LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 4326, 10 August 1937, Page 5

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr J. E. Benson, 8.D.5., surgeon dentist, intimates to Arrow and dis;trict people that he will visit Arrow town on Tuesday next, 17th August. Appointments may be made at the Royal Oak Hotel. Look out for future announcements.

Owing to the adverse weather conditions, no matches were played on on the local golf links last week. The draw for this week’s ladies and men’s matches will be as announced in lastissue of Mail.

The Arrow Tennis Club’s usual fortnightly “500”’ card evening and dance was held in the Atheneum Hall on Wednesday evening last, when there was a good attendance. The prizes for “500” were won by Mrs W. H. James and Mr Joseph Hunter. Supper was provided by the ladies, after which dancing was indulged in. The big attraction at Arrowtown Talkies on Saturday evening next will be “Brown on Revolution,” a superb picturisation of C. S. Forrester’s) well known story. There will also be excellent supports. A coining attraction will be “Show Boat,” with Irene Dunne and Paul Robeson and a magnificent cast.

There was a heavy fall of snow throughout the district on Friday night last, and on Saturday morning there was a depth of about eleven inches in the town. The weather cleared on .Saturday afternoon, and as the result of a good thaw on Sunday a good deal of the snow disappeared from the low levels. The mountain tops appear to have a good coating. Threshing was finished at Crown Terrace on Thursday last, and yields in that locality are reported to be well up to previous years.

Arrangements are well in hand for the Citizens’ Ball to be held in the Atheneum Hall on Friday evening, 20th inst. The Rhythmic Revellers’ Band from Cromwell will supply the music, while a strong ladies’ committee has the supervision of the details for the supper. After investigating the frost-light-

ing methods employed in the orchards of California, Mr Lloyd Williams, of the Department of Agriculture, considers that only four methods can be recommended to Hew Zealand growers —lard pail oil heaters, cow stock oil heaters, briquette heaters, and central heating with hot air. Mr Williams told the annual conference of the Hew Zealand Fruitgrowers’ Federation the results of his investigation. The conference decided to ask the Government to brake Mr Williams available to give advice to growers in districts affected by frost.

Some chaps take to tobacco as easily as a duckling takes to the water, while others never can learn-to smoke, try as they will, and disgusted at their inability to enjoy something they see so many delight in, they turn tobaccohaters and denounce as all that’s vile, a habit they’d gladly acquire if they only could. Hot all abstainers from the weed are like that, of course, but its no less true that a good many are, And they are to be pitied, for tobacco is a promoter of harmony, a cementer of friendship, a companion for the lonely, a soother of sorrows, a dispeller of care, a friend in adversity —always provided that it’s the right baccy. Apropos of that it may be mentioned that our beautiful Hew Zealand toasted blends, Cut Plug Ho. 10 (Bullshead), Havy Cut Ho. 3 (Bulldog), Cavendish, Edverhead Gold and Desert Gold are not only manufactured from the choicest leaf only, but being freed from excess of nicotine by toasting are the purest, most fragrant, and delicious and least harmful of all tobaccos.