Manawatu Herald SATURDAY, APRIL 9, 1927. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3624, 9 April 1927, Page 2

Manawatu Herald SATURDAY, APRIL 9, 1927. LOCAL AND GENERAL

The infant son of Howard Meek, carpenter, of Huntley, was found drowned in a creek behind his parent’s residence on Tuesday evening. - . * At the Feilding S.M. Court this week a number of district.farmers were prosecuted under the Stock Act for exposing for sale sheep infected with lice and were fined in sums ranging from £lO and costs to £2 and costs. Rev. S. Peryman will conduct the morning service at the Methodist church to-morrow. Mr. Howard Andrew of Levin, will preach in the evening and the choir will render the anthem “Lo my Shepherd is Divine.” As the result of a skylight on which she stepped giving way, Mrs. Martha Cronin, aged 40, fell through into the kitchen of Barrett’s Hotel, Wellington, shortly before noon yesterday and was killed instantly. The officers in charge of the local corps of the Salvation Army desire to thank all for generous assistance in connection with the harvest festival. The musical programme submitted by the Levin corps was much appreciated. A large motor vehicle Tor the conveyance of children to and from the country districts to school, under the Auckland centralisation scheme, passed through Foxton on route to Pio Pio this morning. The conveyance will accommodate about forty children. In the Ashburton Magistrate's Court yesterday, Margaret Scott, aged 85, was fined £25 for selling liquor in a no-license area, and 10s (the amount of costs) for keeping liquor for sale. James Oliver Scott, her son, was sentenced to three months’ hard labour for keeping liquor for sale. Two meetings of creditors —in the bankrupt estates of John R.aupi, labourer, of Foxton, and George Davis, sharemilker, of Bainesse — were scheduled to take place at the office of the District Official Assignee at Palmerston North on Wednesday, but as there was no appearance of the creditors concerned both were allowed to lapse. There are indications of a revival in the West Coast timber trade (says an exchange). It was stated the other day that one sawmilling firm had received big orders, aggregating over 500,000 ft., from Australia, for white pine. Though this may be only a temporary improvement, it is hoped that it indicates a permanent revival of the white pine trade. Frank Dean and Joseph Daniel Carthy were charged at the Palmerston Mgistrate’s Coui’t on Thursday with using their premises as a common gaming house. On the application of Detective-Ser-geant Quirke, a remand was granted until Monday morning, when defendants will appear before a Magistrate. Bail was allowed in each case, the sum fixed being £IOO in self with one surety of a similar amount. I’ll sing you no song of deep desolation, Or tell you the way to blow up a nation; If you’re happy you’re healthy, If you’re healthy, you’re wealthy, Don’t suffer a chill or a cold, I abjure, But take instantly, Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure. —19.

Ten men were convicted and fined £3 each and costs at the Feilding S.M. Court on Thursday, for taking part in a two-up school. Rongotea wa sen fete ycslcrdoy, the occasion being the opening of the new school. After the ceremony and speechifying the assemblage was entertained at afternoon tea in the Town Hall. The monthly meeting of the Presbyterian Ladies’ Social Guild was held on Wednesday afternoon at the residence of Mrs. J. Ross. Mrs. Larsen, of Manawatu Heads, being the hostess. A very pleasant and enjoyable afternoon was spent, Mrs Perreau being the winner of the competition. The guild resolved to hold a series of four socials during the winter on the second Friday of each month in the schoolroom, begining in May. A committee for each social was appointed, that for the first being Madames J. Ross, Brooks, Thomson, Downs and Larsen. The taste for tobacco once acquired rarely dies. Once a smoker always a smoker. Many a lonely man’s best friend is his pipe, and it’s no less true that many a man would rather go short of“tucker” than short of ’baccy. Let those who rave against smoking'—generally because it makes them ill—go on raving. Those who know the pleasure the pipe gives, the comfort and consolation it brings, will never be convinced to the contrary. Why' should they'? There’s no harm in tobacco so long as it’s pure and as free from nicotine as possible. The imported brands, to be sure, often oqntain a terrible lot of nicotine. That’s bad. But our New Zealand brands contain so litt'c that they are comparatively innocuous and may he freely indulged in with the utmost impunity. Yes, and what’s more, they’ll soon spoil you for any other kind, they arc so sweet and fragrant. They are in various strengths. “Riverhead Gold” is mild, “Toasted Navy Cut” (Bulldog) is medium, and “Cut Plug No. 10” (Bullshead) is full flavoured.* d 4.