Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 1927. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3610, 8 March 1927, Page 2

Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 1927. LOCAL AND GENERAL

A wedding of Jocal interest will be .solemnised in All Saints’ Church at .1 p.m. to-morrow.

Two hundred and sixty-five iini-' grants arrived 1 at Auckland to-day by tin; liner Taniaroa. Included in the number wcri! 40 domestics.

The next e.onferenee of Hospital Boards delegates will be held in Palmerston North, probably in March or April of next year.

We are pleased to report that Constable Owen, who has been eonlined to his bed with an indisposition is making satisfactory progress towards recovery, and will resume duty this week.

Blanche ivy Tiplady (aged 25), daughter of the county clerk at Eliham, and assistant in her father’s office, was found dead in heel on •Sunday about ltoipi. Deceased was in good health on Saturdjay evening, meeting her father on bis return from a holiday and making arrangements for a picnic on Sunday. Doctors stated she had been dead for some hours.

A distressing fatality occurred at Howiek on Saturday waning, a retired civil servant, E. H. W. Dixon, perishing in a lire which destroyed a four-roomed dwelling in Uxbridge street, leased by A. Gerring, town clerk of Ifowiek. A young man, A. Isemonger, made two courageous attempts to find the unfortunate man in the -blazing building. Mr. Dixon, who was an elderly man, had been residing with .Mir. Gerring, his wife and family being in Auckland.

A subscription list is being circulated by the Koxlon Amateur Cycling Club tq raise funds to construct a cycling Lvaok in Victoria Park. Members '<of the club have already made a skirt with the work, and it is anticipated that, the track when completed will be, one of the best in any country town in the Dominion. The dull is taking the. matter up enlliusiiastieally and is receiving imeoura ging public support.

Have you ever noticed that the most inveterate rnemies of tobacco arc frequently [those who cannot smoke because smoking disagrees with them? —and' being unable to smoke themselves' they object to everybody else smirking. A tremendous amount of nonsense lias been written and uttered regarding the “injurious" effects of the weed. But as a matter .of fart tobacco has bniclited far more people than it lias harmed. Milieu it does work harm it is because it. contains an excess of nil-inline, as most of the imported branids do. And that’s just where they differ from our own New Zealand 'grown tobaccos which while containing very little nicotine are yet so full of flavour and fragrance that 'they appeal irresistibly to smokers. These delightful brands (which may be smoked for long spells without causing any unpleasant effect*;) are nninufa-eitured in various strengths to suit all smokers. Those most in request are “Riverheail Gold,” mild, “Navy Cut” (Bulldog) .medium and “Gut Plug No. 10” full strength. Try them, you will find them superior to nontoasted. 'tobaccos. C'avershaiu Mixture is the latest addition.* 53.