LOCAL AND GENERAL

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3810, 26 June 1928, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Adelina Barnao, who with her husband hoops a small grocery shop a I Island Bay, Wellington, was convicted and lined £lO I'or selling liquor without a license. The many friends of Mrs. Neylon, of Levin road, will he pleased lo hear that she has recovered from a somewhat serious and lengthy indisposition, and is able to get about with the aid of crutches. During the offertory at the Presbyterian Church on Sunday evening, Air. Couch rendered a sacred solo. We understand that Mr. Couch has consented to take up the position of choir master. As her dog had died shortly after she had paid for its ollicial collar, a lady wrote to the Palmerston j\'orLh Borough Council on Monday evening asking for a refund of the lb/-- The Council was not sympathetic. The liev. W. Eliott, M.A., of Knox Church, Gonville, who has been exchanging with Mr. Nicholas, of the local Presbyterian Church, for the past two Sundays, returned to Wanganui to-day and Mr. Nicholas arrived back to-day.

At the last Horowhenua County Council meeting, Mr. G. A. Monk was elected chairman, and in •returning thanks stated he had been linked up with local bodies since 11)11, and that this was his fourteenth term as chairman.

The aeroplane seen llying over Manawatu Heads on Saturday was Mr.'’Mill’s, of Auckland. He arrived at the Wtigram- Aerodrome, 'Christchurch, the same afternoon at 4.30 having flown from Ilawera via Blenheim where lie stopped to refuel.

There has been quite an epidemic of chimney fires within the borough of late.

Senior Inspector Lambourne and Inspector Crawford are on their inspectorial visit to the local District High School.

The three-year-old son of Mr and Mrs. J. M. Thomson, of Thynne St., met with a painful accident on Sunday. When playing, the little fellow, by some means, ran a file several inches into the fleshy part of the leg, necessitating medical attention.

The homing instinct of a eat was exemplified recently on the part of a feline owned hy Mr. F. Rout, of the Avenue. In January last Mr. Rout conveyed a female cat and her kitten miles out into the country. Yesterday, the mother cat arrived hack at its old home.

A car driven hy J. Gower, of Foxton, and containing live passengers, came into collision with another car on the Mangahao road on Sunday. Both cars received minor damage, the local r«flr sustaining buckled mudguards and smashed running hoard.

A few weeks ago there passed away at Burnham Overy, a litllc village in Norfolk, at the ripe old ago of 82 years, Captain Richard Woodgctt, whose name will always lie associated with the great days of sail in the history of the British Mercantile Marine. For ten years he was master of the famous clipper ship Cutty Sark.

As a result of an accident on the Gladstone (Wairarapa) road on June 4, when a motor-car overturned negotiating a bend, three Maoris, Thomas Isaacs, Karauri Ha wen, and .Pohipi Ilncata, were injured. Hnwca was admitted to the Masterton Hospital suffering from internal injuries. He died on Sundav.

A unique suggestion for relieving unemployment was voiced at the Palmerston North Borough Council meeting on Monday night. It was as simple as it- was sublime — that the unemployed should he engaged as inspectors to catch the many cyclists who ride at night without lights. It- was suggested that the fines received would pay the inspectors' wages.

•Resenting the comparative affluence of those who passed him in motor-cars, Francis Dooley, who was tramping the road, worldess and penniless,, registered his resentment by throwing stones at cars. He was charged before Mr. Mosley, S.M., at Christchurch, with being a rogue and a vagabond, and was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment. Dooley had a record of convictions extending, as the Magistrate said, pretty well all over New Zealand.

While standing in front of a big drapery shop in Christchurch on Friday night, a visitor to the city saw a woinan approach her, and she felt at her handbag. When she looked down the bag had disappeared, and the woman was making off through the erowdi. This hold theft was carried out during the busy period of the late night shopping. The victim was Mrs. A. E. Hunt, of Timaru. In the bag she had £4 and a number of papers. .

As a chap grows older many thing's that formerly gave him piesure lose their appeal. But there’s one thing' he rarely tires of —his pipe. In fact the older a man grows, the more necessary his pipe seems to become to him. Of course the enemies of the weed will laugh. But what does the man who does not (or cannot) smoke know of the joys of smoking'? Tobacco is oflen roundly abused. Yet it’s harmless enough so long as it’s not heavily charged with nicotine as most of the imported brands are. Is there any really pure tobacco on the market'? Yes; our own New Zealand tobaccos are remarkable tor their purity. And they contain so litile nicotine that they may be smoked freely without fear of consequences. Another strong point in their favour is that the leaf is toasted. Hence their fascinating flavour and delightful bouquet. Where are they to be had ? A by, at any tobacconist’s. Ask for ‘‘Riverhead Gold” mild, “Navy Cut” (Bulldog) medium, or “Cut Plug No. 10” (Bullshead) full strength.