GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 2528, 11 January 1923, Page 1

GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

One big steamship company runs its own laundry, which handles 0,500,000 articles in a vear.

.S. L. Amur, (lie Sommerset cricketer was winding his motor car when i! hack tired, breaking Amur’s rigid wrist. A returned soldier is cungraliilatin*>- himself on a very acceptable and unexpected Christmas box. While going through his effects the other day lie came across a silver oirga ret I e case, which on being opened was found to contain five sovereigns, each neatly wrapped up in paper. In lhlf), while at Shanghai, the returned soldier obtained them from a bank prior to going on active service, and put them away in his cigarette case for a “rainy day.” He had l forgotten all about them until he opened his cigarette case, and is now congratulating himself on bis good luck. Apparently the Auckland Racing Club does not disapprove of cigarette smoking among the fair sex. Just prior to the start of a race at Ellerslie the other day a young man was observed by an official of the (dub smoking in (lie lawn grandstand. The man bearing the familiar “R.A.C.” band on his arm promptly but politely approached the smoker and informed him that smoking by men was not allowed in the stand. “Thanks very much,” said the young man. “but I was not aware of the by-law prohibiting one to smoke.” “That’s all right,” said the official, and in an afterthought, “You can hand the cigarette to vour young lady, the restriction does not apply to her.” A surprised young man thereupon handed over the cigarette to his fair companion, who kept it alight until the time came foi a stroll on the lawn, a thousand tons.