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Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6954, 6 July 1929, Page 6

The New Zealand warships are leaving Sydney to-day for Jervis Bay', Melbourne and Hobart, after which they will return to the Dominion. District court awards’ at the Auckland Winter Show wore as follow: — Franklin, 480} points out of maximum ■555 points, 1; To Kuiti, 262 points 2. While walking along the centre of tho road at about 10.20 p.m. on Thursday, Mr. L. MeEwan, of AVest street, was knocked down by a motor-cycle. Mr. McEwan’s injuries consisted of a broken leg and he was admitted to hospital yesterday for treatment. At tho last meeting of the Nursing Division of the *3t. John Ambulance Brigade, the secretary announced that Mr. A. MeKegg, of Messrs. Williams and MeKegg, had consented to give an address on the care of the mouth and teeth. Tho brigade extends a hearty invitation to all interested to attend at the Ambulanco hall, No. 1 Oxford street, on Tuesday, July 9, at 8 o’clock. Members of the Hailway Division, also boys and girls attending school, arc especially inviited. rpHE Advertising Trend Is Toward The “ Times.'*

Tho Makurn, for Vancouver, left Suva at 6 p.m. yesterday'. Tho premises of a bacon company in New North road, Auckland, were entered by burglars on Thursday night. The front door padlock was sawn through and the office safe was burst open by explosives. The contents were scattered over the floor. The thieves got £22 in cash.

A Christchurch housewife is congratulating herself on having got the better of the codlin moth by very simple means. Acting on the chance remark of an acquaintance, she took for each of her apple and pear trees a strip of brown paper lOin. or a foot wide and spread it with ordinary household dripping, just ns she would spread butter on a slice of bread. Each of these greased papers was wrapped round the trunk of a tree, near the ground, and held in place by a covering of scrim and sacking. This was done early last 1710101' after tho last of the leaves were off the trees. Both apples (Delicious and Irish Peach) and pears had been very bad with codlin moth last year, tho fruit in many cases 'dropping off beforo it had ripened. This year not one of the trees bandaged showed any sign of moth.