Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 1926. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 30502, 24 June 1926, Page 2

Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 1926. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mela Moses, of the Fox ton Football Club, and Dave Tatana of Levin, have been seleeted in the Maori team to tour France and Croat Britain.

'Pile Bulls Masonic Lodge held a successful “ladies night” on Tuesday. Visiting brethren and their lady friends were present from all parts of the district.

The name of Mr. Clark was inadvertently omitted from the team of “old buffers” who are to play the local ladies in a novel hockey match on the racecourse on Saturdav afternoon.

A shop day is being held on Saturday next under the auspices of the Methodist Ladies’ Guild of Foxton and Shannon. Despite the price of eggs, a tempting array of home made cakes will be on sale. Contributions of anything saleable will be gratefully received by the ladies.

The medals won by the seven-a-side third grade team of the local football club, have come to hand and will be presented to the winners at the social to be held in the Masonic Hall on Monday next.

The borough treasurer yesterday icceived the sum of £1,700 towards the roads and streets loan recently authorised. A meeting of the public works committee is being held this evening to discuss the works to bo undertaken.

Something like a record' was established at The C. M. Ross Coys yesterday, when the whole of the windows were converted from empty space into six windows teeming with Winter Bargains, in (> hours.*

Capt. Larsen caught a Mollyhawk while over the bar on Tuesday. The bird was brought into town yesterday, but subsequently liberated at the wharf. A peculiar point about the Mollyhawk is that, despite its great spread of wings it cannot rise off the land. Men arc busy at the new Shannon bridge site well sinking with a view to testing for the depth for the piles. One well has been sunk on the Moutoa side of the river and two are to he put down on the Shannon side. A depth of 81ft bin. was reached before gravel was struck and a further ten feet was put down through solid metal.

Representatives of the boroughs and counties in the Ho. t) group of the No. 10 Main Highways District met in Palmerston North yesterday to consider the allocation of heavy traffic license fees for the coming year. Mr. J. Batchelar, chairman if the Kairanga County Council, presided. Crs. McMurray and Woods represented the local Borough Council at the conference.

Mr. Irwin’s, taxi had a narrow escape from being destroyed by tire at Himatangi yesterday morning. The engine of the car was “raced up” prior to stopping) and immediately it was shut off, the engine backfired and burst into Haines. Buckets of water were quickly to hand, and the outbreak was extinguished before any serious damage was done. The wires from the distributor were burnt through however, and the car had to be towed back into town.

Millar & Giorgi. announce _ the commencement of their “Once in a Lifetime” Sale.. A great saving clearance fur all.

At last meeting of the Horowhenua Rugby District Management Committee, Mr. W. Neville drew attention to the short-sighted policy some senior teams were adopting in playing two sjiells of only 40 minutes duration each. He observed that if senior teams persisted in this practice, it would mean players being, in all probability, at a disadvantage when it came to playing in a hard rep. game with 45 minutes each half. The Management Committee ruled that, if possible, senior and junior clubs, at least should adopt the 90 minutes game. A pleasing function took place at the local District Higlit School on Tuesday afternoon, when teachers and scholars assembled to farewell Miss D. Browning, fifth assistant, who is leaving for England early next month. Mr. F. Mason, beadmaster, in asking-Miss Browning to accept a New Zealand travelling rug as a mark of esteem from the school, eulogised the faithful and conscientious services of the departing teacher, whose departure they all sincerely regretted. He also referred to Miss Bowning’s activities in forming the girl guides, and extended to her on behalf of! the scholars and stall their best wishes for her future happiness and prosperity. Miss Browning feelingly acknowledged the good wishes expressed and sincerely thanked them for the token of their warmth and esteem. Cheers were heartily given for Miss Browning bv the scholars.

The large plate glass window in the empty shop in Moutoa Buildings had a narrow escape from being shattered last Tuesday afternoon. A horse and trap drew up outside the shop and the owner tied the reins to one of the wheels while he visited a shop further along the iv.ad. r flie horse became restive and commenced to back, and in lining so tightened up the reins which eonspijiiently pulled its head hack. Becoming alarmed, the horse backed the trap outlie kerbing and the tailboard of the vehicle which had now mounted the footpath, commenced to push the window in. Messrs J. Thomson and \V. Williams, who Impelled to be standing near at tbe time rushed up and held the. wheels of the cart, thus preventing the window, which was dangerously bulged in, from being broken. The horse in the meantime, had seated itself in the gutter where it remained until the reins were cut, when it got up and resumed its normal position, on the road.

“He’s :i good ’usbnnd, Sir, mostly, hut o's like a l>enr with :t sore ’end when ’e don’t gel ’is pipe, and it don’t always run to it,” a poor-ly-dressed, woman told the magistrate at an East End of London Police Court when giving evidenee against her husband for assault. The magistrate smiled sympathetically. lie evidently knew from personal experience the soothing and tranquilising effects of the weed. I'uf there are tobaccos and tobaccos. Some brands are just rank with nicotine and cannot be indulged in constantly with impunity. About the safest tobaccos on the market are those grown and manufactured in New Zealand. They are all toasted and contain so little nicotine that there is no fear of developing “Smoker’s Heart,” this distressing malady or nerve trouble. These tobaccos appeal to all smokers, and the more you smoke them the better you like them. That’s why they are meeting with sncli a large sale. Ask any tobacconist: for “Riverhead Gold,” mild; “Navy Cut” (Bulldog), medium; or “Cut Plug No. 10” (Bulkhead), full strength.®