Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 1930. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume LI, Issue 4443, 24 April 1930, Page 2

Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 1930. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Legisl;ilion lo 4- 11111 j>«*i Ihe provision of :ni engine governor on molor ciirs, making il impossible lo exceed 35 miles no hour on public i inMils, is urged by I lie Swindon Trades Couneil in Fnglaml.

Mushrooms art* now milking' I heir •mppcavance in l.liis (listriel, but :tre nol so jiltrn (ii'll las in past years. Warm rains will probably promole their growth. We are inrormed dial i'li«• lop dressing of pastures has the effect of desi roving' or re larding' I lie fungoid growth.

What is believed to be a New Zealand altitude record for light ■planes was established nl Kongo)ai li few days ago by Mr. t'. M. Uuthie, of the Wellington Aero Club, when lie reached a height of it),30(1 feet in Hie club’s Gipsy Moth.

The Fox ton Surf and Life Saving Club’s euchre party mi Tuesday evening was a very successful fmiefioii. There was a good allendatiee and (lie prizes Were won as follows; —Ladies: Ist, Miss 1. Easton; 2nd, Mrs. YV. 11. Coley, fields: Ist, Mr. E. Far-kin; 2nd, Mr. Kennedy.

Mr. Louis Public, aged (i-S, of Ottawa., has recently had his 3(11 It child baptised, lie doubts if any one in Canada has successfully raised a larger family, for lwen.lveig’ht of his children are still living. Mr. 'Dubue has been married twice. His lirst wife bore twentythree children, all of whom are alive. She died lifleen years ago. The second Mrs. Dubue is Ihirtyeighl. Mr. Dubue had 17 brothers ■•Hid sisters.

As a chap grows older many things lie formerly prized lose their appeal. But there’s one tiling !m rarely tires of —his pipe. Indeed as a rule the older a mail grows the more indispensable his pipe becomes to him. Of course non-smo-kers will laugh. Bui whni does Hie man who doesn’t smoke (usually because lie can’t ) know of Hie joys of smoking? Tobacco is often condemned, 'yet it is harmless enough so long as it is not loath'd with nicotine, as Ihe imported brands mostly are. Is there any really pure lob.ueenYes! The New Zealand are renowned for their purify. You see they are all toasted. Hence, their wonderful flavour and delightful aroma. And toasting does more than tlml. Il gets rid of the nicotine in the leaf and renders the tobacco perfectly harmless—something that cannot be said of any iniporled brand. There are several varieties of these line tobaccos —all of them "best sellers” —special favourites being “Riverhead Gold,” “Cavendish,” “Cut Plug No. 10,” and ‘'Navy Cut.” — Advt. 102.

Why-worry thro’ the winter with a “grouch,” A sad-eyed Peever, sulky and morose; Why sit around, or by a fire crouch, While wise ones take “The Little (Daily Dose.” Why not be “0.K.,” confident and gay, Instead of having lung-woes to endure; Why not begin the wiser way today, With Woods Great Peppermint Cure. —1.

Friday (Anzne Day), will lu* observed as a close holiday with the Posl (MILeo. I'h4* telephone ex-rh.-mge will be open as usual. |i is probable that legislation will l/e siibmiiled to Parliament next

session governing the operations of what is known as the. cash order trading system in New Zealand. Immediately before bis death, Mr. John Ashton, of Dunedin, who eoilapsed at the conference of the Spiritualist. Church in Wellington, i,u flood Friday, wrote the words •'Poison, 1 think," on an envelope ami handed il to a friend. The evidence al the impicsl, however, pointed to death being due to heart failure, and tin* enquiry was adjourned pending a formal report from the doctor who made a post mortem cxntninal ion.

A romance is woven round a motor ear accident in Wanganui ills Iriet (says the Herald). A farmer’s daughter had driven 1., the village oil some business lor lief lather. In dodging a dog that rushed out at the car, she swerved and struck a young man who was crossing the road at the lime and knocked him down. lie was severely bruised. The young n lady, finding Ilia! lie was a farmhand out of work, look him to her home. Cupid evidently had a hand in sending that dog forth al the opportune time, for n marriage look place tin other day, and (lie happy young man will re main permanently on the farm.

A decision to advertise vacant in lant--mistress positions at schools as special positions, in order that the choice would nol he reslricded to the highest-graded applicant, was made by Hie Auckland Education Hoard on Wednesday. At the last meeting tin* matter was discussed and the special qiialitieu.lions needed for an infant mistress were stressed. Several members spoke in favour of the proposal, but

a decision was deferred until Wednesday, owing- In the absence of some members. The chairman, Mr. A. Burns, said other boards had adopted the practice of advertising the positions. By doing this the board would be able to consider the merits of all applications and would not lie required to appoint the liighest-graded lonelier. Mr. J. Robertson, senior inspector, said the. inf. Mill mistress was the only teacher in I In* school whose duties were delined by regulation. Il was decided to make the appointments special ones, Yesterday was SI. George’s Day. Si. George is I lie pa t ron Saint nol ( nly of England but of Aragon and I‘ortugal. The Christian soldier was marly red on 23rd April, 303. The popularity of St. George in England has never reached the height attained by SI. Andrew in Seal land, SI. David in Wales, or SI. Patrick in Ireland. The Couneil of Oxford in 1222 ordered that bis feast should be kepi as u national lestiva I, Bui il was iml until Ihe time, of Edward 111 that he was made patron saint of the Kingdom. The conned ion of St. George with the dragon can be traced to the close of I lie sixth century. He, like many oilier Christian saints, entered into the inheritance of veneration previously enjoyed by a pagan hero, in I his case Perseus, who slew a sea moils I el*.