Manawatu Herald SATURDAY, AUGUST 2, 1930. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume LI, Issue 4486, 2 August 1930, Page 2

Manawatu Herald SATURDAY, AUGUST 2, 1930. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

or (lie .C7U,()00 o-n111('rod 10 years non, enough remains for the Wanganui Patritoie Association I<> cavvy on for approximately another four years. v

Spring time is (iiini Root time. See the stocks of Gum Boots a i Mrs. Ball’s 800 l Store, Main Street. All lengths ami sizes, at specially low prices.*

A curious circumstance indicating how little Mann allowed his impend iny fate to prey upon lib mind is that he actually gained 71h. in weight during his imprisonment, A serious accident befel .Mr. Alfred William Parsons, of Wai-pu-kuraii, when hunting' with tin Hawke's Bay' Cluh at Tikokino on Wjnlnesday. Mr. Parsons was thrown, sustaining fractured ribs, concussion and severe shock.

Aii inquiry into ilit* riiviiiiislsin cos surrounding llio death <»l George ITonry Woods, widower-, aged 54 years (who was found iloiiil in a wood-shed. will) n shot gun between liis legs, at f\ ;l ini ni'.'.a >ui July 22, was liold before Mr A. J. (1 riili.'i in, i-i>i'<> ll1 ■ r, ul I ‘al mo vs I mi Xu rill oil Thursday. A Vrnlirl lliai deceased iliod from a gunshot wound, snir-iulli.’io.l, was rol a moil. Philosophy in misl'ml nno was displayed hy two moil in a nmlur car which ran inlu a drain near WVitaikaruru nno night recently. A party of' Tluimes mol oris is saw (lm oar in ilia drain, and wont to investigate. Titov discovered two nion fast asloo]i. When tlio moil woro nslcod if llioy needed any help :hoy replied Mint ihoy woro all right ami would rornain where thoy woro until morning, wlmn someono no doubt would come along and liolp thorn to pull Iho oar ou(. They thou promptly wonl to sloop again.

A mat tor of interest to all Koslon rcsidonls in llio l( loar.i m o Solo now in full swing ul Mrs. Ifalls Boot Store, Main Shoot. Son window for

bnrgains iniiuiiiorablo.* In giving judgment at Levin yesterday in favour of a drovor whoso dug had,' hern rim uvor by a motorcar, Mr. J. 1,. Stout, S.M.. said, "T lay it- down again, in spite ol criticism, that it is the duly of a drover to clear llio road, bni that it is also the duty of a motorist to slow down and go carefully past stock. I laid il down that a drover was not entitled to the whole road, hut in a ease like this, where a dog was working sheep and helping the motorist, it behoves the motorist to slow down and go at such a speed as to render it .practically impossible for him to run over the dog.” One of the British farmers who visited Xew Zealand a few months ago, in a letter to tin* (Jiristchiiveh Times, writes: "Your dairy companies are very much behind the times in the absence of turning shelves, which are now arranged that, even a girl can turn a ton of cheese in n minute or so without any manual labour in the way of handling, as curried out in your large cheese factories, every cheese being hand-turned from day to day until ready or ripe enough lor marketing.” “KITTING ON ALL SIX.” Oh Boy! It’s great to be lit. Great to take the steep grades on top. Great to have power and to spare lor a spurt. Nerves are everything. Need them. They need phosphorous. Marshall’s I'osphcrine is a concentrated neuve food —phosphorous in form for instant assimilation. No more nervousness, irritability, sleeplessness. .100 doses of “Marshall’s” 2/6. Ckemsls and stores. —6.

Dnriny the month of July rain 1, locally on 1.0 days, a. total of 2. )J inches being recorded. The maximum fall was I inch on I lie 21 si. The coldest day was the 7th and the hottest day was the j PIh, when the thermometer rogisIcred 31 and 53 degrees respectively.

They were telling tales of curious happenings, in the golf club. The truth of this one was vouched for bv the narrator. A man was playing a short hole. His mashie shot oil' the tee was hit perfectly. ’The hall scuttled across ilie green straight for the hole and disappeared in the tin. While the player was receiving congratula‘ijous on his feat from tin l other ll.rec men with whom he was plavilie ball suddenly reappeared ,d came to rest a. yard away from i!i,. hole. The explanation of litis ghostly occurrence was simple. There was a load in the hole.

