Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1928. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3867, 6 November 1928, Page 2

Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1928. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Send along your best rose blooms to the C. M. Ross Coy’s, on Saturday up to 11 a.m. Prizes for best cream or white, pink or tangerene, and red. Prizes 4/-, 2/0, and 1/- in each section. No entrance fee.*

Asked by Mr. Douglas at a political meeting in the Wairarapa, whether he would stand down and give Colonel McDonald, another Scot, his chance, Mr. McLeod said he would not stand down for a Douglas, who had always been a better Scot than a McDonald. (Laughter).

It is four years last Friday since the bridge over the Manawatu river on itlie iS'hannon-Foxton road was washed away and direct communication between the two townships was cut off. Although the new bridge has been completed some time, the road giving access to it is still unfinished, but there is every likelihood of this being done at an early date. On Saturday Air. J. ! Linklater, Reform candidate for. Manawatu, at the invitation of the Teachers’ Institute, visited Levin for the purpose of conferring with that body on matters relative to the welfare of education in this district and New Zealand as a whole. The Institute placed its recommendations before Mr. Linklater, who promised to do his best in the interests of the educational welfare of the children of this country.

Mclntosh, the proprietor of a confectionery shop, was the proud owner of a, new cash register. One day an old friend came in and brought a threepenny bar of candy. He noticed Mclntosh instead of dropping the money into the drawer, slipped it into his pocket. “Why not ring it up?” the friend asked. “You’ll be forgetting' it.” “I’ll nae forget it,” replied the Scot. “Ye see. I keej} track in mac head till I get five shillings, an’ then I ring it up. It saves wear-r an’ tear-r on the machine.”

Oil Wednesday week, November 14th, election day, the Methodist Ladies’ Guild will hold an afternoon in the supper-room adjoining the Town Hall. There will be cake, produce, and sweets stalls together with a needlework and jumble stall. All gifts will be thankfully received. Admission will be by silver coin and afternoon tea will be provided free. As the 14th is election day there will, no doubt, be a number of voters look in for a chat and a cup of tea before going home, taking with them some of the good and useful things that will be for sale. The late Mr. Jollife, film censor, was fond of his pipe and declared he could, from his own personal experience, explode 'the theory that smoking was bad for the eyesight. Of course. The enemies of the weed are always inventing stories to its detriment. There’s nothing wrong with tobacco, provided it is the right kind. Brands containing an excess of nicotine are certainly injurious, and most, if not all, the imported tobaccos are open to this objection. The purest varieties are produced here in New Zealand. Containing only a minimum percentage of nicotine these tobaccos may be freely indulged in with safety. Another point is that the leaf is toasted in the process of manufacture. This develops flavour and aroma in a very marked way. Even the doctors have nothing hut praise for these tobaccos, which are manufactured in several strengths so as to suit all tastes. Ask any tobacconist for “Riverhead Gold” a mild aromatic, “Navy Cut” (Bulldog), a delightful medium, or “Cut Plug No. 10” (Bullshead), a fine full-flavoured sort.