Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1930. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume LI, Issue 4541, 9 December 1930, Page 2

Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1930. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

'The 'Manawatu fc'ounty Council j ia effecting' repairs to the decking ( of the Whirokino Bridge. His Excellency the Governor- . General has gijyen £SO to the Mayor < ol' Wellington's unemployment re- : lief fiuul. The poundkeeper reported at last night’s Borough Council meeting that eight head of stock had been impounded and 3/- driving fees collected. Walter Gray, who .jumped from a .window at the Oriental Bay (Wellington) (ire, in which a woman lost her life on Wednesday night, died in hospital on Saturday morning, lie was a Sydney accountant. Gifford Cochrane, an internationally known turf man and one of the wealthiest Americans, was found by a milkman dead outside his lavish quarters in Madison Avenue, Yew York. Death was due to acute alcoholism following a paily attended (by two women and another man. 'Those present at last night’s Borough Council meeting were the j A lay or (.Mr. M. E. Eerreau) ami Ci's. R. J. Thompson, .Jiio. 'Ross, ('. Rand, iR. Rangiheuea, -S. E. Cowley, D. K. Barron, E. Robinson and the Clerk (Air. \\". Trueman). An .apology for absence was received from Or. A. E. Crowe. The warm weather experienced over tlie week end attracted a number of local and district people to he seaside. The Eoxton Surf and Life Saving Club patrolled the ocean beach where a number of bathers enjoyed a dip in the “briny.” An aeroplane visited the resort during the afternoon from Feilding and returned in the evening. An interesting exhibit is to he seen in Invercargill. It is a piece of wood which 135 years ago formed ipart of the hull of the Endeavour. This vessel was wrecked el. Dusky Sound in 1795, and lias been under water ever since. A diver recently retrieved a small portion of the hull. Considering that d was for oyer a century lying at the bottom of the sea, it took polish remarkably well. The relic will he iven to the .-Southland Museum.

Slippers make an ideal Christmas gift. Airs. Ball, of the Main Street Boot Store, is offering iline of lirsi quality Ladies' Slippers at 0/11 per pair (while stocks last). Don't forget, this store also has Slippers from' 2/0 to 21/per pair.*

A party of Wellington motorists who took the main road to Wanganui on the u]) trip and decided to give 'themselves a change ol scenery by coming home last evening through the Akatarawa, ran into a had patch of trouble. Following heavy vain a slip came down across the road in its hush section; the driver missed the warning notice, rounded a bend sharply, and rammed his car hard into the soft mud and broken rock of the slip. Fortunately for everyone, the ear missed. boulders and heavy wood, hut it was so thoroughly stuck that it had to he dug out. ‘The hack tires were ruined by the gruelling given them before I lie machine was hacked out and turned again for the main road.

A large sedan ear belonging to Mr. T. VS. Madge, of l-’alnierston N., narrowly escaped being submerged'in the rive if foretlre nighl on Sunday. Mr. Madge drove bis ear around the Point at the beach !o picjki up his outboard motor. The ear was left standing some time and when |Mr. .Madge made to drive off with the trailer attached, quick sand was encountered and the rear wheels dug in until the differential was embedded. The ear was right on the water’s edge and the tide was making- fast. It appeared at one time as il' the vehicle would have to he abandoned, but a shovel and planks' were requisitioned and witli the assistance .of a number of willing helpers tinear was extricated just as the water commenced to lap the near running board. The seductive “weed!” At Lambeth Conference an unqllicial census revealed that of one hundred Bishops ninety-eight were smokers, and some of them very heavy ones! Well, why notf After all bishops are a good deal li'ke other men and it they lind a smoke “‘grateful and comforting’’ amid all the harry and stress of modern life (from which not even Bishops are exempt) is that very surprising? Tobacco may have its faults, hut they are far out-numbered by its virtues.' The great thing is to see that it is pure. Brands poisonous with, nicotine (as some of the foreign ones arc) should be carefully avoided. They spell ruined health if smoked, habitually. Toasted tobacco is the purest because toasting expels the nicotine and renders it safe to smoke to any extent, besides giving it its peculiarly tine aroma and delicious flavour. There are only four brands of toasted manufactured —“Riverliead G-old,” “Navy ‘Out. No. 3,” “Cut. Plug No. 10,” and “Cavendish.” They are in constant demand and on sale everywhere.— Advt. 152.

The Methodist Ladies’ Social •Guild are entertaining the Sunday school children at tea on Friday, next, December 12th, after which Ihe annual prize-giving will take place. Parents and friends will he heartily welcomed.

Two cars narrowly avoided colliding with each other at the junction of Duncan Street and Lady’s Mile on Sunday afternoon. They failed to see each other when negotiating the intersection until a smash appeared unavoidable. One driver, however, swerved his car which mounted the footpath and crashed into the fence surrounding (he Mayor’s residence, but saved a collision of possablv more serious consequences. No one was injured nor was the ear damaged.