NEWS AND NOTES.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2778, 30 August 1924, Page 1

NEWS AND NOTES.

A good story conies from Wyndham of n nmn who sold n horse to e friend for .CO. The Litter lopped Lis mane nnd docked liis toil, making quite n good-looking coh of him. After bovine file horse for :i week, lit put him in the -ale m Wyndham nnd the original owner, after spirited bidding', secured him ;it Cl 410 ’without rei-ugnising the horse. Professor TT. NT. Russell, of prilled own University, strifes that recent. discoveries in radio-act ivii v “have given ns means of estimating the age of the earth." Uranium loses one-lmlf of its radiating power in 5,000,000 years, and the presence of this idement in the earth's crust shows that ij is at least 1,oon. ooo. non years old. Ten minutes after a Liberal mass meeting at Montreal had opened, the Ida (form collapsed, throwing' the [’render ('.Mr AlacKenzic King), the Minister of Marine (Air Cardin) am! sume lifiy uthei's to the floor. A c.'V of horror turned to a idiccr wlu.li • he Premier was seen to rise, brushilia oil' lb.- water tliai i-aiiK' from a jug on llir speaker's I a hh-. None was -i riously injured. ii has been suggested by people in England that wirelixs is respon siiile for the weather vagaries which haw been so noticeable this summer. snow falling in dune for instance. The theory aieording to ex - perts, is erroneous. "It is extremely unlikely," deelared a member of the .slafV of the Meteorological oHiee, “thill energy red eased by human beings could have any effect on the weather. The atmospheric processes which result in rain are too vast for them to he changed in this wax'. Big consignment* of Australiangrown wheal arrived at Wellington on Tuesday hy the Waitomo. The shipment was loaded at Port Pii'ie and comprised (>,017 tons, or 73,874 sacks; 31,001) sacks for Wellington and the balance for Auckland. 14 is stated that the. wheat, is of good qualify and in excellent condition. Ano flier large consignment is coming by the motnrship Hauraki. loaded at- Adelaide and Wallaroo, and consists of 8,1)00 lolls. This will ho discharged fit Lyttelton and Auckland.

A lady readier was addressing her class on the subject of kindness to animals, and,'calling to mind the cruel custom prevalent among dog fanciers of cutting off certain dogs’ tails, thought it a splendid opportunity to point, a. moral. “Now, which of you little girls can tell me why it is cruel to cut off puppydogs’ tails'?" she asked. For a moment there was no answer. Then a small child pul up her hand. “Well, Mabel, can you tell ns?” “Yes, teacher.” piped tlie small voice, "because of the text.” “Ah!” said the teacher, busily revolving in her mind those, texts which might apply to puppy dogs’ tails, "and what text dear?” Back came the text, albeit a little misquoted: “Wliat God hath joined together, let no man put asunder.”

Why should a man who is careful to wear and use only Empire products continually cram his pipe lull oi' American tobacco? Keep the money in I lie country by smoking our very.own tobacco, grown in New Zealand. Try it, and you will he delighted with ils unequalled mildness and smooth and mellow smoking properties, due to the small percentage i,f nicotine and to I lie toasting process to which the tobacco has been subjected. This makes for health, since excess nicotine lias a very had influence on the heart, ami nerves. Once the smoker gets accustomed to the pure toflavour of the local product, hr will reject all foreign brands with their adult era t ions, and lie will awakmi lo the fad that he can get a better article, grown and maunfaelured in his own country, foi jess money. Those who like a lull body should try Cut Plug No. "PI, ilie Bullhead label, or the somewhat milder Toasted Navy Cut (Bulldog) vastly different from the non-toast-ed imported brands, while River--I,cad Gold excels all others in mildness and aroma.