Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 1928. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3832, 16 August 1928, Page 2

Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 1928. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The East Coast is not the only district where sheep stealing has been going on. Some months ago a Glen Oroua farmer had two hundred ewes stolen and the police were unable to track them.

A golf ball, which had been driven by a woman player from the tee at Seales’ Knoll hole on the Avondale links, Christchurch, struck a thrush. The bird fell to the ground and died almost immediate! v.

The recent warm rains have had a beneficial effect upon pastures and gardens throughout this district. Local householders also appreciated the replenishing of house tanks, which they prefer to artesian for domestic purposes. .

“It is not by reason of your personality or mine,” said Mr. W. Adams at yesterday’s meeting of the Wanganui Education Board, “that we were re-elected to the Board but because committees and teachers alike are satisfied with the Board’s administration.”

Commissioner James Hay, the head of the Salvation Army in the Dominion, will conduct a special service in the local Salvation Army Hall this evening. The Commissioner will be accompanied by Brigadier Bladin. A cordial invitation is extended to the public to be present at the meeting. The Wanganui Education Board last night decided not to allow intoxicating liquor to be taken to school buildings when used for entertainment purposes and, further, that schools are not to be used except for school entertainments where halls are' available. *

To Motorists: Fill up at Fairey’s Refreshment Rooms. The spirit with which we serve you will please you. Hot pies, mashed potatoes and peas, 9d; for the ladies dainty morning and afternoon tea, 9d. Rest room for Ladies. Mothers with babies special attention. Plunket Rooms on premises. Open on Thursdays, at Fairey’s, Foxton.*

William Linklater, who pleaded guilty to the theft of £24 11s lOd, the property of the Grey Power Board, by whom he was formerly employed as a meter reader, was admitted to probation for a period of two years by Mr. W. Meldrum, S.M., at Greymouth on condition that he takes out a prohibition order for that period. On the anniversary of his wedding day a man named James Nurscy, of Gordon Street, Rothwell (Northants), struck his wife a terrific blow with a poker, rendering her unconscious. He ran out of the house, and his step-son, clad only in a night shirt, ran through the street after him. It was a wild chase before he could be captured. Nursey had his throat cut, resulting in his death. Mixed metaphors pass without notice in most cases nowadays, but the effort of a member of a local authority, made at Gisborne last week in discussing an item of proposed expenditure, deserves to be placed on record. The speaker referred to the amount of the item, which he declared “was infinitesimal when weighed against the thin ice on which we are sharing. If anything happens, we will be in the soup!” While doing some electrical work at Akatarawa' on Monday, William Winnie, a linesman, who was employed by the Hutt Valley Electric Power Board, and who resided at 47 Main Road, Lower Hutt, was electrocuted. He was strapped up on a pole when he came in contact with a wire through which was running a current of 6000 yolts. A doctor was summoned and artificial respiration was attempted without result. Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure For coughs and colds, never fails.

Last night’s storm will have a bad effect upon lambing throughout this district.

The English League team had a runaway victory over West Coast at Greymouth yesterday, winning by 62 points to 13. The visitors speed and combination quite nonplussed the local defenders, the Englishmen throwing the ball about with rare freedom. At the Palmerston North S.M. Court yesterday Wm. Edwin Astin for assaulting his wife by kicking her on the legs and stomach was fined £5. He was also ordered to enter into a recognisance to keep the peace towards his wife in the sum of £2O with another surety of £2O. The default was fixed at 14 days’ gaol.

“I had occasion to lunch at a Foxton tea-room recently,” said Mr D. McFarlane, chairman of the Wanganui Girls’ College Board of Governors to a representative of the Herald, “and saw about a dozen school boys and girls enter and partake of lunch. I was struck with the splendid conduct of the children, which reflected credit upon both parents and their school teachers.”

At last night’s meeting of the Wanganui Education Board a motion to abolish the executive committee was carried, all business in future to be conducted by the full board. Committees were set up, however, to deal with finance, bylaws, and boundaries. The executive was set up to remove the impression that too much power was placed in the hands of the chairman and secretary.

