NEWS AND NOTES.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3722, 26 November 1927, Page 1

NEWS AND NOTES.

Raymond Emanuel, charged with being intoxicated while in charge of a motor-car, was fined £SO by Mr. McKean, S.M., at Auckland on Wednesday. His .driver’s license was suspended for., twelve months. Simpson Dunn (aged 65), who ■was knocked down by a tramcar in Customhouse Square, Dunedin on Monday afternoon, died in the hospital at 12.30 on Wednesday afternoon as a result of his injuries. At the Presbyterian General Assembly on Wednesday, a proposal to admit women as elders of the Church was carried by a large majority. The proposal must be considered by separate Presbyteries again under the Barrier Act before becoming a law of the church; but already many have intimated their approval. A Waitaki angler was surprised a day or two ago, when he opened up a trout taken from the mouth of the river, to find inside it a live mullet fully five inches long. . Such was the voracity of the trout that it had not long swallowed the mullet before it went for the bait. When restored to the water the mullet swam away, apparently none the worse for its adventure. Mastei'ton retailers have taken an early opportunity of deciding the Christmas shopping hours, which will be as follows: A midweek half-holiday the week prior to Christmas, all shops to remain open till 10 p.m. on Saturday, December 24th. The following week the usual Saturday half holiday will be observed with the late night on Friday. In order that the public may not he victimised through the embezzlements of solicitors, a proposal has been made that every practitioner in New Zealand should pay a fee of £5 5/- annually to establish a sinking fund out of which those people from whom money has been embezzled may be repaid. Originally the suggestion came from the Canterbury Law Society. The Auckland law fraternity are strongly opposed to the suggestion.

When it was announced that the petrol tax had become law, some of the shrewd business people began to lay in reserve stocks before the extra 4d per gallon was applied. The city inspector at Wanganui searched for some of these surplus stocks in case the storage regulations were over-stepped. He found what he was looking for on the premises of a Chinaman, who had taken good (<are to get in before the rise. A prosecution will follow. In the Hamilton Supreme Court yesterday Mr. Justice Herdman committed Robert Clifford Findon, aged 10, to the Borstal Institute for

three years’ detention on seven charges of attempting- to cause wilful damage to property, including three of attempted arson. It was stated that accused was mentally undeveloped. Remanded on three charges of forging receipts at Te Awamutu, Thomas Sefton was admitted to two years’ probation. Mr. E. Mosley,'- of St. Albans,wrote as follows to the Lyttelton Times: —Would you allow me space in your paper to convey my very sincere gratitude to the management of 3YA? My little boy was lost for six hours, and all efforts to find him proved fruitless until, on being communicated with per telephone, 3YA very kindly consented to broadcast his description. The result, was that my son was safely home again within an hour and alialf, 3YA thereby earning our sincerest thanks.

At Wanganui Magistrate’s Court the other day Mr. Barton, S.M., was asked to make an order against a defaulting debtor, counsel arguing that defendant admitted spending 1/6 a week on tobacco. The Magistrate is reported to have replied: “1 can see no more reason for cutting off’ debtor’s tobacco than cutting off the sugar' in his tea.” Doubtless Mr. Barton recognised that the habitual smoker would go without tea altogether rather than give up his pipe. To a great many men tobacco is not a luxury —it is a necessity. Anti-tobaccoites say it is highly injurious. It isu t, piovided the right kind of tobacco is used. The imported brands, we all know, contain far too much nicotine to be wholesome. But what about our own New Zealand tobaccos? They contain so little nicotine that they may he considered rather beneficial than otherwise. And you can’t beat them for flavour and fragrance. That’s because they are toasted. Ask any tobacconist for “Riverhead Gold” mild, “^ av >' Cut” (Bulldog) medium, or Cut Plug No. 10” (Bullshead), lull strength. With reference to a statement in a Dunedin paper that the join ..lives of the first and second Earls of Leicester, father and son, covered a period of nearly 10l > ealb ’

an Otago correspondent writes: There is at present living in Waitahuna, Mr. Josiah Keys, who, with his father, can eclipse the record of the first and second Earls of Leicester. Mr. Keys’ age at the present time is 08. His father was born in 1761. Their joint lives,therefore, cover a period of 166 years. Mr. Joseph 'lveys’ eldest, brother was born 133 years ago. Mr. Keys is hale and hearty, and enjoys a talk about olden days as he has had a varied career. Born in Ireland, he was apprenticed to ani-engineer in Philadelphia at the age of 18; then was head engineer of the sugar plantation in Cuba; and came to New Zealand in 1880 and took up farming shortly afterwards at Balelutha, where he still holds his farm. At the time of the American Civil War Mr. Keys was “turned down” as medically unfit. B. J. Dolan, barrister and solicitor formerly of Napier, but for the last twelve months practising in Wellington, was found dead on Tuesday night at his residence, 109 Upland Road. A gas tap was found left on in the room where the body was found. lie was aged 53. He leaves a widow, but no, children. , Tobacco, always a joy to the smoker, is never perhaps, better* appreciated than on a long railway journoy when one has, perforce, to remain a prisoner for hours at a time. Such is beneficent influence of the weed that it will relieve even the tedium of the longest journey. But on a trip like that you want a brand you can smoke all day' without tongue or throat or nerves being affected. “Where is such tobacco to be obtained?” you may ask. Why, any tobacconist will supply you. Will at strength do you like? Ask for “Riverhead Gold” if you fancy something mild and aromatic, “Navy Cut” (Bulldog) if you prefer a medium blend, or “Cut Plug No. 10” (Bullshead) if you are addicted to a full-fla-voured baccy. These brands are grown and manufactures in New Zealand. They are all toasted in the making and hence their flavour and fragrance. They can be smoked pipeful after pipeful, with impunity because, unlike the imported tobaccos, they are comparatively free from nicotine. That’s why doctors recommend them.