NEWS AND NOTES

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3533, 4 September 1926, Page 4

NEWS AND NOTES

“1 don’t believe a word this witness said in her main evidence,” declared Hir Honour, Mr Justice Adams, at the Christchurch Supreme Court after listening to a wife’s story.of her husband’s brutality and drunkenness and her admissions that she had written letters to him telling him of her own drinking exploits during a trip to England. Petitioner’s counsel said he did not mean to proceed and. the case collapsed.

Now Zealand has a golfing Prime Minister. Mr Coates is often to be seen on the Miramar course, where lie takes a keen interest in his game. Fairly reliable with the wood, his short game is good, and his putting especially in laying, the long ones dead, very useful. He played a match with Mr Vernon Reed, whose long game was too good for him. II was an unusual match, in one way, as the caddies of'these two gentlemen of the House of Representatives were two members of the Upper House.

Warning a youthful offender at the Wanganui Children’s Court, of the pitfalls ahead of the evildoer, Mr J. S. Barton, S.M., said it would do the boy good, no doubt, to accompany him on an occasional visit to the gaol. There lie would see one man over 50 years of age, who had spent more than 34 years of bis life in gaol. That man had not, when young, had any idea that his life should be so ordered; but he had fallen into evil habits and so had spent most of his life in prison.

Totally unsuspecting' that he was doing something highly improper, a man strolled into a tobacconist’s shop in Napier on Monday morning and, what time he was being served with his requirements, dropped the end of a smoked cigarette into a box labelled “butts.” After the portion of the cigarette had been successfully speared out with a hatpin by the flurried damsel behind the 'counter, it was explained that the box was for the receipt of art union ticket butts, and for no other kind of butt. “But —” exclaimed the crest-fallen offender, as he tried to explain. “But me no butts,” was the retort of the flurried damsel, “but get out of this, or you’ll be butted out.” The Lake County Press records a smart bit of debt-collecting by a lo'cal tradesman. Late on Friday evening he learned that a debtor who had got a suit of clothes and other articles on the promise that he would pay when he “got his wages” and left by special car for Cromwell. The tradesman rose at 3.30 a.m., and was in Cromwell two hours later (by car). With the help of the local porter, he located his debtor asleep in a bedroom. First 'collecting all the sleeper’s clothing, he awakened the man and demanded payment, The surprised sleeper paid up, and the tradesman returned, well pleased with himself.

There recently died in a settlement not many miles from Oamaru an old man who had lived the life of a hermit for a long- period. He used to crawl in and out of a filthy hut, by an aperture that would scarcely admit a full-grown person. He appears to have subsisted largely upon rice and potatoes. His clothes were in tatters, and he had apparently not had a change of underclothing for many years. After his death it was discovered that he had a substantial sum of money lying to his credit in the Savings Bank, besides war bonds. The only relative 'he had in the Dominion was a brother, ■whom he had not seen for 40 years.

A lady doctor in England has just declared that smoking is a wonderful preservative of the teeth, and that, although the teeth of some smokers may be discoloured, they are generally sounder than those of non-smokers. So many hard things have been said about toba'eeo that it is refreshing to find a lady—and a lady medico at that —putting in a good word for the weed. Of course, every smoker knows that smoking prevents or arrests dental decay. What every smoker does not know, or at all events ignores, is that an excess of nicotine in toba'eeo is highly injurious. And that’s where our New Zealand tobaccos come in. Being'comparatively free from nicotine,” they may be smoked almost incessantly without affecting the nerves or heart. Moreover, they are all toasted —hence their fine flavour and delightful aroma. Made in several strengths, they appeal to all tastes. Rivcrhead Gold, mild and aromatic; Toasted Navy Cut (Bulldog) is a fragrant medium; and Cut Plug No. 10 (Bull’s Head) a fine full flavoured tobacco. They are on sale everywhere. 22