Manawatu Herald. TUESDAY, DEC. 16, 1930. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume LI, Issue 4544, 16 December 1930, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. TUESDAY, DEC. 16, 1930. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wic desire to acknowledge tin- a „ m ol’ JC‘2 from .Mr. ,). Adams, p 1' Palmerston Noilli, towards any <* use of local distress. ■' Tlie annual meeting ol tlie Maia.\val'U Racecourse Trustees will ,(. hold in I lie Raving Club office o-morrow afternoon at —-•}<) u - •lock. I’n regard to the remarks rcpored in connection with the meeting j iold outside the Counijil Chambers ( lust; 'Friday afternoon, Mr. Daw- ( son desires to majke it quite (dear | [hat he did not- desire lo cast any __ relleetion on the work id' the old ( committee during its early operalions. What- he desired to uni- 'j jdiasise was that enthusiasm ap- j poured to wane towards the end. , He now realises that the original committee did good work when first j set up. , In conversation with our re- , presentative tlie other day a local , resident who goes in for intense cultivation, stated that eleven , years ago he built a liou.se-. on his quarter-acre section with the as- • sistance of a State Advance. Since, then, he had paid all mortgage instalments, rates and taxes from his garden, and in addition purchased all manure, etc., from the proceeds of his sales and each Christmas he always found that he lmd a pound or two to spare as well. There is not an inch of waste •ground on the property and immediately one crop is finished another is sown after the ground has been well manured. Speaking at last night’s meeting of ratepayers held to protest aI gainst the Manawatu-Oroua River Board scheme, Mr. •). Clirystiall .-.aid that the reason class II land was included in the classification was that when a numlher 01. Oroua ratepayers learned that the River j Board had inserted a special clause prohibiting them from voting on a loan proposal they were so keen to squash the scheme that they expressed their willingness to Ini included in the classification area and pay Od an acre hi votes to the aible to squash the proposal. “They should be congratulated on taking such a step,” said Mr. Chrystall, They were talking tobacco at the Travellers’ Club (London), when somebody just back from his travels chipped in. “Tobacco?” he said: I can tell you something. I’ve smoked pipe tobacco in half the j countries of the world, hut the I finest I ever struck was in New Zealand. Grown and manufactured there. It owes its outstanding merit to being toasted, and the toasting rids it of its nicotine so that it’s'safe to smoke to any extent. Tell me of any other tobacco of which that can lie said. The toasting gives it its incomparable llavour and delicious bouquet. Got the brands—there are only four — jotted down in my note-hook here: “River-head Gold,” “Cavendish,” “Cut Plug No. 10,” and “Navy Cut No. 3.” Here he dived into his- bag and produced a big (in of “Navy Cut” which he handed round. Those who sampled it were eut-hs- . siastic in its praise. And uft wonder. New Zealand toasted tobacco is the purest and most- fragrant . manufactured. Don’t forget there are only four brands —-also that there are imitations about, —Advt. 155. A NERVE TONIC. Modern foods do not contain I sufficient of that element most vital to the proper and efficient functioning of nerves —Phosphorus. Nerves must have a special coni eentrated food! A. tonic! Marshall's Fospherine. Easily assimilated —strength giving. Imparts life and energy to the whole ner- ! vous system. Take a course! i Obtainable all chemists and stores —2/0 buys 100 doses. —6. I , ,

IWitli the approach of Christmas I v hen the postings are usually ht-avv the public is requested to assist the post office by posting correspondence and printed matter earlv. By doing so delivery before (Christinas day will he ensured. This also refers to Christmas greetings sent by -telegraph. In a. cemetery not many miles from \V<Millville there is a remarkable burial plot. It was purchased some time back and contains a tombstone with, the names of a - husband and wife, but not thenages. Both the husband and wife are living. The husband attends to Ihe plot. For the Christmas trade, Mrs. Ball, of the Main Street Boot; Store, has an exceptionally wide range of appropriate goods, extending from" shoes, s-lippers, etc., to handkerchiefs, fancy soaps, writing- outfits), Christmas novelties, and many other lines both attractive and useful. The prices are right, and don’t forget the Universal Coupons.* With ’Xmas coming nearer every day, people arc looking lor l lie cheapest market to make their purchases. The store for value is undoubtedly the place. Not only will you find the values and selection the best, you will also find ibis the only firm giving a discount worth having. -Save your cash dockets and participate in ,mr gift distribution. Bee change advertisement for cut lines. The C. M. Ross Coy’s. Tin- black-backed gull has many sins laid to his charge, mainly because of damage done to young lambs. A useful service to farm--1 1• s, however, is now in evidence at a nesting place of the gulls on the Otago Ueninsnlii (states the “Otago Daily Times”). Every nest is surrounded by skeletons, skins, ami pieces of rabbit on which the young birds have been fed. A i-alf-lictffied bird caught shortly after a meal disgorged several I ,jc<-es of rabbit llesli. The taking ol rabbits by the gulls does not appeal- to have been previously recorded in bird literature.