The Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 1930. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume LI, Issue 4426, 13 March 1930, Page 2

The Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 1930. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Paradise dudes are reported to have made their appearance in this part of the district..

Paxton swimmers were not successful at the Levin carnival last (•veiling 1 . The relay team however, managed to secure second place.

The directors of the Shannon Co-operative Dairy 'Co., Ltd., have decided to pay out 1/2 per !!>. for l.'utlerfat supplied during February. Local fishing- enthusiasts report that: a large number of inanga have been seen in Ihe Alanawatu River latelv.

A meeting of the Foxton Amateur Athletic and leveling Club, to have been held last evening, lapsed for the want of a quorum. A general meeting of all interested in the Foxton Surf and Life Saving Club will he held in Fairey’s rooms at 7.30 o’clock to-night. The Minister for Education visited the Palmerston North schools and heallli camp yesterday. In I lie afternoon he formally opened Iho new College SI reel iiifanl school.

A fatal ease of tela nils (lockjaw) was reported from Balelulha oil Saturday, the victim, a hoy, eight years of age, being a son oi Mr. li. Chalmers, hairdresser, there.

“We visited a pic-turfe show m one of your towns recently,” said a British farm delegate to a. Woodville Examiner representative on Saturday, “and one might have thought he. was in Chicago. The only British thing about the concern was the National Anthem which concluded the programme.'’

A number of swamp and grass tires have been noticed around Foxton during the past few days. The countryside is at present very parched. An inspection was made las! week of the damage done to the young trees in the plantation bordering the .Foxtoii-llimatangi highway. It is reported that the area will he replanted later in the season. There is every prospect of speed boats becoming very popular in the Manawatn River. Last week' end three speedy little, crafts were to he seen skimming over the water at the Heads and in the river. The Long Reach, at. Whirokino, the scene of international sculling events some years ago. was explored the other (lav by one enthusiast with a view to prospecting its suitability for a Speed boat regatta. A. white Hi rush which was captured at Pukekolie recently has been preserved find mounted for the Auckland Museum. It was a young bird and was just, beginning to IK when it was captured. A farmer on Pukekolie Hill noticed it. flutter down from a macrocarpa. tree. lie secured it aud took it in his car to Pukekolie, bul on opening the door of Iho ear in the Alain Street the bird escaped. However, it was later re-captured.

Passing through AYostniere, near Wanganui, while on the run to the ini lor city, a member of the British farmers’ delegalion commented on how well llic disl riel looked. “It is u great, pity,” he said, “to see so •many sheep running on good land like Ibis, which is more suitable for close settlement, dairying, and intensive cultivation. This area alone should be carrying three times [he number of farmers, _ and ail would make a good living out of ii. If we had Ibis class of land in the Old Country yon would see how many farmers it would keep going." “I heard a visitor say that living in Sydney was 31) per cent, higher Ilian in New York,” said Major (I. Stamp-Taylur, Australasian manager of Messrs A. Reyrolle and Co., Ltd., who relumed from Sydney by the jMaiiuganui at Wellington on Tuesday. “It is certainly 100 per cent, dearer than in New Zealand. Flats run from £lO to £l2 to £lf> a week, and there are very few for less than .Co. An enormous number of flats are going up in Sydney, however, and these later ones are all equipped with the latest electrical appliances, and rents are already on the down grade for the older Hals. If is a delight, to return to equable temperal arcs. Playing golf at JOG.ti degrees provides one with plenty of excuses for bad shots. The humidity of the air, even at midnight, is sin-h that there is a quart, of water in the atmosphere of an ordinary bedroom, and ii is all very enervating.”—Post.

Consternation reigned amongst Ihe smokers on the platform at -.Wellington the other day when the, 1 1ut t. t rain drew up, minus a smoking carriage. However, there were two ears labelled “A” and “B” respectively, and somebody, pipe in mouth, exclaimed, “MV is for ’baccy!” jumped into the “B,” all ihc oi her smokers following suit. Presently someone asked. “If M3’ is for ’baccy, what is ‘A’ for?” “For abstainers, ol course!” came the reply. Everybody laughed. Preeiotu lew abstainers from the weed nowadays! Well, there's no harm in tobacco, so long as it’s pure and pretty free from nicotine. Worst of it: is the imported goods are as full of nicotine as they can stick! Funny—our New Zealand brands are almost entirely free from the poison. That’s why you can smoke them (even to excess) with safety! The explanation is they are all toasted, and toasting gets rid of the nicotine. It also wonderfully improves flavour and bouquet. Popular brands: “Navy Cut,” “Cavendish,” “Cut: Plug No. Id,” and “Riverliead Cold." They’re all good, and the only toasted tobaccos manufactured.—Advt. 89.

On ;Tus(biv evening the Foxton jSurf and Life Saving Club held a successful euchre parly in the Town Hall Supper-room. Prizes were won ns follows: —-Ladies : Airs. Small 1, Miss Spring 2. Men: Mr. A. Anderson 1, Mr. Mitchell 2.

The Palmerston North Hospital Board recently wrote to the Hospital Boards’ Association suggesting that the Government should ho .urged to tighten up the medical examination of persons arriving in New Zealand from overseas. This subject: was considered at a meeting of the association held in Wellington a few days ago, and it was agreed to request 1 lit* Government to “tighten up the examination."

A verdict that tin* deceased met his death by drowning in the ALinawatu River was returned by tin* Coroner at Palmerston North yesterday al an inquest concerning the death of on unknown man whose, body was found in the river on 9th February. The police gave evidence that all efforts to establish the deceased’s identity failed. There appeared to he a number ol people with no kith or kin, nor any friends, and I heir passing was not not iced.

To have Ids clothing liberally covered with warm liquid tar was 1 lie unenviable experience of a young man in Sborlland Street, Auckland, says iho Herald. Stepping from an entrance, he walked into !lit- ■•('litre of a freshly larred piileli on the fooLpnt.li, lost his balance and stumbled, knocking over a bucket of far and falling headlong into the sticky liquid. Workmen supplied him with oil, which he used to good advantage in cleansing himself of at least some ot the tar.'

Commencing its journey to summer lime, the Wclliiiglon-Aneklatid express, which will leave Wellington n( 2 o’clock next Saturday a 1:1 - ernoon, will complete its trip to slandard time. The alteration of I lie clocks on the train tvil! he made a I 2 o’clock on Sunday morning somewhere between fa iimariinui and Tc Kuiti. The time of departure from Taiimnruniti will be 12.42 a.m., sinner time, and the time of arrival al Tc Kuiti will he 2.9 a.m. standard lime. The train will run half an hour earlier than the timetable throughout the remainder of the journey. The train is timed to arrive in Auckland at (i.ll a.m. standard time.