The Levin Daily Chronicle SATURDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1934. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 29 December 1934, Page 4

The Levin Daily Chronicle SATURDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1934. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The presence of uuusuallly largo sharks on the foreshore at Napier on Boxing Day morning caused consider able excitement among the crowds attending the opening of a carnival, especially when marksmen, endeavoured to shoot them. Seven sharks were reported to have been seen cruising about the breakwater.

Whether there should be a short open season for cock pheasants in the North Canterbury Acclimatisation Society's district next year was discussed at the last meeting of the council of the society. The game committee re commended an open season of a fort' night with a limit of four cocks a day, Rasing its recommendation on the ar< gument that poachers were making inroads into the pheasant supply, and that licensed sportsmen should be allowed to enjoy some of the sport. The recommendation was defeated.

, Yet another tribute to the virtue of 1 the weed as a safeguard against infection! A recent «able from Belgrade reads: "Everybody is smoking in Eastern Serbia. This has been found the only means of keeping the 'hordes of death-dealing flies away. Animals are dying in thousands, while ia Southern (Serbia there is a plague of poisonous snakes, and tobacco smoke is found again the 'best thing to keep them at bay." The immense value of tob'aeco-simoke in warding off infection is well-known, and when influenza or anything "catching'' is about keep pipe or cigarette going when you travel \>y (public conveyance or take your 'walks abroad! But your toibacco should be of the ibest, and there is really nothing quite to effective as "Toasted New Zealand." As a prophylactic it is unaipproached while it yields the maximum of enjoyment to the smoker. Five brands only: Cut Plug No. .10 (Bullshead), Navy .Cut No. 3 (Bulldog), Cavendish, Biverhead Gold, and Desert Gold. 'The two last make splendid cigarettes. All five are practically free from nicotine —therefore harmless.*

Eesidents of Levin and district are reminded of the fact that all shops will close • this evening at 5.30., no "late night" "being observed;

The danger of straying horses on the road between Taupo and Tokaanu has been brought to the notice of the Auckland Automobile Association by a member whose ear was damaged re* eently by a horse rushing out of the scrub and colliding with the vehicle.

A monster eel was taken out of the Winton Creek by members of the unemployed working in that locality last week. Several large eels have been taken from this creek of late, and this specimen weighed 2041 b, 4ft. 4-Jin. long, and round the girth.

A party of Dunedin students has successfully completed a month's mountaineering work from a base camp established in the Elcho branch of the Hopkins River at the head of Lake Ohau. Favoured by splendid climbing weather, they made 10 ascents, including live previous unclimbed peaks. Their best achievements were the first ascent of Mount Jackson and the second of Mount Ward, from the top of which they 'commanded a panorama extending from Mount Cook to Mount Earnslaw and from the Tasman Sea to the Pacific.

An improvement in values for leading New Zealand industrial shares was the most marked feature of operations on the Auckland Stock Exchauge during the past year. The previous year (says the Herald) saw an exceptional advance in gilt-edged and near giltedged stocks, indicting a. flow- of capital through "safe" channels. This movement persists, but it was accompanied during the past year by an extension of dealing in other directions. By this means investors revealed the confidence felt in conditions generally.

An unexpected arrival at Auckland recently was the French auxiliary yacht Korrigane, from Rarotonga. The vessel is on a two years' cruise round the world and is expected to be about three months in New Zealand waters. The master of the yacht is Count Etienne de Ganay. His wife also is on board. His sister, who is joint owner of the vessel, is making the cruise with her husband, Mr der Brock d'Ogrenan. The other member of the party is M. Jean Ratisbourne. During the yacht's stay in New Zealand the party will engage in fresh-water angling and deep-sea fishing.

In to-day's issue the Railway Department advertises train arrangements in connection with the New Year holidays. Special facilities are provided for .patrons to the Races at Marton on Ist and 2nd January.