Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 1930. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume LI, Issue 4461, 5 June 1930, Page 2

Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 1930. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The next Dominion hand contest will take place in Wellington, begin mg on February 23, 1031.

British manufacturers have turned out about- 30(10 move private ears- last year than* they did in 1.028.

The shrine at the Auckland War Memorial Museum is to be eomple led by the erection of the bronze tripod and wreath, at. a total cost of £154.

Quite a novel way of attempting to sell a motor-car is to place it in a public parking place and chalk on the buck and side of the ear the price and telephone .address of the owner. Sm-h enterprise was observed the other day in Welling ton.

The opinion that very few butchers had made a profit: during the two years 11)27 to 11)21) was ex - pressed by a bankrupt butcher in I lie course of bis examination in New Plymouth. This was vouched for by his solicitor.

A Wanganui reporter bad a novel experience tit I’arakhio a few days ago. He was introduced to the line old chief Mori Pttkeliiki, who asked him a few pucst-ions about his identity. Then the surprised reporter suddenly found himself embraced by the chief and kissed. 11, transpired that: ITori Pukehiki frequently nursed the reporter when the lutler was a baby.

It may he gathered from a perusal of the following letter of an Australian woman that she is her own uncle. She writes: “My grandmother on my father’s side and my grandmother on my mother’s side had Ihrefc sisters who married brothers. Then my mother’s brother married my father's sister, so that brothcr and sister married brother and sister. Later niv mother’s cousin married my father’s cousin, and my father’s youngest brother married my mother's oldest daughter. Two of my Ini tier’s cousins only distantly related married, and about 45 years ago another cousin of my mother’s married a cousin of my father’s.’’

Aii unusual incident, which considerably surprised a registrar of marriages, occurred at the end of the ceremony between a young couple al a. West Kml registrar other, The bride and bridegroom had just, completed their vows to take each other as lawful husband and wife, when the offteial asked the .bridegroom lo place the ring on the linger of his wife. “But I have no ring,” said Ihe bridegroom to the 'astonished official. “You see, my wife wants to tie without one." As the registrar glanced from one to flic other the bride exclaimed; “Yes, you see, we are modern, and wedding rings are so old fashioned. ” Discussing the incident with a “Sunday .Dispatch” representative -the official said: “The fact that no ring was placed on the finger of the Irnde in no way invalidates the ma rriagc." The pioneers who blazed the trail, Where we in comfort speed to-day; Knew naught of ease by road and rail, To cheer them on their weary way. The pioneers who long since sped, Spread wide the paths which now we tread; And for our coughs and colds assure, With priceless Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure. —10.

The Rnngitikei 'County Council’s scheme for tar-sealing Bulls-Tnr.-ikina road will be delayed owing to the Highways Board being short' of funds.

The United Slates Radio Commission has ordered the closing of the large Portland, Oregon, broadcasting station because the announcer used obscene language. A burglar met a terrible death in Sydney recently. He bad climbed 30ft. up a drain pipe at the rear of Larkin’s Hotel, in Heorge Street, when the piping gave way. In his fall be became entangled in live wires. Death was instantaneous.

‘‘Tourist third class" on the big Atlantic liners is so comfortable that it is replacing the second class altogether. Last year in the Hinted States Line vessels, there was a decrease of 10,000 second class passengers and an increase of 30,000 in I lie third class.

“Doctors' corfiliralcs, yon know, ;,iv not. satisfactory,” remarked Ins Honour Mr. Justice Deed at the Wanganui Supreme Court mi Thursday. “1 like to have I lie doctors before me and bear their evidence." Another difficulty,” added his Honour, “is 11ml T can’t read the writing on the certitieale. It it were typewritten I might be able to do something with it.

The winners at the weekly euchre party held by the Hoxlon Surf ami Life Saving Club on Tuesday night were as follows: —Ladies, Mrs. Wish arl and 'Mrs. W. H. Colc.v tied: men, Mr. McAlister Ist, Mr. Render 2nd. Messrs W. lfowe and J. K. Hornblow tied for the guessing compel it ion in connect ion with the Wcllinglnu-Dren! Britain match, bulb guessing the correct score.

In view of the recent controversy in mm nee i ion with the alleged snubbing of Porter by members of the English team at the conclusion of the match in Wellington on Tuesday it is rather interesting to note ihat when Porter kicked his goal during the course of play, Prentice, the English captain, who had watched the whole of the movement, loudly applauded the. Wellington skipper, for In's line piece of work. The Clyde shipbuilding yards are building as much merchant tonnage as Cermany, Franco, and Holland logdher, while tin l north-east const yards are building more than Hie United States, Japan, Norway, ,Sweden, and 'Denmark pul- together.

