Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1934. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Manawatu Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 4408, 23 October 1934, Page 2

Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1934. LOCAL AND GENERAL

There was a large number. oL' visitors in Foxton over the weekend and the camping grounds at Victoria Park and the beach were well patronised. A 25-year-old pony tinned out to grass by a linn oL' butchers at Dubbo, New South Wales, has earned its keep. For 20 years it drew one of the firm’s carts. It is estimated that on 313 days annually since it was first put into service the pony averaged 15 miles daily, covering 93,900 miles during its working lifetime. A distressing case was reported to tins Taranaki Hospital Board recently by the social -welfare officer. An aged man and his wife had been living' in an old motor-truck in the Egmont district, their only protection from the weather being a covering of sacks. After an investigation by the social welfare officer and a member of the board, the couple were provided with a tent and fly and some provisions.

Writing' of the devotion of Indians to the graves of their dumb friends, a correspondent of a London paper says: In the compound of the Dufferin Hospital at Jacobabad, Upper Sind, there is a large concrete monument, marking the grave of Messenger, General Jacob’s beloved and favourite charger. When I visited the hospital in 1930 I had it on the authority of the doctor that it was bv no means unusual for women to place offerings and show reverence by gesture. A fine range of It) samples of dyes made from New Zealand lichens and flowering plants has been forwarded to Auckland by the Kaitaia Women’s Institute, and is attracting a good deal of attention at the Cheeseniau memorial Spring Show of native flowers, which is being held at Auckland \\ ar Memorial Museum. The colours are effectively displayed -on wool that has been dyed. In most eases alum and salt have been used as mordants. Some of the henna tones are particularly rich.

It would be very interesting to know what are the signs of death in a tortoise (writes a correspondent in a London journal). More than two years ago I buried in my garden with due ceremony a pet tortoise, obviously dead and pronounced so by an expert. To my surprise the creature has just reappeared minus an eye but otherwise fit and well. My only regret that, far from, being the amiable tortoise Jessica once was, she now resents, and quite naturally so, all friendly overtures.

A unique mascot was carried by Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, the famous airman, on his flight from Brisbane to San Francisco, along the hazardous route he flew in the Southern Cross in 1928. The mascot is a small bean-shaped object, which, when a spring is pressed, flies open to reveal a tiny elephant carved out of ivory. A magnifying glass is necessary to appreciate the fine nature of the work, and to reveal the perfectly-proportional tusks which are invisible to the naked eye.

At Wavorley yesterday, Mr W. Kirkland’s horses won two events. Korolkio won the Cup and Harvest Moon the Jackson Memorial. Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith and Mr P. G. Taylor arrived at Suva from Brisbane safely after the first lu- in the Australia-U.S.A. (light to return “Smithy’s” ’plane. Heavy rains have delayed their departure from there hut they hope to leave tomorrow morning. A reminder is given of the big concert to he held in All Saints’ schoolroom this evening by the local musical club, in an endeavour to assist the funds of the local Dorcas Society. New talent is to be presented and visitors will include Messrs A. G. Brown (baritone) and ,j, Bailey (tenor), of Palmerston X. Preston, the local cyclist, was unplaced in Saturday’s road cycle race between Palmerston X. and Pet-one on Saturday. The race was won by J. Hcgglun, of Blenheim The finish was close. Hegglun and W. Sinclair collided at the gates of the Petonc Recreation ground and fell. Hegglun was the first up and won the race. He was a 45 minute man and Sinclair was off the same m a file.

The aggressive, hut sporting tactics of a Maori contestant in the South Auckland boxing championships in Hamilton recently created some amusement. From the opening gong he entered the fray with lists whirling, momentarily paralysing his more scientific opponent. However, after a few seconds, the latter found his feet and, front then on till the end, the bout produced solid hitting that even a Camera or a Baer might have envied. The Maori, who was a resident of the hack-blocks district between Mata and Kawhia, on Sunday travelled to Auckland, this being the first time he had been in a town, bigger than Hamilton. ITe dismissed mention of the fight with the following c-omiment: “A bit rough, eh? I come from the bush.’

The attendances at church services throughout England have declined considerably in recent years, according to a statement made by Mr E. Haywood, organist of St. Paul’s Cathedral, Dunedin, who lately returned from a. visit to Britain. Mr Heywood said he could only ascribe the fall in attendances to the fact that the whole social fabric had undergone a change since he was previously in England, 20 years ago. He visited St. Helens, in Lancashire, and other religious centres with which he was actively associated early in his musical career, and everywhere he found there had been a distinct wane in interest in the Church. Years ago it was an unvarying rule for St. Helens to he packed with 2000 people at its services. Now the attending congregation consisted of between f>o and 100. Although their big crop last season was almost entirely ruined by frost, the unemployed men who embarked on a tobacco-growing venture at New Brighton have not lost heart, states the Christchurch Press. This year they will again plant out approximately eight acres of tobacco seedlings, and hope with reasonably good fortune to prove that tobacco-growing can be undertaken successfully and on a large scale in Canterbury. The men are working with some assistance from the Disabled Soldiers’ Civil Re-establishment Committee and have shown unusual interest in the scheme. Last year they built their own giln and were almost on the point of harvesting a fine crop of leaf when a severe frost caused extensive damage. This year, by taking special precautions, they will endeavour to prevent a repetition of that disaster. The other day a, wife (middleaged) applied at a country policecourt near Auckland for a separation order. Asked to explain she complained that her husband was always smoking his pipe ahoift the house when at home, although he knew how she detested the smell of tobacco-smoke. “I'm fair fed up.” declared the lady. “I’m afraid,” said the magistrate, with a smile, “that T cannot grant an order simply because your husband smokes. Smoking is not a crime, and it makes, believe me, for harmony in the home. But what kind of tobacco does your husband smoke?” The applicant named the brand. “H’m,” said his Worship, “I know it. It’s pretty strong, cerainly. Reeking with nicotine! Tell your husband to try toasted New Zealand. The toasting expels the nicotine, and it’s so fragrant that no one can object to it. Quite harmless too.” Applicant withdrew. There are five brands of this incomparable tobacco, Riverhead Gold, Navy Cut No. 3 (Bulldog), Cavendish, Cut Plug No. 10 (Bnllshead) and Desert Gold. They’re unequalled for the pipe and make beautiful cigarettes. — Advt.

“My word, that Brown’s a lucky chap,” His fellow workers say, For coughs and colds don’t trouble him Or make him lose a day.” But Mr Brown the secret knows Such freedom to secure, And keeps all coughs and colds at bay With Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure. —18.