Manawatu Herald SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1926. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3551, 16 October 1926, Page 2

Manawatu Herald SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1926. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

At the Methodist Church to-mor-row evening l , Mrs Peryman will speak on “William Jennings Bryan —Christian and statesman.” Mr J. Chrystall will sing a solo and the choir will render an anthem. The Golden Treasnre Art Union was drawn at Auckland last night. The first three prizes each of £I,OOO were won respectively hv IT. Welch, of Frankton, A. F. Bailey, of Masterton, and R. Marsh, of Kotuku.

The annual communication of the Masonic Grand Lodge of New Zen - land' will be held in Wellington on November 24th. The Governor-Gen-eral has been nominated unopposed as Grand Master.

The London “Daily Express’s" Rome correspondent reports that Doctor Sauerbrueh, of Geneva, a German specialist, has been summoned to Rome with a view to an operation on Mussolini, who is suffering from stomach (rouble. The Industrial Corporation Conference at Christchurch, decided to ask the Government to grant tieuse of one postal date marking - machine for advertising .slogans at each centre, free of charge,, as was done in Australia.

The Mayor of Rotorua, Mr C. If. Clinkard, met with a serious accident on Thursday, falling from the roof of a garage to the concrete floor. He was removed to hospital where an X-ray examination disclosed severe injury to the spine. An operation was imperative. • William Hall, aged 17, met with an accident while engaged in cutting paper with a power-driven guillotine, at the office of the Greymouth “Evening Star” newspaper on Thursday. Failing to remove his right hand in time from beneath the knife, it descended upon his lingers, amputating the four near the knuckle.

The garage of William Archer, of Mount Albert, Auckland, was broken into by thieves, who removed his five-seater motor car, which was subsequently found destroyed by fire. The car was insured for £250, the owner’s loss being £125 over this amount. The number of car thefts in Auckland is becoming alarming.

Word has been received in Otaki that J. Reid, who has been absent from Otaki for about four weeks, is in, Wellington. It will be remembered that about four weeks ago Mr Reid’s car was found over an embankment in the Gorge, and that his whereabouts were a mystery. Search parties were out on several occasions, but no trace was found of him. An irate motor driver whose outfit had to be hauled out of the flood waters on the Whirokino road recently, expressed himself in forceful language as to the comparative charges for towing as between borse power apd motive power. He said he had paid £1 for horse haulage out of the flood and £2 for motor haulage for less than half the distance on dry land covered by the former. ”Yes, you’ve got plenty of water about these parts —and sharks too!” be exploded.

“In playing the game of football I learnt a lesson that has helped me in business,” said Colonel H. E. Abery, replying to the toast of “The Guests” at the combined smoke concert of the Wellington Coach and Motor Vehicle Trades. “It taught me to play the game hard for all it was worth. That principle, applied to whatever one takes on in life, cannot put you far wrong, and if I hight be permitted to give a little advice to the young fellows present, that would be it. Play hard, work hard, and lie loyal.” There was a chorus of disapproval at a smoke concert at the Gisborne City Hall on a recent evening, when a speaker stated that it had come to his knowledge that a member of the Fire Brigade had been threatened with dismissal by the firm by which he was employed if he should again leave his work to attend a fire. The speaker said it was “up to” every firm which employed a fireman to let the man away to a fire if there should be an outbreak during his working hours. —(Applause). Perhaps it is natural for a woman to do the opposite to what is required of her, says the Wanganui Chronicle. At all events an incident at a Wanganui theatre tends to bear out this contention. It was near the end of the picture and the short, fat man in the back row was beginning to enjoy the climax —the orthodox happy one. Two women, several rows in front, had risen to go out, when a scene on the film attracted their attention and they stood motionless, blocking the short man’s view. “Sit down, please!” he called out, but no move was made. “Stand up, then!” the short man said sarcastically, and much to his amazement, not unmixed with satisfaction, the two women sat down!

The Manawatu County Council has already commenced repairing the damage done to its roads by the recent phenomenal rains. Yesterday the tram brought a load of metal down and dumped it on the roadway near the big wash-out on the Himatangi road.

Here is the shortest sermon we ever read: It was delivered by the Rev. H. Y. Eardley-Wilmot, vicar of Coggeshall, Essex, at the parish church: “The wages of sin is death. I give you notice that the wages of sin have not been reduced.” Those words comprised the whole of the sermon.

The five-year-old daughter of Andrew Lewis Connett, storeman, of New Plymouth, was drowned in a pond at Moturoa yesterday. She and other children had been in the habit of playing at somersaulting near the pond, and it is surmised this was the cause of her falling into the pond. She was dead when found.

The Foxton Beach Improvement Committee at a recent meeting outlined its plans for further improvements of this seaside resort in the coming summer season. Included in them are the provision of two additional tennis courts, the shifting of the Indies’ bathing sheds, and the naming of the streets at the Manawatu Heads. About six railway wagons were derailed and one carriage partially telescoped at Allanton yesterday, when the through goods train from Invercargill crashed into a stationary goods in the yard. There was no one injured. It is understood the cause of the mishap was the failure of the signalman to put the signals back on the arrival of the first train.

“Filiv years ago, to be told that one had consumption was another wav of saving that one would be

dead within it year,” said Dr. C. T Tdaeinlyre in a lunch-hour talk a Christchurch. “To-day from tin Caslpncro Sanatorium 75 per cent of the cases turned out arc cures I bat is, arrested cases, flic cure b fresh air, and good plain feeding.— Lvtlelton Times.

