Manawatu Herald SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1935. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Manawatu Herald, Volume LV, Issue 4570, 9 November 1935, Page 2

Manawatu Herald SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1935. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Tho m.v. Huanui sailed this morning.

At a meeting of the directors of the Levin Co-operative Dairy Co. it wasi decided that the advance for butter-fat supplied during October should be lOkl. Although showing a decrease of ltd on the advance for 'September, this figure, nevertheless, represents a substantial increase on that of the corresponding month for last year, when the pay-out was 7Jd. Asked the correct procedure to adopt if bitten by a featipo spider, Dr F. S. McLean, medical officer of health at Wellington, stated that the actual danger of a katipo bite was exaggerated. The bite was very seldom fatal, but might be painful and distressing. The wound should be sucked and encouraged to bleed freely, and the most readily obtainable remedy was a. strong solution of ammonia which should be freely applied..

“I see the Prime Minister has started to attadfo Independents,” said Mrs Knox Gilmer. “That is how important we are. It is at me he is aiming. I am the Independent they are afraid of. I have been brought up in polities all my life. I have had it for breakfast, dinner and tea. I know the past history of 'the Prime Minister in politics and the less lie says about Independents the better. He had better leave me alone. I am an Independent because I cannot subscribe honestly to the policy of any of the parties. I am not the selected candidate of any party. The National Party- wanted me to stand for the Hutt. I said ‘No.’ I live in Wellington North and I will stand for where I live.”

jWhen the steamer Gabriella was steaming past the pilot station at 'Castleeliff, Wanganui, the other afternoon, a fallow deer was noticed to ho swimming across the bows of the vessel in the direction of Castleeliff. At first it appeared that the deer would collide with the ship, but the animal increased its speed, and was brushed aside by the bow wash. The deer, which is stated to have been a fallow doe, continued its journey across the river and landed on the north mole to be pelted with stones by a number of children. The doe endeavoured to run along the uneven surface and, falling back into the river, swam back across to. the south mole, where it became caught under the railway lines. The doe eventually freed herself and when last seen was running in the direction of the Wanganui airport. The doe was abnost fully grown and was in fine condition.

Do people read serials, nowadays? Once, of course, readers took most of their literature on the instalment plan, so to speak, but are moderns content to wait thirty days or so between chapters? It all depends on the serial. When you find a story with the gripping qualities of “Spring Melody,” Valerie Fane’s new romantic novel, the first instalment of which commences in “The Australian Journal” for November, .you’d be less —or more — than human if you didn’t want to know what happened next. The Journal also contains some notable complete and well-illustrated stories by Australian authors of the calibre of Myra Morris, Darrell Symmons, Cam Woodford, Rex Grayson, J. P. McKinney and others, as well as such talented New Zealanders as Monte Holeroft, J. Guthrie and H. McNeish. In addition to fiction there are pages of features, including fashions, radio -notes, cookery hints and recipes, knitting and needlework designs, puzzles and a section for the children. The prize is only sixpence at all newsagents. A newspaper man, calling in at his tobacconist’s to replenish his pouch, adked the proprietor whether he thought women were as critical about the quality of their tobacco —in the shape of cigarettes! — as men were. “No,” said the tobacconist, “women will often buy a box or packet of cigarettes just because it has a “pretty” wrapper. Men don’t bother about that. With them it’s the tobacco that counts. But ready-mades are going out. Most folks roll their own now. Lot cheaper, too! Why you can make ten full-sized cigarettes of Riverhead Gold or Desert Gold—the two leading cigarette tobaccos—for less than fourpence! They can’t do you a ha’porth of harm, either. They’re toasted. But lots of men prefer a pipe—and you’re one of them. I stock all the best brands of pipe tobacco, but there’s nothing so good as toasted Cavendish, Navy Cut No. 3 (Bulldog), or your favourite, Cut PRig No. 10 (Bullshead). I’m always beng asked for one or other of them. Same as usual I suppose? Thank you! Good-day!”—Advt.

The Whirokino highway, which has been used by traffic for the past two days, is again unsafe for motor vehicles, and drivers would be well advised to use the detour road. !

