Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, MAY 17, 1928. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3793, 17 May 1928, Page 2

Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, MAY 17, 1928. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

At Wellington on Tuesday night Johnnie Leekie (Dunedin) knocked out ©illy Melton (Australia), in the seventh round of a scheduled fif-teen-round professional boxing contest.

i We have been asked to direct the attention of the Borough Council to the “disgraceful state of the road” from Union Street to the (Cemetery corner and from the corner of Russel Street to the railway crossing.

A local out-of-work family man was recently given some potatoes to supplement the diminished larder. He left the potatoes at the back door of his home. In tho morning, on going to obtain some of the tubers for breakfast, it was discovered that the potatoes had been stolen.

Good progress is being made towards the completion of the new bridge over the Manawatu river and the approaches thereto. The first portion of the decking of the bridge is completed, the second portion being half finished. Last week a start was made filling in the approach on the Shannon side of the river. In all about thirty men are now employed on the bridge and approach.

In the Christchurch S.M. Court John Edward Prebblc, aged 87, charged with unlawfully assaulting iColinM'Donald was fined £l2, in default one month’s imprisonment, half the fine to go to M'Donald. The case was the sequel to a dis pute while the men were building a house. The accused resented some remarks by McDonald and hit him four blows on the head with a hammer. The Magistrate, Mr. Mosley, said: “You may think yourself lucky that you did not hit M‘Donald on another part of the head for then you may have had to fiye a much more serious charge.” A faulty memory caused a female witness some embarrassment in the Wellington Magistrate’s Court recently during the hearing of a maintenance case. “When were you married?” asked the Ma gistrate. The witness thought hard for a few seconds, but was unable to remember the year in which she had promised to love, honour, and obey. “Are you married?” was the Magistrate’s next question. Then the witness showed that she was sure on at least one point. “Oh, yes,” she said, without hesitation. “I’m sure of that.” —Post.

The thoroughness of the tests carried out at the farmers’ laboratory at ITawera was illustrated ina striking manner a few days ago. A Whenuakura farmer, who had been supplying first-grade milk throughout, the season found when his samples of milk were sent to the laboratory for testing purposes that his milk was second grade. What astounded him was the fact that the expert who lested the milk and examined it under the microscope at the laboratory was not only able to tell him the actual kind of bacteria that was causing his milk to be second grade, but also informed him how

it was getting' into the milk. On inspecting his milking plant the farmer found that what the laboratory expert, Mr. Vealo, had told him was correct —the fault lay in a defective rubber inflator, which was allowing bacteria to enter the milk and pollute it. Needless to say, the farmer, who is paid on the grade of the milk supplied, was thankful to be told what to do to prevent further pollution, and he has now a whole-hearted admiration for Mr. Yeale and his work.

‘,N.S.N.S.” What do those lctteds stand for? Why the “National Society of Non-Smokers.” London is the home of the new society; the President of which has just been proudly telling the world: “We form two-thirds of the entire population.” What? Two-thirds of the population of London non-smo-kers? Oh, tell us another, Mr. President. Why everybody smokes nowadays, bar a few unfortunate persons who don’t smoke because they can’t. Eminent physicians tell us that tobacco is not injurious provided it is good yarn! as free from nicotine as possible; also that it is often positively beneficial. It is of course unfortunately true that the imported tobaccos are as full of nicotine as they can be. That’s where they differ so essentially from our own New Zealand brands which contain so little nicotine that they may be smoked all day long with the utmost impunity. And owing to the toasting of the leaf: (quite a novelty), they are remarkable for flavour and fragrance. You can get them any strength. “Riverhead Gold’’ is mild; “Navy Cut” (Bulldog) is medium; and “Cut Plug No. 10” (Bullshead), is full strength.

“A sneeze a secret oft betrays.” —S my the.

Sneezing at once betrays the fact that you have caught a chill, and that the time has arrived for a preventive dose or two of Baxter’s Lung Preserver. “Baxter’s” is penetrating, warming and soothing, and does you good from the very first dose. The proven remedy for all kinds of coughs and colds and throat, chest and lung complaints. An excellent tonic, too. All chemists and stores. Gener-ous-sized bottle 2/6. Larve family size 4/6, and bachelor size 1/6.— 7.