LOCAL AND GENERAL

Manawatu Herald, Volume L, Issue 40023, 14 November 1929, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wellington’s free ambulance service, commenced two years ago, lms handled 11,749 cases, entailing a machine mileage of 125,105.

The Shannon Co-op. Dairy Co., Ltd., are paying 1/9 per lb. for butterfat supplied during the month of October.

The sum of £9OOO having been raised by the sale of debentures and other measures, a start has been made with the establishment of a new Waikato Diocesan School for girls at Hamilton. .A large quantity of whitebait was to be seen in the Manawatu River yesterday, but; owing to the fact that the river was vofry dirty and the bait kept well out, scarcely any were netted.

Ratnna caused some consternation last weetfe at Wiatahanui where lie bad summoned a large gather - ing. Some 500 answered the call and had prepared an elaborate welcome when they received the In- . onic message that he was unable to attend.

It. is reported that sheep farmers in the Wavcrley and Wanganui districts are experiencing a difficulty in securing shearers. As a rule they have no trouble in getting all the men they need, but apparently •many are going on to the unemployed relief works.

Twenty-one building permits to a total value of £10.917 were issued by the Mastodon Borough Council during October, as compared with 15 permits of a total value of £7,481, issued in the corresponding month last year. Last month’s figures are the highest since August, 1928.

On Monday evening members of the Foxton Druids Lodge paid a friendly visit to the Horowhenua Lodge of Druids, Levin. After formal business was transacted a pleasant evening was spent in games, competitions and dancing. A tasty supper was provided by the ladies and the visitors spent an enjoyable time.

While fishing for whitebait in the Manawatu River in the vicinity of Robinson’s Bond yesterday, Mr. 11. Hutchins netted an eel. When the fish was thrown out on to the bank it immediately commenced to disgorge a large number of whitebait. Eels are considered to be responsible for the scarcity of whitebait in some streams.

Hearing what he took to be groans coining from Grafton Gully while lie was passing over Grafton Bridge at a late hour last Friday evening, a passer-by became alarmed and notified the police. A search was made of the area immediately under the bridge, and guided by the “groans,” the police soon came upon the scene of the supposed tragedy, where a vagrant was found sleeping peacefully. His loud snores had been responsible for the alarm.

African hoxthorn lias been declared a noxious weed by the Hawke's Bnv County Council.

The plans of the new factory came before the directors of the Shannon Dairy Co. at their monthly meeting on Tuesday, when it was decided to call tenders immediately. Tenders are to close on December 7th.

'This evening the local Basket Ball Club arc holding a dance in the Masonic Hall, and tbe event should attract a large number of dance pa (Irons. The Alhamhrians orchestra from Levin has been engaged and (lie hall nicely decorated for tliei occasion. Good supper will be provided and an added attraction will be the novelties placed at the disposal of the dancers, Aureal good time is promised all who attend.

Some of the biggest herrings ever caught mi Ibis coast were taken with the net at Hokio on Tuesday night (says the Chronicle), the fishers being Messrs Roy Williams and W. J. Jacobs, of Levin, who carried out their operations without the aid of a boat. In length the herrings ran up to 10 inches, with a depth of four inches and thickness of two inches. The net also accounted for an assortment of mullet, kahawai, flounders and soles.

,A local resident motoring from Palmerston North to Foxton on Tuesday night was held up for some time on the road, about a mile south of Bainesse, on -account of a large transport lorry loaded with benzine having caught fire. All traffic on the road was blocked for about an hour while the lorry burned. The blaze was very spectacular, tins being shot out in all directions. The beat was intense. The lorry belonged to Messrs Havill Bros., of Palmerston North, and was covered by insurance but not sufficiently to protect the owners from loss. The cause of the outbreak is a mystery. About a. week ago a lorry belonging to Mr. H. Osborne- was burned on the Whirokino road under similar circumstances.

You have tried toasted bread, toasted ba'con, toasted cheese, toasted kidneys, and you know how good they all are. But have you ever smoked toasted tobacco? Toasting, as you know, develops flavour in all the above-mentioned. Well, it lias precisely the same effect iwitli tobacco. Test- this for yourself —all our genuine New Zealand tobaccos are toasted. Hence their strong appeal -to smokers. Another point; they contain very little nicotine. The toasting eliminates it. Consequently they may lie smoked 'all day long without producing those unpleasant effects so frequently following the prolonged use of imported tobaccos, all of them, more or less, loaded with nicotine. 'That is why the doctors approve so highly of the real New Zealand brands. 'Fr a cool, sweet lin'd fragrant smoko try “Riverhead Gold,” (mild and mellow); “Cavendish,” (the renowned sporting mixtdre); ,‘Navy Cut,” (the-popular blend, medium); or “Cut Plug No. 10,” (the old smoker’s favourite). These goods are exclusively manufactured by the National Tobacco Coy., Ltd., (pioneers of the N.Z. tobacco industry).—Advt. 90.