Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1929. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume L, Issue 3900, 29 January 1929, Page 2

Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1929. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A survey off the number of unemployed in Now Zealand shows that over the last seven weeks the number has varied considerably, but the variation may be attributed to Christmas intervening in the period under review. 'Since Christmas the number has risen and now stands at 2476.

The school holidays are almost finished, and mothers are looking round for boys’ clothes to replace the ones worn out during the holidays. A [perusal of the C. M. Ross Coy’s. Sale advertisement in to-day’s issue will save you the trouble of looking further —better values impossible. 4 % The attention of parents and guardians of new pupils for the local High .School is drawn to the fact that the headmaster, Mr. F. A. Mason, will be in attendance at the school on Thursday and Friday afternoons_ next from 2 to 4 p.m., for the purpose of enrolling new pupils and interviewing parents. When a letter was before the Wanganui Automobile Association the other evening, to the effect that the Wanganui Drovers’ Association had gone out of existence, one of the members remarked that it would not be long before there would be no drovers at all. He had seen numbers of lorries, one a threedecker, conveying sheep. On the Pahiatua hill he had passed one with a considerable number of cattle aboard.

•The gang of men employed by the Manawatu County Council oh the Foxton-Himatangi highway are making splendid progress with the new alignment and formation work. Modern machinery is utilised and at the present rate of progress this section should be completed hv June next.- It will be months, however, before the "hot mix” is applied. The Council is conveying metal from the Terrace End pit by rail per medium of locomotive and trucks, of locomotive and trucks. Most of Most of the men employed are from Foxton. Traffic is not diverted while the work is in progress.

Particulars of the Postal Department's "Householder” circular delivery arc given in a pamphlet published by the Department. It gives in detail the number of householders —actually the inhabited houses served by the Post Office in every city, town and small centre in New Zealand. Thus the total number of liouse-holders in the Dominion is 318,202. The number in Levin is 892, and in Weraroa 00. Other neighbouring centres are as follow: —Foxton 550, Koputaroa 05, Manakau 120, Ohau 130, Shannon 350, Tokomaru 120, Otaki 300, Otaki Beach 30, Otaki Railway 120, Paekakariki 130, Paraparaumu 160, Paraparaumu Beach 25, Reikorangi 40, Te Horo 120, Whikanae 141.

The Hon. G. W. Forbes, Minister of Lands, at a banquet on Saturday night in the Cheviot hall was given a very flattering ovation -when he rose to respond to the toast of his health. The Hon. E. A. Ransom, •was also present. In referring to the political situation, Mr. Forbes said all true sportsmen felt that the side which had been a long time fielding was entitled to a chance at the wickets and the majority of his opponents 'were fair enough to admit this. He was glad that throughout his political career he had had the friendship of his opponents.

The .Beach road, Awing to the holiday traffic, is badly-holed in places and needs grading. Arne Borg, the famous Swedish swimmer, will, spend a week in New Zealand early in March. Thirty-five members of the Woodville band will pay a visit to the local beach on Sunday.

A tangi which has boon in progress at Moutoa for some days was brought to a close on Saturday when there was an exodus from the pah of about 209 visitors. George Davidson, aged 26, a service car driver, whilst fishing at Matahaoa Point, near Hicks Bay, Gisborne, was swept off the rocks by a wave and drowned, despite the efforts of two companions to save him. He leaves a widow and three young children.

An interesting reference to early days in Levin was made, as follows, in the report presented to the Levin Borough Council by Mr. C. Skitrop, iO.E., consulting engineer for the streets loan work: — “In conclusion, I beg to say that I take more than a passing interest in Levin, having spent six months on the shores of its then beautiful Lake in 1888 and 1889. There was at that time one shop only in the township —Bevan’s butcher shop. There were no picture theatres then, and for excitement we' used to walk from the Camp at the Lake to Oxford street in the evenings to see the iWellington-Manawatu express train flit past —then home again.”— Chronicle,

A prominent Cambridge citizen informs the Independent that last year he took particular notice of two clumps off ragwort in a certain locality in Cambridge borough. This year, in tlie same spot, lie counted no le_ss than 40 clumps of the weed in full bloom. If this isolated instance is anything like the experience in other parts of the district, then in a short time the evil will assume most alarming proportions. The experience of several farmers who were talking to a Taranaki Herald reporter the other morning is that the caterpillar which usually attacks ragwort has made its appearance earlier than usual this season, and that it was very much more numerous than for some years past. One man said that in liis district the caterpillar was stripping ragwort of flower and leaf.

Ain .auctioneers’ license in .the county /was granted on Saturday, by the Horowhenua .County Council, to Messrs Abraham and Williams, Ltd., in the name of Mr. S. Sievers. The period of the license is only until March 31st, after which the new Auctioneer’s Act comes into operation. The chairman (Mr. 6. A. Mon'k) .said that the Council would appreciate what the firm were doing in taking out this small portion of their yearly license, and the Council would he very pleased if, on the incoming of the Act, this and other firms secured licenses in the county, in which most of their •business was done and not in the boroughs. The auctioneers to a very large extent used the roads of the .county on their business; they had several cars running about, and realised that the Council had given them decent roads to travel om “N.'S.N.S.” What do those letters stand for? Why the “National Society of Non-Smokers.” London is the home of the new; society; the President of which has just been proudly telling the world: “We form two-thirds of the entire population.” What? Two-thirds of the population of London nonsmokers? Oh, tell us another, Mr. President! Why everybody smokes nowadays, bar a few unfortunate persons who don’t smoke because they can’t! Eminent 'physicians tell us that tobacco is not injurious provided it is good and as free from nicotine as .possible; also that it is often positively beneficial. It is of course unfortunately true that the imported tobaccos are as full of nicotine as they can be. That’s where they differ so essentially from our own New Zealand brands which contain so little nicotine that they may be sm'oked all day long with the utmost impunity. And owing to the toasting of the leaf (quite a novelty), theyjive remarkable for flavour and fragrance. Yon can get them any strength. “Riverhead Gold” is mild, “Navy Cut” (Bulldog) is medium, and “Cut Plug No. 10” (Bullshead) full.