Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, SEPTEMB. 16, 1924. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2785, 16 September 1924, Page 2

Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, SEPTEMB. 16, 1924. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The orchestra, Band and performers of the Band concert will leave the post olliee for Shannon at (i.'SO this evening. At the local police court ye-ter-dny morning, before Mr J. K. Hornblow,..!.P., a native was convicted and lined Si/- for drunkenness. Mr If, Osborne has just purchased a large five-ton Dennis motor lorry, of which make there arc only two in New Zealand. The lorry is tilted up with all the latest contrivances and is driven by a forty-live horse power engine. Mr Osborne is prepared to undertake transport fo any part of the district. Delia h i lily gi larn n t ee,«,l. f

At last night's meeting of the Beautifying Society it was uimnimously decided to send a letter of thanks |.o Mr 1 ester Sinnlair and .Miss Winlred J.a France for their generous offer of tip p/.w ,- r ni. of the proceeds in aid of tin* Society’s funds from the pantomime “Aladdin" to ,be held in Die Town Hall on Thursday night. As indicating the interest, of one of the English schoolboy immigrants in farming, the Poverty Bay Pastoral Association recently received a letter fro m ,). D.avi,e, .one of the lads mentioned, who gsked wheth - er Dm judges .at the show w.ouhf )>g prepared to explain the method .of allotting points. The idpurnmu thought that the association should do every thing possible to foster the lad’s interest and on bis motion it was decided that he should be allowed (o go round with the judges who would explain the points.

The. annual Presbyterian congregational meeting will be held in the Foxton Presbyterian Church tomorrow (Wednesday at 7.30 p.m. Delegates from local bodies interested in the Levin-Greatford linking up oil’ the Main Trunk line will meet at Foxton to-morrow and will be welcomed by the President of the Chamber of Commerce, Mr Christie.

The Beautifying Society pays a caretaker £SO net- year to attend to the various reserves and street plantations, towards which the Borough Council has contributed £lO. In fairness to the Society, all expenditure on the reserves should be subsidised £ for £ by the Council. An extra attraction at the afternoon the ladies of All Saints' Guild are holding on Wednesday of this week, in the supper room' at the Town Hall, will he a’ little flower show. Prizes are offered for three vnrief ics of smg’lo blooms. ;i<l- - for particulars. A| the

show last week many bulb growers complained that the show was a week too early so this is their chance. Tn addition to the jn-izes offered the patrons to the sale of work will have an ojijiorlunity to show their skill as judges. The person selecting- the same three prize winners ,fs Ihe judge will receive a handsome prize. Tt will only cost you a penny to try your skill as a judge. Mr Peryman will act as judge.

An Elthain resident, says fhe Argus. who owns and drives a gig, also owns a dog which has a playful and peculiar habit. Always just ns flic owner puts a foot oti the step lo get into his trap the dog springs forward and catches his master by a leg of his trousers. One day just as the owner had got into his gig a lady who was looking and sa w the dog’s jierformance enquired of the driver what the dog meant by bis peculiar antics. “Oh, T don’t know,” was ilit l reply, “but always when be secs me getting into fhe gig he catches hold of my trousers. Are yon going down the road Mrs ? Jurnji up and I'll give you a lift.” “Thanks,” said the lady. Then she looked at I lie dog and changed her mind, saying “Well, no, I think T would rather walk.”

Talking of retail business methods in the Old Country, a Hawera man now resident in London, says in the course of a letter to a friend: “The tiling in business 1 can’t understand here is the two-price system. 1 mean by tin's that if I were to walk into a lot of shops with a ragged suit on and a dirty face I would lie charged much less than if [ were to walk into the same shops in a respectable suit- and with the same face clean. Our assistant cannot understand our ‘one price for everybody' principle. She often says ‘Oh, 1 don't think they’ll pay that much.’ I say, ‘Well, if they won't Fm afraid I can’t afford to let them have it cheaper.’ On the other hand, in (lie case of a reasonably dressed person, she will say to me, ‘He is a gentleman or she is a lady, and could well afford to jiay more.’ ”

For the weary brain worker there are worse ways of spending a welcome “night off’’ than by the fireside, with pipe and book for company. But the tobacco for such occasions should be a brand that can be smoked with enjoyment for three or four hours at a stretch without burning the tongue or other unpleasant consequences. Where is such tobacco to be found? Why right here in New Zealand, And il owes its excellence to two things principally. Firstly it contains only a minimum amount of nicotine and secondly, if is toasted in the process of numtifnHnre, That's why the llavonr is so good. In these two important respects it differs altogether from the imported brands which often contain as much as live or six per cent, of nicotine, and arc not. toasted." For purity, delicacy, flavour, aroma, and wholcsomeiiess, New Zealand tobaccos arc unrivalled. If you like a mild aromatic smoko try h’iverhead (lold; if you prefer a medium strength there is Na vy Out (Bulldog) and if you are accustomed to a full flavoured brand ask for Out Plug No. jO (Bull’s Head).