A large number of people, in close formation, were netting whitebait at a spot known as “the point” at the local seaside yesterday. The discoloured river water was responsible for shoals of the little fish coming within easy reach of the nets. When the water is comparatively dear the fish fight shy of any obstruction or movement near the water’s edge. One fisherman filled a kerosene tin in one haul of. his net, which would approximate 401bs of fish.

As a result of the recent heavy rains, the old river bed at the seaside is covered with water, to a depth of a foot to eighteen inches, and extending for a considerable distance. Much of the water is the overflow from the lakes further inland. The road leading to and along the Sanatorium is under water. Near the swings, which at ordinary times is just a trickle of water, is now a torrent which has cut a course of some depth in the sand, cutting off motor traffic, except to those who care to take a risk.

Colonel G. Simons, of British Pavements Ltd., who some time ago toured the Dominion lecturing on modern roads, and who was accompanied by Messrs Crow and Templeman, of Restar Ltd., visited Foxton yesterday and discussed with members of the Public Works Committee various aspects of the loan works now in progress. The visitors expressed themselves as being very favourably impressed with the work done to date and an offer to undertake the tar scaling work by contract may possibly be laid before the Council at its next meeting. The Palmcrston-Foxton road has never been in such a bad state as at present, owing to flood and surface waters. The highway from Foxton to Rangiotu is under the jurisdiction of the Manawatu County Council, and from thence on to the Palmerston N. borough boundary is controlled by the Kairanga County Council. At only one point is the Manawatu County’s section subjected to inundation by flood waters —near the Rangiotu railway station, while the Kairanga county has to maintain miles of road subjected to inundation, which must be a heavy burden upon its ratepayers. The Manawatu County’s section of the road has oblate suffered through the banking up of surface water, which finds its way under the roadway, causing dangerous wash-outs. A considesable sum will have to be expended to put this highway in order.

Did you ever smoke toasted tobacco? If so you will know how the toasting process improves the flavour. It is delicious. Coffee berries and tea leaves are roasted, otherwise no one would care to drink tea or coffee. Well, the same treatment is found to answer equally well with tobacco. Test this for yourself. The locally manufactured tobacco is now prepared in that way. The result is astonishing! Select a brand to suit your palate in regard Co strength, either Riverhead Gold, the mildest of all, or Toasted Navy Cut (Bulldog) of medium strength; or if you prefer a fuller body, take Cut Plug No. Ifl, the Bullhead label. The very first whiff will tell you that you are in for a superior article quite out of the common. You never get that same pleasant aroma with any of the ordinary tobaccos and so smooth and mellow, with their small percentage of nicotine. These brands may be smoked with perfect immunity and are recommended by experts and medical authorities. Caversham Mixture is the latest addition. 12

A ! t this week’s ..meeting of the Wanganui Presbytery, no mention was made of filling the vacancy in the local Presbyterian Church.

There are 40 direct telephone lines working between London and the Continent; these carried upward of 900,000 calls last year.

Of the 250 doctors who assembled at the recent congress of the British Medical Association, less than 25 were cleanshaven.

The Foxton circuit quarterly meeting held at Shannon last night extended a cordial and unanimous invitation to Rev. S. Peryman to remain in charge of the circuit a fourth year. The invitation was accepted subject to conference’s approval.

Elizabeth McCreedy, a single woman about 70 years of age, was found dead in her cottage at Governor’s Bay, Christchurch, yesterday. She was last seen alive on Monday and had been dead some days. She had lived the life of a recluse for many years. A large sum of money —some of it sovereigns—was found in thd cottage.

At the ITunterville Magistrate’s Court yesterday Charles Oscar Bolstead, aged 21 years, appeared on remand to answer a charge of indecent assault and attempted carnal knowledge in respect of a girl of 10 years at Mangaonoho. After evidence had been given the accused pleaded, guilty and was committed to the Supreme Court at Wellington for sentence.

When a young Maori, Paddy Heath, was asked in the Auckland Court if he had anything to say to a charge of breaking, entering, theft, assault, and causing bodily harm at Whnngaroa, he made no move. A warder endeavoured, by speaking into the prisoner’s, ear, to elicit a reply. The Maori said: “I want two tins of tobacco.”

In Now Zealand the publication of racing tips and dividends is illegal, remarks a wireless correspondent in the Auckland Star, yet we are regularly receiving these per radio from Australia, and doubtless ardent followers of racing are utilising them in their dealings with illegal, but existing bookmakers. Tt appears that wireless is likely to make more than one of our laws and regulations look farcical. The latest is catering for the racing fraternity in Sydney is the broadcasting, direct from the training track at Randwick, the final gallops of the horses in training for the big spring meeting there. A resident in Central Otago has received the following- letter from a friend in a provincial town in England : “On my way home from the works yesterday evening I observed in a local grocer’s shop, “New Zealand apples for sale,” and, having your mother in mind at the time I looked at the box containing these apples and was interested and surprised to notice that they came from Otago. I purchased some at 4Ad per lb, which is cheap in this country. Most retailers charge 6d to 8d although I believe the apples are bought by them in the wholesale market for about 2d. per lb. I found them excellent, and I thought it a matter of interest that apples from Otago should be on sale here.” ,