Manawatu Herald SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1924 LOCAL AND GENERAL

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2826, 20 December 1924, Page 2

Manawatu Herald SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1924 LOCAL AND GENERAL

Thursday’s storm appears lo havo been pretty general. Considerable damage was done in Hie Wairarapa. In Taranaki there was a regular blizzard.

The worst piece of road between Wellington and New Plymouth is that from the top of (lie Wangaheu hill to the Wanganui borough boundary. It is a disgrace to {he county which controls it.

The chairman and secretary of tire local school committee interviewed the secretary of the Wanganui Education Board, at Wanganui yesterday in connection with matters affecting the local school. Canada has become Italy’s rival as a manufacturer of macaroni. Three years ago the Dominion imported 7,000,0001 b. of macaroni. Last year it imported only 100,090 lb. from Italy, while Canadian factories turned ont 12,000,0001 b. The friends of Mr and Mrs J. D. Ait ken, of Moutoa ,-ehool, will he pleased to hear that llieir little daughter, Peggy, who lias been dangerously ill for over three months, is now out of danger and on the road to recovery. She will probably be able to leave Miss Linton’s hospital in about ten days.

To-morrow evening a memorial tablet erected by the Guild of St. Monica, will be unveiled by the vicar at All Saints' Church. The iighting of the Church and the tablet was undertaken by the Guild in memory of Laura Henskie and Stella Beatrice Barry, two former members of the Guild.

King George sal with Sir James Allen at Saturday's All Black match with United Services, at which his Majesty revealed that he possessed a complete knowledge of Bugby. He picked out individual All Blacks and was particularly taken with the physique and fine play of Kepi a. During the week end the C. M. Boss Co. changed over from their own lighting system to Mangaluio. Patrons to the Store tor Value tonight will have the pleasure of viewing the best lighted and most modern and best dressed shop in the Dominion outside the main centres. Call early in order to avoid disappointment as we are keen to supply your every want.f The attempt of Montecino. the pianist, to establish a new record for endurance piano .playing was abandoned at 3;20 a.m., at Christchurch, owing to outside interference. Shortly after midnight the premises in which the test was being made, were invaded 1/y a party of men who made conditions unpleasant for the player, the police having to be summoned. At Tuesday’s meeting of the llorowhenua Power Board, the Mayor of Poxton (Air J. Chrvsfall) and Mr Trueman (Town Clerk) waited, on the Board with a suggestion that, the manager of the Fox ton gasworks should read meters and otherwise act as the Board’s representative in Poxton. The deputation pointed out that since the installation of electricity the gas manager was only employed about half-time and that, as it wfis in the interests of the people of Poxton who were also members of the Power Board’s distinct, that administrative cost should he kept as low as possible, such a man might well he employed to do the Board's work in his spare time. The suggestion was favourably considered, the Engineer and local members being deputed to make further enquiries and report at next meeting of the Board.

A local motorist passed through a cloud burst a few miles from Wanganui about noon on Thursday. The rain came down in sheets and in a few minutes the roadway was like a running stream and the water pouring in cascades down the hillsides in the locality. At Wanganui the same evening another phenomenal downpour occurred, the storm water doing considerable damage in a number of simps.

It lias been said that the man who causes two blades of grass to grow where only one grew before is a public benefactor. If that he true — and true it assuredly is—what is to be said of those who established a successful local industry which finds employment for many hands, develops the latent resources of this Dominion and keeps the money iu the country? Look at what the poor gum lands of the North and (he barren clays of Nelson, at one time considered worthless for agricultural purposes, are now producing. They furnish the manufacturers with the raw material for our local brands. And so excellent is this product that no smoker should fail to give it a trial. He is in for quite a new type, a toasted tobacco, more fragrant, less nicotine and, therefore, healthier. A wonderful improvement compared with the non toasted tobacco. There are three grades—Riverhead Gold, very mild; Toasted Navy .Cut (Bulldog), of medium • strength; and those who prefer a full body will appreciate Cut Plug No. 10, (be Bullhead brand. 14