Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, NOV. 18, 1930. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume LI, Issue 4532, 18 November 1930, Page 2

Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, NOV. 18, 1930. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The siren, whieli sounded for esterday’s .‘five, was* beard as far Ist ant as Motuiti, and residents roni that locality rang Eoxton to nd out where the fire was.

Dor thrashing: a cow with a manuka stick, Edmund Fox Wastney, previously convicted for a similar offence, was lined £ls at the Nelson Police Court, and warned that a repetition of the offence would send him lo gaol.

While playing' with his brother .11 Saturday at Pallia,tua, near tin* Mangaramarania Creek, which was in Hood, Ivan .Johnstone, aged 4, ventured too near, tell in, and was drowned. The child was Ihe son. of Mr. W. J. Johnstone, an employee of the Pahialun timber mill.

It was stated at a meeting of the Woodvilie Chamber of Commerce recently, as evidence of the necessity for registering Asiatics in their right name, that an account in a certain Baulk in Palmerston 'North was operated upon by a Chinaman for months after the holder of the account had died. As evidence of the lack of feed and the slowness of growth I his season a prominent Waipnkuran farmer stated the other day that in a certain paddock on his property last year he had fattened 34 big bullocks and placed them oil the market in October. This season, using the same paddock, it had been possible to carry ten bullocks only, and even yet the beasts were nothing like fat. In keeping with his statement at the meeting of the City Council on the 4th inst., when the matter id.' 97 employees haying to take three weeks’ leave without pay was under consideration, the Mayor (Mr. IV. J. Rogers) refunded to the Town Clerk on Saturday the sum of £l7 6/3, which represents the amount of three weeks of the Mayor’s allowance of £3OO per annum (says the Herald). The amount handed -by the Mayor to the Town Clerk is to be paid into the general fund and is to be ear-marked for wages.

Mrs. Ball, of the Main Street Boot Store, announces that in addition to the unapproachable values offered in all classes of footwear, one Universal Coupon will also he given for every 2/6 spent in purchases. Valuable prizes are given for these coupons.*

Ingenuity on the part of the engineer of the Auckland Hospital has resulted in a. great saving of expenditure in the preparation of food, says a northern paper. Members of the house committee, on a visit recently, were interested in the operations of a neat little machine which peels apples, potatoes, and onions. It was manufactured chiefly from waste parts of old metal collected from a rubbish dump., and the motive power is supplied Iron an. engine taken from a disused motor-car. The machine has cost the Auckland Hospital Board scarcely £2.

The Sign of the Kiwi and the Sign of the Takehe, on the Cashmere Hills ‘Summit road, are well known to many besides residents of Christchurch (says a Southern exchange). Mr. 11. G. EH. w h° has done a .lot ot philanthropic work in forming and metalling the roads olver the hills, maintains these two rest-houses and tea rooms, where on Sundays and holidays lie .sometimes has the voluntary 'assistance of waitresses. The •Secretary of the Tea Rooms Assistants’ Union at (Christchurch, Mr. F. Niall, lias, however, applied to have these two tea rooms brought under tin* Arbitration Court, award because there arc nnemploved waitresses in Christchurch. Mr. fill, however, claims that all the profits made,are spent on improving the road over the hills for the public benefit, and ho could not carry on the worlk if he did not receive voluntary help in the tea rooms.

When we adjust our science right, And all life’s mysteries shall solve:; Out of one tiny spark of light, A 'blaze of glory shall evolve. When we grow wiser than we are, Consistent health we shall assure — For (,-oughs and colds, one guiding star, Still points to Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure. — 25.

The recent heavy rains have caused numerous pot holes in the Foxton-Raiigiotu highway which are being attended to by the County workmen. For some years an albino thrush has lived about Mr 11. Berry’s property in Union Street, but one evening last week lie noticed it was apparently in a distressed state. The next morning he found it dead. Mr. Berry intends having the euriositv stuffed.

Patients numbering 207 were admitted to the Palmerston North hospital during- October, and the average number of occupied beds was 166.96. Patients discharged during October numbered 174, while 11. died in the instilulion. Two cases of scarlet fever and Ihree of diphtheria were admitted. A 'tender of £l2 per week for the lease of the Opera House for the ensuing two years was received by the Palmerston North City Council last evening. “The 'offer is a very poor one,’’ commented the Mayor, who addled that it was indicative of Ihe times. The matter was deferred to the public works committee meeting fotr consideration.

There are on exhibition in Foxton at present 'the trophies won during last football season by the Foxton Junior team. They comprise the Rowlands, Coley and Knock-Out Cups ami McGregor Shield. The local team did exceptionally well this year, winning everything; limy competed for. Mr. A. Walls was couch to the team.

