Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1928. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3885, 18 December 1928, Page 2

Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1928. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Herald staff desires to reciprocate seasonable greetings from Mr. Pat Skellen.

W. Thompson, Avho has annexed several trophies in the athletic field during recent years, is at present undergoing training for coming meetings. Last evening, paced by Mr. O. Doel, he did the mile on Easton Park in good time and finished in fine style. It is anticipated that Thompson will meet with fair success again this season.

A body was discovered in the Waikato river at Huntley yesterday afternoon. It is beli/eved |o be that of A. H. Gascoigne, the wellknown iCambridge solicitor, who disappeared last Monday. His car was found on the bridge over the Waikato at Cambridge. An inquest is being held at Huntly.

‘There was nearly a tragedy at St. Clair yesterday morning. . A bather got into serious difficulties beyond the breakers and it was only after a'long struggle that Messrs Melndoe and Swan, members of the Life Saving Club, brought him to shore in a semi-conscious condition.

An elderly man named Allan Sinclair was found drowned in W|aitomo creek, Otorohanga, on Saturday. Evidence jat the inquest showed that deceased was accustomed to draw water and had probably slipped into the stream. A verdict of accidental death was returned. Sinclair is believed to have a married daughter in Australia.

By the Makura at Wellington yesterday, arrived Zane Grey and Captain Mitchell en route to Mercury Islands. They left for Thames by the afternoon train. Later they hope to go on to the Great Barrier to try fishing there, also if their luck is not good the Bay of Islands will again be visited and later the party go to Taupo..

The R.M.S. Makura, which arrived at Wellington yesterday from San Francisco, experienced.'a mild epidemic of influenza among her crew on her recent trip from; Wellington to California. About 20 members of the crew, representing all departments, suffered an. attack of the malady, but there were no serious cases. There were no cases during the return trip.

A “Herald” employee was crossing Grafton Bridge, over Symonds Street Cemetery, Auckland, at 2.45 yesterday morning, Avhen he heard groaning underneath .and informed the police, who found in the gully a married man named Victor Charles, with a compound fracture of the right leg. The_ injured man was removed to hospital. He is a married man, and resides at Grey Lynn. A remarkable performance has been put up by Dorothy Smith, a girl attending the Terrace End School at Palmerston North. In the last tAvo years she has accomplished what is usually considered to be Avork for four years. In addition she finished close to the top of the sixth standard at the annual ex-> animations. €omme(ntinjg on her performance, the headmaster, Mr. A. m Thompson, has reported as follows to the committee: —“She has put up quite a remarkable performance in that she has taken with credit four standards in the last tAvo years and'is only six marks behind the dux' girl of the school in a class of 82.” It was decided to congratulate Dorothy Smith on her excellent performance.

When engaged in the rural delivery of newspapers on Wednesday, Mr. J. Turner had a remarkable escape from serious injury, •states a Wanganui correspondent. He Avas riding a motor-cycle and sidecar, Avhen he ran into a swarm of bees on a country road. Tem - porarily disconcerted by the many stings he received, lie lost control of his machine, which mounted a bank several feet high, struck a telegraph post, and then rolled back to the road. Mr. Turner managed to get clear and escaped with a shaking, but the machine and sideear were severely damaged. This is the second time this Aveek that Mr. Turner has encountered bees in the course of his run, but although he Avas badly stung on the first occasion also, he managed to retain control of his motor-cycle.

“I think we shall all be happier if we smoke.” Thus Mr. Justice Fraser when presiding at a prolonged sitting of the Transport Appeal Board at Auckland recently. His Honour then lit up and his example was speedily followed by counsel, clerks, reporters and . onlookers. The judge evidently believes in the power of tobacco to make people happy. So it does.' But it must be the right sort of tobacco. Most of the imported brands reek with nicotine. 'Such tobacco never i made anyone happy—for long. The purest brands of all are those produced here in New Zealand. They possess not only an exquisite flavour but a peculiarly delightful fragrance, and owing to their contabiing only a comparatively small amount of nicotine you can smoke them all day long if you want to without suffering any unpleasant ■or injurious after-effects. Any tobacconist will supply you. Ask for “jßiverhead Hold” if you are accustomed to a mild aromatic, “Navy Cut” (Bulldog) if you prefer some* thing stronger] but if you like a full flavoured sort try “Cut Plug No. 10” (Bulkhead).