Flooded Otago Rivers Show Signs Of Subsiding
[Per Press Association. Copyright. ] DUNEDIN, This Day, General appearances on the Taieri Plains today suggest little or no change in the position, but a cessation of the rains for several hours has had some effect, and the river and flood waters alike show signs of subsiding. With the fall of the level of surface water on some of the higher parts ol’ the country, ft is apparent that a greater proportion cf the land flooded lias suffered less damage than at first appeared likely. At the same time, however, the situation emphasised with even greater force the grave plight of the district on the south and west side of the river. “Those in the south affected by the flood can take it from me that everything that can be done will be done to get them out of their troubles by clearing highways and reinstating bridges,” said the Minister for Public Works (Mr Semple) last night. Engineers were now making a close investigation of the damage caused by the flood, said the Minister.
A “smoker’s clock” is just now On exhibition in Berlin. The base is formed of a large cigar-box; the hands are two cigars, a big one for the minute hand, a small one for the hour hand. The minutes are indicated by the tips of cigars, glued all round the edge of the dial, and the pendulum is a big briar pipe. Across the dial appear the names of sundry brands of tobacco, the ! sale of which it is desired to “push.” This clock keeps excellent time and the enterprising tobacconist finds it quite a good advertising medium. But no such novel device as a smoker's clock is needed to push the sale of our beautiful New Zealand toasted tobaccos. They sell themselves! And all five brands of the genuine toasted: Navy Cut No. 3 (Bulldog). Cut Plug No. 10 (Bullshead), Cavendish, Riverhead Gold and Desert Gold, are so populai that smokers innumerable prefer them to anything imported! Not only are they full of fragrance but quite harmless—the toasting sees to that! R.P.21
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Northern Advocate, 11 May 1940, Page 2
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