NEWS AND NOTES.

Waikato Times, Volume 107, Issue 17995, 14 April 1930, Page 11

NEWS AND NOTES.

INTERESTING ITEMS. Over 500 applications for work were received, in, person by the AVellingit.on Red Cross Unemployment Relief Committed'during'the last 12 months. In 105 cases the applicants were returned soldiers with dependents, but no pensions. The committee distributed £232 to urgent cases during the year. Damp, foggy mornings are. the medium through which practically every chest complaint is born, so it behoves everyone to take' adequate precautions. If you suffer from coughs, asthma, or any other pulmonary complaint use de Montalk’s Linseed Chest Balsam. The results will amaze you, and it is only 2/6 a bottle, from j. M. de Montalk, Chemist, Frankton. The natives of Kenya consist of various tribes, and many are used for labour on farms. Many of them were once extremely warlike, and the Emberra tribe produced a local ..loan of j Arc called Churuma. In a time of j danger from raids by their enemies. | the Akamba, she headed a successful j raiding party, recovered most of their j captives and stock, and made herself j the principal authority of the sur- j rounding district. In 1910 she was j still alive, and although she was very, old she was still held in great respect, j

The fees collected at the Wellington municipal abattoir during kebiuar) amounted to £1044 10s Old, being £lO2 5s JJd less than January's total and £66 13s lljd loss than for February, 1929.

The slim figure that requires surgical support will find Glencoe House corselettes especially beneficial.

“[.will show you that music can bo taught without tears,” Mr E. Douglas Taylor. Director of Music in New Zealand, told his audience at Wanganui. Interspersing with his discourse with witty remarks, amusing stories, and some by-play in acting, be kept, the crowded hall in a merry state of expectancy. At the end of a highly appreciative address he was accorded an ovation such as Is given to few lecturers.

“Now we’ll come back to earth again,” remarked Chief Detective Walsh at the Magistrate’s Court at Wanganui after a lengthy crossexamination of a witness by Mr L. Cohen which involved descriptions of tests applied to cream, of the colouring, the tasting, the smelling of such a commodity to detect, foreign substances. “I am pleased that I took you to Heaven, Chief Detective,” Mr Cohen replied smilingly.

During the last four days before the imposition of the 10 per cent, penalty on unpaid rates £33,000 was paid In at the Wanganui City Council offices. On the last day of the financial year £14.200 passed over the eounLcr. The following days saw varying amounts paid in:— April' 1, £2231; April 2, £7400; April 3, £9752. The amount outstanding is stated to he In the vicinity of last year's sum.