Manawatu Herald SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 1930. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume LI, Issue 40402, 18 January 1930, Page 2

Manawatu Herald SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 1930. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The rain In 11 in Olaki for December was mi less limn (i.iiT inches. A number nl local residents lrti ihis morning In nllcinl tlm Welling - I<if races. Tim Slmnnim Co.op. Dairy Com|iany's payout I'or butterfnl supI.|i«>ii during |he month oL Dceemhcr will lx* 1 I j per ll». The s.s. Himalnngi arrived in purl, on Thursday and loaded lid'! hales of lipinp for Wellington, leaving again on I lie evening' tide. 'l'he Rev. R. Oatlierwndd, of Tuj':ikiiia, will conduct Rolli morning and evening' services ai the Jocnl I ’reslivterian Clmveli to-morrow. A membeir of Ihe Alaikerun Drain-

aye Roard stales that lit' had a hay crop a fool under water. lie had never known such a Hooded position )>efore al this lime ot the vear.

The amount of rates si ruck in the Ashburton borough for the year ending Afaireh HI, 1030, was £l],355. Of Ihis sum only Co‘2oo has Vieen pa id, leaving a halanee of £(!,- (Wit) lo eoine in.

A little gilrl slipped and fell down a haul; at the races on Thursday aflernoon, sustaining a fraelnred arm. The child was attended by Dr. Wyllie and later removed to her home. The meeting passed off without any other untoward incident.

There is no unemployment in Gyg.vtnwn al present, as employment is offered every man, woman and child who is able to stand u]i and pick raspberries and black currants. Labour for Ihis purpose is even conveyed from adjoining townships.

It is understood that machine guns are now lining installed in tho Bristol lighters a I Chris! church, and. Ilial after officers undergoing' .further training have had some practice with them they may do some shooting and bombing on Lake fi’llesmere.

The lengths of ihe four longest rivers in llm North Island are supplied by Ihe Depart mold of Land

and Surveys, as follows:- —Waikato, Till miles; Wanganui, IH> miles: Raugil ikei, 1 lo miles; Alena wain, 101) miles.

Il is iul eirest ing lo know Iliai during ihe ten years from ID It) lo D)HS there were 3-1 eases id' triplets in .Yew Zealand. In lour eases all three children were males, in seven all were females, in live there were two males and one female, and in eight eases Iwo of Ihe ehildivn were females. One ease of quadruplets (all males) was reported during the period.

Siimc Xew Zen l;i talers who live in New York recently rc<-<*ivci 1 a lellei' IViiiii Ahiska. somewhere in (lie 11 (■ iu 1 1 1>>>nr1 11 >inI of llie Arctic Circle. They were Mirprised when they l‘«>nud Unit (lie let!cr contained New Zealand racinn* news. A radio listener in Alaska had heard 2YA e'ivini>' raeine- results, and lie-for-warded them to the .Xew Zealanders he knew in Xew York. II lonic the news a fraction of a second to i each Alaska from New Zealand. It look the letter nine (lavs to <j'o from Alaska to .Xew York. '

No effort has yet been made by friends or relatives of Private • VYard, D.'O.M., of the 2nd Canterbury Battalion, X.Z.M.IC, to claim , Dislburnished Condnet Medal, which was recently found in Melbourne, and forwarded to the Christchurch Blar. The medal is now in the custody of Command ffeadc|iiartcrs of the Defence Department. The recipient of the decoration Ims not, as far as can l;e ascertained, been a member of the Christchurch branch of the Returned Soldiers’ Association. Tt is. possible, of course, that he is not a Canterbury man, as at times men from other districts were drafted to the Canterbury units to make up the losses that I lie v suffered in action.

The Australian eyellsii, Hubert oppeirman, broke two New Zealand motor-paced records at Auckland oi'i Thursday night, covering live miles in (iinins. f>,3 l-bsees., and one mile in 1 min. 21see.

Regulations gazetted on Thursday night provide for the coming iiit'o opeiration of the legislation passed last session increasing from £1001) to £301)0 the limil of the individual loans obtainable under the Rural Intermediate (Credit Act. The regulations cover also consequential alterations in the legal charges and other mnehinerv matters.

