Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, NOVEMBER. 12, 1935. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Manawatu Herald, Volume LV, Issue 4571, 12 November 1935, Page 2

Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, NOVEMBER. 12, 1935. LOCAL AND GENERAL

As. a result of a Catholic queen carnivaj at Otaki well over £2OO has been raised.

On Thursday the Certifying Officer (Mr W. R. McKenzie) will distribute 59 pairs of boots to local relief workers.

The supplementary roll for Manawatu has now been printed and the total number on the roll this year is 9705, the highest figure on record. Last year the'total was 9382.'

At last night’s Borough 'Council meeting the poundkeeper reported that during the month of October one cow was impounded and driving fees to the amount of 1/- were collected; nine head was released on the road and 3/- collected.

An enthusiastic 'Southland angler was returning home along the Makarewa River with a light bag recently when his attention was attracted by a swirl in the water. He jumped on to a ban|k and, with his gaff, hooked a large eel. Measurements were taken and it was found to be 4ft. 2in. in length with a girth of 18in. at the thickest part. A post-mortem revealed a partly digested trout 121 inches long. After being accidentally shot in .the foot on Saturday afternoon, a youth, Harold E. Morgan, aged 15, walked four miles before he could receive attention. Morgan was out shooting - near Pukekohe when his shotgun was accidentally discharged, causing, severe injuries to his left foot. After receiving treatment at Pukekohe, the youth was taken to the Auckland hospital in an ambulance. His condition is not serious.

“Where is it going to end?” asked Mr Irving Sladen at the annual meeting of the Christchurch Beautifying Association, when hoardings came up for discussion. “The Railways Department, I see, has begun to erect what I term two-storey hoardings,” said Mr Sladen. “Perhaps they are designed to hide our unsightly 1 station,” suggested the president, Mr R. B. Owen. Mr Sladen denied that they served any such useful purpose. 'The Indian wrestler “Tiger” Duala, disposed of George Walker, claimant of the British Empire title, in a professional contest staged at Auckland on Saturday night. Duala received a points decision after each wrestler had secured a fall. The bout.was characterised by strenuous rather than spectacular wrestling. Duala was every bit a match for his wily opponent in ringcraft and refused to be trapped into the backloop slam dump positions.

Ho.w the spread of electric power was displacing the use of candles was referred to by Mr E. W. Evans, chairman of directors of the Union Oil, Soap and Candle Co. Ltd. at the annual meeting of shareholders. Sales of all manufactured lines, with the exception of candles, had been well maintained, he said. The Dominion was reticulated from the Far North to the Bluff, with the obvious result that electric lighting must, eventually supersede candles, thereby ending an industry Avhich had been carried on in NeAV Zealand for 60 years.

At last niglit’s Borough Council meeting accounts amounting to £1204 16/8 were passed for payment.

Those present at last night’s Borough Council meeting were the Mayor (Mr M. E. Perreau) and Councillors J. Ross, J. R. Middleton, W. H. Read, T. Chaffey, J. L. Christie and the Clerk (Mr Win. Tiueman).

A number of people in Auckland have suffered lately from sudden and unaccountable loss of voice, without the usual accompaniment of a bad cold or apparent attack of influenza. A throat specialist states that such cases had been rather common some weefks ago, but he had not encountered any of late. The cause was generally an influenza infection, so mild that the patient failed to identify it. • If the subject was susceptible to throat affections, the attack might have no noticeable effect except to weaken the muscles of the larynx or otherwise to interfere with the mechanism of speech. New Zealand’s original air-mail stamps, first issued in November, and December, 1031, were withdrawn from sale on October 31st, and have been replaced bv the series of one-penny, three-penny and six-penny, first placed on sale last May. The original air-mail stamps were brought out for use with a Christmas mail from Australia to England and there were four denominations: threepence, fourpence, sevenpenee, and the threepenny printed in pale green and overprinted “Five-pence” in red. Sur-face-printing was adopted for these stamps, but the current air-mail slumps, carrying a very attractive design, are reproduced by the intaglio line-engraving method. \ A strange bird to New Zealand shoers made its • appearance on Major Wilson’s property, Beach Road, in October, 'after westerly storms in the Tasman. It was a glossy ibis (Plegadis Falcinellus). Only on one previous occasion is it recorded that a bird of this species has visited New Zealand, when one made its appearance at Timaru about 17 years ago. Its habitat is the northern hemisphere. The bird appeared to be in a state of exhaustion and Major Wilson was able to get within a few yards of it. Anyone seeing the bird is asked not to destroy it. This ibis is of a dark chestnut plumage, glossy black on the back and about as big as a bittern. It walks on the sea •shore and feeds on shell fish. It has a long curved bill and its flight' is somewhat peculiar with the legs extended in the rear.

All Saints’ Prosperity Fair held in Foxton on Friday last, was one of the most outstanding successes of recent years. At.the opening ceremony Mrs James H._Robinson, a most valued worker, was the recipient of a beautiful bouquet of roses, schizanthus and asparagus fem, and pleasure was expressed that Mrs A. 'S.-Easton was well enough to be present. The Guild stall containing both plain and fancy work did particularly, well and was ip charge of the following ladies: Mesdames D. Christie, J. H., John W., and Charles Robinson; C. H. Symons and E. M. Wyllie. The choir stall containing sweets also did splendid business, Misses Lorna and Nancy Robinson being assisted in this by Mrs C. Edwards. .Miss Jean Francis was in charge of this stall during the evening. .

Learning to smoke a pipe is not as difficult as learning to play the Addle. But it is often difficult enough. In fact some men. never learn to smoke a pipe, although they may manage a cigarette first try. But the pipe smoker knows a joy the cigarette smoker never experiences. For a good, satisfying, comfortable smoke the pipe’s the thing! Of course the choice of tobacco counts for a 101. If you start on one of those hot. and strong brands, you’ll be a long time mastering your pipe. Get something mild to begin with. Riverhead Gold is excellent for the novice. Later you can try Navy Cut No. 3 (Bulldog) or Cavendish (both “medium”) and Avind up with Cut Plug No. 10 (Bullshead) which is full strength. Riverhead Gold, bv the Avay, is.famous as a cigarette tobacco. So is Desert Gold. In fact these two are the leading cigarette tobaccos. But all five brands named are simply unequalled for quality. They are peculiarly delicious —harmless, too, being practically free from nicotine (eliminated by toasting). 527