LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS

Patea Mail, Volume LII, 7 January 1931, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS

An advertiser has two comfortable .furnished rooms to lot.

An advertiser has 20 yearling ami 00 two-year-old purebred Black Orpington laying hens for sale.

‘‘Salt oi' iskimnu'd milk "ill kill ragwort.” said a Waikato /armor last week.

Air. R. 11. Blaekiston desires to notify residents of I’atea and Waverley that he has now resumed practice after the Xmas and New A’ear holidays.

Soono; Auckland suburban motor bus. Tail stranger of forbidding aspect to young fellow enjoying his pipe. “How long, may I ask, have you been addicted to tlic pernicious habit of smoking.'” “Well, if it will do you any good to know, ten years, governor.” ‘‘And the cost.” “Two hoi) a week.” “Tut,-tut! over £5 a year! Is it worth it, my friend 1 ”' ‘‘l shouldn’t wonder!—Every blooming penny of it. boss. (Jot a match'’” The tall stranger groaned. Everybody else laughed. These busy-bodies mean well. Hut why will they butt in' .Smoking is not a crime. It’s cpiite harmless, too. so long as the baccy’s right. Avoid brands rich in nicotine, as the imported brands invariably are. They are dangerous. Stick to New Zealand toasted baccy and you’ll be as right as rain. The toasting kills the nicotine and makes the tobacco safe to smoke. There are only four brands of toasted: Kivorhead Gold, Cavendish, Navy Cut No. :i, and Cut Plug No. 10. Sweet, cool, and fragrant every one of them!

A boy is required to learn the plumbing trade. A returned soldier, strong ami energetic, wants work of any description. A bach is required in Patea for two young men. .Mr. E. C. Gilbert will resume practice to-morrow (Thursday), January 8. A capable girl is required for housework. The Patea Mart is now taking orders for peaches, apricots, loganberries raspberries, and black currants. Messrs. Freeman lb Jackson and Co., Ltd., will hold their usual sale at the Wanganui yards to-day (-Wednesday) at noon. The public of I’atea and district will be glad to learn that the,,outstanding talkie “Disraeli” will be shown at Fa tea next week; Patrons are advised to book their seats early. The Patea Borough Council will hold a special meeting on Friday, January HI, for the purpose of deciding on which day the weekly half holiday will be observed within the borough for the year 1931. Mr. A. G. Reid, Egmont Street, Patea', has new shipments of the very latest in wallpapers arriving almost immediately. He will bo pleased to show samples to anyone who is thinking of re-decorating the homo. “I will not be satisfied until my farm is divided into thirty paddocks, one for each day in the month, th •ows to occupy each paddock one day per month. That is the secret of success,” said a. Waikato dairy farmer last week.

It is understood that tho Railways Department Coes not intend to install any more chiming whistles on the locomotives. It has been found that these whistles, which arc fairly expensive, are easily damaged and broken, and that in point of general usefulness they do not compare with tho old stylo (if whistle.

An infant Maori girl fell into a privy well at the Mahoetahi Pu, Waitara, on Now Yearns Day and was suffocated. She was Laura Tawhia, aged 2 rears, who lived with her grandparents. Mr. It, W. Tate, S.M., held an inquest on Saturday, his verdict being that the child met her death by misadventure. The well Avas 15 feet deep.

A fast trip from Wellington to Auckland was completed by two motorists on, Saturday morning. They left Wellington on Friday evening just as the Limited express was pulling out at 7.15 p.m. and arrived at Auckland at 9.27 on Saturday morning. The average speed of the car was 32.9 miles an hour. The drivers said the road from Wellington to Waitara was.cx■ellent, but the surface between Te Kuitl and Auckland was atrocious, being covered with deep ruts and potholes.

A remarkable incident occurred on the shores of one of the lakes in the back country of Canterbury the other day, when a woman angler upheld the axiom “amateur’s luck.” A resident of Ashburton went with a party of friends to. the lake, but he found that lishing was extremely dull, too bad, in fact, to carry on with it seriously. He therefore proposed that he should initiate some of the women members of the party into the art of weilding the rod. One woman took a few lessons and then, taking the rod, made a cast, it extended for only two yards into the lake, so Hie 'tried again, this time casting out four yards. There was a tug on the line. “I have got a fish!” she exclaimed. “Oh, no, you have caught a snag,’’ said the tutor. His surprise was deep when almost immediately afterwards the line began to run out of the reel. There was no doubt that there was a fish on the hook. The lino was reeled in, and (here was landed on the lake shore a beautiful ciuinnat salmon weighing pounds.