Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, SEPT. 16, 1930. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume LI, Issue 4505, 16 September 1930, Page 2

Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, SEPT. 16, 1930. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Two ewes recently gave birth to seven lambs between them on *n Okoia farm. One had lour. All members of the two families are said to be doing well. In this connection it is interesting t.o know that a few days ago a ewe in the Auckland province gave birth to twin black lambs.

The world is small—this is a trite saving ibid a true one. Two Hamilton residents who are touring England decided one Sunday ruing that they would go to church. Imagine their surprise when they found that the preacher at the service was the Bishop o! Waikato. Needless to say, there was an interesting re-union alter the service.

Up-to-the-minute in fashion, smart to the highest degree, is the description of Ladies' and Gents’ footwear now on sale at Mrs Ball’s, Main Street. New Zealand’s best- markets are searched to provide our stocks of fashionable footwear.*

A Stratford gardener who has kept a diary for the past 31) year* has been able to come to an interesting conclusion in reference to the planting of cabbages. Ho finds from his entries that cabbages planted in .Jane come to maturity only ten days ahead of’ those planted in September. The later plants have also the advantage of being much more tender.

That .the deceased met his death by drowning was the verdict <4 Mr. F. C. Wilson, (Coroner, who held an inquest at Bulls on Saturiv, into the circumstances surrounding the recent fatality at Rangitikei Heads when Colin Allan Campbell lost bis life. The body of the deceased was identilied by his brother. The funeral of Hie victims of the tragedy, Victor Guinnn and Colin Campbell took place on Sunday, the cortege being representative of town and eounli v, sports bodies in particular. Rev. B. R, White officialed at the ceremony.

The growing popularity of flying it: Auckland is relllected by the crowds which (lock to the aerodrome at: Ihumatao every weekend (.says the Star). The propitious weather the other day attracted an utiusnallv large crowd out to 'AI angora to watch the progress of the pilots and their occasional. stunting. Much interest centred in the Aero ("Intis dog, which worked assiduously throughout the day in keeping the runway clear of stray stock. A beautiful collie, the dog is an invaluable member of the ground stall, and in answer to directions shills from the danger /.one tin* cows which browse on tin l landing ground.

Wodking on the old plan of giving a large order and borrowing on the strength of it, a young man has, it is said, tried to victimise a! "least two Christchurch -firms

taring the past few days. In the case of one firm, maim far hirers of farm implements, the man staled I lull he was representing an Amberley agent. He ordered 100 plough shares. Then he discovered that lie had left his cheque hook behind and .borrowed .CIO. He tried u similar trick on a 'timber firm, after ordering. 100 fencing posts, but here he was not successful. To have a cow in her kitchen was the unenviable experience of a Wairarapn lady a few days ago. It was only with considerable Hit'lienlty that the animal was forced to leave.

•Slipper comfort is no longer a matter of expense. Ladies will find a, range of cosy slippers in various colours at Dbe exceptionally low price of 2/G per pair at .Mrs Ball’s, Main Street. Smart, warm, comfortable for only half-a-crown!*

Upstarts gorged with gold we see, Aping aii’s of pedigree; Whilst the caustic critic still, Pricks them with his fountain quill. Upstarts just mere mortals be, Catching cold like you and me; And as prompt relief assure, Taking Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure. —26.

Several local exhibitors attended the lioiigolea Horticultural So(itv’s littlh show held to-day.

The Dutch Naval Squadron, consisting of a cruiser and two destroyers, will leave Sydney oil October ID for New Zealand.

The sum of £3.1.8 has been spent by tin; Hawke’s Bay' Automobile Association during the past year i,n the erection of new sign posts.

Despite a driving cold rain the Christchurch Blanket Society raised £785 ia a “Violet Day” street appeal last Friday.

Suuadron-Leador L. M. Isitt accompanied by a mechanic, intended leaving Auckland to-day in flic “Cutty Sank” living-boat for Wellington.

Hoarding advertising is not a lucrative source of revenue for the Railway Department. It returned in 1930 a sum of £53,532, hat. Ihe expenditure to secure this amounted to £52,151.

A sulphur bottom whale*, a rare sj>(‘('irs in lliasu purls, was lured by the Te Awaite whalers the oilier day, the lirst of its kind brought to the Tory Channel liiiiliug-down works.

.More bobby calves were handled I his season by the Whngamii works lima last. The season is now slackening off in all districts from which the supply ims been drawn.

•iJc kiicw wlial’s what.” — Skelton.

At. least thill’s what Smith said of the friend wlm recommended Baxter's Lung I’reserver for coughs and colds. And there is ■no doubt about it that this tine old specific is marvellously soothing. Gives instant, relief.

“Baxter's” also possesses unique tonic properties which tone up I lie system against further attacks. Now obtainable with a screw cap which preserves the contents. All. chemists and stores —economical family size, 4/(1; medium size, 2/(i; small size, 1/(5. —1 After inspecting the light aeroplane which is being constructed by Mr. F. A. North, at a cycle depot in Dannevirke, Flight-Sergeant Sorrell, of the Defence Department, declared that there was not :> 'plane in New Zealand, imported or private, which ■ could compare with it so far as construction was concerned. If it llew as well as it was constructed il would prove a ■very efficient machine indeed. Although the Might- sergeant’s report was very favourable, he considered Mr. North had erred on the side of safety and solidity, considering the design and style and weight of the machine and the horse-power of the engine.

