Manawatu Herald SATURDAY, AUGUST 6, 1927. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3675, 6 August 1927, Page 2

Manawatu Herald SATURDAY, AUGUST 6, 1927. LOCAL AND GENERAL

La,st Monday in Nelson was a (uslomary general holiday, the first of August being what is known loeally as ‘‘Spud Monday,” calling' for special efforts on the part of Nelsonians in the planting of potatoes.

The Ashburton War Memorial Committee has accepted the tender of P. Graham and Sons (Christchurch) for £3370, for the erection of a combined borough and county war memorial column. Nnine tenders were received, from Christchurch, Dunedin, Auckland and Blenheim. The Hon. E. Newman, M.L.C. intends to move that in the opinion of the Council in the paramount interest of establishing a pig products export industry, the question should be considered of remitting Customs duty on maize and other food products necessary for the economical operation and development of that business.

A social evening was held in All Saints’ school-room last night, under the auspices of the young'ladies of All Saints’ Church, when the hall was tastefully decorated for the occasion. At the close of the evening a very dainty supper was'handed round by the ladies which brought to a close a very enjoyable ev-

Alivays of interest to visitors is the lengthy war-canoe, Te Mgta-o-Hoturoa, housed in front of the Wanganui Museum. A visitor was recently interested in the fact that the canoe, which was deposited with the museum in 1924 by Mrs. E. Hipango, ‘was over 125 years in age, and he remarked upon the remarkable state of preservation of the totara timber. Embedded in the craft are bullets fired at the battle of Puketapu. —Chronicle. “The Government is giving consideration to the matter of extending facilities to British public and secondary-school boys to take up land on their own account,” said the Prime Minister in the House of Representatives in reply to a question by Mr. ,J. Link-later (Maftawatu). “At the Imperial Conference the Overseas Settlement Committee adopted a draft scheme to provide assistance under the Empire Settlement Act ito enable migrants generally to take up land in New Zealand, and the possibilities of this scheme are still being explored.” A dapper and her new frock, and a motorist and his limousine, enacted a little drama in a Wanganui street recently. A large pool of water, caused by the afternoon’s rain, had formed near the pavement and the limousine in passing by threw out a considerable splash, a portion of which touched the young woman’s dress. “Oh! You beast!” she exclaimed. The motorist, not unlike the ancient Tubal Cain, realised the evil he had done, and, no doubt deeming discretion the better part of valour, proceeded hastily on his way. • > Have you ever noticed that the most inveterate enemies of tobacco arc frequently those who cannot smoke because smoking disagrees with them? —-and' being unable to smoke themselves they object to everybody else smoking. A tremendous amount of nonsense has been written and uttered regarding the “injurious” effects of the weed. But as a matter of fact tobacco has benefited far more people than it has harmed. When it does work harm it is because it contains an excess of nicotine, as most of the imported brands 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 ‘effects) are manufactured in various strengths to suit all smokers. Those most in request arc “Riverhead Gold,” mild 1 , “Navy Cut” (Bulldog) medium and “€ut Plug No. 10” (Bullshead) full strength. Try them, you will find them superior to non-toasted -tobaccos. 53.

In the House yesterday, the Budget debate was opened by the Leader of the Opposition, who was replied to by the Hon. E. J. Holiest on.

The second reading of Mr 11. E. Holland’s Legislative AmendmentBill was agreed to by. the House on Thursday. The main topic during the discussion was party funds.

Major Sandle, Scout Commissioner, will meet the local troup in All Saints’ schoolroom on Monday evening. The committee will also be in attendance. /

A return basket ball match was played between the local and Shannon school girls at Shannon yesterday afternoon. The games resulted in a win for the Shannon senior team by 10 points to 2 and for the Foxton junior team by a similar margin. After the games the visi : tors were entertained at afternoon tea by the Shannon girls. Mrs. Stanley was in charge of the Foxton girls.