Manawatu Herald SATURDAY, SEPT. 29, 1928. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3851, 29 September 1928, Page 2

Manawatu Herald SATURDAY, SEPT. 29, 1928. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Our stall desires to thank Mrs. Wishart for a sample of “McDonald’s supreme ice cream” which can now be obtained from her shop. The New South Wales Rugby football team having completed its tour of the Dominion left Wellington yesterday by the Marama for Sydney. Throughout the tour the team had been wonderfully well treated and Mr. Morgan expressed on behalf of the team its keen appreciation of all that, had been done by the Rugby oflicials and the public to make the tour so enjoyable. Injuries which may necessitate the amputation of his left leg were sustained at Wellington last night by Oscar Webb (20), when he collided with a motor ear while riding a motor cycle in front of the Grand Opera House. Nearly half his left leg was stripped, a serious compound fracture' and a severed artery being sustained. Webb is a leadlight maker and resides at 01 Brussel Street, Miramar.

Archbishop O’Shea, of Wellington, when speaking of the recent Eucharistic Congress in Sydney, on his return from Sydney said it wasestimated that the New Zealand representatives to the congress, including the clergy and the ' laity, numbered 1000. He said that on the 'Sunday of the congress, the Hon. T. R. Bavin, Premier of New South Wales, and a non-Roman Catholic, had spoken from the pulpit of a Roman Catholic 'Cathedral, “I had the opportunity of a few moments’ conversation with Mr. Bavin after the service,” said the archbishop. “I then told Mr. Bavin 1 understood he was born in New Zealand. He replied that he had lived here as a lad, and I told him I was proud of him after hearing his address that day.”

The old system of offertory collection with plates is to be abolished in St. Paul’s Church, Symonds Street, Auckland, says the Herald. There will be collection-boxes in the porches, and the congregation will be asked to place their offerings in them on entering or leaving the church. The innovation is to be tried for three months and, while it is .not known whether the new system will be as remunerative as the old, the vicar, the Rev. C. A. B. Watson, has decided it is much preferable to placing a plate “under the nose” of worshippers, which practice, he is of opinion, has outlived its dignity. The scheme has been tried in other churches and has proved successful. It is likely that a number of large “Garratt” fast passenger locomotives for service on the North Is-land-Main Trunk line will be landed in New Zealand about next February or March. Designed principally for heavy hill service and to run either way, these “double headers” are rapidly coming into favour in all countries in which the geographical formation lends itself to their service. There are sets of driving wheels fore and aft, with a water tank above each. The body of the locomotive is situated between the two power units. The engine has a tractive effort about-dou-ble that of the AB class engine. The firm which is building the new locomotive is Beyer, Peacock, and Co., of Manchester. Already it has supplied many railway systems throughout the world, including some in Burma, Brazil, and South Africa. Choosing a birthday present for a man is not quite so simple a matter as it seems —until you tackle the job. You may so easily give him something he has no use for. There is, however, one thing that few men will despise —a bit of really good tobacco —a brand as free from nicotine as possible, because nicotine is bad, and unfortunately the imported ’baccies are full of it. If you want a really pure tobacco, almost free from nicotine, and which, therefore, can be smoked for hours at a time if desired without any harmful effects, choose our own New Zealand-grown article. A pound of it makes a splendid gift. It fs better than the best imported, sweet, cool and fragrant. This tobacco largely owes its outstanding excellence to the fact that the leaf is toasted —quite a new idea. There are several varieties, so all smokers can be suited. Ask for “Riverhead Gold” (mild), “Navy Cut’ ’ (Bulldog), medium, or “Cut Plug No. 10” (Bullshead), full strength.

In the Legislative Council yesterday the London and New Zealand Bank Limited Bill was read a third time and passed as amended by the special committee of the Council.