Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1930D. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume LI, Issue 4411, 6 February 1930, Page 2

Manawatu Herald T HURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6,1930 D. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A large number of local residents visited Levin lo attend tlit? Talkie, tho “Broadway Melody” on Tuesday evening'. The char-a-banc was well tilled and a number id' private cars also went over.

The tn.V. Fox-lon paid a living visit lo Foxton on Tuesday. '1 he vessel arrived in port Into in lh.e evening and commenced discharg-

ing two hundred tons ol cargo al 2 a.m. and left again for Wellington yesterday afternoon. The vessel is i xpeeled hack on Saturday. A car belonging to Mr. J. Walker, of Russell 81 retd was being driven along the Foxlon-Levin road on Tuesday afternoon when one of the wheels 'came off. Fortunately the car did not capsize and very little damage was done. .No one was hurt.

Mrs. A. F. Yarra.ll and Miss lb 1. Renai, sisters, were drowned at Mu kahu, near Stratford yesterday in an attemjjt to rescue one oi tin Yarrall children who got into di-l-tie id ties while bathing in the river. The child managed to get mi safely. 'The bodies have been recovered.

Six hundred people patronisei the special train which the man

ageniont of the De Luxe Theatre, Levin, ran from Palmerston North to Levin last night in conjunction with the screening of the “Broadway Melody.” A large number of local people also motored to Levin.

Alter crawling over the parapet of the Grafton bridge at Auckland,

casually that two men standing nearby thought he was a workman engaged in repairs, Llewellyn Mayson, of Karangahake, Waihi, threw himself into Die gully, one hundred feet below. Although he received terrible injuries, he was conscious when others reached him. He died in the Auckland Hospital. A well-known farmer told a

“Ta inna rmini Press” represent aD ve on Friday that last year his income Imm his farm amounted to £480(1. This year lie expeels to gel. Die same number of fat sheep away, hut-he. anticipates Dial, with the decline in wool and fat stock prices, lie will not receive more than ,t;lf)()ll oft the property. Under such cin-uinstances il is not possible for Ibis farmer to employ labour ami assist in relieving Ihc unemployment market. Messrs ,). .). Niven have disposed of thoir property in Wakefield St., Wellington, covering almost an acre of land in the heart of Die i ity. The sale means that within the next few months one of Die Oldest engineering linns in the ‘Dominion will close down, hut it is at the same time -improving its organisation generally in Wellington and elsewhere. [immediately following the sale, the firm'purchased the Dunlop Rubber Company's four-storey building in Taranaki Street.

A local motorist proceeding io Levin on Tuesday evening found it necessary to change a wheel en route owing to & tint tyre. On investigating the cause of the puncture the following morning he discovered a piece ot manuka slick about lour inches long inside the I hlie. The wood bad Die appearance of having been in the Hood and was possibly picked lip on Die Wdiii*okino portion of Ihe road, it was very hard and sharp at one end, had poked a piece ol the cover with it right into the tube.

Although it is mil an uncommon thing for a ewe to give birth to triplets, there are not many instances on record where a cow has produced three calves in one season. A correspondent of Die Christchurch Sun, cites the case of a, cow which recently did its share towards helping the 'baby veal industry by giving birth to three normally healthy and strong calves. The cow is a Holstein, and is owned by a Methven farmer. “I think this breed of cow should appeal to the !,■inner if he wants to reduce his land tax,” comments the correspondent.

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The following local pupils were access lul in addition to Ihose whose names were published in our lust issue, in gaining their Public Service Entrance examinations :~— Frank Cowley 420, Keith Alexander • |R7, Greta Coley 80S, Ivy Tollison Ml. Number denotes position.

At the trial yesterday of Jack Oldlield who was charged with the murder of his wife, Christine Oldfield, by striking her on the head with an axe at -Sen down on January 13-th a verdict of not guilty on tin* ground of insanity was returned. Accused was committed to Smmyside mental hospital until the pleasure of the Minister of Justice is known. The judge (Mr. Justice Adams) said he thoroughly agreed with the jury's verdict. Financial worries were considered responsible for Oldfield’s derangement.

A party of Shannon howlers on their way to visit Foxton green yesterday afternoon were fortunate in not being capsized near the old creamery at Marotiri, when the steering near ot the ear they veie I ravelling in came adrift. II seem.-, that Ihe tie bar (or track link) controlling Die two front wheels, came disconnected, and the near-side wheel I unit'd at right angles, skidding along Die mad until the car was brought (o a standtsill by Die driver. It is remarkable that Die vehicle did not leave Ihe mad, as a wood puce was being maintained at ;|ic time to make up for delay previously occasioned hy lyre j rouble.

For Die weary brain-worker there are worse ways of spending a welcome “night-off” than by the fireside, with pipe and book. But Die lobacco for such occasions should hi something that can he smoked with enjoyment for three or tour l.,,urs al a. stretch without biting ihe tongue or other unpleasant con-

sequences. Where is such tobacco 1,. |,e found? Why rigid here in New Zealand! And it. owes its excellence largely to being toasted. That’s why the ffavour is so good ,;od the aroma so fine. And that . why, also, it contains so little uic.iinc, excess of which does all Die harm when smoking proves injurious. Imported tobaccos contain five or six per cent, of nicotine. Toasted tobaccos hardly any. And these are the only toasted tobaccos. They are Ihe purest, most innocuous and most delightful of all! Exclusively manufactured by the National Tobacco Co., Ltd. (pioneers of the N.Z. tobacco industry), Diev appeal to all smokers. Popular brands: “Riverhead Hold” (mild and mellow); “Cavendish’ (the famous sporting mixture); “Navy Cat" (a very, choice medium): and “(‘ill Plug No. 10” (dark: and full.-Ilaenured). —Advt. 50. ,