Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, JULY 17, 1930. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume LI, Issue 4479, 17 July 1930, Page 2

Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, JULY 17, 1930. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The vote of no-eonlidenee was defeated in the House last night by 47 votes to 24 and the Address-in-Reply debate was concluded. 'Circumstances ipermitling the s.s. Himatang-i will load at Wellington for Foxton via ports on Monday next, July 2.lst. The, Mayor (Mr. Perreau) informs us that he is well pleased with the response to the appeal for assistance on behalf of the local unemployed. Apart from those who are helping financially, several, are providing casual work.

ißccv was put to o novel use the other day when a Ims driver was endeavouring to extinguish an outbreak of fire caused by a- back wheel bearing seizing.,. A passing motorist with a bottle of beer came to the rescue bv pouring the beer on the llames and extinguishing them. Thirty-odd settlers held a meeting at Rangiotu last night to dismiss the. proposed closing or otherwise of the Foxton branch railway. A motion was carried to the effect that .Messrs Gimblett, Perreau, Barber, llai’kies and Eliott prepare the necessary evidence for the retention. of the railway before the 11 oval Commission.

At Tuesday evening’s executive meeting' in connection with the local unemployed! Mr. F. Robinson slated that he had recently been in Waipukurau where, in conversation with that town’s leading citizens, lie had been informed that there was plenty of work offering in the way of scrub and gorse cutting, fencing and bush felling.

There is a hazy notion among the public that pine trees are good foilin' general health of the community, and that something extracted from them is part of a. compound used as a remedy for colds. 11 is now claimed that the Dmiglgs fir is a particularly valuable tree, not only for shelter hells and timber, but also for the beneficial effect the resin it exudes has on sheep. The report recently emanating from Palmerston N. lhal qtmrlz hearing rock had been discovered at To'komaru on the property of Messrs 11. Kelly and J. 11. Moody, has been disproved by the analysis of the rock at the Government Laboratory. II was stilled lhal the rock discovered bore gold and that, considerable excitement had been caused in the district. Analysis of Ihe rock, however, showed I lmt i! contained neither gold, silver, nor platinum.

The Foxton Borough Council a I its meeting on Monday hi! upon a novel idea for finding work for the unemployed. The Noxious Weeds Inspector (Mr. W. Neville) reported that he had served the necessary nolie.es upon a number of section holders in the borough which now enabled the Council to put men on to do the job and at the same lime charge the section owner with the eost of the work. It was decided to put the scheme into operation and accordingly tin 1 following morning a gang of men set about the task of ridding (ho borough of all noxious weeds,

“Winter comes to rule the varied year.”—Th oms on.

Now the season of coughs, colds and sore throats holds sway you will be needing a sure, safe remedy. Keep Baxter’s Lung Preserver handy-—it has stood the Lest of time for sixty years. Besides, it tones up the system, enabling it to withstand further attacks. Now fitted with a. special screw (tap which preserves the contents.

All chemists and stores sell “Baxter’s.” Generous-sized bottle, 2/6; large, economical, family size, 4/6; bachelor's size, 1/6. —5.

Two old shellbacks, chancing to meet at a Christchurch Social gathering, wore soon comparing-notes. Said one: “1. was once three days without food.” “That’s nothing,” replied the other, “1 was once three months without tobacco.” Many a man reckons it a greater hardship to go short of ’lmccy than.to go short of tucker, and lucky is the smoker who lias never experienced tobacco-hunger” without being able to satisfy it. “The dlviuest herb under heaven," as Kingsley called it, is a boon and a blessing to millions —but see that it’s the. real Mack-ay! Most imported brands are poisonous with nicotine. And that’s pretty bad for heart and nerves! The purest, most fragrant, ami far and away the most wholesome are the toasted New Zealand tobaccos. Absolutely sa ft- to smoke because there is hardly any nicotine in them. The toasting does it! Four brands only —“liiverhead Gold,” “Cut Plug No. 10,” “Cavendish,” and “ Navy Cut No. 3.” No other toasted sorts are manufactured. Bear that in mind when you ask for them.—-Advt, 123.