Manawatu Herald. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1929. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Manawatu Herald, Volume L, Issue 40025, 19 November 1929, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1929. LOCAL AND GENERAL

A fifty-three aero farm near Afastertqn was sold at auction on Wednesday .at 134(1 per aero. Last year 47,000 dozen eggs were exporlcd on behalf of 72 supplying members of the Oainaru Egg (Circle. A special meeting of the Foxton Borough Council will be held in the Council Chambers to-morrow evening at 7.30 o’clock.

The Director-Gen oral of Health (Dr. T. IT. A. Valin'hine) at yesterday’s meeting of the Palmerston North Hospital Board, approved of an expenditure of £2,200 to bring the X-ray plant up to date.

Twelve cases of scarlet ' fever and three of diphtheria remained in isolation at the Palmerston North Hospital at the end of October. Seven cases of scarlet fever and one of diphtheria were admitted duning the month.

The .average number of occupied beds at flic Palmerston North Hospital during October was 178.. fhere were 239 admissions while 205 had been discharged and 14 had died. At the end of the month, 190 remained in' the institution.

“I must congratulate you on your Maternity Home —it is doing very well indeed,” stated D(r. T. 11. A. Valiin'tine, Director-General of Health, when speaking at the 'Palmers! on North Hospital Board meeting yesterday. “There arc 22,893 people in New Zealand with incomes of £SOO or more,” said Mr. A. J. Hutchinson when addressing the [Auckland Creditmen’s Club. “I don’t know what their aggregate income really amounts to,” die added, “hut I do know they pay tax upon £22,947,329.” A “find” in the entertainment line was made at last Friday night’s smoke concert. Mr. Anderson contributed a number of mouth organ solos which were much appreciated and proved him an expert in the manipulation of the instrument. There should he a demand for Lis services at future functions.

'The following local exhibitors were successful at the Palmerston North Horticultural Show last Friday : Miss Hughes ‘ second and third in the rose section, also second for white bread and second for shortbread; Miss Avis Fatherley first and second for sponge sandwich.

The Palmerston North Hospital Board unanimously approved the proposed group system for the control of tuberculosis sanatoria, at yesterday’s meeting. A conference of delegates of .boards in the Wellington group will be held at Palmerston North on December 3rd.

“The financial position of the Board is very favourable,” stated Air. J. Iv. Hornblow (chairman) at yesterday’s meeting of the Palmerston North Hospital Board. “Patients’ payments are benig kept up and there have been certain savings which will assist us hi meeting any extraordinary payments we may have to make. I think it is quite possible we will finish the year within the limits of the estimates.”

(Shortly before ' five o’clock last evening Air. J. McGregor, a stripper feeder employed at Messrs Ross, Rough and Co’s, mill met with a painful accident. His left hand became caught in some rubbish du|ring feeding operations and dragged into the mouth of the feeder resulting' in the left index finger being badly crushed by the beater '/bars, necessitating amputation at the first joint. This is the second accident of this kind that, lias occurred at this mill within the last few days. According to statistics published !by the Government Statistician in the Gazette issued recently, the population of New Zealand (including Afaoris) at (September 39th last stood at 1,474,365, of whom '752,256 were males and 722,109 females. The population of Cook Islands, Niue, etc., is given at ,14,451; Tokelau Islands, 1006, and Western Samoa as (44,086, making a total population for New Zealand, her dependencies and mandated territory, of 1,533,908. During the quarter ended September 30, the population showed an increase of (3913, compared with an increase of 2633 during the corresponding quarter in 1928. If the average man were cast away on a desert island and forced to lead a Robinson Crusoe existence, bis first thought (after hunting' for food and water) would be “What about .something to smoke?” The craving for tobacco is universal and to satisfy it hundreds of brands are on the market. They come from many lands, one of the la test countries to produce them is New Zealand. (That is in a perfected form. Strange to say the barren gum lands of the North which won’t grow ordinary crops yield splendid tobacco, a matter of paramount importance to men on the land up there, because the average yield of leaf is worth £SO per acre, and the industry promises to become a source of National wealth. Unlike the imported brands, the genuine New Zealand is toasted. Hence its freedom from the poisonous nicotine. It can be smoked without any risk. Exclusively manufactured by the National Tobacco Co., Ltd., (pioneers of the N.Z. tobacco industry), there Tire several brands. Ask for “Riverhead Gold,” (mild); “Navy Cut,” or “Cavendish” (medium); “Cut Plug No. 10” (full).—Advi. 62. '

Freemasons from all parts of the Dominion will assemble in Auckland in the course of the next few days for the annual communication of the Grand . Lodge of New Zealand, which will be held at the Town Hall on November 27, and over which the Governor-General Sir Charles iFcrgusson will preside for the last time. Rev. W. 11. Nicholas of Foxton, leaves on'Monday to attend the function.'