LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS

Patea Mail, 26 August 1931, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS

An advertiser wishes to buy n spring dray. An advertiser wishes to rent a central simp for one week. A reward is offered for tile return id' a lady's silver watch, which has been lust. Owing to a nnniber ol' ceiunter attradimis in the shape of recent dances and dances to come there was only a meagre attendance at the ball in aid of the jubilee funds, that was held in the Town Hall on .Monday night. The re.-ult was anything but encouraging to the committee, who had worked hard and had spared no effort to dive every one a happy time. “I’een pulling the same old brand for years.” said a Dunedin man to his tobacconist, “and feel like a. change. ■Dot anything you can recommend.’'’ “Have you tried the New Zealand toasted tobacco.”' rpieried the tobacconist. “No. ,1s it any good.”’ “A good many of my ‘regulars’ seem to think so. anyhow.” laughed the tobacconist. “Try Cut J’lug No. It), it’s .full flavoured, same as your old tobacco with, this advantage thrown in—you can smoke it from cock-crow till lurn-ing-iii time, and without feeling fed up, either. It can't .hurl you because 1 ill’s toasted, and that means there’s next to no nicotine Jett in it.” Rather different to my old brand. ’ said the either, “it’s full of ‘bite’ that is.” “No ‘bite’ in toasted.” remarked the tobacconist, “and as fur flavour and ■bouquet —well, try it.” Me did—with gratifying results! There are only four brands of toasted: Iviverhead Hold, Xavy Cut No. ", Cavendish and Cut Plug Xo. 10, But mind what you are .buying. There arc imitations' about!

A parade of the newly-formed ma chine gun I mop will be held in the Do main shed to-night at 7.d11.

The public debt at .March til was £d7(l.o;!.'bddS. compared with .flhwdiSd,M4.'! for lire previous year, a net increase of £8,(150,0 Id.

Langslow s. I’atea. are showing a line display of spring and se.iumer fashions. These are the very latest, and the prices are within the reach of all.

A euchre party and dance in aid of the Alton-liurleyvilh* branch of the Plunket Society will be Indd in the Alton Hall on Friday next at S p.in., when a real good night’s enjoyment is assureil all who attend.

Tlie value of the recent heavy rains and consequent freshes in the river was shown recently when the m.v. llawera was able, to leave port an the lights at .’l.-fd a.in. with a full cargo of cheese and drawing Sft din of water, with lift bin showing on the tide gauge. Tire improvement of the entrance is due to a. variety of reasons, net the least being the. scouring of the knuckle bunk enabling the lodes in lhe eastern wall to be slopped and also to (he sweeping away of the material in the channel which) had been loosened by means of the drag plant.

Cmler the Trading fungous Bill, retailors and Wholesale (inns will In.' allowed to give cash discounts only. It will he illegal to hand over gift articles when a purchase is made, as well as to issue coupons for gifts. The Minister of Commerce says it has been found that in many east's traders are making two prolits, firstly by the sale of the main article, and secondly on the gift itself. It is to hi' preferred that the price of the main article should be reduced rather than that the public, by being 1 enticed into a so-call-ed gift scheme, is caused to obtain and pay for articles which, are often nnneeossn ry.

A colliery engine-driver of Xewlon, Portheawi. Wales, tells that When feeding a. male rat in Cefn Cribbwr Colliery, Pyle, he saw it. pick up a short length of rope and disappear. L’resenlly it returned, still with the rope in its mouth, hut at the oilier end, hanging on with a linn grip, was a female rat, which was blind.

“The gooil fortune of mm who knew little or nothing about gold-min-ing is a by-word in New Cninea,” said Mr. d. A. Miiler. of Port Moresby, Papua, who is at present visiting Auckland. He said the discoverer of the famous Kdie Creel; Held was an inexperienced man, who persevered though lie was told the area had 1 wen pronounced unprolitahle by experts. Mow he was - one of the richest men in Australia. A distlm-t ive tiling about,

the prospectors in New Cuinea was that many were professional men and clerks. As a type, they could in no way be associated with the traditional adventurers of the goldfields, who often wen.' from the lowest grades of soeietv. /

A story of the Prince of Wales, wide!) recently went, the rounds in London, was about a. curious incident that occurred on the occasion of. his last visit to Paris. He was sitting one night- in a chib with friends when there was a sudden disturbance. An a.poplelh- head waiter appeared. excitably informing his guest.- that his waiters had taken advantage of the presence of (lie Prince to demand a HO per cent, increase above their normal wage. Distraught, lie asked for volunteers to help servo the Prince. A score of people immediately rose from tin l tables to be warmly welcomed by tin* relieved head waiter. Among them, ipilcily unobtrusive, was the .Prince himself!

In a letter to (he Town Clerk, ol Wnilti, a glowing tribute is paid by a prominent London business firm to the manner in which this Dominion has set about getting over its difficulties. The manager of the linn goes on lo sav; “it is good to read of the businesslike steps which, Xew Zealand is taking to meet the difficult times through which that country, like most, others, is passing. Bnergy in adjusting policies and methods to meet the new oonditions will result in the Dominion being all the better aide, (o take advantage of the revival when it comes. His hope of that: arrival and anticipation of." activity on lie-halt of. Our many friends and clients overseas which encourages us to keep our organisation fully intact ami eejuipped.”

The Xew Zealand cricket team that visited Kngiand in IIR-’T had an unpleasant experience ol an Lnglisii summer, but the weather has been even worse this year than il was lour years ago. There has been an extraordinarv succession, ot. violent thunderstorms, often ol short duration, a-nd atl'ecling very limited areas, bill causing serious damage. the storms have been, sometimes curiously local. It is stated, for in-dance, that three separate thunderstorms could be semi from high ground near London. On a day in dune a fierce thunderstorm swept over North;-W eslern London in the morning, and in the atternooii ■another intense storm affected (he central area. Yorkshire early in -rune experienced a storm so severe that many (owns reported cloud-bursts. A fortnight later the eonditiuas were repeal ed.