During October, the Hospital Board issued in the district fiSfl rations to 99 cases, as compared with 672 rations to 87 cases in September. Of the 99 cases for last month, 49 were in Palmerston North. From September 26 to October 25, 49 casuals were assisted, as against .39 for the previous four weeks and 18 in 'October. 1929. “A man has to study 12 months Jo procure a certificate to permit him to put a few sticks of -firewood in a boiler, yet he is allowed to drive a 50 h.p. machine along the road with very little restriction,” i enmrked Mr. W. C. Green, chairman of the Egmont County Cmmi il, when discussing the proposed new motor regulations, reports the “Taranalki Daily News.” Mr. J. S. Tosland said there were, among motor drivers some wicked, vicious offenders, who should he brought. to book, hut there were others so considerate that one felt inclined to lift one’s hat to them. Members agreed thal it was want. ul knowledge that caused many of Ihe offences.

If miniature golf courses are to he opened for Sunday trade, there is no logical reason (says the Christchurch Stair) why billiard saloons, which provide a more skilful game, should not also he opened. And as public opinion would not tolerate the Sunday billiard saloon, it is difficult to see how the miniature golf course can be licensed. We are really in a state of chaos regarding Sunday entertainment. Golf courses and tennis courts are supposed to be open only to those who pay a yearly subscription, hut the municipal course does a pay-as-voii-e n't or business at Brighton. The difficulty is to say what Sunday recreation is to come under the ban, and whether miniature golf is ieallv a. recreation.

A Ta ilia pc doctor recently sued the local paper for £2OOO damages for libel, but was unsuccessful and had lo pay cosits. The fact that a doctor and editor were in dispute has irominded someone of an incident that occurred in an up country town. The editor had written something that the local doctor very strongly resented. Approaching the editor in his sanctum in a foaming state he asked that liis paper lie stopped —it was too full ul' mistakes to be read intelligently. The editor, eyeing the doctor calmly over his spectacles, replied: “I have noted your complaint and it will lie attended to. While admitting 4hn't mistakes do appear, I can assure you that the paper is not as full, of mistakes as the eemetei'v is of yours.”

A indy lecturer recently told Svdnev audience she could i

member when girls objected so strongly to men smoking, they would sometimes refuse to marry them on that account. And today most of the tittle dears smoke t.licmselyes! Well, the abuse of tobacco may be bad, but its rational use. often does more good than harm. The less nicotine in it j lit* better. And there’s the rub! Because all the foreign brands contain far more of the poison than tin* smoker can absorb into his system daily with safety. Sooner or later, as the poison works, his heart or nerves (sometimes both) may become affected. But this does not happen in the case of our New Zealand toasted tobaccos. The toasting (an elaborate process) rids the leaf of its excess of nicotine, so that smoking is rendered perfectly harmless. Toasting also develops flavour and Iki n< | uc*t- I<> a surprising extent. These arc I,lie purest and most innocuous tobaccos oil the market. There are only four brands — “Rive rli end! Gold,” “Cavendish,” “Navy Cut No. 3,” and “Cut Plug No. 10.” —Advt. 137. A NERVE TONIC.. Modern foods do not contain sufficient of „that element most vital to the proper and efficient functioning of nerves —Phosphorus. Nerves must have a special concentrated food! A tonic! Marshall’s Eospherine. Easily assimilated— strength giving. Imparts life and energy to the whole nervous system. Take a course! Obtainable all chemists and sLores —2/6 Ibuys 100 doses.—6.

The totalizator investments at Ricearton and Addington during carnival week showed a decrease of £98,778 10/- or nearly 25 per cent, as compared with the. totals tor the corresponding week last year. The amount invested at Ricearton on the four days of racing was £161,857 as against £279,104 10/- last year. On three days of trotting at Addington the totalizator investments aggregated £151,781 with £201,312 last year. An historical object- has recently been placed on view at the Alexander Museum in the form of the old “Aberfehlio Station” hell mounted on a bracket made from thi' timbers of the “Boyd,” which was itmrned in Whangaroa Harbour hv Maoris in 1809. An early plough, said to he the lirst made in New Zealand, has been offered to the Museuim. The plough is one of the oldest implements in the world and this early New Zealand specimen differs only slightly from the kind now in use. A large gathering of Natives from all parts took place at Mat-a-ka rapa, across the river from foxtail, during the week: end. Mr. Take To Tomoj, the newly elected

lember was present hut Sir Api-

■ana Ngata, who was also expound to Pie in attendance, was univoidably detained in Wellington. I’lie meeting was for the purpose >f discussing, among other things, he necessity for establishing - a. clerical college at Otaki, on siminr lines to the one at present op.‘ruting in the north. As a result

if Sir Apirana Ngata’s absence no inality was reached on this (plosion, however.