Have you seen the latest in i'ennis Shoes at Mrs Ball’s, Main Street? These are of satin, in a variety of colours. Very desirable. Also Tennis Shoes in canvas with coloured insets. Very smart.®

Referring to the Unemployment Bill, which includes a flat rate tax of 30/- per annum, payable by all males over the age of 20 years, the Wairarapa. Age says:—-“To many industrious wage-earners, this impost will represent a definite, though limited, hardship. The ‘tax will have to he paid by large numbers of workers who contrive to .keep in steady employment, though their means are small. There are many thousands of homes in I hi.-, country in which every pound of expenditure has to be scrutinised. To people thus circumstanced, an annual payment of thirty shillings will be more than a trifling ib.urdeu, and when it is considered that iu very many eases l.liere will he no prospect whatever of any compensating benefit, the imposition of this tax quite obviously is not justified.”

Air \V. ALaehin, of Christchurch, who recently returned from a visit to England, in the course of an ...I. I ress at Hawarden recently, said that the pork trade iu Britain was enormous, and to-day pig# were realising first-class prices, l'be evidences of foot and mouth disease, which were discovered in pigs from Holland and other planes, had served to cut off the deluge of pork from the Continent. There was an enormous prospect ahead of us if we could turn out ihe quantity and quality for the English market. Mr. Ala chin said he had a. vision that the pork i rude of 'New Zealand,'might outdo I lie la I lamb trade. One could not, buy cooked pork anywhere in England under 4/- per pound. His vision miglil sfop at being a dfeaiu, bill he believed that there was an i normous possibility.

Sonic exception was taken at a recent meeting of the Drey to wn •School Committee to a system in vogue at the school which forbids the pupils in the secondary departiiciil from associating in any way with the pupils of the primary de-

part incut.. It was asserted by some members that an undesirable sysiem of class distinction was being created. It was alleged that boys and girls about ten years and upward of the secondary department'. were not permitted to walk home with their brothers and sisters of the primary department; Unit the secondary boys and girls were not even permitted to speak oi associate with the primary scholars on the school grounds; that the teachers and pupils of the two departments had to enter the school grounds by different gates; that the teachers in the secondary department were forbidden the use of the teachers’ room situated in the primary sdhool; that no teach cr in the primary school could communicate with a pupil in the secondary school during school hours unless through a secondary teacher.

The heard is coming into favour with the young men of New York. The British tingin' team heat Victoria at Melbourne on Saturday hy 41 points to TO.

“You can't rent a shop in Wellington for less than JilO a week,” said a witness in the Compensation Court. “Courtenay Place, Cnlba Street, Manners Street, Willis Street —rents are £lO, £l2, and £ls, and shops can he let quick and lively.”

Those who won prizes at the local Horticultural Society’s hull) show last week will be able to collect l heir prize money at Ross’s rooms (upstairs) on Friday when the secretary (Mr. E. .1. Murphy) will be in attendance between the hours of :l and 4- and 7 and 8 I >. in.

tn the search for petroleum it is important to ascertain the nature of the gas which rises up in the various bores. The annual report for 10110-.'lo of the Department of Si-ionl ilio unit Industrial Kiescarch slutes llqil; careful analyses were made during the year of gas from several bores in Taranaki and cast coast districts, hut in no case was there any indication of the association of petroleum with the gas. A Dunedin man recently chanced to he at a place on the West Coast wlilere a party of Med Fed speakers were expounding their do'clrines, mill in particular advocating a rise in wages, when n Salvationist got up and said to them: “You're on the wrong tacki, hoys.

Mr. Ha film i Katana, son of Mr. T. \V. Katana, is again contesting 'the Western Mauri seat, now vacant through the death of Sir Maui Poiiiure (says the Wanganui Herald). .He unsuccessfully conic.sled the sent ngninsl the late member in 1!>22 and in 11128. The decision followed a public meeting held at Katana pa on Friday when about 500 attended, coming from New Plymouth, Waitara, Otaki, Levin and Katana, Mr. Katana will stand as an Independent. Speaking at a meeting of the A uekland Acelimn tisa'lion Society recently, Mr. F. E. McKenzie said there was urgent need of coordinated control of hawks. “The lAucklnnd Society is paying for the killing of between 12,000 and 15,000 hawks each year, hut the rest the Societies in the North Isand are doing very little, if nnyi.ingy' he added. “As a result, lire hawks are simply c.omiiig into our* territory as fast as I lie food supply improves us the result of our killings.” Some compulsion should he laid on all Societies to .-pend a certain proportion of their revenue on the reduction of hawks. Euless nil combined their efforts, no headway could he made. If was decided that information concerning file efforts being made by other Societies should be sought.

