Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 1930. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume LI, Issue 4435, 3 April 1930, Page 2

Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 1930. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Sisters of Compassion are a I present visit in”- Foxton Lor lhe purpose of collecting in aid Mother Aubert’s Homes.

The death occurred suddenly on Tuesday night of one of the infant twin children of Mr and Mrs I. Huff, of Union Street.

Mr. ,J. Linklater, ALP., in forwarding a donation of two guineas towards Foxton’s contribution to the Obstetrical Fund, said the Dominion’s high maternal mortality rate was to be deplored and anything that could be done to reduce it should be supported by the public.

<■ A motherly looking old lady was approached by a seller of the Obstetrical Chair tickets and asked if she had one of these ‘‘chairs t “N r o," said the old lady, “I had a chair when L was nursing my bahies, but it had three inches cut ,If the legs of it. Most of us had them that way.”—True story.

Dr. Helen Deem, of Wanganui, who addressed a meeting of women in |«'ox lon on Tuesday afternoon In connection with the Obstetric Appeal Fund, was delayed through taking a wrong turn oil the main highway and was further delayed by u punctured tyre. The doctor was grateful to some passing motorist who assisted her.

In the Christchurch Magistrate's Court on Wednesday, Indore Air. It. p. La wry, S.M., Patrick Lilian, who was represented by Mr. C. S. Thomas, pleaded guilty to a charge of shooting ducks during the close season. “Yonr Worship will note,” said Mr. Thomas, “that the defendant’s first name is Patrick. 1 asked him if lie had any reason for shooting the ducks. lie said No, they attacked me, and I had 'o shunt them in sell-delonce. Lilian was fined £3 and costs.

A correspondent of the. Dunedin ■Star states that on March 20, n\ Little Diver Hospital, triplet's were horn to MY and Mrs Alvyn Craw. All three are girls, and all are now doing well al the Kurilane Hospital. ".Mr. Craw is a farmer living at Pigeon Bay. Cases of triplets in New Zealand have always been very rare. During the lon years from lttl!) until 192.3 there were only twenty-lour eases, lour oL these occurring in 1928. As far as ’S known Mrs. Craw’s triplets are the. first to be horn in 1930. The parents are entitled to the Queen’s Bounty of £5, and the free services of a Knrilane nurse for one year.

Another old resident ol Wellington passed awa v on Sunday, Mrs. Jacob Joseph, of Hobson Street, relict of the late Mr. Jacob Joseph, at one time one of Wellington's most prominent citizens. The late Mrs. Joseph came to Wellington from Sydney some fifty-two years ago, and had resided here praetieally ever since. Her only surviving child is Airs. F. J. Nathan, of Palmerston North.

' A prominent figure in local affairs at Lower Hutt Cor many yea is, Mr. 10. I’. Hisli worth, died on Friday. The late Mr. Wish worth was 00 years of age and until Lis health failed about two years ago he took an active part in educational a Hairs. In 1010 Mr. Wish worth was a candidate for the Hutt seat in the House of Representatives. He was Mayor of Lower Hutt in 1920 arid 1021, and was for some ,’time a member of the Wellington Education Board. He was also chairman of the Hutt District High School Committee up to the time of his illness. On the bowling green he was a popular figure, and he was a member of the Waiwetu Masonic Lodge.

Shortlv after the train went out at mid-day to-day the fire alarm sounded for a grass fire in the paddocks bounding the railway line at the end of Hnlkc Street. The Brigade turned out and willing assistants soon had the outbreak under control. The lire was started |,v a spark from the engine of the |"o’clock train. A similar outbreak occurred in Mr. .1. b’ohinson’s paddock on the opposite side of the line earlier this week but this outbreak was also quelled before any damage was done.

At, Wanganui Police Court, Mr. Barton, S.M., was asked to make an order against a defaulting debtor because he was spending I/O a week on tobacco! His Worship was ..ported to say: “J can sec no more reason for cutting off debtors iohneeti than for cutting off the sugar in his tea.” The magistrate apparently recognised that the habitual smoker would go wit limit tea nltogelher rather than give up his pip..! To a great many men tobacco is not a luxury—it is a nreess.il v. Tobacco halers sav it m highly injurious. II isn t, so long us"it's pure and good. Imported brands, everyone knows, contain far too much nicotine to he sale. But it is totally different with the New Zealand tobaccos. Being toas-ted—-as no other tobaccos are they urn freed from nicotine poison ami rendered quite harmless even though you smoke them to excess. There are several brands —-every smoker knows “Cut Plug No. 10." “liivcrlicad Cold," “Navy Cut” and ••Cavendish,” and knows moreover how good they arc. Advt. 90.