Glasgow University girl students, who were accused of being ugly in lace and form, opened a kiss shop in the city on behalf of charily ami annolliieed that kisses would be sold at (id. A large eirowd assembled in front of the shop, but I her*.* was no purchaser until a, newspaperman to risk the adventure, pushed his way in and paid sixpence, lie selected a girl, who handed over a card on which was a printed cross. The shop .vent into liquidation in the al'ter-

Kveryliody speaks ahoul Ihe Ninety-. Mile Reach, the spot where (he motor ear speed record for Australia was broken by “Wizard - ’ Smith, but as a matter of geographical measurement that line stretch of sand is only about 1(1 miles long, and that was quite long

(Hough before the introduction of the motor. In the old days it was Ihe highway of that long - narrow sandy point that terminates Now Zealand in the north, and the usual prncliice of travellers was to do the journey at night, as it was cooler, 'the lirsl man lo drive a motor along it was the late Bishop (.Henry.

.Mermaid ('a use way, situated in Iho heart of London Dockland, perpetuates the memory of one of those extraordinary alleged happenings, stories of which, in a more. ( i ediiloiis age than our own, frequently intrigued dwellers in the metropolis. This, if we may believe certain pnrngrn.p!i:isls in the London journals of KiS.'i, was no less than the advent ill the Thames hei eaboiits of a real mermaid, with comb and looking-glass complete, which was widely credited. At that period belief in ihe existence ot mermaids was widespread, and young girls, made up to resemble them, were regularly exhibited in tanks at the various fairs in and around London.

Advice has been received in Auckland .from Air. Zanc Grey that he intends to come to New Zealand in .November, .11)31, on another fishing expedition. He stated his next quest for big lisli will be at Aferc e.ry Island and that it will extend over a longer period than bis previous visit there. Grey will be accompanied by several leading American anglers, including one of the well-known Vanderbilt millionaire lamily. In the letter Grey stated that he had been on a hunting expedition to Arizona. On bis return to the United States from New Zealand he found that great interest had been created in the reports of big lisli caught on I lie New Zealand coast and that Ammcau anglers were keen to sample the New Zealand waters. A lisli tale of some intensity desi rves record, if only on account of the unusual fact that: it is true, says the Rotorua. Chronicle. A wellknown Wellington sportsman having fished, rested from his labours, flis rod was in the boat pointing la degrees skywards. The east and Ity dangled in the waters of Rotoiti. The fisherman dozed and dozing forgot all things until the sound of a rattle awoke him to see

a splitenne rod, reel, line east and liy disappearing. A trout had caught him napping. The following morning' he was on the shore, when hr saw a tish struggling in shallow aater. lie investigated and recovered: one line trout, tly, east, line, rod and reel.

The dispute between Bishop Chemngloii and Dean Barnett in Ihe Waikato diocese, which arose through the Bishop's action in attempting to set up a commission to inquiie into the Dean's lit.ness to ( nnlinue in nl'lice, has been amicably settled. The Dean obtained an inti rim injunction from Ihe Supreme Court last I'Yhruary, restraining the Bishop from proceeding with tin mmission. It was .subsequently agreed that a commission appointed by A rdibislioj) Averill slmul<l deal with Ibe matter, and (lie injunction was withdrawn. The Archbishop interceded between parties through an emissary, and as a result a happy sel l lenient has been a rra aged.

Say! Goes the tobacco you are si unliving bile t.lie tongue? Do you feel after seeking a couple of pipesful overnight a hit off colour next day, with a “head" and a, farted longue? If so you’re smoking ihe wrong ’hacev! That's as plain

as the nose on your face. What sort is it, this tobacco of yours that makes yon l’md like that? Imparted, of course'? Goes without saying. Ah! Ihese foreign brands are practically all alike!; —full of nieoliiie as they can slick! Nnl

safe smoking. That's a I'act. The world's purest tobaccos are those of the National Tobacco Co., lad., (pioneers of the N.Z. tobacco industry), and largely owe their inaliked superiority to being toasted. No other tobaccos are. Toasting 'rids them to a great extent of nicotine, and gives them their famous Jlavour and fragrance. They don’t “bite," and no matter how many pipesful you smoke a day they won't harm you. There are various brands —all of them popular—special favourites being: “Riverhead Gold (mild), “Navy fat” and “Cavendish'' (both medium), and “Cut Plug No. 10" (full).—Advt. 51.

