NEWS AND NOTES.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3775, 3 April 1928, Page 4

NEWS AND NOTES.

The authority vested in the Fire Police may not be generally known to the puMic; during a fire it is equivalent to that of the permanent police force. This status is defined in Section 61 of the Fire Brigades Act, 1926, which is as follows: —“Every person enrolled as a member of a voluntary fire police corps, established by a Fire Board, shall be enrolled by the chairman of the Board and his services accepted for one year from date of enrolment, and shall bo sworn in before a Justice of the Peace, and thereafter during the period of his service under such Fire Police, and whilst so acting, shall be deemed to be, and have all the power and authority and responsibilities of a constable.” No stone is being left unturned to ensure the success of the All Blacks on their forthcoming South African tour. Even superstition has been consulted to some extent in the arrangements, for the allegedly unlucky 13 has been left out in the numbering of jerseys, so that the numbers for the twenty-nine players run from 1 to 12 and from 14 to 30. It is, however, significant, that the team is to commence its tour from Wellington on Friday, 13th April. Again, by a coincidence, the English Rugby Union ■will consider on that date an invitation by the New Zealand Rugby Union to send a team to tour New Zealand and New South Wales in 1930.

Tobacco, always a joy to the smoker, is never, perhaps, better appreciated than on a long railway journey when one has, perforce, to remain a prisoner for hours at a time. Such is the 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. What 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 “Cyt Plug No. 10” (Bullsliead), if you are addicted to a full-fla-voiired ’baccy. These brands are grown and manufactured 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 impoi ted tobaccos, ■ they are comparatively free from nicotine. That’s why doctors recommend them.