Manawatu Herald SATURDAY, APRIL 12, l930. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume LI, Issue 4439, 12 April 1930, Page 2

Manawatu Herald SATURDAY, APRIL 12, 1930. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Tin; amount raised by the Levin

Committee nil behall of llie Gbslel rical a|)|ieal filial "’as £llß.

The Gild Guides and Boy Scout - will hold (heir nn.nlhly church jiacade to-morrow morning at the Presbyterian Church.

A meeting of members ol the Ala

nawalu District Committee id' the N.Z. Kcl'orm Parly will lie held in the Town flail Supper-room at 2 p,m. on Tuesday next.

The total Bikings at - the recent effort held on Wednesday afternoon in aid of the Obstetrical Tin id was £l3 5 11, not £l3 1.5/11 as published in our last, issue.

The recent heavy rains have pro ved a god-scud to the farming community throughout this district and dried-up pastures are showing new growth. The weather is also much colder.

The Herrington Golf Club opened the season this afternoon. Mr. !•'. ,\. .Mason, president, welcomed members and visitors and an enjoyable lime, was spent . The greens were in splendid order. A dainty afternoon tea was dispensed by the ladies.

S[>o;i king nl a function lielil in his honour at liocflou lasi wo ok :VIl - . G. ('. HI tick, iVI.I’., referred t.o tin* i-lia nges Id lie brought illiotil. ill tin' odiuail imial system by Uio lion, llarrv AI more. Since the fonndtition of I lie Nelson Province in 1842, said Mr. Black, there laid never boon more public, money spout within its coniines than during the linniieiaJ year ended March 31, 11)30. That, was a big statement to make, but it was nevertheless true.

"Jl' people timl valuable articles there is an easy way to trace the ownei —either by informing a const able or by advertising in the newspapers. Mlhen a person tinds a valuable gold watch in the street it is easy to take reasonable steps to (inet Ijio owner, and failure to take those steps is a crime,” commented an Auckland .Magistrate in dealing with a ease where a lost article bad been detained.

A. forward movement, in the Bovin building- trade was shown in a report presented to the Levin Borough (.Council on Monday evening by Inspector Guinan. The permits granled last (piarter totalled 20, representing a value of £51.10, as compared with 17 pel-mils, to the value of £387!), in the .lamany-March period of last year —an increase in value for lasi quarter of £.1.237. Figures for the year ended March 31st', 1!);}(), were also submitted, and these showed that the permits totalled 72 ami the value £.1.8,350 10/-. In a mile appended to the returns, the Inspector slated: ‘‘l. am sure that these figures show a very

satisfactory slate of affairs in I lie building line and we are again past the slump period that prevailed in ibis Borough about eighteen months ago. It is also very pleasing to note at the present time there are not half a dozen vacant houses in Ihe Borough.”

A famous London physician, Sir .Bruce .Hurler, on smoking-: "Tobacco is an extraordinary comfort t<- a great many. I would particularly wish to reassure old folks, so that they may not he terrified from enjoying- one of the few pleasures remaining to people of advanced years. Tobacco in moderation is am going to do you any harm.” Of course it isn’t ! When tobacco proves harmful it is owing to excess of nicotine in it. The American brands

are full of the poison, and you ean’t smoke stuff like that constantly without danger. The world’s purest tobaccos are the New Zealand, and tiie secret of their purity is that they are toasted. That kills the nicotine, and develops the flavour and aroma for which these tobaccos are famous. You can smoke toasted New Zealand “till further orders” with impunity, and the more you smo'ko them the better you like them. Sweet, pure and fragrant they appeal to all smokers. Ask for “Riverhead Gold,” “Cavendish,” “Navy Cut,” or “Cut I Mug No. 10.” Thev are all good. —Advt. 100.

The annual meeting of householders will he held in tin* school on Monday evening al S o'clock.

The following Koxtoii patients in the Palmerston North Hospital are ail progressing favourably: Messrs j.y C. Carmonl, It. Shaw, and .Mis.-' I. Gay.

\ number of local residents attended it dance held in the Kopularoa Hall on Thursday evening held under the auspices of the newly-formed Koputaroa football Chili.