Manawatu Herald. THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1926. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3529, 26 August 1926, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1926. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Andrew Mitchell Alexander, 1.8, was noticed standing in an unnatural attitude at the kerb in Victoria St., Hamilton, on Tuesday afternoon. A doctor was summoned and found him dead.

Claude Thompson, aged 23, and a member of the Christchurch Tlieosophieal Society, appeared in the Magistrate's Court at Christ church on Tuesday, charged with having stolen from a letter, the sum of £3, the property of the Society. Accused pleaded guilty, and was admitted to probation for two years, and ordered to repay the money.

The Minister of Finance (Hon. AY. Downie.Stewart) slates that the issue of 51 per cent securities to the public for State Advances and other purposes, at a currency of 10 years, will close as from August 31. From September 1, the sales of inscribed stock, and debentures at 5] per cent., with five years'-'currency will be resumed.

Wliafc anight be termed adding- insult to injury is the action of residents in a certain county adjacent to Tiinaru where a private bus lias commenced in opposition to the railway. Not content with railing- their luggage to Tiinaru and travelling themselves in the bus, they also avail themselves of the comfort of the railway waiting-room fire pending the appearance of the bus. A railway employee was heard to remark: “This is making it a bit too hot!”

A farmer at Dycrville, near Martin'borough, was recently toppingtrees near the school when a bough fell on the electric wires and carried a live wire og to a fence which runs round the school. About twelve of the school children who ride to school had left their saddles on the fence, and at lunch time, as it began to rain, they rushed across to take the saddles in out of the wet. The current fronu.the electric wire was running through the fencing wires, and the children were caught by the current and received shocks. Luckily these were not severe enough to do injury.

A motor cyclist, evidently unaware that the road was “up” in front of the new Town Hall yesterday afternoon, met with a startling experience. Rounding the Courthouse corner at a smart pace, he shot straight into tlie ; trench dug across the road for the purpose of laying a water main to the hall. The front wheel of the hike struck the trench and the rider was precipitated through the air find landed in the roadway. The waterworks foreman (who is, incidentally, the traffic inspector) was bending down in the trench at the time and received somewhat of a surprise. However no one was hurt and the rider picked himself and hike up and rode nwa.v.

The humble threepenny hit has often been credited with being, financially, the church’s one foundation, and, judging by the frequency with which the coin is found in the 'church collections, there seems to he some truth in the statement. In- the collection of a South Canterbury church ;i number of coins have been found from time to time, says a Southern paper, any of which would have been eagerly exchanged for a threepenny piece. Eight silver pieces were in such a mutilated condition as to he quite valueless, and, perhaps, a reminder of the Indian hockey team’s visit was seen in two Indian two anna pieces. Other foreign coins were a Hongkong one 'cent piece and a defaced Chinese coin of about the value of a penny. The whole of them would not have sufficed to purchase a penny stamp, yet the coins were evidently considered suitable offerings to the church.

Yesterday the town water supply was cut off for some hours while a water main was laid on to the new Town Hall.

A reminder is given of the monthly meeting of the Council of the Chamber of Commerce, to be held in Ross’s Buildings at 7.30 o’clock this evening. The following Bills were read a second time in the House yesterday: Walmakariri River Improvement Amendment Bill; Lights on Vehicles Amendment Bill; Land Laws Amendment Bill; Hauraki Plains Bill; Local Elections and Polls Amendment. Bill.

As the result of injuries received by a fall into a deep bowl of boiling water on Tuesday, Isabel Myrtle James, aged one year and eleven months, died at. the Kaponga Hospital. The accident happened on a farm near Opunake, where the mother was employed. At a round-table conference of representatives of local bodies interested in the Manawatu-Oroua River Board’s scheme, it was agreed that unless the Government found half the cost, £250,000, it would be practically impossible to carry out the project. Mrs Von Rotter, relict of Louis Von Rotter, who was the oldest daughter of the late Mr F. A. Carrington, the “father of the settlement” a't New Plymohth, died at Auckland on Tuesday. Mrs Von Rotter, who was 92 years of age, came out with her father and mother in the barque Brougham, on February 11, 1841.

The Local Government Loan Bill, Ihe chief object, of which is to make local bodies’ proposals to raise loans subject lo approval by a loans hoard, excited not a little opposition in the House of Representatives on Tuesday night. The Bill was debated a! considerable length in Committee and survived numerous attempts to amend it. and passed its third reading. The New Brighton schoolboys had a dreaded symbol of authority delivered into their hands on Friday. The headmaster of the New Brighton School, who, on retiring, was fnrewclled by the pupils and presented with a gold watch. After thanking them (states an exchange) lie saidyhe had thrown away a lot of rubbish during the week, and would now throw away the last of it. Thereupon lie cast his strap from him into the crowd of hoys, who immediately fell upon it and out it into ribbons. Some say they are keeping the fragments as souvenirs.

