Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, MAY 10, 1928. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3790, 10 May 1928, Page 2

Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, MAY 10, 1928. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

U was 17 years on Saturday •Siiif-e i-nmpnisnry military training (-nine into force in New Zealand.

Mr. ‘Charles Todd, well-known as a prohibition, leader, is a definite candidate for the Wakatipu seat in ihe Reform interests. ®

The friends of Mr. and Mrs. H. Leaver will be pleased to learn that, they have now quite settled down in their new home in Sydney.

Mr. 13. Hinds restaurant was opened this morning for tiie first time. The shop is newly fitted out throughout and meals will be served at all hours.

As a result of injuries sustained when he fell from a tramcar on 'Anzae Day, Francis Walker, aged 19, died in the Auckland hospital in Tuesday. Walker sustained concussion of the brain and.other injuries.

Tre annual local Masonic installation'ceremony took place yesterday afternoon. Brethren' were present from lodges throughout the district, in the evening the ladies were entertained at an enjoyable social; wlimi the accommodation was taxed to its utmost.'

Fred Robinson, a young man, .suffered 1 severe injury to an eye, as the result of a pellet from a charge lired at a wild duck rebounding and striking him. He was- taken to the Napier Hospital whence reports indicate the possibility of Robinson losing the sight of the eye. The Christchurch Presbytery does not approve of women being elders of the Presbyterian Church. A remit from the General Assembly proposing that women should- become eligible; for this office was 'before the meeting of the Presbytery and was negatived after brief discussion. The Minister of Defence and Minister of .Justice (Hon. - F.- -J. Rollcsfon), together with Mr. .J. Linklater, M.P., paid/ an informal visit to the Council’s monthly Sanson on Tuesday. The Minister, who had passed through Paxton, stated -it was his first visit to the district, but he could congratulate the county upon its prosperity. The Minister was accorded a welcome by the chairman of the County (Mr W. E. Barber).

The Chief Justice of the Dominion (the lion. Sir Charles Skerrett) underwent a serious surgical operation at Wlellingtoji on Tuesday; resulting in the amputation of a leg. It is understood that the operation was rendered necessary through the presence in the leg of a clot of -blood) and' that amputation was resorted to finally to prevent a complication./ The operation was performed by Sir Donald McGavin. His condition is reported to he satisfactory.

What a famous Physician thinks about smoking: “Tobacco,” says the eminent medical authority, Sir Bruce Porter, “is an extraordinary comfort to a, great many. 1 would particularly wish to reassure old folks so that they may not be terrified from enjoying one of the few pleasures flint remain to people of advanced years. Tobacco in moderation is not going to do you any harm.” Of course it isn’t! When smoking proves harmful it is because the tobacco contains too much nicotine. The American brands are more or less full of the poison. The purest tobacco on the market is produced here in New Zealand. You eanyot eliminate nicotine entirely from tobacco, hut our New Zealand brands contain very little. That’s why you can smoke them all day long and take no harm. Their fine flavour and delightful fragrance are largely due to the fact that the leaf is toasted —-quite a now idea! Ask for “Riverhead Gold” mild; “Navy Cut’’ (Bulldoy), medium; and “Gut PI up No. 10” (Bullshead), full strength.