Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, MAY 15, 1928. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3792, 15 May 1928, Page 2

Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, MAY 15, 1928. LOCAL AND GENERAL

A reminder is given of All Saints’ Childrens’ Ball to be held in the Town Hall on Thursday night.

For indecent assault on a male, Edward Prendergast was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment by Mr. Justice Smith, in the Wellington Supreme Court on Saturday.

At last night’s Borough Council meeting the poundkeeper'”’ reported that during the month seven head of stock was impounded, and driving fees to the amount of G/- collected.

The body of iCharles Jolly was found badly mutilated on the railway line between Pofirua and Paramata early on Saturday morning. He was a mental patient at Porirua and was missed on Friday evening.

Yesterday morning a young man named Lawrence Ingles, aged 19 years, was crushed between two trucks at the deviation works, Milson. He was removed to the Pal* merston North Hospital where his injuries were found to be not of a serious nature.

Those present at last night’s Borough Council meeting were the Mayor (Mr. M. E. Perreau), and Crs. J. Ross, Cowley, 1L Rangiheuta, Lucinsky, C. Rand, E. Parkin. Apologies for absence were reetived from Crs. Walker and Thompson.

At last night’s Borough Council meeting- the Town Clerk informed the meeting that the GO chains of road in Lady’s Mile that had been declared a main highway in conjunction with the Beach road was from Russell Street to the end of Lady’s Mile. The large drapery and millinery establishment of J. A. Sneddon,< Symonds Street, Auckland, was entered by burglars on Friday night and a very large quantity of costumes, coats, frocks and hosiery was stolen. Entrance was effected bv a fanlight. The goods must have been removed in vehicles. A careful selection from the best stock was made. No attempt was made on the safe.

At the Christchurch Supreme Court, James William Falkingham, for receiving property dishonestly obtained (two charges) was sentenced to three years’ hard labour. In sentencing Falkingham Judge Adams said the prisoner while keeping in the background- bad joined two well-known criminals and had not merely acted -as a “fence" for them hut as a provocateur. His Honour took a serious view of the case.

Consternation reigned amongst the smokers assembled on che platform at Wellington the other day when the outward-bound Hutt train drew up without any first-class smoke ear attached. However there were' two cars labelled “A” and “B,” respectively, and a smoker, pipe in- mouth, exclaiming “B” is for ’baccy! jumped into the “B” car, and all the other smokers followed suit. Presently someone asked: “If' ‘B’ is for ’baccy —what is ‘A’ for?” “For abstainers, of course,” came the reply. Everybody laughed. Precious few “abstainers” from the weed these days —possibly one in 50. Well there’s no harm in tobacco, so long as it s good and doesn’t contain too much nicotine, as those imported brands do. Our New Zealand tobaccos contain so little it doesn t matter. That’s why they are so safe. They are unbeaten for fragrance and flavour, too. Delicious. Those chiefly in demand are: —“Riverbend' Gold” mild; “Navy Cut” (Bulldog), medium; and “Cut Plug No. 10” (Bnllshead), full strength. Those are on sale everywhere. Any tobacconist will supply vou.