Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1926 LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3563, 16 November 1926, Page 2

Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1926 LOCAL AND GENERAL.

♦ The Shannon Chamber of Commerce has decided to issue a booklet to boost their town.

The next English mail (arriving in London on December 22nd) closes locally at 7.30 a.m. on the 22nd inst.

Commencing at the latter end of January of next year, six artillery camps will be conducted on the local racecourse by the Defence Department. The camps will extend over a period of seven weeks.

Fifty-six undefended divorce suits are set down for hearing at the Auckland Supreme Court to-day and most of the actions are on the grounds of desertion or mutual separation.

“Every man born in this world must swear at times, even a parson. A man cannot be religious all the time,” said a Native witness when pressed to state at the Napier Magistrate’s Court whether he ever used obscene language (says an exchange). Arthur J. Durant, alias 11. Wilson, pleaded guilty at Wanganui yesterday to obtaining £l4 10/G by false pretences from T. McGuire, hot elkeeper, by issuing valueless cheques drawn on the Bank of Australia, at Otaki. He was committed to the Supreme Court for sentence. A Wellington amateur wireless operator was able to get into touch with the-whaling ship Sir James Clarke Ross, at H) o’clock on Sunday night, when the cAptahi 1 reported (hat the ship was in heavy ice and that it was very cold, although at .10 p.m. the sun was shining brilliantly.

Aklmiral Sir .lames Andrew I'Yrgusson, younger brother oi:‘ tlie Go-vernor-General Sir Charles Fergnsson, arrived in Wellington on I he Tainui last night.- He is accompanied by Lady Fergusson and their family of three daughters and one son. They will remain in the Dominion until April or May next. An interruption in the Cook Strait cables is reported from the ofli.ee of Ihe Postmaster-General, Hon. W. Nosworthy, who has annuneed that the Paeifie. Cable Hoard’s eableship Iris has been chartered by the Government to affect repairs to two Cook Strait cables unworkable owing to faults.. All the faults have been located. Those who attended the Methodist Church on -Sunday evening for the purpose of listening-ill' to a broadcast service from Christchurch were doomed to disappointment. The P. and T. Department notified the Church authorities that a special license would have to lie taken out for the purpose. We understand (hat this is to be done. “I was met with a striking piece of local patriotism by a lady, resident of your town,” said a canvasser to our representative yesterday. “Upon soliciting an order for a certain exclusive line I was politely informed by the lady that as her husband got his living in Foxton, any requirements for the household would be purchased locally or per medium of local firms. I can assure you,” concluded the visitor, “that I appreciated such a spirit of local patriotism, which is rarely encountered in my line of business.” A report which will give general satisfaction to horse lovers is that contained in the Manchester Guardian (England), which says: — “The return of Uic horse to Qur streets is patent and visible. It began to happen-steadily, even slowly, within the past (wo years. II is eontinning staedily and slowly, but that it should happen at all in the face of what the motor vehicle can do is surely remarkable. Yet, there it is. Without counting numbers, we are definitely aware that there are more horses in service in the streets than there were three years ago. . . . . . The return is due. in no small measure to the growing congestion of traffic iii our streets. It has its origin, too, in the fact that in the smallest sphere of haulage, the horse is still an economic foe-tor. It cannot be beaten in the matter of cost of haulage for short- hauls where many stops have to be made.”

Enquiry at the Palmerston North Hospital this morning elicited the information that both Rita and Russell Sloman, victims of the Levin tragedy, are still in a critical condition. The Golden Jubilee celebrations of the Marist Bros. Order concluded at Christchurch last night, when a presentation of a cheque for £1,750 was made to Rev. Bro. Justin, Provincial of the Marist Bros, of New Zealand. At the Amateur Athletic Club’s delayed Labour Day sports, held at Gisborne yesterday, Miss N. Eastwood, Poverty Bay champion, ran one hundred and fifty yards in 17 3-5 seconds, claimed to be the fastest time for the distance by a lady runner in New Zealand. The question as to whether the main highways in the Ilorowhenua County, were or were not first class was raised at the meeting of the Ilorowhenua County Council at Levin on Saturday, when a letter was received from the Public Works Department stating that the road from Manakau to Levin had been inspected and the work done to date had been found to be first class. In the Stratford Magistrate’s Court yesterday, Stanley Emerson Carlyle Taylor was remanded for a week on a charge of attempting to murder James Earrelly. It is alleged that Earrelly went to Taylor’s house at Wangamomona on Sunday, and after an altercation a shotgun was tired by Taylor. Earrelly was badly wounded in the face, and is in the hospital unconscious.

What kind of tobacco do you prefei —mild, medium, op full? If you have been long- a worshipper at the shrine of My Lady Nicotine you have doubtless sampled all sorts of brands af one time or another, and have your preferences. But have you ever tried toasted tobacco? It is quite a new idea. The leaf is carefully toasted and this process develops the flavour and aroma in quite a surprising way. It’s like eating salt with nuts or mustard with beef or cheese. You can test this for yourself because the New Zealand tobaccos, now so much in evidence, are all toasted. Hence their delightful fragrance and (layout'. And unlike most of the imported brands they contain such a small percentage of nicotine that they may he smoked pipe after pipe, “till the cows come home” without unpleasant or harmful consequences. They won’t bite the tongue, and appeal to all tastes. “Riverhead' Gold” is aromatic, “Toasted Navy Cut” (Bulldog) a pleasing medium and “Cut Plug No 10” (Bull’s Head) a fine full flavoured tobacco. Caver.sham Mixture is the latest addition. 23.