LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3881, 8 December 1928, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

We desire to acknowledge with thanks an artistic and useful calender from Mr. J. M. Thomson.

iSir Harry Lauder will arrive at Wellington next Wednesday morning by the Tamaroa from Home.

As a result of the hot weather .experienced diu'ing the last feu days the local baths have been AeiA well patronised. The Herald staff desire to thank Fairey’s for samples of McDonald s ic-e cream blocks which they speciallv recommend to the public.

The pupils of the local D.H. School are busily engaged in rehearsing for their annual concert which takes place on the 18th inst. There will not be any camps held on the local racecourse this summer. The artillery camps will be held at Waipukurau early next year. The fire siren sounded shortly after midday to-day when a rubbish fire spread into some grass in the Council reserve at the water tower. The! brigade turned out and quickly subdued the outbreak.

A valuable working sheep dog is the latest) victim of the dog-poison-ing fiend. The owner found the dog dying in agony on Thursday evening. This brings the total dogs poisoned up to forty odd. Tex Rickard has completed arrangements with Johnny Buckle j, manager for Sharkey, for a fight with Heeney in February. Heeney is now suffering from an attack of influenza, but it is not considered serious.

On Thursday evening the local Fire Brigade held another of their series of five hundred evenings in the Town Hall supper-room. There was a fair attendance, but not up to the usual owing to counter attractions. Prizes were won as follows Gents: Mr. W. Williams Ist, Mr. Harno 2nd. Ladies: Mrs. Tuna ls“t, Mrs. Small 2nd. A large lorry loaded with furniture got into difficulties at the rear of Whyte’s- Hotel on Thursday evening as a result of one of its wheels breaking through the top of a cess-pit, while the vehicle was manoeuvring in the yard. After the vehicle had been jacked up it was extricated without much trouble.

To-morrow week, December 16th, the Methodist Sunday School Anniversary services will be held at 11 a.m. 2.30 and 7 p.m. The morning and afternoon services will be conducted by Rev. J. E. Parsons, of Palmerston North. Mr. Parsons is the author of four or five children’s books which have been well received by the critics in England and is the editor of the children’s page in the N.Z. Methodist Times. On Monday evening, the 17th, the annual concert and prize-giving will take place.

> Gangs of men are improving the highway over the Rimutakas which is one of the-most delightful motor rides in the North Island. From the summit, which is 2000 ft. above sea level, a glorious view of the Wairarapa valley is obtained, provided visibility is good. The road is perfectly safe for motorists and the grades gradual as compared with Paekakariki, which latter, however, id only about 800 ft. above sea level.

The lure of tobacco 1 As you may be aware prisoners in our gaols each receive an ounce of tobacco weekly; and it’s said that when one of them misbehaves, ther* ‘is ijo punishment he dreads more than the stoppage of his tobacco. It’s the same with the inmates of our homes and refuges. The old folks spending the evening of their days in these institutions prize the stick of tobacco served out to them once a week, more than anything else. They 'know the comfort and solace of it. Does smoking harm all these people?, It harms nobody so long as the tobacco is pure and of good quality. Unfortunately, the imported brands are full of nicotine. And it’s nicotine in excess that does the harm when harm arises. Perhaps the purest tobaccos in the world are grown and manufactured in New Zealand. And they are comparatively free from nicotine. Also they are unequalled for fragrance and flavour. Ask your tobacconist for “Riverhead Gold” (mild), “Navy Cut” (Bulldog) medium, or “Cut Plug No. 10” (Bullshead), full strength.

A-pedigree Yorkshire pig, weighing about 7001 b., easily four times the size of what is generally considered to be a large pig in New Zealand, arrived at Auckland from Vancouver by the Waihemo, which berthed at Queen’s Wharf on Tuesday morning (states the “New Zealand Herald”). Together with two fine Berkshire pigs, it was consigned to a New Zealand farmer from the famous Sunnybank Farm, near Vancouver. The animals which were in excellent condition, were taken to the quarantine station at Motuihi.

This morning we received from Mr. W. Ny.e, Park Street, some ftfuit from the loquat tree. A number of these trees are growing locally, but it is many years before they bare fruit. Mr. Nye informs us that it was fifteen years before his tree fruited and several years elapse before another crop appears. The tree is an evergreen and appears to do well, in this climate. The birds are very partial to the fruit.