NEWS AND NOTES.

Manawatu Herald, Volume LI, Issue 4410, 4 February 1930, Page 1

NEWS AND NOTES.

Milk is very quick to absorb odours. It should never be left near “strong’-' foodstuffs, such as swedes or onions. At Bournemouth 23 beach pitches have lately realised £4555 for the year, compared with £3638 for 26 pitches two years ago. A Wanganui resident when discussing’ hard times said that some 20 years ago he was in Auckland without a penny in his pocket, and was unable to find employment. The only alternative was to walk out. A mate at the same boardinghouse was in a similar 1 position. They were actually on their’ way into the country when they noticed a section in which there was a luxuri- , ant growth of planton weed in seed. The Wanganui resident remarked to his mate: “This will do me,” so they set to work and gathered a quantity of the seed. They .then . went to a grocer’s shop and borrowed enough string to tie the seed in small bunches and this they took from house to house and sold it as bird seed at’ whatever price they could get per bunch. Some .people, who did not have a canary

on tlio premises, noting that they between them. They continued in the seed selling industry until they had sufficient money, to pay their fares out of the Queen City, and a small sum to spare.

were hard up against it, gave them a penny or two, and at the end of the first day they had netted 15/.Sherlock Holmes, the famous detective 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, amt nicotine is a bad thing. Habitual use of such tobacco is bound sooner or later to affect, the health. Unfortunately the imported tobae(os arc all loaded with nicotine. And that’s where they differ from our New 7 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 less. First favourites: “Riverliead Cold” is sweet and mild; “Navy Cut” a choice medium; “Cavendish,” also medium, is the sportsman’s choice; and “Cut Plug No. 1.0,” a fine rich full-flavoured sort. They are exclusively manufactured by the (National Tobacco Co., Ltd., (pioneers of the N.Z. tobacco industry). —Advt. 58.