The m.v. Foxton aririved in port at midday with a cargo of ch a IT, pollard, 010., from Lyttelton.

A whale lias been discovered washed up on the beach just past tin* punt, a mile or so north oL" the ji-ean boai'li bathing sheds.

The I*l llllkel Society will he holdill o' :i shop day at the boarh on Anniversary Hay. .January 22nd, and a dance in I lie evening at the beach hall. (!ood music and good supper. 'flic animal Railway picnic is to In held on the local racecourse tomorrow. A special train will eon - vev some 12011 railway men, their wives and families to Fox ton, arriving here at about 10 a.in.

A tame jackdaw lately ii'ode on tin* axle of a motor-car I mm Market Deeping, in Lincolnshire, to Woodford, in Kortbants, about do miles.

The sale commenced at Die (2. M. Ross ('o\'s. Foxlon branch this morning, promises to eclipse all previous sales. (loads have been marked down to prices that must ( oinmand your attention and yon are cordially invited to inspect the bargains on offer. *

A most unusual achievement must be credited to Jack Gregory, a pupil of ,Marfan District High School, who, at the recent examinations, gained a junior national scholarship and also a senior free place. The fact that he was under Id years of age at the time of the examination adds to the merit of the performance.

Mr. J. S. Rankin, I lie Dannevirke inspector of stock, had an unpleasant experience at To .R’ehiinga on

a recent afternoon. When crossing in his motor-car a creek in a paddock which he thought contained a lew inches of water the vehicle slink to a dept h of almill live feel, l lie water nearly covering the top of the sedan. The driver had to climb through tin* front window to get out. The ear was recovered and brought to a garage for at trillion, damage having been done to the upholstery and the engine by water and mud. The London Daily Express's Athens correspondent reports a

tragic story of forty children blinded by mistake in the h’.ye Clinic for children at Kesarion, near Athens. They were l.nlkcn to have their sight tested, and conducted to a room where a number of patients were being treated for infectious diseases. The attendant in charge of tin* room immedintelv .sprayed the children's eyes with syringes charged with powerful eausterising liuids. All the little victims are permanently blinded. Athens raised an upironr, and Die altitude of the populace was so menacing that the-Minister of Health ordered Dutrial of all the oculists employed in the clinic.

A Dannevirke youth home from college, had his lirst experience last week of dipping sheep on his father’s farm. Operations were in Cull swing. A hatch of sheep had ■ lieen shot into the hath, but the person in charge of the crutch for immersing tjioin was temporarily absent. Seizing the opportunity the novice gralihed the ernlcli, made a push at a sheep, missed, and dived into the dip. lie might not have won a prize for a neat header, hut. he went completely under amongst the whirling hoofs of the struggling sheep. The picture he presented on emerging was 'one that no artist could, or would, paint, hut lie was mme the Averse tor his involuntary plunge after a clean up and the taking of a precautionary cruet ie.

The “('avlv birds’’ in New Plymouth are evidently overfed, or were grossly negligent of a good fat "worm" in the shape of a roll id' banknotes lying on the road bile mi Wednesday morning, which, I(irlunaiely for the owner, was recovered by him after he had spent a restless night wondering what had become of his little store (reports Ihe Herald). The story is that a loea.l tradesman, who is in the habit of taking home Ill’s day’s hikings and colliding up, followed his-usual course m most respects "ii Ibis particular evening. The presence of visitors in the house, however, caused him to postpone l ill a holer hour his count of Ihe day’s takings. After the visitors had left he proceeded to the deferled task', but could not liml the roll of mdcs wifb which he had returned home earlier in (he evening. fie look his car and wrnl hack to the hop (o ascertain if he had bv misliike left Ihe cash I here hut there was im sign of it. He also made a search about his home premises with file aid of a lurch, bul nothing was revealed of the whereabouts of 'he money. He retired to bed a sad man and spent a very sleepless algid. “Sorrow may endure for a mason, hut iov cornelh with the morning.” On going out he was relieved lo liml Ihe roll of aides lying on the ground mi the road where lie had got out of his ear the previous evening, having suffered nothing worse than a soaking through, being out in the rain all night.