Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1928. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3865, 1 November 1928, Page 2

Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1928. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A large number of local residents visited the Manawatn A. and P. Association’s Show at Palmerston North yesterday, despite the inclement weather conditions.

The address to have been delivered by Mr. Robert Hogg in the Royal theatre last night on the subject of State 'Control was abandoned owing to the mcague attendance, due possibly to the inclement weather. Practically all those who did put in an appearance were supporters of prohibition. Among the reforms mentioned in the annual report of the Society for the Protection of Women and Children as being urgently needed is the removal of the limit to the earning power of widows. “At present,” says the report, “a widow receives £1 per week for the first child and 10/- per week for each of the other children; above that, she may earn 30/- per week, but no more. With the present housing difficulty and high rents, a widow is often in serious financial trouble.”

Last Sunday was the ,34th anniversary of the wreck of the steamer Wairarapa. It was on October 28th, 1894, that the vessel went ashore on Great Barrier Island while on the voyage from Sydney to Auckland. One hundred and twenty-seven lives were lost, the commander, Captain Mclntosh, being among the drowned. The survivors were on the rocks for over 30 hours, being rescued by a party of Maoris who took them off in boats and landed them at 'Catherine Bay. They were taken to Auckland by the steamer Argyle.

The great increase in the number of smokers in London —particularly amongst women —according to a recent cable, has led the managers of the underground railways to transpose their smoking-carri-age rules. There are now no smo-king-carriages on these lines, but 30 per cent, of the ears are labelled “Non-Smokers.” It will come to that in Noav ( Zealand by-and-bye. Anti-tobaccoites may rail against the huge increase in the consumption of the weed. But smoking does more good than harm, provided the tobacco is of first-rate quality and as free from nicotine as possible. That’s where our New Zealand tobaccos come in. The leaf is toasted —quite a novel idea —and this develops flavour and fragrance astonishingly. And as they contain only a negligible amount of nicotine they may be smoked for hours on end without causing unpleasant or .injurious consequences. That’s why , medical men approve them. You can get them of any strength. “Riverhead Gold” is a delightful aromatic, “Navy Cut” (Bulldog), a delicious medium, and “Cut Plug No. 10” (Bullshead), a fine full-flavour-ed variety.