NEWS AND NOTES.

Manawatu Herald, Volume LI, Issue 4421, 1 March 1930, Page 1

NEWS AND NOTES.

A peculiar instance of loss of memory was disclosed when some persons visited an old and friendless sick man living in a hut at Dunedin last week. They stumbled over an old rotten bag, which burst, disclosing coins to the value of over £l5O. The old man was the most surprised of the party, thinking lie had banked this money and spent it 15 years ago. A large pane of glass at the Wtaipuikurau branch of the Hawke’s Day farmers' Go-op., was broken on Priday and another one cracked, in rather an unusual manner. A mob of sheep was being driven along liuataniwka Street past the f armers’ establishment, when the animals became frightened and out of control. About lifteen of them iinally entered the drapery department and considerable trouble and excitement was experienced in getting them out. In the melee thaL followed one of the sheep rushed into the drapery window, the door <>£ which at the back was open, and in its, panic cracked one of the panes oL' glass. Noticing the rest of the mob on the roadway it made several ineffectual efforts to get through the glass, and iinally stepping back for a good run forward, it. dived through the window pane, shattering it to pieces. The sheep evidently unharmed, then joined its companions on Lhe roadway. — Press.

“Most of the harm arising from pipes is due to their foulness.’' i nils wrote Sir ltobert Jones, a distinguished authority, in Lhe "British Medical Journal.” Sir Robert might have added that the principal cause of pipes becoming toul quickly is the use of tobacco heavily charged with nicotine, as most (if not all) the imported brands are. Duck brands frequently lead to heart, nerve or eyesight trouble. Happily, here in New Zealand, ailments occasioned by excess of nicotine are becoming’ rarer. This is ekielly due to the growing popularity of New Zealand toasted tobacco. The toasting works wonders with the leaf. It not only vastly improves llavour and bouquet, but renders the tooacco absolutely innocuous. N.B. i iiese are the only toasted tobaccos procurable and you can smoke mem to your heart's content and they won’t harm you. There’s quite a variety of brands, special favourites including “itiverhead Hold,” "Navy Gut,” “Gut Plug No. 10,” and “Cavendish.” A convincing proof of their popularity is the i act that they arc everywhere on sale. —Advt. 86.

The tragedy which caused the iieaili of Miss Doris Brown (.North ■Canterbury), Miss Mary Mouteath (Christchurch), Miss Keane (Chris Lohurch), Miss D. Smith (Auckland), and Mr. K. Blomlield (acting guide oi Dunedin), through exposure to had weather on the Tasman Glacier is so recent that details will still he fresh in the minds oi' the public; though iL is not generally known that, following the Line tradition oi Alpine guides to do all that is possible to protect those in their charge, Acting-Guide Blornlield gave up some oi his clothing in hopes of saying the lives oi those with "him. Proposals have been made to appeal to friends oi and sympathisers with the victims to provide funds to erect a suitable memorial to the memory of the party, and the Kew Zealand Alpine Club have been asked to father the movement, and has gladly consented to do so. It is proposed to erect a hut at the site of the old bivouac at de la Beche “corner,’’ near the scene of the tragedy, to be available for the use of climbers subject to proper regulation, so that they can use it free of charge by providing their own food and equipment; the hiew Zealand Alpine Club to have control of the hut.