Manawatu Herald. TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 1931. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume LII, Issue 4580, 17 March 1931, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 1931. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Palmerston City Council Inis lctused to permit the screening oi! pictures on Good 1 riday. The Cox ton Tennis Chub was to have sent a team to Ohau on Saturday, hut was unable to secure sufficient players to make the Irip. The Foxton Volunteer Fire Biroade desire to acknowledge with thnn'kiS, a letter of. 1 appreciation of their .services together with a donation from Mr \Y. Hart in connection with the recent lire. To-day is St. Patricks Day (Ireland’s patron saint). The Mag is flying at the local post office, and the “weavin’ of the green” is displayed on the coats of many ot Frinks sons. At (lie Maim wain Athletic Association’s meeting, held on the Palmerston North showgrounds la.A evening, T». Hall (7vds) won the 100 yards event in lOsec., delealing the U.S.A. runner, Simpson. On Thursday morning last, the fust train passed over the new Otaki railway bridge. Other trains are now passing over the structure and the old bridge, which has stood the test for many years, has been abandoned. A resolution was carried at yesterday’s meeting of (be Palmerston North Hospital Board reducing Ibe membership of the Board Irom seventeen to lifteen members. The motion was moved by the Chairman. This will result in the Horowhenim and Oroua Counties each losing a representative. Shortly after i a.m. on Saturday night the lire brigade was summoned to an outbreak ot lire in a macrocar pa hedge in front ol Mr \V. Hart’s residence in Park Si. which was discovered to he blazing fiercely. 'The brigade soon had the outbreak extinguished. however, and no further damage was done. !l is surmised that the lire started through a discarded eigarelic hull. An unrehearsed act by a motor cyclist on the beach at Foxlon mi Sunday furnished onlookers with some amusement, when his machine came to a compulsory halt in llm river. The cyclist had been speeding round towards I lie heads when, in closely skirting (he river at one point, the shelving bank caught him unprepared and, before he could rectify his course, his machine had dashed straight for the river. Fortunately, while the water was comparatively deep, his life was not endangered, while it was possible to haul tin' machine to terra lirma. The general impression is that pumpkins reipiirc very rich soil or u compost bed on which to grow to do much good. Last season, however, Mr liolgerson, who lias a lease of the Round Bush reserve, obtained a prolific crop ol pumpkins off a sand ridge running through his property. All he used was a little artificial manure with the sand and he attributes the success of the crop to the fact that the ridge was an old rabbit warren riddled with holes which aerated the soil and kept it moist. If you are requiring smart shoes there is no better place to purchase them that at Mrs. Ball’s Boot Store, Main Srteet. We have the latest and most attractive shoes at prices that cannot he hen ten by any bouse in (lie province. Gall and see them.* “The Idlest tobacco 1 ever smoked I bought in Now Zealand,” said Mr Kennedy'Smith, a well -known Leeds business man, on bis return home after a Hying visit to Ibis Britain of the South. He was addressing a Kotarv gathering, and members evinced great interest in what lie (old them. “The New Zealand tobacco is toasted, ’’ continued Mr. Smith, “and (be toasting frees it of nicotine, so that it is quite harmless. Toasting also vastly improves the flavour and gives il its much prized bouquet. There’s no purer tobacco in the world. The American tobaccos, mostly containing an excess of nicotine, are not in li with toasted New Zealand, which, by the way, nearly everyone I met seemed to ibe smoking.’’ A true bill, Mr. Smith; There are only four brands of toasted tobacco: “Rivorhcad Gold,” “Cavendish,” “iCut Plug No. 10,” and “Navy Cut No. 3.” They are all good and are all popular. Their success lias brought imitations into the .field. That was to be expected! Look out for them. — 154. “Facts are stubborn things.”— Smollett. And colds are stubborn too, unless you put your faith in Baxter’s Lung Preserver. That popular specific quickly soothes and relieves the worst cough or cold. Try it! also possesses unique tonic properties which protect you against further attacks. Now obtainable with a new screw cap which preserves the contents. All chemists and stores. Medium size bottle, 2/(1; large, economical family size, 4/0; bachelor’s size, 1/6—5.