The tanks first used iii the (treat War were the suggestion made in October, HH I, by a British officer, Lieut.-Colonel E. D. Swinlon, R.E. Now a Herman inventor is claiming that in 1013 he designed a lank which was demonstrated in Berlin.

Fatal injuries were received by a young footballer, Frank Herbert Kruse, during a Rugby match at. Tauhori, near Wellsford, on Saturday. Kruse was playing for Tauboa against the United team and received a Idt,w on the head in the vicinity of his eyes, from an opponent's knees. He took no further part in the game, Kruse apparently recovered, but later in the evening, after Ins return Imme, lie became worse. The district nurse at Wellsford was summoned ami medical advice from Auckland was also secured, but Kruse died ill midnight. An inquest was held and a verdict of accidental death, due to internal haemorrhage following a fracture ■,f the lia.se of the skull was returned. Deceased was not married.

The conductor of a shooting gallery ul the Waikalo winter show, Joseph Dully, aged 45, of Oxford Sired, Claudel,a nils, was fatally shot mi Monday through the accidental discharged of a .22 inch calibre rifle. The rifle was in the hands of an Indian Rariswhard Sukhii, who was about to try liis skill at the moving targets. The bullet entered Duffy’s chest, and lie died while being taken to hospital. The show was crowded at the time. Dufty was married, and had been a carter in Hamilton for a number of years. He augmented his income by operating sideshows throughout the Waikato and Thame.-,* dislrid. He was an athlete of more Ilian usual muscular development, and took part, in many wrestling contests with considerable success. He had also been a prominent League and Rugby footballer. lie did not have anv children.

A sin foment was made by L'he Mayor of Christchurch, liev. ,1. K. Archer, aI ;i reunion of the Veterans Association on Saturday evening, to the effect that Christchurch is shortly to receive a gift which will he greater in luuuieial value than any yet, made. The statement was not amplified in any way, and, when approached, (lie ■Mayor said that he would make a flirt her nnnouneemenl.. The largest gift in the history of Christohureh is £25,000 for an art gallery, made by Mr I?. E. AleDougall. The old canoe which, 00 years ago was used to go out to greet vessels arriving til Wellington from 'England and bring the mails amore, went to the museum in Wellington recently. The then postmaster, and afterwards the Hon. W. B. D. Man fell, used the canoe on the. red-letter days when the ■English vessels arrived. Since then it has remained in the possession of the family, who have now given it to (lie museum, along with some other curios, including a carved Maori figure, a number of other Maori eurios, a framed coloured picture of a notornis, and a photograph of one, of the iirst specimens found, a large collection of rock fossils, and prehistoric implements gathered by Mr. Gideon Mantell, Mr. W. B. !L)-. Mantell’s father, and the collection of agates which Mr. Gideon Mantell made for his book: “The Story of a Pebble.”

No fewer limn 42 men are now being employed as a result of the Puppv Day appeal of Ilia Dunedin Returned Soldiers' Association. Some of I he men are working in the gardens, some are improving the recreation ground at Monteeillo, and others are engaged in the work of preparation for the establishment of tennis courts, howling greens, etc., at Chisholm Park.

Well-borers often encounter rocks and similar solid obstructions at varying depths during the course of their operations. On Mr. T. Bounder's property a I Glen Oroua recently, however, an ohslaide was smie'lc a! a depth of seventy feet and on llie chisel hciilg pul down the blockage was found to he wood. After boring through three feet of wood Ihe water was eneounlered and a good llu\v struck. On allot her occasion on Ihe same properly when a concrete tank was being pul down vanpo and nigger heads were found nine feet below the surface of the ground. .Most of ihe country thereabouts had until recent years been subject to periodical Hooding and the river now often reveals lairied fences in its bank erosion.

Tobacco, always a joy to the smWker, is never, perhaps, better appreeialed than on a long railway .journey when one has, perforce, to remain a prisoner for hours at a lime. Sneli is ihe boneficient inlluenee of the weed that ii will remove even the tedium of Ira veiling. P.ul on a long journey you want a brand you can smoke all day without tongue, throat or nerves suffering. “Where is such tobacco-ob-tainable?” You may ask. Why at any tobacconist's. Ask for •'Riverhead Gold,” “Navy Cut,” “Cavendish,” or “fail Plug No. 10.” They are all good, and the secret of their marked superiority is that, unlike all other tobaccos, they are toasted. This process gives them their wonderful flavour and fragrance, and —more important slill! —largely neutralises the nicotine in I lie leaf, thus rendering them absolutely safe to smoke —even to excess! You cannot say that of the imported brands, all of them full of nicotine, and hound to affect ihe health if used habitually, because, as any doct or will I ell you, nicotine is a deadly poison.—Advt. 83.