Manawatu Herald SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 1930. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume LI, Issue 4498, 30 August 1930, Page 2

Manawatu Herald SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 1930. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The m.v. Foxton which arrived hi port during- the early hours of this morning and will load -51 head of stock for Lyttelton.

For a limited period a 11/9 department is being maintained at Mrs. Ball’s Boot- -Store, Main St. Call in and see the lines being offered at this price.*

The recent warm rains have had a very beneficial effect on pastures throughout the district. Shrubs and trees are putting on iiew growth and vegetables are beginning to shoot ahead.

•Ladies’ and Gents’ fashionable footwear is just now making an attractive display in the window of Mrs. Ball’s Boot Store, Main Street. The new styles arc smart-. The prices are right.* During the month of August rain fell locally on 14 days, a total of 3.17 inches being recorded. The maximum fall was 1.2(1 ot an inch (in the 24th. The coldest day was the. Ist and the hottest day was the 1 291 h when the.'thermometer registered 35 and 57 degrees respectively. The death dec in-rod in I lie Wellington hospital this morning of Timothy O’Roitrko, the 18-months : ehild who was severely scalded as the result of upsetting a pot of boiling- tea over himself on Wednesday afternoon.

, Captain C. Larsen, of Manawalu Heads, had a narrow escape from serious injury on Thursday afternoon. When returning to the beach from Foxton, ope of the wheels of his car collapsed, causing the vehicle to overturn. -Captain Larsen was thrown out but fortunately sustained no injury apart front a severe shaking and bruising.

The tenacity of noxious weeds was testified to by members of the Manawatu Rabbit Board on Thursday during a discussion on the subject of -their eradication. Mr. R. Boswell, of Glen Oroua, said that he had grubbed gorse on the roadside in front of his property every year for 21 years and it was still there. The chairman (Mr. B. G. Gower) s-aid that he had grubbed gorse, lupin and broom on his property at Foxton since 1900 and every year it still made its appearance. Members of the Manawalu Rabbit Board wlu> met in Koxton last Thursday, stated that the grass grab had been particularly destructive in all parts of Ihe district this year. Mr. McKelvie said that the grill) had developed to far greater proportions this season than lie had ever seen before. '.Numbers of lawns had been ruined and gardens in his part of the district had genera 11 v suffered.

Mr. J. F. McKelvie, of Carnarvon fold members of the Manawalu Rabbit Board on Thursday that as a boy at Flock House lie used to collect young gorse hushes from the hedges on the homestead and sell them to fnrm'crs in the Carnarvon district at 2/<i a hunch for pocketmoney. “1 little thought at that time,’’ said Mr. McKelvie, “that in years to come it would cost me thousands to clear the same- property of gorse.”

The Chinese market gardeners at Mo'huti haive fourteen acres of green peas already up and they intend planting- further lots. They -are sending tons of vegetables to the Wellington market. When questioned recently as to wh-at protective measures they took against birds, they stated that apart from a little “pruning” the birds did no great harm but the hares were proving a serious menace. Already this season they have lost one sowing- of carrots'’ through them. They conic out at night and eat the tops off also the bodv of the carrot well down into the ground. A Wellington professional mail makes a hobby of collecting tobacco pipes. He has some rare and valuable specimens from many lands. Yet for his own use lie is content 'with a shilling briar! Wlell, the tobacco counts for far more Ilian the pipe. 11 should lie of fine flavour and delightful aroma. Also —and above all—it should be as free from nicotine as it ca n/possibly be. You may say: “All! it’s all very fine, hut where is tobacco like that to he had? Why, at the nearest tobacconist’s shop. Ask for New Zealand toasted. Next to no nicotine in it ! That means it’s safe lo smoke to any extent. You-can’t- say that of the imported goods with their large ■percentage of nicotine. It’s the toasting that rids the New Zealand of its nicotine and gives it its incomparable flavour and unrivalled bouquet. There are only four brands of toasted — “Riverhcad Gold,” “Cavendish,” “Navy Cut No. 3,” and “Gut Plug No. 10.” Are there any imitations.? Rather! Every good tiling- is imitated. Beware! —Adv-t 140.

Momentary bliss bestowed.” — Gray.

Where coughs and colds are concerned, however, the relief is prompt and lasting when Baxter’s Lung Preserver is talren. Try a bottle this winter. Soothes and relieves immediately. Tones ,up the system against further trouble. “Baxter’s” is known throughout the Dominion as the most reliable remedy for coughs, * colds, sore throats, influenza, and all such throat and lung ailments. Now fitted with a special screw cap which preserves the contents. All chemists and stores. Gener-ous-sized bottle, 2/6; economical, family size, 4/6; bachelor’s size, 1/6—l

The British-Australian Rugby Test will be played at Sydney today. Both teams are confident of victory, but New Zealand’s opinion is Mini Britain will have points to spare at (lie conclusion.

Constable Owen is still maintaining a search on the local beach for the remains of the two fishermen recently drowned at Taiigilmvaiin. Only portions of the dismembered bodies have so far been recovered.

Nineteen shillings and eleven pence is the price of a wide range of Ladies’ and Gents’ Footwear, still being offered in the special department at Mrs. Ball’s Boot Store, Main Street. Gall in and see these.*

Arthur Finch Marshall, who, it was stated, was in November last convicted of being in possession of seditious literature and lined £SO, was at Wellington yesterday convicted and ordered to come up for sentence if called upon within twelve months, for addressing a crowd on the waterfront without a permit.