LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 2845, 12 February 1925, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Palmerston X. ratepayers carried a loan proposal of £0,500 yesterday for cemetery purposes, \Ye are informed that several valuable dogs have been mysteriously poisoned lately.

Mr and Mrs .). A). Barr returned to Fox ton ys ter day after spending a holiday in the Sounds,

The Rev. W. and Airs Rainc, of Afartinborough, paid a brief visit to Foxfon vesterdav.

Mr P. Elsmore, a former resident of Palmerston X., lost bis life in a boating accident at Nelson on Monday. Mr Massey’s health is much improved and he expects to lie thoroughly restored hv the time Parliament meets.

The Wellington walersiders are dissatisfied with a recent Arbitration award and are talking of an industrial upheaval. . The Education Board has appointed an assistant teacher to the seaside school who will take up her duties when- the school re-opens. The Prince of Wales, at the Mowbray British Legion ball, in London ascertaining that there was a blind girl present, danced with her. She is an orphan and lives with her three sisters, who take in paying guests. AVhat is claimed lo lie a record for the Wairnrnpa was pul up recently by a buyer for a meal export, company, when lie drafted 5,500 fat wethers from the properly of Mr 11. D. S. Riddil'ord, at. Marlinhorough. The sheep represented uppmximn. fely £12,000 in cash. * Alan Wilson, a. married man, residing at Eendalton, Christchurch, was found dead on Tuesday afternoon in an incubator bouse on bis property with a bullet wound in bis head. Deceased, who was a poultry farmer told bis wife earlier in the afternoon that he was going out to shoot rabbits. Bauckham’s are busy since trading for cash only. Butter 1/5.f In the professional boxing contest for a .purse of £l5O at, Auckland last night, Charles Purdy defeated Mike Flynn on points. The mulch went I lie full .15 rounds. Tn Iho feather weight contest for a purse of £SO Bert Brown knocked uii| Cyril McCarthy in Iho seventh 1 01111(1. Willi the advent of electric light in Shannon (says the Shannon correspondent to the Levin Chronicle) some residents have Liken the opportunity of brilliantly lighting their lawns and on line nights groups may be seen playing croquet until 10.30 p.m.

■ Muriel Ethel Powlev, ail 11A-\var-ohl girl, of -1,3 Dean St., (Irev Lynn, Auckland, was knocked down by a mol or ear on I lit* (treat North Road on Tuesday. She was admitted to the hospital suffering from severe head injuries, and died at 8 o’clock.

A mischievous rumour was circulated yesterday to Hie effect. Hint n female shop assistant in a local linn had been taken to (lie Palmerston X. lio>pi(;il suffering from infantile paralysis. There was no truth in the rumour. The young lad\ in question is at business as usual and never felt in belter health in 1 1 ci life.

The following appointments to (he staff of the Palmerston N. Hospital have been made: Honorary physician, l)r. Durwn.rd; honorary surgeons: .Mrs Miller, Wylie, Barnett: honorary surgeon to children's ward: Dr. Bell: assistant honorary surgeons: l)rs. Salmond. Alackay, Hunter-Will; honorary dentist. AH X. Ilornblow.

New Zealand long famous for its dairy-produce, meat, hides, footwear, tweeds, blankets and rugs bid fair to become no less celebrated for its tobacco. After many years of experimenting, experts have at length succeeded in producing tobaccos (grown and used within the Dominion) which in certain respects are actually superior to the best imported. The latter frequently contains an excess of nicotine, while the former contains comparatively little, with the result that you can smoke these pure tobaccos with impunity, and their cultivation is. likely to prove of inestimable value to men on the land, because the average yield of a tobacco crop is worth £SO per acre net. Strange to say, the barren gum country in the North, while quite unsuitable for ordinary crops, grows splendid tobacco and ultimately the industry must prove of national importance. N.Z. tobacco is already on the market and selling well, so smokers can ‘‘try it out” for themselves. Ask for “Riverbead Gold,” mild; “Navy Cut” (Bulldog) medium, or “Cut Plug No. 10” (Bullshead) full strength. . 32