Patea & Waverley Press FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1929 LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS

Patea Mail, Volume L, 22 November 1929, Page 2

Patea & Waverley Press FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1929 LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS

: An advertiser has two' maiden sows close to farrowdng for sale.

An advertiser requires an experienced domesticated woman for the country

An advertiser wishes to buy a small second-hand range or stove in good order. : !

An advertiser has a three year old springing heifer, very quiet, for sale at a reasonable price.

A Hallowe'en night for children of members of the Patea and District Scottish Society will be held in the Domain shed on Thursday, 2Sth insf., at 7.30 p.m.

Dive members of the executive of the local Scottish - Society have .promised to give prizes in the Highland events at the Boxing Day sports in the Patea Domain.

An auction sale will be held at the Patea Mart on Saturday, November 23, when all classes of household furniture and effects will be offered, particulars appear in our advertising columns.

’The second Cinderella dance in aid of the tea stall at the Catholic Bazaar, will be held in the Foresters’ Hall on Saturday next, 23rd inst., at 8 p.m., when there will be good floor, good music, lucky spot, ’ streamer, and confetti dances.

The total advance to be paid to suppliers of the New /Zealand Co-uperative Dairv Company for cream and milk supplied for butter and cheese making during October, will constitute a. record for the company. The total Migurcs are not yet available, but the payment will bo on,the basis of Is .o-kl per pound butter-fat for lincst creani supplied for butter making and is tie! iier pound butter-fat for finest milk for cheese making.

A Hamilton correspondent reports an unusual accident which occurred on St. Andrew’s* golf links, To Ilapn, recently. Messrs. N. D. Wilson and D. Hawke were playing at the Ifth hole. Mr. Hawke "sliced" a shot and the ball, which was travelling with great force, struck Mr. Wilson a severe blow between the nose and the lip. The lip was split and a severe injury was inflicted, necessitating the insertion of 15 stitches.

Tennis players who have occasion to have their racquets restruug need not be surprised at haviifg to pay something" in the neighbourhood of .£2 for the work. A representative of the "Press” was shown an invoice recently for a circular tin of catgut about 12in high and six inches in diameter, the wholesale price of which was £125 18s.

1c mm been said that the man who causes i wo bJades of 'grass to grow where only one grew before is a public bone factor. If that be true —and true it assuredly is—what is to be said of those who establish a flourishing N.Z. industry which finds employment for numerous hands, develops our latent resources, and keeps the money in the country; At one- time the poor gum lands of the North and the barren clays of Nelson were worthless and unproductive Look at them now! They are producing tobacco of so excellent a qualify that it is commanding an increasing sale everywhere. And—bear tills in mind! —it is all toasted. The only tobacco thus treated. This process rids it of the poisonous nicotine (common to all tobacco), and gives it its famous flavour and aroma. Manufactured exclusively .by the- .National Tobacco Go., Ltd. (pioneers of the N.Z. tobacco industry), there arc several .(brands: “Eiverhead ’Gold" is mild and mellow; ''Navy Cut" is a choice blend (medium strength); "Cavendish" is the famous sporting mixture; and "Cut i Plug No. 30" is rich and dark.

An advertiser is inquiring for a motortyre, which has been lost. The Patea Auction Mart has supplies of Nelson gooseberries at 121 b for 4s 6d. A congregational meeting - of Knox Church, Patea, will be held on Thursday, the 2Sth inst., at S p.m. The business is important. The" Patea County Council in this issue invites tenders for the supply of dog collars for the year 1030. Tenders close on Saturday, December 7, 'at noon. The council also invites applications from persons willing to act as dog tax collector.