LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS

Patea Mail, Volume LII, 9 March 1931, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS

People with the most perfect, eyesight may bo able to see about 3000 stars, but tho largest. (otoscope yet built shows up about 1,500,000,000. It is estimated that approximately 000 chimneys came down in Waipukurau during the recent shakes. Many of these are already being rc-creetcd.

Alessrs. Freeman Jt. Jackson and Co., Ltd., witl hold their usual sale at the Wanganui yards on Wednesday, when good yardings of sheep, cattle, pigs, ete.. will be offered.

The Mew Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., will hold their usual monthly sale at the Kakaramea yards to-day (Monday), when good yardings of cattle, etc., will bo offered.

Endeavouring to avoid a black cat «t Peterborough, England, a farme. swerved, made his ear skid, and spilt 50 gallons of milk on the road, the cat remaining to drink some of the milk.

Approximately SOO acres of wheat have been harvested at iialana. about 15 miles from Wanganui. It was stated at the meeting of the Wanganui Chamber of Commerce that this is the hugest individual wheat farm in New Zealand.

“When I’m real hungry fur a. smoke.” said a speaker al a racial gathering the other day, ‘*u cigarette is no earthly good to inn. It's like offering a fancy Idseuit to a .starving man. Even a cigar loaves me cold. A pipe of good honest ‘cut up’ is what I crav e--Now Zealand toasted for preference. Most veteran smokers are like that. They prefer a well-loaded briar lo the host cigar or cigarette. As to the Xew Zealand toasted tobacco it has this to recommend it: the toasting riils it of most of its nicotine, and leaves it sweet, cool, and pure, whereas the foreign tobaccos are often rank with nicotine—a deadly poison, boar in mind. Can stull* like that be good to smoke, day after day, think you'? There are only four brands of toasted: Ikivorhead Cold. Xavy Cut Xo. If. Cavendish. and Cut dug Xo, 10. They are all famous for their delicious flavour, and fine aroma. And yon can smoke them freely even to excess. They are toasted unci theriTore harmless.

A Kakaramea resident is reported to have become richer to the extent of £750 by a sweepstake investment. A six-valve Atwater Kent wireless set is advertised for sale cheap in this issue. An earthquake sharp enough to stop clocks was felt at 11.55 last night in Patea. About two hundred people, including clerks, kitchen staff, waiters and waitresses. firemen, watchmen, etc., live in the precincts of the British Hons; Parliament. We understand that there is a probability of tho Kakaramea Sports not being hold this year, as notice of motion has been given to rescind the resolution authorising the sports to be hold. <1 cargo Henry Davies, of Wellington, “Jack of All Trades," is the [•luckiest eook over landed in Napier He started on Wednesday evening, February 4, with one kerosene tin an two bricks, and is now in charge of a fully equipped Pod Cross kitchen it the Central School, where 9000 mealwere dispersed in one day—soo large loaves being consumed.

Amongst countless personal treasures to which sentimental value, was attached by their owners lost in Hu ■artliquake and subsequent fire in Napier wore enps, trophies, and medals to tho value of £2OO, the property of Afr. Carlyle Atkinson, the well-known Hawke’s Bay swimmer, who participated in the Olympic Games in 1012 in -Stockholm, and who held practically every New Zealand championship at one time or another, in addition to potting up a world breaststroke record. The trophies wore in the strongroom of -a Napier legal firm of which tho door was loft open, and no trace of them was found after the fire had been through the building.

Something in the nature of a wim full came to the :Te Aroha Pipe Pam 1 :it Paeroa when :a parade took place in the main street. A native of Or Kmerald Isle had listened unmoved P the chants, and in despair flaunted r pound note. “I’ll bet yez can’t ploy “The Wearin’ o’ the Green,’’ he cried. As this air was a hot favourite in P band’s limited repertoire, if was promptly complied with, to the unbounded joy of the Irishman, who glad ly handed over the note. Hurrying past a street musician “Painting the Clouds With Sunshine’ in Sydney, a pedestrian kicked over the hat, and the coins therein jingled on the pavement. After helping to pick thorn up—and, naturally, adding one—tho pedestrian walked on. Returning half an hour later, he saw a lady helping to pick up the coins. She, too, had overturned the hat. Growing suspicions, he kept lab. and noticed the musician gradually edging tbe hat with his foot into the line of train less than ten minutes he got another into, A number of Christchurch men. in seme eases single and in other eases married and with families, have -been inquiring lately about their prospects if they emigrated from New Zealand to Kenya, the manager of a tourist agency told a ‘Christchurch Sun’ reporter. There seemed to be a considerable attraction about Kenya at the moment. One man who intended t go there with his wife and chihlrc was a fitter and engineer, and it was quite likely, the manager thought, that hewould not regret the move. On the other hand, he thought it would not be wise, perhaps for the ordinary artisan or labourer to emigrate t< Kenya, where ample native labour wm available for such work.

A stranger to Auckland, Dr. A. ~ (loss, who recently arrived I'rum Australia, gave away ik'OO in banknotes on Monday of last week in mistaki for Next morning a taxi driver and a shopkeeper on discovering th mistake went to the house whore Dr. boss is staying at St. lieliers and returned the. notes—-a line example of the honesty of New Zealand people, as the Australian visitor put it. 1). Ross stated that he was on a healL trip and came into the city to make some expensive purchases. He had several Australian banknotes wrapped up in a handkerchief in his pocket, together with some New Zealand fil notes. Ho made several small purchases and then took a taxi homo. "(What was my surprise next morning,” he said, “to receive a visit from tho taxi-driver and a shop-keeper, both returning me £IOO notes, which T had not missed. New Zealanders must be the most honest people in tho world for I would never have traced unaided the two people to whom I gave the wrong notes.”