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Northern Advocate, 26 August 1924, Page 2

The lust shipment of honor for the

season, cou.Mst!-:g of nip cases, was dispatched fro;.- Wanganui for London by thTairon the other day (states the *' ! Oluonicie''t. The honey was drawn from the surrounding district of Wa::g:i.mii. and as far away as Eltharn. A total of .1000 cases of honey has been exported from the local port this season, the first shipment of approximately 700 cases being sent to the Home market some three or four months ago.

"Mr W. V., Makawhai. via Rangatea," was the most unusual address of an envelope forwarded to a settler at Makowhai, vi:<. Rongotea, and whose initials are "WAV Tt .-ays something for the h'.teHigence of the postal offical concern;'-' (remarks the Manawatu "Standard") that the letter readied its correct destination, and did not find its way to the Dead Letter Office, the ultimate repository of to much more or iess incorrectly or insufficiently addresser: correspondence.

A number of cases of people passing across split b.v'l: notes have been recorded lately In various towns throughout New Zealand, and Gisborne is now the scene of operation (states the local "Herald"' 1 . A reporter was shown three of the split notes with which shopkeepers have been victimised. The work has been carried ou'. very neatly, evidently having been done by an expert. Judging from the appearance of flic notes, the work entailed must be very difficult, but is no sign of any of the local notes being cut and unless shopkeepers looked at both sides they could very easily be victimised. A man was arrested in connection wit-h the splitting of several notes in Gisborne, and on appearance before, the Magistrate was remanded. If you would at the very first signs of a cold, headache, sne-ozing, 'watery eyes, vot'i! throat, use Nazol immediately, at oucr- v and frce'y, you would save youm-ll' 'v>jflfi»rinrr '>nd inconvenience. 820