Manawatu Herald SATURDAY JULY 3,1926. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3506, 3 July 1926, Page 2

Manawatu Herald SATURDAY JULY 3,1926. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

This morning’s frost was the severest experienced so far this season. Tiie local Football Club are holding a shop day to-day to raise funds to provide a dressing shelter at the racecourse. The local State School played their second football match for the Austin Banner, when they met and defeated Otaki by 13 points to 3 at Otaki to-dav.

In the House yesterday during a. discussion on Electoral reform, the Prime Minister said the Government would oppose any alteration to the present system.

It is possible that if the Rev. F. McDonald accepts the call to the Pahiatua Presbyterian Church that lie will leave Foxton at the cud of this month.

An Order-in-Council in the Gazette exempts motor vehicles used exclusively as ambulances and for which no charge is made from payment of annual license fees.

The Trustees of 'the local Methodist church have recently had gas heaters installed in the building, which make it very much more comfortable for the congregation.

The indications are for southeasterly winds moderate to strong. Weather probably cold and changeable. The barometer has a rising tendency. Seas rough; tides moderate.

After 17 years of closure, I lm Rob Rov Hotel in Waihi opened its doors at 2 o’clock on Thursday afternoon for the sale of alcoholic beverages. Miners off shift, who had congregated in the street in anticipation of the event, made a wild rush to the public bar. Mr M. R. Varuham, architect and clerk of works for the Town Hall construction, informs us that if the present rate of progress is maintained by the contractors the building should be completed by the end of October. That, of course, does not apply to furnishings, etc. Jamito, the Filippino, meets Elmore, of France, in a professional boxing bout at Levin on July 14th, for a purse of £IOO. The star amateur bout to be staged as a preliminarv to the big fight will be that ot Jim Evans (Bst Albs) and Alan Burch (Bsti Olbs). The unimproved rating system introduced at Wanganui this year has already led to the sale of many suburban building lots. Land agents state that property owners who have held vacant sections for years have now placed them on the market, in order to avoid paying a substantial'rate on investments bringing in no return.

Slight concussion caused by a knock on (lie head played" queer tricks with a senior player engaged in one of last Saturday’s Rugby matches at Wanganui. In the second spell he was obviously fogged, but got through the proceedings in a somewhat mechanical fashion. After the match lie changed, and left the ground, but later in the evening he was found back there again, knocking a football about the field.

According to the Chronicle, activity is being shown by farmers in the Wanganui district in applying electrical appliances to their holdings in preparation for the time when cows will 'come into full profit again i;i the early spring. Farmers in the Turaknin district and Wangaeliu Va;llev in ipartieuflar have realised the advantages of installing dairying motors and hot water services in their cowsheds. The nominal charge of 3d per unit, for ■current, without the flat rate usually incurred in other districts, is obviously appearing to the farming community. Referring to the timber industry in the House on Thursday, Sir Joseph Ward said he could not understand the action of the Government in permitting foreign timber to compete with New Zealand timber. Wages were higher hero than in Canada and the United States, but the fact was that timber could be brought from those countries 'cheaper than it could be brought on the railway from Ohakune to Wellington. It was not the wages paid to the men working in the bush, but the railway freights which hampered the timber industry, and lie could not understand why this condition of affairs was allowed to continue.

There was a heavy fall of snow on the ranges yesterday, and the weather locally was very chilly.

The boys in the pit at last night's concert ' showed a commendable spirit .in voluntarily contributing an amount to repair damage to a window caused by a “vegetable bouquet” returned to them by a performer. The services at the Salvation Army to-morrow will be conducted by Major Macaulay, the'Divisional Commander. It is many years ago since the Major was a staff officer in Palmerston, but he will be remembered by many whom he will be pleased to see on Sunday. Bishop Tavlor-Smith, recently through the Dominion, asked when he was going to smoke replied, “When 1 am cremated.” No friend of the weed evidently. Well, that’s his loss. Tobacco is often revilel by those who don’t like it but so long as the quality is good, and it doesn’t contain an excess of nicotine its use may be considered rather beneficial than otherwise. “Smoker’s throat,” “Smoker’s heart” and smoker’s nerve-troubles all arise from too much nicotine in the tobacco. The purest tobaccos are grown right here in New Zealand. They contain a very small proportion of nicotine, and so may be smoked, pipeful after pipeful, with impunity. As to quality there is nothing to beat them for flavour and aroma. That is largely owing to the fact that the leaf is toasted (quite a new idea) in the course of manufacture. These excellent brands are in various strengths (to suit all smokers). Ask your tobacconist for “Riverhcnd Gold” mild, “Navy Cut” (Bulldog), medium or “Cut Plug No. 10,” (Bullshead), full. They are all toasted.*