LOCAL AND GENERAL

Manawatu Herald, Volume L, Issue 40021, 9 November 1929, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Woman giving evidence: While my husband was having his fortune told he was told that a dark man would come between us. That dark man proved to be the' policeman with, my summons against my husband for cruelty.

Applause greeted a statement by the Acting-Leader of the House (Hon. G. W. Forbes) in the House of Representatives on Thursday night that the Government had decided not to disjpose of the Ministerial residence, 2(10 Tinakbri Road. The Government’s altered decision is a wise one for the proposal to dispose <>:f this historical property raised a storm of opposition throughout the Dominion. The convict, John Leslie Buckley, who was shot by a warder while attempting to escape from Mount Eden prison on September 20, and who was for a time in a serious condition, is now reported to he convalescent and well on the road to recovery.' He has just been-dis-charged from the Auckland Tlos'pit.nl, where lie was receiving medical treatment, and removed to the :Is. n. Ho receives daily attention in the prison hospital.

During Guv 'Fawkes Day ech bralions on Tuesday evening a

Nelson Parle, Hastings, Gordon Petersen, 112 years old, set a light to -what lie thought was a, “Roman candle.” It proved to he.a “bomb,’’ and it exploded, and blew off four ■fingers of his left hand and injured his left eye seriously. He also received scalp wounds. Tie is now in hospital. The unfortunate lad’s parents were at one time wellknown 'Foxtail residents. Mrs. .•Petersen was a Miss Collins.'

One of the joys of childhood days is that of receiving a prize. Many children wi|l be made happy during the week-end when the local Salvation Army,.under the direction of Sthft’ Captain Haves, Divisional Commander, will conduct the annual Young People’s services and demonstration. Services xvill he held in the Salvation Army hall on Sunday at 11 a.in., S p.m., and 7 p.m. The demonstration concert will be given in the Masonic Hall on Monday night at 7.30 o’clock. Strong denunciation of the practice of “cutting in” by traffic on the roads was made by the lOhief Jnstiee (Hon. M. Myers) in the Supreme Court at Wellington on Thursday. “That practice is much too common,” said His Honour,“Everyone knows it who travels in a motor-car. It is indulged in far too much. I feel I have a public duty to point out the danger of the practice, which must be stopped. As the consequence of the adoption of that practice, such steps must be taken as will tend to put a stop to it.”

During the course of the military tattoo at the Manawatu Show last night a distressing accident occurred which somewhat marred an excellent entertainment. Lieutenant •Lovelock was leading the artillery drive, and when opposite the grandstand, *his horse, shied, throwing him heavily to the ground. A 4.2 gun and limber was coming close behind him, and lie was apparently struck on the head by one of the wheels. He was attended to by one of the doctors in the crowd and later removed to the Palmerston N. Hospital, where his condition was reported to btifavourable. Air. Lovelock lias recently been appointed clerk to the Pallia tun Borough .Council.

Sherlock Holmes, the, famous detect ive of fiction, smoked “black shag,” and derived inspiration from it when puzzling over some problem of extraordinary toughness. But shag is too strong for many smokers. It contains too much nicotine, and nicotine is a had thing. Habitual, use of such tobacco is bound sooner or later to affect the health. Unfortunately the imported tobaccos arc all loaded with nicotine. And that’s where they differ from our New Zealand-grown varieties. These latter are all toasted. That’s why they are so pure and so comparatively free from nicotine. The toasting also accounts for their beautiful flavour and aroma. There’s no bite in them, and they may be smoked as freely as you please with perfect safety. There are half-a-dozen brands, more or Idas. First favourites: “Riverhead Gold” is sweet and mild; “Navy Cut,” a choice 'medium; “Cavendish,” 'also medium, is the sportsman’s choice; and “Cut Plug No. 10,” a line rich full-flavoured sort. They are exclusively manufactured by the Nalional Tobacco Co., Ltd., (pioneers of ‘the X.%. tobacco industry).—Advt. 58.