At a wind-up meeting of the Otaki Football Club held on Thursday evening it was reported that the Club had ended the season with a deficit. It was decided to take steps forthwith to liquidate the club’s debts.

Everyone should he interested in W|esley T. Richards’ address to be held in the Town Hall supper-room next Tuesday evening, entitled “Great Britain and the Bible.” None should miss this address. See advertisement in this issue.

The jockey,- Keith Voitre, and. horse-trainer, Bernard Quinlan, have issued a Supreme Court’ writ against the B. Vockler Service Proprietary Ltd., Melbourne, and the Don Printing Works Proprietary, Ltd., of Essendon, Melbourne, each claiming £2OOO damages for alleged libel relating to the running of the filly, Link Divine, at Caulfield races on October 19.

The lake-bed at Tangoio, Hawke’s Bay, which was raised in the 1931 earthquake, and has since been drying out, is this year being ploughed and cropped. The majority of the land is in the hands of Maoris who have been busy planting maize, kumeras and potatoes. Altogether about 150 acres were made available by the earthquake, and about half of this area is being cultivated. Arriving a, month ago, ’ large fiocks of godwits, have been interesting visitors to Hokitika and are now nesting in the Hokitika riverbed (says an exchange). These birds usually migrate from New Zealand to Siberia each March, and this is believed to be the first occasion on which they have nested in .the Hokitika district. Their nests are shallow depressions in the sand, lined neatly with hVigs, small chips of wood and sawdust, and each contains three eggs. The following from American files just to hand may interest the dentistry profession:—“Stainless steel teeth fillings instead of the customary gold appeared to be the new order of things dental in San Francisco to-day. Experiments to use this metal are being made at the University of California dental school in view of the possibility that dentists of the country may be denied the use of gold by government decree.”

Torrential rain accompanied by a severe hail storm, fortunately of short duration, was experienced this morning at 8.30. A peculiarity of the visitation was noticed shortly after at the rear of the 'C. M. Ross Co. in Main Street. In the back yard of the premises, well away from any gutters and in the centre of the enclosure, was a heap of hail six inches deep and about a yard square which had the appearance of having fallen in a heap. It is probable that an air current twisted the falling hail into the confined space. Mr L. 11. Collinson, a prominent Palmerston North business man and a member of the committee of the Manawatu and West Coast A. and P. Association, was the victim of an unfortunate accident at the Showgrounds yesterday morning. When he was in the saddling paddock, a pony kicked out with its hind feet while being backed and kicked Mr Collinson, who was one of the stewards, on the body, causing a fracture of a rib and injury, to the pelvis. Medical attention was given Mr. Collinson and he was afterwards taken to his home, where he is progressing favourably.

In marked contrast to the unpleasant conditions of Thursday, bright sunshine prevailed for People’s Day at the Manawatu and West Coast Agricultural and Pastoral Association’s golden jubilee show yesterday. Though the ground was still muddy in the early morning, the sunshine and a drying wind effected a noticeable improvement as the day progressed. Town and country folk alike flocked to the show grounds in their numbers, finding much to sustain their interest, and as a result gate takings showed a considerable increase.

Piercing a hill on the Main Trunk railway just south of Mercer station is one of the shortest tunnels on the New Zealand railways. With a length of just about one chain and a half, expresses are often through it before passengers realise there is a tunnel there at all. The tunnel, which no doubt represented the cheapest method of penetrating the hill when the line was constructed, is now to be removed. An advance party of workmen is at Mercer erecting a camp to accommodate from 30 to 40 men, who are to arrive within the next few days to cut away the hill above the tunnel, the stone lining of which will then be removed, converting it into a cutting some 60ft. deep. ' The retrospective amounts due to civil servants because of the decision of the Government to restore part of the salary cuts is not all being paid at the one time. Some departments have already received the sums due, with the increments in salary as well. Others are still waiting for theirs. Immediately the decision was final all departments were circularised and requested to send in their vouchers for the new scale of wages. But for some of the larger departments this has been a long task, involving much intricate calculation and cheeking. So that any benefit the community generally will derive from the increases will be by a process of gradual infiltration rather than a sudden access of new money, says an exchange.