Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1926. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3572, 7 December 1926, Page 2

Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1926. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Maori Rugby team defeated a French team at Bordeaux by Iff points (a goal from the field and three tries) to three points (a; try).

Four hundred Roman coins have been found buried under a stone on Hie go!f links at Knott End, Fleetwood.

Only one passenger was killed in a train accident on the British railways last year, although 1740 million passengers were carried. A lad named Erie Pratt, while out rabbit shooting at Rangiotu yesterday, accidentally shot himself in the foot. He was conveyed to the Palmerston N. Hospital for treatment.

The body of a middle-aged man of small build, about sft. bin. in height, with dark moustache, and hair, was found in the Wellington harbour yesterday. There is no evidence of identification.

In an address at Wanganui yesterday, Mr W. J. Poison, President of the N.Z. 'Farmers' Union, drew attention to the need for economy in public expenditure, a better land settlement policy, extension of overseas markets to America and the Orient, and the need for the stabilisation of land values and labour conditions.

The Sunday School anniversary services in connection with the local Methodist Church were well attended on Sunday. The singing by the children was a plea sent feature of the services. The Rev. Southern conducted the morning and evening services and the Rev. P. Wl. Jones the afternoon.

If the average man were cast away on a Desert Island and compelled to lead a Robinson Crusoe existence, his first thought (after the food and water problem was solved) would be: “How can 1 get something to smoke?’’ The craving for tobacco is insistent in the case of 10 men out of every 12, and to satisfy the universal demand hundreds of brands of the “weed” are on the market. They come from many lands, one of the latest! countries to produce them (in a perfected, form) being New Zealand. Strange to say, the barren gum lands of the North which won’t grow ordinary crops grow splendid tobacco, a matter of the greatest importance to men on the land up there, because the average yield of leaf is worth £SO per acre, and the industry promises to become a source of National wealth. The local article is much appreciated by those who had to give up smoking foreign tobaccos because of the excess of nicotine, which affected their health. Try “Riverhead Gold” (mild), Navy Cut (Bulldog) medium, or Cut Plug No, 10 (Bullshead) full. The latest addition is Caversham Mixture. 28

For Coughs and Colds never fails. Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure,