Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, JUNE 3, 1930. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume LI, Issue 4460, 3 June 1930, Page 2

Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, JUNE 3, 1930. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

An owl lately wounded a man in the countryside near Blackburn, England.

Five bankruptcies were recorded at the. Palmerston North centre during' the month ended Saturday, and three failures were those of residents of Palmerston. During the corresponding month of last year there were tlnve adjudications in bankruptcy.

A meeting of retailers will he held at the Board room of Mr. \Y. McKenzie, 35a Broadway, Palmerston North, on Thursday next, June sth, at 7.30 p.m., to consider any suggested alterations to the Shops and Ofllces Act, particularly in the direction of a Universal Saturday half holiday.

One of the letters placed before the Kiwitea County Council last week was from the Independent Order of (loud Templars of New Zealand, and asked for the support of Ihe Council in endeavouring to pur down the practice of drinking at cabarets and dances. The Council left no doubl as to it* altitude on the matter, the motion supporting the 1.0.G.T. being carried unanimously without any liesila

T'hvoe motor accidents occurred in Invetv-argi.il on Saturday, fortunately without proving fatal. "An elderly lady named Mrs. Mareliant, was thrown from a cycle through a collision with a car and received slight concussion and a severe shock. A pedestrian, Miss Bragg, was 'knocked over hy a. car and sustained extensive lacerated, seal]) wounds and concussion. An auctioneer (Mr. McDonald) driving' a. car ran into a train at Banxlioltu crossing near Invercargill and escaped with a lacerated scalp and fractured ribs.

Apropos of Sir Hall Caine’s 77th birthday the London Daily Express suggested that brain work is distinctly conducive to old age, and adds: “The hearty country squire, the personification of John Bull, usually joins his ancestors before lie is (10. Mr. Edison, Air. Rockefeller, Mr. Bernard Shaw, Sir Oliver Lodge and others (including the late Poet Laureate) are examples of maturity and mental activity. What ages people is not age but sluggishness.” “Smoker,’’ writing to Auckland “Star,’’ relates how, on hoarding a tram-car the oilier day, lie found every scat in the smoking compartment occupied bv ladies! Well, that’s an everyday happening. But if the unfortunate smoker, driven out of the compartment supposed to he set apart for his use, enters a non-smoking ear and dares to light up, non-smokers write to the papers about it. Yet it must be admitted that some tobaccos arc very rank. This is.caused by the excess of nicotine in them. All the imported brands are like that. Pure ’baccy doesn’t give oft offensive smoke, book at the New Zealand, why, its aroma couldn’t prove distasteful to even the non-smoker. How’s flint ? Because these tobaccos are all toasted. That’s why they smell so good ami lasio so delicious, and dial’s why they are perfectly iimo<■•ll mis. The toasting makes all the difference! it rids them of’nicotine. They can’t harm anyone, not, even the excessive smoker. Brands? Oh, I here are several—-including “Navy Cut," “Cavendish,” “River" head Gold,” and “Cut Plug No. 10 ” —Advt. 82.

When winter’s magic carpet white. Is o’er the landscape spread; Despite of all its beauty bright. Of colds it brings us dread. But they who keep their confidence, And live by rules of common sense; for coughs and colds can ease as-

sure, With Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure.—9.

Hosiery week commencing ai the U. Al. boss Coy’s, mi Thursday, this week, gives ihrifiy buyers an opport unity to replenish their hosiery slocks at real bargain juices. See change advertisemenl. •‘They met by accident!" and now there’s a romance that has excited the nurses of a Sydney hospital, says a correspondent. .Adonis, badly hurl in a motor crash, directly he was well enough to get about, found that Venus, who had been in the other car, was in the suin' institution. Tic met her on the verandah, and apologised lor any fault uf his which caused the accident. and thereafter they talked much together, and shared the good tilings which friends bin night them. |.mig hefnre they were discharged I hey had made up their minds j.o maim it a life partnership. The highest price fur hen eggs for a number of years was realised recently al the Auckland City markets, when special grade eggs brought 3s 3d a dozen. The relai! price was alii.nl 3s 2d a dozen, and a slight increase is expected shortly. The wei and cold weather, it is staled, lias resulted in the birds moulting now instead of later in I he

-cason. The demand is considerably in excess of Hie supply, and ialsu greater than al tin* corresponding jteriod last year. Afore plentiful stocks of duel.- eggs are now in;; forward.

"I liml by experience ihnt ibe a,— i|uii ing of farms by exchange is. a pernicious practice, ’’ said Air J. IT. Robertson, ollicial assignee in Christchurch, al n meeting of Creditors this week. Bankrupt, questioned by the assignee, said lltal he was originally a blacksmith, but he Imd owned three farms, which he had acquired by exchange. “Tin l trouble is that both parties lo an exchange generally inflate the values of the properties beyond all reason,” the assignee ~remarked. “Willi men of experience the values may he more or less right, but when two speculators make an exchange there is generally a bad result, t have known many bankruptcies caused in this way in my experience in the North.”

The Public Health Department is busy going through Hospital Boards’ estimates. In view of the Dominion’s economic position every effort- is being made to check extravagant expenditure, Iml. the Hon. A. .). Stallworlhy, Afinistor of Public Health, staled at Christchurch, that there was no suggestion of a decrease in the efficiency of the hospital system nor was it proposed lo throw any additional burden on local ratepayers. A close scrutiny of Hospital Boards’ estimates of capital expenditure ibis year was operating in absolutely tin; opposite direction. Other proposals would be made to relieve the burden of local ratepayers.

