LOCAL AND GENERAL

Chronicle (Levin), 21 November 1946, Page 8

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Seawall at New Plymouth The construction of a seawall and a marine drive at an estimated cost of £185,000 is suggested in a plan prepared by the borough engineer (Mr. R. F. Mainland) for halting erosion on the New Plymouth foreshore. Wahine Three Hours Late The inter-Island steamer Wahine arrived at Lyttelton yesterday morning three hours late after a rough passage from Wellington. A strong wind, which prevailed in Wellington, increased to gale force off Cape Campbell and speed was reduced for the comfort of the passengers. Some heavy seas were shipped, but no damage done. In addition- to 400 passengers the Wahine carried 17 racehorses. Shunting Mishap A shunter employed at the Palmerston North railway yards, Mr. Neil Angus, was admitted to the Palmerston North Hospital early this morning suffering from leg and arm injuries as the result of being knocked down by a .railway waggon. The mishap was the resuit of a foot being caught in the points. Mr. Angus is a married man with one child. His condition is said to be satisfactory. Hitler "Heiled" Himself Describmg his lmpressions of the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, Dr. Arthur Porritt told members of the Wanganui Rotary Club that the Nazis had staged it beautifully as part of a great propaganda effort. He had attended a formal luncheon as the guest of Hitler. Dr. Porritt said he was rather disconcerted, when he was introduced to the Nazi leacVer, as '.the latter '.clicked his heels', raised his hand, and.saidnsol-r emnly, "Heil Hitler." Rehabilitating Them Eighty-five per cent. of all service personnel whose cases are recorded with the Rehabilitation Department are in employment, according to the latest return of the department. Most of the iremainder (ten per cent. of the total) have not yet been discharged, are on leave, in hospital or are recuperating. The department has a total of 173,183 persons on its books, including nearly 50,000 who served in New Zealand only. It is i adding cases at the rate of 3000 a : month. [ Stock Killed by Lightning i Lightning in the early hours of ' Tuesday morning is believed to have caused the deaths of three four-year-old bullocks, three lambs | and one ewe, on tfie property of Mr. |D. R. Willis, "Woodepdean," Greatford. All. the animals were found ! close to one another, and in contact with a wire fence running :under the shelter of a plantation. j Mr. Willis states that the thunder - j storm was particularly violent and jappeared to have its centre near ! Bulls, as the thunderclaps were | lreard almost simultaneously with the vivid flashes of lightning.

Unwanted Millions Millions of British Treasury 1 notes which never reached a pocket ior found temporary refuge in a icash register were recently destroyI ed by order of the Government. 'They were small change notes for 5s and 2s 6d, intended for use during the war in the event of an invasion. While England was preparing against invasion it was considered that there was a risk that some part of the country might be cut off and become short of small money, so the notes were printed bundled, and sent to the varioas regions. There they were hidden, but the emergency which was to call them out of hiding and into circulation never arrived. "It would have been a good thing for dentists if smoking had never been invented," writes "Forceps" in a London journal devoted to dentistry adding: "Tobacco smoke is one of the very finest preservativeS of the teeth. It may discolour them sometimes, but it frequently prolongs their usefulness to an old age. Sweets, on the other hand, are the dentists best friends. Children and women who are always munching them, very often suffer badly from defective teeth, and I never pass a lolly-shop without wanting to take my hat off to it. But tobacco smoke assuredly prevents decay." So it does. But the tobacco should be of special quality. "Toasted" is ideal for the purpose. All five brands of the eenuine toasted — Cut Plug No. 10 (Bullshead) , Navy Cut No. 3 (Bulldog), Pocket Edition, Riverhead and Desert Gold, are splendid teeth preservers. and more fragrant and delightful tobaccos are simply not to be had, whatever price you may pay.