Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2. 1928. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3852, 2 October 1928, Page 2

Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2. 1928. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Members of the local tennis club were busy last evening preparing the eouris for the coining season. A story is going the rounds to the effect that a certain elector wrote to the chief electoral officer requesting that his occupation on the electoral roll be altered from “retired” to “J.P.” The Auckland Observer, however, claims that J.P’s. are as plentiful as bad two-bobs these days and that they should not be allowed on the bench except under the greatest provocation.

The London “Daily Mail” states that high taxation has compelled Sir Henry Dering to sell his Kentish estate of Surrenden-Doring, Ashford, of 3000 a«res, including (he village of Plucking and the historic manor house of which his family has held possession for over 000 years. Sir Henry is the 10th Baronet, the title having been created in 1626. A demonstration was held on Saturday afternoon in Greymouth by the unemployed, including over 1000 from Blackball who marched through the main streets to the band rotunda, where addresses were delivered to a gathering ,of over 500, after which the following resolution was carried: “That this meeting of unemployed demand work at Trade Union rates, or full maintenance.”

As a memorial to a loyal Maori chieftain, Kapereiere Meihaua, of the Ngati-Pukeko tribe, a statue has been prepared by W. Parkinson and Company, Ltd., under instructions from the Wairariki District Land Bo'Ard, Rotorua, and is to be erected by the Government and relatives of the late chieftain’at Will akatane (states the “New Zealand Herald”). Meihana, who was born in 1860 and died' in 1926, was, with his father, a staunch supporter of the Government during the insurrections on the East Coast. “He was a loyal supporter of the sovereignty of Great Britain and was mourned at his death by both Maoris and pakehas for his lovable qualities and uprightness of character.” Such is .the inscription engraved on the pedestal on which stands a life-size statue of the dead chief. It is a fine piece of sculpture, the dignified old figure being clothed in a chieftain’s cloak and clasping in one hand a mere, the symbol of chiefly rank. The statue will be removed from Auckland and erected in Whakatane, over Meihana’s grave, in the near future. •

Mark Twain .once said: “Woman is a conundrum —but I will never give her up!” This was in allusion to the changeable views of the adorable sex. The sex is certainly apt to alter its point of view. Time was when ladies “couldn’t bear tobacco smoke” — said it made them “ill.” In those days father and the boys had to seek the seclusion of the coal-house or the backyard when they wanted a whiff. Nowadays the girls—young, old and middle-aged—will tell you when tobacco-smoke is mentioned that they “love it!” Well, there are worse habits than smoking, and so long as the “baccy” is good and not overcharged with nicotine it won’t hurt anyone. Apropos of that, its a pity the imported tobaccos are so full of nicotine. How is it? Our N.Z. brands are almost free from it. You can smoke them “till further orders” and take no harm? Sweet, cool and fragrant they appeal irresistibly to all smokers. All tobacconists stock them. Ask for “Rivcrhead Gold” (mild), “Navy Cut” (Bulldog), medium, or “Cut Plug No. 10” (Bulkhead) fullstrength.