Manawatu Herald. TUESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1929. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume L, Issue 3980, 6 August 1929, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. TUESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1929. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

1 , The Foxton District High School is supplying five players to the Horowhenua school reps. They are Gi’oon, Devonshire, F. Easton, Walls, and Bills. An effort is being made to secure a motor-car for the use of Maori Mission workers in the Otalki-Ma-nawatu-Wellington districts. The Rev. Temuera Tokoaitua is the autholrsed collector. Colds are very prevalent throughout this district at present and a number of people are confined to their homes. The school attendance has also shown a marked decrease. Low down in the south-western sky, at a-quarter past ten on Sunday evening, what appeared to be an orange-coloured star suddenly blazed forth and then disappeared. The whole occurrence could : not have lasted more than a fifth ,of a second, and will .probably remain a mystery. § The C. M. Ross Coy. to-day announce the last week of the big slock talking sale which ends’ Saturday, 10th. Big values will'make this week a memorable one.; See change advertisement in to-.day s issue. Better still, W our stores a visit. Bargains for all. ? In the Palmerston North Supreme iC'ourt yesterday before .Mr. Justice Smith, Irene M. M. Carr, of Foxton, was granted a. decree nisi, to be absolute in three months, t with custody of her child against her husband, Henry Carr. Commissioner James Hay, head of the Salvation Army in New Zealand, has received orders i fJrom General ,E. G. Higgins to take; farewell of his command and'.to be ready to proceed to a new and important appointment in October. The new leaden- for the Dominion will shortly be announced.”

A double farewell gathering at Ra ho tu, Taranaki, last week, was unique, the guests being the local poiieeman and the . local publican. However, as one speaker put it, both were to a certain -extent servants of State. The publican paid a 'fee to the State to be. permitted to serve the public and the policeman was paid by the State to see that the publican did not serve the public too well. “I want to tell you that I consider your daughter has given the most intelligent evidence for one of her age that I have ever heard m Court,” said Mr. Justice Ostler to a woman witness in the Auckland Supreme Court. “Perhaps you will be pleased to know that,” he added. The Judge was referring to the evidence - of a girl of eight who spoke in a particularly clear manner and displayed a remarkable grip of facts and of questions relating to the case. The other afternoon a well-dres-sed dame entered the “smoker” ot an Auckland tram. The only vacant seat was next to a working ■man who was puffing clouds of smoke from a foul briar. He chanced to be the only smoker present. Tlfe lady glanced with disgust at her neighbour. “My good man,” said she, at last, “do you know pipe smoking always makes me ill?’’ “Do it, now, mum?” queried “the good man,” “then you take my tip an’ knock it ogf!” Everybody laughed—bar the lady. Well, the smoke of some tobaccos would make anybody feel “ill.” Excess of nicotine in the leaf. Bad stuff to smoke. Plays up with heart and nerves. National Tobacco Company’s goods don’t do that. They are all toasted. That destroys the nicotine and renders them harmless. The Company are the pioneers of the tobacco industry in N.Z. Ask for their “Riverheacl Gold” (mild), “Navy Cut” or “Cavendish” (.medium), or “Cut Plug No. 10” (full-strength). These pure tobaccos ai’e procurable from tobacconists everywhere.—Advt. 19.