniforms, and be thoroughly cm - erod n)i, he contends. “T'lic time has arrived when the world should he spared the horrid sight of elderly women dressed to look atlra-c----tive. A stand should he made .■mains! the inversion of The natural order whereby men, unlike malt animals, wear drab clothing, whih women wear finery, which is a sign of degradation and a prool of tindeparture from Divine law. tin fruit of irreligioii is sexual abandon," lie added.

A salesman in charge of Urn hosiery department of a Christchurch store stoic silk slot-kings and gloves valued at £4 8/-. He had been two years with tjic linn and was earning .Cl 1 a week. His counsel said: “ft is -impossible 1.) explain this thing, except that lie stoic with no thought, of selling the articles, but wanted them as Christmas presents for his daugh ters. He has seven of them. There can he no worse punishment than the loss of job and prestige, and the effect upon his family. I ask that the accused, who is a first offender, should he given a chance.”' “These offences are so serious that ] should send him straight to gaol," said the magistrate. “There is absolutely no excuse for him.” “ITe's mined now, sir," put in counsel. The magistrate:- “That’s what influences me.” On the first charge, the accused was convicted and ordered to come up for sentence if called on in two years. On the second lie was lined £lO. in default three months’ imprisonment, and given seven days in which to find the money.

Harriet Mary Bland, aged 70. a widow, tripped over a 'barrow on the railway station at Ashburton on Tuesday, injuring her leg and sustaining a shock. She was taken home but died soon a Her.

Prank 'Neumann, aged 20, young-(-.1 son of Mr. \V. .Neumann, of Pairdown, Westport, died in hospital on Tuesday night following .••li accident nl Ngakawau, when while cycling lie collided with a motor car. Neumann was a popular cycle I rack and road rider.

Big concessions allowed ill t lie Heigh! rates on basic slag imported Horn Europe have become an import ;i nl factor in encouraging the use of this fertiliser in New Zealand. This year the total shipments will niirouiil 1o about 00,009 tons.

A boy named Raymond l’arl ridge, aged lon, a visitor from I’a ■ tea. was drowned at Ktrandoii bench, New Plymouth, on 1 uesday. The boy was swimming in Hie heavy surf with a companion, aged seven. The hodv was subsequently recovered.

Corey Buckley, a well-known resident of the Soulhbridge district, ( I:i istcliiire-1 1, had his lelt hand tithen off at the wrist while working a elia Ifeiit lor (in Tuesday. -Mr. Bucklev, who is hid ween 40 and 4'ti years of age. was feeding the machine \> hen his hand was drawn in and eaiighl in Hie knife.

An incident which happened in I'Vilditig recently sets an examp l " which motorists might lollou in .-4 milar eireumstanees (says the Star). Two young fellows in a Baby Austin ran over a young dog and broke its leg. They carried the I ill p to its home, and at once went Ini' the vet., who set the leg m plaster of paris, and gave the op,in ion that “Bob” would be all rigid n a few week’s.

to lie outdone in the waking marathon, an Englishman, lx. IMaher, of Heaton, Newcastle, claims be has not slept for twciilx years. He is at present a storeman and was known as battalion enllernp while serving with the 5 ork regiment in war time, lie has undergone mnnv operations and the doe - tors are still bafiled. They stale;! (hey can neither explain nor euro the affliction.

'That marriage should he sealed with a kiss is the view of the Rev. John McCaffrey, of the Donegal Square Methodist Church, Belfast, lie insists that a bridal couple shall idss as soon as they become man and wife, and thinks it is a good way to start married life. “Couples carry out my behest cheerfully,” he says. “I have never known refusal.”

A prominent Wanganui doctor was driving along the shores of l.nke Taitpo enjoying the exhilarating air when a ear, driven by a woman, who it was discovered later hailed from the land of Hoover, crashed into his front mudguards. “Say, guy,” queried a peremptory feminine voice, “couldn t you have given a hit more room’’" “Certainly, madam," replied the Wanganui man, a mode! of politeness, "1 could have gone right into the kike and given you the whole road." Not to be outdone there ’came the feminine voice again: “Anyhow, guy, you got the worst of it. Look at those mudguards.”

A prophet they say lias no honour in his own country, and unloi Innately it has been the practice very largely in the past of New Zealanders to pass by the products oi' iheir own country in favour of imported goods often actually inferior to the New Zealand article. Look at tobacco. Most American brands contain an excess of nicotine. 'this means defective comluistabilily and the consequent clogging of Hie pipe, with unpleasant, and indeed injurious consequences to the smoker. Not so with Hie N.Z. goods. They are all tousled and Hi is rids them of nicotine and gives them their famous. flavour and fragrance. They do not loiil the pipe, and leave the mouth sweet and clean. They are exclusively nmmifactnml by Hie National Tobacco Co., Ltd., (pioneers of Hie X.Z. tobacco industry), and may be smoked continuously and leave no after effects. II you like a full body try “Cut Plug. No. ID," ii' you prefer something milder' there are “Cavendish” and “Navy Cutand if your preference is for a very mild brand get “Riverhead w .Id."- Advt 52.

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Manawatu Herald, Volume LI, Issue 40402, 16 January 1930, Page 2

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Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 1930. LOCAL AND GENERAL. Manawatu Herald, Volume LI, Issue 40402, 16 January 1930, Page 2

Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 1930. LOCAL AND GENERAL. Manawatu Herald, Volume LI, Issue 40402, 16 January 1930, Page 2

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