Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 1927. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3674, 4 August 1927, Page 2

Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 1927. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr J. A. Lee’s Military Service Repea l ! 'Bill was defeated on the second reading in the House yesterday by 51 votes to 11.

The “Herald” staff desire to aek-‘ nowledgo with thanks wedding favours from Mr and Mrs P. Lingard, and to wish tliem happiness and prosperity.

At the Palmerston Supreme Court on Tuesday, William James Cox, on charges of theft, was sentenced to two years imprisonment and declared an habitual criminal.

At the Auckland Supreme Court yesterday, Roderick Gordon-Griffiith was formally adjudged bankrupt. Debtor owed £5,000, and has absconded.

Major Satulle, Scout Commissioner, will visit Eoxton on Monday next, and in connection with his xisijt a social evening will be held in All Saints’ schoolroom, at 8 p.m.

While riding on the back of her brother’s motor cycle at Bulls yesterday afternoon, Murial Gninan, aged 18, fell off and sustained injuries to her head and jaw which necessitated her removal to the Palmerston Hospital. Her condition is not regarded as serious.

At a conference held in London 700 dancing teachers approved of a new slow diance called the “Yale.” The dance, which is described as a mixture of the Blues, the Tango, the Fox trot and the Chareston, is supposed to have originated from the students at Yale University.

The Rev. J. G. Coles, who accompanied the Rev. Canon Williams, of Wanganui, and who took part in the funeral ceremony of the late Rev. Paerata yesterday, was engaged in missionary work in the Congo before coming to New Zealand), and he was very interested in the Maori mourning customs, which, he said, in some respects reminded him of similar customs among the people in Africa.

“The Department of Health,” said the Hon. J. A. Young, in reply to Mr J. Mason (Napier), “has already provided by regulation for the sale of iodised salt in packages, which indicate the nature of the contents. lodised salt is at present obtainable in any part of New Zealand, thus members of the community, who so desire, may avail themselves voluntarily of the benefits of this method of prophylaxis against goitre. It is not intended to make the use of iodised salt compulsory.”

Even non-smokers must (or should) .admit that tobaeeo is a splendid disinfectant. It was found to be so in the great plague year in England (10(55) and in our own day medical men often consider it invaluable in helping to ward off infection. But it is in times of mental stress that so many value it. Every smoker knows how comforting it is in time of trouble. Inferior brands, however, are best avoided, and it should of course, be as free from nicotine as possible. The American tobaccos, by the way, are all more or less loaded with the latter. But our New Zealand varieties, on (he other hand, contain very little. Hence their appeal to the smoker who can go on puffing them all day long if he likes without fear of consequences. And, owing to the fact that the leaf is toasted —quite a novel notion —they are as remarkable for flavour as for fragrance. Your tobacconist has them. Ask for “Riverhead Gold,” mild, “Navy Cut” (Bulldog) medium, or “Cut Plug N.o 10” (Bullshead), full strength. 52