LOCAL AND GENERAL

Manawatu Herald, Volume LI, Issue 4547, 23 December 1930, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

At the local Police Court this morning, flbeore Mr. -I. K. Hornblow, J.P., a first-offending inebriate was convicted and his 'bail, 5/-, estreated. We acknowledge with thanks a very artestie table calendar plaque from Mr. Harold Osborne, shipping and customs agent l*ox•ton, and heartily reciprocate the greetings accompanying the gift. The examination paper of a •candidate for a preacher's license was likened by a speaker at a meeting of the Christchurch Presbytery to one of the 'figures in the Book of Daniel. "When l started to read the paper," he said, “I was greeted by very careful handwriting. But toward the end the candidate relapsed into his own handwriting. Then 1 came to the feet of clay.” “My boys have had very bad luck this year,” writes a Canadian father to a New Zealander (states the Auckland “Star”). “They had a spclndid crop just near ripening, when along came a hailstorm (stones larger than pigeon’s eggs) and in ten minutes destroyed everything, Instead ol: getting about- ,CBOO each for their year’s work, they have made £OO. A hailstorm is really a fearsome thing over here. T have seen the hood of a motor-car perforated by huge stones. I don’t suppose you will believe me when I say that they were as big as lien's eggs; but they were, and they made very short work of that- hood.” On Saturday morning in Palmerston North, .Mr. W. (files, of -Ron--gotea, gave an exhibition of bow he claims to divine earthquakes. Securing n spade, Mr. Giles placed it up to the shoulders in the soil of the garden opposite the City Council Chambers, facing in a north-easterly direction. Air. Giles then placed his arm slightly above the wrist oil the top of the. spade handle and it immediately started to shake. Air. Giles then placed one arm on his knee and the other on the spade, and ns soon as the one was placed on the spade the other commenced to quiver. Neither of these actions would occur when Afr. (tiles placed the spade in any other direction. This he claims to he on account of all (arthquakes coming from a northeasterly direction. A crowd quickly gathered and several proved for themselves that Air. (.tiles was is no way moving his arm. Others win) could not the convinced also tried tlieir wrist* on the spade, but to no avail. Air. Giles anticipates another ’quake, which will occur before January 20, says the Times. “Whistle away your blues!” my lad, What I have brought will make you glad; For gasping lungs, or aching “flu,” T’or hacking cough and sore throat, too. “Whistle away your blues!” and sing, The ease you need —the surest thing; Free of narcotics, pure and sure — “0.K.” Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure.—Advt. 22.

Two Communists for inciting lawlessness, were sentenced to two months' imprisonment at. Wellington yesterday. Philip Gordon Sutherland, aged 20, a labourer, was sentenced at Christchurch yesterday to three months’ hard labour by the magistrate, Mr. E. D. Mosley, on charges of stealing a bicycle, the property of Adam tßroelkie, and then punching the owner, when Broekie recognised his machine and claimed it. All the houses at the local seaside have been booked up for the holidays and a number of campers have selected sites on which to erect tents. It- is anticipated that there will he a record number at the seaside (his year. Besides boating and bathing, other attractions will include outboard and aerial flights. An unusual encounter was experienced by the driver and passengers of a service, car on the Wjairoa-Gisborne Road one night recently, when the road was held by a well-grown stag for a few moments. The ear came round a bend on the Wharerata hill almost oil top of the stag, who, apparently dazzled by the lights, stood immobile.under the eyes of the driver and passengers. As a Christmas git'f for n lady there is nothing pleases better, or is more useful, than a nice pair of Silk Stockings. Mrs. Ball, of the Main Street Boot Store, has a specially selected range of these goods for the Christmas trade, at 3/11, •'i/Fl, D/11, and 12/11, which figures represent bargain \nines. See them and yon will appreciate them.* Two enormous red spots on Jupiter are again causing speculation among astronomers. In an article dealing with this matter, which has puzzled scientists for generations, the A him Alorcaux, the famous French astronomer, declares that recent observation has proved beyond doubt that the planet is mainly composed of super-healed gas. The two red spots, one of which was discovered in l.tibo and which has been found to measure 3(1,000 miles by (>BOO, seem, he »ays, by their consistent movements and high speed to be solid or partially solid. The two spots travel at enormous speed, hut the smaller overtakes the bigger one and ivanishes into it every 23 months, only to reappear and continue its movements at even higher speeds. The Abbe Moreaux points out that these manifestations may be,the beginning of solidity destined to be. the abode of life up in the largest, of the planets. “Pardon me, Sir,” remarked a man aboard an Auckland ferryboat tbe other day to a fellow - passonger, “but what tobacco are you smoking".' It lias a beautiful bouquet." “New Zealand Cut Plug No. 10," replied the stranger. “Pm a heavy smokier, amt like the toasted because it’s so free from nicotine. Tile tousling cuts out the poison. Can't smoke more than a pipe or two of the imported, ft’s so full of nicotine. You can smoke a barrel-full of the toasted without hurting yourself. The toasting leaves it pure, sweet and fragrant. "1 reckon,” said the other, greatly interested, “tliorci are more brands than one?” “There are four. All different strengths —• “Kijverhead Gold,” “Navy Cut No. 3,” “Cavendish,” and “Cut Plug No. 10.” They are all good, but as an old smoker I prefer a full flavoured sort like the “Cut Plug No. 10.” Will you try a till 1 / The invitation was readily accepted, and before the boat reached North Shore, the merits of “New Zealand Toasted” were warmly appreciated by one more ’devotee of the weed. — Advt. 158.