A vivid illustration of the change in fashion of girl’s bobbed hair was dsplayed at the juvenile gymnastic display at Hie Westbourne Hall, CaslleclilT, Wanganui, on Saturday evening. Over 20 girls were engaged in the various dumb hell and wand exercises, yet only one young maiden possessed a head of hair as Nature designed it should he. The Herald says it appeared like an oasis in the seaside tonsorial desert, yet the pretty tresses had many*feminine admirers who themselves had been “blistered.” Perhaps it was a case of seeing the error of one’s wavs. Who knows?

, \ “W)ha( is the verdict ” came in throaty tones from the back of the Napier Supreme Court last week, when a jury was waiting for the Judge to take his scat to receive a verdict. The startled glance of all in Court quickly tinned to the direction of the voice, to see a man sitting in the body of the court, evidently quite unabashed that he had rudely disturbed the dignity and overstepped the etiquette of the Court. Again came the same query, “What is the verdict?” whereupon a uniformed constable walked quietly to where the offender was sitting and he was unceremoniously taken out of Court.

A farmer at Hoanga had a hit of bad luck recently. He stacked some hay in his barn in the upper portion of which was a loft in which lie had stored some arsenic which he used to cure hides. Unfortunately this poison by some means or other got through the floor of the loft on the hay below without the farmer’s knowledge. The 'cows were fed with the hay and a number of them became violently ill, in faet four of Ibe best of them. died. The farmer was at a loss to know what had made them ill and called in the services of a veterinary surgeon, who discovered that ’the dead cows showed signs of poisoning and instituted a search as to how they could have got it with (lie result that it was found to have found its way into the hay as before mentioned.

Sherlock Holmes, the famous detective of fiction, smoked strong black shag tobacco and derived inspiration from it when puzzling over some problem of more than ordinary complexity.. Shag is too full-flav-oured for many smokers. It contains a lot of nicotine, and excess of nicotine is a bad thing. The habitual use of such tobacco is bound sooner or later to affect the consumer injuriously. Unfortunately practically all imported tobaccos are heavily charged with nicotine, and in that respect they differ essentially from our New Nealandgrown tobaccos, the comparatively small amount of nicotine which'constitutes one of their chief recommendations. Also —and this is important —they are all toasted,. and toasting brings out the flavour of the leaf in a most remarkable way.Thcre are several brands of this popular tobacco. Rivei'head Gold is mild, Navy Cut (Bulldog label), medium and Cut Plug No. 10 (Bull’s Head) full strength. Each of them has its merits. That seasoned smoker, Sherlock Holmes, would doubtlessly prefer the last named. Aclvt.

Mr Ilodgo, the Wanganui Education Board’s architect, visited Foxton to-day.

The Rev. W. H. Walton, vicar of All Saints’ Church, has instituted “cottage services” during weeknights in the out-districts, which are much appreciated by those unable to attend church services.

The Norwegian whale 'chasers, Star IV, and Star V., have sailed from Port Chalmers for the whaling base at Stewart Island. When these chasers reach the base the whole fleet of seven will be there awaiting the arrival of the mother ships from Europe.

James McDonald, a young man, was found in a stable on the Burwood station, near Lumsden on Tuesday night, suffering from a bullet wound in the skull. He was removed to the hospital where it was found that the bullet had splintered in the brain. His condition is critical.

Advance showing of millinery and frocks on Saturday and following days at the C. M. Ross Co.’s.f 1

Tom Mix, the movie actor, was seriously injured during the filming of a train robbery recently. He was riding on the top of a car of a fast train, and as it was disappearing into a tunnel he leaped for an iron bar, according to schedule, the train leaving him suspended. By some misunderstanding lie was left hanging, until he was unable to hang on any longer and dropped to the tracks, 30 feet below.

The death has occurred at the Pukeora Sanatorium of Mr Herbert ,T. Bentley, an English actor, who came out to Australia over twenty years ago to support Mr Julius Knight, and was associated for a long term of years with .T. C. Williamson 'companies. On his retirement from the professional-stage about six years ago, he took up his residence in Auckland, and acted as organiser and producer for the Little Theatre movement.

Dealing with junior high schools, the Minister for Education stated in the House that there were many educationalists who were of the opinion that they could achieve what was now being aimed at in the junior high schools by an improvement of the primary schools, mainly by a revision of the syllabus. In that way it was thought that they could get the practical results that were being achieved by the junior high schools.

The death took place at Palmerston N. yesterday of Mrs Fred. Mowlem, aged 70 years. Born in Melbourne, the late Mrs Mowlem came to New Zealand in 1876, landing with her husband first at Westport. The young couple came on to Wellington, then a little later removed to Foxton, finally coining on to Palmerston N. in 1878. Of her five sons, the youngest (Stanley) died some years ago, and the survivors are Messrs Arthur M. Mowlem, S.M., (Masterton), Frank (Auckland), Leonard (Melbourne), and Clifton (Palmerston N.). The daughters are Mrs Jos. Batchelar (Linton), and Mrs E. W. Sinnnonds (Wellington).