Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 1926. LOCAL AND GENERAL.
1 As a result of police investigations into the recent burglaries in Levin, two youths were arrested in Wellington on Thursday. The world-famous Lynch Family Bellringers appear for a one night season in the Royal Theatre to-night. Tu returning thanks at the farewell tendered to him on Tuesday evening, Mr. A. Fraser said that he was glad to see the management of the borough under the control of a progressive Mayor and Councillors. He was sure Foxton was entering upon a very successful era during which the town would progress and develop. Speaking at the farewell tendered him by the Borough Council on Tuesday evening, Mr. A. Fraser said that it would be interesting to some to know that Foxton possessed a half-holiday long before it was made compulsory, and placed on the Statute Book. Foxton had been practically the first town to adopt a half holiday in the Dominion.
In spite of the many attempts by the struggling farmer, the gum lands of the North Auckland district have proved unsuitable for general agricultural purposes. Cropping is not a paying proposition in those parts. There is one exception, however —tobacco thrives well in these latitudes and splendid types of leaf have been produced on soils that not long ago were covered with ti-tree and fern. A small portion of these waste lands if planted in tobacco would be sufficient to transform this poverty-stricken district into regions of affluence and wealth; £SO net is the average yield of a tobacco crop per acre and often more. Few people realise the immense possibilities of the tobacco industry, but anyone wanting information on the subject is referred to the ready manufactured article, “Riverhead Gold” mildest of all; “Toasted Navy Cut’ (Bulldog), of medium strength; and “Cut Plug No. 10” (Bullhead), full strength. Do not forget that all three brands are “toasted” and therefore more wholesome than the average class of goods from overseas, often so harmful on the score of excess nicotine.*
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3029, 29 April 1926, Page 2
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338Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 1926. LOCAL AND GENERAL. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3029, 29 April 1926, Page 2
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