NEWS AND NOTES.

Manawatu Herald, Volume L, Issue 3970, 11 July 1929, Page 1

NEWS AND NOTES.

The Manawatu Rugby Union voted £lO ,10/- towards the earthquake relief fund. The tomato growers of New Zealand are moving an the direction of becoming a registered body. The male section of-Ratana township are very busy. Fully 1000 acres are being put down in wheat this season. It was stated at the annual meeting of the Taranaki Chamber of ICommeree that there was plenty of land available, as there were 26,000 acres less in occupation than was the case ten years ago. Herbert Edward Williams, of Tokoininru, farmer, was charged in the Palmerston Police iCourt on Saturday with being intoxicated while •in charge of a motor-car. He was convicted land fined £2O, and his dmiving license was cancelled for the remainder o/f the present term. Norman Irwin, aged six, son of Mil’s. Irwin, of Bennett’s Siding, Taihape, was found dead in a paddolck on Saturday. His father. Patrick Irwin, was killed in, a blasting accident recently. The boy was subject ito epileptic fits, and fell on a sharp stick, which entered his left temple, and severed an artery. A medical certifirate has been given.

Morrinsville district is now producing (more gold than the Waihi goldfield dn its palmy days,” said Mr. J. E. Leeson, chairman of directors of the Morrinsville Dairy Company, in the course of an address to farmers, a't a social function recently. “The average monthly cash distribution is £60,000, and in the rush it reaches ,a considerably higher figure. Morrinsville is coming into its own at last! Good prices are being realised for property, and there is a rush of new settlers to the distract.”

A lady called in to • see a Feilding shopkeeper the other day, regarding a position, for her daughter. The shopkeeper, knowing the lady as one who bought most of her goods in another town, and who was not above boasting about it, thought that this was his chance. “Oh, dear,” exclaimed the lad y, “How is it that you cannot give any daughter a position*?” “Well, madam,” replied the shopkeeper, “It’s like this. There are too many women who talke their business out of the town. If you bought more of your goods here, we should be able to employ your daughters,” A (simple story, but it has its moral.—Stax.

J. M. Barrie, the famous authoT, made the fortune of a London tobacconist, once upon a time. 'Happened this way: Barrie (as you may remember) eulogised in his “My Lady Nicotine” a certain tobacco which he called “Sporting Mixture.” 'That was not its real name, hut directly the public identified this mixture as Barrie’s “Sporting Mixture” there was such a run on it that the lucky tobacconist who sold it made his fortune. “Sporting Mixture,” was a ripe, mellow and very fragrant tobacco of exquisite flavour, elosely resembling the “Cavendish” manufactured from New Zealand grown leaf by the National Tobacco Co., Ltd., (the pioneers of the tobacco industry in New Zealand). And this brand, like all the Company's tobaccos, is practically free from nicotine, while the foreign tobaccos all contain too much nicotine to be safe smoking. But then the National goods are all toasted — hence their freedom from nicotine. There are no other toasted tobaccos. Popular brands: “Riverhead Gold” (mild), “Navy Cut” and “Cavendish” (medium), and “Cut Plug No. 10” (full strength).