Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1926. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3549, 12 October 1926, Page 2

Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1926. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The weather last night and today is very wintry. A first-offending inebriate was convicted and fined' 5/- at the local police Icourt this morning before Mr J. K. Hornblow, J.P.. The 10-year-old son of Mr and Mrs J. B. Coley, of Hillary Street, who was reported missing on Friday night, turned up safely on Saturday evening. He had been spending the time' with companions.

The Palmerston N. Opera House was packed last night to witness a boxing contest between Purdy and Jamito. The verdict went to Purdy at the conclusion of the ten rounds. As a result of the exhibition the Palmerston N. unemployment fund will benefit to the extent of £l2O. A resident near Awapuni heard a tapping near the railway line on Saturday evening. He subsequently saw two young men ride away from the locality on bicycles. Believing that some attempt was being made to tamper with the line, he communicated with the railway authorities, and as a result trains were held up while the police and railway authorities investigated. There was no visible evidence of any attempt to tamper with the line. Just a ease of nerves followed by a newspaper scare.

Speaking at last night’s Borough Council meeting, the Mayor (Mr M. E. Perreau) said the Council had been fortunate in appointing Mr M. B. Bergin as their solicitor to watch borough affairs at the recent Commission in connection with the Manawatu-Oroua River Board’s proposed river improvement scheme. Mr Bergin, he said, had watched the evidence closely on behalf of the borough and, in the speaker’s opinion, it would have been hard to find a better man.

A prophet, they say, has no honour in his own country, and it has been too much the policy of New Zealanders in the past to pass over the product of their country in favour of the imported goods, which, in many cases, are actually inferior to the New Zealand article. Take tobacco for example. Most American tobaccos are objectionable on the score of excess nicotine and defective combustibility, leading to the clogging of the pipe, with unpleasant, and indeed, injurious consequences to the smoker. Try Riverhead Gold, mild and aromatic, or Toasted Navy Cut (Bulldog), of medium strength, and if you. prefer a full body, try Cut Plug No. 10 the Bullhead label. Their purity, flavour, aroma and all round excellence, will surprise you. Unlike most brands from overseas, this particular type of tobacco does not foul the pipe and leaves the mouth sweet and clean. Experts maintain that of all varieties known New Zealand leaf is the least injurious on account of its small percentage of nicotine and that it may be smoked continuously without the slightest after effects. The latest addition is Caversliam Mixture. . lb