LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3743, 19 January 1928, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Flora McMurtrie, a 2(j-ycar-old tailoress employed in Wellington and living mt Number 100 A Tasman Street, under the name of Flora McLean, was discovered dead on a couch in her room on Tuesday. Death was caused through gas poisoning.

Satisfactory progress is being made with the tar-sealing of the Bulls-Sanson section of the Auck-land-Wellington main highway: —the “bottle-neck of the North Island.” The work was commenced on Friday last when some 15 chains of the highway was treated under perfect conditions. The work was inspected by the Manawatu County Council on Monday last, Councillors expressing satisfaction at the progress made.

Some idea of the extent of the motor traffic on the Sanson-Bulls highway may be gathered from the following report made by Traffic Inspector Berry at Monday’s meeting of the Manawatu County Council :—“A phenomenal amount of traffic passed through Sanson during- the race days at Palmerston North and Marton. A tally on Boxing Day showed a total of 315 mo-tor-ears and 21 motor-cycles from 9.30 to 11.30 a.m. an average of /IGB per hour. On January 2 a tally was taken of ears returning from the Marton races from (i to ,7 p.m. and during this time 347 cars and 12 cycles passed through which I think is a record for Sanson.”

The infant child of Major Bremner, of the Defence Department, who is under transfer from Hawjera to Christchurch, too'k i]l on the train and died shortly after being taken off at Waverley on Monday. On Sunday night the girl, who is aged 17 i months, had eaten a portion of a tablet. A .doctor was called who said that there was nothing poisonous in the tablet but that the child would have abdominal pains and to give her oil and milk. The child cried and vomited during the night and the doctor was again called in the morning. He ■then washed out the child’s stomach and said that she would be all right to travel on the train. The child developed convulsions and died at the doctor's room at Waverley.

A fund is to he raised for the dependants of Captain Hood and Lieutenant Monericff and in reeogr.ition of the latters’ plucky efforts to cross the Tasman. . There is an iidlux of visitors to Foxton in connection with the forthcoming race meeting on Saturday and Monday and hotel accommodation is booked up. At mid-day yesterday there was indication of rain and a few spots fell and low-lying clouds overhung the Tararuas. To-day, however, rain appears as far off as ever. The local shopkeepers notify that shops will be closed at 11 a.m. on Saturday and re-open at (i ,p.m, (late night). Shops will be dosed all day on Monday. At lawn tennis, France beat New Zealand in the first day’s play by two matches to nil, in ideal weather, on the Wellington. Association’s courts at Miramar vesterdav.

The international Union of Aviators has awarded Colonel Lindberg the men’s international trophy of 1927, with the'title of > ‘Champion Aviator of tho World.” A new title, “Lady Champion Aviator of , the World,” was awarded Lady .Bailey, wife, of Sir Abe Bailey, the South African millionaire.

The No. 9 (Highways District Council recommended at Tuesday’s meeting that the Highways Board create the Rongotea-Tangimoana road a main highway. " This road leads to a seaside resort. Why not also recommend the Foxton Beach road, which carries considerably more seaside traffic?

While engaged in working the Stripper at Messrs Ross Rough and Co.’s mill at 5.30 a.m. on Tuesday, Mr. J. 11. Parfitt, met with a painful injury to bis left hand. By some means it became caught in the machinery and badly crushed. He only started work for Messrs Ross, Rough and Co. the previous evening. ' • ’

This morning our representative was conducted over Mr A. E. Tongs’ new and commodious premises, which were open for the first time to-day. The new premises, next to G. P. Walker’s, are centrally situated, and are very up-to-date. On changing over, Mr Tongs re-stocked with new and fresh goods. Every convenience is to hand to keep the goods in an hygienic state, and the public’s inspection of the new premises is cordially invited. Business lias resumed as usual, and Mr Tongs hopes by strict attention to customers’ wants, and stocking only the best goods, to merit a continuance of local and ditrict patronage.

by gas poisoning,” was the finding of Mr. W. G. Riddell, S.M., at Wellington on Tuesday, when he conducted the Coroner’s inquest upon the deaths of the seven-toen-year-old girl, Ivy Walton, and Harold Wilson, aged 30, who were found in a house in Sutherland Road, Lyall Bay, last Saturday. “The evidence in this case shows it to be one of those tragedies which sometimes occur in a community,” said the Coroner. “There is no evidence to show why they decided to commit suicide, Imt from the letters to relatives and others there was a clear intention to do so. The man, was considerably older than the young woman, anil I have no doubt that he dominated her to some extent. However it is .needless to make any further comment. The verdict will be that deceased died at Wellington ,on January 13 from gas poisoning self-adminis-tered.”

Burglars have been unusuaily busy in many parts of New Zealand this winter, and surprise has been expressed that the “swag” secured has'so often taken the form of tobacco. But tobacco, it must be remembered, is not nearly so easy to identify as most other things; also, it is saleable almost anywhere and readily convertible into hard cash —’one more proof of the hold that smoking has got on the world. The habit is soundly abused by nonsmokers. Yet it contributes to the comfort and happiness of millions every day. If tobacco proves injurious it is because it contains an excess of nicotine. The imported brands are full of it. Tlie purest tobaccos of all arc our New Zealand ones. Containing only a trifling percentage of nicotine, they may be smoked without fear of consequences. They possess a peculiarly delicious flavour and a most delightful aroma. Ask for “River-, head Gold” (mild), “Navy Cut” (Bulldog) (medium), or “Cut Plug No. 10” (Bullshead), full strength. You can get these brands from any tobacconists.