A matter of .special interest to Pox toll golfers is an offer of ladies ,„d gents' Golf Shoes at Mrs. Ball's Hoot Store. Main Street. A specialjv iin|X>rU*il line ;* I ji It r;u*tivi*

A decision not to make public the document handed to the prison authorities by Art bur I'liomns Muim shortly before his execution at Auckland on Tuesday was announced bv the Minister of Justice, lion. .1. G. ( 'oldie, on Thursday. The -.1 at e men i reached the Minister yesterday and lie perused IBe contents. "There was nothing worth reading in the statement, and no purpose would be served by its publication." lie said. Ibe .Minister added that no confession bad been made. As was indicated earlier by the Controller-General of Prisons. Mr. Jb L. Ballard, the statement merely traversed evidence given in the Supreme Court.

Even cold Mount Egnioiit is not free from . rats. The instinctive! ability of the rodent to find a home anywhere and everywhere, even CObl) feel up the mountain, was shown by a member of a deputation from the Taranaki Alpine Club which waited upon the Korlh Comyiitfee of the National Park Board on Monday evening. It was slated that before the bat at Pantham a Peak (opened not long ago) was i omploted, rats bad lakeb up their residence. The blankets in the hut. could >ie kept' dry during the winter, said the alpinist, hut the rats could not be kept away—even (iOOO fed tit> the mountain.

The following story is fold by Sir Hurry l,am|er: —Two olid Forfar men met each other in the Scotch express from London. They were both going home to the town of their birth after several years abroad. Among the many tilings they, spoke about was an old bosom companion whom they were •both keen to see again. So they decided they would call together at the house and fake him by surprise. It was laic in the evening when they got to Forfar, and incptiry revealed the fact that AVcemie' was still living in the same old house. They walked UP and knocked at the door. A woman answered their summons. "Does Maislcr l.ammoiid still live here?" asked one of the strangers. "Aye, iusl carry him in!” said the lady in a matter of fact voice!

Tiic don 111 of Sir Tfob«i*t Si out ::ml thi! mention of hi* [ioiitic.il :tssocitilinns wiili other leaders has recoiled lo ■ resident of Toronoki on incident ol o circus pcHoimonee in New Plymouth so for hack os IS7O. The clown was doing- his liii’ii and asked the ringmaster wliot hod pul Sir George Grey in a. ijiutHilary. The ringmaster replied in the stereotyped form: "T don'l know. What was il that put Sir George Grey in a quandary?” "He had a preference for Stout, hut lost his Ballanee," answered the clown. 1: was just about lhai time that Sir George Grey, (hen Premier, had a. personal quarrel with the Colonial Treasurer, "Mr John Bollance, a quarrel which practically wrecked his Ministry. Mr Stout was At-torney-General and Minister of Lands. The incident showed how ‘keen an intercsl was taken in poliI ica'l events At) veins ago.

"My •longue feels as if I'd rnassaged il with a nutmeg-grater,” laughingly remarked a city man to his tobacconist the other morning. “Smoked• rather a lot- yesterday — always do on Sundays. But; I find my longue gets sore now after two or three pipes, and I sometimes think I’ll clinch smoking for keeps.” “Try a different brand,” said the tobacconist. “Can recommend (oasted New Zealand. (Coolest ’baccy r know. Nice flavour and beautiful bouquet. You can smoke if for hours without- burning your tongue. Tt’s toasted, and toasting i‘X fra els most of the nicotine—a big point in its flavour. Too much nicotine in the imported shift'. Brands? Only four brands of toasted: “Riverhead Gold," “'Cavendish," "Navy Cut No. 3,” and "Cut Plug No. 10.” 1 am selling a |,,t of .-ill four. They are all different strengths. 1 know you like a medium so suppose you try a tin of toasted "Navy Cut No. 3?" It’s really good. The customer nodded. Now lie smokes nothing else.—Xdvt, 129.

True poetry is penned in perfect phrase, Expressing genius in each cultured phase; That those with souls shall understand and know, The satin smoothness of its rhythmic How. True poetrv is at your service still, To cheer your hearts thro’ winter’s icy chill — Nor coughs and colds its inspired message sure, Endorses Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure.-— l 5.

hi connedimi with iho final Rugliv tost mnloli In be played nt Wellington on Ollt August, a. speei.nl ll'.nin will leave Palmerston North lor Wellington at (i.tl a.in., returning after the mat eh. Special reil m-oil fares are being' gran toil.

Edward Kennedy, secretary of the Cooks and Stewards' Union was the defendant'- in an action for assault brought against him in the Wellington Magistrate's Court yesterday by Arthur Ryan, an assistant cook. Kennedy was lined ,C 5 and costs Tin- soerernrv concluded an argument by blackening Ryan's eye. In the opinion of Ah'. E. Page, S.M., there was no doubt

Kennedy was far too aggressive and llnit the assault had been committed. An order was made directing Kennedy to pay half the fine to I {van.