“What’s wrong with the roast beef of old New Zealand?” asked a member of the Wanganui Chamber of Commerce when it was reported that English Army and Navy meat contracts had gone to the Argentine (reports the “Herald”). Another member said that England should practice what she preached. “They urge us to buy British goods, while they give prefix rence to Danish and South Ameriean produce,” he said. “They can rely on us to do our bit by purchasing British manufactures if they give us preference too.”

A case, at Palmerston North where a man was arrested three times in four days for drunkenness, recalls the idea of another drunkard, who, arrested and fined on one day, was again before the court the next day, still under the “influence.” His defence was: “Well (hie) yer Worship, I plead —er —plead (hie) guilty; but you can’t fine a man twice for (hie) same offence. Tliish the same old drunk.” The Palmerston offender, •however, was given seven days’ hard labour, although it was the same old drunk.

At the Bulls S.M. Court on Saturday, the Manawatu County Council (Mr. W. Berry) proceeded against R. B. Bell, of Wellington, for operating a lorry on the FoxtonHimitangi Road, carrying a greater load than the maximum allowed, and also with failing to leave a reasonable portion of the road for other vehicles to pass. C. B. Hodgkinson, an employee of Bell, was similarly charged. Defendants pleaded guilty to the charge of overloading, but denied the charge of obstruction. After hearing the evidence of the Inspector and of Mr. Bond, County engineer, his Worship fined each defendant £5 (costs 12/-) on the overloading charge and £1 (costs 12/-) on the charge of obstruction.

“This coat is not to be bought. If is only lent!” Such a notice on a large label is sewn inside the back of an overcoat being worn in New Zealand to-day. Mr. S. J. Harrison, Dominion secretary of the Returned Soldiers’ Association, told the story at. a gathering in New i lymouth. Where through drink or other causes a man was incapable of spending his pension economically the authorities had asked the association secretaries to administer the money for them. Undei thesle (•ircu'msljances .£6/10/was paid for a coat for a former soldier. Within an hour he had sold it for 30/-, and become gloriously drunk on the proceeds. The secretary discovered the secondhand dealer and redeemed the coat for the owner. But lie was an irrepressible salesman. In less than half an hour he had parted with it again for 15/-. When once more it was retrieved a stencilled notice was sewn in it for safety.

“Most of the harm from pipes is due to their foulness.” Thus wrote Sir Robert Armstrong Jones, a distinguished authority, recently in the British Medical Journal. Sir Robert might have added that the main cause of pipes becoming foul is the use of tobacco heavily charged with nicotine. Such tobaccos may (and often do) cause nerve trouble, eyesight trouble, heart trouble, and chronic indigestion. Happily here in New Zealand ailments occasioned by excess of nicotine in tobaccos are becoming rarer. This is owing to the growing popularity of our New Zealand tobaccos which thanks to their comparative freedom from nicotine may be indulged in freely without any fear of consequences. That’s why doctors recommend them .Another point in t heir favour is that the leaf is .toasted (something new). Hence their delightful fragrance, and delicious flavour. You can get them of any strength. There are several varieties. Leading lines are: —“Riverhead Gold” mild and aromatic, “Navy Cut” (Bulldog), a choice medium, and “Cut Plug No. 10” (Bullshead), a line full flavoured sort. Any tobacconist will supply vou.

The King’s youngest son, Prince George, sailed from Southampton on Saturday for Quebec on the liner Empress of Australia to take up his appointment as interpreter in French to the American and West Indies station. He will be attached to 11.M.5. Durban.

At the meeting of the Wanganui Education Board yesterday, Mr. W. A. Collins was unanimously reelected chairman. A welcome was extended to the new members, Messrs A. S. Coleman and J. S. Tingey. Mr. Collins referred to the fact that both members had had considerable experience in public body work, and he felt sure they would prove valuable members. Messrs Coleman and Tingey retui-ned thanks. The chairman also welcomed Mr. W. Adams back to the Board.