Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1925. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 2936, 15 September 1925, Page 2

Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1925. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

At last night's Council meeting accounts amounting to £1.15-1 Ills Id were passed for payment.

The friends of Mr and Mrs McMurray will rcgi ef lo learn dial their son Don lias had lo enter hospital as a result of injuries received lasi week while playing willi schoolmales.

Mr Seollay, local lieia|) grader leaves for Auckland al Ihe end of (he week lo fake up his duties as grader in that city on Monday next. Mi Weld), of Auckland will net temporally as grader locally until the position is permanently filled.

The deal It occurred al Arantoho, Wanganui, on Sunday, of Mrs hi. Sewell, wife of Air. K. Sewell, al the age of 02 years. Deceased was a sister of Air W. 11. Field M.F., for Olnki and a sister-in-law of Mr and Mrs ,J. K. Ilornblow and Miss Sewell, of Fox I on. Al. last night’s Council meeting (he poundkeepcr reported that during the month 54 head of stock had been impounded and driving fees to the amount of £1 !)s Od collected; 17/- of which was paid to the assistant ranger.

Mr. .]. Coull will be the • Reform candidate for the Wanganui seat at the forthcoming general election. Sir Ernest Rutherford, an old boy of Nelson College and a graduate of Canterbury College, who is now one of the world’s leading scientists, is about to visit New Zealand, and is expected in Christchurch early in November. Sir Ernest, Rutherford was born in Nelson in 1871 and was educated at Nelson College, Canterbury College, and Cambridge University lie obtained his M.A. degree with firstclass honours in mathematics and physics in 181)3 and his B.Sc. degree and the 185.1 Exhibition Science Scliolarsliip in .1804. He then proceeded to Cambridge and entered Trinity College and carried out research work’ al Cavendish Laboratory. He has been awarded a number of medals for scientific research, including Ihe Nobel Prize for chemistry. In 11)23 he was elected president of the British Association for the advancement of science. He has held important University appointments in England and Canada, and is the author of numerous publications on scientific subjects.

Complaining that the winter had been the worst he remembered, the Tikitiki correspondent of the Poverty Bay Herald remarked that the consequence were not all displeasing. The Waiapn River had been reaping finite a rich harvest in timber and posts brought down by the Hood. Ft was said that one Native had gathered and snlit close to 291)0 totara posts.

The ivniaitiflef of tin* cargo snlvaged from the forepart of the wreid.'ed Cyieim, eomprising some 2000 eases of kerosene, was disposed of tit Wanganui on Tuesday (states the “Chronicle"). The bidding wtis brisk, keen 'competition being spiced with an element of humour. One bidder called everybody’s bluff in very simple style, This individual bid Is .‘id. for a number of eases, and when asked bv the. auctioneer how many eases he wished for he replied, “The lot," Jt ltd he got them. Some little lime later the purchaser was approached bv a number of people who cnlruled him (o retail his purchase, hut lie replied emphatically, “I’m a buyer, not a vendor.” Rev. John Dawson, for many years General secretary of the New Zealand Alliance, died in Wellington on Sunday, after a long illness. The deceased gentleman, who was sixtysix years of age, was it factory worker in Yorkshire as a boy and was educated in Cliff College for the Primitive Methodist, ministers'. He came to New Zealand in 1889 find laboured as a Methodist minister till 1909 in which year he was lent by the Methodist Conference to the Alliance. From that date till within a short time of his death Mr. Dawson threw till the enthusiasm of his ardent personality into the prohibition cause, and he has been a conspicuous figure in its organisation. He was a man of sterling character and undeviating purpose, and his death after a heroic struggle against a deadly and painful malady, will lie sincerely regretted throughout the Domini-

It has been said that the man who causes two blades of grass to grow where only one grew before is a public benefactor. If that be true —and true it assuredly is—what is to lie 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 in the country? Look fit what the poor gum hinds of the North and the barren clays of Nelson, at one time considered worthless for agricultural purposes, arc 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, lie is in for quite a new type, a toasted tobacco, more fragrant, less nicotine and, therefore, healthier. A wonderful improvement compared with the lion-toasted tobacco. There are three grades —Riverliead Gold, very mild; Toasted Navy Cut (Bulldog), of medium strength; and those wlni prefer a full body will appreciate Cut Plug No. 10, the Bullhead Brand.®