Manawatu Herald SATURDAY, MAY 3, 1930. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume LI, Issue 4447, 3 May 1930, Page 2

Manawatu Herald SATURDAY, MAY 3, 1930. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

r? ( view of i lie nj>il;i i ion recently to remove pukeko l!rom Llie list ol |)i‘ol eel eil game Iho opinion ol' n yyriler in 1 lie Hawkes liny Herald is ol! ini crest. “It is pleasing lo Jcown that the pnkekos will lie protected —as these lords are mo-I, usel'nl in the work they do Lo assist Ihe sheep tanners lo keep their sheep tree train attacks <>t a mom; dost met ive pest, the liver llnke, lie slates. “The birds may he seen eontinnally searching the rushes and weeds in the vicinity ol slow running' crocks and stagnant swamp water.’’

The New Plvmonfh-idnelmnga ferrv steamer service has been di eontimied after :">5 years opera! ion, by the .Northern M.S. Company. When the Xgapuhi sailed from New Ply moil I h on her last voyage lad night, a. large crowd at the wharf gave the steamer a rousing farewell. An indication of the trend of modern t.ransporl is ihr fuel I hat Ihe purl is now without a regular passenger service for the lirsl time since the founding of the province.

“1 have two apologies to make,'' said Mr. D. Morrison, Manager of the Stale hire Ollice, Palmerston .N’orlh, mi rising to commence his address on “Fire Loss and hire Insurance” nl 'l !iiirsilay’s meeting o! l lie Foxlon Lumdi Club. “'! he lirsl. apology is for talking "shop and the second is for daring Lo address a Pox lon a udience on tires and lire insurance, for - ’ he said amidst, laughter, “if there is one place ;n lids country 1 lint knows anything about tires it is Poxton.”

“Man and Imy, I’ve been Lorly years in tile trade,” remarked a Wellington tobacconist to a pressman the oilier day, “and the biggest thing I’ve seen in all that lime

in connection with the weed is the discovery that toasting the leaf destroys the nicotine in it and makes it as sale as houses to smoke. IPs wonderful. Brings out flavour anil bouquet, too, in the most remarkable way. When toasted tobacco was lirsl introduced people reckoned it was jusi a passing fad. Today the demand tor it is big, and constantly increasing. There are only four brands——“Kiverhead Gold,” “Navy Cut,” "Cavendish,’’ and "Cut Plug”—and they have captured the fancy of the public. Yes, and just make a special note of this; smokers lind they can smoke toasted all day long without; its affecting their nerves or causing any other trouble. And I hat’s where toasted differs from alt other brands, most of which are loaded with nicotine. I ought to know, after handling tobacco for almost a. lifetime.” The pressman “made a note of it.” —-AdvL. 100.

There’s Mister O’Grady who married Miss Brady, lie’s Lukin’ his kids for a roide in tli’ ear; But poor Alary Ellen —’tis sad to be telJin’ — Is down wid a chronic attack of catarrh. The doctor kapes callin’ —it’s somethin’ appallin’, lie’s pilin’ up fees, but she’ll peg out, I’m sure; Bcgob and begomt! i'll call in tomorra, And recommend Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure. —5.

When the borough roadmen were engaged in removing the old wooden eulveri in I’limmer Terrace, whieli is lining replaced will) eoii- ( rele jpipes (says the Shannon Xews), they discovered at a deprn of*- about two feel, (lie root of a tree, which on lining traced hank was found to lie a runner from a willow tree growing in the railway yard. It was estimated, to lie sixty feet in .long!h.

William Thomas Aviv, a iormei joekev and 1 mirier, was found dead ai his father’s residence at Ol.aki on Thursday evening. The deceased. who was It years of age, and mime rried. had had over four years’ war service, and was badly gassed : n lilts. An impiesl was opened at 11|(. i)[n ki ('onri In,list l hid ore Mr. r |. P.rown, I list riel (Cormier, and v, ;i> adjourned pending a report ii.,,i,i ihe thivernnicul Analyst on ; 1 11 • contents ol the deceaseds s|n

When endeavouring' lo impress ii 11, ,n Ids amlin i ice tin- magnitude ol New Zealand's Tire loss .luring tbr , out's,- of his address : 1 1 llie Fox' ton Lunch Club meet in a on iinirs eav, Mr. I). Morrison, Manager ol • 1,,', siale Fire (Mice, Palmersiou Noflh. said the loss amounted lo a trillion and a ball! annually. "Why,’ .said, “It look the Government three or four years in spend a i.na rier of a million on I lie Palmer .X.o'ili deviation, bill I linisi.

say we've got very good got I .inkers I here as a residl.” ( Baugh IN')-

The Auckland Social Workers Association lias passed tins I olio wing rcsolul ion ; “I hat tins conference expresses its alarm ... |d H . c.\l raoi'dinarv amount

~ | drinking amongst young women ami girls when accompanied In men dor ear I.i.ju drives. The conference feels that lack of proper parental eon in,| is in many instances respon-

sible for this growing evil. We feel l Iml it,,, public does not realise the

enormous dangers attendant upon lids increasing menace in under mining of good citizenship."

(ltd Ti.\\ ana Muiilieni. who Some wars ago became totally blind, sliil i-ides a bold unaided and often uu - guided, says a 'iikitiki correspondent of the “Poverty Bay Herald.” When he rides towards KangiUikia In: knows tin* different routes and where to turn, whet her to the store ~i to Ihe school, or go straight on Inwards Lbe sea. When lie has a case "at the Native Land Court ho attends the Court daily, and he ari ive.s on horseback. the road I rum Rangitukia to Past Capo is ycrv rough ami dangerous, yet llV; .inn lms ridden to Past Cape, fl I - llniiigh on this occasion he .1 allow - c.l a companion.

Having covered uuLe.s m 4 Iniiii's no minutes actual dying l mu.*, Plight Lieutenant W. M. Buckle. arrived at Christchurch t i-oiii Auckland on Thursday in the t airev 111 P monoplane. the machine lias been designed tor aerial survey work and will be used by f light-Cieutciiaid Buckley for sur-

veying the Mani.doto County. Prom the I Lohsoiiville air base to Christchurch only one slop was made —at Blenheim —where* Plight - Lieutenant Buckley landed to inspect the auxiliary petrol tanks, which lie suspected were not functioning properly. lie found tittle amiss and resumed Ids High I and arrived at Wigi'am aerodrome at -800 p.m.

Disappointment is in store tor hori mu It u l ist s win. ha ve been hoping |i> receive. £1(1(10 lh‘om a. Loudon newspaper lor the discovery of a musk plant with the genuine old musk aroma. Pome time ago a siaiemenL was made at a meeting ol the Auckland branch of the New Zealand I lull ieiilt oral .Institute to the dice,i Iha I the London Daily Mail was offering such a prize, and for some lime the institute was bombanleil with inquiries. Eventually about -LO musk plants were transplanted at Hay’s nurseries in older Ihal a lest might he carried out. However, a letter lias been received from ihe Daily Mail saying that it has never ottered prizes for musk [da ids. In their keenness,

some enthusiastic horticulturists have even been writing to the impel* in Loudon claiming the prize.