Manawatu Herald SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 1925. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 2861, 21 March 1925, Page 2

Manawatu Herald SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 1925. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A successful harvest ihanks•’iving effort was held by the Shannon Mclhodisl Church lasi Thursday. While eußing firewood lasi nigh;, Mi James Colay met with a pain Till accident, (he axe alino.sl severing lit', loft lliumli. Bro. Hauls, as tin; delegate of Ilu local Druids' Lodge, will attend iliO annual me.ding of 1 lie* Grand Lodge of Druid- lo he held al Te Knili nexi work At the local police coiiri lliis morning, before Mr J. K. llornlilow, •J.P., a first-offending inchriale ar ivslod by I he police fur drunkenness last night and subsequently released on bail, was convicted and had his bail of 5/- esl rented. Mr and Mrs .1, K. Ilornblow leave Wellington |»v the “riiinaron" on April 2nd for Sydney to connect with the “Ormuz" for England on April 351 li. They, intend to visit Europe and return via United Stales and Canada. A fraternal visit was paid lo the local Masonic Lodge last night by Lodge Awalea (Palmerston N.) The visitors were subsequently entertained at .supper at Penman's when a most enjoyable social lime was spent.

Kumiv little stories of Hits Ail Blacks lour arc bound lo crop up from time to time, now Ilia I tin' player. 6: have arrived home. One of the lirst In reach our ears {.ells of a Englishman who sidied up to Manager S. Dean and remarked in ultracultured (ones; *‘J sav, Deans, I wouldn't like to play agaim-t your men very often." "Oh, why not?" asked Mr Dean. “Why," rejoined the Johnny, “one of the bounders deliberately used bad language to me." The enforced closing of t he school is by no means a holiday to the local headmaster and staff, whose duties now extend to all hours of the day and night in answering pupils’ puzzling questions per post, aud over the telephone and be it said to their credit, they are as keen to assist. the pupils as the majority of pupils are in mastering their work in their homes. The headmaster is also called upon to assist secondary and college students in their studies and in this is deserving of special thanks. In many homes the youngsters are not only “bucking in” themselves, but they arc interesting parents in school work, and giving them some indication of the difficulties that beset those in the teaching profession.

The Shannon Dairy Company has made an advance to its suppliers of 15 per lb. of butter fat against supplies received during the mouth i.f February. This concern has throughout the season kept up a uniform high rate of advance.

Air A. X. Smith, the well-known local draper, has disposed of his business to his brother. Mr (i. F. W. Mai! of the Palmerston X. branch of the Union Clothing Factory. Since Mr A. \. Smith commenced business in Fox lon some '.cars ago, he has worked up a large business eoiinection, which has necessitated enlarged and up-to-date premises, and appointment*. Mr Smith is about to take over a general drapery business in Dunedin in conjunction with his sister and will take Ids departure from Pox ton at the beginning of next month.

Harvest thanksgiving services extend back for thousands of years and are among the brightest ot those held by the Church. An invifaiioa is extended to those, who wish to join in the season’s re,joinings to attend the Methodist Church to-morrow, i he evening service will he mainly choral, consisting of anthems, solos and congregational singing. Ihe harvest, decorations will he a feature to he observed and the sale ot produce and also of work will he In Id next Wednesday afternoon and evening. Toasted tobacco is the last word in the manufacture of the fragrant weed. Its process is based upon science, and just exactly as people prefer their food cooked, they will now prefer their tobacco toasted. Toast is certainly wholesomer Ilian soggy bread, and the same principle applies lo tobacco. Take for instance the locally-manufactured brands. They-are. all toasted and consequently more pleasing to the palate, besides there is less nicotine in them, and that is a matter of importance, inasmuch as any excess of nicotine absorbed by the, system mu v seriously affect (he nerves or cause Smoker's Heart, and weakening sight. Smokers should therefore, not fail to give this new tobacco a trial; there is a vast difference between toasted and non-toasted tobacco, and they will find it, is all in favour of the toasted. Obtainable in three strengths: Riverhead Gold, very mild and aromatic; Toasted Navy Cut (Bulldog), medium, and Cut Plug No. 10 is recommended to those who prefer a full body. 8