LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS

Patea Mail, Volume LII, 27 April 1931, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS

An advertiser lias large sized sacks of table potatoes for sale at 13s (id. r- The pig guessing competition at the recent sports at Kakaramea was won by Messrs. 0. Meh'arry and Waldron, who each guessed the correct weight, viz., 971 b. A Wanganui district engineer had occasion recently to point out to a member of the unemployed that he was not pulling- his weight on the job. The latter replied that he was doing quite enough. Ho was then advised by the engineer to down tools. In doing so he remarked to the engineer that perhaps he might meet him on his own some time. “You; may," replied the engineer. “And if you can't fight better than you can work, you will got a good hiding."

Asked by a customer whether ho had seen many changes in tobacco pipe fashions during his long connection with the trade, a veteran Christchurch tobacconist said ho had seen a number of "new tangled pipes" introduced from time to time. "Not one of them lasted," he added reminiscently. "The ordinary pipe is good enough for the ordinary smoker, and he generally prefers a briar. As for tobacco there are more brands than there used to be, but the growing preference is for toasted New Zealand. It’s extraordinary tire demand that has sprung up for this tobacco. Of course, the toasting of the leaf vastly improves the flavour and gives the goods their fine bouquet. Ay, and it docs more —it gets the nicotine poison out. There’s uo other tobacco so free from nicotine. The imported lines are full of it. That’s very bad for the. smoker. There are four brands of toasted. Riverhead Gold, Cavendish, Navy Cut No. 3, and Cat Plug No. 10. No others are manufactured. And. take it from me, they've come to stav."

fi .Sir (Thomas Lipton has given another £IO,OOO to the poor of Glasgow in memory of bis mother. The annual meeting of parishioners of St. George's Church, Patea, will be held in the Sunday School to-night (Monday) at 7.30. Poppy Day was observed in .Patea On -Friday, Mrs. J. Petersen, as usual, generously undertaking the sale of poppies. As a result of her efforts the whole of the poppies were sold by 3 p.m., and the sum of £7 15s collected. Nominations for the offices of Mayor, councillors, borough representative on the Hospital Board, and local representatives on the Harbour Board closed at iron on Friday, ail the present sitting members being nominated. As there wore no other nominations the sitting members were declared rc-clect-cd. liailwaymen and superannuated civil servants who in their spare time grow tomatoes for sale have incurred the wrath of the Christchurch Tomato and Stone Fruit Growers' Association, and according to a decision of the association, at the annual meeting, the Minister of Kailways will be asked to take steps to put a stop to the practice. A novel method of electing a secretary and treasurer was adopted by the College (street Gchool Committee, Palmerston North. Owing to other duties, no member was willing to ccept either office, but eventually it was agreed to let the matter be decided by lot. Accordingly seven pieces of paper were placed in a hat, five being blank, the other two bearing the words secretary and treasurer respectively. The two members who drew the marked papers agreed to accept the positions.

One nf the quaintest little houses in New Zealand is to lie seen where the big breakers come curling in over the rocks of Island Bay, Wellington. In the old days a tramcar became out of date and was abandoned. This has been turned into a trim little home, its gay lace curtains crisp and white against the well-painted sides of the tram, and its interior, though! decidedly snug, ns clean as one could desire. The little house has stood all weathers for at least 10 years, and as the winds come tearing- round the bay at a rate that would satisfy any speed fiend, the council may congratulate itself on having done a sound job when, in the long ago, it built the tram.

Those who have taken part in all the memorial services held in connection with the local school speak of the one held on Friday last as the most' impressive of all. The idea, which Originated with Mr. Papps, a member of the School Committee, of the children marching to the public war memorial at the entrance to the Domain, was an excellent one, as it served to remind the children of those from this district who laid down their lives in the late war. The bearing of the children was the object of much favourable comment from those who witnessed the ceremonies at the school and Domain.

A peculiar incident was reported in Whaugarei recently. A dog, evidently in great pain, was found on a verandah. The householder informed Mr. It, Rutherford, who is interested in the S.P.C.A., and he took the animal away and shot it, to put it out of its misery. Then it was 1 found that though the animal was a full grown dog, it had, when a pup, been tied too tightly by a thin cord round the neck. This cord had at last cut into the neck, with horrible results.