Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1931. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume LII, Issue 4686, 24 November 1931, Page 2

Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1931. LOCAL AND GENERAL .

A traffic tally is being taken at present on the Roxton-Lovin highway by the Tlorowhcnua Bounty Council. Before Labour took over in Australia. there was a 5 per cent, cut in wages, but after they came into power there wen l cuts of from L> to 20 per cent. “Although lie talked nonsense rather sensibly, there was , very little substance in Mr 11. E. Holland’s speech.”- —Mr W. A. Veiteh, Coalition candidate for Wanganui. The tire siren sounded at about 12.30 on Saturday night. The alarm was given by a resident who noticed some boxthorn and rubbish on Easton Park on lire. No damage was done.

The annual congregational meeting of lhe local Presbyterian (hur«*h will he hold this evening at. 7.311 o'clock. The moderator of the charge, Rev. 0. T. Brown, M.A., will preside.

“li' Labour were returned tomorrow it could lax and scrape and do what it liked, but it could not carry out a single plank of its platform because hard facts are against. it..” —Mr Coates.

“Some candidates are standing because they think they have a right to stand,” said Mr Forbes at Rangiora. “And some of I hem. will have to keep on standing because they can’t get a seat.”

“Harry Holland used to he a professed Socialist, and so were Robert Semple and Refer Fraser,” said Mr R. F. Grilliji, Communist candidate for Wellington Central. “1 can remember the days when they were considered the wildest oxtremeists in the country —-standing under the Red Flag.”

•A well-known resident of Masterton, Mr Thomas Hewitt Hoy, was found dead on Saturday. Deceased was 73 years of age and was the proprietor id' a women's hairdressing saloon in Queen Street. The assistant went to the business promises and on entering found Hoy lying on tin 1 lioor with a gas tube in his mouth. The tap was turned on and the room was full of gas. The police and a doctor were summoned and after examination, the latter stated that Hoy had been dead about .12 hours.

"I ask you to receive the promises now being- made in some (planters with the proverbial grain of sail. They are not quite so elaborate, but they have exactly the same character as those made three years ago. Of course, to mulct' promises is the easiest and pleasantest way of going about an election, bill lirst of all let us examine them and see whether they vest on any concrete foundation.” —Mr R. A. Wright, Coalition candidate for Wellington suburbs in speaking at Morning-ton the other evening.

“ ’Tis a comfort in grief.”— Selous. The most depressing and annoying ills are undoubtedly coughs and colds. For such griefs, however, Baxter’s Lung Preserver is a wonderful comfort —soothes and relieves from the very first dose. Also tones up the whole system against further trouble. Cet your “Baxter’s” to-day 1 A new screw cap preserves the contents. Obtainable all chemists and stores. Medium size, 2/6; large, economical family size, 4/6; bachelor’s size, 1/6. —1.

A degree of consternation was mumed amongst, councillors' at last meeting of the Nelson City Council by a letter from the town clerk, Mr C. A. Edmonds’ requesting to be relieved of his position at the end of December. Mr Edmonds' resignation was tendered owing to the serious illness of Mrs Edmonds, coupled with his own advancing years. He has occupied the position of town clerk for over 30 years and in tin* words of the Mayor (Mr W. .). MolVatt) is regarded as “the personification of integrity, faithfulness. and e/nieieney.”

The pupils of the. local D.H. School paraded with their teachers jo the Town Hall yesterday afternoon to listen to Mr 11. E. Holland Parliamentary leader of the Labour Party deliver a policy speech and criticism of the Government, Lest I here should he any misunderstanding as to the headmaster’s action, we may state that the attendance was not of a compulsory character nor as a school gesture of approval of the Labour Party’s policy, but. to give the pupils a practical, if one-sided, opportunity to listen to the utterances of one of the Party leaders.

‘At a Poplar (London) inquest recently touching the death of a waterside worker, it transpired that deceased was quietly smoking his pipe by the kitchen lire after tea when he suddenly collapsed and died. It appeared that he was a heavy smoker, and habitually used a brand of American tobacco which the doctor who made the postmortem described as containing a high percentage of nicotine, and the constant smoking of which, ho said, had doubtless affected the heart, in the course of years. Such eases are not uncommon. Nicotine is a powerful poison, and is found in excess in most tobacco of American origin. In marked contrast arc our own New Zealand tobaccos. Subjected to a special roasting or toasting process, these goods are practically free from nicotine, while for flavour and aroma they challenge the world! Deprived of nearly all their nicotine, they are quite safe and may be smoked ad libitum without fear of consequences. Emir brands only, remember: Riverhead Gold, Navy Cut No. 3. Cavendish and Cut Plug X. 10.-224.