LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2821, 9 December 1924, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

At last night’s Council meeting accounts amounting to £799 lb/7 were passed for payment.

During the month of November 25 head of stock were impounded and driving fees to the amount of 11/- collected. Mr A. E. Admore, who some six weeks ago met with an accident to his leg, has now returned to his home, and is able to get about again with the aid of crutches.

Edward Kenny and his four sons were taken to the Thames hospital on Saturday night suffering from food poisoning through eating tinned tisk. All are progressing well.

Good progress is being made with the erection of the span at the Shannon bridge. The bridge should be open for traffic in about a fortnight.

Those present at last night's Council meeting were His Worship the Mayor (.John Chrystall Esq.) and Crs. Bryant, Smith, Thompson, A. Ross, Walker, Parkin, and Adams.

Charles William Bryham, 27 years of age, pleaded guilty to issuing valueless cheques at Napier ajnd Wairoa, and was sentenced to six months’ gaol by magistrates at the Napier police court yesterday. A motor car travelling between Eoxton and Palmerston N. yesterday afternoon attracted attention by reason of its spiral movements, and wide sweeps on passing other cars. The car was following the swaying movements of its single occupant.

Cash means better and brighter business. See \V. D. Bauckham’s change o£ advertisement.*'

Several All Blacks have rejected tempting offers to join Northern Union clubs. Nepia has been offered £1,500 and also a big salary. Credit will be but a memory. See W. D. Bauckham's change of advertisement.*

Our Palmerston morning contemporary says: “On the erroneors assumption thaQall is fair in Parliamentary, political and personal gain a land-owner on the proposed Le-vin-Greatford line was seen in the early hours of Saturday removing the water grass and other weeds from the two top wires beside the road before the Commissioners visited the spot. The sharp eyes of Sir Sam, however, saw the drift wood in the willow trees at least seven feet above the roadway, but he said nothing.” Our contemporary, however is silent upon the point of the photographs showing the lake area whereon it is proposed to erect the Palmerston N. railway station, which, no doubt will prove even more interesting to Sir Sam!

In the days of Auld Lang Syne a N.Z. grown tobacco made its appearance on*- the market but failed to get a bold on the smoking public. The leaf was alright, but there was something deficient in the curing, and the industry languished and fizzled out. A much more recent attempt to solve the problem resulted in the production of the National Tobacco Co.’s brands, now firmly established in the favour of the smokers. The secret of this success is said to he due to the new toasting process which has resulted in a .most remarkable improvement.in the smoking quality. The difference between the toasted and the nontoasted product is as wide as a cooked potato differs in taste from a raw potato. Any smoker can easily convince himself by trying just a few pipes of any oif the following brands: Itiverhead Gold, very mild; Toasted Navy Cut (Bulldog), of medium strength, and Cut Plug - No. 10 for those who prefer a full body. 9