After giving evidence ngninsl: her husband, whom she alleged had been persistently cruel to her, Dorothy Conn collapsed ns she stepped from the witness box in the Palmerston North Police Court on Saturday. “My husband is all rigid until lie gets drink, in him,” she told the magistrate. “When he does drink all that he has in him against me comes out. 1 would be quite satisfied if he would provide for the little ones. I am young and can work. All L want mvself

is protection from the court. I don’t, want to be molested by him.” i he magistrate suggested a separation order and so that, inquiries i mild he made regarding defendant's alleged ill-treatment of his wife, ordered him to be remanded in custody for a month. Bail was refused.

The peace of the world is menaced iby a new giant loud speaker, said to have been perfected by a great German engineering linn. This invention does not talk, it .shout's, and the reproduction is capable of Hooding a whole city at once, overpowering- everything else within reach. The linn recommends it strongly for advertising- purposes, since a stationary balloon equipped with this menace could control the air for many sc|uarc miles. A whole licet, a whole army, not to mention a whole city, ii is claimed, can he con trolled by a whisper into a eicrophone, and no other receivingapparatus is necessary than the human ear. Thus whatever sounds il is desired to transmit, of whatever nature, will penetrate everywhere, and an unfortunate populace will be unable to avoid them. If given full scope for development, it appears as if this loudspeaking machine will add a new I error lo life.

The popularity of New .Zealand ioasted tobacco is demonstrated by the fact that so many people are asking- for it and when any commodity is in practically tuii-v|i-rsal demand-' ip goes without saving it must be good. Well, toasted tobacco assuredly is good. Toasting not only brings out the Cull Ha.vour of the leaf, and gives il its delightful bouquet, but rids it of tin- poisonous nicotine common to all tobaccos, so that it cant hurt even tin- inveterate smoker. You can smoke any of the fojtr famous brands of New Zealand toasted—"Kivei'h’end Gold, ’ “Cavendish, “Naivy lent No. 3,” and “Cut No.' 10”—without fear of consequences —more than can be said ot any imported tobaccos, full of nicotine as they can be. Innumerable cases of chronic indigestion, heart and nerve trouble can be traced to the habitual use of imported tobaccos. With toasted New Zealand you arc perfectly safe. And it's so cool, sweet and ivagrant! Won’t bite the tongue and burns away to the last shred. —Advt. 147.

Something in the nature of a minor foreign invasion occurred when the Maunganui arrived at Auckland from 'Sydney. Included in the third class passengers were ili Yugoslavs, seven Indians, five Chinese, three Swiss, one Italian and an Austrian. Some strange interpretations of the English language were heard as the representatives of six nationalities were interviewed by Customs Officers while they were filling in papers before being allowed to land.

Strike for lower wages, then you can strike again for lower prices of everything and thus get a chance to live decently. Don’t you see that hv doubling your wages von have cut the sovereign down to half a sovereign?” From any other than a Salvationist this hit of rudimentary political economy would liave been resented. This niiMii got a respectful hearing.

The wave of enthusiasm for midget golf which has taken America and England by storm has i ini died Christchurch. A company has been formed and already a beginning lias been made to lay out one of the two courses which it will control. The sport has attained great popularity in practically every part of the world, and lie lead for New Zealand has been ■taken by Christchurch. A company has been formed in Auckland, hut as yet; they luyvc not made a start with their course. The Christchurch company will he culled Miniature Golf Courses, !,!<). The first of the courses which they are laying out will be an eighteen hole course and the bogey will he from 50 to 00.

When the seven whaling chasers were moving from their winter anchorage in Evans Bay to the Glasgow Wharf, Wellington, last week, one of them, fouled and brought to the surface an ancient rust-eaten anchor of unusual pattern. This reli.e of the past, which has been lying in the mud at tlu> bottom of: Evans Bay for upwaids of sixty years, was formerly used to anchor a mooring buoy. Several yards of chain cable were till, attached to it, the links of which were practically eaten away with rust. The shank of the anchor was unusually long in proportion, measuring about seven I eel, while adhering to it were numerous oysters —or the shells which were once the bottom half uf the ovst-ors. The anchor in general gives the appearance of having been locally made, as the Jllikes are practically straight. It does not bear the appearance of having been made in a single casting.

A during theft of a ear in Wellington, ending in an accident on the Foxton Bond, took place on Saturday evening. Mr. Geo. Capper, of Levin, the owner of the car, left it in a street near Courtenay Klace, .while he attended a picture show. The ear doors were locked, but not the ignition, and the thief evidently forced a window to gain entrance anti start the machine. It is said that, apparently unaware that the vehicle might be recognised, he left it hi a tiding in Oxford Street, Levin, while lie had tea in a restaurant. It happened that the ear was recognised, both while at rest and I ravelling (says the Chronicle), but did not then know that it. had fallen into strange hands. In the meantime the owner had set inquiriis a foot. with the result that a search was made along No. 1 Highway north of Levin, and in the early hours of yesterday morning the car was found lying in a damaged condition at the rightangle bend a.t Poroiitawhao. Bloodstains indicated that the driver had been knocked about, and it appeared that he had made a difficult escape through the door on the under-side. There was no sign of the man in the vicinity and ibe probability is that lie was given a lift by somebody going north shortly after the accident.