Two men were killed, one seriously injured and one slightly injured when a motor truck went off die road in die vicinity of Waiknri, (Napier") on Saturday and fell down a hundred-font bank to. the creek. The killed were:—Alexander McIntosh, aged about 15, a farmer of Pntorino, married with six children. William Johnston, aged 2-5 years, a farm labourer at Pntorino, whose parents reside in Dnnnevirke. The injured are: —A. E. Porter, farmer of Pntorino, seriously injured, conveyed to Napier hospital. V. J. Barry, farmer of Puloriuo, bruises and shock, aide to proceed home. Porter was driving the lorry when it met a car on a hud'corner. Porter had the inside running and it appeared as if the vehicles had room to pass. The car, however, grazed the roar of the truck and ilie impact turned the latter’s nose towards the bank over which it. ran.

Fox ton was originally intended to be in the MaltawaUi-Oi’oiia ..Power Board’s district, according to the remarks of Air. W. E. Barber (Horowliemia Power Board representative) in response to the toast of “The Horowliemia Power Board” at the tire brigade social function last week. Air. Barber said that when the Power Board districts were being defined in connection with llie Horowliemia Hydro Electric .scheme, it, had been decided that the whole of the Ahum wain County lie included in the ALuna-waln-Oi'oua Power Board district. The ‘Comity Chairman (Ilie late Sir .lames W ilson) and certain Wellington “heads” considered that, the iuelnsion of the whole of the Afiutawam County in the ManawatuOrona Power Board district, would make the area too unweildly and as a result of their activities Poston and the lower portion of the Malta walu County were shifted iuto the Horowliemia Power Board district, and they were very fortunate in that respect, said Air. Barber, for Pox-ion being in a direct line with Mangahan, was one of the first places to receive the power and the town and district was now to enjoy the privilege of a 25 per cent, reduction in the lighting' charges.

A sharp attack on the art unions system wits made by the Rev. P. E. Harry in Wellington Baptist Church on Sunday. ••The nation is being debauched by gambling," said Mr. Harry. “Since the present. Government came into power art unions, which were forbidden for long, have suddenly multiplied, and the curse of God must fall upon the junn who by his supineness and lack of moral vision introduces into national life the art union business, so that our streets are polluted with this degrading traffic, and the “get-rich-quick" antagonist of honest toil is capturing the youth of .our land. “Some of us were hoping,” he continued, “that when the Cabinet, portfolios were being veshutned the Ministry for internal A,(fairs might be entrusted to better hands.”

A Canadian foursome will be played on I lie Herrington golf links In-day, play commencing at 10 ;i.m. The play for the nflernoon ill he arranged on the links.

Kings In id Smith Inis arrived at the (’rovdon aerodrome from Holland en male for Ireland where he will begin his long llighl across the At laid ie.

A number of local residents intend being present at the \\ elling[<m Britain football mateh in Wellinglon to-day, while others intend pat ronising the races at Otaki.

A large number of cablegrams w:i i-iril v eoiigratnlal ing Amy John-,-,on have been received at Sydney Imm New Zealand women's or-

ganisations, the .Mayoress id. Welling Irm included. These await the avia l lix on her arrival at Sydney. The Public llcallli Department is base going ibmngb hospital hoard's estimales, In view of Ihe Dominion's economic position every otfori is heing made to cheek extravagant expcmlilure, Iml Don. A. .7. Si aII w orl'liy, Minister of Publie llcallli, slalcd al Ciirislchureh on Saturday, that I here' was no suggestion of a decrease in the efficiency of ilie hospital system, nor was ii proposed to Ihrow niw additional burden on local ratepayers. flats have been seen in I lie South Dhtml silting on half-submerged willow 1 1 links and scooping wliilelinii oni of the river. A novel attribute of flic sroal has apparent - lv developed in New Zealand, necording to a ,statement made by AD. \Y. IT. Field, ARP., at the meet ing of the Wellingion Acclimatisation Society. Mr. Field said that a -..10at was seen sitting on the bank of a stream gazing into the water al Waikanae. Afier a while it dived in and emerged with an IS-inrli eel, which got away. Again, the. Stoat crouched and watched, and the second attempt, though ii was • a well-matched tug-of-war, succeeded, the stoat disappearing into cover trailing and squirming eel.

Less Customs revenue and beer duty hoi It for May and for the five months of this year compared with the same periods of 1929 have been collected at the port of Auckland. The decrease in Customs revenue is £5,111 for the month, and £22,8115 for the live months, the decrease in beer duly being £IB.B for May alone, and £8,84/ for the longer period. Customs revenue collected at Christchurch during May amounted to £8(5.371), a decrease of £3,175 oil the amount collected in May, ll)2t). Customs duly collected at the port of Wanganui during the month of Alay totalled £5,881 1-ls 7d, a decrease of £1,302 7s sd, compared with .May of last year, alien the duty eoHeeded totalled £7,271 2s.

An argument as to whether mo-tor-ear headlights will reveal dark objects mi wet bitumen-surfaced roadways was raised in the Wellington Magistrate's Court on Tues - day by Mr. C. A. L, Treadwell, who was of the opinion that such objects could not be distinguished, no matter how bright the lights might fie, when the bitumen was wet. iCnnstable Sutherland, in answer to a ■ iuesiion by Mr. Treadwell, said that lie bad bad a fair amount of motor experience, and could not agree with this view. “Do you mean to fell me I liar yon could distinguish a pedestrian in a dark suit urn a wet bitumen road ?” asked Air. Treadwell. ‘‘Yes," answered the constable. “Then all I can say is \oii must have extraordinarily good lights, constable,” concluded Mr. I read well.